Inside the Dining Hall

The idea was to make a Dining Hall suitable for 192 students, not bad considering the number of students the college had back then. What about now? Currently I don't really know how many we are, but on approximation and after a quick survey of going round asking for people's opinions, we are about 700.

The last time we had a meeting with the college administration and the board members, one of us raised this issue. He tried using 'some words' in order to try and paint the picture of what we go through in that so called Dining Hall, to those 'who don't dine from it'. The college administration said that 'something' was going to be done about it. Sadly, THAT WAS IT! Five or so months on what do we have? The same eating conditions, or even worse now that we are forced to take even a cup of tea from that place. I wouldn't suggest that we need new a Dining Hall (of course we do, what am I writing), neither will I opt for expansion of the current Hall because I know that it's technically impossible considering its location.

Let's start with the basics, for Christ's sake that hall needs some VENTILATION. The conditions are unbearable especially during lunch time, I just can't understand why a simple procedure of renovating the place can take like forever to even start. The only ventilation we have are the two door that let people in and out. The rest of the place is fully sealed with stones and glass. Are we in prison or what?

I want to challenge the principal (a mother understands what her children want) to come in and dine with us one fine afternoon, so that she can get a feeling of what really happens there....people sweating, the hall is stuff and hot, (NO AIR song by Jordin Sparks and Chris Brown can help describe it all)...I don't know what words I can use to describe it, maybe in two words I can say PATHETIC and to some point UNBEARABLE or can I replace that with SICKENING.

Anyway, to cut the long story short, seriously the hall needs some serious makeover. Someone poured tea on me the other day, not because she wanted to but because she had little space of movement. There's still much I want to write about the D-hall, the food e.t.c, but I'm still sampling relevant photos to accompany those writings....so I will keep that for the 'rainy day'.

(sorry I didn't have nice pictures about this one, this is because it's hard to take out my phone and start snapping it when people are eating, my mother told me that's bad manners)

This hall really looks good when empty.

The Hustle and bustle