THE DAYS.

D41 - the goodbyes and hellos!

2009-04-18T00:14:00.011+08:00

Group C all ready to head back home (: To bring you through our experiences in wuhan!
Day 41, which was a sunday, which was also the last day that we will be breathing the air in wuhan. All of us had more or less had our stuffs packed and checked before heading to the airport.
I had moved to room 220 for the last few nights and stayed with mengzhen and seok. Thanks mengzhen for all the morning calls, i guess she really had a hard time back then...hahas! Also, thanks to peijie and vivian, both my previous room mates from room 116.

room 220.
my new comfort zone for 3 days 3 nights (:
and that's winson, helping to untie the string and
also to help carry our big luggages.

xiangyu.
he was helping us for weighing the luggages
to ensure that, we are not exceeding the amount
that we are supposed to have..
thanks! (:

At the hostel's corridor..
Some of us waiting to have our luggages
weigh. While some are waiting for the rest..

the luggages on board the bus..
thanks the guys for helping (:

black black waiting to be at the airport.
i miss playing with him ):
cute right? it belongs to cimin!

arrival at wuhan airport!

joey & cherry!
I guess, the both of them are the ones whom I had spoken most with.
I still remember, the first breakfast..Joey treated my room mates and I
all the famous local food. Like, dou pi, re gan mian and an egg wrap.
Thanks so much! (:
They are really nice girls. They were the ones who let me know more
about their lifestyle and even asked me to play badminton with them.
Sadly, we didn't manage to play a game together. Hopefully, when
you girls come over to singapore, we can have a fun game together (:
I've really enjoyed my stay in wuhan!
Till then, takecare of yourselves and jiayou for your studies!

Journey!
A nice name she have got. hahas!
She was the emcee during all the events that they had
organised for us. Her english was really quite good (:
She too, brought some of us to be familiar with the local places.
She's also the one who brought a couple of us to
had a nice view of sakura! thanks! (:
Jiayou for your studies and I hope to see you in Singapore! (:

Journey, Yepp & Charlotte!
Yepp and Charlotte are also nice ladies.
We did not really talk and interact much..However,
they were one of the few locals that had spent their
revising time to bring us around when we were all
unfamiliar with the surroundings!
Hopefully all of us will stay in contact (:
takecare and jiayou!

waiting for our luggages to be check-in.
can't bear to say goodbye...

however, it's time to queue orderly and check-in
our luggages.

We check-in soon after our luggages left us. Many broke down to tears. No matter how much we want to stay, how much we don't want to leave, we still have to say goodbyes with heavy heart and eyes. It was a painful process, but true enough, life's like that. We have got to put these down, and move on. The sense of emptiness and loneliness hit me just like this empty lane, and i'm sure of the others feeling this way too..

while at wuhan airport, waiting to board the plane.
It was really a long wait, even though our flight had been
changed to an earlier one...

the bus to the plane. It was really a nice experience.
the bus was really big and spacious..

the plane with the stairs..It was raining, even
the clouds feels heavy too..

thinking of wust, & home.
Human are greedy. We want everything.
Emos..

this was what I am feeling..
you want to intepret it?
It's not explainable...

and after missing so much.
We landed safely in Guang Zhou,
and then Singapore (:

some of my new found friends! (:

My parent! Thanks for welcoming me back home (:
they are the ones who sent me to wuhan, and
brought me back home! hahas!
a grown up daughter, because i've learnt a lot from this trip :D

the group of friends who went to the airport!
thanks so much people! :D

I'm glad to be home!

During this 41 days in Wuhan. I will like to thank all the WUST students who had been taking good care of us, bringing us around wuhan, and also enrich us more about wuhan and also China. I'm really happy to have come for this trip, and to get to know the friendly people in WUST. Of course not forgetting those OIP peers, we had been together for almost all 41 days, regardless of class, meals, in the dorm, or even shopping.. Seeing each other everyday at any point of time or even all the time, now that we are back at home, the feeling of emptiness set in. But I believe, we will still see each other in school, or even meet up (:

the friendly wust student with group C (:

oip peers and wust students (:

all my new found friends from J02! (:

Group C! All of them are great!
We should all keep in contact :D
i had an enjoyable time taking all the group photos! haas (:
(by now you should know who are they..)
mengzhen, randolph, cimin and huimiang!
the best and most united group I ever had! ((:

MengZhen! :D
groupmate cum jogging cum climb wudang shan cum yoga
cum all time massager cum room mate cum....
there are still more, but it's a long list if I were to go on..
hahas! All in all, I'm glad I had got to know her and become
great buddy! She said we do think alike..hahaha!
She's very cute and funny, also....fierce :P
thanks for lending me a listening ear !
She made my stay in Wuhan an enjoyable one (:
thanks my friend!

Ci Min! Weee!
She accompanied me to talk during 1am..hahs!
Thanks for willing to be there and being a good listener (:
Most of the time
without fail, we will head to the back street together
to get our supper. Her fav. was ji liu and milk teaaa (:
I'm glad to have met her in this trip and be
friends! :D
this is a picture of our fav pose and fav b.b and w.w ((:
she also made my stay in wuhan an enjoyable one!
thanks my friend!

mz and I with Seok! hahas!
my 2 new room mates for the last 3 days.
thanks seok for her kit kat and some snacks :D

Not forgetting Winson and Mr Wong.
Thanks Winson for being my movie mate. hahas!
I had an enjoyable time watching the killing show! :D

Last but not the least.
Thanks Mr Wong for teaching us, coordinating all the outings and trying his best to rush us and had some sense of urgency. With him, our trip was a successful and enjoyable one (:
Together with everyone, including the lecturers, tourguides, friends and everyone else, this trip was a great one! Cheers :D

All in all, I've met my learning plans which I had set for myself before the start of this trip. From independent, to studies, to learning more about the world outside, to culture, to friendship and resulting in a grown up me having spent a meaningful birthday in wuhan. I am really satisfied with this Oversea Immersion Programme (:

D41 - back to home!

2009-04-12T10:00:00.002+08:00

Departure.

It's 10am now..We have all got ready our luggage and moved them up the weighing machine and then to the bus, and going to the airport, boarding the plane at 3plus pm.
Back to Singapore! (:

D40 - a busy day.

