Tuesday 1 November 2022
Writer : Ethan Kho Tan Tzi Han
Editor : Hubert Chua
Designer : Dayna Eleanuria Layuk Allo
Photographer : Hubert Chua, Ethan Kho Tan Tzi Han
Newton A Level Programme Students on the bus
Isaac Newton's Tree
On the 22nd of October, INTO held a social event inviting students to travel to the historic city of Cambridge. This beautiful city is home to one of the best universities in the world, Cambridge University with its collegiate systems such as Kings College, Trinity College, and many more.
We left UEA at 07:45 in the morning by coach and the journey took about one and a half hours (we had Wifi in the coach!!). Upon arriving in Cambridge we had a look around the city and shopping malls before regrouping outside a restaurant to meet our tour guide. The guide informed us about years of history that happened right where we were standing, and as we were led to the landmarks, I was engulfed by the spectacular view of the medieval buildings bathing in golden sunlight.
King's College, Cambridge
The first landmark we visited was King’s College, but sadly we didn’t get to go inside the college. Nonetheless, the view was breath-taking enough from the outside.
The second landmark we visited was a clock called The Corpus Clock constructed by Dr. John Taylor. What’s special about this clock is that it has a monster on top of the clock called the “Chronophage” which directly translated, means time-eater. The meaning behind this is that the “Chronophage” is eating away at our time here because every second we spend is a second we can never get back. And what’s even more special about this clock is that it doesn’t tell the correct time as the clock resets itself every 5 minutes to readjust itself. When Dr. John Taylor was questioned about it he replied with “ time is relative and not constant," he was referring to how when we are having fun, time flies by so fast. But when we are bored, it feels so long.
The Chronophage
The third landmark is a bar known as RAF, (Royal Air Force). Why is it called this? It is because back during World War II the soldiers would have visited the bar before and after every mission during the world war called “The Eagle”. They would etch their callsigns on the roof of the bar using a lighter or a knife which can still be seen today.
The fourth landmark we visited was the senate's house where one of the most baffling stunts was pulled off. Twelve students studying engineering at Cambridge had parked a car on top of the senate’s house. For a couple of years, the only person who knew about it was the vicar of Great Saint Mary's, but he kept it a secret as he was so impressed by their engineering skills. He also knew that if the colleges had found out who did it, the group would have been kicked out. When questioned how it was achieved, they said that they used scaffolding to hoist parts of the car to the top and they rebuilt the car on the roof.
The RAF Bar, also known as The Eagles
After the tour finished, we headed off to the market and bought some street food and took some pictures while the rest of us went into the shopping malls to eat and shop for clothes. At around 04:45 P.M we regrouped at the coach and headed back to INTO and arrived at around 6:00 P.M. All in all, the trip was a great experience, the city of Cambridge is truly breathtaking in both history and sightseeing. I would recommend people coming here on a day trip or even for vacation. But beware, you should look both ways before crossing the road... I was told that the number of cyclists present on the same road far outweighs the number of cars.
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