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Tuesday, March 17, 2009

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currently blogging at this URL

http://myjourneytowuhan.blogspot.com/

sorry, too lazy to blog. however, need to do assignment daily about journal so blogging at that URL

posted at 2:22 PM

Monday, March 16, 2009

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Your view on yourself:
You are down-to-earth and people like you because you are so straightforward. You are an efficient problem solver because you will listen to both sides of an argument before making a decision that usually appeals to both parties.

The type of girlfriend/boyfriend you are looking for:
You are a true romantic. When you are in love, you will do anything and everything to keep your love true.

Your readiness to commit to a relationship:
You are ready to commit as soon as you meet the right person. And you believe you will pretty much know as soon as you might that person.

The seriousness of your love:
You like to flirt and behave seductively. The opposite sex finds this very attractive, and that's why you'll always have admirers hanging off your arms. But how serious are you about choosing someone to be in a relationship with?

Your views on education
Education is less important than the real world out there, away from the classroom. Deep inside you want to start working, earning money and living on your own.

The right job for you:
You're a practical person and will choose a secure job with a steady income. Knowing what you like to do is important. Find a regular job doing just that and you'll be set for life.

How do you view success:
Success in your career is not the most important thing in life. You are content with what you have and think that being with someone you love is more than spending all of your precious time just working.

What are you most afraid of:
You are afraid of things that you cannot control. Sometimes you show your anger to cover up how you feel.

Who is your true self:
You are full of energy and confidence. You are unpredictable, with moods changing as quickly as an ocean. You might occasionally be calm and still, but never for long.

posted at 5:10 PM

Monday, March 09, 2009

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Today we had our first lesson, real lesson on the 6th day. Our lecturer was Miss Anna who is from china. She can speak really well English; the essence of her English is of those ang moh types. While her Chinese essence still have those of china Chinese.
From today the presentation Miss Anna gave today, learn quite a numerous things from her. I learnt about the culture, history and the cuisine of Hubei, and Wuhan too. The history of Hubei is quite interesting. There was quite a numerous famous character in ancient time actually from Hubei. After she explained to us about the Chi-bi movie, I am now tempted to watch it. I was interested in those IQ stuff, strategists and mystery stuff.
For the second period of lesson, we did essay on the Hubei and Wuhan. I think is quite a good idea for us doing that. During lesson, we might forget what Miss Anna told us. If we do this essay, this can help me refresh our memories on it and it stays in our brain longer.
After the second lesson, upon hearing one of the famous delicacies in Wuhan is fish balls. There are quite a number of fish balls restaurant outside our school. So we decided to go out and eat. Out of so many restaurants, we were finding which restaurant had the most cars outside and number of people inside. Soon, we found one and decided to go in. The food was good. We had mutton, pigeon, toufu, vegetable, fish balls and fish. The toufu is different from Singapore and is tasty. The fish balls are totally different from what we eat from Singapore. The fish balls here are soft while Singapore’s springy.
Today i found out that the pathway walking to the foreign language school has its fixed direction. The direction that is towards the school should walk at the pathway near to the stadium side. If you are walking towards canteen 2, the pathway we should take is the pathway near the library.

posted at 10:37 PM

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currently weekdays i dun think i will do much.. will be study days!

posted at 8:54 PM

Sunday, March 08, 2009

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Finally, today is a free and easy day for us. The day we have to do what we have with all the time we had. Today, our group leader, dave had decided to go Wu Chang Xu.
So we start our day at 1pm. We exit the University, crossed the zebra-crossing to over the road. We were waiting for taxi. But those taxis which came were those being occupied, or else no taxi came. Then, there is one van stopped before us as another guy board the van, followed by us as he told us he could fetch us there. So, we decided to board. Travel for less than ten meters, the guy who boarded the van before us alight. The trip cost us 70 RMP.
It was already noon, we had not had our breakfast and lunch. So we asked for direction to xiao chi yi jie. On our way there, we saw this beggar. The beggar was begging for money with an old lady lying in front of him. He was also shivering. He was really pitiful, but is this real or not?
The food at xiao chi yi jie was really good and cheap. I guess is better than the place where the tour guide brought us there. I wonder why the tour guide from yesterday did not bring us there as it is near huang he lou too. We carried on shopping after eating. We came around this shopping centre where the Taiwan singer, Luo Zhi Xiang, is coming to Wuhan. There was quite a long queue.
The sun is setting soon. Therefore, decided to have dinner before we go back to the hostel. We had steak for dinner. The steak is really good, much better tasting than Singapore. The pricing was also cheap. We taxied back to hostel.

