day 24 -武当山.

6am

Ring ring ring! * dismiss my alarm* Wake up in the morning for my Wudang expedition.

7am

Began our 5 hour journey to 武当山. 

1pm

arrival at Wudang and lunch at a chinese local restaurant before heading to the foot of 武当山 just 3 min away from the restaurant. 

we were distributed our tickets. there is a mini disc inside! cool right!

our first destination was 太子坡 where we were brought to lots of Taoist temple. the journey from the foot of the mountain to this place was about 30min bus ride. The area where we are brought to is the place where sunlight is first cast on on 武当山.where people also gain immortality here last time. 

tea session. The promoter keep telling us to have sip of plain water. and miraculously the water tasted sweet in our throat. 

Our next destination was also a 30 min bus ride. there is a 十方堂 inside to receive taoist from all over the world. Group teacher with the teachers and tour guide. From left: tour guide, ME, miss neo, deputy director

After that place, it was home sweet home to our 3-star hotel call 九龙山庄. It was a very pleasant hotel and definitely much better than the cruise one. 

after lodging in, we gather at 4.50pm at the lobby and were bring on an free and easy walk by the tour guide. Dinner was at 6.30 so we sat down and have ice-cream while contemplating whether we should let the fortune-teller tell our fortune. 

Dinner was at one of the restaurant up on the hill. The dishes was rather salty and not to our liking but we have nothing to lament about putting into consideration that we are high up on the hill where everything was transported up. 

after dinner, it was free and easy. me and my cliques stroll down the street of shops and bought some fried banana chips and ice-cream and headed back to our hotel to restaurant considering the fact that we woke up at 6am to refresh ourselves. Plus we have to get ready for our 武当山 expedition tomorrow. 

Reflecion: 

I realise that in China, their people hardly queue up to buy food. Just like the same when boarding a bus. they like to push around just to get their place to seat. As compared to Singapore where similar cases can be seen, i think that it would be possible for both country to further improve on this for better etiquette. 

reflection on Punctuality

Reflection on Punctuality

This post is done in regard to yesterday’s incident…

I was well informed that the meeting time was at 1pm where we were supposed to gather and go for lunch. However, it was changed to 1.30 when no one or little seems to be able to meet the initial meeting time.

I felt remorse and guilty of my wrong doing when the whole group of MDE and ECE students/ staff has to wait for us. Perhaps we could have done better…

After this incident, the outsiders may look at us as a form of rotten apple, teenagers who don’t have a sense of urgency and responsibility. This incident has affected the impression of them towards us Singaporean and the reputation of NP. As an ambassador of not only our school but our country, I felt that there is a strong need for us to do something to amend for our mistakes.

Being late, it has affected the planned schedule and worst still wasted everyone’s time. Because of us being late, the staff had to re- schedule the lunch time and makes another arrangement with the restaurant. All of us reached back to our hostel late and cause everyone not to be able to have dinner. The bus driver also had to rush back home to rest as his work starts early the next day too. The teachers also have to wake up early the next day for her work unlike us who enjoy flexible timing over here.

In future, they may impose stricter rules on us and the whole group may not be able to enjoy the freedom of touring. It may also jeopardize the future students coming to Wuhan to tour. A bad impression stays forever and spreads far and wide while good news always tend to be forgotten easily. Thus, we cannot afford to make any more mistakes in future.

In the event of being late and the rest of the group left, we would have to find our own means of transport to catch up with the rest of the group. What if something happens to us when we were on our own? Who would be responsible? 

If given a second chance, I would keep track of the time and further motivate the rest of the group to move on faster and meet the scheduled meeting time. If someone falls behind and had to be taken care of, I would give the teacher a call so that she knows what is going on and may be able to send someone down to handle the situation. I would also try to keep up with the tour guide so that I would not miss out any announcement that she makes and would also make sure that I am always with majority of the tour group.

