Your
Survival Guide
by
Group 4 SM2
Computers
in campus:
a)
access to computers in campus(3 places):
Library:
In library, you can use computers the computer room on the second floor or in the
multimedia room on the first floor.Federal either
in Building Room #1: This room contains
forty well-maintained computers. To use the computers there, you need apply to use them as
a group in advance.Self-access Room:
Although there are only ten sets of computers in self-access room, it is still a popular
place for those who want to use computers eagerly.
b) useful NIE/NTU Websites:
Transport
services to NIE:
There are a number of bus
services to the campus stopping at Bukit Timah Road (No.
66,67,151,153,154,156,170,171,182,186). Taxis provide an alternative transport. You may
book a taxi by calling any of these taxi companies: NTUC Comfort (Tel: 1800 452 5555,Fax:
1800 456 6366), CityCabs (552 4711) and TIBS (481 1211).
There are three ways suggested
to back to Sembawang hostel from NIE campus:
a)First
take No. 66,67,170, or 171 to N4 Newton MRT station and then to N14 Sembawang. Next take
bus 980, 856, or 859,you also can walk home---Sembawang Shopping Center (SSC), which is
not far from N14. In addition, a free bus service is offered from 5:00p.m. to 9:00p.m
every day between MRT and SSC.
b) Take bus No. 855 first at the nearest bus stop on
Adam road. Change bus to No.980 or No.167 when arriving Upper Thomson Road and get down at
SSC.
C)Of
course, you can flag a taxi at all times.
LIBRARY:
You can
a)
Use the computers one the 2nd floor to go surfing on line.
b)Enjoy
yourself with good videotapes on the 1st floor.
c)Sit
in the Medium Room to hear the voice of the world.
d)
Swim in the “ deep sea of books” to communicate with books.
e)
borrow at most six books with your library card at one time and return them in
21 days, or
renew them for another 21 days.
f)Read some books in the library which are not allowed to
borrow. (Books in the reference place,color magazine etc.)
Bookstores
There are 3 canteens in NIE, 2
suitable for us.
Positions
of the 3 canteens check in the map
I. Staff canteen – more choices (more people eat here because it’s near
the lecture room)
A.Self – service : a)types of food: chicken,fish,egg,vegetables
b)Price: usually S$2 – 3
B. some popular food stalls a)Noodle: Laksa
S$1.50-3.00
b) Rice: Malaysia food(beef and chicken are very
good) S$2.00 – 3.00
c ) Chicken rice
S$1.50 S$2.00 S$2.50
C.Fruits: watermelon, apple, etc.
II. Student canteen
– lower prices
a.
Chinese
food: chicken,fish,egg,vegetables
b.
Indian
food: pie,egg,mutton
c.
Malay
food: beef,vegetables
d.
Fruits:
kiwi fruit, watermelon,melon
III. Raffles canteen
Very few PRC students go there because of
the expensive price.
Facilities of sports
Some sports that we Chinese are familiar with such
as running, basketball, badminton, table tennis, you can find very excellent facilities
here, and also, you can borrow the facilities, such as basketball, tennis bats and
badminton, from the management. There are also some challenges, such as British
basketball, tennis, and swimming... You also can go to the gym to build up a strong body,
or go for Tae Kwon Do (see page__). The gym belongs to SPE, and you need a code to enter. Use you library card to
ask the manager for the code.
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