Darrenkane

With a blink of a eye, I'm back to old Hall 5. Coming back was a chore as usual, taking the long train ride from end to end, eating away 1 and a half hours of my life. But with that said I should be thankful I have a place in Hall, if not I'll be doing it everyday. Coming back yesterday on Sunday, was a little wired after enjoying the comforts of home. Hall 5 was especially dark as they only switched on alternate corridor lights, in an attempt to save energy and $$ I guess. Hall doesn't have to save money, but the people living in it has to. Lights and especially fans are left on when no one is in the room, laptops and other electronic devices are turned on almost 24/7. But the weird factor was that Hall was dead, Hall was is usually quiet but the fact that NIE starts 2 weeks earlier than NTU, makes it worst. Almost 2/3 of the rooms were vacant and the feeling of living in Pulau NTU became real. It had even more greater effect, when my NIE roomies were not in, so leaving me

Place: Verandah Cafe, ACM Went there with my CJC Legion friends, who come find the time to make it. Decided on the place after reading a few good reviews, but they were very limited. I guess what boils down to it was my call to enquire if the place was open and price for a main course. So 7 of us went into the cafe, and found it to be baren, paling in comparsion with Timbre just opposite. We were the only customers in the entire cafe, that can sit about 20 indoors and 10 more outdoors. When I find a place empty, questions pop into my head, such as is the food bad or are we going to get ripped off? But to mu surprise it was not bad. Although we were the only customers, the kicthen was ill equiped to handle too many orders at once. I would suit perfectly in Hoi An, Vietnam, where you find many cafes and people just sit for hours reading a book while enjoying a cup of coffee or chai. The last main course to arrive was a pizza, about 25 minutes from the time of ordering. I ordered the burg