From this incident, I learnt that punctuality is very vital when we are working as a group. We move as a group and would wait for one another as a group. Due to our delay, we have caused everyone to be affected and had also imprinted a bad impression upon the China local people. I am deeply sorry and remorse of what I had done and would reflect on it. The next trip would be much better than yesterday’s incidence.

Day 23 - IS lesson and 江汉路步行街.

Realize that there is a difference in China and western culture. In China, the people are more humble and they then to treat their guest very well and nicely making sure than they won't feel uncomfortable in a foreign place. However, in the western side, the people are more straight forward and they tend to give one another more private space. Thus, one of the sides may get offended when they have cross cultural exchange. 

almost everyone is sick today. fever, stomachache and more but we still continue our shopping spree at our usual place. 

This is a famous stall that we found over there specialize in making 汤包。

Is your saliva drooping?

COCO bubble tea. Its nice and famous over here though its pricey. 

we had dinner over there before taking the bus 588 home. We always have to rush and fight for our seats when we come to this district and it gets very crowded and stuffy when the bus is fully packed. 

Reflection: 

Being in a foreign country, i think it is important to check up on their background and history and to find out a little bit about their culture so that we don't offend the other party. Take for example, being straight forward may be what we are used to. But in china, the people may be more courteous and humble towards their guest and do not say things straight out to prevent offending the guest. Thus, researching on a country background is important. Take for example, a company deciding to set up a branch in China. It is natural that they did a research so that their product commercial and promotions turn out to become a success instead of the other way round. 

day 22 - PM test and shopping at Guang Gu

Pm test at room 705 today. It started at 10am instead of our usual 9am. This means that we can sleep a  hour later! yea!
It lasted for 1 hour and 30 min and ended at 11.30 am. Miss Neo let us off as she thinks that everyone has put in the effort to study for the test. Thus, we headed for GuangGu for our shopping spree.

Journey to GuangGu

this is the place where we alighted

Our first destination was 老鼠街( mouse street). but we split up in the end between the guys and the girls as the street was full of girls clothing. Wei Qin joined us too.

Since the street we went to was full of women clothing, we went to the previous shopping mall the very first time we came here. The shopping mall is something like the one at 汉口 with brands like Baleno, Giordano and ect.

reflection:
when i was crossing the traffic light today even when the pedestrian road was showing a green sign, the cars are still moving without giving way to the people. I feel that this is very dangerous if there are children crossing the roads without the guidiance of their parents. Perhaps the government should tighten their traffic laws to reduce their number of traffic incidents.

Day 21 - PM study mood turn on!

Wow! Its week 4 already and i am only left with 2 weeks before flying off. Week 5 would be our final project presentation and finally  week 6 would be in a more relax mode which means shopping mode?

well class end kind of early today because there is a written test tomorrow of 15%! afternoon was spent at mac while there is a small conflict between a customer and the cashier. The customer make a tiff in the public saying that the cashier has taken his tips and not written him. In the end, the manager came out and gave him 10 rmb.

The rest of my day was spent inside my room studying for tomorrow's test.

Reflection: this is the first time i studied with my friends overseas with my room-mate. I think it is more efficient to study this way as we can ask one another very easily and our peers can show us how to do it too instead of clarifying our matters through phone calls or MSN when we are in Singapore.

Day 20 - PM

Today was a new chapter for PM titled PERT. In this topic i learnt about time estimates, standard deviation and stuff which i have learnt from my previous module called applied statistics could be applied on this chapter too. 

oh ya... today's temperature was cold due to the rain around 10 degree which was a great drop from 18. No wonder they said the Wuhan temperature varies extremely. No wonder the people here always wear so much even though the temperature is pretty high. 

Dinner was at Greenery restaurant. Their restaurant are specialize in cooking beef. The interior design of the restaurant was very high class. Why not let the pictures do the talking. Isn't it better than Swensen in terms of the design with the price of around 10 Sing dollar. 

