DAY 16

Felt better (: So we decided to go to guang gu to have pizza :D

Dinner was awesome! The most awesome meal in china! After dinner, we wanted to take van back to hostel, but most of the uncles dun want to drive us, and some charged us at a very high price! SOME DON’T EVEN KNOW HOW TO GO! Is because Wuhan is too big? In the end we called another uncle, whom drove us back to hostel from guang gu(the first time we went). he is super kind, because is kinda late, and he had already knock off, BUT, he came out to drive us back to hostel :D 温情满人间(:

DAY15

ATE MEAT BY ACCIDENT TODAY! Spit it out! But still feel !@#$%^&*()_ ): it was tiny tiny meat! I think the cook didn’t wash his pot before he cook my dish D: And the worst is I vomited after that! Unlucky day for me D: and after that, I start to cough, sneeze and down with mild fever!

Back in spore, when I fall sick, there will be family who will be there to look after u, but in china, friends have to rely on each other, take care of each other.

DAY 14

Rain rain go away, come again another day! It had been raining the whole day! FULL DAY LECTURE!! At night, I had dinner with the year one guys and 2 local students (:

From the local students, they say that they seldom have dinner with so many people. In WUST, people don’t go out in a big group. They only go out in pairs, and reason is because the more people in a group, they will be more indecisive on where to eat, where to go etc… but to me, I feel that the more people eating together, the merrier it is!

Okay, back to hostel, I thought our internet should be fixed already! BUT, it was still not fixed! Cant the IT people be more efficient? It already the 2^nd week!!! I want Skype so badlyyyy!

DAY 13

LESSON STARTS AT 2PM!

SLEEP LATE, WAKE UP LATE = LATE FOR CLASS!

2^ND IS LESSON

LECTURER GO THROUGH WUHAN,HUBEI'S CULTURE

SIT IN FRONT OF THE LECTURER

FORCE MYSELF TO WAKE UP.

DID HAIR TREATMENT.

HAD BBQ MUSHROOM FOR DINNER!

AND IT WAS AWESOME!

DAY 10, 11, AND 12

Woke up at 10 plus to get ready for 3D2N cruise :D THE BUS RIDE WAS 5 HOURS D: the ride was horrible, cause is cramp and small. When we reached there, we went to a near-by supermarket and bought some foods and have our dinner (:

Look at my heart shaped egg at the lower right hand corner :DDD

After dinner, we prepare to go on board, everyone is sooooo excited because is a 4 STARS CRUISE :DDD so, by right a 4STARS cruise shld have entertainment, big beds etc… but that is not trueeee. The bed was harder than hostel’s bed, one and only entertainment. That’s all!

The pathway to cruise in Wuhan is different compared to Singapore. The pathway leading to the cruise doesn’t make me feel like I’m going to a 4 stars cruise. It seems like going to an ‘ulu ulu’ kampong area. :x

‘Never judge a book from its cover’ ._. The appearance of the cruise seems CMI (cannot make it), but interior is nice! :D

See, is nice right? (:

But, the worst part had yet to come. MY TOILET DOOR CANT LOCK! BED IS HARDDDDD! AND NO HEATER! D: I didn’t bring my towel too! So I have to buy. The quality of the towel is !@#$%^&*()_ The towel can’t even absorb water D:

But overall, the experience is nice (:

The history behind 3 gorges dam is something I find it interesting. In Singapore, we don’t have a lot of chances to learn about the past. Unlike in china, maybe is because of it have a long history. That’s why I find this weekend tour is enriching (:

And at this tour, I saw Corlissa (: She is one of my ‘veggies’ friends! So coincidence :D I guess we are in the same situation, only egg, veggie and tofu every day. But she says’ at least we got something to fill our stomach :D’.

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The next day we went to 神农溪 .

The tickets are attracting all our attention! HAHAHHAHS!