posted at 11:07 PM

Saturday, March 07, 2009

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I set my alarm clock at 5.30am. However, this morning I off my alarm and went back to sleep till 6.19am. I had my wash up all those and started using my laptop waiting for all my friends to get ready. But, by the time they were done, it’s already the time that we need to report to go tour around Wuhan. The four of us didn’t have our breakfast before leaving.
All four of us hurried to the meeting place, which is located outside the entrance of Wuhan University.
First destination was Dong Hu. Once we alight from the bus, we could feel the coldness. Is it because that we were just near the lake that’s why it was very cold? Each of us paid 20 RMP for the vehicle to tour around the lake.
Our last station was the Archery. Despite of the coldness, I did not wear my glove. 10 RMP for 12 arrows, cheap isn’t it? It cost around $2+ for the shoot. While shooting the arrows, the fingers will felt pain. From what I think the fingers will felt pain was because, fingers were slightly hardened from the chilly air and secondly was because the string had no sponge or any protection for us to pull properly. This bow is much easier to pull compare to Singapore’s. In Singapore, the tension was much tighter.
Next was the museum. It was one of the most important buildings in Wuhan. The security was very strict inside. Before we entered, we have to go through security check just like what we did in airport. Even water bottle also could not bring in. In the past, people that lives, they are very remarkable. They could create or invent things which were very attractive and creative. Their handicraft was indeed professional from what I could see from the museum.
And it’s LUNCH time. I spend 25 RPM on food. The food there was really really great. I bought a lot of food to eat. The scallops and oyster was really nice.
Last was the huang he luo, which is quite famous, was one of the tourists attraction. There were quite a number of poets whose works are constructed there. Once we entered the building, we could see a big portrait picture of Lu dong bing riding on one of the he blowing a flute. I bought some souvenirs from there.
After that, travel back to hostel already. For dinner, we went out of the hostel and walked on the street and bought some food from it. I bought a Korean food which some sort look like burger.

posted at 9:49 PM

Friday, March 06, 2009

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For the night throughout, the temperature was just cozy enough for me to sleep. I was really sound asleep. Even someone rang me from Singapore during midnight, I also could not hear.
Today, basically wake up and get wash up. After that, pack up my things which were needed for the first lesson today. While walking to the canteen, we thought we have not enough time to eat. However, we still decided to stay at the canteen and finish up our breakfast. Mr Chua came to the canteen to have breakfast too while we were half way eating. Upon finishing our dinner, we went to the classroom. It was already near 9, and it was like not much group was there.
All of us had our first lesson from 9am – 12 pm. However, our informal lesson today was presentation of Singapore history and culture. And only two group present. It was lunch break time; this time ate another type of fried rice. After gobbled all of it up, I could feel that my stomach having heat inside due to the spiciness I ate from the fried rice.
Continued our second lesson at 2pm. However, this time while waiting for teacher, I fall asleep on the chair. The teacher was like late for 15 minutes. This time we need to do 2 projects. First one is the writing about the educational system in china and the second one is the photo essay on faces. So, we drafted out what we wanted to do research on the educational system and need to submit the both project on the first week of April.

posted at 6:50 PM

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DAY 2
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Throughout the whole night, was sleeping uneasily. The room was so cold for both me and Xin Rong. I was waking up and sleeping continuously. I woke up at 6.30 and got myself wash up. Once I stripped, I could feel the cold air in the toilet and started shivering. Quickly I on the hot shower to the max heat so I could have my heat in the toilet.

We were supposed to meet the teachers at the school canteen at 8am. However, when we reach there, there were no teachers around. All of us were thinking, did we hear wrongly for the wrong place to meet. In a while time, Mr Chua came. And soon, more students came. Mr Chua proceeded to the canteen. He talked to the chef and guessed what. We could eat all we want in the canteen for 5 RMP, which is like 1 dollar plus in Singapore currency. Cheap isn’t it?

Upon filling up the stomach, went back to the hostel to wait for time to pass. 9.30am was the time supposed to assemble for the tour. However, there were 2 person came to check about the internet connection. They give reason that their laptop have no battery or so and ask for our laptop. So Chewy gave in his. They checked, set up connection and poof. There is internet connection. However, the person said that we should have an account in order to have the internet. Therefore, the person having chewy laptop delayed the time and made everyone wait.
We had a tour around the school. The school basically is quite big. Even some part of the school look like area in the town. The school didn’t even look like school with stalls like those. There was also construction going on in there. Wasn’t it funny? How come a school was already in operation when some parts were under construction?

Our classroom was located at the foreign school second level. Once we settle inside, for a moment, quite a number of us started to turn on the CPU. And that’s the first time I use internet when I reach Wuhan. So quickly, do those things that I wanted. There was this programmed control by teacher. It said something like please concentrate on what the teacher is teaching and stop doing your work. And also were given the password to gain access for the internet.

