Day 36 - 29 September 2008
Day 36. Today is Monday. In 7 days more, we are going back to Singapore! AHH.. Time really flies. That's why we decided to spend our each day to the fullest and explore Wuhan as much as possible! =P
Today, Steffi, Geok Ting and I left for Hanzheng Street first, with the intention to meet up with the rest who are going to Walking Street later in the evening. Yuting got to change her bag at a store near Hanzheng Street as she bought the wrong bag. That explains why we got to leave hostel earlier than the rest.
Upon reaching Hanzheng Street using Wuhan's public transport, we decided to shop Hanzheng street again, where we ate at the roadside stores again! wahaha. Seriously, I think those roadside food store owners know me already because I am their regular customers! lol
After that, we walked to Walking street, where we will find the shop where yuting bought her bag yesterday. In the process, we stumbled onto this commercial street, 民众坊. Another mini-back alley where nice clothing and imitation shirts can be found. Afterwards, guess what we found?
AIJISEN! haha. Obviously, everyone was excited about it as we managed to find one of the 4 Aijisen Ramaen shops in the big big Wuhan! Yep. Had dinner there and trust me, the food there is nice (although tastes a bit different from what you can find in Singapore) and cheaper!
Window shopping at the Aijisen Shopping mall (i.e. Grand Ocean Shopping Mall) where numerous brand shops that are familiar to Singaporeans (such as Mango, Hang Ten etc) can be found. Ohya, probably the main highlight of the night was accidental spotting of 1 Spa shop. Yep. the girls were crazy about it. =P Booked an appointment on Thursday afternoon, 2pm.
Cabbed home and that's all!
Tomorrow is Project day!
Photo Montage of today's trip
Tuesday, September 30, 2008
Monday, September 29, 2008
Wholesale Market!
Day 35 - 28 September 2008
Today is a Sunday. Sunday = Family Outing, as what our government always says. Am I right? Haha.
So yeap. We had a family outing to Hanzheng Street (汉正街). This is our family (no in order)
Today is a Sunday. Sunday = Family Outing, as what our government always says. Am I right? Haha.
So yeap. We had a family outing to Hanzheng Street (汉正街). This is our family (no in order)
SS (i.e. wife), Suelyn (i.e. Eldest Daughter), Vivien (2nd Daughter), Andy (Youngest son), Sebas (i.e. wife sister) and Chin Xiang (i.e. MAID).
Anyway, Hanzheng Street is not just a street. It is a name for 1 whole AREA comprising of numerious streets where uncountable distributors are located. According to the locals, it is so big that 1 week is not enough to shop every store, every item!
Haha. Of course, everyone managed to purchase what they want before we proceed on to Walking Street to meet up with the rest of the group for dinner.
Ohya, while at Hanzheng Street, we also managed to try several roadside stores. Mind you, the food are really unique and tasty!
After dinner, we wrapped our shopping day at Walking Street visiting the underground shopping mall (that underground bugis market) before heading home early. For what?
WAHAHA. HAPPY BIRTHDAY ADELENE! =)
Seriously, I heard that she was rather sad because she was alone at the hostel for the whole day. =( Nevertheless, I hope that she enjoyed the surprise birthday bash we had prepared for her (quite last minute) and yeap, Happy Birthday once again! =D
Photo Montage of our Outing!
Sunday, September 28, 2008
Back to Nature!
Day 34 - 27 September 2008
Last Excursion organised by the school - Visit to Wuhan's Botanic Gardens and East Lake (东湖).
Nothing much about the Botanic Gardens, just went there to take a look, walk around and enjoying Mother Nature. Just like Singapore's Botanic Gardens, except there is a greenhouse full of exotic and sub-tropical flowers and the area is big (and a bit porly maintained, in certain areas)
Afterwards, we went to East Lake. Part 1 of East Lake was visit to the Moshan area of East Lake. fyi, East Lake is divided into several tourist areas, and we are going to visit 2 of it.
At Moshan, we went to several tourist sites and took numerous photos. Probably the main highlights of the day were:
1) Visiting the Chu Market where everyone spent RMB10 to wear ancient clothing
2) Finding a spot to picnic
3) Visiting 楚天台 (highest point at East Lake) where we experienced the music performance using the bells replica (rmb the set that was found in the museum?) and enjoyed 东湖 scenery!
Yep. After enjoying all the fun, we moved on to another part of East Lake where 10 of us shared a tourist site-seeing vehicle to move around the park. Visited 屈原memorial hall etc.