Day 19- IS lesson

IS lesson was at 1pm today.
topic: Introduction to Business
I learnt that in China there are several rules and regulation to abide by. For example, we learnt that we are not to give costly present to our business partners as others may find it as a form of bribery. Secondly, it is important to know Chinese to communicate with their local as the use of English may result in miscommunication. Thirdly, we are to avoid inauspicious number like 4.

In china, its hard to execute e-commerce due to the network problems in China.

At around 3.30pm, the deputy principal of Ngee Ann polytechnic came to visit us and gave us a few word of advice. A few shots were taken after the end of the speech.

Near the end of the lesson, Miss hong told us to write our impression towards China and she explains the reason behind it. In china., food and clothing are sold very cheaply however, we must not forget that they too earn very little as compared to Singapore. A university graduate in China may only receive a starting pay of 1800rmb to 2000rmb which is ( 300 to 400 Sing Dollars)

Had dinner at 麻辣空间( steamboat)

me and winnie

a mini zip lock bag to protect our phone when placed on the table

girls has hair bands for better hygiene and convenience

Frankly speaking the customer service level of the restaurant can be matched to those in Singapore.  I feel that in China, good customer service can only be found in restaurants with pricier food. 

reflection:
though it is expected that good customer service level comes with a posh restaurant, expensive food and clean toilet, i think it would be good to practice some basic courtesy and speak considerately to one another when it comes to selling foods and necessities on the street. Loud speaking and swearing could be heard on the street most of the times and i think that it would give a bad impression towards tourist. Maybe its time for people to make a move to give way to one another to enjoy a better life and treat one another in a more friendly way towards stranger.

day 18 - chapter 3 - three gorges tour

Bye cruise!
alighted at 7pm and took the bus to the three gorges dam attraction. at the site, we were issued tickets and they also cater their own bus tour. our first destination was a brief model of the overall three gorges concept. after that there were introduction of rocks that were used to test the suitability of constructing a dam at a certain location. Right now they are still constructing a ship lift whereby it will only take 40mins to bring a ship from the upstream to the lower stream.

model of the dam

this rock have a history of thousands of years. the holes were being drilled by scientist to test its nature. 

man-made waterfall

Can you see the dam behind?

there's a park over there and there is not a photo shoot for any magazine promotion. Unless china wants us to be the ambassador of three gorges. 

lunch at Yi Change before taking the express bus back to Wuhan. 

Home sweet home and finally i am able to eat the food over here once again instead of the plain meals serve on board. Ok.. no comments about the food. 

There's IS lesson tomorrow and the deputy principal is coming! 

reflection: Today's journey was a short one. On the way back to Wuhan there were several stops for us to rest and i went to the toilet to have a pee. I realize that China toilets are not that well maintained as what we can see in Singapore. Furthermore, their people are not very considerate and were aggressive towards what they want. I feel that Singapore has already reach a certain standard of mannerism and politeness. 

day 17 : chapter 2, three gorges tour -白帝城 神龙峡

Breakfast was at 6.30am therefore we have to wake up at 5.30!

白帝城

Alight the cruise at 7.30 and took the bus to our first destination - 白帝城 . The people there have the culture of putting their coffin high up the cliff after burrowing them for 3years. When they put their coffin on the cliff, the deceased friends and relatives would dance and sing for him/her hopping that he or she will lead a happy life in the afterworld. Also i threw some money into the display coffin as they believe in the Chines proverb - 升官发财。 

Three gorges

Lunch was at the cruise. We saw the third gorges shortly after the cruise leave 白帝城  and the scenery behind their 10 dollar RMB was simply beyond words. We hopped onto a smaller boat at a ferry terminal after lunch and finally arrived at 神龙峡. Over there, we were rowed by guys in a small wooden boat and had a close view to our surrounding nature. 

