Touchdown in Taiwan

Ok... I've finally gotten my Internet connection in my NTU dorm! It's been quite a hectic past few days... Unpacking, getting the administrative work done, shopping for household items and opening a local bank account.

I'll let the pictures do the talking for this post!

My 2 fellow NUS mates going to NTU

My humble (but messy) abode

Very old-school feeling...Like in Cambridge or Oxford haha

The temperature is hovering around 10 degrees celsius now haha......so almost every other day you can expect wind and rain...can't see much of the sun. The IYC (International Youth Centre) is where I stay haha... Anyone wants to mail stuff to me can ask me for my address hahaha......

The Taiwanese student volunteers helping us out are really helpful. 比綠巨人還“好客”. I'll see if I can upload any of their pictures later. The dorm room is quite small, but cosy enough for 2 persons.

We tried walking around the campus these past few days, and I think the campus covers the same area as NUS, just that it has A LOT more vegetation.

This is the Royal Palm Boulevard (don't know if I spelt this correctly). It's 2 rows of Palm trees running down the entire stretch of road till the main entrance of NTU. Nice. hahaha

Overall the school gives me a really old-school feeling, very rustic and 古色古香. I'm still not used to the toilet culture here though. They don't allow people to flush toilet paper down the pipes, because the width of the pipe is damn narrow and the paper will clog up the toilets. So whatever is used for cleaning is thrown into a bin placed just beside you haha......

Taiwan is a nice place. Minus the bad weather. And the school toilets.

More updates to come! Watch this space.