It may be a long long long long post I warn you. Depends on whether I feel like making it long or not. hahahha! Here goes... =)


Day 6

Morning was supposed to gather at 820am and the guys woke up like 8am -.- haha! It was kind of funny. All of us slept around 12plus 1am and we always ended up waking up late then what we set for ourselves. Well, all the snoozing habits sure came in place =\

anyway, we were going on a tour to the WuChang area where we visit first, the Museum then the Yellow Crane Tower after lunch. It was quite an interesting, funny and fun day even though it was drizzling here and there which makes it a little irritating.

Before getting to the museum part, there's this some interesting fact that I want to share which I was pretty amazed by it. haha! the TOP 3 list of CHINA FACT WHICH AMAZES BINGRONG THE GREAT!

3rd place: The ending number of the cab's number plate will help you know which cab will stop and fetch you for the day. According to one of the China lecturer, if the ending number of the cab's number is an odd number and today is an odd day, the cab will stop and fetch you! So example, today is Monday and only cabs with ending number of 1, 3, 5, 7 and 9 will stop to fetch you! INTERESTING RIGHT??!! haha!


2nd place: Cab starting fare is 3RMB (around SGD 0.60)!! very WHAT THE right??!! hahaha! the reason being was that last time China had this trishaw cab thinggy. But due to the fact that it doesn't really attract investors because of its unglamness, the trishaw business had to wind-up. Then, ask the trishaw thinggy pricing is about 3 - 4RMB, the government decided to drop the cab's starting fare from 8RMB to 3RMB! haha! so yeah. taking cab in China is SUPER CHEAP provided you don;t get CON! hahaha!

1st place: Housing in China is LIKE SUPER CHEAP LA! the bus to museum was passing by this building-in-progress condo like housing. And then the tour guide suddenly tell us that those kind of housing, the price of each unit is only 7,000RMB!! WALAO! I think I can own a few and then rent to the China peeps and EARN MILLIONS! Wahahahah! GOSH! its like so WWWWWWWWHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHAAAAAAAAAATTTTTTTTT TTTTTTTTTTHHHHHHHHEEEEEE la! hahaha! oh wells. =)

So yea. Realise 2 out of 3 facts are about cab? haha! because that is one of the topic I'm more ATTENTIVE to and of course, more easily understood. hahahha! the rest of the stuff that was mentioned had either passed through my mind and went out or just simply D.O.N.T U.N.D.E.R.S.T.A.N.D ^^

Anyway, visiting the museum felt a little boring to me initially, considering that Museum has never been an interest to me (although I was a History student). So I went without having much expectations but taking it as just a time to know more of the other ICT guys. haha!

Serious speaking, the museum had lots of interesting things like the Coffin showcase and other weird looking utensils. I was laughing my head off when I saw some funny things inside the museum. haha! will post the pictures all at one go later on.. haha! so we first went in and saw many things. The first few stuff that we saw are the short sword and bronze mining.




It was pretty interesting you know? especially the short sword. I like the carving on it as it is really special and kind of nice. And do you know? the sword is about 2000 years old!!! haha! can't see right? heh heh heh. it was so SURPRISING la.

well, next up was some walking around and we went up to the second level of the museum to look at some INTERESTING stuff!!

Guess what is it??










ANSWER:


A COFFIN! hahha! sone coffin sizes were like REALLY BIG la! I was so amazed at the sizes of the coffins that were available. haha! I wonder what they put inside.. o.O

Yeah. and we saw alot more cool artifacts as well while walking around here and there. and and and... we saw this very interesting thing!! haha!


Guess what this is?? haha! I know i know... it looks like some BIOLOGY lesson where by u know.. hahaha! those little cuties swimming around.. LOL =X

BUT BUT BUT.. the answer to what is inside is..... THIS!


SPOILER HOR?? HAHAHAHAH! Its SO HILARIOUS LA! =)


well, apart from having fun, being a HIGH I, I would of course take photos with people la! hahaha! here's some. =)



erm.. Zheng wei trapped in jail and Jacob trying to rescue him but FAILED! haha!


LOOK ALIKE HOR?? hahahahaha!


WALAO! ZHENG WEI ACT CUTE LO... *PUKES*


the HANDSOME (me) and the UGLY (zheng wei). HAHAHAHA! =P


Tried some fun colors la.. =)


erm.. one of the nicer group shots.


Escalator cam whore! FUN! =)

haha! enough of the museum.. haha! I shall skip the food part cause we were all busy eating that we didn't take any or much pictures at all! haha! =P

so yea.. we went to Yellow Crane tower to visit.. where Mao Zhe Dong did something there which I cant practically remember. I think some poem. I guess.. haha! so we went to walked around while the guide gave pretty much interesting information. haha!



This is the first thing you would see when you enter the tower. SUPER NICE! haha!


this is like the model of how the Yellow Crane Tower and the rest of the parts look like.


nice top view from the 5th storey. COOLING WIND TOO! haha!


eh.. this is the outside of the tower.. taken by Jacob's hp.

before leaving, there was this carving stall at the top floor. I was curious and went over to look what they were capable in carving.. haha! it turn out to be some medal like coin where you can carve your name and birthdate. what's more is that the center picture would the zodiac that you are! So I made one for myself! haha!


This is how it looks like.. Actually, I quite like it! =)


The close up.. clearer hor? haha! Thanks buddy for the cam! =)

ANYWAYS, coming to different places also means more chances to do STUPID THINGS! hahah!


haha! my attempt to copy the stone figure. The stone figure is a famous poet which I forgot the name! haha! =P


Boss Jacob's turn. haha! looks DUMB! lol.


OLD ALREADY STILL WANNA ACT YOUNG! So not like 王飞鸿!


Guoyuan standing mightly beside the Yellow Crane Tower! AI ZAI LEI! haha! =)

well. After the trip was back to apartment where we relaxed abit before heading out for dinner. haha! had this fried rice which was like SUPER BIG PORTION la!! it's like 5RMB (SGD 1.00) and the amount is like 煮炒 fried rice with alot alot alot alot of added rice! gosh! I almost died eating the whole portion la!! haha! the girls even had trouble finishing even though it was like two share one -.- haha! oh well. overall, a very exciting and fun day! =)


REFLECTION OF DAY 6, SATURDAY, 30 AUGUST 2008:

Time: 11:20pm

We were on the bus making our way to the museum early in the morning. There was a tour guide who was there to give us from preparation talk about what we will be seeing and what we are seeing. Although I couldn’t understand a lot of what the guide was talking about, I tried my best to listen hard and catch certain things that she was sharing with us. It was really interesting to know certain interesting facts about WuHan, Hubei. There were many names given to the land and also the people over there. Like 热炉 for the place and 日抗英雄 for the people in Wuhan as they could endure the scouring hot sun in the day time.


(the guide)

I felt that the most fulfilling part of the whole day is really the guide’s talk and information giving as that is the one that really gives me an insight into China’s history. Especially at the Yellow Crane Tower. If the guide were not present, I guess I would have just wondered around and left after a short while. Like her information on the Yellow Crane’s appearance and about the 100 cranes that were supposed to be crafted on a wall near the tower.

From what I’ve encountered today, I realized that observation and patience is really important in learning. Without both, it is hard for people to learn from experience as learning or experiencing takes time which means patience and observing will allow one to think deeper on things that he/she sees. So all in all, I think I still need to improve on my observation skills especially when I’m not good at Mandarin interpretations and speaking.

Learning in process: Knowing more about culture and history of Hubei, Wuhan

that's all! =)