That's all for our last excursion in Wuhan, with our day ending with dinner take-aways from the local market found at the back alley =)
P.S. Autumn is coming (FINALLY). Meaning? Temperature is dropping drastically. Therefore, COOL!
Saturday, September 27, 2008
Presentation, Sale, Dinner
Day 33 - 26 September 2008
As the clock strikes 1am, everyone headed to room 219 when we wished SS a very HAPPY BIRTHDAY! =)
That's you. WAHAHA.
Yeap. Hope you have a wonderful birthday celebration with the durian, lemon, flowers etc!
Woke up early in the morning (7am) and headed to ss room to finish up the ppt slides. In 2 hours time, everyone from MDE and ECE were sitting there with all kinds of feeling, awaiting for their turn to present their hard work. I would say, well done everyone! =)
It was a pity that Xiaoling 老师 was not available to see us presenting as she had to go for invigilation for another examinations. I know that she would like to see how we do our presentation. Never mind, she had a photographer who stayed throughout the presentation to film us presenting!
Presentation ended at approx. 3pm when some of us headed to the nearby shopping centre (which was having their anniversary sales, remember?) while the rest headed to Walmart to get food for tomorrow's excursion picnic.
Photos of presentation!
That's my group! Same attire, if you had noticed.
The guy who has been filming for the whole day
CX group presenting..
Vivien's script. But she did not use it in the end. LOL
Rather disappointed with the anniversary sale. Firstly, I wasn't able to get the belt and pants I wanted because there are limited stocks, which were sold out within the first 30 mins of its opening (i.e. morning when we had presentation la!)
Secondly, the vouchers we had can be only used if we spend a minimum amount! ahh.. Somehow felt like being scammed. Nevermind. I managed to get a pair of earrings I saw for my friend. =P
Time flies and it was dinner time! Today's dinner was FOC! wahaha. All thanks to Mr Puah! For treating us dinner at the restuarant again. However, as there wasn't enough tables, we had to spilt into 2 groups at 2 different rooms at 2 different timings. LOL. Dinner was nice, but too much =P A total of 13 or 14 dishes? Too many until I cannot remember! =.=
Yep. thats all for the day. Tomorrow excursion again! =)
Enjoy some photos Mr Puah's treat!
Thursday, September 25, 2008
Our final IS lecture. =/
Day 32 - 25 September 2008
As you can see from the title of this blog, today is our very last IS lesson with Xiaoling 老师.
Speaking about Xiaoling 老师, I would say, she is a very good teacher. Although her lessons might be a bit boring or too long (the number of slides are seldom below 100), we do see the effort put in by her as she tried to get as much information as possible and give us. Whenever we need help, in terms of academic or adapting to life in Wuhan, she will do the best in solving our problems and helping us.
Haiz. Once more, thanks Xiaoling 老师 for all your help! we will miss you definitely!
As you can see from the title of this blog, today is our very last IS lesson with Xiaoling 老师.
Speaking about Xiaoling 老师, I would say, she is a very good teacher. Although her lessons might be a bit boring or too long (the number of slides are seldom below 100), we do see the effort put in by her as she tried to get as much information as possible and give us. Whenever we need help, in terms of academic or adapting to life in Wuhan, she will do the best in solving our problems and helping us.
Haiz. Once more, thanks Xiaoling 老师 for all your help! we will miss you definitely!
After IS lesson, everyone went back to hostel to do their own stuffs. In the meantime, Mr Puah was going to cook porridge for everyone again! Hence, I decided to go down and help, not forgetting to see how Mr Puah cook the fabulous, tasty porridge he always cooked. =P
Yep. Had dinner and now, continue to finish the IS powerpoint slides which will be presented tomorrow! =P
IS Topic - Buddhism =P
This is our group!
Day 30, 31 - 23, 24 September 2008
All right. Let me blog about yesterday and today in 1 post.
Day 30 - 23 September 2008
I would say, a relatively short day for me. Had IS lessons in the morning, followed by Test 2. Had lunch before going down for a game of table tennis, captain ball and badminton. Erm, i think it is more of games of fighting against the wind. =.=
my Answer booklet! =P
Day 31 - 24 September 2008
Another day in Hostel while my roommates, Andy and Benjamin, together with Vivien, Suelyn and Chin Xiang, went to Computer city to get some stuffs and thumb drives as gifts for the staffs from WUST.
Yep. By right, I am supposed to start doing the IS PowerPoint slides with SS today.
