Australia: Going down the university memory avenue Part 3

Just across the parking lot from Burton & Garran Hall ("B&G") is Bruce Hall, where I stayed during my first 2 years of university. It started of as a fully catered hall i.e. 3 meals per day everyday except for weekends where, if I recall correctly only breakfast and dinner were served on Saturday and none on Sunday. Later it switched to partially catered hall where only breakfast and dinner were served during weekdays but meals for other times were available on pay-as-you-want basis.

I did not choose Bruce Hall. In fact, I was already late arriving at ANU (missed first week of lectures I believed) because I was waiting for my A Level results in Singapore to assess my options. So when I decided to go to ANU, only Bruce Hall still has vacancy. It was my idea, supported by my parents and my grandfather, that the first year I stay at a fully-catered hall so as to minimise the impact of the challenges I'm about to face e.g. foreign country, university, actuarial studies etc. I'm grateful for their support especially since my scholarship only covers tuition fees. During my second year, I've applied and was awarded a working bursary where I've worked in the kitchen like twice a week (1 breakfast, 1 dinner I think) in exchange for some offset of my accommodation fees.



This is the South Wing, which was where I used to stay. Its room is spacious, with a bed, desk, sink, electric jug, medium sized wardrobe and enough space to have yet another bed in there. This is the wing nearest to B&G, separated by a parking lot as mentioned earlier. It used to be that there is no security door here. Seems like security has tightened since a decade ago. Same thing at B&G.



This is the East Wing. They are bigger rooms at least because they have balconies. They should cost more. Rooms are given depend on the ranking of your preference. You rank which room you want and whether you get it depends on factors such as demand, seniority and whether you're the current occupier. Throughout my 4 years, I've stucked with the first rooms allocated to me at Bruce Hall and B&G respectively.