To reach 神农溪，we have to change to another boat and to a small ‘sampan’. Each small ‘sampan’ needs around 5men to row. AND THEY ONLY EARN 25RMB PER TRIP!! The weather is soooo cold and their clothing is so thin. D:

Thus all of us agreed to give them tips.

At that moment, I feel that I’m so blessed living in Singapore, a developed country. I got nothing to worried about; just make sure I do well in academic. But in china, people have to worry for their daily life… WOOT~! IM SO FORTUNATEEEEE :D

Okay, back to cruise. We played board game! Because the cruise that we are on have nothing at all!

Tada! SABOTEUR!

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At night, we went to 白蒂城. I think this place should be visited in the day time. Because when we go in the night time, is too dark, we can’t see the scenery D:

And I don’t feel nice when I step inside, maybe I’m being too sensitive. But I think it is eerie D: however, I do learn a lot from this trip, more about the china history, eg. 诸葛亮 (a super duper smart guy in the history).

Okay, that marks the end of day 2!

The next day we went to Three Gorges Project (:

After finish all the sightseeing, I bought 土豆 (potatoes) again! I think the taste is A-W-E-S-O-M-E!!!!! (:

But some find it normal, but this is the best food for me :x cause I don’t have much choices ._.

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End of weekend sightseeing :D

DAY 9

As usual, had lesson in the morning, and AS USUAL, WE ARE LATE! ._. Weather is cold!

Lesson till 1pm! And the whole class meet up at 2pm to go shopping at guang gu together (: All of us went there by a mini van, and they call it 黑车in Chinese. One mini van and take up to 10 people. From the uncle who drove us there, he told us that this transportation is illegal! BUT I can see this kind of transportation is common is China!

When we reached the shopping mall, all of us split into a smaller group. Enqi, ken, ruixiang, shiquan and me went to look for JIANUO (local student), a girl we met during the exchange programme.

The shopping mall was very huge! After shopping for a few hours, we only finished the ¼ parts of the shopping mall. So u can imagine how huge it was!! (: We had Japanese food for dinner. Compared to Singapore price, I guess it is counted as cheap. The foods make me feel like I’m back in Singapore.

6 people ONLY cost 296YUAN, convert to sing dollar is around 59dollars! OH-MY-GOD, worth it right! :DD After dinner, we took the mini van back to hostel again, and guess what we see?

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DA TA! WE SAW PIZZA HUT!!! :D all of us agreed to go over to guang gu again to have this! (: We took the mini van back to school. When we reach school, all of us(year 1 and 2) went to release Kong Ming Deng. Putting Kong Ming Deng in China is one of their customs during mid autumn festival.

Preparing… busy writing our wishes down (:

Our wishes on the Kong Ming Deng (:

Everyone is so excited in putting this lantern (: wanted to buy some back to Singapore for family and friends. But I don’t think Singapore will allow this. When all the lanterns are all up into the sky, is really beautiful:D From what I know, in the past, Kong Ming Deng only comes in white colour. And the wishes are written using Chinese ink (:

DAY 8

Yesterday was 36 degree, AND TODAY WAS 16 DEGREE!! OMG~! SUPER DUPER DUPER COLD! Lesson end at 1pm :D had lunch with Enqi, Ruixiang, Shiquan and ken! A bowl of hot soup is definitely awesome during cold weather! (:

Back in Singapore, we always complaint about Singapore weather. NOW, in Wuhan, we also complaint about the cold weather. Maybe we are not being gratified…

OH YA, 中秋节快乐！(:

DAY 7

Had our VERY FIRST IS lesson, History of China. The lecturer for this IS class is the local lecturer, thus the way he speak is slightly different from Singapore’s lecturers. I feel that the lesson was dry and boring because lesson was taught in a more ‘local’ way. In Singapore, power point slides are all in points form for us to understand better, get those important points down fast. In china, power point slides = whole chunk of words! I had to read it a few times to understand what the lecturer is is talking about. AND I don’t have enough time to copy down all the important points! D: BUT, I think that some of the things taught is quite useful and interesting. Example, 五常，仁，义，礼，智，信。。。 these are some of the things that we don’t learn in Singapore.