Instead, we did nothing but chatting, eating, accompanying shopping etc. OHYA, we have a total of 2 $50 vouchers which value will be multiplied by 2 on 26 September! YEAH. will be going to the nearby shopping centre to finish off the vouchers (and getting the belt I want which will be having promotions on the day iteself) on 26 Sept, Friday!
That's all for the day. Do enjoy some photos taken today! Mostly are the food we bought from the back street
All right, I missed out something about today, which I am not supposed to reveal until 26 Sept. So STAY TUNED! =)
Day 30 - 23 September 2008
I would say, a relatively short day for me. Had IS lessons in the morning, followed by Test 2. Had lunch before going down for a game of table tennis, captain ball and badminton. Erm, i think it is more of games of fighting against the wind. =.=
my Answer booklet! =P
Day 31 - 24 September 2008
Another day in Hostel while my roommates, Andy and Benjamin, together with Vivien, Suelyn and Chin Xiang, went to Computer city to get some stuffs and thumb drives as gifts for the staffs from WUST.
Yep. By right, I am supposed to start doing the IS PowerPoint slides with SS today.
Instead, we did nothing but chatting, eating, accompanying shopping etc. OHYA, we have a total of 2 $50 vouchers which value will be multiplied by 2 on 26 September! YEAH. will be going to the nearby shopping centre to finish off the vouchers (and getting the belt I want which will be having promotions on the day iteself) on 26 Sept, Friday!
That's all for the day. Do enjoy some photos taken today! Mostly are the food we bought from the back street
All right, I missed out something about today, which I am not supposed to reveal until 26 Sept. So STAY TUNED! =)
Wednesday, September 24, 2008
Hitting 30!
Day 29 - 22 September 2008
Yep. Time flies. Day 29 = 5th Monday in Wuhan. In 2 weeks time, we will be on our way to the airport flying back to Singapore.
Somehow, do have mixed feelings when thinking about this. Anyway, let's not talk too much about such things.
Fortunately for us, there is no lessons on Monday. Therefore, majority of the people are able to sleep late after travelling whole day. As for ECE ppl, hmm. They had lessons. =(
Anyway, I did not sleep in on this very day. Instead, Shiuan Shiuan and I woke up earlier (approx. 9.30am) because she has to see doctor for consultation. Yep. Guess what happened instead. Upon reaching the hospital, the queue is so long that students are queueing OUTSIDE of the hospital! =.=
Yep. Time flies. Day 29 = 5th Monday in Wuhan. In 2 weeks time, we will be on our way to the airport flying back to Singapore.
Somehow, do have mixed feelings when thinking about this. Anyway, let's not talk too much about such things.
Fortunately for us, there is no lessons on Monday. Therefore, majority of the people are able to sleep late after travelling whole day. As for ECE ppl, hmm. They had lessons. =(
Anyway, I did not sleep in on this very day. Instead, Shiuan Shiuan and I woke up earlier (approx. 9.30am) because she has to see doctor for consultation. Yep. Guess what happened instead. Upon reaching the hospital, the queue is so long that students are queueing OUTSIDE of the hospital! =.=
Common sight in School! People reading newspapers
THATS THE QUEUE I WAS REFERRING TO!!!
Hence, we decided to go to MacDonald's for breakfast instead. Upon reaching, we ordered Hot Cakes plus 1 Pork Patty and Big Breakfast. However, what came to us is 'McSpicy' and Teriyaki Chicken Burger. LOL. Afterwards, what we realised is that the MacDonald's staff forgot to switch the menu to lunch and dinner. =.= Anyway, we just took what was given and decided to go for shopping, since there was time.
Photos of the sicky eating Macs!?!
First, ss brought me to the Converse shop located at level 2 where I bought a polo tee same as the one herself, vivien and suelyn bought the other time. Yep. 70% discount. Quite cheap I would say for a Converse shirt. Ohya, it was then I experienced how a lady does shopping. ahh.. Forget it.
As you know, like most shopping centres in China, purchases have to be made at a centralised cashier. It was then we realised that we did not bring enough money! ahh.. short of 20 odd RMB. So what's the result?!?
Pay for a portion of the purchases first before heading back to hostel to get more money! =.=
Anyway, the journey did not take too long. On the way back, we met Andy and Benjamin, who were on their way to top-up their pre-paid card. We borrowed RMB100 first and headed back to the Converse shop. Later on, both of us are supposed to meet Andy and Benjamin at the shopping centre before going to see the doctor at 2.30pm.
