Wednesday, December 29, 2010

Tainan, Taiwan - NCKU

So that was the lunch and Chikan House, we rode to NCKU next! The National Cheng Kung University where Eric is studying, located just next to the Tainan train station. So far, this is the second University that I had visited, NCKU is one of the famous universities in Taiwan. They are famous with their engineering faculty, founded in the 40s, first with only engineering courses, and now expanded to aerospace, medicine, designs, commerce, language, and all the usual subjects!
Thanks to Eric, I got this precious opportunity to step in the NCKU, there are 4 divided campuses, from sceince to medicine, he brought me to every corner of the campus! There's a main library situated in the heart of the University, it was the largest library I've seen so far! Got the visitor pass and walked around the library, it contains 7 levels included the basements, every level has different layout of table settings. If you feel autistic today then you might just go to 3rd floor for a window seat, or need a books surrounded seat then go to 2nd floor! Follow your mood of the day and get to that corner to study! The book shelves are connected to each other with metal rodes, to pretend it to fall during earthquake! How interesting!

This is a University we are talking about! Of course it is HUGE and has these Uni smells! They have a park and a man made lake, there's a freaking huge Banyan tree in the middle of the park! It is almost 110 years old if I still remember! The weather was windy and sunshine, how I wish I could bring some snacks and tea then sit down and enjoy for the whole afternoon! This Banyan tree is actually supported by the Taiwanese Cathay Bank, the bank makes it as a logo of it, so they have to make sure that no one breaks it or ruins it too!

We went into the Mechanical Engineering building, it has 12 levels! He showed me where his classes are, the laboratories, and the lobby. Every building in the University has this net hanging on the second floor, know why? To avoid students committing suicide from the highest floor! How scary! However, he told me that the studies are seriously hard, so it is normal for students to feel extremely stressful too! Gosh...!
We walked to the University Museum too, obviously it contains all historical memories and founded stories. We walked from commerce to the Uni Hospital, engineering until science buildings, in total we had walked for two and a half hours! It was huge, that's all I can describe! I see how the students live in a Uni life, how interesting are the building designs, the Taiwanese culture of studying, the big library, the famous squirrel park, the Banyan, and many else! It was a great walk-around trip in NCKU! I appreciate a lot that I got the chance to visit! it was really nice!

University's life is really great! I couldn't experience that so far, not sure whether I will in the future! Enjoy and have fun with the life in there! Also, wishing Eric could pass everything in the studies and graduate with flying colours!

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