It's Fridayyyy!!! (This was my previous wk) What could be better right!!! Rushed home from school in order to go explore the world! School experiences less human traffic on friday. Many plan their lessons such that they have no friday lessons. Here, a typical classroom. This is where my virology class of size 30 is held. Compare this to our mega lectures...
You have to wonder, why so many here can get fridays free. The system here is similar to NTU's, where 1 unit= 1AU= 1 hour of lessons.
Lush greenery around school. Despite the land area being smaller than that of NTU, its still rather hard to navigate around. Been getting hopelessly lost without my handy map.
And back to the system. Being an average NTU student would mean you have to take 18-22 AUs per sem. At least for SBS students...
Being an SDSU student, that would totally be out of this world... Average workload here is 12-16 AUs. Taking 16AUs would already mean you are quite crazy. I'm taking 18AUs here fyi. Hahaha, can't help it, I'm such a genius here! I'm actually overloading here by like 3-6 AUs more than the average student!! I must be damn smart!
My 18 AU timetable. Lessons here don't come with tutorial, but that's only because the professors are available to answer any queries you have on the spot. You can even book an appoinment with them, or call their office, to get your queries answered. Basically, having tutorials here would be quite redundant.
Oh, and back to my exploration around town! If singapore has its own little india, USA can match it with little...
Here in Italy, they have what we would call a "pasar malam" set up along the roads. It's called a farmer's market, and all sorts of fresh produce can be bought direct from farms. Products range from the typical fruits and vegetables, to farm raised poultry, cheeses, italian sauces etc etc
$4/basket
Never knew brussel sprouts grew like this on a stem!
Street performers, singing in what I think is italian??? They are actually great singers!
We then walked to a nearby pier. See, San Diego is kind of like the southern tip of M'sia. And the connecting Singapore would then be Mexico. Having that kind of geography in mind, San Diego is then surrounded by lots of water. Thus there's alot of marine life here. Yet, they also have lush greens and desert and mountainous areas here. Wildlife is plentiful everywhere here. Remember the zoo I went to? Yeap, that's also part of the natural terrain of San Diego. It's really the best place to be, for it never snows here.
Look at all the nice palm trees, they are prevalent everywhere! It's like the whole town is forever set in vacation mode.. Hai... the stresses of Singapore...
Some of the ships parked along the pier, permernantly... They are visitor attractions where you pay to board all of the ships. Yeap, the submarine is an attraction too
Felt a mini earthquake later on, which led us to this place
Yogurt here taste like ice cream! You can sample all you want too! Yogurt here is charged by weight!
Stomachs filled, earthquake subsided. Next stop is some place called Seaport Village. Another visitor hotspot. The main attraction here was the sailor who kissed a gal after world war 2. Believe many will find this familiar.
Lemony Snickets A series of unfortunate events.
As night fell even later, We went to a downtown area, called Gaslamp.
It's the hippest area around this city, kinda like our orchard road and clarke quay combined, with all the clubs and restaurants here.
Eating in town really burnt my pocket...
Vibrant town with lotsa street performers.
Bleached domo! :O
Been here for slightly less than 2 weeks. Here's something I received from my orientation many days ago. No idea where I'm at now... hmm... Somehow the language part just doesnt seem to apply to me.