It’s time to go back to the canteen with our canteen card top up with the money. I top up 50 RMP. This time I ate mushroom fried rice. I was standing there queuing waiting for my food. I ordered mushroom fried rice. WOW! The fried rice was really nice; the fragrant will also make u hungry just by smelling it.

Once lunch is over, went back to the hostel again. Hurry back to on my laptop and gave a try to the internet access. It was a success, now that there is internet. 1.30pm, all were to assemble outside the hostel for briefing. We were told to travel to this lu xiang guang chang, one of the shopping building in the city area. We went as a group and ask for direction to the place. Teachers wanted us to go there ourselves and shop. We cross the zebra-crossing and took bus 901 from the bus stop. All of us made payment for the bus ticket for 2 RMP. Finally, we had arrived at the bus stop at last. There is still a long distance for us to walk to reach the destination. So we shopped at the nearest building first.

During our window shopping, satish lost his gloves. And the gloves disappear very quickly, got pick up by other people already. We decided to end our window shopping from that building and proceed to our destination. Basically, we also did window shopping again. There is also arcade here. But there is nothing much to play compared it to Singapore. The items here were also same pricing as Singapore. Not much difference. We had our dinner at KFC and we proceed back.
But, once we stepped out of the KFC, we saw this dog which is very big. This dog was quite playful; it activated the siren of the motorcycle 2 times and knocked down 1 bicycle. Once the dog and its owner leave the place, we also leave the place to go back to the hostel. That’s all for today.

posted at 7:07 AM

Thursday, March 05, 2009

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Today is the day that the SOE students went for the OIP Wuhan Trip. The teacher in charge told us to meet at Changi Airport Terminal 1 at 5.30am. However, I was already late as I leave my house at 5.20am.

When I reach at Terminal 1, I saw quite a lot of student all assemble there already. So I went to search for the teacher to get my passport back. But the weird thing was among all my friends who came for this trip, I was the only one who was without the passport. So, one of my friends went up to Mr. Ma and confirm with him. Mr. Ma collected back their passport.
The teachers were briefing us on some items. There was this 2 tag that we need to tie it to our luggage with writing our name on it. After that, there is a sticker which needs to paste on somewhere visible for the officers to view. This sticker is for the transferring of plane.
Soon, one by one, all of us queued up to check in our luggage. Till my turn, I wanted to see how heavy my luggage was but, the digital system did not even move. After checking in our luggage, Mr. Chua told us to meet outside the departure hall. So I went to meet my parents and went up to the food court at second level to have my breakfast.
Time’s up. I proceeded down to the departure hall. My fellow friends were waiting there already. The entire SOE student went in before us. I scanned my passport and thumbprint. However one of my friends, Jia He, was behind me. He was able to pass through the first part, scanning of passport, but not the thumbprint part. He tried a few time till he was called to the security area. We also don’t know what had happened. Once he is done, we proceed further in.
This is the second time I am taking the plane, but the first time going oversea without my parents accompany. I learn to be more independent and be careful of the surroundings. The passport is the most important item.
The first destination was Guang Zhou. That’s the place we have our lunch. But it’s the usual fast food which all of us will know, MacDonald. I spend my first 100 yuan to exchange to a smaller notes in order the get less cheated for money at Wuhan. Having finished my lunch, we proceed to the area to board our plane.

Finally Wuhan, here we come! Once exit the airport, it’s very cold. The temperature was almost 1/5 of Singapore temperature. It was 6 degrees Celsius. We can see smoke coming out from each and every single one of our mouth .My toes also went slowly going numb as I only wear a thin layer of sock. We board a yellow bus to Wuhan. On the way there, my toe start to feel warm as my toe was only behind the heater, or might be the engine giving off heat. Anyway, the feeling was cozy. Soon, I fell asleep on the bus.
Once I woke up, the bus just arrived at Wuhan University science and technology. Finally, hostel at last. It was like after 11 hours then I could see a bed just in front of me. My room was at the first level. Therefore, I only need to climb 1 flight of staircase. This help to save energy from climbing up and down. Among 4 rooms, mine and Xin Rong’s room was the coldest I guess. Only our room was still able to see the smoke breathing out from our mouth.
After everyone place their belonging in the hostel, all of us went to the school canteen, second level, to have our dinner. We ate the food which looks like Korean food. Even in indoors, without air-conditioning, was cold. My toes were freezing, starting to get numb. Luckily I ate a bit of spicy food to warm up the internal body. On the way out of the canteen, there is this flight of stairs. I thought I could warm up my toes just by moving it faster and lifting up the leg higher. But the more I do, the more pain my toes get. The feeling was like the toes are going to drop out.

So, I decided to quickly pace back to the hostel. Due to the fog on my spec and there is little amount of light, I could not see the way properly. I also could not recognize the way back to the hostel. Luckily, saw my friends and hurry up and join them. If not, I will be lost in the University.

Finally, back on to the bed!

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