I mean, it's been around for, like, 30 years. Despite that however, the buildings don't look too antiquarian at first glance......and second glance....waitasec, and third glance as well! Amazing what a good paint job can do for you. (....then again, how else would celebs survive?)
SP is, of course, the oldest and most reputable polytechnic in Singapore. It's named after a whole frickin country after all.
So anyway, the place is pretty big, much larger than Kolej Tunku Jaafar, which was the first and only example of a campus I've been to till now. Not much of a yardstick, then. But to give you a bit of the scope of the place, they have FIVE cafeterias spread out around the poly. Imagine having 5 normal high schools in one dunno-how-many-acres landmass. Bigger than a small town, I shouldn't wonder.
Other than that, they had an exhibition thing to showcase the first-year thru to third-year students' body of work, including projects, designs and the like.
There was also a talk at noon which was advised us not to limit our choices to a select few courses as they may not let us thru, regardless of academic aptitude. An enlightening speech on cut-off points and polytechnics in general was also on the agenda.
There were other things going on as well, including a bunch of booths on the students activities in their respective CCAs, which is like a collective unit beruniform+society+club, or anything non-academic in general.
The cafeterias are pretty extensive, with choices ranging from Western to Chinese to Japanese, or mostly similar to what you'd find in your quintessential shopping mall. One non-sequitur however is the way they label Malay food as "Muslim", although the menu is composed mostly of local delishes like Nasi Lemak, which I doubt they serve in Afghanistan. Go figure.
Oh, and they had their own McD's too. Pretty nifty though I expect it's rather immolating on the wallet.
Adrian Pang and Fiona Xie made cameo appearances. Can't really see Fiona under that cap though. =(
I must say, he's pretty hip for a father of three. 
The School of Design's First-Years finishing up on their projects. This was actually off-limits to the public, but I got in because everyone thought I was one of the staff, tasked with taking pics for the school mag or something. Yay for unbased assumptions~
On a side note, people here also have an evolved sense of style, I must say, with natty waistcoats and (designer?) loafers. Very western. Of Hongkee street clothes, them patchwork demons you see frequenting City Square & Sungei Wang, there are none. Obviously the trend lies elsewhere.
Well, that's it for SP. Next up: Ngee Ann Polytechnic