The beauty of the nature that we experienced was mesmerizing. The air and water was so clean that when i dipped my hand into the stream water, it was odorless and soothing. 

we headed back to our cruise after that and it was the end of our day. Dinner inside the cruise as usual. The ship serve very simple and plain meals. At around 10pm, we went onto the balcony and saw the opening of the dam gate for the ship to pass through. During the process, water would be pumped so that the water level matches the level of the next path that we are going to sail through. 

Reflection: i realize that there are still people out there who are still living in poverty struggling to survive each day. The native people living at 神龙峡 has no access to television and i presume they have very little contact to the outside world. We should be happy of what we currently own and not grumble about the ones what we do not have.

day 16 - Chapter one : three gorges tour, travelling to yi chang

a beautiful scenery during my journey to Yi Chang. 

this is our dinner! does this make u hungry? haha

This is how our toilet look like inside the cruise. 

this is our cruise

Today was a Friday but there wasn’t any school. Why? We are ready to embark on our three gorges tour!

We gathered at 1 pm, hopped on the bus and travel to Yi Chang. It was 7pm by the time we reached there. 

Had dinner at one of their local restaurant. Their local people have the habit of eating the main dishes first before eating plain rice. Whereas in Singapore, we eat the dishes along with the rice.

After that the driver drove into the three gorges road. The scenery was mesmerizing. Two-third of the terrain was nothing but mountain. we get to see the dam and passed by the 4star hotel where their minister stay before the opening ceremony of the opening of the bridge which linked one side of the mountain to the other. 

Arrived at the cruise terminal at 8pm, took our tickets and room keys and before 9pm I was inside my cozy room with Daryl (my room-mate).

Majority of today’s time as spent at the bus travelling from Wuhan to Yi Chang.

Reflection: i learnt that i have to tolerate and accept my classmates living lifestyle. In our 42 days, we are going to depend on one another very closely such as waking one another up for those who are hard to wake up. I also learnt to plan my wake up time as each of us needs time to bath and brush our teeth, get dress and more. Thus we have to know our mates well and adapt to one another lifestyle. 

day 15 - project management presentation, guang gu shopping mall

9am marks the start of our project management class and hence the start of our presentation. draw lots for the order of group. ★ ☆ ✰

Our presentation end slightly before 11am and we were free to go and get ready for our three gorges cruise tomorrow and hence i won't be blogging on tml, sat and most probably Sunday. ♩ ♪ ♫ ♬


Hopped onto bus 702 for our shopping spree in the afternoon. 
Destination: guang gu shopping mall

does Guang Gu reminds you of the shopping mall at Tao Payoh

                                         Chicken wings classified into three different stages of spiciness.咪咪辣- The first one is for majority. 极品辣 - the second stage is for people who loves to eat spicy stuff wherease 变态辣 (extreme spiciness) is for people who wants to challenge their own limit. 




This as taken on our way back as i happen to get a seat. we were packed like sardines for your info! it has already reach a stage which we wouldn't be able to experience in Singapore. 


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Reflection: I realise that their local bus do not have bells to alert the bus driver where there are people who wants to alight. Hence, they would stop at every bus stop. However, there were several times whereby the bus driver closes the door before the passenger was even able to alight and he have to shout across to the driver for the door to open. ♩ ♪ ♫ ♬


I think it would be better to install a bell so that it would save the trouble of passenger not being able to alight at their desired stop. 

Day 14 - PM quiz today!!!

Miss Neo tested each and everyone of us whether if we know how to use the office project today.
Nervous ☆☆☆ 
Had lunch and was given time to continue our project as its gonna be due tml!

After school i went to Bank of China 建设二路 to change money. It would deduct 3% out of the money u withdraw. we hopped onto their 面包车 on their way back. It is actually their private bus without any number plate. Their attitude was really bad and we have to pay the money to a lady seating at the front seat instead of the money machine on their public bus.

had dinner at Duo Luo Jie which was the street right in front of our hostel to have our dinner and we saw a small boy shitting right at the center of the street.

