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My new home.

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After all that whining I made in the last post, this is a positive post. I am so impressed by the hostel facilities provided by NTU amongst other things. Graduate students are accommodated in Graduate Hall, Nanyang Heights and Nanyang Valley. I am currently staying in Graduate Hall. The number to my room is interesting: 01-02-03 (Lobby 1: Level 2: Room no: 3) From My Roon at NTU This is the entrance to my room. What you see in the right is the wardrobe and in the left is the toilet! An attached toilet is a cool thing if you are not thinking about the responsibility to clean it. There is a notice in that door which specifically says about cleanliness. As Singapore is a “FINE” country I don’t dare to disobey. From My Roon at NTU This is all the room is about. From My Roon at NTU Another View. From My Roon at NTU That is my work desk (or simply desk). It is quite big. From My Roon at NTU Do you see that heater in th...

Should I have taken the blue pill?

It has been a week since I reached Singapore and I got matriculated last week as a student at NTU. Most part of my life, I lived the life of a student. In fact I am a veteran in studentship and it should not be a problem for me to lead a student life. But somehow there is a tinge of fear somewhere in the corner of my mind. For all these years I lived a chaotic life, which I enjoyed, and it worked perfectly well with me. But now this country, with all its beauty and wealth, is filled with lives in order. It is so ordered that it is scaring me. It scares me if my way of student life works here, it scares me if I can diffuse with the way of student life that works here, it scares me if I change that way will I end up being a serious, boring geek! Now, I don’t have answers for any of them.  The other part of my mind which consoles me has got this point that I had similar feelings when I joined GEC Thrissur for B-Tech and I got over it. Probably this will take a similar path too.. ...