树 根 Life In Wuhan
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Ngee Ann Poly
Ngee Ann Poly
Thursday, 26 March 2009
Day 4
Activity
We woke up at 630am this morning and went for our breakfast as we are suppose to meet at the entrance of WUST at 750am for our tour. Our first location was the park in wuhan it has great scenery there we took a tramp around the park as it is very big. The next location was the museum in wuhan those antique was very nice and well preserve. We went to an eating place near there and the food there was nice and cheap. After that we went to the yellow crane tower. The tour guide told us a story about the tower and how the tower got its name. Then we tour around the tower. We went to the top floor of the tower and the scenery was..WAAAA!!NICE. After that we head back to our hostel and went for our dinner. Wash up and bed time!! Nights.
Conclusion
I think wuhan has a very great and rich culture. But the only bad thing is the people here are rather unhygienic they can pee on the road side!! After all today was a normal and fine day. Did manage to see good view of wuhan and those national treasures. I think it is worth waking up early. Nights.
Day 5
Activity
OKAY!! We have no lessons today because today is SUNDAY! Woohoo. We woke up at around 11 and went to have a few ball games and went for our lunch at canteen 2. After that went back to our dome and do our laundry. No washing machine. Zzzz. After that around 4 we out to one of wuhan’s night market to hover around. We took the 30 dollar van. It took us to door step. 6 person for 30dollar. That was OKAY. We had some snacks there. Around 7 we went back to school. After that we went to a nearby KFC to have our dinner. And did some shopping at the supermarket near it. Went back to hostel. Briefing @ 10. Our coordinator lost her wallet in a crampy bus this afternoon. I think we need to take more care of our belonging. Ha.
Conclusion
Wuhan people can really eat salt. Their food were super salty. Without washing machine is really troublesome. Need to hand wash our clothes. Ya . that’s all for today. Nights.
Day 6
Activity
Today we had to wake up at 6 to prepare ourselves for the lecture. Because there will be a guest lecturer, the lesson will be at 8. We rush to the classroom shortly after we brought our breakfast. We ate while we are on our way there. Today our lecture is on the history of china. As we woke up early most of us did not really concentrate. Some of us fell asleep during the lesson. Today’s lecture I have learnt some culture and the history of those different attractions in wuhan. After that was our lunch time. The lesson after lunch was to do a summary on today’s lecture by the guest lecturer. Turn in early today as I was very tired. Nights!
Conclusion
Although we have 8 o’clock lesson at Singapore too but the 8 o’clock lesson in wuhan seems to be super early. We are all too tired to concentrate on our lecture. Maybe I do not have to eat breakfast in Singapore, which means I can wake up later.
Day 7
Activity
Woke up at 730 today as our lesson start at 9. As usual we went for our breakfast and went for our lesson. Did our first lab on the APPG. It was hard at first. After we know how it works we start to do our lab 1a. It was not that difficult after all. And after that went for our lunch. And went back class. Waste my time installing the latest visual studio. And after that did lab 1b. After lesson we went out to have dinner and stock up our necessities and went back to our dome. Did more practice on the APPG and we did lab 1c. Went to briefing and that ends our day. Nights.
Conclusion
We need to have practice on everything to get used to them. APPG was like C-programming. The first lesson was not that bad after all. Did understand the lecture and did our lab exercise. It is getting warmer in wuhan. OKAY. Nights!
Day 8
Activity
Have got IS presentation today. Which is the one we did on Singapore and wuhan culture. Fast forward~ finally it is our turn. We presented our slides in a fast and steady way, After all I think our presentation was not that bad. OKAY. We were being released early today. We went to have a couple of ball games. Basketball and soccer. Shiok la we sweat like hell. Nice feeling huh? After that , it was our dinner time!! Woohoo shuang arh. We went to the place which mr chua recommended us, the fishballs shop. The fishballs in china is not the same as the fishballs in Singapore the texture is much softer. We ordered 2 bucket of fishballs and 2 side dishes. SHIOKK. It was nice and cheap. Went we call for the bills we were all shock. Guess how much? 109 RMB ONLY. But she charged us 100RMB . Is like 11RMB for each person. Wow. 2.5 SGD!! Nice la. After that went to the place next to the restaurant and grab some finger food. Then some of us wanted to buy some bread and we head to the bread shop near WUST. After that went back to hostel did some wash up then off to bed. Nights!
Conclusion
What I want to say is that the prices of the food in china is super cheap. All we can say is “WHACK ONLY.JUST BUY…no need to hesitate”. Haha. Sports is good.
Nights !
Day 9
Activity
Ok.. lesson today as usual. We had APPG today. And mr chua ended the lesson early today at 3 pm. After that we went back to our room did some revision on the lab. Until 530 then we went to the club house to have our basketball game with the china student here. Both side played hard and we seems like losing but the final results that was given says we won the game? After the game we went to have our dinner and after that brought some stuff as we are going to the three gorgeous tomorrow. The greatest dam in the world. EXCITED. Because we always watch it on the television and never got a chance to see it. I think it is a once in a life time experience. So sleeping early today tomorrow need to wake up at 6 and the bus will leave at 720am. Nights.
Conclusion
Had a very good experience playing with foreign student. We need practice on everything with practice I think APPG is not that difficult as thought. Ok tomorrow trip to three gorgeous Nights!