Reflection:
I think that we Singaporeans are much more hygiene concern and health conscious. If we were to see such a scene in Singapore, it would definitely cause an uproar in our local newspaper.

Day 13 - Project Management & Project

learnt Cost Crashing for our project management today. direct cost indirect cost and more. Today was a short day as Miss Neo gave us extra time to do our project which was going to be due on Thursday. Did 3 assignment today. *faint*
 Immediately after lesson end, the all of us stayed behind and sat in our own groups and start doing our project as its due on Thursday!

Conclusion:
we should organize the phase of our project completion on time to prevent rushing near the deadline. I learnt to practice time management while executing project. In china, i found out that they are able to just sell items at the roadside without getting caught and these items include accessories, foods and electronic items and these can be sold at a very cheap price.

Though the items may be cheap i think it is not appropriate to just sell items anyway u like as it seems to be no rules and regulations in the country. And because of this, we would never know the actual retail price of the things that we bought. In Singapore, at least i know that the items i bought are more or less the same everywhere or even standardized throughout the whole nation. Hence, i do not have to be afraid of being cheated.

Day 12 - IS lesson

Had our second IS lesson. This time round, our teacher brought local snacks for us to eat such as Long Xu Tang. Later on she move on to show us the map of China followed by the map of Wuhan. Our Is lesson here are kind of free and easy and we were free to ask whatever question we want concerning China.
Later we were introduced to the tourist resource:
Wudang mountain
Three gorges
shennongjia
Chibi( red cliff)
JingZhou

Reflection:
China is a very big country as compared to Singapore. Hence they have lots of natural tourist attractions that were created by God. I also realize that the temperature changes in Wuhan here varies constantly. It can make u feel warm without the need to wear much clothes while a few hours later, the weather may turn windy and the temperature would just drop to below 10 degrees. Hence, their weather is kind of unpredictable.

Day 11 - Free & Easy

Shopping at 江汉路步行街 again.
Took a illegal cab down. In china, we can find taxi drivers without licensed and it is generally cheaper as it doesn't charge according to meter and it can fetch more people. They do this illegally as they didn't have to pay tax to the government.


Had dinner at a noodle shop and i ordered their local food 热干面（hot-cold noodle). This noodle is served with a gravy mixed with sesame and peanut paste. It is best when served hot. Took a cab back to our hostel and  arrived safely at 9pm. :))

there's IS lesson tomorrow at 9pm! Bye i gotta sleep. *yawn*

Reflection:
the locals here have a habit of eating their meals while walking on the street, while taking the public transport, standing at the roadside and consume their meals. they also have the habit of spitting wherever they feel like. Even smoking in restaurants are allowed. We aren't able to see much of this in Singapore as we find it unsightly and intolerable. As a Singaporean, i feel that we have reached a certain level in our standard of living as well as our quality of life. However, we should not have prejudiced over other countries culture. We should  have an open-minded  mind and view other people equally or we wouldn't be able to learn anything.

day 10 - 黄鹤楼 古琴台

Entrace of the yellow crane tower

古琴台

Lunch at their local five star restaurant

Met up at 8.10am today before starting off today's excursion黄鹤楼.
On the way to the yellow crane tower, we were given a brief description of the city of Wuhan by the local tour guide.  Below is the brief description of their local food: hot dry noodle(热干面)


The history of this noodle came about when this lady weren't able to sell all of her noodle that day. as a result she left all her unsold noodles in the cold outdoor. In the middle of the night, the oil was accidentally spilled over the noodles. In the morning, when she found out, she decided to used the noodles to boil for a few second and sold it. The noodles became popular and it became Wuhan local product.