2009-04-11T23:59:00.004+08:00

Last day of walking around in Wuhan. We ( mz, cm, winson and I) went to han zheng jie again, because it is so big that, you cannot finish shopping the whole place within one or two days. Thus, we decided to do our last shopping there and get all the things and souvenirs that we had in mind.
Something almost happened, but I'm glad it didn't. I was almost pickpocket by someone, as I placed my small bag behind my back. When I realised that someone touched my bag, it was when the clip and zip were already opened. However, I'm glad the person was not really skillful, or just that, I managed to feel it in time. I saw her hand reaching out, but I just felt lost and couldn't do anything, but to call for my friends in front. I guess, the sentence was really right. "What's behind you, is not yours but others." I have to agree, and take back my words from one of the post previously.
NE message: We must uphold meritocracy and incorruptibility.

So, we came back to Ni Nan for our last dinner in Wuhan, and the drinks were always on the house. Just for information, to anyone who will be coming to Wuhan as the next batches, you can try out this place if you miss homecooked food (:
After which, we headed to get our things from supermarket, then to the back street for supper, also to bid goodbyes to those familiar store owners.
Till then, we will all be flying at around 3pm to guang zhou for transit, and then back to Singapore. I will miss all those days. I will miss Wuhan! )):

the 7 dishes of food.

drinks that are on the house. (:

trying hard to squeeze my luggage...

D39 - farewell party!

2009-04-11T03:29:00.006+08:00

Yesterday, we ( the usual few of us) went for a short ktv session ( which will also be the last ktv session in china ) at shopping mall. The ktv here was cheap although the facilities were not really up to standard, still comparable.
Around 8pm, we had a farewell party which was planned a few days ago by both locals and oip students and teachers. It was a gathering at our 701 classroom, with some fingerfood, 5 cakes! ( :/ ) , bottle drinks and also ktv session. It was a night for us to get together as a whole group again, and enjoy each other's accompany. However, all good things come to an end. There's bound to be sad moments. But, I believe everything will be back to normal once we settled down again. Cheer up all! (:

while waiting for the cake to be ready...
cake making in process..

the cakes in boxes.

the whole group of people (:

three layer cake!

the 3layers plus the other 2! :/

ktv session in 701.

We will be heading back to Singapore on the 12th of april. Although I will really miss a lot of things about Wuhan, Singapore is still our homeland - We must not forget where we come from. I will definitely miss Wuhan for the weather ( that I had never experience before), culture, road safety, food, people, places of interest/attractions, friends ( both local and from oip, they are great! ), laughters, lessons learnt, and a lot more..
Wuhan! :D

D38 - last presentation.

2009-04-10T23:59:00.000+08:00

We had our 3rd presentation, which was also the last one on the thursday morning. Everyone had successfully presented their assignment, and showed a sign of relief. It was on the simulation of flexsim, for the operation of a process and the objective was to hit the percentage of 70 and above for the original model, and even higher for the improved model. My group which consist of peijie, vivian and myself from room 116 was doing on the first process, axle.
We had tried ways and means on the model in flexsim to improve the efficiency and also to meet the required target. We did struggled from the start as the output efficiency was way too low.. However, after trying for a number of days, we finally managed to hit the target of 70%.
Overall, I think flexsim is a good program as it allows us to visualise and understand the whole process that will be occurring clearer.

mac breakfast!
thanks mz ( cum multiple buddy)!
haahahs! (:

my group while presenting...

After presentation...

eating sugarcane at han zheng jie (:

D36 - adventure day!

2009-04-08T14:38:00.012+08:00

Early tuesday morning, we went for one day bonding camp with the ECE and LSCT over at the ece's campus area. All of us started off with the breaking down of groups, ice-breaking and the making of flag and cheer. After which, we started with a small competition among the 4 different groups. It was the making of the chain that was rotated with the aid of the wheels when it moved. This had helped to bond us together by thinking hard and making it possible with the team effort. To make us as strong as the chain of the wheels.
After the small competition, we headed for our lunch at the nearby restaurant where the ece friends recommanded. It was famous for their fishball, and thus we tried it together with a few more other dishes.
We headed back to the same place after 2 hours of break. It was more of adventure and trust. Our group (4) together with group 3, had trust fall as our first station. It was the trust we had in our team mates. We had to believe and trust them to hold on to us when we fall. Overall, I think it was great. Next, we had to challenge ourselves to climb 8metres high and jumped over a broken bridge. The trust in oneself to overcome the fear of jumping over. Lastly, it was rock climbing! Yeahhh, I touched the wall again.. The feeling of climbing freely again was great. But sigh, I didn't complete the route. Though not much of expectation, but still.... Although I do not really feel like going for this in the first place, because of multiple reasons. It was an enjoyable day for me, and am glad that I went.
Everything ended at about 5.30pm, and we went to walk around the area outside the school, then headed back to our hostel. All of us was tired out, and am glad that presentation was pushed to thursday.

the place where activities were held.

group 4 leader with our flag!

listening attentively..

the making of chain...
GROUP 4!
our lunch! everyone was busy taking photos~
because, it's been some time since we last saw fish ball..
the table of us..
fishball soup (:
another game..
give what was named.
guy carrying a girl..
and girl carrying a guy..
our group's instructor...
trust fall station!hold on, heads up~

weee~

mz!
it's was her first time..goodjob (:

hashanah!

way to broken bridge...

climb.

jump.

and fall..

group 1 & 2!

i'm good, cos i helped her massage :P
i meant, she always help meee!
thanks buddy! :D

mde friends~

circle of friends.

climb climb~

and fell...

all the way!

aller!

she's good (:

mass group photo!the area around the school~

D34 to 35 - LULIN Resort.

