Chocolates, Snow & Fondue (IV) - Dec 2016

Canteen, ETH

It is interesting to walk into local university and we have done so in Bangkok, Japan and London-Cambridge, Eton School.  We chanced upon this ETH University as it was very near our hotel.  You can either trek upslope or take a polybahn (something like a tram) up.  We took the polybahn up as it was considered as one attraction too.  1 Euro per pax but we got on free due to our train pass =).

There were a few places that we would like to see when we were on the campus - the lecture rooms, the canteen, the co-op bookstore and the classroom.  My wife has wanted to go overseas to study and coming to overseas university always a reminder of her dream.  She said before her dream was realised by her brother.  

The canteen was crowded and we didn't makan there.  We just had our makan elsewhere and if not, we would like to try the food.  Not sure it would be cheaper but more for the fun of it.  In fact, I had wanted to eat at primary school canteens - miss the good old days when i could eat fish cake at 10 cent and dipping it in red chilli. Yummy! 

The ETH university was quite a big building.  It was very different from our university as it has tall and "museum"-looking type of buildings.  Very different feel.  I also wondered how was it if I have chosen to study in overseas campus.  Just a thought as I wasn't so adventurous after all.  

Bulletin Art

My wife took notice of the bulletin and it was interesting to her.  I believe it showed the lives of the students in the campus - their activities, their aspirations.  Come to think about it, I have not really pinned any on bulletin board during my schooling days.  I only remember my smart buddy Weixiong who suggested to pin a group of same posters together to attract attention.  I thought it was a brilliant idea.  I contributed to the posters too, and the posters were promoting our magazines.  Long long time ago.

We saw some ETH souvenirs with Einstein. Hmm, guess he also taught or visited the campus?  ETH looked like a technological school though we saw in one of the exhibition halls about architectural designs.  

Aerial view of Zurich

We got rewarded with a very good view outsides the campus. Wow, we felt it was worthwhile to make the trip up. The view was fantastic and could see the mountainous view.  Students' lives are far better than working lives?  It is often very funny when the position is swapped.  When we are studying, we hate exams and classes and wanted to be freed from all these stuff.  When we are working, we yearn for the studying kind of lives.  Guess people grow and have to adapt different challenges of growing up.  Yup, we are all still growing up.