Day 41 - Last day to Shop, and pack to Return home!

Day 41 is here in a blink of an eye. We were about to go home really soon! :( However we lived day 41 to the fullest! We went out early in the morning to Grand Ocean once again. This time, i bought gifts for my family members and some friends in Singapore. Also, we visited the haunted house in the shopping centre! It was pretty cool. At first we went for the 2 star(scary level) of the haunted house. However we found it boring, so we decided to be extreme and went for the 5 stars one! HAHA. It was pretty fun and shocking inside, but not really scary.

Some of the ghost inside are real, some are machine operated using a sensor. Also, in 5 star, they will try to kidnap you and split you up from your group and off all the lights so that you have to find your way out alone. However we held on to each other and did not let them seperate us.

Here are the pictures!

Haunted House, description of the different levels Our entrance ticket!

The brave people who went! The others backed out! After we came out of the haunted house, we were given papers to write our feedbacks and pasted it on the walls.

The wall we pasted our feedback papers on
After visiting the haunted house, we headed off to get gifts for friends and family and had dinner and headed back to our hostels to pack and check our luggage to ensure it does not go over the weight limit which was 30kg. Below are the pictures of me packing!

Packing everything nicely into my luggage :)

Before i packed! It was so messy that i had to stop and think for awhile on how to pack.

After packing finish, i checked my luggage weight and it was 20kg on the dot! So i was relieved. Also, since it was the last night, all of us did not sleep. We stayed up through the night all the way till the next morning where we left the hostel :(

So thats all for today.
REFLECTIONS!
After 41 days in Wuhan, i started to be attached to the Wuhan lifestyle and all the friends there on the trip with me. Also, from packing, i realise that we have to organize our stuff well and pack them properly so that they can all fit into the luggage and not just dump it all in hoping it will fit.

Also, the haunted house was really a test of courage. It wasn't about how scary it is inside. It was more of whether you dare to bring yourself to pay and enter the haunted house. After entering it was actually quite fun and interesting and shocking too. However we all had fun on our very last day in Wuhan, China!

Day 40 - More shopping!

We started day 40 by heading down to Grand Ocean once again for shopping! We left at about 12pm and took the private van down to Grand Ocean to take a look to see if we could find anything that we wanted or needed to buy. Pictures are below!

In the van, heading off to Grand Ocean! The Van driver :D At last, we reached Grand Ocean! When we reached, we suddenly had a craving for Ajisen Ramen once again! So off we went to Ajisen Ramen! :D

Going up the escalator!
Erwin, Me, Chong Sian, Anyu, Roy, Edy(left to right)
And Polim, the photographer!

Tadah! At Ajisen Ramen once again!
After we had lunch, we went to walk around to shop. However, i did not get anything as there wasn't anything i saw that interest me. So i just followed them and walked around as they shopped for stuff hoping that i find something i could buy :D But in the end i bought nothing.

After that we went back to the campus before 6pm as we had a farewell dinner organized by the China students. It was a fun farewell dinner whereby we all exchanged gifts and bid each other our last goodbyes as it was the last time we would see them.

MDE with some of the China students

MDE with all the China lecturers and students :)

After that, we all went back to our hostels and played cards and Counterstrike as usual and headed to bed! :D
So thats all for today!

REFLECTIONS!
After today, i have realise how much my appetite has increased by. Ever since i came to China, i did not really eat a lot, but the servings of the China food was so big that my appetite gradually increased and i find myself eating a lot more now.

Also, from the van driver, i learnt that if you want something, you have to go forward and ask and not wait for things to come to you. He saw us standing around and he came to ask us if we needed a ride to any place at the cost of money. So because of that he earned a bit of cash for sending us to Grand Ocean shopping centre.

Day 39 - Assignment 3 Presentation. The LAST!

We started day 39 with presentation in the morning! Our last presentation ever, and also the last time that we will step into this classroom, which was where we studied for the past 6 weeks! :(
We were happy that all our work is over, but sad that we were leaving so soon. We were really starting to get attached and used to the place. The pictures are below!


Assignment 3 presentation. Roy and Me(Alvin's not in the picture somehow)

Mr Loh was also giving us a briefing before the presentation to inform us about what we have to take note of before leaving Wuhan, as well as other house keeping matters. After presentation, we took a final look at our classrooms before we left. Its the last time that we will ever step into here.

Our classroom for 6 weeks.
After presentation it was free for the rest of the day! So we headed back to our hostels, and started to gather and plan for our IS video on Wuhan. After finalizing our ideas, we headed off for dinner at a restaurant once again. It has been restaurants and restaurants because the food there is really cheap! :D
After dinner we headed back to our hostels and went to each other's room to play cards and called it a night and went to bed after that.

So that sums up today. The end!

REFLECTIONS!
After today, i realise that communication is very important in our lives. We have to communicate in projects especially or else there would be communication break downs and we might end up doing repeated work. Thus we have to communicate with each other and split the work properly
so we each know what we have to do.
Also i realise how cheap the standard of living in Wuhan is, whereby we get to eat at restaurants everyday and its about how much we spent at coffee shops in Singapore. Real good experience and i'm glad i came for this OIP trip!

Day 38 - Resting in the Hostel!

When i woke up today, i felt really tired and exhausted due to all the late nights previously. So i decided to stay back in the hostel along with Roy and Chongsian instead of going out to Shop. At least i get to save some money and i finished my assignment 3 report. :P We had our lunch at the fishball restaurant once again!

Fishballs! With a fish below Vegetables Tomato with eggs as usual!

