Day 1, Trip to Wuhan

At last! the trip to wuhan has begun. I started my day waking up really early to get to the airport before 530am as that was the time set to gather. After awhile, everyone arrived and we checked in as a group. Before checking in, i felt sad, excited and sian. As to why i felt sad, it was because i had to leave my family and friends for 6weeks. As for excited, it is because i'll be away from home for 6 weeks. and as to why i felt sian, its because a long travel journey awaited me!
Below are some pictures of the trip
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OIP-Wuhan Batch 2009

Pictures w/ my friends at the airport before checking in more pictures w/ my friends before boarding the plane!

Changi airport can welcome us 6 weeks later :P Goodbye Changi Airport!
Our breakfast cum lunch on the aeroplane!

We've finally reached Guangzhou! time to transit to another flight which is in 4-5 hours.

Finally! we got off the plane at Guangzhou

We were waiting for our next plane ticket from Guangzhou to Wuhan

Some cool signboard at Guangzhou airport :P read it for a random laugh:) enjoy!

So, 4 hours, what to do? What else but EAT! yummmmm. We went to a nearby chinese restaurant for a good delicious meal! below are the pictures of the restaurant!
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The restaurant's lightings. Pretty nice aye?

Eddy and i shared a plate of dumplings! it was superb!

This is the tea that costed us 150yan! Good thing its free flow.

The entrance of the restaurant that we ate at.

After eating, we went to check in again and waited for our next flight from guangzhou to wuhan. All of course were so tired, including our dear trip leader, Mr Joseph Loh :D HAHA

After a short aeroplane ride of about 1hour or so, we finally touched down at Wuhan Airport! No more plane rides for the next 6 weeks. YES!

So after we collected our luggage, we headed to the bus for yet another long ride to the hostel!

Picture of Polim and Me just as we boarded the bus

Polim and me again! But this time we were bored as the ride was so long!

Finally! we're at the hostel! this is the entrance! They say looks can be deceiving, but i guess not! (you will see why later) :P

After putting down our luggages at the lobby of the hostel, we went to a restaurant 3minutes away to have our dinner!

The people thought we were sumo wrestlers! such a gigantic feast.
heading back to the hostel after our dinner. we were so full so we had to take the lift :P
Welcome to our humble home for the next 6 weeks =)Our tiny toilet!

After we settled down in our room we unpacked our stuffs, and got ourselves comfortable and tried to use the internet but there wasn't any available connections and we were all so bored as we could not go online to chat with our families and loved ones! So we ended up having an early night and prepared for a great day ahead the following nday!


REFLECTION:
From today, i have learnt a lot of things while travelling from Singapore to Wuhan. The culture in china and in singapore is really different. So are the standards of living. i have learnt how to appreciate what i have back in Singapore such as comfortable beds, spacious toilets and having life easy as well as good and comfortable transports. But over here, its totally different, as the living conditions is not as good compared to Singapore. Looking at the public buses that the China citizens take, it has really got me thinking that what i have back in Singapore is very good already and that i should be appreciative. This trip has also taught me to accept things the way they are, as well as accepting other new friends the way they are as i have just got to know a lot more new people through this trip.
As the saying goes, "you can't change the way things are, but you can change the way you react to it". By doing this, i have found this trip a whole lot more interesting and exciting than when i first arrived in Wuhan.
So thats all for day 1!