Day 10
Activity
OKAY. Woke up at 6 today. Prepare for the trip to three gorgeous. Had breakfast at the hostel as we do not want to wake up so early. Had the bread we brought yesterday. After our breakfast we quickly went to meet the others and walk to the meet point at the front gate of WUST. The journey to the three gorgeous was long. Most of us slept throughout the journey. We had to stop at YI CHANG to have our lunch and then bused to the three gorgeous. The scenery there was WOW. Finally saw the amazing dam. And we took many photos there and after that we took a bus ride around that area to view the scenery. After that we went for our dinner at the same restaurant we had for our lunch. We need to be hurry as we are late for the cruise went we reach the cruise we were like almost one hour late. Heard that the people in the cruise are not happy with us. After that we got our cabin and went in. It was better then I expect. Stay in the cruise and we watched how the elevator elevate the cruise up. It was amazing. And after that went back to our cabin to sleep as we are going out tomorrow to another place. Nights.
Conclusion
Actually china people are very smart. They can actually think of elevating the boats up and the dam they made was very effective. It prevent the water in chang jiang from over flowing. Because of this the three gorgeous attracted many tourist to go there every year. Therefore they have earn quite a lot from the work that they have done. And also the dam produce the largest voltage in the world. They have a total of 26 generators in the dam which made them the world’s top.
Day 11
Activity
Ok. First night in the cruise was not that bad had quite a good night there. But the morning was super cold. Had our breakfast there. And we boarded a boat which led us to the sheng nong xi. A stream that was name after sheng nong a Chinese physician. And when we reach there we took a small boat which was moved by human strength. The tour guide told us that the average age of this boat man are 30plus. Really need a lot of strength to move the boat and this man had to pull to boat when the boat reached a shallow area. They really need great strength to pull the boat through. And after that when back to our cruise. The journey took us about 4 to 5 hours. After we had our lunch it was our own time in the cruise. It was a late lunch. After that at 7 we went to bai di cheng a place where they exhibit the romance of the 3 kingdom. The place there was quite creepy as it is quite dark and the lighting of the place is in green. And the figure of liu bei and those generals are quite real. Looks as if they are staring at you. The stairs to the bai di cheng is freaking high we had to walk back all the way. After that we went back to our cruise and have some star gazing as the sky tonight is super clear. Chilling out at the cruise. Ok sleeping soon as tomorrow we will be back to WUST. OKAY. Nights.
Conclusion
China is really a very big place we took hours to travel from places to places. Unlike Singapore few minutes we can get to the place we want. With the raising of china they still can preserve all these natural and ancient artifact. With this the next generation can enjoy and know the history because when the real thing is presented to them they will have more memory and also with this the interaction with parents are also better. I really like the places we had went to it is super nice and we hardly see and experience these in Singapore. Chang jiang is a really must go place when you come to china.
Day 12
Activity
OKAY. Today is the day where we are going back to WUST from the three gorgeous trip. We had our breakfast on the cruise. ZZZ…same boring food again..LOL. OK. After that we chill at our cabin to wait for the cruise to reach the dock. After we reach the dock we took the same bus where we took to yi chang. The bus alight us at some random supermarket for us to get some local product “rice cracker”. It taste quite good. After this I found out that china people really like spicy food, even their snacks they also want to put pepper? LOL. After we had did our shopping we head back to WUST. The journey back seems longer compare to the time we took there. It took us 6 hours plus to reach WUST. Ok. At first we are all sleeping in the bus and after that we woke up and had some fun and snacks until we reach WUST. We are feeling more and more restless until the guide told us that we are reach WUST and we suddenly felt some energy rushing into our body. WOOHOO.. we were like finally! After we reach school we head straight to the canteen to have our lunch. As it is a late lunch for us and we all felt super hungry. Ran to order our food and eat like there is no tomorrow. Ok. And after that we all went back to our hostel to wash our clothes because we did no wash any on the cruise. And after we had all done our things we rest awhile and went for our dinner. After that went to get some daily necessities and went back to hostel. Turning in. nights. Super tired.
Conclusion
China is really super big we can travel within its province for hours to get to our destination. Again I think that washing machines are really good compare to hand wash. Without parents and our electronic stuff we must try and experiences things on our own. Ok Nights.
Day 13
Activity
Okay. Lesson as usual at 9 am and went for our breakfast at canteen 1. Today we did our APPG lab 2 and submitted to mr ma. We proceed to do our lab 3. Today’s lesson ended early because we have an interacting program with the china students in WUST in the club house. Because the event is starting at 6 and therefore we need to be earlier. We had to introduce ourselves. We were being assigned to different tables. Mr chua told us to perform something for each group. In the end we did not perform anything for each group but we combine 3 group and sang a song call an jing. Sebestian’s group also shows case some of their dancing talent, they perform some India dance to the people, this also shows that Singapore is a multi-racial country. Cristofer show case some of his martial art skills on me. That’s all from the students from ngee ann. Last performance from our school which was MR CHUA, he together with the china lecturer sang peng you and after awhile we joined him on the stage. The rest was performed by the china students. They are quite active. That eventually brings up the atmosphere of the event. The last part was that we had to go to the dance floor to dance. Mr ma danced. Woohoo. After the event we took photos with the china student and then went back to our hostel. Then nights!
Conclusion
Ok. I think that everything need to practice, like APPG we also need constant practice and revision or else we cannot catch up with the teacher’s pace. With practice we can be more firm and confident of our work. I think that china people are really very warm and friendly they can be hyper all the way. As for us I think that we are not interactive enough as compared to those china students. From this interacting activity I learnt that we must take the initiative to talk and interact with people around you. Ok tomorrow still need to visit the steel factory had to wake up at 6. Nights.
