Day 26 - Off to Wudang Shan Day 1!

Day 26 began really early! We gathered at 6:30am to head off to Wudang Shan by bus. It was a long tiring 6-hour ride from our campus to Wudang Shan. But since we got up really early, all of us ended up sleeping in the bus.When we arrived, it was still raining. So some of us went to purchase ponchos from a shop as we had to tour 3 sites on foot at the bottom of Wudang Shan, and climb up only the next day. So after we had lunch, we went to board the bus and headed to our first destination called 太子坡. Some pictures are below, with captions on top!

After buying the poncho!

Entrance of Wudang Shan!

On the bus to our first destination :) A small CD inside, all about Wudang Shan
At last, we finally reached! It was a short 15-20minutes bus ride. After walking for a bit, we were told to rest in a tea house whereby they served us tea to drink. After that if we liked the tea, we could purchase it from their shop. It was a new experience for me as I have never went for tea tasting before. Altogether, we tried 3 different types of teas. After drinking the 3 tea, we were told that if we drank water it would taste sweet, and true enough it did! Cool stuff there. The pictures are below! :)

Me, Junru, Xanier(left to right)
At the temple at the first destination.

Erwin, Me, Edy, Polim, Adrian(left to right) before we started touring!

Junru, Edy, Me, Roy(left to right) at the top of the first destination.
Pretty nice view. Tea tasting time!

After leaving the first destination, we took the bus again to the next 2 destinations which were called 紫霄宫 and 玄帝殿. As usual, we walked around and toured the place. After that we checked in at our hotel for the night. It was pretty good and comfortable! Had dinner and went back to our rooms for an early night as the next day would be tiring.


At the Second destination!
Polim, Yoke May, Me(left to right)
infront of a well!

Me, at the top of the 2nd destination!

Heading back down to the bus.
Junru, Roy, Taichi Master, Me(left to right)

Alvin, Eshlyn, Me(left to right)
Carrying eshlyn up the mountain! Hahaha just kidding.
This is how the china locals carry people up the mountain

Before we lifted eshlyn up.

At the base of Wudang Shan! But we were only going to climb the next day :)
Finally we've reached!

Thats all for Wudang Shan day 1! More to come! :D

REFLECTIONS!
After today, i have learnt that fitness is very important for us! We should all keep fit so that in times like these, whereby we have to climb and walk for long distances, we would not find it difficult! I learnt this as i saw many people walking up and feeling very exhausted. Also, comparing the hotel conditions in China and Singapore, it is really different. But i'm glad that we at least have a roof over our heads. This has made me realise that i have finally learnt how to appreciate and be contented with what i have and realise how lucky i am to have such a good home and living conditions back in Singapore.

Day 25 - IS lecture on Business Etiquette

Day 25 started with us having a lecture taught by the China lecturer. The lecture was about Business Etiquettes, and i must admit that i learnt quite a few things about Business Etiquettes. Though some of it sounds quite weird and redundant to me, but it is still the etiquette. The China lecturer speaked to us in english and he sounded pretty alright and understandable.

Business Etiquette lecture by the China Lecturer

Random lost and found box outside the classroom After classes, we were all hungry already. So we went to some nearby beef steak restaurant to have Group lunch, along with some others.

on the way to lunch! Yoke May spamming photos

After eating, it was time for us to head back to our hostels for a short rest. After that we went back to classes to have BPE Chapter 7 Lecture and quiz.After that it was free and easy as we were given time to pack for our trip to Wudang Mountain. Can't wait!
Thats all for today! :D

REFLECTIONS
Half the duration of our trip has gone by, and i have made a lot of new friends from this trip. I have also realise how much i miss my family and friends back in Singapore as i keep thinking about them. So from today, i have learnt how to treasure every single friendship i have and relationship with my family too!

Day 24 - Lessons once again!

Day 24 was pretty simple! We did not have any activities except for classes. But it was good, as everyone was tired from day 23 and we needed some rest. We started classes a little later than usual at about 10am, so we got to sleep in a bit. But since i'm such a pig, it was not enough for me, but better than nothing! :P hahahaha. After class, it was about 5. As it was too early for dinner, we went back to our hostels first to play counterstrike for a bit before heading out for dinner. We ate at the fishball restaurant again as it was nice! This time we ordered other different side dishes.

After dinner, there was a celebration going on in the school to commemorate China's national day which falls on 1st October. They were pretty hyped about it and there was a huge crowd watching the celebration and performance by the students. Below are some pictures! Not much pictures taken today, so only 3 pictures are up! Captions above pictures once again.

The dish i liked more than the other dishes.
Tomato+egg! Simple yet tummy!

The school at night. Nice lightings.
Giant crowd gathered to watch the performanceThis was the closest to the stage we could go as the place was totally packed with human beings :P
As we couldn't really get a nice view, we headed back to our hostels after awhile and started thinking of how we were going to do assignment 2. After that we headed to bed! Thats all for today :)

REFLECTIONS FOR THE DAY!
We ourselves must stand up for Singapore. The locals were so patriotic to their country that they even volunteered to take part in performing at the celebration. It really taught me that everyone should play their part for their nation and that we should be proud of Singapore even though it is a tiny red dot on the map. All the national anthems we sing, and pledge we take in secondary school was for a reason. But yet some people hate it and find it troublesome and redundant.
So after today, i'm much more appreciative of Singapore as well as the leaders who took Singapore to where it is now, and i am proud of Singapore and proud to be a Singaporean! :D

Day 23 - High element and Outward Bound activities!