After lunch we headed back to our hostels to start on our work again, and later in the afternoon i went running again! By then the others came back and we had dinner together and finished up all our assignment 3 tasks.
So thats all for today! It passed pretty fast.

REFLECTIONS!
After today, i have learnt that time waits for no man. We have to make full use of our time as it passes real quickly. I found myself doing nothing much today and yet an entire day was gone just like that. Also, the trip is coming to an end really really soon! Something i'm not looking forward to as i have started to bond with all the friends on this trip with me and that we're like a family. I do miss Singapore, but somehow i feel a sense of belonging here in Wuhan already. Maybe i'm fully immersed already :P HAHA.

Day 37 - Doing up Assignment 3, and dinner at Ajisen Ramen

Day 37 was used to finish up our Assignment 3 Flexsim presentation. We practically did it the whole day, both report and Flexsim model. In a blink of an eye, it was already time for dinner.
As we were bored of the food around campus, we took the private van down to Grand Ocean, where we ate at Ajisen Ramen. It has been ages since i last ate japanese food! YUM! pictures are below!

Ajisen Ramen entrance Me, Ck, MingYu, Roy, ChongSian, Edy(left to right)
At Ajisen Ramen! We ordered tons of food! Below are some pictures of some of the food we ordered :)

Salmon! More salmon. Sashimi! :D

After eating our food, we were all bloated and really full. However i saw Starbucks and i was craving for it. So i went to buy starbucks to drink while we waited for the private van to come and pick us up :D

Me! Outside Grand Ocean Shopping Centre. Drinking Green Tea Blended Cream :)

So thats all for today :)

REFLECTIONS!
China's taste and Singapore's taste is very different. The soy sauce and wasabi in singapore, is salty and gives a burning sensation respectively.
Whereas in China, their soy sauce is slightly sweet, and the Wasabi is sweet too! Which made the Salmon taste a little bit weird. But since we did not eat it for a long time, we enjoyed it none the less.
Also, spending time with friends to have meals together and outings really makes me happy and that i am really thankful for all the friends around me :)

Day 36 - Time to exercise!

Day 36 was free and easy once again. I took the time off to try to catch up with blogging as i was quite behind time.However, i blogged 1 day and i ended up watching some of the 80gb of movies which i transferred from Chinkuang and Chong Sian.After that, it was around 6 and i felt fat, thus i went for a run at the track nearby. It was a good exercise :DAfter that i went for dinner at the roadside stall. I bought fried rice and ribena with lemon! Tasted really nice!As soon as i finished my dinner, the rest who went to town to shop came back and we ended up playing Counterstrikeinto the night once again! So thats all for today! Short and simple!


Stretching my thighs as it was feeling tight

ready, 1 2 3 go!

The sun has set! Night is coming!
Thats all for today :)

REFLECTIONS!
After today, i realise that my stamina has dropped a lot since i finish secondary school. My 2.4 timing was 9mins+ inSecondary school and now its 10minutes+. This really made me realise that i have to keep running every now and then in orderto keep my stamina up. So when i go back Singapore, i'll make sure i run every alternate days as NAPFA test in Year 3 is coming soon! Also, as the trip is coming to an end, i have learnt to treasure every single moment i have left with all my friends inWuhan with me. As well as treasure time i have with any of my friends in future! I will surely miss all of you who came to this OIP trip! :D

Day 35 - Mde day out!

Day 35 started off early with us, MDE, going as a group to a Theme Park. We were all really tired but we still managed to drag ourselves out of our beds. The bus ride took about an hour before we reached our destination. Below are some pictures!

Mde on the bus!

When we got off the bus, we had to walk through a park first before we eventually arrived at the theme park. Along the way, we saw many locals sitting around and enjoying the morning breeze and doing their morning exercises or hobbies.

Chinese local doing chinese calligraphy on the floor We also passed by a hospital and to my horror i saw all the chemical wastes dumped right outside the hospital. No wonder sickness can spread so quickly in China.

After we reached the theme park, some of us went to sit the rides, while some didn't dare/want to ride. The rides were pretty fun, but its more of cheap thrill as it was not scary at all. But at least we did have some fun!

The few that went for the roller coaster Another ride we took :) Yet another cheap thrill. HAHA

(pictures not in order) But this is the completed chinese calligraphy done by the man earlier(above)

Map of the entire theme park! Not that big

The rollercoaster we sat :)

MDE GROUP PICTURE @ THE THEME PARK :)

After playing at the theme park, it was time to head to Hankou for lunch and shopping! As the walk was pretty long, we took a train there!

Buying the train ticket!

TADAH! Interesting train ticket. Just like a coin.

Here comes the train! We took it for 1 stop and arrived at Hankou

Hankou Shopping centre at last! We have arrived

After several hours of shopping, we went off for dinner. We took a boat at the jetty over to the other side where there was a lot of roadside stalls which sold delicious food!

Boarding the boat!

After we got off the boat, we had our dinner at the roadside stalls. Unhygienic, but very nice! After that we all took a bus back to our campus where we went to sleep early as we were all tired from a whole day of activities.

Thats all for today!

REFLECTIONS!
Today was a good and fun day! We took some time off studies to destress by having fun at the theme park followed by shopping! Also, the MDE students who went on this trip really bonded with each other once again, and its a good way to relax and take some time of our work load and hectic schedule which would come in when school reopens :(

Also, Singapore is really fortunate that we dispose chemical wastes properly so that no one catches any diseases in the process. Whereas in China, the just dump it in bins outside the hospital. This might cause disease such as SARS/H1n1 to spread very easily if it were to start in the area. Thank god for Singapore's good disposing of Chemical wastes :)