Registration and a Room

The Art Media and Design building on Campus

Today was registration and I thought I would get to campus early and register. This did not happen though. I got up really early but as I had neighbors who were running around and ringing the door bells until about 3 in the morning I didn't get as much sleep as I would have liked. I went and got some breakfast and headed back to the hotel. I checked out and then checked my bags for the day. I'm hoping that I will be able to have a room by the end of the night.

It took me quite some time to get checked out and by the time I got to the train and then got confused and got off the bus to soon I had missed registration and had to wait until it opened again at 2:30pm. I thought that if I got off the bus when everyone else did I that I would not have to walk far to get to where I needed to be. This was a bad assumption and I ended up walking quite far to get to the right place. When I finally found it I was hot and really thirsty.

Walking on NTU campus

I had lunch at Subway, not very original of my I know but I just needed something to eat and I didn't want to have to think about it. I got everything I needed for registering my candidature and then went to the Humanities and Social Science Library (HSS) to sit inside. I'm having some trouble getting used to the heat. Once in the library I realized I had an email from Jan another Rotary scholar studying at S. Rajaratnam School of International studies. We emailed and were finally able to meet after I registered.

It was good to have someone else to talk with. We both got phone cards as we already had phones. I can now call people. I'm hoping that it will make it easier to find a place to stay. I got an email from Patrick Alexander who is a real-estate Agent who was recommended to me. He says I can stay in a room in his house while they are moving out, which means I have to find a place by the end of August. It will be much better than staying in a hotel. I went and looked at the room and took it. I went and collected my bags and headed over. The taxi driver got a little bit lost which was a pain he couldn't read English, so it was a good thing that I had been to the place once so I recognized the road I needed to get too. At least I have a room I can stay in and not have to worry about how much it costs.

One of the quads on NTU

The family has a maid so she will do my laundry for me. That seems a bit strange to me but I kind of like it as I have been going and going. The room is really big and it has a door into the bathroom which I share with 2 other people. Over all I really happy with the room.