2009-04-06T22:09:00.013+08:00

Our beautiful sunday and monday was spent at beautiful LuLin Resort. We set off early in the sunday morning for an approximately 4 hours bus ride to our destination. However, this was the most exciting and noisy bus ever. Throughout the whole bus journey, the bus driver practically horn every few minutes, and the horn last for quite a few seconds sometimes.
The room that we stayed in for one day was great, except that it was not bug-free. We went for tour at 美人谷，looked at those nice waterfalls,flowers and sunset. The waterfalls was really nice! After which, we went to look at the places where the villagers stays which is also the houses of the olden days. After the whole afternoon tour, we had campfire night together with the other tourists who were there at the resort. There were some exciting performance by the locals, and also, singing and dancing along session. I think majority of us enjoyed the campfire night, and some even went to join in the singing and dancing enthusiastically.
It had been a long and tiring day, and thus back to our room for a good night rest. I had a change of room from 209 to 206. LOLs. It was really a white lie! ):

All of us got up early the next morning, which was at 7am and we washed up before going for breakfast. After which, it was another tour at the mountain itself. It was to the various places of attraction to tourist. We had to do some exercise, by climbing the stairs, slope and even a small part of the rocky mountain. The battlefield in the past was one of the places that we went to know more about the history. Then, the bus took us to the cave and we walked inside with a tourguide infront, explaining to us what the rocks looks like and what does it stands for.
It was interesting to know more about the past of the China and what have been preserved to be part of the history.

C C C!

the extraordinary bus.

dining at lulin resort.

the place where we stay..

my initial room with pj.

China's also high technological.

nice bed!! :D

it's been so long....
since I last saw a wall...

and, feel it!

local tourguide.

green & yellow! (:

C in the flowers!

loves waterfall!

group C leader XD

work together hand in hand ((:

MDE group photo!

then together with the lsct.mz & cm!

it was our energy booster for wudang shan! :D

on the scary bridge!

taking indepth look on the villagers life.

she loves throwing of stone (:

campfire night!

we're burningggg~

stepping on the sharp knives.

then, shattered glass...

singing session - clive.

singing session - mz & fran.

friends!

day tour~

already at the battlefield getting ready...
for pictures..hahahs!

D32 - computown & homecooked meal.

2009-04-03T23:59:00.003+08:00

Since there was no morning lesson today, we ( mz, clive and I) went for a morning jog at the stadium opposite our hostel together with cm, who was there to enjoy morning breeze. Awhile after, xy and ben came to join us. Today was special from all the other running sessions, as we had new players who joined us and also phototaking (:
After washing up, went for breakfast with the 2 buddy and off they went to 汉正街, while I went computown with winson.
The both of us shopped for less than half an hour and we managed to buy our things successfully without much bargaining. However, we still continued to walk down the street and stopped when we reached the 群光广场，and went searching for ajisen in the shopping mall. We were a total failure for today. hahahas. We were surprised to see BreadTalk here, thus decided to get some for the buddies.
We headed back after lunch which was around 4plus pm. It was drizzling while we were making our way to Mr Loh apartment for homecooked dinner, prepared by some of my oip friends. We ate, watched red cliff 2, and also had a mini ktv session. (:
Most of us came back to our hostel at around 10plus pm, and I felt so tired that I fell asleep yet again..

I guess, you should really watched your manners and all, because you might get yourself into trouble if you are outside.

rounds and rounds....

the 4 of us.

fight us, the jogging buddies (:

the 6 of us today! improvement (:

BreadTalk!
talk talk talk XD

the 2 storey entertainment for kids.

Ajisen menu :D

the set meal. (:

his pork cutlet ramen!

my sour sour spicy spicy ramen! haha!

the set, without the salad...
because it fails....

mr wong cooking curry from s'pore (:

the dinner was nice!

them! :D
look at steph. hahahas!

now, everyone were present. (:

Homecooked meal which reminds us of our hometown, Singapore. While we are all enjoying the way of life here, we did not forget about our home! (:
1 more week left, and we are going back home..It was really hard to catch up with time...The date is nearing before we even realised.....

D31 - presentation 2.

2009-04-02T23:59:00.002+08:00

We had our assignment 2 presentation at 3pm today. First time class starts so late, and thus, it also ends late. How should I conclude on today's presentation? It was okay I would say...I was not tired nor bored, I am just like that.
After which, we ( cm, mz, ben, rand, clive and I) went to try out a new restaurant where we had not been to before and had our dinner. It was luxurious. The external and internal of the restuarant, to the tables, chairs and utensils was really cool. Although it was slightly more expensive than other places where we had been to.
Anyway, after staying in wuhan for almost 5 weeks. I have not encounter any couterfeits, which is good I guess. We have been warned over and over again, about restaurants and all, but I guess it is quite safe here. Still, we should not take things for granted and stay alert.

Q&A after presentation...

on the ceiling of the restaurant.

the table...
at least the rotating didn't fail...

the set.

6 of us (including clive who took this) (:

we are made of glass..
handle with care :P

smile lehhhs :D

clive & ci min!

tea pot (:
it looks so cool~

the lights in the room we are in..
one of the dishes - prawnnn.this is nice!

D30 - Tour to new wust campus.

2009-04-01T22:50:00.009+08:00

We took an hour bus ride to the new WUST campus, and was first brought to their library. In order to enter their library, students got to tap their card before they can enter. However, we are special. All of us went in to the library's museum to know more about the history of their school. After which was to tour the medical school in wust, to know more about what they have been practicing, and I find it very similiar to NP's nursing. We had interaction time with the local students in a conference room, and the atmosphere was so different from a lecture theatre.

Then, headed for lunch in their canteen where there are much more variety of food compared to the old campus ( which we are at now) and the new campus was much bigger and nicer (:
Headed back to school and reached at 3pm, rest for an hour to prepare for the bpe test 2 at 4pm-6pm. The test was still managable, and hopefully I will score better....

the library in new campus.

tap card before entering..

the student who explained to us about their school.

the logo!

part of the school song.

inside the museum..

paying attention~

class photo :/

together we can!

the old campus that we're at.

part of the new campus. It's really nice!

step by step..
rocks rocks~

medical college..

*warning.
please do not continue to stroll down if
you've have just eaten,
or you're not feeling well....

in the laboratory.

it's hollow...

in the lab...

the bed and equipments.

conference room (:

their 2nd level canteen was huge and packed!

the abandon back..