Day 23 started really early! We gathered below our hostels at 8am. We were then taken to an area just beside our campus where we had team-bonding games at first! We were required to create an identity for our group. So we decided on having Xanier as our tribe leader, and since she was from Dragonboat, we decided to name our Tribe the Dragon Tribe. We were given newspaper to design our tribe clothings(mainly for the tribe leader), and a flag to design for our tribe. Also, we were required to come up with a short skit to show the "history" of our tribe.

We were deciding on what to draw on our tribe flag
21 guns(21 of us). Before starting with designing the flag etc.

Me, playing with the stick While planning for our skit and all, Our dearest trip leader Mr Joseph Loh was looking and laughing at us!
Cool dustbin we saw!

The 3 china locals incharge of our activities

Xanier, our tribe leader all dressed up and ready!
[Yellow paper shows]: Long Tou(Dragon head)

After having done our first team-bonding activity, we went off to another activity called trust fall. Whereby one of us will be pushed off a platform back first. Below the platform would be the rest of us, prepared to catch the person being pushed off the platform. After that was rock climbing, followed by high element. Whereby we had to climb up high, and jump from a plank of wood to another plank of wood a short distance away.
(Pictures are not in order, captions above as usual).

Me, climbing up the rock wall

The wall was tough! No one reached the top :(

Dragon Tribe!(MDE)

After rock climbing, we had to clear the mats!

OIP 3rd Batch @ Wuhan, WUST
(MDE,LSCT,ICT)

MDE group picture!

High element activity!
(The 2 planks are shown there)

Getting ready to receive the person falling!Group B: Daniel, Yoke May, Edy, Me(Left to right)
with the Dragon Tribe flag(drawn by adrian)
at the bottom of the rock wall!

After a long tiring day, all our arms were sore from climbing and catching people. But none the less, we all had lots of fun! We packed up and left the place for dinner! We crossed the road to a famous fishball restaurant(No pictures unfortunately). After that we headed back to our hostels. When we reached our hostels, we went to each others room to play for a bit before we got tired and headed to bed.
So thats all for day 23, day 24 coming right up!

REFLECTIONS FOR THE DAY!
From today, i have learnt that encouragement and cheering for someone really pushes them to their limits and makes them not want to give up. When i was climbing the rockwall, my friends were cheering me on, and it really made me not want to let go. However, my arms couldn't take my weight anymore and eventually i did. But before i let go, i did push myself as much as i could. Thus in future if i see anyone feeling stressed or struggling with anything, i would probably try my best to encourage them! :)

Also, from the trust fall actiity, i really placed my all my trust in my friends who were preparing to receive me when i fall. I'm glad they caught me and i did not hit the ground. Thus I have learnt how to trust people around me more!

Day 22, Visiting Coca Cola Factory

We started the day by visiting China's Coca Cola factory around 12:50pm. We gathered and took a bus which took roughly an hour or so to get there.

Along the way, i saw a truck transporting some goods. Pretty messy and seemed rather dangerous. As though the items on the truck was about to fall off anytime.

After about an hour, we finally reached the factory! We had to line up before going in. Reminds me of primary school :P

Group B: Edy, Yoke May, Daniel and Me(Left to right)
We were brought around inside the factory to take a look at all the equipments and processes that were going on. Below are some of the pictures!

Coca Cola Drink mixer

The counter at the entrance, just as you enter the factory. Showing the Vision of the company and etc.

Coca Cola's Motto!

Part of Coca Cola factory. All the bottle drinks on the conveyor belt.

A worker operating the machines. Doesn't look that hard! But who knows? :P

Roy and me, at the Coca Cola display room.

Our tour guide for the factory visit

Yoke May and me, at the Coca Cola display room

Free drinks given to us!

Eshlyn and me. With a random statue :P

After touring for an hour plus, it was time to leave! Group picture before we go! :)

MDE, LSCT and ICT.

After that, we headed back to our campus and finished up our assignment 1 report which was due. After submitting it, we all felt a whole lot better and we headed to bed early as we had outward bound activities and high element activities the next day at 8am!
So thats all for today! Hope you all enjoyed the post.

REFLECTIONS TIME :)
After today, i have learnt that trust is very important. Coca Cola factory had to trust all their employees to ensure that the drinks are made to a certain standard/quality in order to be sold world-wide. If they do not make the drinks properly or check the bottles properly and all, Coca Cola company might get into trouble if the consumers fall ill due to their drinks. So the company has to trust their employees, and trusting others is important.

Day 21 - IS class taught by the Dean!

Day 21 was pretty slack. We had IS class in the morning on Confucianism, Taoism and Buddhism. Basically about the history and religions. It was pretty alright, only thing is that the number of slides were way too much. like 160 slides at least, and each slide was so lengthy. Below are the pictures! IS class was taught by the Dean of the school.

Just before IS class started! the dean was infront of the class, all prepared for class.Lesson on Analects Now hes on to the Five Cardinal virtues of confucius After IS class, we all headed for lunch at the school canteen and went back to our dorms for some rest. After resting for a bit, i went for a run, followed by dinner. After dinner, i came back to the hostel and turned in early as i was really tired for some reason.

REFLECTIONS!
From today, after the IS class, i have learnt how to respect other people's religion. Though sometimes the things they have to follow due to their religion may seem redundant to others, but then again, we have to put ourselves in their shoes and understand that it is part of their religion. So thus i have learnt how to respect people's religion.