Nantah University – Nanyang Technological University (南洋大学 – 南洋理工大学)

The exhibition at the Chinese Heritage Center in NTU, has brought me more insights into the history of Nanyang Technological University and it’s past students/founders/benefactors.

I feel like current students (including me) take for granted too much. Things like school facilities, opportunities for jobs after graduation, support (from school), etc.

This trip has encouraged deeper thinking/reflection into how NTU has become what it is today, and also surprisingly, what it means to be a student.

Apparently, the famous Nanyang lake, used to be a small reservoir of water used to store the water (used in the construction of the still unfinished university). And only after the completion of the university (buildings), did all the students and professors from the university come together to beautify the reservoir and thus the Nanyang Lake was created.

Nanyang Lake on a cloudy afternoon (22 August 2017)

When the guide asked us about whether the current students still felt so strongly about their school that they would physically help beautify/build/improve the school, and whether we still possess an NTU spirit…The silence that followed felt like such a waste.