Day 14
Activity
Ok. Today was too early and we have not enough time to eat at the canteen. Therefore we took our breakfast in our hostel eating the bread we brought yesterday. We met at 720 and went to meet the mde division people on the way of our journey and head straight to the steel factory. It is the largest steel factory in wuhan also called the wu gang steel factory. They have their own transport system within the factory, even their own train system. So it shows how well the factory is working. After we reach the steel factory we were being lead around the factory and show us how the steel are being processed. We like went into the factory for only 20 min and we spent about 5hours in total to and back to WUST. But I think that the trip is still worth it because we hardly get the chance to enter this kind of large scale factory. It is like a once in life time thing for us. After that the driver drove us to lu xiang guang chang. We bused back to WUST straight. We had our lunch at canteen 2. Then went back to dome to take a rest before our 3 pm lesson. After the lesson we went back to our room and take a rest before we went out for dinner. After our dinner we went out to get some snacks and bread. Then that’s all for today.
Conclusion
The factories here are really big. They produce really big stuff. There are really a lot of factories here, maybe because the cost here is cheaper and they can produce large quantity at a time so many companies came over to set their factories here. Therefore create jobs for the locals. On the other hand I saw the less develop side of china. When we were heading back to WUST we went by one area which their roads were uneven. Our bus is like rocking throughout the whole journey there and also the living conditions there are quite bad. Their houses are incomplete E.g. they have only half side of their wall and they need to earn that half side of the wall before they can finish building their houses.
Day 15
Activity
Today our lesson starts at 8 because there will be a china lecturer taking over us for IS. Today’s topic is about the business strategy and how you can actually clinch a deal easily without any dispute. He also taught us what is the different culture and practice in different countries. After that was our lunch. The afternoon lesson will be start at 1 today and ends at 3 because mr chua wanted us to go to the digital mall in wuhan and take a look. So we quickly did our summary on the ppt and went back to our hostel and put down our stuff then went out. We took 901 to the mall. The bus was sooo pack , we have to squeeze our way into the bus. When we reach there we took a picture and went to look around. Trying to find the things we want and compare it with Singapore. We found out the the price of those electronic stuff are almost the same price compare to Singapore. Therefore we prefer buying those stuff in singapore because there will be local warranty. But the china electronic product are cheap, much cheaper. There was once we saw a mp4 and we think it is quite good. We went forward and ask the price as we wanted to buy 8 sets of it, we tried to bargain with the sales lady. The best price we can get is 220 yuan which was 80 yuan from the original price she give us. We think we can bargain more but the shop is closing soon so we decided to come back another day to buy our stuff. As we have lesson tomorrow we all wanted to go back earlier to rest. We tried to get a van but he told us we need to pay 60 yuan for each van and told us we need 2hour plus to reach WUST but we took only 45mins when we took a bus there from our school. China is getting warmer and we were like sweating like hell in the bus. We took a lot of photos in the bus. The bus is like having flashlights party. We return to school to have our dinner and went back to our hostel. After that we have briefing and we all went back to sleep. Nights!
Conclusion
China population is huge, even they have a lot of buses but their buses are always so pack. As compare to Singapore it is more pack. Or maybe their bus is small compare to Singapore. Their stuff can bargain until 50%.wow. We definitely cannot do this in Singapore. But their international stuff is almost the same price compare to Singapore. Buying China brand is recommended here and also bargain for the best price that you think is reasonable.
Day 16
Activity
Lesson as usual today. Have our breakfast and when for lesson. Did tutorial 3 and lab 3 and mr ma gave some lecturer and the morning lesson ended. We went for lunch at canteen 1 and went back to hostel and rest. After that went back for afternoon lecture. Mr ma went through chapter 4 and we continued with our lab 4. Lesson ended at 4.30 and I went back hostel to complete my lab and out for dinner. Then did some revision at night then went to sleep. Getting results tomorrow!!! NERVOUS! Okay ba. Nights.
Conclusion
Nothing special today except the weather is getting hotter. Zzz. Cold weather please!! Seems used to the cold weather here. Although today is about 20 degree but some of us were sweating like hell. Starting to be nervous about my results as this semester is much tougher then the last semester. GOOD luck guys!! Flying colour please!!PRAY..nights !
Day 17
Activity
Today is Friday and also the day for us to see our results. Woke up at 7 to see our results although our lesson starts at 9 today. It is a relieve seeing me clearing all the modules. Although the result is not that good, blame myself for being too lazy to revise my work. Must be more hardworking the next semester. Ok. Have our lesson as usually. As today we only need to complete our lab 4 and we can go back. So class ended at 3. After that we proceed to do our IS. After that went for dinner and then get some stuff for our tomorrow wudang trip. wow. Looking forward to it. Because always see wudang mount in those tv and movies, finally we get to see it and step on the mount personally. We shall end this early today. Tomorrow need to wake up at 6. Meeting the rest at 7. Nights.
Conclusion
I got back my results of my semester today. Not satisfied with it. But got to blame myself for not revising and too playful for the last semester. Got to buck up and no more fooling around. Excited for wudang trip. Nights!
