Had to head back to school for my first French lesson today-- Special Term 1 starts today-- so just before my lesson at 10 am, I dropped by Eusoff to return my transponder.
Before that, I stopped by my room one last time to make absolutely sure that I hadn't left anything behind in the room. After which, I locked up room C301 for the last time and said farewell to C Block of Eusoff Hall.
My room door during the last week of exams, with 3 PhD comics stuck to it and a postcard with my theory that studying, not curiosity, killed the cat. XD
The C3 long wing corridor from my end of the corridor...
...and this is the view from the other end, where the double rooms are.
I think some of the things that I'll miss most are the room itself (Eusoff rooms are pretty big), popping over to other people's rooms just to chat, seeing people whom you know during mealtimes in the dining hall, and the view from my room window. After the tree just outside my window had a lot of its branches pruned and cut my room became a lot brighter and the port was much more visible-- I could see the cranes lifting containers through gaps in the rooftops of the private houses just next door.
C Block isn't too noisy; or maybe it's just the fact that I'm at the end of the corridor which puts me far away from the noise which usually happens in the *middle* of the block, be it mahjong in the block lounge, people talking loudly in the kitchenette at C2 while making themselves supper, or the C4 guys yelling expletives at each other while kicking a football around upstairs.
A good number of the C4 guys were also part of the Hall band, so sometimes there'd be singing accompanied by a guitar at night; most of the time I'd think it was Sham, since it seemed like it was coming from his room-- directly above and to the left of mine.
Other things that I'll miss?
Waking up just an hour before class, getting breakfast from the dining hall, washing up and getting dressed and slowly strolling towards Arts. Late night trips to the 7-11 round the corner at Fong Seng for munchies. Block suppers and Hall suppers and free food (heehee). And during exam period, if you're lucky enough to have one of your exam venues be in your own hall, you also get the satisfaction of strolling out 15 minutes before the start of the paper, and not have to stew and panic with everyone else who's waiting.
And one of the most entertaining things is also when there's a 9 am paper at Eusoff and I wake up at 8.30 to get breakfast; walking to the dining hall (and passing all those panicking crammers on the way) while barely half awake just rubs it in-- "Haha, I just woke up and you had to wake up an hour and a half ago to get here and cram for your paper." XD
But once again, most of all, I'll miss my bright happy room with my bright happy bedsheet.
But I suppose all good things do have to come to an end.
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