DAY 26

Today had the last IS lesson on Chinese philosophy part II. FINALLY, IS lessons are OOOOVVVEEERR!! WOOHOO! haha! well, we learnt about Taoism and Buddhism. it was pretty interesting, but the lecture was SUPER DRAGGY. so yea, I fell asleep at the last hour. =X


ok. I tried drawing since I was bored. and you know the result of it. haha!


guess whose leg hair is this? A clue, the hair of this person is quite similar to his leg hair. haha!


The answer....

YES! our BOSS!! hahaha! =P

anyway, went back to the apartment to put down things and chill a little before heading out. Went to lu xiang once again as Jacob want to look for earpiece while Sheng Kiat want to buy some clothing. Me, just tag along and see what I can buy. haha!

so we took a bus which is a new experience for me. not that I've never took one before, but it is my FIRST time getting on a bus that totally does not require me to hold on to a handle to balance myself!! haha! what I'm trying to picture in your mind is that the bus is SO CROWDED that all the other bodies around you helps to support you! haha! it was quite fun and funny throughout the ride. jacob and my idea on having a shave armpit business on the bus. LOL.

so we reached and walked around. looking for some stuffs which was the objectives for the whole trip. we saw this shop that sells curry chicken and decided to go in and give it a try. to our surprise, its an Asian food restaurant! they sell curry chicken, ba chor mee and even chicken rice!! haha! the food was nice and good! the price is WAH! we ordered four main dishes in total and we paid around 25RMB (around 5SGD) each!!! super cheap la!!! hahahaha!


my curry beef brisket rice. =)


Sheng kiat's chicken curry!


Jacob's ba chor mee.


all our dishes COMBINE! wahahaha!

I went back to the Levi's shop and bought the pullover!! haha! super happy cause its really nice. at least what I think. so yea. =) and we continued walking around to look for other stuff. bought one berms as well. quite nice la. haha! and some shirts. Jacob bought berms and shirts too. SK bought shirt. haha! it was quite a nice time. and after which, we chilled at Starbucks and chat. great time chatting and getting to know each of them even better. like knowing more about their family background and etc. that's great fellowship! =D


another shot with the models.


slacking at Starbucks and testing my camera.


day view of the shopping mall.

after slacking and chatting, the sun has set and the night lights were on. The night view over there is FANTASTIC! Jacob and I took the chance to practice a little on our night shooting skills. haha! here's some showcase of my own photos.


the inside of the shopping mall.


the exterior of the shopping mall.


the outside with Starbucks.


the "SIM LIM" look alike building with BIG TV!


Water fountain. haha! this one is very difficult to take.

after which, we took a bus back to the University area and went for dinner at the fried rice stall. Due to the execution of Project Thrifty, Jacob and I shared a plate of the BIG fried rice. and of course, we had fun with our food!


TADAH! the new Batman sign! haha! we even came up with a song using the Ghost Busters song tune. haha! it was super hilarious!!

that's almost all the things we did for the day. haha! Looking forward to Wudang Mountain tomorrow. it think its gonna be really fun!


REFLECTION OF DAY 26, FRIDAY, 19th SEPTEMBER 2008:

Time: 11:18pm

Got to chat with a stall owner today at 苏宁电器 near 大洋百货. She is one of the stall owners selling some electronics and we happen to chat with her while looking for some earpieces. We got to know a lot of things from her. Including her working experiences, how things work over the area she is working and some of her own background.

One of the things that I learnt about is the education system in China. The kids start their education at the age of 6. Similar to Singapore, they will have to attend primary school for 6 years. Followed by secondary school for 3 years. Then something like JC for 3 years before going to University which will last for either 3 or 4 years according to courses. One interesting fact about the education system is that once the students reach University, they will have to go through this NCC like training for the first month of their freshman year. The reason for doing so is because it is a program to bond the freshies together as they come from different schools in different area. As WuHan is the main area for Universities, the students would have come from different other places to study, Thus, a way to bond the students together through NCC like training.

I feel that it is a good way of bonding as everyone learns to help each other at difficult situations such as encouraging each other through the tough training and learning to share resources. Although we heard from some of the china students that they do not really like it, but I think they will miss those days after the one month. As they would have lesser time to spend with each other and rarely meet up due to different time schedule. However, they will be able to enjoy University life better since they have more friends to be with.

Learning in progress: Culture in China