i think it's obscene how rj has such a sprawling (literally) campus whilst other neighbourhood schools have to contend with little spitting pools in comparison.

and it's not like every bit of space in rj is absolutely necessary or serves a particular purpose. on the contrary really. there are so many empty and unused spaces here and there that only make the place look big and spacious, which i guess is all well and cool if you're into the whole minimalist zen-simplicity shit, but not so cool when you're the one that has to cover that distance daily just to get to some shitty tutorial session.

also, what's up with all the bridges? why can't the blocks just be like next to each other so that we don't have to do the bridge run just to get to the grandstand. we're supposed to get our exercise during PE, not -going to- PE. but i think the worst thing is that the bridges give you extra time to escape going for PE itself- so many opportunities to about turn and head for the canteen, or, if you're not for the traditional zhao technique, you can use that extra time to think up some elaborate excuse as to why you can't run 20 rounds of the track today. like first your excuse is a simple 'i'm sick', but along the way you work out all the little details of your ailment, and by the time your rep is taking attendance, you've devised a fully believable invisible foot infection complete with its own scientific name. like foccus obtusata, which i think is the name of the barnacle in our bio tutorial, but that's ok since the pe teacher obviously won't know that.

and if the bridges aren't enough motivation for you to skip your pe lesson or if like your classmate who's the pe rep emotionally blackmails you into not abandoning her, you can spend the whole walk to the track in quiet contemplation of the stupidity of your action. and by the time you reach, you'll be entirely convinced that you're about to do a very dumb thing and that makes it 10 times worse when you're actually plodding around the stupid field, because all the time you'll be thinking that you COULD have escaped when you had the chance, but no, now here you are stuck running and running unto eternity, and that your body is not liking this at all, not one bit.

so really, the detriments of the bridges!