ntu

Yunnan Garden

My school

Nanyang Crescent

Lee Kong Chian Lecture Theater

Lee Wee Nam Library

School of Art, Design and Media (ADM)

ADM

Wee Kim Wee School of Communication and Information

The Quad

The Quad

Pine Tree

Chinese Heritage Centre

My Hall

I can't wait to meet Lee Hsien Loong!

Date: 15/9/09
Time: 7 - 9.30pm
Venue: Nanyang Auditorium

See you there! :)

Adopt a Tree, Save the World

Adopt-A-Tree

a fund-raising initiative

About this initiative

This fund-raising initiative is part of Project O2 (a Youth Expedition Project), which is organised by a team of undergraduates from the International Service division of the Rotaract Club of Nanyang Technological University (NTU), Singapore.

Our team will be heading to Sapa, Vietnam, for a 2-week community service trip in December 2009, with environmental conservation and education as our main areas of focus. Over the course of the trip, we will be planting trees and conducting basic, conversational English lessons for the local school children.

Planting trees is one of the easiest methods to reduce one’s carbon footprint, and we will be planting at least 1000 saplings for this project. The average tree absorbs about 1 tonne of carbon dioxide over its lifetime, and while this may seem little, we believe that a small step will go a long way.

For more details about Project O2, you can download a copy of our Project Factsheet right here, or visit www.projectO2.tumblr.com!

How you can contribute

Vietnam has the second highest deforestation rate of primary forests in the world, and only 10% of the Earth’s mature tropical forests may be left by 2030, if no significant action is taken.
You can help change that.

With a donation of SGD10 from you, we will plant a tree for you in Vietnam this December.

As a token of appreciation, you will receive a small instant photo of your planted sapling, with a tag of your name (or the name of the adopter of the tree) on it. This can also be a simple and meaningful gift for your friends and family.

If you’d like to make a donation, or find out more about our project and the different ways you can contribute, please feel free to email us at racntu.is@gmail.com.

Do help us spread our cause by reblogging/re-posting/emailing any of the images or by simply sharing this link :)

First four weeks at NTU

Four months ago, I decided to join NTU. Four weeks ago, I actually arrived at NTU.

Every four minutes, I still find myself hopelessly lost in finding my way around campus.

And even then? I've fallen in love with this university - four times over.

Being an international student in NTU does not only mean discovering that the nearest canteen's as far away as my beloved KL.

I've realized that NTU is as foreigner-friendly as it gets with the Freshman Orientation Camp (FOC) helping to transform the homesickness of the first week into a whirlwind of fun.

Students here, especially the Malaysia Students, have been amazingly helpful to me: assisting me in navigating around school, and even striking up random conversations at the bus stop.

There is always someone nearby who is willing to explain finer intricacies of academic complexes, canteens, and the likes.

Perhaps it is the culmination of all the little things that has made me feel truly at home.