In a blink of an eye, day 3 was here! today was pretty much free and easy the whole day, and we were brought to a giant shopping centre in the city of wuhan, called "Grand Ocean Shopping Centre".
So with that, we went to the campus bus stop to wait for the public bus to come, and we all managed to baord the bus even though it was very crowded. practically everyone was standing within reach of each other. That was how squeezy the ride was. Also the bus had no bells to signal the driver to stop and let passengers alight. There was an assistant who kept shouting to ask if anyone wanted to alight, and if you wanted to alight, you would have to shout to inform the assistant that you want to alight and he/she will inform the driver. So after a 30minutes bus ride or so, we finally reached the city/town area! When we got off the bus, i saw a few locals having some stalls set up at the road side trying to sell items/food to make a living. So we crossed an overhead bridge to get to the shopping centre!
The shopping centre was really really huge and we spent the whole day walking around the shopping centre going from shops to shops to take a look to see if there was anything we needed to buy. As we had 6 hours, we started off by heading to Macdonalds for lunch! The menu in china is a lot different from Singapore. They even had a burger which had a pork fillet inside. Something we probably won't see in a multi-racial country like singapore. Initially after eating, we wanted to catch a movie! But sadly, there wasn't any movie that we wanted to watch. So in the end, we went to the arcade for the last 2hours or so and played the machines they had there. Quite a number of us won some stuff toys from the arcade after several tries. It was pretty challenging to get the hook to grab a toy out!
In a blink of an eye, it was almost 6pm. So we went back to the gathering point and headed back to hostel. As usual, the bus was extremely crowded(much more crowded than the trip from the hostel to town). When we got back, everyone was really worn out from a whole day of walking around non stop and we went to get some dinner from the road side stall as we were too tired to walk further to the restaurants. After eating, we headed back to the hostel for a good rest and prepared for the next day! So this pretty much sums up the whole of day 3.
Ok enough of boring text, its time for pictures! enjoy! captions will be above the pictures as usual
So with that, we went to the campus bus stop to wait for the public bus to come, and we all managed to baord the bus even though it was very crowded. practically everyone was standing within reach of each other. That was how squeezy the ride was. Also the bus had no bells to signal the driver to stop and let passengers alight. There was an assistant who kept shouting to ask if anyone wanted to alight, and if you wanted to alight, you would have to shout to inform the assistant that you want to alight and he/she will inform the driver. So after a 30minutes bus ride or so, we finally reached the city/town area! When we got off the bus, i saw a few locals having some stalls set up at the road side trying to sell items/food to make a living. So we crossed an overhead bridge to get to the shopping centre!
The shopping centre was really really huge and we spent the whole day walking around the shopping centre going from shops to shops to take a look to see if there was anything we needed to buy. As we had 6 hours, we started off by heading to Macdonalds for lunch! The menu in china is a lot different from Singapore. They even had a burger which had a pork fillet inside. Something we probably won't see in a multi-racial country like singapore. Initially after eating, we wanted to catch a movie! But sadly, there wasn't any movie that we wanted to watch. So in the end, we went to the arcade for the last 2hours or so and played the machines they had there. Quite a number of us won some stuff toys from the arcade after several tries. It was pretty challenging to get the hook to grab a toy out!
In a blink of an eye, it was almost 6pm. So we went back to the gathering point and headed back to hostel. As usual, the bus was extremely crowded(much more crowded than the trip from the hostel to town). When we got back, everyone was really worn out from a whole day of walking around non stop and we went to get some dinner from the road side stall as we were too tired to walk further to the restaurants. After eating, we headed back to the hostel for a good rest and prepared for the next day! So this pretty much sums up the whole of day 3.
Ok enough of boring text, its time for pictures! enjoy! captions will be above the pictures as usual
Early in the morning just before leaving our "tidy" bunk
On the bus from the hostel to the city! Pretty crowded!
Impossible is nothing! We managed to take pictures on the crowded bus :P
A chinese local trying to sell fruits at the road side
At last! The giant shopping centre named "Grand Ocean".
Mango pie at Macdonalds! Super fantastic! Singapore should sell these!
For the first time, im trying chou tou fu(smelly toufu). Not as bad as i imagined! Infact i got addicted to it and ate it like each time i saw a stall selling it.
Macdonalds! i'm lovin it!
Mc-Oily-Wings :)
Pickpocketing in progress while Erwin was trying to propose!
At last, it was time to gather and head back to the hostel!
Longest pedestrain street in the world
The locals trying to rush for the bus before it gets full!
Clubbing on the bus! hahaha kidding. This is how full the bus gets.
We finally decided to try the fried noodles at the road side stall! Very oily though!
The fried noodles with beef that i bought! Can you see the oil! But it was not too bad.
Picture of our messy hostels!
Its ok, Jarold to the rescue! Time to clean up the room and floor!
Welcome to our clothes obstacle course! We just finished did some laundry! So we hung the clothes up for it to dry.
and once again, its time for some
REFLECTIONS
From taking the public bus today in China, it really made me realise that Singapore's public bus is actually very good compared to the public bus in China. Whereby we get proper bells to signal the driver that we are alighting without shouting at the top of our voices to let them know that we are alighting. Also, the handles are stable in Singapore, but in China, some public buses does not even have the top handles for people to hold, and some have but it is either very worn out, or half broken.
Also, after seeing the man trying to sell fruits at the road side, it has really made me realise that education is really important and that i have to study hard so that i can get a proper job in the future and not suffer and slog all day just to make ends meet.
So thats all for day 3!
Mc-Oily-Wings :)
Pickpocketing in progress while Erwin was trying to propose!
At last, it was time to gather and head back to the hostel!
Longest pedestrain street in the world
The locals trying to rush for the bus before it gets full!
Clubbing on the bus! hahaha kidding. This is how full the bus gets.
We finally decided to try the fried noodles at the road side stall! Very oily though!
The fried noodles with beef that i bought! Can you see the oil! But it was not too bad.
Picture of our messy hostels!
Its ok, Jarold to the rescue! Time to clean up the room and floor!
Welcome to our clothes obstacle course! We just finished did some laundry! So we hung the clothes up for it to dry.
and once again, its time for someREFLECTIONS
From taking the public bus today in China, it really made me realise that Singapore's public bus is actually very good compared to the public bus in China. Whereby we get proper bells to signal the driver that we are alighting without shouting at the top of our voices to let them know that we are alighting. Also, the handles are stable in Singapore, but in China, some public buses does not even have the top handles for people to hold, and some have but it is either very worn out, or half broken.
Also, after seeing the man trying to sell fruits at the road side, it has really made me realise that education is really important and that i have to study hard so that i can get a proper job in the future and not suffer and slog all day just to make ends meet.
So thats all for day 3!
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