Nope.. not John legend's album.. but it refers to me going to 群光 once again today! haha! this time round, went with all the guys in ICT.. especially to accompany those who didn't went the last time; Zheng wei, Guo Yuan and Cheng Teck.

DAY 37

Today is the DAY! the day where we take our last 30% of our PM module. Test 2. well, I would say that the paper is pretty alright since it didn't test much on theory understanding but more on situational thinking. Hmm. Hope I perform well for this paper so all the efforts in front will not go to waste. and FINALLY! NO MORE LESSONS TILL SCHOOL RE-OPENS!! but one sad thing is that I will still have to do report and presentation slides for OIE -.-


this is how everyone looked in the exam classroom.


Cheng teck and Guo Yuan behind me!! =)

after test, went back to dorm to prepare things and POOF! out we went! haha! took the "bread car" to Qun Guang area. went to eat pizza hut ONCE AGAIN but tried different things. seriously, their pizza hut has ALOT OF VARIETY!! I can't seem to finish eating one of each! haha!


me trying Jacob's watch


my squid!


my chicken baked rice.. NICE MAN!


Sheng Kiat's lamb chop


Ordering food.


I like this Pizza Hut. serious! why? here are some reasons..

1. The waitress here is very nice. REALLY VERY NICE! she serves willingly. and provides extra service! cause she allowed us to pay the bills individually!! I mean like collect as according to individual expenditure!

2. the place really has a nice atmosphere.

3. Food is NICE and has a wide range of variety.

4. WE CAN WIN PRIZE! ok.. this last point refers to Jacob only. haha!


the kind and nice waitress.


the winning ticket!


and look! Jacob won......20RMB! hahahah!

anyway, went into the plaza to look for some stuff while the newbies went to walk around. haha! was playing around at some shops taking pictures. very funny and fun!


in the plaza's lift, there will be a lady in each lift who will like operate the lift. very interesting as they will step out when they stop at level one to tell you whether it is going up or down. haha!


Jacob and I trying hats


his new jacket.


and the jacket has NEW FUNCTIONS!


waiting for lift. SIAN AH! haha!

after which we continued walking around here and there. buying like one million and one items in total. haha! I think I spent quite alot once again today. haha! sian. but its ok. so long my friends like it will do! =) then we headed to eat at the food court in 群光. the food court is really nice, like wisma's food republic and it was many stalls that sells different food. also, they adopted a card system like Singapore's Marchie.


the food card.. ok. more like food PAPER. LOL.


the inner food court


inside of food court


guo yuan and zheng wei looks kind of SHOCKED by the food. haha!

similarly, we headed to the shopping street as our last station of the day. went to buy a few stuff from the previous shops which we went to on Sunday. as the shop owner knows us, they gave a better price for the items we buy =) haha! well, that's pone advantage of knowing more people i guess. haha!

headed back at around 10pm and get settled down. slacked a little before heading to do my own stuff. overall, a tiring day due to test and also shopping! haha!

Random photos of the day...








REFLECTION OF DAY 37, TUESDAY, 30th SEPTEMBER 2008:

Time: 12:37am

Today’s shopping trip at 群光 which is situated along 络喻路 was really fruitful. Not only in terms on the items have I bought, but also knowing about the people over there.

From today’s experience, I can conclude that people in China really treasure relations between people. One of the many incidents would be that when Jacob, Sheng Kiat and I enter a new shop, the shop keeper would talk to us a little after we browsed around for awhile. One common thing I observed was that they would first start asking us where we were from as we were using English to communicate all along. And they would follow by saying that our spoken Mandarin is quite good. Anyway, they would then start talking with us to know us a little more. Also, introducing own self to us at the same time. For friendlier shop keepers, they would then try and recommend us some products which they find suitable for us. Although ultimately we may not buy anything, they would still “send us off” with a nice smile of their face. This makes shopping experience much better and making us wants to come back again the next time.

Another incident is that there is a shop where the shop keepers are dancers. They are very welcoming and friendly. As we went to their shop the previous time, they were pretty much familiar with us. So we were able to talk more freely and exchanged information about our own country. The interesting part was that they requested us to show them Singapore dollars which we did. After they knew that 20dollars equals to their 100RMB, they were very shocked. It is like carrying around 500RMB all the time if we were to have 100SGD in our wallet! They were very interested with Singapore’s culture and how we do things over there. After which, one of the keeper even showed us the second storey of the shop and introduced to us the better items that were of limited quantity. They even offered cheaper price (which reduced the shipping cost and also includes discounts!). Jacob and I were trying jeans that we found nice and of good buy. While waiting for Jacob to try on his jeans, I was having a chatting session with the keeper who showed us the second storey. What I felt was that their friendliness really helps make shopping feels better.

Overall, I really like shopping at places where the keepers are warm and nice as this will make the shopping trip happier and better. Also, I’ve learnt that relation is very important in China as it is one of their ways to build rapport with their customers. This will increase the percentage of the customers buying their products since there is some form of friendship. This will make the customers feel more at home when shopping and will tend be more willing to buy.

Learning in progress: Culture in China