My last post in my hostel room before i move… so pardon the lack of flow in this post… hahaha

Hall 14 is my first choice hall when I first applied for accommodation in the university. Heard friends who lived in there told me that this hall is quite good, spacious rooms, adequate facilities etc… So imagine my delight when I received the email notifying me that I am allocated a room in that hall. A big thank you to all the people who helped me to shift in my stuff and getting me settled down into hostel living.

I remember the nights I couldn’t sleep well initially, because of the live firing at night ( my hall is located next to the forest, just separated by a strip of road ), as well as not used to sleeping at a place outside home without air-con. Took me a few days to adjust to it, and it kinda hits you when you need to be independent and do the chores like washing your own clothes, hang laundry etc… fun yet tiring, especially with the onslaught of lessons and projects… the independence is great!

having a roommate is fun, and I had not one but two roommates… the first one was a graduate student, and she moved out shortly after I moved in, and for a short period of time, I was the sole occupant in my room… and came my second roommate… Name’s Jessica and its great knowing her ! hee…

There were moments of fun with friends staying in the nearby halls, having meals alone most of the time ain’t such a bad thing… But it would be lovely to have company at times… This room also saw me going through an emotional roller coaster ride, and manage to come out unscathed. This room also saw all the good and not so good times I went through.

Food is quite alright and taste ranges from bad to very good… But there are times that I get so sick of eating school food, which saw me reaching for instant cup noodles or ask hendri to packet from outside for me… hahaha

My trusty laptop, what can i do without you ? lol… for my laptop is my source of entertainment, my source to do the mountain of projects, as well as the source for discovering blogs, ping.sg and more…

Its great to wake up everyday and see the greenery… Will miss that so much. You can see frogs on very rainy days, hear them croaking away, the merciless mosquitoes (which I am quite good at swatting them to meet its Creator), the annoying lizards (the noise they make and the droppings), the moths (which are huge), bees that threaten to scare the living daylights out of me (they are huge), as well as the green parrots… snails, and cats…

Through it all, I became a better person and I am still striving to improve myself. Perhaps its due to all that independence and some not so pleasant experiences… I had a fantastic counsellor, who helped me to overcome some obstacles and maximize my potential. Now I am convince that I can do anything, if I set my heart right, and when the opportunities come along, I shall grab it and make the best out of it…

Gah, this is such an emo post lol… yet its the best of my ability to describe how I feel… about my hostel living experience. I really miss home and my family. aww… after not going home for close to a month, so that I can wrap up the projects as well as study for the examinations…

Its a unique experience to stay in the hostel, and it certainly in a way, molded me into a better person.

The Gal
Nicole

Back from geek terminal with all the people from ping.sg… and this place really rocks… hehe, the pple present are DK, Keropokman, Uzyn and his GF, Tstar, Surfslayer, Hendri, Nicole, Ntt, Micheal Cheng, CJ , Ridzuan and Friend… yup, kevin, arzhou as well as Estee too, hehe… and oh we are having a great time with the food and the coffee… a note for all geeks… the COFFEE rocks. I am so in love with the coffee here… its so comfy in this place…

And we are all chatting and having fun… hee… the picts by keropokman are up… whee… and the food looks so good in pictures (taste good too)… the sight of it make me drool… and yes, the Hawaiian Baked Rice I had is very delicious, and so is the pasta that Hendri has ordered… yup, everyone’s else food looks good too…

Am waiting for all the photographs cos I din manage to take them, phone low battery and that the quality of the camera is terrible.

But it is a cool place to be… the chairs are silver and oh so comfy, could melt in it… hehe, and the design of the table is so ingenious, the slots below the table surface allows one to put their laptops in there so that you can have peace eating, and no spillage of food/drink to worry about… =)

Oh the power points are literally just on the floor… they provide a special plug, where u just place it into the ground, twist it and voila, you get electricity! Not to mention that their WiFi is faster than wireless@sg. hehe… but their table surface is anti-optical… means ur optical mouse won’t function on that table surface, just put a mousepad or some paper and its solved.

One thing that impresses me was the bar top there, where it changes colours constantly… so nice… adds a very lovely glow to the place…

The coffee that I had with my dinner is so nice, and the coffee art on it made by the barista (he is damn good la), is so nice that I can’t bear to drink the coffee… =X hahaha, and tonight is also where I really had an eye opening experience and gain knowledge on coffee… =) hee… the barista (i couldn’t catch his name.. do let me know) explained to us about the brief history of coffee, where
the coffee beans came from, and he made a special coffee with ping.sg written on it… wow, thats so nice, and uzyn had the honour of drinking it… and that followed by more coffee, which was on the house… yay! haha, and yup, i tasted the hot chocolate (which is oh so yummy), mocha, and more coffee! of course, we shared around, cos we were quite full from the dinner… and dk really enjoyed the coffee… The barista shared with us his passion of coffee, and its really fun to listen to all he is saying… =)

Alas time flew so fast that most of us had to leave to catch the last train, while some went off for more drinks… oh before that, we took a group photo behind the bar top… woot~

Overall, it was a great experience and its fun fun fun meeting all you people from ping.sg… XD yay!

(Waiting for the pictures and videos) -> Anyone have them please let me know, would like to get them to blog about it…

The Gal
Nicole