All right, the 2 guys did not appear as they went to the wrong shop. BY 2.30pm, ss and I, headed to the hospital for her medicial consultation. This time, visiting the school hospital was almost the same as the past few visits I came with the rest except.... PROCEEDING TO LEVEL 3 for injection!?!
Somehow, other than the normal medicine prescription the female doctor issued for ss, she issued another prescription that wrote 注射处方and say ss need to have injection for her cough. ahh.. fortunately, there wasn't anyone and ss skipped this 'nightmare'! =P
Anyway after hospital, it was all rest time, badminton, dinner and preparation for Test 2 on Tuesday!
张三丰!!
Day 27, 28 - 20, 21 September 2008
Do you know who is 张三丰? Haha. Correct! He is the legendary Marital Arts master reputed to have founded Taji Quan, which in turn founded Wudang Sect. 武当派.
So for the past 2 days, all of us headed to Mt. Wudang!
The 5 hour bus journey starting at 8am is our first obstacle to overcome before heading 武当山. To our surprise, the bus driver and tour guide is the same as the one we went to 长江三峡. Fortunately, this time the tour guide did not asked us to sing song etc as he knew that we needed rest.
Approx. 11am, we reached Mt Wudang town for lunch. To some of us, we were a bit surprised about the whole Mt. Wudang. We were expecting the town to be like "A small village beside the mountain". Obviously, that scene belonged to hundred years ago. LOL
Anyway, after meals, we headed to Mt. Wudang for part 1 of visit. Visited 太子坡and trekked at some part of Mt. Wudang. Seriously, Mt. Wudang is really very big and tall, highest peak being 1612m above sea level. OHYA, we came in contact with something we always see floating above us at ground level - The CLOUDS! (fyi, they look like mist too..)
Making contact with clouds is a very wonderful experience. Although you cannot see the water droplets, you can always feel it around you! =D
Back to the restaurant where we had lunch for dinner before checking in at the hotel together. Unfortunately for ECE, they have to be separated into 2 different hotels as there wasn't enough rooms for everyone.
FYI, our hotel name is Finance and Accountant Train Center (财会培训中心). LOL
Day 2 at Mt. Wudang started at 6am when the hotel service personnel gave us a morning knock on the door (like Mr Puah). Breakfast at 6.30am before we leave the hotel at 7am.
Upon reaching the foot of Mt. Wudang again, the whole group of Ngee Ann students are being divided into 2 main groups - 爬山or 坐缆车 to the peak! Haha. I am the only representative from MDE to climb. =P
If I am not wrong, the distance climbed is either 40km or 53km. I would say, it is a memorable challenge for me. Trust me, if you have the chance to come to Mt. Wudang, pls climb and you will enjoy the process. OHYA, don't forget to bu a walking stick! I bought 1 for S$4. Good quality and more importantly, YOU WONT GET SUCH A LOW PRICE IN SINGAPORE! fyi, a lot lecturers bought this walking stick back to Singapore. wahaha =P
Upon reaching the peak at 10.30am (meaning my climb took 2.5 hours la), I was surprised that all my friends, who chose to take the cable car, HAVE NOT REACHED THE TOP YET! Some of them are either in the cable car, reaching or still at the cable car station waiting to board. Apparently, there was some jam or disorganisation at the bottom. =.=
Anyway, by 11am, almost everyone was here and we went up to the peak, known as the Golden Peak (金顶). Over there, you can have a great view of the whole of Mt. Wudang. The air was cooling btw. Some of us engraved names of our family members on 平安锁where we locked it at the peak. =)
After that, we descend the mountain via cable car before heading to the same restaurant (late) for lunch and headed home. By the time we reached home, it was 9pm.
That's all for the weekend!
Some comments about this trip:
1) Some of us are a bit disappointed about when we did not visit the so called "Main Hall" where Zhang San Feng Statute can be found and Taiji Quan masters train. (Those we always see on TV la). Soon after, I realised that it actually existed. However, while blogging, I realised that this place actually existed. HOWEVER, it was burnt down in 2003. =( one good news is that no one was injured and the Zhang San Feng statue was moved away before the whole palace was burnt into ashes. HAIZ
2) Somehow we felt that Mt. Wudang is too commericalised. When we go to this famous Taoist Holy Mountain, something is lacking. However, we are unable to identify what is lacking . Is the tourist attraction being over-exploited? Maybe.
