Hall Life

I spent New Year's day, Monday and Tuesday morning at my sister's hall at NTU. We met up with 2 of her halls friends to take the long train journey down to Boon Lay. OMG sitting down straight for 1 hour on the hard train seats was not pleasant at all. Luckily I brought my discman or I would have been bored to death.

We took dinner then headed back to hall to play mahjong with her friends. My sister had arranged for me to play with 2 of her friends and I was pretty excited about it. After all, it was nice to play with some new people for a change. Still, I was a little nervous since I wasn't sure what their playing styles were like. One of the guys was pretty pro. You could tell that he was good at it. I, on the other hand, had horribly bad luck and lost almost $30 at the end of the 1st round. They played with higher stakes than what I normally played. Still, I was fortunate to be able to recoup some of my losses during the 2nd round. I lost only $5 in the end and was pretty thankful for that.

The double rooms in NTU's halls are quite spacious. There is plenty of walking space, a study table, a single bed, a fan each and a wardrobe. All in all, I felt that it was a nice and conducive studying environment. My sister and her roomie kept complaining about it though. I guess you don't know how lucky you are until you've seen more. Comparing this to the IH rooms in Brisbane, these are a thousand times better.

I love the bustling hall life though. I am now extremely envious of my sister. I love the numerous activites that are constantly goin on. I love the fact that you can meet so many people and have friends wherever you go. I love the sports activities that allow you to compete against one another. I love being able to join societies and have meetings to organise events. I love being able to walk out with your friends in the middle of the night to go for supper. I love being able to take walks around the campus by yourself. I love everything they have there and I don't. I really miss being part of a group or a club and being involved. I miss feeling useful and needed. I miss helping out with events. I even miss the long meetings we used to have.