Day 5

Early in the morning wake up at 6am. Every guy in the apartment were like all still sleeping soundly (reason being we slept at 2am+) and we all realised we had to gather by 620am! haha! CHIONG AH! all quickly went to bathe and change and prepare whatever is needed for the trip. We were supposed to make a trip to the steel mill factory to see how they make the steel. was expecting some steel bars being made or cut. hahaha! you know, those games you play.. haha.

anyway, we rushed our way through and boarded the bus at around 625am. haha! EFFICIENT GUYS! ^^

went there. slept on bus, and finally reached. In conclusion for the whole trip, DISAPPOINT, WASTE OF TIME, DUMB! haha! cause the group was too big that they could not arrange enough helmets for us and thus, we were unable to go further into the factory to look at certain process (well, safety precautions.. =\). anyway, the whole trip lasted for about 30minutes only and I got a few lousy shots from my handphone as we could not take videos. haha! here's a peek of what a steel mill factory in China looks like.





well, sorry for the poor quality. But that's the best my handphone can provide. haha!


alright. back to apartment and relax before PM lesson. PM lesson was kind of interesting as it talked about having to do work breakdown schedule. The activity was about coming up with a work breakdown if a case study that was given to us. True enough, it was easy at first glance. But after getting down and start to think about the various factors that were involved, it is actually not easy! haha! talking about never judge a book by its cover eh. haha!

well, class was slightly bored to certain person and then he slept someway during the lesson. Managed to take a snapshot of him while sleeping.. LOL.

P.S the pic looks kind of scary/funny. haha! depends on individual. =) enjoy the pic.


haha! it was super hilarious that Jacob and I were laughing like mad after we took this! =P

REFLECTION OF DAY 5, FRIDAY, 29 AUGUST 2008:

Time: 11:31pm

Early morning, we had to gather to make our way to the steel mill factory. The journey was a pretty long one as we had to make our way to WUST (main) and change a bus. Although, it was quite troublesome and somehow stupid, but it was generally still alright with me. Once we reached the steel mill factory, we were being brought to a control room like place to take a peek at the process. After about 5minutes, we were being brought out. I was a little confused at that time and was thinking, “That’s it ah?” But we were later told to board the bus and will be bringing us to another part of the factory. I was looking forward to what has been installed for us.

Upon reaching, I was utterly disappointed with the arrangement as we were not able to see certain things due to the large group of people going and that they could not provide enough helmets for us. We just took a meaningless tour to look at all the machines (as it was a maintenance day) and that was the end of the tour. I felt kind of cheated in certain way as we were like making a wasted trip down. Still, thinking of all the arrangement the lecturers have made for us, I was still grateful to even be able to take a tour in the steel mill factory.

The rest of the day was pretty alright and I’m still glad that I came for this program! =)



Learning in process: Being adaptive to situations/Think deeper