=P
Do you know who is 张三丰? Haha. Correct! He is the legendary Marital Arts master reputed to have founded Taji Quan, which in turn founded Wudang Sect. 武当派.
So for the past 2 days, all of us headed to Mt. Wudang!
The 5 hour bus journey starting at 8am is our first obstacle to overcome before heading 武当山. To our surprise, the bus driver and tour guide is the same as the one we went to 长江三峡. Fortunately, this time the tour guide did not asked us to sing song etc as he knew that we needed rest.
Approx. 11am, we reached Mt Wudang town for lunch. To some of us, we were a bit surprised about the whole Mt. Wudang. We were expecting the town to be like "A small village beside the mountain". Obviously, that scene belonged to hundred years ago. LOL
Anyway, after meals, we headed to Mt. Wudang for part 1 of visit. Visited 太子坡and trekked at some part of Mt. Wudang. Seriously, Mt. Wudang is really very big and tall, highest peak being 1612m above sea level. OHYA, we came in contact with something we always see floating above us at ground level - The CLOUDS! (fyi, they look like mist too..)
Making contact with clouds is a very wonderful experience. Although you cannot see the water droplets, you can always feel it around you! =D
Back to the restaurant where we had lunch for dinner before checking in at the hotel together. Unfortunately for ECE, they have to be separated into 2 different hotels as there wasn't enough rooms for everyone.
FYI, our hotel name is Finance and Accountant Train Center (财会培训中心). LOL
Day 2 at Mt. Wudang started at 6am when the hotel service personnel gave us a morning knock on the door (like Mr Puah). Breakfast at 6.30am before we leave the hotel at 7am.
Upon reaching the foot of Mt. Wudang again, the whole group of Ngee Ann students are being divided into 2 main groups - 爬山or 坐缆车 to the peak! Haha. I am the only representative from MDE to climb. =P
If I am not wrong, the distance climbed is either 40km or 53km. I would say, it is a memorable challenge for me. Trust me, if you have the chance to come to Mt. Wudang, pls climb and you will enjoy the process. OHYA, don't forget to bu a walking stick! I bought 1 for S$4. Good quality and more importantly, YOU WONT GET SUCH A LOW PRICE IN SINGAPORE! fyi, a lot lecturers bought this walking stick back to Singapore. wahaha =P
Upon reaching the peak at 10.30am (meaning my climb took 2.5 hours la), I was surprised that all my friends, who chose to take the cable car, HAVE NOT REACHED THE TOP YET! Some of them are either in the cable car, reaching or still at the cable car station waiting to board. Apparently, there was some jam or disorganisation at the bottom. =.=
Anyway, by 11am, almost everyone was here and we went up to the peak, known as the Golden Peak (金顶). Over there, you can have a great view of the whole of Mt. Wudang. The air was cooling btw. Some of us engraved names of our family members on 平安锁where we locked it at the peak. =)
After that, we descend the mountain via cable car before heading to the same restaurant (late) for lunch and headed home. By the time we reached home, it was 9pm.
That's all for the weekend!
Some comments about this trip:
1) Some of us are a bit disappointed about when we did not visit the so called "Main Hall" where Zhang San Feng Statute can be found and Taiji Quan masters train. (Those we always see on TV la). Soon after, I realised that it actually existed. However, while blogging, I realised that this place actually existed. HOWEVER, it was burnt down in 2003. =( one good news is that no one was injured and the Zhang San Feng statue was moved away before the whole palace was burnt into ashes. HAIZ
2) Somehow we felt that Mt. Wudang is too commericalised. When we go to this famous Taoist Holy Mountain, something is lacking. However, we are unable to identify what is lacking . Is the tourist attraction being over-exploited? Maybe.
=P
Saturday, September 20, 2008
Different Friday.
Day 26 - 19 September 2008
Yes. A very different Friday for me today. For the first time, it is sports, not lectures or bus rushing, in the morning. Suelyn, Chin Xiang and Vivien went for a run while Shiuan Shiuan and I decided to play table tennis. Of course, main highlight of the morning - MacDonald's Breakfast!
Talking about breakfast at MacDonald's in China, there are 2 bad news for Singaporeans. Firstly, breakfast end at 10am. Kind of early for typical Singaporeans. Remember one of the early posts I mentioned about breakfast timings in China? Another evidence which differentiate the lifestyle of a typical Chinese and Singaporean.