Day 18
Activity
Today woke up at 5.50am to prepare for our wudang trip. Waking cristofer was my daily routine. We all were ready to meet at 6.50am and we went to the bus and chop the back seats. Nothing happened in the bus as we are all sleeping throughout the whole journey there. Too tired already. Zzz. When we reach our lunch place we all rushed to the toilet to clear our bladder. The toilet there was horrible. And straight after our lunch we went up the mountain. Woohoo. It was really beautiful and felt peaceful up there. The scenery was Whoa!!!We went to visit 2 temples. When we are at the first temple nicki suddenly felt the urge to pee and we followed him down the temple to PEE. LOL!! The journey down the temple was not very far but it seems like few kilometer for nicki. He tried to take a short cut there but the short cut leads him nowhere. So finally he got to the toilet and unleashes his long waited urine. LOL. We went to the second temple and I think that it is much better than the first one. There are wudang student practicing martial arts there and we took a few photos of them. Their training were quite tough. The teacher punched their stomach went ever they did something wrong. After the second temple we went down the mountain to have our dinner and checked in to our hotel. The hotel was quite eerie. We played a few rounds of card game and turn in. need to assemble at 6.30 am tomorrow so sleeping early. Nights!
Conclusion
Although we do not have any natural sites in Singapore but I really enjoy these beautiful scenery. The nature and those ancient buildings are great. I think that china government did a really great job to protect these ancient buildings and not letting them to extinguish. Letting the next generation to know about them and also to let them enjoy these sceneries. To protect them is everyone’s job. So we cannot destroy them by littering there. So that’s all for today. Nights!
Day 19
Activity
Ok. Woke up at 530 but then fall asleep again and waking up at 610. We were almost late. When for breakfast at the same restaurant again. After we all went back to wudang mountain for the second time. Ok.. We all went straight to queue for the cable car to go to the summit of wudang mountain. We were all pissed off by those china people. They all cut our queue for no reason. We all block them to prevent them from going in front. But instead of staying in the queue, they climbed over the fence to cut our queue. That’s ridiculous!! So our tour guide started scolding them. They went away after that. We informed the guards about this. When there is another group and also a priest in there tried to cut the queue but the guards came forward and tell them off. So they started scolding each other. Of course the guards won. After waited for 2 and a half hour we finally reached the front of the queue and took the cable car. It was scary at first because the cable car is only clinched to the wire by a hook. But we are at the middle the scary part was gone and we started to enjoy the scenery up there and also greeted those people going past our cable car. Finally we reached the top and we climbed stairs to reach the jin ting. Which the temple roof was made of gold. Took photos there and went back to the cable car station where we head back to the starting point and had our lunch then head back to WUST. The journey took us 8 hours. Which make us all restless, luckily the driver played us some music. So when we reached WUST, mr chua told us we will be having lesson at 10 tomorrow. So we will have extra time to sleep. Really super tired. Nights!
Conclusion
The ancient people are really incredible. They can create such nice and artistic structure. They can build on the mountains with the technology back then. But with the technology now it is still very hard to build something on mountain. Their minds are really great.
Day 20
Activity
Woke up at 830 today as lesson starts at 10. Went for breakfast at canteen 1, had the usual stuff. When we finished our breakfast, we walked out of the canteen and we realized that it is raining heavily out there. So we walked to our classroom. Had our lesson till 1140 then had our lunch. Went back to our dorm. Then walked to the class at 140pm, did our trial lab test. It wasn’t that difficult after all. We manage to complete the lab. Then we were all released after that. Went back to our dorm and went for dinner at 7. After that did some revision for tomorrow’s lab test and went to bed. Nights!
Conclusion
I think that 10 am lesson is the best lesson time. Ok. Need to get more practice on my APPG lab test. Nights! =)
Day 21
Activity
Woke up at 830am today. Because we are having our first lab test today and we are the second group so we don’t need to be that early. Went for breakfast at canteen 1. After we had finished our breakfast, when we are about to go we received a message from mr chua informing us that the test will be delayed to 1020. So we had more food at the canteen before we go. So after all eating, we went to our classroom and proceed with our lab test. The paper wasn’t that difficult as I thought, so we manage to complete the lab with minimum errors. After that we went back to our dorm to rest as it is too early for lunch. After resting we went to lunch and go for our class. Mr ma went through the lab and we are released after that. Went out for ball and dinner. Went back our dorm and went for briefing at 930pm. After that did lab 5 and went to bath. Nights!
Conclusion
With work and fun we can make life more interesting and fun. After the lab we still got theory test on this coming Friday, so working hard for it. Nights.
Day 22
Activity
As usual went for breakfast at 810am today at canteen 1. We had our usual food for breakfast. After that we went to have our lesson. Went for lunch at 12. Ben and me went over to the ATM at WUST, we can actually use Singapore ATM to withdraw money here. The figures are in RMB so we do not need to change the money. It is easier for us but the exchange rate is lower so I think use cash is better. After that went back to dorm and went again for lesson. Had our theory practice at the class and mr ma went through our paper and copied the answer and went back to our dorm. We went out to have our soup bun. Ok the soup bun wasn’t that nice compared to those that I have eaten in Singapore. Went to the supermarket to stock up our ration and stuff. We happened to walk pass some roadside stall. Kenneth brought smelly tofu, so I had my first taste of how the smelly tofu is like. IT WAS OK!!! It wasn’t that inedible after all. Except the smell it had. That scares off people who don’t like the smell. So after we brought our stuff we went back to dorm and didn’t some revision and off to bed. Nights.
Conclusion
Got to study for my upcoming theory test. Also the stuff in china is much cheaper then Singapore but the quality was not that good after all. And and and try something that you never try it before. Like the smelly tofu, it might be smelly but when you eat it you will change the opinion of it. So don’t judge the book by its cover. Night!
