Day 17, Our FIRST common test in China!

Day 17 was pretty alright. We were all able to sleep in as class was at 2pm. We did not have any lessons that day. We only had the last group to present their assignment 1 presentation. After that, we had common test(written). Below are the pictures!

Last group to present:
Mingyu, Polim, ChongSian(left to right)

After they had presented finish, it was time for what we dreaded the most. Common test! HAHA.


Me, Roy (left to right). Common test made us retarded
After receiving the answer booklet

poor Polim, using Mr.Loh's laptop as his was sent for repair.HAHAHEveryone concentrating and doing the test :P

After 1h 30mins, the test was over! However i only did 3 questions out of 4. But there was nothing i can do, except work harder for the next test. So after the test, we headed back to our hostels and had some rest. After resting, it was dinner time and we all headed to the wanton shop to eat. After that we did some shopping for daily neccesities and headed back to our hostels and called it a day. So thats all for today.

REFLECTIONS
After today, i have learnt how to prioritise and manage my time well. This was because after doing the test, i realise that i did not manage my time well, thus i did not finish the paper. So in future i would manage my time properly be it during exams, or in my daily life.

Day 16, IS classes and Assignment Presentation!

We started off day 16 by waking up early for IS classes. We were being taught about the different chinese cultures in China in the past years. It was really interesting as we were being told stories of what the different cultures did in the past before having a marriage and stuff like that. Also, during the lessons, we were told to wear the microphones for class. It was pretty cool as all the teacher had to do was talk into a microphone that was built in together with his headphones and we could all hear him. It was the first time i experienced a lesson this way. Below are some of the pictures.

Our IS teacher

Listening attentively in class :P

Just as we all got bored, we were given a 5minutes break. So we started to take random photos. Below are some of it!

Me, Chong Sian, Mingyu(Left to right)


Me, Eshlyn(Left to right)

Rebecca, Zhong Rong, Me, CK, Yokemay, ChongSian(left to right)

After the break, the China lecturer continued to talk about many interesting stuff and showed us a video of what a Chinese couple had to go through before getting married in the past. After that, he ended the lecture.


End of lecture!

After lecture we headed back to the hostel to finish touching up our group assignment as we were going to have presentation later in the afternoon at about 2pm. As it was the first presentation, some were pretty nervous about it.


Walking back to the hostel after IS class

I got hungry along the way :P

In a blink of an eye, it was time for class! So we all headed back to the classroom from our hostel. We started off having a lecture on Business Process Engineering by our trip leader, Mr Joseph Loh. After that, it was time for presentation. My group was the first to present, followed by many other groups. Below are the pictures!

Mr Loh teaching us BPE

Mr Loh listening to the different various groups present

First Group: Roy, Alvin, Me

Me, talking about PDCA

Group 2: Erwin, Edy, Adrian

Group 3: Yoke May and Rebecca

Group 4: CK, Zhong Rong, Daniel

Group 5: Eshlyn, Shun Qing, Xanier

Unfortunately, we were short on time, so some groups did not manage to present and were being told to present the following day. They were pretty happy about it as they had one extra day to prepare. So after presentation, we all headed back to our hostels for a short rest, followed by dinner. After dinner, we all did our blogging and went to bed to rest :)
Thats all for today!

REFLECTIONS!
After today i have learnt how to respect others more. Whereby when they are presenting, I should keep quiet and pay attention to whatever they are talking so that it would be easier for them as there would be no noise to distract them from presenting properly.
Also, i have learnt that we should listen to other people's opinions too as they may think differently from us, and that sometimes we may leave out some points about the topics. Thus if we listen, we will learn more as we will also learn on the things that we ourselves have missed out.

END!

Day 15, Activities arranged by the China students

Day 15. We started off our day by gathering below our hostel at 1:30pm as we were going to be taken by the China students to a nearby farm to pluck oranges. As soon as we gathered, we did a head count to make sure everyone was around and off we went! We boarded the bus and took a short trip down to the farm.

After we boarded the bus

After about 30minutes or so, we reached the Orange Farm! The first thing we saw when we entered was a small pond. It looked pretty nice and calm. Below is the picture of the guys, infront of the pond.

The pond :)

After taking pictures at the pond, the China students brought us further in, which was where we were allowed to walk around freely and pluck any oranges that we see. The China students told us that the oranges with thin and soft skin were the sweet ones. So we went around plucking and eating the oranges on the spot. However there were some pretty sour ones, and we faked each other that it was sweet and made each other end up eating sour oranges. Also, the oranges were pretty interesting as it was green in colour, unlike Singapore's usual orange coloured orange.
So here are some of the pictures of us at the orange farm!