Second bad news, MacDonald's in China is not HALAL. I think this news should be hitting the Muslims more badly than typical non-Muslim Singaporeans. WHY? China MacDonald's serves pork in breakfast! =.= Simple reason.
Here are some photos of the MacDonald's breakfast we had!
After enjoying our very first China MacDonald's (pork) breakfast, we went to walk around for a while before returning to our hostel to rest and do some work. At approx. 4plus, cooking green bean soup was the way while some of the people went to 建设七路to shop.
Probably the only thing which added spice to this special day is the rabbit peeing incident. LOL
Guess what happened? As the rest of those stayed back went for dinner along 建设二路, I offered to babysit Amirah's rabbit. And I supposed you know the result? Rabbit peeing on my bed while the green bean soup over boiled and my power adaptor came in contact with water. =(
Fortunately, with the help of Suelyn in taking care the rabbit, I was able to dry/air my mattress, send the mattress cover for washing while settling green bean soup.
Yep. A bit unlucky right? Haha. =P
That's all for the day. =) 2 days 1 night to Mt. Wutang!!!
Yes. A very different Friday for me today. For the first time, it is sports, not lectures or bus rushing, in the morning. Suelyn, Chin Xiang and Vivien went for a run while Shiuan Shiuan and I decided to play table tennis. Of course, main highlight of the morning - MacDonald's Breakfast!
Talking about breakfast at MacDonald's in China, there are 2 bad news for Singaporeans. Firstly, breakfast end at 10am. Kind of early for typical Singaporeans. Remember one of the early posts I mentioned about breakfast timings in China? Another evidence which differentiate the lifestyle of a typical Chinese and Singaporean.
Second bad news, MacDonald's in China is not HALAL. I think this news should be hitting the Muslims more badly than typical non-Muslim Singaporeans. WHY? China MacDonald's serves pork in breakfast! =.= Simple reason.
Here are some photos of the MacDonald's breakfast we had!
After enjoying our very first China MacDonald's (pork) breakfast, we went to walk around for a while before returning to our hostel to rest and do some work. At approx. 4plus, cooking green bean soup was the way while some of the people went to 建设七路to shop.
Probably the only thing which added spice to this special day is the rabbit peeing incident. LOL
Guess what happened? As the rest of those stayed back went for dinner along 建设二路, I offered to babysit Amirah's rabbit. And I supposed you know the result? Rabbit peeing on my bed while the green bean soup over boiled and my power adaptor came in contact with water. =(
Fortunately, with the help of Suelyn in taking care the rabbit, I was able to dry/air my mattress, send the mattress cover for washing while settling green bean soup.
Yep. A bit unlucky right? Haha. =P
That's all for the day. =) 2 days 1 night to Mt. Wutang!!!
Friday, September 19, 2008
So do you still like eating Watermelon?!?!
Day 25 - 18 September 2008
Yes. The title is delicated to Mr Ng Chin Xiang. So do you still like eating watermelon?
Anyway, today's morning started rather differently as compared to the past few days. Early in the morning before IS lesson, a war was waged between 4 guys and 1 Chin Xiang. Yep. Andy, Benjamin, Teckyi and Julian pinned Chin Xiang down on the floor and shaved his leg hair. This was his first birthday present of the day. Yep. I wasn't involved in the action because.. I was still brushing teeth! Probably the only contribution I made is providing the warriors with toothpaste. LOL
After the war, had IS lessons before continuing with Mr Puah's BPE lesson. Let me tell you, from tomorrow onwards, NO MORE BPE LESSONS! wahaha. Cool right? The last chapter (i.e. 10) is covered and done!
Anyway, this doesn't mean we can enjoy our days in Wuhan as the free time would be used on finishing our assignments and presentations!
Yep. Main highlights come in at 11.30pm. It was planned that no one should wish CX happy birthday throughout the day until 11.30pm, hoping that CX will feel that his only birthday celebration is the morning 'shaving war'.
So at 11.30pm, while he is at Sebas, Steffi, Yuting's room for group discussion, we gave him a surprise birthday party using WATERMELONS! wahaha. forced him to eat up the whole half watermelon in order to remove something that is planted inside the flesh.
OHYA, all these were organised by Julian! =P
All right, there was a birthday cake prepared after he finished his watermelon. Yeap.
That's all for the day. HAPPY BIRTHDAY CHIN XIANG!!
P.S. his dettol has been spiked with red tea, which was used 2 times! wahaha
=P
Yes. The title is delicated to Mr Ng Chin Xiang. So do you still like eating watermelon?
