Before arriving in Guangzhou I knew that my accommodation would be in the new campus of the GAFA in “University Town”. This conglomeration of universities on an island in the Pearl River Delta hardly appealed to me as a place to live for 5 months. It being a highly artificial environment, it lacks the charm (and chaos) of bustling, messy, but lively downtown Guangzhou. But now that I’m here, and settled, I feel that I can deal with 5 months of campus-life. The relative peace and quiet, though sometimes maybe a little boring, also affords me the mental space and rest to actually work, study, read and reflect. One of the features that eases my unrest at being an hour removed from real city life, is the elevated highway, passing by (almost over) the GAFA campus. For some reason it makes me feel connected to the metropolis. And I marvel at it’s scale.
view from my balcony…
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Tags: GAFA, Guangzhou, University Town
these pictures you photoed are amazing,and now i live in this “HEMG” nearly for 3years. looking at these , i cannot help to thinking the old days when i first came into this small island ,at first i can not accept this place ,just like factory,so many people ,so many building,far away from city but now my attitude are totally changed, i find something appealing to me is that i have more time to think about my future and what i want to be. thaks to this lovely place,i am no longer a impulsive people like before.