DAY 6

lesson per normal in the morning.

last min plan to visit the coca cola company.

I think is a good experience as i think most of us had never go to visit a company and see how they produce their goods.

*LOOK AT THE REVENUE THE COMPANY IS EARNING EVERY

YEAR!*

In the evening, we got to interact with the local students! And surprisingly, they are able to communicate with us in English! Awesome! Actually, to them, speaking English in china Is not an easy task. Because, the locals don’t speak English, most of them speak either Chinese or their dialect. So be grateful that Singapore is a place where there is so much opportunities for us to learn (:

After the interaction, I tried to call home, but no one answered!! ARGH~! Awwwwww~! I MISS HOME! I MISS MUMMY, DADDY, DIDI AND MEIMEI! AND ALL MY FRIENDS! D:

HOME SICKEEEEEEE!

DAY 4 AND 5

Journey to LuLin Mountain. The bus ride was super duper long! It took us 5 hours to reach there. We had our lunch the moment we reached there. After lunch, all of us went for raking!! IT WAS AWESOME, EXCEPT OF THE SUN-TANNING PART! AND I FALL INTO THE WATER! Too bad we are not allow to bring our cameras with us. If we are allow, I’m sure there will tons of pretty photos! (: Headed straight to the hotel, because all of us are not willing to bath in the open toilet.

HAPPY GIRL NOW (:

CAUSE GOT NICE NICE BED AND T-O-I-L-E-T B-O-W-L :DDD

After bathing, we had our dinner at the same place where we had our lunch in the noon.

At LuLin Mountain, they seem to have a campfire night every few days to welcome the tourists (during holiday seasons).

Woke up at 6 plus the next day, because the reporting time was 7am! BUT WE WERE LATE!! Temperature was very warm that day, about 37 degree Celsius. After our breakfast, we went hiking at LuLin Mountain!!

*TONG TIAN DONG (way to heaven), if it is so easy! *

After hiking, all of us feel so tired and hungry!!! Went back to the same place to have our lunch (:

*like what I always say, everything is nice when we are hungry(: *

Next up, we went to meiren gu (beauty valley), the waterfall was pretty!

The waterfall is so pretty that makes me feel that is a right choice to come to Wuhan :DDDD

DAY 3

Reporting time 0830!! All of us climb up 133steps of stairs to the classroom blocks D: It is really tiring. In NP, we can take lift up to our classroom, however in Wuhan, standard of living and technology are not as high as Singapore. But I think that is quite nice, maybe all of us could treat this as a morning exercise! Lesson in the afternoon become so dry and boring, maybe is because of the warm and humid weather.

In the night, finally I can call back home using the china prepaid card (: AND today is my very first time mopping and washing the toilet. ._.

*u will never get to see ME doing all the washing and mopping in Singapore! *

DAY 2

WE HAD TO CLIMB UR 133STEPS OF STAIRS EVERY SINGLE MORNING TO OUR CLASSROOMS! But I think we shld be grateful that we doesn’t not need to do spring cleaning like what the year 1 need. BUT BUT, I still think that our classroom are dirty and dusty!

*133 steps of stairs*

At night, we( enqi, ruixiang and me), went to the same place (好味道)to have our dinner again. Both of ‘em also try some of the food from the roadside stall. In Singapore, we don’t really have the chance to see roadside stalls putting out their food in the open air(due to hygiene purpose). And we went to the next-by supermarket, something like shengsiong and giant in spore. I think the locals got really big appetite! In the market, they have one place where they sell their rice, it come in kg, but they also sell in ONE CONTAINER!

AND I STILL FIND THE LOCAL IS VERY VERY UNHYGIENIC!!

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