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!

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! =)

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! =.=

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