15thApril09

Today would be my first day in Singapore after staying in WuHan for 6 weeks...
Though this is my homeland, i seems to be missing WuHan.

Singapore is hot.. food here is more expensive when convert the SGD here to RMB after purchase lunch.. no more free flow of rice.. not anymore.
But the air and environment are cleaner and green, traffic on roads are more organised where the drivers here are more courteous.

Went out for dinner with my secondary school friends..
we ate at Plaza Singapura, Sakae.
Guess what.. i saw someone familiar.
OIP Ngee Ann Lecturer from the REB side.. hahax..
gave him my greetings and.. he saw me before that what he said.
Went back home with them with a full stomach. ( i ask for another bowl of rice there )

While back at home, on MSN i saw quite a number of OIP peep miss China - WuHan
that's include me as well..
Should i say that although Singapore have all the good quality where China lack, but cant let fellow Singaporean miss home dearly where away in overseas.. or is it we took things for granted.

Anyway, the stay in WuHan has greatly affect our life as most of us were first time to land our foot in China and spends the days together with friends.. despite all conflict that we might have or grudges towards each other.. all this has become a memory.

Although our weekdays are very boring due to the timetable we had..
Study Study Study and Study.. We would try to make our day enjoyable by having some mini exploration around the school or out of campus.

Comparing the life of local Singaporeans and the chinese in China - WuHan.
Singaporean's life are more fortunate despite the fast pace lifestyle, the chinese have to earn their livelihood through a hard way.. all this can be observe and through conversation with them.

It a good thing that i had signed up for this OIP.
Gain lots of stuff through this trip especially new friends and to our eyes
an eye-opener experience.

14thApril09

Finally !!
the last day we will be in China, Wu Han
it would be the one of the happiest moment to some of the ECE peeps

As for myself..
i will definitely miss this place.
the weather..
food...
some friendly locals..
the pace of their lifestyle which is slow unlike in Singapore

All of us got to wake up early to weight our luggage
by the weighting machine borrowed from Ryan, one of the co-coordinator.

Lots of stuff needed to bring home..
for friends..
family..
relative..
or just simply..
own beloved belongings..

after all the necessary preparation
we gather all our luggage to the bus...
heading to the domestic airport..

on the bus
GROUP SHOT!!

while the bus head to the airport..
we past this restaurant
NAN YANG FISH BALL RESTAURANT !!!!

pure fish meat fresh fish ball..
will 100% miss this.

for an hour plus or so..
we reach the airport..
LUNCH TIME!!!
*airport food expensive..*

Mr Chua gave us the green light to wander around to had lunch...


with the rest of our group separated to had lunch..
Yong Xin & Diyana
came find us telling us that...
MR CHUA TREATING US FRIED RICE !!!!
free food = ^^

after a wonderful lunch treat by Mr Chua..
time for us to catch our flight to Guang Zhou international airport..

where's b11?

hi bear!!
you be migrating to SINGAPORE!!!

took a shuttle bus to our plane..

US and the China Southern Airline

Last view of WuHan.
wonder when will be the next time i will becoming back..
or this would be my first and last time in WuHan..
Life is full of questions....

Next stop :
Guang Zhou International Airport

an hour flight and we reached Guang Zhou..
its a rush for us to change from the transit to this flight..
we don't even have the time to take away for our dinner =(
hope the plane's dinner would be good.

on board the plane...
before that tight security check are to be perform on us

sad too say that Kenneth's anime figuring all are been confiscated by the security checkpoint..
all those limited figuring...
he was real sad..
all this figuring are for his older brother..
with all the excitement waiting at home would turn into disappointment..
Life is unpredictable.Jack Boon.
A new friend who is from REB
knew from since the flight from Singapore to WuHan.

he brought up his laptop
because he want to kill time by watching
' Qin Dynasty '
dvd which he bought at the local shops
watch along with him...

till DINNER TIME !!!!
Last Dinner.. in China.
*on china airline*

Dinner: Chicken set
Taste: not bad. Like it
Hungry Status: half full

as some of the peeps cant ate too much...
and not to waste food...
some of the guys initiated to help in clearing up food.

i ate another bun with butter shared with Sebastian..
and another chicken ham salad.
though still not really full..
but there's no food left.
NO Choice !!!

continue to watch ' Qin Dynasty ' with Jack Boon...

After a 4 hours flight
WE REACHED SINGAPORE !!!
Weeeeeeeeeeeeee~

Cheers can be heard loudly
as the plane was fill with most of the Ngee Ann Students..
gather our luggage and time to move on..
getting closer to Home.

OIP ECE 2009
China - Wu Han

Last ECE Group shot.

Head towards to Duty Free Singapore..
as i want to buy wine for my dad's cab hire to return my gratitude
because he gave me a 200 SGD red packet for me to enjoy in China
and i'm not officially 18 yet so..
with the help of Jack Boon he bought the set of Dom wine for me..
i paid for it of course..
THANK JACK !!

collected our luggage and..