NE message: We have confidence in our future.
In my opinion, the medical school in wust is very similar to NP's nursing course. This reminds me of our Singapore government, who are trying to get more students into nursing or medical area, as this is the field where you skills can be put to use and save or make lifes better. Also, this industry won't close down easily! Therefore, by building up this industry can help to boost our economy and thus, we have confidence that it will benefit our future.

D29 - the unexpected (:

2009-03-31T23:59:00.012+08:00

I was watching movie with winson over at his room yesterday, and meiyun came knocking on the door asking me for help to catch a spiderrr. hahahs. Nothing suspicious (or perhaps I'm dumb) because I helped her once. So we went down to their room ( which is also my favourite hangout place :D ), the door opened with them singing birthday song with a lighted up cake (:
I was really surprised, and of course happy! :D
Made a wish, take many pictures, cut the cake, and eat the cake (:

during their preparation... (:

i was knocking on the door and,
i was shocked!

they're happy too (:

make.a.wish

♥the 10 planners with mr wong! XD

group C pictures everywhere!
with black black and white white ♥

Meng Zhen!
groupmate cum jogging cum climb mountain buddy!
smile moreee! cannot be too fierce! :P
you know you know, dolphin...

Ci Min!
hahahs, the fav pose with
fav blackblack & whitewhite!
groupmate cum fail partner cum suppermate! :D
don't emo k, thanks for being there at 1am ((:

Clive!
serious guy! (:

Franice! (:

Benedict!
huai ren! woofff~
hahahahs.

Winson!
my moviemate! ((:

Stephanie!
thanks for staying up till 1 :P
okayy, you don't look fierce now...

Seok Hui!
the familiar face... (:

Mei Yun!
i find her cute! (:
Zhu bao bao, lallalalallala~

Randolph!
the sexy legs :P

Mr Wong! (:

trying hard to cut the cake...
thanks CM for helping! :D

the battle between black black and white white! :D

the card and candles (:
all dedications were significant :D

In the morning, met up with the usual few of them to go to class. When I reached the class I saw them preparing, and then the box of a huge cake. It was really HUGE ( see picture to understand) ! :/
untied the ribbon, open the box cover, and I was surprised to see a basketball pattern above the cake. It was really nice and colourful. hahahs :D
So, I had 3 languages of birthday song this year. 1st year having malay birthday song! hahhas, so high~
We are all zai, managed to finish the whole cake! :D
picture taking time!~

the 21 oip friends with mr wong!
thanks all! ((:

the huge bball cake ♥

attempting to cut the cake again...
but failed :/
thanks CM and masita! :P

in process of cutting....

our usual classroom 705!

new found friend! ♥
the next better player! hahahs..
you know what i mean horrr?
i've to admit that the world is so small~

dolphin yo! hahahs :D
vooom~ okay okay!
thanks for helping me massage! XD
cheer up, i'm sure things will work out fine?
jiayou! ♥

hahahs, by coincidence....
the first 3 pics are of my group members :D
smile! (:

the tongue pose! hahahs..
he insisted on another pose,
but i was too shyyy~
LOL :/

she requested :/
that's unlike mee....
she's happy she got strawberries from me :D

the one!

woof ben! hahahs :D

he's a serious guy! LOL.

trying to be funnny~

shelter for rainnn~

I seriously want to thank all of them for celebrating for me! Thank You! (:

Today had made me felt that a point in my learning plan was achieved successfully. Although we were all away from our homeland ( Singapore), but I still felt the warmth of home here with the oip friends whom I have made. We study, eat, sleep, shop and play together everyday because we are just a few steps away. We have come this far, and only left with 12 more days here.
难免有些舍不得。This trip is coming to an end, but the bonds that we have all made will continue to grow when we are back in Singapore. (:

D29 - the unexpected (:

2009-03-31T02:00:00.004+08:00

♥ the 10 of them with mr wong

Thanks all !

More will be updated later (:

thanks thanks :D

D28 - time to do some work.

2009-03-30T19:58:00.003+08:00

Today, we had BPE class. It was a session for us to clear our doubts on assignment 2. Basically, Mr Wong returned us our flexsim test ( I'm glad I passed (: ), and he go through with us briefly about the assignment 2 which all of us were unclear about. But I guess, after his explanation and examples, we had better understand the problem and how to go about the approaches.
Went for lunch with the usual group of friends and back to dorm to start on our assignment.
My room mates and I worked on the project from after lunch till dinner, and had seen some achievements. (:
Went for dinner just now with cm, my,seok, and xy..I had porridge only, because I was feeling very full :/ Thanks ci min for the lemon tea! (: Came back and continued with assignment and blogging.

An example.

back view of my group/room mates.

working on the assignment (:

a part of the end result..

D27 - own time own target!

2009-03-29T23:45:00.006+08:00

Since we have got no programme planned for sunday, we ( cm, mz, masita, rand, clive and I) went to the same ktv again yesterday night and sang through the night from 11 till 5. It was yet another experience and enjoyable time with the group of friends (: The price here is cheaper, but as I had mentioned, some of the songs here are quite different from Singapore. It's still nice! And, we had also upgraded ourselves to the party package to reduce the waiting time... LOLs!
After 5, we went for mac breakfast and cab back to hostel at around 7. Slept till noon, and went computer city together with them. Some of the electronics are really quite cheap as compared to those in Singapore. The whole town was really very big, but we didn't get to explore much because we did not know that the shopping centre closes at 6pm :/ Thus, we only managed to go to 2 shops, but some of us still managed to get something. (:
Came back early, thus we ( mz, cm, fran and I) finally decided to playe badminton together (:
I learnt more about wuhan as days past, and overall, it was also a great experience.

our room!

the 6 of us. (:

sing along with meeee~

disco light.

first hour.

as hours past...

all were sleepy. lols :/

Computer town!

striped dogs along the street.

4 consecutive days of fastfood :/

computer town at night (:

D26 - City tour.

