Campus life in the National University of Singapore!

Take a look at the map to know exactly where i am...Singapore is this tiny island just under Malaysia. It is located just 1° above the equator, that's why humidity is very high with a quite regular temperature around 30°C (and soon a lot of rainfall).
4.2 million people live in 697 KM² (remind: france is 550 000KM²!). Population is mainely reparted between Chinese, Malais and Indian. The main Religion is Bouddhism...anyway...

i have been there for 2 weeks!
First of all, this is my room:Room type B, about 12m² (restrooms for all my floor, with a sink in my room), that is not the best but it could be worse: some has a room type C (without sink and of course without bathroom!). But, now after fews days, i am felling great inside! i have just move out...because it was a temporary room, they have just given me a brand new room today! ( i am moving in, that's why it's quite messy :-) )

To survive here, the most important thing is the "transbonder" (it sounds like a science fiction movie!!!)...(the transponder, say it with a strong german accent, is the black thing in my hand)

it is as important as the bagde in INT. You can't go anywhere without your transbonder! for example,i need it to take the lift!!!!and i can only go to my floor...even in my block...so you guess that i can't go to the other block. After that (because, it is not enaugh secure like that!!)...on my floor, you have to open a kind of main door at each floor with the "transbonder"(on the picture)! And of course, you open your room with the magical transbonder! It looks quite secure...but as everywhere you can cheat!

Now the campus....
26 000 people study at NUS, and there are 13 different schools.

here is one of the Hall where you can live...

NUS provide a lot of activities: there is a swimming pool, a lot of tennis courts, squash courts, football playground, basket ball playground and you can do a lot of sport: diving, canoe, windsurf are the most amazing for me!!

and the last but not the least: the food!...everyone agrees here to say, that you 'll not fine the best Asian food here, me, i have no idea so far!
you don't eat in a self like us...here, the canteen is pretty strange for a french guy...you don't have a place to pick up your food, but many places. the place is a "food court" (easy to understand) and there are many tiny restaurants called "hawkers"...each hawker has its speciality: muslim food, veggi, chinese, japonese, noodles, thai, local delight...so you can change every day.



My first day was a little bit difficult: jetlag, worries, knowing no one...i tried to be social and played "netball" (famous sport here), but i could only recognised my team thanks to their shirts' color :-) ...but, now it is okay! i know some people, i am going out, i visite the town and i have even already done a trip in malaysia...