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Day 4
Activity
We woke up at 630am this morning and went for our breakfast as we are suppose to meet at the entrance of WUST at 750am for our tour. Our first location was the park in wuhan it has great scenery there we took a tramp around the park as it is very big. The next location was the museum in wuhan those antique was very nice and well preserve. We went to an eating place near there and the food there was nice and cheap. After that we went to the yellow crane tower. The tour guide told us a story about the tower and how the tower got its name. Then we tour around the tower. We went to the top floor of the tower and the scenery was..WAAAA!!NICE. After that we head back to our hostel and went for our dinner. Wash up and bed time!! Nights.
Conclusion
I think wuhan has a very great and rich culture. But the only bad thing is the people here are rather unhygienic they can pee on the road side!! After all today was a normal and fine day. Did manage to see good view of wuhan and those national treasures. I think it is worth waking up early. Nights.
Day 5
Activity
OKAY!! We have no lessons today because today is SUNDAY! Woohoo. We woke up at around 11 and went to have a few ball games and went for our lunch at canteen 2. After that went back to our dome and do our laundry. No washing machine. Zzzz. After that around 4 we out to one of wuhan’s night market to hover around. We took the 30 dollar van. It took us to door step. 6 person for 30dollar. That was OKAY. We had some snacks there. Around 7 we went back to school. After that we went to a nearby KFC to have our dinner. And did some shopping at the supermarket near it. Went back to hostel. Briefing @ 10. Our coordinator lost her wallet in a crampy bus this afternoon. I think we need to take more care of our belonging. Ha.
Conclusion
Wuhan people can really eat salt. Their food were super salty. Without washing machine is really troublesome. Need to hand wash our clothes. Ya . that’s all for today. Nights.
Day 6
Activity
Today we had to wake up at 6 to prepare ourselves for the lecture. Because there will be a guest lecturer, the lesson will be at 8. We rush to the classroom shortly after we brought our breakfast. We ate while we are on our way there. Today our lecture is on the history of china. As we woke up early most of us did not really concentrate. Some of us fell asleep during the lesson. Today’s lecture I have learnt some culture and the history of those different attractions in wuhan. After that was our lunch time. The lesson after lunch was to do a summary on today’s lecture by the guest lecturer. Turn in early today as I was very tired. Nights!
Conclusion
Although we have 8 o’clock lesson at Singapore too but the 8 o’clock lesson in wuhan seems to be super early. We are all too tired to concentrate on our lecture. Maybe I do not have to eat breakfast in Singapore, which means I can wake up later.
Day 7
Activity
Woke up at 730 today as our lesson start at 9. As usual we went for our breakfast and went for our lesson. Did our first lab on the APPG. It was hard at first. After we know how it works we start to do our lab 1a. It was not that difficult after all. And after that went for our lunch. And went back class. Waste my time installing the latest visual studio. And after that did lab 1b. After lesson we went out to have dinner and stock up our necessities and went back to our dome. Did more practice on the APPG and we did lab 1c. Went to briefing and that ends our day. Nights.
Conclusion
We need to have practice on everything to get used to them. APPG was like C-programming. The first lesson was not that bad after all. Did understand the lecture and did our lab exercise. It is getting warmer in wuhan. OKAY. Nights!
Day 8
Activity
Have got IS presentation today. Which is the one we did on Singapore and wuhan culture. Fast forward~ finally it is our turn. We presented our slides in a fast and steady way, After all I think our presentation was not that bad. OKAY. We were being released early today. We went to have a couple of ball games. Basketball and soccer. Shiok la we sweat like hell. Nice feeling huh? After that , it was our dinner time!! Woohoo shuang arh. We went to the place which mr chua recommended us, the fishballs shop. The fishballs in china is not the same as the fishballs in Singapore the texture is much softer. We ordered 2 bucket of fishballs and 2 side dishes. SHIOKK. It was nice and cheap. Went we call for the bills we were all shock. Guess how much? 109 RMB ONLY. But she charged us 100RMB . Is like 11RMB for each person. Wow. 2.5 SGD!! Nice la. After that went to the place next to the restaurant and grab some finger food. Then some of us wanted to buy some bread and we head to the bread shop near WUST. After that went back to hostel did some wash up then off to bed. Nights!
Conclusion
What I want to say is that the prices of the food in china is super cheap. All we can say is “WHACK ONLY.JUST BUY…no need to hesitate”. Haha. Sports is good.
Nights !
Day 9
Activity
Ok.. lesson today as usual. We had APPG today. And mr chua ended the lesson early today at 3 pm. After that we went back to our room did some revision on the lab. Until 530 then we went to the club house to have our basketball game with the china student here. Both side played hard and we seems like losing but the final results that was given says we won the game? After the game we went to have our dinner and after that brought some stuff as we are going to the three gorgeous tomorrow. The greatest dam in the world. EXCITED. Because we always watch it on the television and never got a chance to see it. I think it is a once in a life time experience. So sleeping early today tomorrow need to wake up at 6 and the bus will leave at 720am. Nights.
Conclusion
Had a very good experience playing with foreign student. We need practice on everything with practice I think APPG is not that difficult as thought. Ok tomorrow trip to three gorgeous Nights!