2009-03-28T22:59:00.001+08:00

We were suppose to go 'han kou jiang tan' in the morning today, but due to the cold and wet weather, the tour guides decided to let us head to 'bu xing jie' first before going there. It was approximately a 40minutes journey by bus. Therefore, we headed to 'bu xing jie' for our breakfast and also for shopping then followed by lunch. Gathered at 2pm at the point where we started with, and only some went to walk by the river. Board the bus at 3pm, and headed back to hostel...
Today was another cooling day, but we/I can still handle it well. Though the weather was comparable to the first day we reached wuhan, all of as did not wear as much layers and I felt numb after awhile. haas. Our hostel is really great (:

making our way there with another tourguide.

lunch @ Dico.

with dolphins at 步行街。

the tourguide(Qin ge) who have been with us
since our first tour. (:

going out now..

D25 - industrial visit and K!

2009-03-27T22:17:00.007+08:00

No lesson for today! However, programme had been planned for us. It was a visit to the 'Yangtze Optical Fibre and Cable Company ltd' to know more about how the company operates. However, the way the company operates and all their processes occurring in the company is to be kept confidential. Thus, pictures can only taken at the main hall, and not when we tour around the company.
It was another cool experience, as we were able to see the processes occuring inside the work area. There was also a few tv beside the glass panel, and it was used to show us the overall processes for the various department.
After which, the bus dropped us at xudong jie, and we went to shopping mall for lunch at mac, and then to ktv! (: hahahs. Though the songs there were quite fail...The tempo was too fast and choices of music were limited...It was still an enjoyable experience with mz,cm,winson,fran,rand,clive,masita and hajar. (:

The company!

the man in red explained to us..

the exterior of the company at 1988.

changes as time passed..

exterior of company by 2008.

all of us came together..

optical fibre..

and the different colour.

ktv at shopping mall (:

D24 - interaction day!

2009-03-26T23:59:00.002+08:00

We had finished off our chapters 9&10 today with a quiz 10 as closure. After which, we are given the assignments where due dates are coming, due to the short stay we have left in Wuhan. Time seems to fly, and we got to treasure every day,hours and minutes. Anyway, we ( pictures will show who) went to the fake kfc again ( 华莱士）for lunch this time round. It's one of the higher visiting rate place that we had been to for meals. It's cheaper than mac, and the quantity is also comparable. (:
We had an interaction programme with the locals at 4pm, however both lsct and mde met up at west 5 (3) for our final preparation. We had total of 7 powerpoint presentation, all ranging about singapore and their student lifestyle. Some of which is really enriching while entertaining. I had an enjoyable time, and am sure that the locals enjoyed themselves too, as we can observe them from the back. Everything ended around 6pm with us dancing&singing the rasa sayang song, and also another singapore song.
It's a short 2 hours interaction and hope they will then know more about Singapore.

CM, MZ and mine's.

the group of 6 today (:

there! same table (:

speak, hear and see no evil :/

the people settling down..

and more on the other side.

started of with the lsct students..

the number 1 fruit in Singapore. GUESS?
yeahh, it's durian..

hashanah representing her group!

zeemin.

a skit by xiang yu and his group.

weiguang and his group.

the topic on fine city. nice!

randolph representing us (:

the rasa sayang dance!

all of us! (:

NE message: We must preserve racial and religious harmony.
Through this interaction programme, I'm sure that we had shown them the different races in Singapore and also that, we are living harmoniously under one roof. For example, our HDB flats which every level will have the different races living together. Thus, we should preserve and appreciate this racial and religious harmony that we have in Singapore.

D23 - just another day.

2009-03-25T21:51:00.008+08:00

Today had flexsim test for an hour and I was the 2nd batch ( due to laptop problem), I gotten a scenario of a bank office. We are required to improve on what had been given and of cause, find ways to optimize the whole process. After which headed for lunch at the street, then for lesson at 2pm. ( due to the delayed timing of test).
These few days had been rather cold and cooling. It rained 2 days ago, and the wind was freezing... Past 2 days were only to class and dinner, and back to hostel again. Nothing much interesting to share. So far so good, I guess I have adapted to the life here and together with these friends, my life is enjoyable.
Interaction with local students tomorrow. Hope everything goes well (:

went pizza hut with them on mon (:

shared super supreme( with pork :/ ) pizza with rand.

D20 - 武当山!

2009-03-22T23:59:00.002+08:00

Back at 武当山 on sunday. We checked out the hotel at 6.30am, headed for breakfast and started our mountain climbing at 9am. My mountain climbing buddy was mengzhen (: hahhas yes, my group leader! We managed to reach 金顶 in 2 hours time ( estimated time was 3hrs). Anyway, we were the first 2 to reach (: Both of us felt great (: The top was really cooling and packed with people who wanted to offer their prayer in the temple at the peak. I had an enjoyable climb with mz, and a shared bottle of coke and laughters were the energy boost for the both of us!
I felt fortunate and happy that I had been some of these attraction of wuhan, when not even 1/2 of the population of China have been to these places. I enjoyed going from temple to temple, and prayed to every single god with my heart during these 2 days. I prayed for peace for country, harmony among people, and good health for family and friends (:
These 2 days were rather short and fast, but enjoyable. The tour ended with han xuan's ( the tourguide) word. The 3 "yuan": 缘分, 原谅, 圆满 . I found it really meaningful, and these moments spent with guides and friends will be kept (:

The bus entrance!

shoot shoot~

along the way up~

everyone done great (:

long stairs ahead...

the expensive sedan..

<--alternative way if you're tired of stairs..
esp continuous of 100steps.
and we took that :D

climb climb~

perhaps i missed rc...

0.3km more to reach the golden peak!

that's the cable car entrance,

and it was empty when 2 of us reached..

up we went!

reached! yays!
most importantly, we enjoyed the climb (:

the locks..

number of people waiting to make their way up.

view from the top! (:

the temple at the peak!

amazing colour!

making a wish.

after waiting for others, the queue for cable car
was....long.

view from inside..

13 more of this to go.

steepness increased!

steph & seok.

we've finally reached.

C back safely..

cimin the GAP girl..

great buddy (:
cheer up! we did have a great experience (:

han xuan (:

D19 - 武当山!

