Diaries of Singapore 坡县杂记

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Basic Facilities Purchase

7月28日是我和队友落新加坡第一个晚上醒来后的第一天。
还记得昨天从几位马来华人那里打听到的超市位置，我握着手机里不知道靠不靠谱的百度地图，扯着队友跑了出去。
出门之后，发现了一个女生正在下山（公寓楼在山上）。因为对新加坡毫无了解，我们俩只好化身“跟踪狂”跟着这个女生了解地区状况
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在我们下山的节点处，这个女生竟一转头，沿着这个方向走了。我们本想沿蓝色虚线下山，看到她这么做，我们也这么走了。
这个女生一转弯，消失在了丛林之中，我们走过去发现，这片丛林里隐藏了一段人行台阶，台阶西面是珍珠山山腰，东面则是地图所示的PARK CRES。
PARK CRES东南面的大楼外立面非常乱，但我们发现这个女生一闪身进入了这栋大楼，走进了一瞧，发现里面是一家中餐馆。我们并不需要吃饭，所以我们另寻路线。
对照着百度地图的定位，我们沿黑色实线摸到了超市。
第一轮采购，买了100多SGD的各种杂货回公寓，刚爬回公寓楼突然想起来一堆东西没买，回到宿舍是十点，我们俩躺在床上摆了十几分钟烂才继续出门。
第二轮采购回来已是中午，队友试用了一下新加坡可以使用的一个外卖软件“Grab”，点了两份Spaghetti Bolognese（难视）。大睡一番午觉，出去进行了第三轮采购。
第三轮采购回来，公寓已经具有了基本的做饭能力。我便试了下我的半吊子厨艺，做了一份胡萝卜炒肉丝作为晚饭：
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虽然第三轮采购结束之后公寓仍然缺东西，但我俩已经彻底不想动了。
毕竟不用忍受27号刚来公寓那种洗一遍澡，身上的水变成新的汗液那种痛苦感受了。
有什么乱七八糟的事明天再说。

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一种很旧的餐饮格式——食阁

故事还是要说回12月份我和队友在新加坡游荡寻找回国核酸点的时候，那时我提到

IridiumLINCH-SK 队友跟我说：“检测点很近，就在珍珠大厦。”但这之后的某天他准备去踩点儿的时候没踩到点儿，我听说之后立马反应过来：“你找错建筑了，我给你演示一下……”

我队友找了半天找不到的建筑，是People's Park Complex（珍珠坊），而我们的目的地，是People's Park Centre（珍珠大厦）。

我们二位和珍珠大厦的交集，仅限于去戳个鼻孔。而我们与珍珠坊的交集则要多上不少。
很早的时候我们提到，

IridiumLINCH-SK PARK CRES东南面的大楼外立面非常乱，但我们发现这个女生一闪身进入了这栋大楼

而实际上这栋大楼就是珍珠坊的食阁。
食阁是一种新加坡特色的餐饮形式。在我在新加坡呆着的时候，我就注意到这种餐饮形式非常特殊：食阁里有很多店家，但食客落座的位置却是公共的，你可以在“南洋小厨”门口点餐，但是去“东北人家”店铺门口吃，“东北人家”的老板不会赶你走，“南洋小厨”的店家把菜端出来还会挨个找你在哪。当然为了方便，还是在哪点菜在哪附近落座。
由于这种店铺追求翻台率，它们提供的餐具都是一次性的，而且能不用回收的盘子就用一次性的盘子，吃完丢弃就行。
我最开始不知道这种餐饮形式在新加坡叫做食阁，只记得在离开珍珠坊的时候有一块牌子会这样标示：
“本店为食阁区域，起座即戴口罩，不要串桌，违者罚款”
“食阁”一词便给我留下了印象。离开新加坡后，我曾好奇这到底是指什么，结果发现这个东西在新加坡的社会中是一种固定的餐饮格式。为什么这种小知识我直到离开了才学到啊（悲）
话不多说，给各位看看食阁的模样和出品：
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2022年11月5日，我和队友在珍珠坊食阁“川味园”点了一个酸菜鱼+回锅肉。这正是12月6日我们撤离新加坡前一晚想要吃的晚饭：

IridiumLINCH-SK 晚饭的时候，我们决定去珍珠坊吃，珍珠坊有一家“川味园”，之前一段时间我和队友在那里吃饭，吃了一顿酸菜鱼+回锅肉，体验不错。我跟他说了想法，他表示好啊，便跟我一起去了，结果不知道为什么，12月6日的珍珠坊没有一家餐厅开业。

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这是2022年11月3日“川味园”出品的回锅肉，5号的照片不包含回锅肉的原因大概就是3号我吃过了罢。

2022年10月26日，“川味园”出品的小炒肉。这顿饭是庆祝朴正熙和卢泰愚去世的（确信）

2022年10月8日，“中华面庄”出品的羊肉烩面。

在食阁吃饭的事例有很多，但不是所有的都拍了照。就比如我能记得清楚的是12月2日我从大士连路（Tuas Link）回到牛车水之后在珍珠坊的一家陕西面馆吃了炸酱面（对你没听错，是陕西炸酱面），在大士连附近，因为我靠近大士大桥的方法不对遭到了边检人员的驱赶，我心有余悸吃完了那顿中午饭。
在新加坡我只体验了珍珠坊食阁，毕竟那时我还不知道食阁这种特色餐饮形式。回国之后看小红书，我才知道在新加坡很多居住区都零零散散分布着食阁。
我在新加坡的时候，国内还在抗疫。抗疫的副作用显而易见那就是餐饮业衰落，在珍珠坊食阁吃饭的时候，我有一瞬间想起了疫情前的国内。耳边响起的是华语，目力所见是华人，鼻孔里是酱油的香味，舌尖上是麻辣与鲜咸，这不让人想起国内就怪了。
繁荣，大概总是好的。
也不一定。珍珠坊食阁地面上的泥泞通过我的凉鞋如是告诉我。想想也是，人流量如此之大的食阁，怎么会洁净呢？
食阁大概就是一个美味与泥泞的矛盾体吧。

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电诈

骂个人。
差点儿被电信诈骗了。
给我打来一个电话，让我登记疫苗接种状况。
我暂时信了，报了名字。
然后他突然一转话说，你这个名字下的医疗保险和福利要被冻结了。
我：？
他：你有一个手机号在广州发表了干扰防疫的骚扰短信。
我：（老子他妈的没去过广州，哦原来是骗子啊，我先听着，要老子转钱，一分钱不转就是了）
他：你想想看有没有身份证护照号泄漏之类的
我：（我只报了名字你丫哪来的我身份证号？你至多拿到我护照号）
他：你今天十二点必须来卫生部一趟
我：周六可以吗？老子十二点有课
他：这是你的事情，你必须推了课十二点来
我：（真你妈凑性）挂断电话
第一次被电诈，还是有点紧张，素质有待降低，所有的脏话都是内心独白，不太勇。

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IridiumLINCH-SK's first visit to NUS