Anyway, today's morning started rather differently as compared to the past few days. Early in the morning before IS lesson, a war was waged between 4 guys and 1 Chin Xiang. Yep. Andy, Benjamin, Teckyi and Julian pinned Chin Xiang down on the floor and shaved his leg hair. This was his first birthday present of the day. Yep. I wasn't involved in the action because.. I was still brushing teeth! Probably the only contribution I made is providing the warriors with toothpaste. LOL
After the war, had IS lessons before continuing with Mr Puah's BPE lesson. Let me tell you, from tomorrow onwards, NO MORE BPE LESSONS! wahaha. Cool right? The last chapter (i.e. 10) is covered and done!
Anyway, this doesn't mean we can enjoy our days in Wuhan as the free time would be used on finishing our assignments and presentations!
Yep. Main highlights come in at 11.30pm. It was planned that no one should wish CX happy birthday throughout the day until 11.30pm, hoping that CX will feel that his only birthday celebration is the morning 'shaving war'.
So at 11.30pm, while he is at Sebas, Steffi, Yuting's room for group discussion, we gave him a surprise birthday party using WATERMELONS! wahaha. forced him to eat up the whole half watermelon in order to remove something that is planted inside the flesh.
OHYA, all these were organised by Julian! =P
All right, there was a birthday cake prepared after he finished his watermelon. Yeap.
That's all for the day. HAPPY BIRTHDAY CHIN XIANG!!
P.S. his dettol has been spiked with red tea, which was used 2 times! wahaha
=P
Thursday, September 18, 2008
WUST new campus!
Day 24 - 17 September 2008
Main highlight of the day starts at 1pm when we board the bus to the new WUST campus at 黄家湖.
The 'WOW' factor was present upon reaching the new campus. It is evident that the campus much larger, magnificent and cleaner, as compared to the campus we are staying.
Main highlight of the day starts at 1pm when we board the bus to the new WUST campus at 黄家湖.
The 'WOW' factor was present upon reaching the new campus. It is evident that the campus much larger, magnificent and cleaner, as compared to the campus we are staying.
After alighting from the bus, we moved on to the School of Foreign Languages. Let me tell you, the host really took our visit/exchange very seriously. The school presented flower bouquets to the lecturers while we had a photo taking session in front of the entrance. After that, we went to a classroom at level 3 where the Student Union President gave us a speech about WUST.
WUST Student Union President giving a speech
Samantha and Nicholas, representing Ngee Ann Poly, MDE and ECE
After all the welcoming formalities, we were paired up with a local student. My partner of the day is called 王琦. (I hope I never type her name wrongly). We went for a campus tour where we visited the self study areas, sports courts, hostel exterior, 7-storey library (reputed the biggest in Hubei province) and the canteen. In the process, we played a telematch organised by the Student Union (supposedly. =P )
My Chinese Counterpart, 王琦and I
The day ended with dinner at the 3 level canteen before we went back to our 老校区.
P.S. Rather an interesting experience to interact with the students. In the process, I realised several 'learning points' or interesting stuffs.
1) Somehow, they do not know that Singapore is made up of 3 main races, Chinese, Malay and Indians. This is evident when my partner asked me how come there are some Singaporeans looking like Africans etc etc. In addition, my partner was quite surprised that we have 4 official language, that is Malay, Mandarin, Indian and English. The locals here somehow thought English is the National Language of Singapore. That's why they are always surprised when we speak Standard Mandarin.
2) For every Year 1 University students, regardless of age and sex, all have to attend military training for 2 weeks. However, that does not equate to joining the People Liberation Army (Armed Forces la). For joining the army, they have to attend military schools instead. Anyway, Li Xuan was there when we saw the military training under going in process! haha.
3) Know what? WUST has a history dating as far back to late Qing Dynasty. Approx. 100 odd years? The founder is one of the more prominent late Qing Dynasty officials, 张之洞. FYI, WUST did not exist as a single entity under very recent years (approx. 10 years ago?) The current WUST is made up by several smaller institutes. Cool right?
Wednesday, September 17, 2008
Doctor's Day!
Day 23 - 16 September 2008
After a day of fun, class resumes on this very day!
IS lessons by Xiaoling 老师 followed by Mr Puah's BPE. Today's BPE lesson was rather short as quite a number of us were sick. Hence, lessons ended at approx. 11am before some of them proceeded on to the school hospital.