Day 10
Activity
OKAY. Woke up at 6 today. Prepare for the trip to three gorgeous. Had breakfast at the hostel as we do not want to wake up so early. Had the bread we brought yesterday. After our breakfast we quickly went to meet the others and walk to the meet point at the front gate of WUST. The journey to the three gorgeous was long. Most of us slept throughout the journey. We had to stop at YI CHANG to have our lunch and then bused to the three gorgeous. The scenery there was WOW. Finally saw the amazing dam. And we took many photos there and after that we took a bus ride around that area to view the scenery. After that we went for our dinner at the same restaurant we had for our lunch. We need to be hurry as we are late for the cruise went we reach the cruise we were like almost one hour late. Heard that the people in the cruise are not happy with us. After that we got our cabin and went in. It was better then I expect. Stay in the cruise and we watched how the elevator elevate the cruise up. It was amazing. And after that went back to our cabin to sleep as we are going out tomorrow to another place. Nights.
Conclusion
Actually china people are very smart. They can actually think of elevating the boats up and the dam they made was very effective. It prevent the water in chang jiang from over flowing. Because of this the three gorgeous attracted many tourist to go there every year. Therefore they have earn quite a lot from the work that they have done. And also the dam produce the largest voltage in the world. They have a total of 26 generators in the dam which made them the world’s top.
Day 11
Activity
Ok. First night in the cruise was not that bad had quite a good night there. But the morning was super cold. Had our breakfast there. And we boarded a boat which led us to the sheng nong xi. A stream that was name after sheng nong a Chinese physician. And when we reach there we took a small boat which was moved by human strength. The tour guide told us that the average age of this boat man are 30plus. Really need a lot of strength to move the boat and this man had to pull to boat when the boat reached a shallow area. They really need great strength to pull the boat through. And after that when back to our cruise. The journey took us about 4 to 5 hours. After we had our lunch it was our own time in the cruise. It was a late lunch. After that at 7 we went to bai di cheng a place where they exhibit the romance of the 3 kingdom. The place there was quite creepy as it is quite dark and the lighting of the place is in green. And the figure of liu bei and those generals are quite real. Looks as if they are staring at you. The stairs to the bai di cheng is freaking high we had to walk back all the way. After that we went back to our cruise and have some star gazing as the sky tonight is super clear. Chilling out at the cruise. Ok sleeping soon as tomorrow we will be back to WUST. OKAY. Nights.
Conclusion
China is really a very big place we took hours to travel from places to places. Unlike Singapore few minutes we can get to the place we want. With the raising of china they still can preserve all these natural and ancient artifact. With this the next generation can enjoy and know the history because when the real thing is presented to them they will have more memory and also with this the interaction with parents are also better. I really like the places we had went to it is super nice and we hardly see and experience these in Singapore. Chang jiang is a really must go place when you come to china.
Day 12
Activity
OKAY. Today is the day where we are going back to WUST from the three gorgeous trip. We had our breakfast on the cruise. ZZZ…same boring food again..LOL. OK. After that we chill at our cabin to wait for the cruise to reach the dock. After we reach the dock we took the same bus where we took to yi chang. The bus alight us at some random supermarket for us to get some local product “rice cracker”. It taste quite good. After this I found out that china people really like spicy food, even their snacks they also want to put pepper? LOL. After we had did our shopping we head back to WUST. The journey back seems longer compare to the time we took there. It took us 6 hours plus to reach WUST. Ok. At first we are all sleeping in the bus and after that we woke up and had some fun and snacks until we reach WUST. We are feeling more and more restless until the guide told us that we are reach WUST and we suddenly felt some energy rushing into our body. WOOHOO.. we were like finally! After we reach school we head straight to the canteen to have our lunch. As it is a late lunch for us and we all felt super hungry. Ran to order our food and eat like there is no tomorrow. Ok. And after that we all went back to our hostel to wash our clothes because we did no wash any on the cruise. And after we had all done our things we rest awhile and went for our dinner. After that went to get some daily necessities and went back to hostel. Turning in. nights. Super tired.
Conclusion
China is really super big we can travel within its province for hours to get to our destination. Again I think that washing machines are really good compare to hand wash. Without parents and our electronic stuff we must try and experiences things on our own. Ok Nights.
Day 13
Activity
Okay. Lesson as usual at 9 am and went for our breakfast at canteen 1. Today we did our APPG lab 2 and submitted to mr ma. We proceed to do our lab 3. Today’s lesson ended early because we have an interacting program with the china students in WUST in the club house. Because the event is starting at 6 and therefore we need to be earlier. We had to introduce ourselves. We were being assigned to different tables. Mr chua told us to perform something for each group. In the end we did not perform anything for each group but we combine 3 group and sang a song call an jing. Sebestian’s group also shows case some of their dancing talent, they perform some India dance to the people, this also shows that Singapore is a multi-racial country. Cristofer show case some of his martial art skills on me. That’s all from the students from ngee ann. Last performance from our school which was MR CHUA, he together with the china lecturer sang peng you and after awhile we joined him on the stage. The rest was performed by the china students. They are quite active. That eventually brings up the atmosphere of the event. The last part was that we had to go to the dance floor to dance. Mr ma danced. Woohoo. After the event we took photos with the china student and then went back to our hostel. Then nights!
Conclusion
Ok. I think that everything need to practice, like APPG we also need constant practice and revision or else we cannot catch up with the teacher’s pace. With practice we can be more firm and confident of our work. I think that china people are really very warm and friendly they can be hyper all the way. As for us I think that we are not interactive enough as compared to those china students. From this interacting activity I learnt that we must take the initiative to talk and interact with people around you. Ok tomorrow still need to visit the steel factory had to wake up at 6. Nights.