History of the Yellow Crane tower
According to legend, Yellow Crane Tower was built by the family of an old pothouse owner living in Wuhan City long ago, named Old Xin. One day, a shabbily dressed Taoist priest came to the pothouse and asked for some wine. Old Xin paid no attention to him, but his son was very kind and gave the Taoist some wine without asking for money. The Taoist priest visited the pothouse regularly for half a year when one day the Taoist said to the son that in order to repay his kindness, he would like to draw a crane on the wall of the pothouse, which would dance at his request. When people in the city heard of this, they flocked to the pothouse to see the dancing crane. The Xin family soon became rich and they built the Yellow Crane Tower as a symbol of gratitude to the Taoist priest.


History of 古琴台
古琴台 represents a strong relationship of two friends. One day. Boya and GuQin met and they become great friends. Furthermore, Guqin is able to understand the songs that BoYa play. Thus they arranged to meet one another one year later at the same place. One year has past however, BoYa didn't manage to see GuQin. Thus Boya follow the route where GuQin walked home the previous year and came to know the truth that GuQin has passed away due to illnesses. Boya find no point in playing his music anymore since nobody is able to understand his music better than GuQin hence he smash his instrument on the floor and swear to himself not to play music for the rest of his life. 


Reflection: 


China have a illustrious history over the year as compared to Singapore. I was astounded by their culture. Its like comparing an elephant with an small ant. China is so big with so much story to tell as compared to Singapore. I have learnt a lot about China over the short two days and it reminded me of this phrase ' Rome isnt built in a day'. 
I hope to learn more over the next few weeks in my stay at Wuhan:) 

Day 9 - Steel Mill factory

8.10am 
Met at our classroom block to collect our safety helmets before making a trip to the bus to our destination.

We reached the factory at about 8.50 while the guide there gave us a debrief of the history of the factory before we went in. After that, we had a walk through the factory and saw the process of steel making. Wuhan steel factory is founded in 1974 with Japan. The Japanese left the country and came back a few years later thinking that the China people are incapable of running the factory well. However, it stunned them that the country the firm are actually operating fine when they pay them a visit a few years later. On 1978, 12 December, the firm made their first roll of steel.

Process:

Nice color~

Conveyor belt used to transport the steel.
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the furnace is set to a very high temperature to burn the metal into stainless steel. After that. it is being flattened by the machine by 3 times although the machine is capable of flattening it 5 times. It is then washed through the water to ensure that it is clean enough to be roll into a coil. A quality check is then being done. If the steel doesn't pass the required condition it would be sold back to the supplier to be re-manufactured or it would be delivered to other stages of the supply chain.

Group photo taken outside of the factory.

2pm - IS

Had our first IS lesson today, which was taught by their local lecturer, Grace. She gave us a brief idea of the history of china followed by the government policies, economy of China and many more. what i find interesting is that china is actually governed by different government at certain parts such as beijing, shanghai, taiwan, hong kong, macau, tibet and some minor cities due to racism. these cities are governed by a different set of politics.

Reflection:

I am happy that Singapore is governed by only one party and we are not racist over certain group of people. I feel that governing of different politics in different part of the country may actually cause confusion and fury against different people. I prefer the singaporean way of governing as everyone is being treated equally. 

Day 8- project management & Shopping

Does this look like our Merlion spotted outside their museum?

汉江路

Our class today was extended to 12pm to complete our practical 3 and hence, our afternoon lesson had been cancelled. So what did we do......

汉江路步行街!!!

Well basically its a shopping paradise over there with nothing but shopping centers. Whats more, there is a back alley selling nothing but girls clothing. If you are a female, i think saying goodbye to that place would most probably be one of the most difficult decision you had to make in your life. The place basically consists of all sorts of shops ranging from those high end china branded goods to commonly found brands like Levis, Giordano and Bossini. 

We took the public transport 588 home after that. Having a place to stand on the bus is MISSION IMPOSSIBLE. before the bus actually arrives, there is actually swarms of people running for the bus from far away. Each pushing and squeezing for the tiny entrance of the bus. No tiny spaces are spared. It makes you feel so warm and stuffy inside there. 

this is the living condition of the local students.


wal-mart


Pizza


this is pronounce as 'hou de puo xue, zhong yan zhi fu


the exterior of the pizza hut.