A guy from Dept. of Math., flew to New York as a visiting student at UColombia. When she had to leave US, she applied for a summer research at NUS because of unavailability of air ticket home. She couldn't imagine that her application was approved. She hurried to Singapore and became the guy who arrived at NUS earlier than NUS guys.
Of course, as a NUS guy, I knew she arrived quite early. After arriving at Singapore I attached with her and appointed to meet on 29 Jul.
On the afternoon of 29 July, my pal and I came out of the hostel.
Judging from the map, the nearest MRT station is the Outram Park:
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And the nearest one from NUS is this:

(Interesting, when I am writing this floor, I'm physically at NUS Science Library.)
This is a part of the Railway Transit Map of Singapore:

Quite easy to come up the route: Go downhill, ride NEL(i.e. North-east Line) at Outram Park and transfer to CCL(i.e. Circle Line) all the way to Kent Ridge.
At Changi airport my pal and I bought SIM card and transportation card. The transportation card costed 10 SGD, but when we were swiping our card, there was only 5 SGD. It could be something like pledge.
Anyway we were out of the Kent Ridge MRT Station. One single ride costs 1.41 SGD.
After exiting we found our scene a total mess. From the map we can tell that those are the NUH(i.e. National University Hospital) facilities. We were confused for a while and finally found our way to Lower Kent Ridge Road:
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Buses were surpassing us from our sides but we just ignored them. It seems the road was not too long but it actually involved up and down hills.
We walked to somewhere and found a playground at my right hand side. I'm amazed and entered the playground after crossing the road.

I ran one lap on the track, feeling quite good. But possibly because I hadn't been dealing with 400 m tracks for more than 3 years, it may take me quite a long time to adapt it.
This was my very first running at NUS.

Later we were forwarding on the right shoulder of the road and saw an outdoor swimming pool:
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The photo was highly responded when released in the QQ chat group UCAS 2022 freshmen.
We passed 2 roundabouts and marched north. The clouds appeared in former pictures started to rain when we were walking over the expressway:

The rain was very heavy but it was tradgic that neither of us took an umbrella.
The wind blew, and the glass shade above us became useless. We were wet.
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The range of Utown is to the north of the expressway. We appointed to meet at UdonDonBar at the southest of the Utown.
We finally met and she took us to have dinner at another resteraunt. I had to say that there are quite nice peripheral resteruants besides the canteens of NUS's own.
After that she guided us at Utown. During it I told them the famous AnPinLeDao Joke. They said they were not surfing. Quite interesting for a guy to write such a nasty article.
After dinner she was going back to where she rent and resided. And we were back to. We left NUS from the north of Utown. She advised us to go to One-North MRT Station by bus. I refused because the bus would be annoying on rainy days.
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The one-north station appeared when we exited from Kent Ridge, and it was just the next station.
We were finally back Hostel, both exhausted.

二佬佬进新国大

却说数学系有一位玩家，第六学期飞到了纽约的哥伦比亚大学访学。等到5月份自己必须要离开美国的时候，因为没买到回国的机票，就申请了国大的暑研。她自己都没想到，自己在国大的暑研就这么过了，于是她嗖地一下飞到了新加坡，成为了比国大玩家还早到国大的玩家。
当然，作为国大玩家，我老早就知道她到了，于是到了新加坡我就和她取得了联系，约定29号在国大大学城见面。
29日下午，我和队友溜出了公寓。
根据地图判断，距离我们公寓最近的地铁站是欧南园站：
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而距离国大最近的地铁站是这个：

（笑死，写这层的时候，我人在国大理学部图书馆）
这是新加坡地铁图的一部分：

去国大的路线很简单了：就是下山去Outram Park站坐NEL（东北线）到HarbourFront（港湾）换成CCL（环线）做到Kent Ridge（肯特岗）。
在樟宜机场的时候，我和队友都办了电话卡和交通卡，交通卡花了我们10 SGD，但当我们刷卡的时候，我们发现卡里只有5 SGD，可能事押金罢。
反正无论如何，我们出了肯特岗地铁站，一趟要花费我们1.41 SGD。
出站，发现眼前的场景十分混乱，从地图可以看出来，肯特岗周围是NUH（国大附属医院）的设施，我们绕了一段时间，总算摸到了低肯特岗路（Lower Kent Ridge Road）上：
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公交车一列一列从我们身边呼啸而过，但我们在步行的过程中仿佛将它们熟视无睹。这段路看似不长，实际上涉及了不少山路。
走到某处，突然看到右手边有操场，我十分高兴，便跨过马路，进入操场：

然后我就上操场跑了一圈，感觉不错，但可能是已经三年没碰400 m操场了，重新捡回来还需要不短时间适应罢。
这是我的国大第一跑。
此后我俩就一直在路右肩上行进，看到了一处露天游泳池：
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这张照片发进22级gkd新生群，引发了极大的反响。
过了两个环岛转而向北，在跨越高速公路时，前面图中的这些云开始下起了雨：

雨下得非常大，但悲剧的是，我俩都没带伞。
在风的作用下，在我们头顶的玻璃盖顶也没什么用，我们俩淋了个半湿。
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大学城的范围是高速公路以北，我们仨约定在大学城最南端的UdonDonBar（乌冬面-日式盖饭-酒馆）见面。
终于见了面，她带我们去另一家餐馆吃了饭，不得不说国大除了自己的食堂之外，还有不少外围的小餐馆，味道不错。
吃完饭，她带我们俩逛大学城，这中间我给两位科普了一下《安贫乐道》笑话，他们表示以前不喜欢冲浪，竟然有同学能写出这么逆天的文章，真有意思。
吃完饭，她准备回自己租住的地方，而我们也准备回了，我们从大学城北面出去。她建议我俩坐公交车前往One-North（纬壹站），我以下雨天公交车太难受拒绝了。
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这张图中的纬壹站在我们从肯特岗出站的时候出现过，下一站就是纬壹站。
然后我们就回公寓了，累死我们俩了。

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Homegoing

IridiumLINCH-SK An EPFL visiting student departed from Zurich, Switzerland and arrived at Singapore on the afternoon on 15 Jul., 2022.

He left Singapore on 20 July and went back to Chengdu.

IridiumLINCH-SK A guy from Dept. of Math., flew to New York as a visiting student at UColombia. When she had to leave US, she applied for a summer research at NUS because of unavailability of air ticket home. She couldn't imagine that her application was approved. She hurried to Singapore and became the guy who arrived at NUS earlier than NUS guys.

She left Singapore and landed at Hong Kong on 2 August and later she was back to Xiaman from HK.

