NTU Gate Crash

This afternoon after lunch, i met Jer from CPMC to gate crash NTU. After leading the life of a NSF for so long, i wanted to indulge in the atmosphere of an educational institute. Furthermore, i am always curious with regards to the life of an uni student, which i will start leading for the next 4 years in NUS. Its time for the mugging spirit to diffuse into me and start my brain activity after not functioning for so long.

I met Jer at Boon Lay station and we took bus 199 to NTU Hall 11, where Yissue stayed. Was quite surprise to find out how long the queue of the other bus 179 is to NTU as the queue formed by the students covered half the bus interchange. Alighting infront of Hall 11, we met Yissue who brought us back to his hostel room. Basically its exam period and everyone is mugging. So the entire university is kinda like a ghost town.

After staying for a while, the both of us wandered off to the other side of NTU at the South spine where Jer visited the computer shop first to enquire with regards to buying a Apple laptop at student price. We then topo our way to Popular bookshop where Jer bought his engine book at very low price. I wanted to buy too but was not too sure which textbook i will use in NUS. I've bought John McMurry's Organic Chem 7e at Clementi bookshop the other time and it was $10 more ex than NTU popular, nonetheless still $20 cheaper than kino. I spotted the inorganic chem textbk which i might use - Sharpe & Housescroft which cost $53 but didn buy because i am not sure if i may be using it next yr. I cant find Atkin's Physical Chem 8e. The books were damn cheap and i got the urge to buy to read ahead. Not sure if NUS Co-op will sell as cheap.

It was 4pm when we proceeded back. I was to meet my family at IMM, which is nearby. On our way back down the East West Line, i spot this Officer Cadet Trainee (long white sleeve, black pants and a OCS golden collar pin) eating famous amos biscuit and drinking bubble tea in the train. Thats so shocking. Being OCT, trained to be a leader and commander, blatently violating the rules in the train, where eating and drinking is prohibited. He was lucky i did not take a photo of him and put onto Stomp for if someone is to do so, he would be much dead. I am not against officer of what. To think that a commander in the making actually behaves like that, how could he serve as a role model to his subordinates.