2009-03-22T23:58:00.000+08:00

Set off at 7am on saturday, a 5hours bus ride to 武当山. Most of us never fail to sleep during the long bus journey. hahha! Reached a restaurant for our lunch before going to the mountain. As it was drizzling and lightning was present, we could not climb the mountain today. Instead, we proceed with the programme for sunday ( did a swop between sat and sun ). We took their bus that brought us high up the mountain, and the bus ride was not really short. In total, there were 3 spots that we went to look at. It was like a pre-mountain climbing for sunday, up and down the steep stairs.
The temples and scenery up at the mountain was nice. I have not seen so many temples in one particular mountain before, it was really something fresh (:
So we headed down the mountain at around 6plus, and had our dinner at the same restaurant. Then, we checked in to our local 3-star hotel. It was much better than the local 4-star cruise. hahah! The bed, bathroom and tv was great! A pity we only checked in for one night, and checked out at 6.30am.. It's okay, I still love our hostel as the feeling had been developed (: LOLs. That particular night, a few of us went out to hunt for supper. (:

the restaurant.

entrance.

follow the way please...

ticketing station.

the queue...

nice bus (:

first stop.

kacha~

let's jump!

pre training stairs.

second stop.

our master, the disciples.

haha! (:

awesome group (:

clive--->

prayed for...

hmmm..

GAP girl likes a gap. :D

real master :P

peek-a-boo!

my master!

third stop.

food! hungryyy~

our hotel (:

peijie and my room (:

my room mate, with nice room!

WEEE~

the walkway. trying to catch?

meiyun! haas. she's cute (:

That's basically for the first day. Sunday's update will be up soon (:
goodnight !

D18 - somewhere new.

2009-03-20T23:59:00.005+08:00

We had BPE test 1 today, and the paper was okay I guess. Yeahhh.
After test, we ( CM, MZ, MY, Seok, Fran, Winson, Ben, Rand, Clive and I) headed to canteen for our lunch and then to 汉正街 for some shopping, as we heard from the locals that it's a place where you can really bargain with the owner. However, nothing really catch my eyes. I think I'm really not the cut for shopping. However, it was really like a shopping paradize as it has the whole street of shops. Anyway, we had the real KFC for dinner! (:
As it was real KFC, went running with MZ at 10pm around the campus and CM came together to get some air. It was a nice run and my first time running at this timing (: hahahs. smile (:

the factory store.

entrance number 3?

another shopping mall.

see the face of the uncle? hahhas (:

It's the 3rd week of oip, and it's gonna be the 4th soon. Time really passed by fast, without us realising it. I realised we always forget the date and the day of the week, or should say we don't really bother about the day and date here. Unknowningly, it's gonna be the 4th week soon. I miss Singapore now and the family and friends there, but thinking ahead, I think I will miss the time and memories I had here so far. Like those nice friends whom I've made (: Good things come to an end, always.

mengzhen & cimin! (:

I enjoyed chatting with mz and cm. They are really nice. Yeah, that's what I feel. Always treasure what we have now (:

NE message: Singapore is our homeland; this is where we belong. Yes I know that. However, Wuhan will be a place in my heart that I will not forget. Of course, Singapore is where I've grown up, and educated, and I will always remember Singapore as my home, the place where I belong.

Wudang Shan tomorrow. Goodnight people (:

D17 - Sakura!

2009-03-19T21:45:00.008+08:00

Mr Wong cancelled his lesson this morning, thus rand, benedict and I headed to Wuhan University early in the morning together with journey and 2 of her friends. Our purpose was to watch 樱花. As Wuhan university has a whole stretch of road with the beautiful flowers, and we paid 10yuan each for the entrance fee...Wuhan university is really much bigger than wust, and we took quite some time to walk to that stretch of road. It was quite good and when the few petals dropped down, it was really beautiful.

Went back to school before 1, as we were having our last IS lesson today. Xiaoling laoshi touched on how we should go about doing business in China. The location, relationship, communication, and the procedure on setting up of the business. Through her lesson today, I guess I've learnt about some of the important points that we should know, if we are trying to set up a business in China.

BPE test 1 tomorrow, and then to hanzheng 街. Saturday till sunday to Wudang shan (: gonna climb climb climb the stairs (:

武汉大学。

the ticket.

樱花。

dropped petals.

benedict ( ben) !

me, and rand -->

the stretch of road..

dropping..

this is in the school.

east lake.

Last IS.

Clearing doubts..

the essentials for doing business.

steps taken.

xiang yu presenting a token of appreciation (:

the teachers.

MDE (:

NE message: 6) We have confidence in our future. Through this IS lesson, where we are fortunate to have xiaoling laoshi who brought us through the history, culture, politics and the doing of business in China. She is a very understanding and patient teacher, who are also very concern about us and helping us with clearing all our doubts and also to know more about wuhan. Anyway, we have confidence in our future because all of us know that Singapore is quite a small country to excel and thus, we had already equip ourselves with this opportunity in the oip, by knowing more about China which makes it easier to start a business in China. By learning and knowing more, it helps to boost our confidence level (:

D16 - Presenting.

2009-03-18T23:18:00.009+08:00

Today was the first presentation we had for this OIP. I was nervous and I know almost all of us were feeling nervous, because this was the first time that we were presenting to new faces. As we were all used to presenting to the same group of classmates, and in this OIP, some of us from different courses come together and it was all the new faces that we have to present to. However, it was a great experience. Everything has it's first step. I think I had improved for this presentation, perhaps it was because I was familiar with what I'm doing as I had been through brainstorming process for quite a number of times, thus i know my points. Brainstorming is another technique that improve a process by improvising with random and creative ideas.

After presentation, we had lunch before our second last IS lesson. Today's lesson was on the different religion, what girls in the past do in order to be able to have marriage and some of the political issues in China, and tomorrow lesson is what I'm looking forward to, which is the doing of business in China. Through today's lesson, I have gain more knowledge and know more about China.

Played badminton yesterday with mr wong and wg for awhile and I got tired. Grrr. It's been quite some time since I last excercise. However, I still had fun and some techniques were still there. hahas.
My r.hand felt weak...

My room mates.

presenting on brainstorming.

Mr Wong listening attentively.

During IS.

the don'ts.

xiaoling laoshi.

indoor basketball court! I want to play in there!

see the rubbish..