队友们都回家了

IridiumLINCH-SK 某EPFL访学玩家自瑞士苏黎世出发，于2022年7月15日下午（北京时间）抵达新加坡。

这位玩家已于7月20日自新加坡启程，返回成都。

IridiumLINCH-SK 却说数学系有一位玩家，第六学期飞到了纽约的哥伦比亚大学访学。等到5月份自己必须要离开美国的时候，因为没买到回国的机票，就申请了国大的暑研。她自己都没想到，自己在国大的暑研就这么过了，于是她嗖地一下飞到了新加坡，成为了比国大玩家还早到国大的玩家。

这位玩家已于8月2日飞离新加坡到达香港，又经香港飞回厦门。

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Module Affairs

故事当然要从5月23日收到，5月24日查收的那项国大（那时我的口癖还是“新国立”）发来的录取信息开始说起。
这是国大返回的选课结果：
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我中了《过渡金属化学》、《半导体化学》以及《全合成的方法论和艺术》三门课，刚好是此前询问学长时学长给出的课程修读最低限：12 MC（i.e. Module Credit, 学分）=3门课（4 MC/Module）。
5月24日开始的生活节奏让我无法顾及国大这边的事宜——25号辅导员发来正式的放行通知，26、27收拾了两日，28日被家父的同事pick回家，这之后也还没法处理——毕竟The Very Last Piece at Application Portal还没完成（https://ucaskernel.com/d/593/15），我也没法操作我的选课事宜。在The Very Last Piece at Application Portal之后的那些行政事务，我会单独建层再讲。总之，我大概是在7月中旬开始，在化学所实习的时候就开始琢磨接下来怎么收拾选课，然后在7月13日，收到了国大发来的选课操作指南。

在国大的学习事务基本可以归结到两个系统之上，一个是LumiNUS，功能等于尼校课程网站：
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另一个是ModReg@EduRec（i.e. Module Registration System@Education Record System），功能等于尼校选课系统：

其实在网络基础设施整合度上，国大的程度甚至不如尼校（
前文提到的选课指南中还提到了一个辅助性质的网站：NUSMods（https://nusmods.com/timetable），据学长说，这是某个国大学生，觉得国大的课表系统太烂了，就自己在GitHub上写了个，到如今这个来自私人的系统却被官方推广，不得不说这也是一种国退民进（）
在这个NUSMods上，我把我已经中了三门课放在选课系统里一比划，却发现了一件非常让我恼火的事情：
我《过渡金属化学》和《全合成的艺术和方法论》撞了？
我立刻进行了一波多方确认：LumiNUS告诉我，撞了；NUSMods告诉我，撞了；我寻思着我当时选课的时候是看着选课列表选的不可能选出撞的来啊，结果一看三月份参考的选课列表：
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这哪撞了？
我本来不信，结果25号我收到实锤邮件了：

这下真没希望了，只能解决这个事了。

其实早在重新准备何圣贵老师面试ppt（2022.07.21）时，我就有在考虑接下来该选什么课，在做ppt时，家母建议我把你想在国大选的课贴上去炫他们一脸，这时我便开始考虑怎么解决这个《过渡金属化学》和《全合成的艺术和方法论》冲突问题以及其它的选课问题。
在这之前，张顶兰老师发来过一份文件，文件中提到NUS玩家“原则上应当选5门课，4门课也可以”。于是我便决定只选4门课，考虑到我的辅修物理属性，我打算三带一（3化1物）。但后来对《广义相对论》有了一点点最基本的了解之后，我开始担心我要是选了的这门超级硬的课的话可能把自己给玩死，所以我翻了翻选课列表，准备选一门看上去人畜无害的《现代光学》，在NUSMods里粗略的排了一下课表，我以为没问题了，就在自己的夏令营面试ppt中自信地写下：
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在《过渡金属》和《全合成》之间，我扔掉了全合成，作为满足自己对有机的需求，我选择了一门《有机合成：切断法》。

那封13日的国大邮件指出，我应当在7月27日9点至29日17点间进行"Submit Module Request"，这个选项在EduRec系统里可以看见，但当我第一次登录ModReg@EduRec时，我一把点进了Select Modules，然后差点儿没给我气晕过去：
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后来才知道：

我们不是Undergraduate Students（UG），而是Non-Graduating Students（NG）；前者是国大自家本部的本科生，后者是来国大学习而不获取学位的学生
我们不是Exchange Student，因为并没有NUS学生来尼校学习；后来我在《高等分析技术》课上遇到了一个来自南洋理工大学（NTU）的哥们，他是Non-Graduating Exchange Student，我们是Non-Graduating Non-Exchange Students。
作为NG学生，我们只有一次Submit Module Request的机会（写到这里不得不吐槽国大的这个选课系统挺歧视NG学生的），而UG学生能Select三轮，还能Submit两次，噫……

27号在条件缺损严重的公寓住下之后，我们发现公寓的WiFi就是歌姬吧。于是我和队友连上各自的热点开始Submit Requests。
我只说我自己这边：
首先是我尝试先扔掉《全合成》，受阻：选课系统告诉我，你此时只有12学分的课，扔掉这门课会导致你低于国大的学分限。
其次是尝试提交前文提到的《切断法》和《现代光学》两门课。
提交申请之前，我被要求"Submit Your Transcript"。
看到这个Transcript，我一时半会儿没想起来这是什么东西，突然想起来，是成绩单……？
我问了问学长，这个成绩单就是在尼校读书时的成绩单，不过我寻思着，尼校读书的成绩单国大认？
但这是不得不提交的，于是我提交了。
《现代光学》提交上去的时候，返回来一条消息：
你《现代光学》和《半导体》撞了！
我tm满头问号，重新打开NUSMods准备找它算账，结果定睛一看：
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原来日期是横行啊……
好，那就把现代光学扔掉罢，物理课我也不决定在国大学了，换谁呢？
我翻了翻选课列表，最终决定是《高等分析技术》。于是我把增选《切断法》和《高等分析技术》的申请提了交，接下来就是等8月8号早上9点选课结果出来了。
8号是个周一，这天早上没有课，我9点钟打开了选课界面。发现页面和之前我闲的没事干看的时候一模一样：
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该页面截于8月16日，你咋还running呢？
在电脑屏幕前枯坐半个小时，我突然意识到结果不应该在这里查看，我去View My Classes那里看……
一项都没中。
这就很奇怪了，不过在这之后咨询学长，以及返回阅读选课指引邮件的时候，我意识到我还有补救办法：
Unable to Secure Modules@Submit Appeals/Inquires（8月8日9点可使用，正好是Request结果出来的时候）
这个Submit Appeals和Request很像，不同的是，成绩单是不强制提交的。但出于保险，我仍然提交了在尼校的成绩单。
（现在想来，我选课没中的原因可能是忘了给成绩单重命名：因为成绩单原件约10 MB，而要求pdf文件不超过500 kB，因此我使用Adobe Acrobat时，进行了分页图像提取再合并的操作，这时出来的原文件名叫“组合2.pdf”，再次提交成绩单时，我把它重命名为了"Transcript from Home University.pdf"）
9号，是第一轮习题课（Tutorial）选课时间，因为此时我仍然只有《过渡金属》、《半导体》和《全合成》（还没退成），所以我只提交了《过渡金属》、《半导体》的习题课申请。
9号与此同时是新加坡共和国的国庆节。大概率没有课上，虽然我本来要选的《切断法》在周二早八有一节课，但我没有动弹，我队友去了趟国大准备上课，结果一节课都没上到。
10号，我的《高等分析技术》还没中，但我仍然参加了这门课的课堂。老师在开始讲课前进行了点名，没有我的名字，便只好和他解释了原因，课后通过Email和他取得了联系，在我还没有官方选中这门课时把我以客座学生身份加入了LumiNUS（课程网站）。
11号，第一轮习题课选课结果发表，两门习题课全中；Appeals结果发表，全中；我退掉了《全合成》，成功；第二轮习题课选课开始，提交了《切断法》、《高等分析技术》习题课申请。
15号，第二轮习题课选课结果发表，全中。
至此，所有将在国大修习的课程已全部就位：
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碘到为酯