Erwin, Edy, ChongSian, Mingyu, Me(left to right)

Green oranges! So many around too!After peeling the orange. Green on the outside, orange on the inside :)

More oranges!

As we kept walking, we somehow ended up near the side of a lake. At the lake, we even found a few mussels. However, one really caught our attention as it was REALLY huge. Just like in the picture below :)

Giant Mussel

Group photo! Edy, Daniel, Me, Yoke May(left to right)The giant Orange Farm!

A pumpkin we came across as we walked down the lane

Also, we found some sweet potato around, and the China students started a fire and cooked the sweet potato! The pictures are below.

The fire used to cook the sweet potatoAfter cooking the sweet potato! Yum!

Also, along the way, we found some small Chilis!

After we got tired of plucking oranges(not for edy, he's still happily eating away), we decided to take more pictures at the farm!

Random photos :)

Group photo with the guys at the pond

After visiting the farm, we took the bus back to the hostel. When we reached, the China students told us that for dinner, we were going to barbecue our own food. So we were pretty excited about it! Some of us were asked to help to carry drinks over to the barbecue pit.

Me, carrying a thousand bottles of drinks

One of the China Students that brought us around

After a 10minutes walk, we finally reached the barbecue pit. Nothing like what i expected. It looked more like a campfire to me where everyone would gather around it and have fun chit chatting and all. But it was pretty interesting and new to us. Below are pictures of the barbecue event!

Gathering around the barbecue pitSome of the guys trying to get the charcoal to start burning.

Sitting on the wall at the side of the barbecue pit!

Our chefs for the night :)

The food and drinks that were given to us!(Not all the food though)

Spicy cucumber. hahaha

Into the fire it goes! We had to keep the fire up by tossing dried twigs into the fire every once in awhile

After barbecueing, some students from another course went to purchase fire works and started playing with it. It was very nice! After playing/watching the fireworks, we all headed back to our rooms and took a bath and went to sleep as we were all tired as we were out the entire day. So thats all for today! Hope you readers enjoyed the post :)


REFLECTIONS!
After today, i have learnt how to be easily contented with simple things in life. After seeing how the China students were so happy from a simple get together at an orange farm to pluck oranges, followed by a barbecue. All their faces looked really happy just from this 2 simple events, so it really taught me how to be contented with simple things.
Also, i have learnt how to put others first before me. After seeing how the China students cook the sweet potato at the farm, and helped us whenever we needed help, it really taught me how to put others before myself.

THE END! :)

Day 14, Happy Birthday Shun Qing :)

Day 14 started with us having lessons at 9am. We went to class, and we did our Flexsim assignments, followed by lecture and then class quiz! Actually we have a quiz at the end of every class. Just to make sure we know what we are learning :) Other than classes, nothing much for today except Shun Qing's birthday. So happy birthday Shun Qing! :)

Flexsim assignment!

After classes, we went to the nearby canteen for lunch as we have never tried the food there before. When i entered the canteen, there was a large crowd of people queuing for food. I looked around and i saw dumplings which looked pretty nice. So i went to buy it. However, the dumplings was not as nice as it looked. Quite disappointing infact! But its still food after all, so i finished what i ordered none the less!

Xiao Long Bao, without any soup inside. It was more like char siew bao

Dumplings! Not too bad, but it wasn't very properly cookedAfter eating our lunch, i bought insecticide for our room as there was quite a lot of mosquitos and funny insects, as well as spiders all around. So Roy spent quite some time spraying all the insects to death!

Dead spider :)

The thing that killed the spiders :)

After killing the spiders and weird insects, we headed out for lunch at the canteen downstairs. Cheap and good! After that, we were told that it was Shun Qing's birthday and we were going to give her a surprise. So when ShunQing left her room to go downstairs with Alvin, we all went into her room to wait for her return. But apparently we failed! Cause some clowns were standing at the corridor! hahahaha. Oh well. But none the less she was still happy!

Everyone waiting for Shun Qing

We failed! But we still sang happy birthday for her and all and celebrated!

Shun Qing's happy/embarassed face after everything! haha.

Thats all for today! Reflections time!
After today, i learnt that in life, its the thought that counts. Though Shun Qing's surprise failed, and we did not give her anything, she was happy just knowing that we knew it was her birthday and wanted to give her a surprise. So i should be contented with what i have and be happy with whatever i receive as it is the thought that counts :) thats all for today!