Wednesday, June 23, 2010

TEDA College, Nankai University

As I spend the majority of my time on campus, I've decided to share some pictures. The campus is extremely small with only a few lab buildings, including engineering labs, biology labs, and an entire building dedicated to the school of applied physics. In addition to the labs, there are a lot of dorm buildings, more than 10 blocks of buildings at 6-8 floors each. I'm not sure how many students are on campus, but a lot of the apartments sleep 9+, so for such a small campus, there are a lot of people. The campus is designed in such a way that you never have to leave, and many students don't seem to venture off campus very often. The canteen (dining hall) is 3 stories, and a lot of local business people come to campus for lunch because the food is extremely cheap. There is also a post office, a barber shop, basketball courts, and a convenience store that sells everything: fruit, bottled water, beer (it humored me that I saw PBR on the shelves), routers, toilet cleaner, notebooks, etc.

The entrance to campus:


Here is a dorm building; each apartment has a porch to hang laundry:


A random statue of a man playing a saxophone, but I don't believe that they have a school of music, and I have yet to see anyone playing a musical instrument:


I finally ventured to the post office today to get out some letters, hopefully they actually make it!


And basketball courts... There are basketball goals set up throughout campus, and the main court is constantly crowded, often with guys in NBA jerseys:



Also of note, should an emergency arise, I'm literally across the street from what claims to be an international hospital, but from what I've gathered, the international part means that they have a translator on the premises:



2 comments:

  1. You should pull out an old school bball jersey and hoop it up like the snuggle muffins ! Show them how real ballaz play.

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  2. Please don't need that hospital.

    Please please please.

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