二佬怎么能退全合成呢？没有全合成的化学是没有灵魂的😭
全合成：还会再见吗? 二佬，再见的时候你要幸福，好不好，二佬，你要开心，你要幸福，好不好，开心啊，幸福。你的世界没有我了，没关系，你要自己幸福。二佬！二佬！二佬，没有你我怎么活呀……二佬，你带我走吧！二佬……
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碘到为酯

IridiumLINCH-SK 这位玩家（×）这条蛇（√）

IridiumLINCH-SK

Administrative Affairs Part One

As I am in Singapore, where the official language is English, I'd like to make a trial of demonstrating my life at Singapore, including like at Students' Hostel and at NUS, in English. This Storey is gotta be the very first English one. God knows whether I'll be able to talk about my stories fluently.
The story continues from the Stoery "The Very Last Piece at the Application Portal"(https://ucaskernel.com/d/593/15) After rolling from UCAS, I carefully read the offer letter again. The letter has 6 parts:

Basic Info. about my Enrollment, i.e. Semester and Period of Study. Some instructions were given, too. But as I received my offer from the Application Portal, the instructions, including to Accept or Decline to Upload Student Card Photograph, were useless because they were clearly demonstrated at Application Portal. And they were the VERY LAST PIECES AT THE APPLICATION PORTAL.
Literally, Student's Pass. I was quite confused when I came across the word "Pass". I guessed it was something like visa. When I surfed on the Internet looking for Singapore Entry Affairs in April, when there was no official suggestions from NUS or Study Abroad Office@UCAS, I saw a Zhihu answer, telling me that an entry into Singapore as a student can't be pursued until the Target School sent you a serial to apply for SOLAR@ICA. The "Instructions to apply for the Student's Pass" in the letter just contains that serial. Obviously there is no way for me to pursue visa affairs in April and finally until 2 June, 2022, the serial is given in the email.
As for the Pass Application Affairs, it will be another storey to construct.
This is just about Vaccination. As I was immediately responsing to the COVID-19 Vaccination Advocations every time in the campus. There is no way for me to have vaccination problems.
This one is the most important part I'm talking in this Storey. But when I went back to the Registration Portal to consult what I had done there, it just expired and I can only try to recall them from my memory.
When it came to administrative declarations, I always felt brain-consumed. I almost immediately started my Registration Part One, but as there were characters limits on contact address, I just can't understand: How can I describe my physical address clearly within such narrow character restrictions?
It took me a long time to think about how to reduce the words. And due to my poor English reading performance, when a sentence contained unknown words, it was just unable for me to understand.
I saved but didn't submit parts of the Reg. Part One for quite a lot times. I procrastinated for several days and I received several emails informing me that they detected our my Reg. Part One is incomplete and the Deadline is 17 July, 2022. Being disturbed by the emails, I finally submitted the Reg. before 30 June.
After that I was accessible to my Student Number, FIN, NUSNET ID and NUSNET initial password. I was able to pursue the following school administrative affairs.
There was an incident about Reg. Part One. I received an email again, urging me to complete Part One. I was quite annoyed and sent an email to the Registrar's Office. One day later they told me that I do accomplished and the email was just sent to every student potentially uncompleting. It was not quite intelligent as I thought...
Part Two and Accommodation

Actually there are quite a lot of things to do between Part One and Part Two. I'd like to call that miscellaneous things Part One Point Five. Part 1.5, 2 will be talked in respective new Storeys, definitely.
As for Accommodation, I was too lazy to apply for it as I heard the probability was just too small. My partner did make an appointment and it was failed. So after that we looked for accommodation on our own.

It seems that this is a bad trial to tell my story in English. The letter was in English, as my English description was inserting into the letter, it just seemed too bulky.
If there are any requests for Chinese version I will just reupload one.
Thinking and outputing in English are difficult for me, still.

行政事务第一阶段

既然来到了新加坡，就应当有安英语乐英语的情怀。最近有人对学生公寓以及国大里全是英文牢骚不断，令我感到深深地悲哀。学到的都是什么英语，我用英语写论坛还有希望吗！
从“申请用站点的最后一件事”那里开始讲起(https://ucaskernel.com/d/593/15)。从gkd跑毒之后，我认真重新读了一遍那封录取信。这信有六部分：

关于我的录取的基本信息，包括哪个学期，学习时段。这儿也给了一些指导。但当我在申请用站点收到我的offer的时候，同时也就收到了有关“同意还是拒绝”以及上传学生卡照片的指令。那儿的指令很清楚，以至于这封信里的指导就纯纯的没用了。这就是在申请用站点那里完成的最后一项事务。
字面上，即学生准证。当我看到“Pass”这个词我还疑惑了一下，我猜测这应该和签证（visa）类似罢。我四月份的时候在网上冲浪找新加坡入境事宜来着，当时我还没收到国大或者是gkd访学办发来的任何官方指导，我看到了一条知乎回答，说是以学生身份进坡子在目标院校给你发来用于申请ICA的SOLAR的一个序列号之前根本没戏。原文“Instructions to apply for the Student's Pass”就恰恰包含了我需要的这个序列号。显然，我在6月2号国大给我发来序列号之前，我是没法处理签证滴。
至于准证的申请程序，那就是另一层要讲的事儿了。
这就是疫苗的事。由于校园内一有疫苗接种倡议我就积极向杨，我在疫苗这件事儿上不会有问题的。
这是本层要提到的最重要的事了。但当我回去看注册用站点查询我当时到底干了些啥时，它直接失效了，我就只能想到哪说到哪了。
行政问题总是让我头大。我几乎立刻开始动手进行注册第一阶段的事，但联系地址竟然有字数限制，老子想不明白了：就这点儿字数我怎么把我物理位置给你描述清楚？
缩字数就花了我不少时间，然后我阅读还烂，一句话里要是有不认识的词儿根本别想读懂。
我存了好几回，一直没提交。我拖了几天然后收到了若干封邮件，说我们检测到你第一阶段还没弄完，DDL是7月17号。被这些邮件搞烦了，我6月30号最终交了。
自此我拿到了学号，FIN，国大网络ID以及国大网络初始密码。我可以继续完成别的行政事务了。
在第一阶段发生了一点小变故。我后来又收到一封邮件，催我完成第一阶段。给我惹毛了，我一封邮件发到招生办公室。一天之后他们说，你确实弄完了，我们只是给每个有可能还没弄完的学生发封邮件罢了。这玩意儿没我想象的这么智能……
第二阶段以及住宿事宜