Day 7

This was taken after our lesson end when we were about to take the public bus to 'Shopping mall' - which was the name of the shopping mall. It actually means learning takes place no matter of one's age and one should live a decent live without committing crime. their local students tell us that they have to shout this out when they were serving the NS everyday.

Had Pizza Hut later on. Their menu is the same as the one we get in Singapore. Just that the design of the restaurant is slightly more luxury than the one we had in Singapore. Their pizza hut over here is always packed with people no matter which outlet you go. We had waited for 30 minutes for this Pizza hut meal. :))

We shopped till 9.30 before visiting the arcade to play bumper car for the second time. Visited wal-mart before it actually closes. Its actually like Carrefour in Singapore. Took the cab back after that and DongXiang (one of the local students) brought us to their bunk to have a look at their living condition. Their bunk actually accommodate 6 people at one time. and they don't actually enjoy facilities like we do.

reflection:
i found out that their students here are very independent as compared to us. Its not easy living alone without the care of the parents. Furthermore, majority of them are also 18 years old which makes them the same age as us. i would like to learn more from them so that i do not have to rely so much from my parents after i got back. this trip makes the perfect opportunity for us to rely on ourselves and make decisions based on our daily life.

Day 6

Performance in progress


Group photo after the interaction programme


we had lesson from 9 to 11pm today and i was late! Hence the $10rmb fine.

had lunch at a posh restaurant after that call HOT SPACE. its steamboat once again. today was the second time i ate steamboat. Today's restaurant had better service and it is 3 story high but it only caters food on the 3rd floor. Its 100rmb more than the previous steamboat restaurant we had our meal at due to the good service.

3pm - REHEARSAL
Today was our cultural exchange and hence each of our own group have to make use of each of our precious time to rehearse.

5pm - combined rehearsal
hold our combined rehearsal where we had class everyday.

6.30 - meeting at dormitory before heading to the lecture theater for our performance

the performance went on smoothly as what we expect. It turn out to be hilarious ;) and we did a dance at the very end all together.
played ice-breaker games with the local after on and they performed a song at the very end too.

Reflection:

i realize that coming together to complete a performance is not easy. we need to sit together and hear everyone's opinion in order to come up with a splendid idea. furthermore, we must be willing to invest lots of time in it to make ourselves familiar with our job. I must learnt to think of what is going to happen next if my make this decision instead of making a decision just based on the current situation.today

Day 5

This is where we had our diner.


taking a picture with the scenery of snow


Can you spot the snow against the black background?


Monday which means there is school today! Project management at 9am.
It was freezing cold today. Miss Neo told us that we are fined 10rmb for every 10 minutes we are late. Maybe this will help us cultivate the habit of being punctual and bring it back to Singapore. We had our break at 11pm to prevent squeezing with the students as they normally had their break at 12pm. Class resume from 12.30pm onwards to 4pm while Miss Neo continued chapter 2 as well as our class assignment. We stayed back a bit longer to discuss our next day performance while Wei Qin spotted snow outside the window and the next moment is we went GAGA! So sua ku can we all.

Had dinner at 华菜士. They sell mainly just like KFC. However some things they sell like popcorn chicken are far much better than KFC. They serve their customers hot orange juice to keep them warm too! Anyway the snow gets bigger and bigger till it really gets so heavy that we can just see it so solid and white from far away.

Guess I got to sleep now or I would be fined tomorrow! NIGHTS

Reflection:
Their local students told us that they only spent around 8rmb on the average which is equivalent to our Singapore $3. I feel that we are so much more fortunate then them as our pocket money we receive each day is about $10, 3 times their amount. Furthermore, we get to go home and stay with our family members each day. Over here, some of the students come from far away and they have to stay in hostel. we should feel grateful that we are being taken care of our parents everyday without the need to live alone and be independent. We should not take our parents as granted.