U Town Rocks!

Ever since we moved into Clementi, we have been witnessing the exciting development around this area. From ground breaking of SST (School of Science & Technology) to opening of Clementi Mall. From sale of DBSS (Design, Build & Sale Scheme) site to SERS (Selective En-bloc  Redevelopment Scheme) of old blocks at Clementi Ave 3. Now another attraction added to the already very crowded Clementi is finally open to public, THE UNIVERSITY TOWN!!
As usual, we can never wait to see a new cool place. So this weekend we invaded U Town from the link bridge between the main campus and U Town.

There are at least 10 buildings constructed for different purpose.

2 of them are Graduate Residence. Enhanced securirty features such as gate and gigantic louver actually make them look like a prison. How does it feel like studying (and living) in a prison? :p

The overall design is quite impressive. Thanks to their environment friendly initiative, many old giant trees were conserved.

But I not very sure why they torture the tiny young trees by striping seemingly heavy light features onto the tree trunk. Maybe that's a form of training. Gambatte young trees!

There are also many other things put in place to show off the advance of science & technology. Such as...

A big fan. It doesn't really produce much breeze though

Big fat columns supporting the whole building. Strong... 

Latest Dell i7 pc in every single seminar room 

Not only U Town has brought happiness to Ung, who always enjoys seeing new stuff. It has also somehow triggered my brainwave.

I am on cloud nine

I feel smarter already

We looked forward to seeing another master piece, Yale-NUS College set open in 2013, nurturing our next generation.