事实上在第一二阶段之间有不少乱七八糟的事要做。我觉得不妨叫它第1.5阶段。肯定要把第1.5阶段和第2阶段放在新开的层里讲啊……
至于住宿，因为我听说中标概率挺低，我就懒掉了。我队友确实申请了一个，然后挂了。这之后我们就自己找屋住了。

感觉这一把尝试不太好，这信是英语的，我的英语描述穿插在里头，多少有点连篇累牍了。
如果有人要中文版，那我就再上传一版。
用英语思考和输出对于我来说还是有些难呀！

(Comments from edition on 31 Aug.: I have left myself a massive and complicated task...)
（来自8月31日编辑的吐槽：你给自己挖了多大一坑你知道吗……）

IridiumLINCH-SK

Run(×) Roll(√)

"Run" is a quite novel usage in Chinese, usually means to escape from a sterile place to a fertile place, e.g. I'm running from China to the U.S.. Why? Because the academic atmosphere in China is sterile. (This is just for demonstration usage.)
When my pal and I just arrived in Singapore, we were forced to get to a lot of different placed to collect life necessities. Singapore is hot, which is quite an obstacle for us to complete our tasks rapidly; Blocks near Chinatown are complicated, we were often confused when getting into them for the first time. We have to make resolutions when we were tired or confused. I was often the one who motivate both guys. When it is time to motivate him, I say:
"Come on, let's go!"
Yes, in English. After a while I thought, "go" is just too simple. My oral words should be just somewhat more versatile, so sometimes I say:
"Let's run!"
Because of the special usage of "run" in Chinese, I often pronounce "run" by the way of that usage. After a few times I thought it was weird. I suddenly thought of another use, presented in a few US ganghood games:
"Let's roll!"
It was just more fluent for me to say so. After that, the word "roll" even influenced my usage of Chinese. I tried to replace "run" by "roll" in Chinese sentences. The effect was quite interesting.

IridiumLINCH-SK

Everything about Student Identity@Singapore

GG, I have to say that there is a magic in English speaking country. When every official things you see in the place is in English, it's quite natural to do what Romans do.
And this Storey/Floor will be talking about Student's Pass(STP) Affairs.
As mentioned, I received the email containing the serial for SOLAR, i.e. Student’s Pass Online AppLication & Registration, on 2 Jun., 2022. Everything was quite straight forward. The email also contains the website(https://eservices.ica.gov.sg/solar/index.xhtml) for SOLAR@ICA, i.e. Immigration and Checkpoint Authority, as long as you put the website into your Browser Favourites, you can access and process everything easily.
Select "Foreign Student", and fill in your personal details, including the serial, name, gender, nationality/region, and birthday.
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As I have finished everything, there is a "Enquire Payment History" Button. It's obvious that there is no this one for a new guy. The very first thing to do is to "Submit eForm 16".

eForm 16 is an information collection designed for Foreign students. Just fill it within your maximum knowledge and be honest. It could be quite troublesome if you cheat on things related to going abroad.
Actually before submitting eForm 16, you'd better prepare a credit card which is available for VISA, Mastercard, or American Express, NOTE: Union Pay is unavailable for SOLAR@ICA payment.
I haven't got an available credit card after submitting eForm 16, my parents either. It was 6 June when I noticed the problem and my mother and I visited the nearest CCB, i.e. China Construction Bank, and consulted everything about Credit Card Payment. My mother applied for a virtual credit card issued by CCB, which is available for American Express, and Processing Fee, 15 SGD, the most urgent payment, was settled.
During this visit to CCB, I also deposited some money into my CCB×UCAS Debit Card for studying abroad, and by the way activated the abroad payment function. My mother was then suggested to apply for a physical credit card at BOC, i.e. Bank of China, for my more convenient use in Singapore.
The process took about 14 days when I finally received the email notifying me the eForm 16 was in-principle approved on 20 Jun. An In-Principle Approved(IPA) Letter was issued and I can enter Singapore from then on.
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However, IPA letter is not a STP. There were 3 things to do, as you see in the picture. First upload the required documents, quite straightforward. Second make payment, with the credit card issued half a month ago, there was no problem. The payment is for the conversion of IPA letter to STP, it was 60 SGD, if my memory served me right.
As for the conversion of IPA letter to STP, there are 2 ways. One is the Offsite Enrollment(OSE), which means the officers of ICA will go to respective schools to accomplish the affairs. An email mentioned this but we failed to look into it. When I arrived at the Hostel on 27 Jul., I found that there was no way for us to participate OSE, because there was a booking and we missed it due to incomplete knowledge of the information given.
The other way is to take the required documents and go to ICA Headquarter duly. When I saw the "Step 3", I just clicked into the e-Appointment and appointed at 8:15, 20 Aug., 2022(The earliest time available at that time). I told my pal and he did so. When we found the OSE Party was over, we were not too sad. At least we still have the appointment. I relogged into the e-Appointment website that day and found that the applications before October were already gone. It was quite necessary to make it somewhat redundant.
Another thing to say about the arrival at Singapore. A SGAC, i.e. Singapore Arrival Card was necessary before your arrival in Singapore within 3 days of your arrival. Comparing to other administrative issues, the SGAC is the most straight forward one, actually.
As for things to take to ICA HQ, they are Passport, IPA letter and a passport size(45 mm* 35 mm) photograph. I did prepare some personal photographs and took it to Singapore, but after rereading the requirements, I double-checked, only to find the photos are smaller than what required. I had to remake.
On 16 Aug., 2022, when I finished the only class at 8:00-10:00, I went into the MRT, rolling to Station Clarke Quey, where I found a photo booth on Google Map.
Actually it seemed that I saw a photo booth at a station I have been to. But when I heard the photos they print ARE 45 mm* 35 mm. I decided to go.
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The way to Photo Booth was just the way back home, with 2 stations extension.
The Photos were 8 SGD, 4 copies. He could rob me directly, but he gave me 4 photos. He is so fucking kind, I'm moved.
After that I got an idea, I rode back to Outram Park and decide to do an experiment: How long time are we getting to Lavender, the ICA HQ?
The result was, from 10:40:26, the NEL concourse at Outram Park, which is the very first concourse when we enter the Outram Park Station, to 10:55, the nearest exit to ICA HQ of Lavender Station. The time included transfering from NEL concourse to EWL platform.
And finally, today, 20 Aug., we arrived at ICA HQ and acquired our STP:
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STP, settled.