保护环境，从你我做起。

D15 - 武钢 (:

2009-03-17T21:48:00.007+08:00

Industrial visit to 武汉钢铁企业, in short（武钢）. It is the 3rd biggest steel making factory in China. In the morning, both LSCT together with MDE, met up at our normal meeting place for tour which is the wust main gate. 2 buses from the organization were chartered for us (lsct, ece and mde) to bring us in to their organization. Their company is really big, as in the area itself. As their organization is confidential of what they are doing, they have the internal transport which is inclusive of train, (Yes, train! ) buses and taking of pictures is not allowed. Therefore, the pictures that I've took today is only the outside of the steel making factory.

Anyway, we went in with our helmets on and tour the whole stretch of the factory that is at work from the top. We saw the process of the steel being made and it was still piping hot red in colour. While we were walking, we can feel the intense heat when the steel is being processed and transported and the noise was really loud, that we could barely hear each other. Then through a few processes, the steel is being shaped into the required thickness and length, have the impurity removed, and lastly it was being cool down, and it turned to grey/black colour. It was a nice experience to look through the whole process of shaping a steel.

NE message: We must ourselves defend Singapore.
As what Mr Wong had mentioned, why do China still produce a large amount of steel? This is part of the strategic planning. As steel may not be very useful or profitable, but they still have to equip themselves with these resources in case there is a depletion of resources and other countries might not want to help them or sell it to them. We should prepare ourselves for the worst scenario.
As for Singapore, we built up on our military. Like the making of armors, weapons, which can be used to protect/defend ourselves in time of need. If we don't even help ourselves, who will help us? We must not be highly dependable on others, as we will not know what may happen. Everything's unpredictable.

CM's meh meh, that i played with ytd :D

the orangyyy helmets.

Waiting to board the bus.

Gotcha!

start protecting the nature from you and me.

the bus of people....

stop. the train's arriving.

internal track of WuGang.

the entrance.

and we're out!

no pictures were taken inside. But just to let you know, the machines are all pretty nice and cool (:

D14 - lesson time.

2009-03-16T20:53:00.001+08:00

Mr Wong had finished chapter 5! We will soon be having our first class test and also the first assignment's presentation. It's quite fast as we are already halfway through the chapters. (:
Anyway, today's practical on flexsim was more about adding in more details, like operator and conveyor queue. A pity my laptop does not support some of the feature of the software. sigh. But glad that peijie shared with me as I was having fun and enjoying while doing the model out and looking at it operating when we press "run". hahahas (: I find this program quite interesting and useful. Today lesson was on tutorial 1 and 2. It's a step by step guide so it was quite easy to understand and get the model out (:

The end product of tutorial 2!
with source, queue, processors,conveyers, transporter, operators and sink.

this view of the model is nice (:

all time favourite!

the restaurant recommanded by Mr Wong SF.
the food are nice (:

Industrial visit tomorrow at 8am.

D11 to 13 - 3gorges!

2009-03-15T21:45:00.003+08:00

Back from the 3days 2night tour to know more about the three gorges. Set off at 7am, and it took us 5 hours by bus to reach another province of hubei, yi chang. Had our lunch at a restaurant there and then headed for some tour on land to know more about three gorges. Had dinner at the same place before going on board the ship at 7pm.

The main highlights on board was to see the scenery and also the dams. Most of us waited for the first dam to open at around 9pm. It was a long and freezing wait. It was quite a good experience to be there to witness the whole process of lifting up the ship to another level of water.
After which, a few of us waited to 3am for the process of the next dam to be completed. There's a total of 5 opening :/ It was a valuable experience (:

On saturday morning, we went to the sheng nong gorge and sat on a small little boat, which was row by a few old uncle. They are old, but still going strong! (: They let us understood the hardship that the people had gone through in the past, when there are no engine to operate the boat. However, some of the people there are still rowing the boat now. The guide also sang us a few of their town's song. I thought it was quite nice and interesting, like one of the songs which the guy will used to ask and know more about the girl's family. Went back to the ship for lunch, then went for another tour on land to know more about China's culture, and had dinner back at ship at 9pm. hahahs...

Woke up at 6plus on sunday, had our breakfast and left the ship at 7plus. As the ship was delayed by 3hrs, we dropped off early and board the bus back to wuhan. It was a 7 hours ride back to wust. It was really a long and tiring ride.

All thanks to the tourguides and lecturers who made this trip successful (:

first tourguide.

the restuarant (:

with ECE friends.

one of the 5 tunnels

ticket for entrance!

project model.

xinhui.

a map.

it's been awhile...

mao ze dong lieing on the top.

queuing to cross the dam.

closed.

and we're in!

up we went.

and it opened :D

colddd. it was a great experience (:

2nd opening with a bigger area.

we missed home..

the room.

in the past.

enjoy the scenery (:

the vcd.

she's singing for us! (:

another way to spend time.

do you see a frog?

compare this

with this(:

i love the sunset!

the ship we're on.

the night land tour at Bai Di Cheng.

about the history..

we climbed the stairs (:

tourguide for yi chang (:

D10 - productive!

2009-03-12T22:01:00.004+08:00

As we all thought that the weather had turned better, not as cold as the first few days when we came, it rained today. Although the rain wasn't really very heavy, but together with the wind, it's very very cold...It's another freezing day. Glad that my room's heater had been repaired (:

Today we had the third IS lesson, and 2 more IS for next week, and we're done for IS. Cool. Hmm, we had the continuation about the history of china and also touched a little on their culture. The history and the culture that we had been learning, was two of the points that I had listed in my learning plan. I'm glad that I had met part of my learning objectives in this 10 days of stay in wust. Also, I've made a few more friends ( both local and from MDE), and also got to know more about the student's life here. We ( oip students) are much more fortunate than them ( wust students), because our room have got attached bathroom and also air-conditioner. We ought to feel contented (: I think I have also get used to the way of life here. Which I think is really great, because I have met quite a few of my learning objectives. Lastly, the way the people do business here which I was interested, will be taught soon by xiaoling laoshi (:

okayyy, 3 gorges trip starts at 7am tomorrow :/ very early.. and will be coming back on sunday. I got to go pack my stuffs, and check out my blog on sunday yeah(because we're not bringing our lappy) (: cruise!

rain rain go away!

BPE chapter 4!

pre 3gorges briefing.

more theory on 3gorges

listening...

quizzz.

reading session.

the yuan dynasty.

