nanyang experience?

hmm.. today went for the freshmen welcome ceremony w mh.. to 凑热闹.. heard Dr Su's address to the freshies regarding experiencing nanyang.. and the most direct way to do so would be to stay in hall. =) seemed like not just long ago i had to put on the freshman gown and do the light-up ceremony.. and now.. i'm already final year! geez.. and after all these years i have no idea what 'experience nanyang' means.. lolx.. i guess its just a catchy phrase..

what stay hall.. move in and pay their rental rates.. so that the school can mould u into a better person? because u spend more time at hall than at home, so it makes u more independent? more mature? more freedom? i guess that's true to a certain extent bah.. but it all depends on how u spend ur time/ what u do in school besides studies.. =) how u evolve also depends largely on how pple around u shapes u.. ur thinking.. ur way of working w them.. ur ability to accomodate.. heh. sounds cheem. i guess i had limited evolution then.. no one to interact w at home besides parents.. no group work w them.. haha.. but true.. since they are the closest, they mould my way of life.. my thoughts..

when i was a freshman, the reason i didn't stay hall was partly because i thought i ought to spend more time w my parents.. partly because i thought they could help me w schoolwork.. haha.. another reason was $$.. as i realised it was a pretty big sum incurred if i did stay hall.. so in order to save that sum of money for the last 2 years.. yup, i chose not to apply.. thinking that it was no point since i stay 'so near' sch.. -_-"

but now.. i have an urge to try to stay hall.. at least i have a try to live outside of home.. in preparations for the last 2 years.. in somewhere so far from home.. hmm.. but currently i'm still tight on budget.. heh.. so probably will consider to do so near exam periods.. so that i can become focused on studies? =) that's just my hope.. w him around.. i dunno what'll happen. but i shall stay focused. so.. should i try to 'experience nanyang'? i'd think i'm too old for that.. haha.. but at least i try to be more independent.. i say.. shall give this a review 2 mths later.