Day 14
Activity
Ok. Today was too early and we have not enough time to eat at the canteen. Therefore we took our breakfast in our hostel eating the bread we brought yesterday. We met at 720 and went to meet the mde division people on the way of our journey and head straight to the steel factory. It is the largest steel factory in wuhan also called the wu gang steel factory. They have their own transport system within the factory, even their own train system. So it shows how well the factory is working. After we reach the steel factory we were being lead around the factory and show us how the steel are being processed. We like went into the factory for only 20 min and we spent about 5hours in total to and back to WUST. But I think that the trip is still worth it because we hardly get the chance to enter this kind of large scale factory. It is like a once in life time thing for us. After that the driver drove us to lu xiang guang chang. We bused back to WUST straight. We had our lunch at canteen 2. Then went back to dome to take a rest before our 3 pm lesson. After the lesson we went back to our room and take a rest before we went out for dinner. After our dinner we went out to get some snacks and bread. Then that’s all for today.
Conclusion
The factories here are really big. They produce really big stuff. There are really a lot of factories here, maybe because the cost here is cheaper and they can produce large quantity at a time so many companies came over to set their factories here. Therefore create jobs for the locals. On the other hand I saw the less develop side of china. When we were heading back to WUST we went by one area which their roads were uneven. Our bus is like rocking throughout the whole journey there and also the living conditions there are quite bad. Their houses are incomplete E.g. they have only half side of their wall and they need to earn that half side of the wall before they can finish building their houses.
Day 15
Activity
Today our lesson starts at 8 because there will be a china lecturer taking over us for IS. Today’s topic is about the business strategy and how you can actually clinch a deal easily without any dispute. He also taught us what is the different culture and practice in different countries. After that was our lunch. The afternoon lesson will be start at 1 today and ends at 3 because mr chua wanted us to go to the digital mall in wuhan and take a look. So we quickly did our summary on the ppt and went back to our hostel and put down our stuff then went out. We took 901 to the mall. The bus was sooo pack , we have to squeeze our way into the bus. When we reach there we took a picture and went to look around. Trying to find the things we want and compare it with Singapore. We found out the the price of those electronic stuff are almost the same price compare to Singapore. Therefore we prefer buying those stuff in singapore because there will be local warranty. But the china electronic product are cheap, much cheaper. There was once we saw a mp4 and we think it is quite good. We went forward and ask the price as we wanted to buy 8 sets of it, we tried to bargain with the sales lady. The best price we can get is 220 yuan which was 80 yuan from the original price she give us. We think we can bargain more but the shop is closing soon so we decided to come back another day to buy our stuff. As we have lesson tomorrow we all wanted to go back earlier to rest. We tried to get a van but he told us we need to pay 60 yuan for each van and told us we need 2hour plus to reach WUST but we took only 45mins when we took a bus there from our school. China is getting warmer and we were like sweating like hell in the bus. We took a lot of photos in the bus. The bus is like having flashlights party. We return to school to have our dinner and went back to our hostel. After that we have briefing and we all went back to sleep. Nights!
Conclusion
China population is huge, even they have a lot of buses but their buses are always so pack. As compare to Singapore it is more pack. Or maybe their bus is small compare to Singapore. Their stuff can bargain until 50%.wow. We definitely cannot do this in Singapore. But their international stuff is almost the same price compare to Singapore. Buying China brand is recommended here and also bargain for the best price that you think is reasonable.
Day 16
Activity
Lesson as usual today. Have our breakfast and when for lesson. Did tutorial 3 and lab 3 and mr ma gave some lecturer and the morning lesson ended. We went for lunch at canteen 1 and went back to hostel and rest. After that went back for afternoon lecture. Mr ma went through chapter 4 and we continued with our lab 4. Lesson ended at 4.30 and I went back hostel to complete my lab and out for dinner. Then did some revision at night then went to sleep. Getting results tomorrow!!! NERVOUS! Okay ba. Nights.
Conclusion
Nothing special today except the weather is getting hotter. Zzz. Cold weather please!! Seems used to the cold weather here. Although today is about 20 degree but some of us were sweating like hell. Starting to be nervous about my results as this semester is much tougher then the last semester. GOOD luck guys!! Flying colour please!!PRAY..nights !
Day 17
Activity
Today is Friday and also the day for us to see our results. Woke up at 7 to see our results although our lesson starts at 9 today. It is a relieve seeing me clearing all the modules. Although the result is not that good, blame myself for being too lazy to revise my work. Must be more hardworking the next semester. Ok. Have our lesson as usually. As today we only need to complete our lab 4 and we can go back. So class ended at 3. After that we proceed to do our IS. After that went for dinner and then get some stuff for our tomorrow wudang trip. wow. Looking forward to it. Because always see wudang mount in those tv and movies, finally we get to see it and step on the mount personally. We shall end this early today. Tomorrow need to wake up at 6. Meeting the rest at 7. Nights.
Conclusion
I got back my results of my semester today. Not satisfied with it. But got to blame myself for not revising and too playful for the last semester. Got to buck up and no more fooling around. Excited for wudang trip. Nights!