First emperor of China.

good emperor!

new found fail buddy (:

areas around china..

3rd IS lesson in march.

shooo~

my fake kfc dinner! it's really nice :D

cm, my,fran,win and mine.

D9 - know more about china.

2009-03-11T20:57:00.008+08:00

It's wednesday again, wonder how time passed.. I've got to know more of bpqe friends after days, got to know more about wuhan, got to know more about the ways of life here in wuhan.

Today had IS lesson again, and after today's lesson, there's only 3 more classes left for IS. (: Learnt about the history of china today, like the emperor, the only female emperor, the sacrifices, great wall of china, and things that happen few thousand years ago...
Went for lunch before the IS lesson together with cm, mz, my, fran, rand, ben & clive and I had sweet & sour chicken (: Did not manage to join mz, my & clive for morning run ): some other day ya !

The IS lesson last for 4 hrs. It's indeed a long and tiring lesson, but xiaoling laoshi was kind enough to give break after every 1 hour. There's bpe and IS lesson tomorrow. Packed packed packed!

After lesson, whole group of us except 5, went to a restaurant for dinner together with mr wong and mr loh. The food there was really nice and economical, and because mr loh was familiar with them, the food was not very salty or oily (:

hmmm, I don't know the weather anymore. It makes me feel kind of weird...

my lunch!

let the lesson begin...

with my friends around. (:

learn about china's history.

mr wong got a prize for a correct answer.

the question posted.

understand?

the cool chair (:

xiaoling laoshi talking about Qin dynasty.

dorm after 8days....

my territory..

small driving area..

way up to mr loh's flat..

nice ehh?

mr loh wt (:

proceeded to wet market..
live chickens and ducks!

group pic.

mr wong and loh (:

chatting session.

yum yum :D

saw this advertisement.
amway is really everywhere...

D8 - learnt something.

2009-03-10T21:25:00.005+08:00

Today's BPE we learnt the 3rd chapter and had quiz after which. I've learnt more about the business processes that needs to go through a few stages before reaching the customers. Customer is one of the most important factor in the whole processes.

Went for lunch with cimin and friends at the school canteen. The food in the canteen is really cheap and the quantity is also more than enough to fill the stomach. Most of the people here always clear their bowl after consumption, of course we also did. I hope I will carry this habit back to singapore, and also hoping to see singaporeans doing the same, and not taking cleaners for granted.

After which at 1pm, we went back for the lab session for bpe. We did flexsim, improve it from yesterday's work, and also add more functions in to make the whole model more efficient. It was quite fun, but the sad thing is, my laptop cannot support the program, thus i have to share it with others.
After lesson, took a nap at cimin's room. hahas, thanks! (:

Went for dinner with them at a shop along 建设二路. The person whom service us, was very nice to seok and in turn, nice to us. hahahs. In my short 8 days stay in china, wuhan. I realised that, a word of aprreciation like ' thank you and sorry' can really make their day. Few days ago, when I was turning out a corner, and there's another lady pushing a rubbish cart and we were both shocked as she was about to hit me. I just said 对不起 and she smiled happily said it's okay. I felt good too (: i guess, they don't often hear people that, thus they felt happy too (:

top up supplyyy! :/

breakfast plus lunch again.

nice chair (:

flexsim model.

i love pepsi! :D

dinner (: ( look at the rice...)

dancing along the road.

dead cockroach after 8 days :/

D7 - a week.

2009-03-09T23:41:00.007+08:00

Woo. It's the 7th day, which marks the end of the week. The first week in wuhan was enjoyable and tiring. hahas (:

Had BPE lesson today and the vice principle of NP came over here to say hello to us. LOls. He came with the other 2 very important people also.
After lesson, went to shop for present together with some of them for joey. They invited us to their dorm and had a mini celebration. Yup, Happy Birthday Joey (:

my breakfast cum lunchh = a mountain of rice! :D

VP of NP.

important people.

our home songs!

cake box.

Bday girl with cake (:

wust friends.

cute candles!

blowwwww~

big portion..

they played around with the cake -.=ll

Most of them played with the cream and i just watched them and they make me too :/ i hate it though...Played true or dare after that, and glad that i was the first one to kenna. (don't like this game either.) Happy to see all of them having fun (:
Going 3 gorges this friday till sunday.... (:

D5 & 6 - day out.

2009-03-08T23:38:00.024+08:00

Wooo! The first Saturday here. Well, we had a tour to east lake, museum, then to eat at a place where there are quite a number of Wuhan famous food, lastly to yellow crane tower. All of us took quite a number of pictures while at the east lake and all other places. As these pictures can be served as an wonderful memory and experience to us. (:
(thanks ci min for lip balm (: )

East lake.

meiyun (:

xiang yu & seok (:

meng meng! (:

grp C girls :D

Museum.

shoot shoot.

pig?

Cute horr? hahhas. look into it...

Lunch.

octopus? :/

yellow crane tower.

tour guide (:

fail buddy ((:

benedict lau yew fei !!! -.=ll

dongggg~

with some lsct students.

Day 6. wake up early ( not really early, but it's quite early. hahahs ) today to go running with mengmeng and clive. ( first time running with wind-breaker on! :D) Ran for 20mins and I'm tired. grrr. But good good, at least i got exercise abit. hahahs. After running, when back hostel to bathe and prepare to go for lunch and then to the theme park!! Met outside hostel at 1pm, and we set of to the theme park. hahhs (: Took a bus ride approximately 40 mins. I played rollar coster and vikings ( haidao chuan) only, as their theme park doesn't collect entry fee, but pay when you play. hahhhas, so i limited myself. It's still funfun! Good job ci min! :D

nice luggage :P gonna runnnn~

the 3 fav <3>

my supper! ( 4days?)

breakfast at canteen (:

公车。

charlotte. :D

Great team members (:

seok & steph (:

Fran (:

winson (:

fail. hahahhs :D

xinhui, hashanah & nadiyah (:

Happy Bday Joey! (:

Spare me some butts? LOLs

moooo...

don't get lost.

rollar coaster :D

Viking!

v huge candy floss! <3>

drawings..