Upon reaching there, guess what, the hospital closes at 11am for afternoon break and consultation resumes at 2.30pm!! ahh. As a result, we went to the nearby canteen for lunch. As compared to the few canteens located near our hostel, the food there is much more tastier and the environment is much better for dining! (and there are much more varieties!) I think the class should go there more often for meals. =D
Back to hostel to rest before proceeding to the hospital with the sick ppl for medical consultation.
Although I am not consulting the doctor, the experience is quite different from the past 2 times I visited the hospital. GUESS WHAT, there is only 1 pharmacist and 1 doctor on duty. Not only that, this arrangement will last till 18 Sept!
It was known later that most of the doctors went to the hospital located at the new campus for 'inspection', i think.
After this medical visit, we had dinner. YEAP, porridge by Mr Puah again! This time is Salted Egg Porridge plus Pipa Duck. WAHAHA. thanks Mr Puah again! =D
Like what he always said, that is what hostel life is all about. =D
That's all for today. =)
P.S. Something interesting happened in the hospital. For the past 2 visits to the hospital, I seldom see people queueing for medical consultation or collection of medicine. However, the 'queueing up syndrome' is visible in the locals. Probably due to the big group of us queueing up, waiting for medical consultation and collection of medicine.
So is it our actions that influence everyone to do the same? Did our actions have such a great impact? Food for thought. =D
Enjoy the photos then!
Have you seen a real Panda??
Day 22 - 15 September 2008
So have you seen a real Panda? if the answer is no, please view this post with envy. WAHAHA. just kidding. Not trying to be arrogant pls.
Today is Results day. I suppose everyone had mixed feelings about it. Anyway, I was 'waken up' by someone's joy about his results. =.= 8am you know!?! Anyway, I got 3.42 for my GPA. thought the results were fairly reasonable and acceptable for me, except a shocking C for Electronic Commerce.
Anyway, had breakfast for the first time since day 2 from the local market behind our hostel. After that, majority of us went to Wuhan Zoo.
YES. the purpose of going is to take a look of China's National Treasure, PANDA.
It took us about 1 plus hour to reach the Zoo. By then, it was about noon.
Speaking about the zoo, everyone was saying that the living conditions are very poor for the animals. Of course, it was compared against the Singapore Zoo. I do agree that the living conditions are rather bad. However, somehow sometimes people forgot something. The entry fee for the zoo is RMB 20 per person. Is it really 一分钱，一分货？You get what you paid for? Sorry. I don't know. This may be the reason, this may be just an excuse.
The Zoo:
So have you seen a real Panda? if the answer is no, please view this post with envy. WAHAHA. just kidding. Not trying to be arrogant pls.
Today is Results day. I suppose everyone had mixed feelings about it. Anyway, I was 'waken up' by someone's joy about his results. =.= 8am you know!?! Anyway, I got 3.42 for my GPA. thought the results were fairly reasonable and acceptable for me, except a shocking C for Electronic Commerce.
Anyway, had breakfast for the first time since day 2 from the local market behind our hostel. After that, majority of us went to Wuhan Zoo.
YES. the purpose of going is to take a look of China's National Treasure, PANDA.
It took us about 1 plus hour to reach the Zoo. By then, it was about noon.
Speaking about the zoo, everyone was saying that the living conditions are very poor for the animals. Of course, it was compared against the Singapore Zoo. I do agree that the living conditions are rather bad. However, somehow sometimes people forgot something. The entry fee for the zoo is RMB 20 per person. Is it really 一分钱，一分货？You get what you paid for? Sorry. I don't know. This may be the reason, this may be just an excuse.
The Zoo:
Anyway, we managed to see the two pandas SLEEPING!?! Was a bit disappointed. BUT NEVER MIND! =P From there, we realised that those 2 pandas used to be staying in Sichuan. However, due to the earthquake, all the pandas staying there have to 'move house' temporary. Hence, 2 of them came to Wuhan Zoo. Erm, as expected, the living conditions are better than the others.
In the zoo, we managed to see another 2 national treasures, 金狮猴and albino bear.
Here's the Panda!
Anyway, with our mission accomplished, we went to Mac's for lunch before coming back to rest. Had a mini-game of badminton before dinner. Tonight's dinner was rather special. Guess what, Mr Puah decided to cook Roast Duck porridge (or congee, i not sure the term. Just know is 粥. Wahaha) Surely, it was very nice and got the '家乡菜' feeling. Anyway, THANKS MR PUAH!
yep. thats all for the day! =D
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