与在坡县取得学生身份有关的一切

寄，不得不说在英语国家有一种魔力。当你目力所及的官方语言全都是英语的时候，入乡随俗，用英语想事儿做事儿倒也颇为自然。
本楼将会说明申请学生准证的事宜。
此前提到，我在6月2日收到了国大发来的包含用于SOLAR（即学生准证在线申请登记系统）的序列号，这下所有的事情都很直接了。这邮件还包含了SOLAR@ICA（ICA即新加坡移民和关卡局），只要你把这个网站放进浏览器收藏夹，登录做事什么的都是很简单的。
选择“外国学生”，填写个人信息，包含序列号，姓名，性别，国家/地区以及生日。
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当然我算是二周目玩家了，有这样一个“查看支付历史”的按钮。对于新人来说这个按钮显然不能有，第一件事情是要提交16号电子表格。

16号电子表格是专门为收集外国学生信息设计的。知道多少写多少，别造假。出国这种事儿造假要是栽了很要命的。
其实你们最好在提交16号电子表格之前，准备一张可以通过VISA、万事达或者American Express协议支付的信用卡。切记：SOLAR@ICA不接受银联。
在提交16号电子表格之后我才发现我没有可用的信用卡，我家里人也没有。我们是6月6号发现的这个问题，然后我和我妈就去造访最近的建行，了解了一些信用卡支付的基本知识。我妈办了一张虚拟的建行信用卡，支持American Express的，总算把这个15新元的手续费给交了，解决了燃眉之急。
这趟去建行，我给我这张建行gkd联名卡存了点儿钱，顺便开通了境外支付。家母则被建议去中国银行办张实体卡，这样我在坡子用着方便。
整个过程大概耗费14天。 我最终收到那封告诉我我的16号电子表格已经被原则上批准的时候是6月20日，与此同时，我获得了IPA信（原则批准信），自此我就可以进入新加坡共和国国境了。
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然而，原则批准信并非学生准证。如图所见，还有三件事要做。首先是上传必要的文件，还是挺简单的。接着再支付费用，半个月前的刚获得的信用卡，新鲜的不可能出问题。这次支付是为了把原则批准信转换为学生准证，我没记错的话好像是60新元。
至于这个换准证的事，有两种办法。一种是校内换准证（OSE），ICA的官员会到学校给学生办事。此前有一封邮件提到过这件事，但我们没仔细读。27号到了坡子，我发现其实我们已经没法参加OSE了，因为这玩意儿要预约，我们没好好看邮件都不知道这件事。
另一个办法是自个儿带着文件去ICA本部办事儿。当我看到上图页面有个步骤3的时候，我直接点了进去，预约了8月20日早8:15的办事（这是我能约到最早的了）。我跟队友说了，他也约那会儿了。当我们发现校内换准证这种好事“已经结束啦”！我们倒也没怎么沮丧。至少咱还预约了。我那天重新登了预约网站然后发现十月份以前全tm没了，有的时候嘛，打点儿冗余还是必要滴。
到坡子还有一件事儿要说。你需要填写一份新加坡入境卡（SGAC），在到达之前，3天之内提交。比起其它行政事务，这玩意儿其实已经是最直爽的。
需要带去ICA本部的东西有护照，原则批准信和一张护照尺寸（45×35 mm² ）的照片。我确实准备了几张，还带来了坡子，但当我重新翻阅那些要求的时候，才发现我照片拍小了，得重来。
8月16日，我上完了这天唯一的早八，我钻进了地铁站，前往我在谷歌地图上搜到的一家自助证照棚子，它在克拉码头站。
事实上我老早记得我曾经在我到访过的一个地铁站看到过照相棚子，但当我听说这个照相棚子的照片正好就是45乘35时，我决定冲了。
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从国大到照相棚子几乎和回家的路没啥区别，坐过两站就行。
这些照片8 SGD，共4份。他本来可以直接抢我钱，但还给了我4张照片，他真的，我哭死。
在那之后我来了主意，我坐地铁回到欧南园，打算做个实验：从这里到ICA本部的劳明达站需要多久呢？
结果是，从10:40:26到欧南园的NEL站台到10:55到达离ICA本部最近的出口，这段时间甚至包含了从NEL线站厅换到EWL线站台上。
最终，也就是今天8月20日，我们到达了ICA本部，获得了我们的学生准证。
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学生准证，搞定。

YangZKDear

IridiumLINCH-SK 开幕雷击，寄翻译成GG（斜眼笑）
到中文才注意到这个，里面好奇地拉回去看看究竟是什么，还以为会出现类似于F***之类的词汇。（doge）

YangZKDear

IridiumLINCH-SK The Photos were 8 SGD, 4 copies. He could rob me directly, but he gave me 4 photos. He is so fucking kind, I'm moved.

好家伙，又骗我练英语阅读是吧？不过我也就造福后人~~让二佬公开处刑~~，引用此段。
确实是汉译英，好好玩这个翻译。

IridiumLINCH-SK

YangZKDear
寄本身就是从GG衍生出来的用法。
F word还真有，你看看我怎么翻译的（其实是中译英）。

DDt

按照二佬对roll的翻译
Adele的Rolling in the deep是不是可以译作润在深处

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DDt
润进深渊（悲）

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Registration Part Two

It's quite difficult to clearly define what is Registration Part Two. In my view I'd like to define it as the collection of the Student Card.
As mentioned before, on the evening of 27 Jul., 2022, the day we arrived in the Students' Hostel. We submitted our module requests, looking for OSE only to find the Party was over. The other thing is to collect Student card. After reading the email, we found that both OSE and Student Card Collection required a booking. The OSE booking was over, but the Student Card Collection(SCC, same below) booking was still there. So I immediately booked the SCC at 16:00, 4 Aug., 2022, which is also the earliest available.
I can't tell what happened to me during my arrival at Singapore before the Orientation Week (i.e. The week which can be regarded as Week 0. Before the pandemic there could be a large-scale offline guided visit all around NUS). It was 2 Aug., 2022, if my memory served me right. I clicked into the booking UI again, and found that I can't find my booking result. I was quite confused, as the ICA e-appointment was made, I went back to the ICA website and found my booking details. I did such things for comparison, and I thought the 4 Aug. SCC booking could be invalid. So I rapidly looked for a new one, that was 16:00 on 12 Aug., 2022. I resubmitted and thought everything was settled.
It was 3 Aug. when I opened the NUSmail and received the booking result email. I notified my pal and he checked, too. He looked at his result and told me he was collecting at 16:00, 4 Aug. When he looked at mine, he was surprised:
"Why is yours on 12?"
I didn't even noticed this when I received first. I wouldn't have notice that without my pal's discovery. When I saw the "12 Aug." on the screen. I felt disturbed:
So my lateset 12 booking just covered the 4 booking?
Shit.
Days came to 4 Aug., my pal had to collect his card. Thinking of the experiences in China, I thought it could be some hope to acquire my card in advance. We went on the MRT, got off at Kent Ridge, got on the NUS Internal Shuttle Bus and arrived at Student Sports Center@University Health Center(SSC@UHC), where the SCC Affairs were conducting at.
My pal went into the queue and queued for number. I asked the staff about my condition and she answered:
"Ohhh, Your latest booking just covered the former one. The former one was invalid. Just wait until your 12. Your card wasn't presented here, no way for you to acquire in advance."
GG.
After that I went to the playground, and ran my first 1 km there. See The Second Running at NUS, Diaries of Singapore (https://ucaskernel.com/d/593-diaries-of-singapore/20) for details.
Time flowed to Week 1, i.e. 8 Aug. to 14 Aug., which means 12 Aug. is the Friday. After I finished my course Chemistry of Semiconductors at 15:20, approximately. I went on the shuttle bus to SSC for SCC.
Now my card was available. After comparing me with the passport, my Student Card was issued.
After that I went to the UdonDonBar in University Town and had my dinner there. During the waiting, I quickly activated the card online at EduRec. Now I'm an official NUS student.
Registration Part Two, over.

