But getting there, no worries. View from the entrace.
Bah, 5 minutes walk from the bus terminal. At least it's a covered walkway so the only ones with grounds for protest would be my feet.
At the end of the walkway we ascended on the escalator (the only one I've seen in any poly) to the scene before us. Yah, that's a mini-blimp over there. Powered by four really tiny engines, you know, the ones that drive cheap toy racers around their grey tracks and which absurdly was popular enough to spawn its own shounen anime....Huh.
Boring facet of architecture #3: Seems every poly has to have its own glass case for their flights of stairs. Saw this before in SP and NP, but I thought it was just a design quirk to modernify the place. Must be the same contractor. No doubt Batam will have the same staircases.
Chanced across the Japanese Culture Society whilst taking a stroll. Apparently it's so big they have 3 subdivisions:
The kimono and 
The origami enthusiasts' club
And the anime & manga appreciation club. The girl on the left is wearing something in the Harajuku District style, I believe.
The whole place is invariably grey...Not quite the stimulating environs for creativity, but at least the greens break up the monotony.
There was a whole row of these along some of the corridors. Rates are cheap too, going at around S$3 a month. Why can't all schools have this? I accredit my slouch to you, primary 1-6, you who made us lug 5kg of textbooks up 4 flights of stairs, every single frickin' day! >=O
Curiosity unsatiated, I made a tour of one of the blocks (apparently accessible only by lift, since nary a flight of stairs could I locate)
It just so happened I was in the Design Wing, so there were quite few pieces of art, most of which I won't put up since I'm lazy and a miser. But since I'm in a good mood, I'll concede two:
Visually striking, yet it probably only took a few choice snips of the scissors to create this. Inspiring.
Looks like anime still has fans well into their early 20s...W00t, D.Gray-Man! =DAnd then there was the School of Engineering.
Lake of Fire vs. Plain of Ice: Who will survive? (Half-formed idea just waiting for fruition 5 years down the road, mental note)Later they did some performances, and Jean Danker played DFTL with the adoring crowd.
NYP's stage was way more accessible than SP's, at any rate.
Went back up to the Japanese Society where this fair maiden was sitting demurely at a table =)
And back at the main hall, a very well-choreographed dance was to be had, with individual acts taking turns to strut their stuff, and later coming together in the finale for a smashing performance. Click to enlarge.Finally, got this one done. Can't believe it took me all of two hours to do >_<
Last up: Temasek Polytechnic!