Day 18
Activity
Today woke up at 5.50am to prepare for our wudang trip. Waking cristofer was my daily routine. We all were ready to meet at 6.50am and we went to the bus and chop the back seats. Nothing happened in the bus as we are all sleeping throughout the whole journey there. Too tired already. Zzz. When we reach our lunch place we all rushed to the toilet to clear our bladder. The toilet there was horrible. And straight after our lunch we went up the mountain. Woohoo. It was really beautiful and felt peaceful up there. The scenery was Whoa!!!We went to visit 2 temples. When we are at the first temple nicki suddenly felt the urge to pee and we followed him down the temple to PEE. LOL!! The journey down the temple was not very far but it seems like few kilometer for nicki. He tried to take a short cut there but the short cut leads him nowhere. So finally he got to the toilet and unleashes his long waited urine. LOL. We went to the second temple and I think that it is much better than the first one. There are wudang student practicing martial arts there and we took a few photos of them. Their training were quite tough. The teacher punched their stomach went ever they did something wrong. After the second temple we went down the mountain to have our dinner and checked in to our hotel. The hotel was quite eerie. We played a few rounds of card game and turn in. need to assemble at 6.30 am tomorrow so sleeping early. Nights!
Conclusion
Although we do not have any natural sites in Singapore but I really enjoy these beautiful scenery. The nature and those ancient buildings are great. I think that china government did a really great job to protect these ancient buildings and not letting them to extinguish. Letting the next generation to know about them and also to let them enjoy these sceneries. To protect them is everyone’s job. So we cannot destroy them by littering there. So that’s all for today. Nights!
Day 19
Activity
Ok. Woke up at 530 but then fall asleep again and waking up at 610. We were almost late. When for breakfast at the same restaurant again. After we all went back to wudang mountain for the second time. Ok.. We all went straight to queue for the cable car to go to the summit of wudang mountain. We were all pissed off by those china people. They all cut our queue for no reason. We all block them to prevent them from going in front. But instead of staying in the queue, they climbed over the fence to cut our queue. That’s ridiculous!! So our tour guide started scolding them. They went away after that. We informed the guards about this. When there is another group and also a priest in there tried to cut the queue but the guards came forward and tell them off. So they started scolding each other. Of course the guards won. After waited for 2 and a half hour we finally reached the front of the queue and took the cable car. It was scary at first because the cable car is only clinched to the wire by a hook. But we are at the middle the scary part was gone and we started to enjoy the scenery up there and also greeted those people going past our cable car. Finally we reached the top and we climbed stairs to reach the jin ting. Which the temple roof was made of gold. Took photos there and went back to the cable car station where we head back to the starting point and had our lunch then head back to WUST. The journey took us 8 hours. Which make us all restless, luckily the driver played us some music. So when we reached WUST, mr chua told us we will be having lesson at 10 tomorrow. So we will have extra time to sleep. Really super tired. Nights!
Conclusion
The ancient people are really incredible. They can create such nice and artistic structure. They can build on the mountains with the technology back then. But with the technology now it is still very hard to build something on mountain. Their minds are really great.
Day 20
Activity
Woke up at 830 today as lesson starts at 10. Went for breakfast at canteen 1, had the usual stuff. When we finished our breakfast, we walked out of the canteen and we realized that it is raining heavily out there. So we walked to our classroom. Had our lesson till 1140 then had our lunch. Went back to our dorm. Then walked to the class at 140pm, did our trial lab test. It wasn’t that difficult after all. We manage to complete the lab. Then we were all released after that. Went back to our dorm and went for dinner at 7. After that did some revision for tomorrow’s lab test and went to bed. Nights!
Conclusion
I think that 10 am lesson is the best lesson time. Ok. Need to get more practice on my APPG lab test. Nights! =)
Day 21
Activity
Woke up at 830am today. Because we are having our first lab test today and we are the second group so we don’t need to be that early. Went for breakfast at canteen 1. After we had finished our breakfast, when we are about to go we received a message from mr chua informing us that the test will be delayed to 1020. So we had more food at the canteen before we go. So after all eating, we went to our classroom and proceed with our lab test. The paper wasn’t that difficult as I thought, so we manage to complete the lab with minimum errors. After that we went back to our dorm to rest as it is too early for lunch. After resting we went to lunch and go for our class. Mr ma went through the lab and we are released after that. Went out for ball and dinner. Went back our dorm and went for briefing at 930pm. After that did lab 5 and went to bath. Nights!
Conclusion
With work and fun we can make life more interesting and fun. After the lab we still got theory test on this coming Friday, so working hard for it. Nights.
Day 22
Activity
As usual went for breakfast at 810am today at canteen 1. We had our usual food for breakfast. After that we went to have our lesson. Went for lunch at 12. Ben and me went over to the ATM at WUST, we can actually use Singapore ATM to withdraw money here. The figures are in RMB so we do not need to change the money. It is easier for us but the exchange rate is lower so I think use cash is better. After that went back to dorm and went again for lesson. Had our theory practice at the class and mr ma went through our paper and copied the answer and went back to our dorm. We went out to have our soup bun. Ok the soup bun wasn’t that nice compared to those that I have eaten in Singapore. Went to the supermarket to stock up our ration and stuff. We happened to walk pass some roadside stall. Kenneth brought smelly tofu, so I had my first taste of how the smelly tofu is like. IT WAS OK!!! It wasn’t that inedible after all. Except the smell it had. That scares off people who don’t like the smell. So after we brought our stuff we went back to dorm and didn’t some revision and off to bed. Nights.
Conclusion
Got to study for my upcoming theory test. Also the stuff in china is much cheaper then Singapore but the quality was not that good after all. And and and try something that you never try it before. Like the smelly tofu, it might be smelly but when you eat it you will change the opinion of it. So don’t judge the book by its cover. Night!