You may be curious about: Where is the Part 1.5?
Well, actually Part 1.5 is financial problems. As the things are not settled yet, It's better talking nothing about it.

注册（第二部分）

其实我很难清楚地定义什么是注册（第二部分）。个人来说，我想将其定义为领取学生卡。
如前所述，我们是2022年7月27日晚上到达的学生宿舍。我们提交了我们的课程增选请求，想要校内换准证却发现“已经结束辣”！除此之外的另一件事是领取学生证（SCC，下同）。阅读邮件后，我们发现校内换准证和领取学生证都需要预订。OSE预约已经结束，但学生证领取预约还在。于是我立即预订了2022年8月4日16:00的SCC，这还是我最早能订到的。
我不知道在迎新周之前（即第0周的那一周。疫情前，国大是会在这周组织新学生到处转以熟悉学校环境的）我到底在想些什么。如果我没记错的话，那是2022年8月2日。我再次点进预约界面，发现找不到我的预约结果。我很困惑，因为我还有个ICA预约嘛，我就打开了ICA网站，找到了我的预订详细信息。我这么做是为了对照，我认为我8月4日的SCC预订可能是预定了个寂寞。于是我迅速订了一个新的，即8月12日的16:00。我重新提交并以为解决了。
8月3日，我打开国大邮箱，收到了结果邮件。我跟我队友说了，他也打开来看。他看了眼他的结果，告诉我他是在8月4日16:00。当他看到我的结果时，他很惊讶：
“你的咋是12号？”
当我刚打开来看时，我甚至没注意到这一点。如果没有我朋友的发现，我都不知道。当我看到屏幕上的“8月12日”时，我感到不对头：
所以我最近的12号把4号给覆盖了？
日。
时间到了8月4日，我的朋友要去取他的卡了。在国内的经验告诉我，提前拿到卡可能是有希望的。我们乘坐地铁，在肯特岗下车，乘坐国大校内公交，到达了大学健康中心内的学生体育中心（SSC@UHC），是在那里领学生卡。
我的朋友进入队列并排队等候号码。我向工作人员询问了我的情况，她回答说：
“哦哦，你最近的预订把前一个覆盖了，前一个没了，等到12再来吧，你的卡压根儿不在这儿，还没送到，你没办法提前获取。”
GG。
之后我去了操场，在那里跑了我在国大的第一个1公里。详见《坡县杂记·国大第二跑》（https://ucaskernel.com/d/593-diaries-of-singapore/20）。
时间来到第1周，即8月8日至8月14日，这意味着8月12日是星期五。大约在15:20半导体化学下课后，我乘坐校内公交前往SSC办理SCC。
工作人员拿着我的护照核验身份后，给了我学生证。现在我可以使用我的卡了。
之后我去了大学城的 UdonDonBar，在那里吃了晚饭。在等待的过程中，我迅速在EduRec上激活了卡。现在我是国大的正式学生了。
注册（第二部分），结束。

你可能会好奇：说好的第1.5部分哪去了？
其实第1.5部分是财务问题。事情还没落停，我现在没法讲。

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One Month in Singapore

I have been residing in Singapore for one month.

坡县一个月

我在坡县住了一个月了。

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费用问题

这是个经济话题。我不会透露我个人支付过程的细节。今年这个学期学费和杂费（MSF）的支付DDL是8月26日。我现在谈的都算是经验教训。

杂费（MSF）

杂费在注册第一阶段完成后就可以交了。登录EduRec，选择Financial模块，点击“支付”，“使用国大快速支付”。
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杂费和学费均属于“Education Records System”。如果你不打算从国大图书馆借任何书的话，你根本没机会点开“NUS Libraries”的。

这个系统的约定如下：如果你提前支付了，你已经支付的款项将以负数显示；反之如果你要去填你需要交的费用，你需要交的数额以正数显示。
强烈建议你先付杂费。这个学期呢，是146.32新，这是从招生办发来的各种乱七八糟邮件里汇总计算而来的。当你既没提前缴费，也暂无款项要交时，你的Balance显示为零，此时你若要交钱，你的默认一次缴额是1新。在这种情形下，记得把1新改成你要支付的数额！
可以用支付宝，微信不行。American Express，VISA和万事达都可以，但银联不行。对于American Express，只有安全码（CVV）是4位的能用，3位的不能，建行发行的American Express全没戏（因为全都是3位）。
于是杂费支付完毕之后，那个数字就变成负的146.32新了。

学费

我的学费是在学杂费被计入系统之后支付的。当我在计入系统之后登录，那个数字是正的，正正好好就是学费的值。
如果你是在用支付宝，且从你的建行gkd联名卡里取钱的话，你最好给建行打个电话申请临时支付额度提升。否则，一次缴费上限30000人民币，一天缴费上线50000人民币，无法覆盖全部学费，会导致你需要多次支付。
学杂费的DDL似乎是每个学期第3周周五，这个学期即8月26日。缴费延迟将产生滞纳金，甚至可能导致你无法获取成绩单。在8月1日左右（更有可能是一个学期的官方开始日期），你的国大邮箱会收到一封高重要性的邮件（带红色感叹号）。记得经常看你国大邮箱，尤其是到了那天。一切以那封邮件为准，一定不要错过DDL！
学费和杂费是唯二国科大访学办会报销的部分。
我这学期选了四门课，学费是13700新，作为参考。
一定要注意判断我说的话，哪些是猜测，哪些是指导！这一层是用中文写的再翻译成的英文。如果出现了任何矛盾之处，以中文版为准！！！

Fees Affairs

This is an economic topic. I'm not disclosing my personal detailed experience. The Deadline of paying tuition fee and Miscellanous Student Fee (MSF) this semester was 26 Aug., 2022. What I'm talking about are the lessons.

MSF

MSF payment was available after your completion of Registration Part One. You can log in EduRec, go to the financial part and click "make a payment" and then "Pay using NUSFastPay".
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Both MSF and tuition fee are included in "Education Records System". If you are borrowing no book from NUS libraries, you won't have chance to deal with "NUS Libraries".

There is a notation: If you're paying in advance, the number you payed will be denoted in a negative number. On the other hand, if your payment is to fulfill registered requirements, the number you shall pay will be denoted in a positive number.
You are highly recommended to make MSF payment in advance. For this semester it was 146.32 SGD, calculated from miscellanous document issued by Registrar's Office. When the balance is 0, which means you haven't payed any money for what you want to pay in advance, the default number of your payment will be 1 SGD. Do remember to change the number 1 into the amount you shall pay!
Alipay is available, but not WeChat Pay. American Express, VISA and MasterCard are available, but not UnionPay. For American Express, only a card issued with 4-digit CVV is available, 3-digit doesn't work, which means all credit card issued by CCB will not work.
After I completed my payment, the number became -146.32 SGD.

Tuition Fee

My tuition fee payment was made after the fees' registration into the system, which means when I logged in after their registration, the number was positive, exactly the amount of tuition fee.
If you are using Alipay extracting money from your CCB×UCAS Debit Card, you'd better make a call to CCB and apply for a temporary increase of the payment limit. Otherwise, the limit of one single payment is 30000 CNY, and 50000 CNY daily, which won't cover the tuition fee and will cause multiple payments.
It seems that the deadline of tuition fee and MSF is the Friday of Week 3 every year, 26 Aug., 2022 for this semester. Delay of the payment would generate late fee and it could cause unavailability of transcript. At around 1 Aug. (it is more probable as the official beginning of a semester), you will receive an email with high importance(with a red exclamation mark)in the NUSmail. Check the mailbox frequently, especially near that day. Follow instructions in that email and do notice the deadline.
Tuition fee and MSF will be the only parts which will be later balanced by Study Abroad Office, UCAS.
I selected 4 courses and the tuition fee is 13700 SGD, as reference.
DO JUDGE MY WORDS, DISTINGUISH MY GUESS AND MY SUGGESTION. THIS FLOOR WAS WRITTEN IN CHINESE AND LATER TRANSLATED IN ENGLISH. IF THERE ARE ANY CONFLICTS, REFER TO THE CHINESE ONE!!!

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NUS Canteen 1: Frontier (Canteen of Faculty of Science)

It seems that this is the very first conclusive floor talking about NUS campus. I'd like to begin everything by introducing Frontier (Canteen of Faculty of Science).
The Frontier is located in FoS, surrounded by a bunch of buildings. It's not far from all the classrooms where I have courses.
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As what you see in the map, the Frontier is actually two parts. The part the pin pointing is Phase 1, the smaller part, which contains 4 windows. I haven't taken any photos of those 4 windows, but I did have lunch or dinner in 3 of them:

The one I have never been to, and I forget its name. It serves rice with toppings and tempuras.
Li Ji Coffee House, Hong Kong style, I often order cheese baked rice or fried rice there. The dishes are small, a little bit more expensive, but actually tasty.
Pasta Express, spaghetti served with different sauces and toppings. You can regard it as a spaghetti edition of Mala Hotpot.
Taiwan Ichiban, taiwanese style. The word "Ichiban" is from Japanese, which makes me quite annoyed.

These windows are all indoor, totally isolated from outside when the glass automatic doors are closed. Li Ji Coffee House and Pasta Express are somewhat more expensive.

Phase 2, indicated in the map, is semi-outdoor. All the serving windows are at Floor 1. Most of the dining tables are shaded by the upper floors of the building, but some of the dining table will be wet when raining. I took some photos of Phase 2, which covered all the windows:
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Simple comments on each window:

Tray Return: You won't be served there.
Vegetarian: I haven't been there. My pal did and said food there failed to keep him away from hungry for a long time.
Korean: I haven't been there.
Chinese: Same as the UCAS Floor 1 Canteen but definitely higher quality. This is the window having the longest queue at lunch/dinner time.
Indian: All about curry. Only chicken and fish served as meat. The mode is same as Chinese window.
Noodles: They are all fucking instant noodles!
Japanese: My favorite is the Curry Pork Katsu Rice. But having this dish needs luck: Pork Katsu are often sold out, and so occasionally are curry. The curry sauce served on rice is often losing one kind of certain vegetable: sometimes the carrot is away, and sometimes potato. It is quite seldom to have Curry Pork Katsu Rice with both presence of carrot and potato.
Thai: Not been to.
Yong Tau Foo: A window that I haven't seen its operation.
Chef's wok: The Dry Stir-fried Rice Noodle with beef is not recommended at all. Scrambled eggs are present and no flavor of soy sauce or beef at all!
Muslim: Not been to.
Mala Hotpot: Not been to.
Western: I ordered beefsteak served with beans, French fries and coleslaw once. The flavor was quite ordinary. The steak wasn't properly seared and tasted like wax.
Fruits and Juices: Not been to.

There is a small shop in the center of the dining area. You can buy bottled drinks e.g. coke there. You can also pay a little to gain the availability of a cup and serve yourself with a cup of tea or coffee. Sugar is always presenting there.
Quite a good experience dining at Frontier.

国大食堂1：前线食堂（理学部食堂）

这似乎是我讲国大校园的第一个总结性的层。我打算从介绍前线食堂（理学部食堂）开始讲起。
前线食堂坐落于理学部，被一堆建筑包围着。从我上课的那些教室到这里一点儿也不远。
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正如你们在地图中所见，前线食堂分为两部分。图钉指的那部分是一区，比较小，有4个售卖窗口。我还没拍那四个窗口的照片，但我在其中的三个吃过饭：

正是那个我没去过的，我也忘掉它名字了。它卖盖饭以及天妇罗。
李记（音）茶餐厅，港式，我经常在那里点芝士焗饭或是炒饭。菜量不大，有点小贵，但确实好吃。
意面特快，加了各种配菜和酱料的意式细面。你甚至可以把它当作意面版的麻辣香锅
台湾一级棒（中文名如此），台式，“一级棒”一词音译自日语“一番”，这挺让我火大的。

这些窗口都是室内的，只要玻璃自动门一关，就是对外隔绝的。李记茶餐厅和意面特快有点贵。

地图中的二区，是半室外的。所有窗口都在一楼，几乎所有的餐桌都是在更高楼层的遮盖之下的，但有些桌子下雨天会被淋湿。我在二区拍了一些照片，包括了所有的窗口：
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对每个窗口做逐一简单点评：

餐盘回收处：你在这儿点不到吃的的。
素食：妹去过。我队友去过，说不顶饿。
韩式：妹去过。
中式：和国科大一楼食堂类似，但好吃多了。这是用餐时间排队最长的窗口。
印式：全tm是咖喱。只有鱼和鸡肉。模式和中式窗口类似。
面条：全tm是预制面！
日式：我最喜欢吃的是咖喱猪排饭。但要吃这个得撞大运：猪排经常卖完，咖喱有时也会。米饭上的咖喱酱经常会丢失某种蔬菜：有时是胡萝卜有时是土豆。能吃到胡萝卜和土豆齐全的咖喱猪排饭还挺难的。
泰式：妹去过
Yong Tau Foo：我来之后这个窗口就从没见它开过。
铁锅炒菜：干炒牛河快逃！里面有炒鸡蛋，甚至吃不出酱油和牛肉的味道来！
清真：没吃过
麻辣香锅：没吃过
西式：有一回点了牛排加薯条豆子沙拉，味道也就那样，牛排没好好煎上色，味同嚼蜡。
水果和果汁：妹去过

在就餐区正中央有个小卖部，你可以在那里买到可乐之类的瓶装饮料。你也可以花点小钱得到一个杯子，自己接茶或咖啡喝。糖总是会有的。
在理学部食堂吃饭感觉还不错。