LAST 9-men Group Photo.
will miss them
all the fun we had together..
helping out one another when needed..
without them this trip wont have so much fun.

All Good things come to and end.

everyone goes their own separate way..

waited for my parents to fetch me home..
saw Mr Ma.. taking a cab home..

okay..
finally my parent arrived and time to go home..
the moment i stepped out of the airport...
HOT !!!!
SINGAPORE IS VERY HOT !!!!!
unlike in Wuhan..
temperature must be lower then now..

Reached home..
wash up.
Sleep.

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13thApril09

Had no choice to woke up early to go to Han Kou
to collect the picture frame
which is made customised to fit our 3d picture that we bought 2days ago..

Only Yu Lun and i went there to collect..
Critopher who was the other owner of the frame cant wake up..
Ernest and Xin Rong both who wanted to shop
also cant wake up
together with Yu Lun we took a cab there and collected our frame.

There's quite a disappointment for the frame..
the big one.
it was not nicely done as it is more expensive then the smaller frame..
but for the smaller frame.
Splendid.
Beautifully Done.

After all the nessary last last min shopping we had..
we took a cab back to campus and to get ready for the ECE Group Photo Session.
ECE Group Shot.

After the group shot
we had some fun shots..

no more father's day for you Cris...

Mr Ma & Mr Chua !!

Success.

Baseball anyone?

Introudcing my ' Water Parade ' army.

With all line up and some trying to fall in as soon as possible..

Lights off.
Time to go for the Graduation ceremony

the mini hall at the Foreign Language School
and Mr Ma

After all the talks and presentation...
the long waited refreshment break has come!!!

Yuuuuummmmm...
SHENG !!!!
with Sebastian and the local students

Group shots with the local student after the yum sheng.

After the break..
theres activity to interect with the local student..
while i went back to bunk to take tripod for Ernest..
and help Shao Ming to transport the Firework to the open area behind the school...

Photo with the firework.

After some negotiation with the school security..
we finally can see the firework..
somemore the firework is been light up by the security where initially he oppose us from lighting it..Art of destruction.

After the ceremony..
went out campus for dinner and some last last last mins shopping..
i spam my Yuan all on the food..
especially the squid...
15+ yuan on that..

Went back bunk to pack up for tomorrow laguage weighting test..
Stuff all the things inside...

Lucky bear.. get to stick out his head..
where Yong Xin's bear are tied up till like a ball of fur..
Jia He came up to sleep with us as we will be doing some assignment together..
3 of us..
Ernest , Jia He , Jit Siong
on 2 joined bed.

less than 48 hours to Singapore.

12thApril09

Woke up late today.. around 1.00pm plus..
with Xin Rong & Jia He sleeping beside me
where Ernest sleeping in the empty Mr Ma room..

Ernest woke up earlier then us & went to Lu Xiang Guan Chang to meet up with the usual to do their last shopping.

While myself lazily rest on the bed doing nothing...
a blank mind and enjoying the cooling weather
been a long long time since i have done that in Singapore.

Went out to had lunch with Xin Rong, Jia He, Zhi Hui, Cristopher and Dave.
After that.. went back bunk to slack...
A lazy day.

Packed up luggage abit..
so that when doing some last minute packing up would be much easier.
slowly pack till the rest came back.

Heard that the firework was postpone to tomorrow due to the heavy downpour..
sad.

Had a late night party downstairs at Kenneth, Shu Gen bunk..
played some games till 4.00am plus and went to sleep first...
The party officially ended at 8am in the morning.

Last 3 days.

11thApril09

SHOPPING AGAIN !!!!

Yea! gathering time is at 9.30am and had a quick breakfast at usual canteen2 with the usuals.

Hired a mini van to our destination...
While on our journey there..
we got to went through a narrow path which is not for vehicles usage..
but.. when we were going to go through the path..
another vehicle from the opposite direction wanted to pass through the narrow path.
As there were other vehicle at the back and moreover the opposite direction vehicle..
we are stuck in a jam.

The conflict begins when the opposite direction driver drove his car can bang on our van.
Out driver immediately rush out to take a look at the damage.
Heated augment started, when suddenly our driver just open our passenger door and took out a huge screw driver from his tool box and start hitting the driver shoulder heavily..

The violent scene was brought to an end by the passer-by separating them.
After the driver had cool down and called the police..
he came to ask us to transfer to a Taxi to get to our destination without payment..
but we paid him half of the fare.

Took a cab to our destination and SHOPPING !!!!

Spent 600 Rmb which is i lent from Ernest.
I shop like there is no tomorrow... hahax.
i'm amazed by myself too..
bought a pouch and a shirt for myself and the rest are for family and friends.

Before separate our ways as some of our groupo wanted to shop more..
we had SOUP BUN AGAIN!!!! WOOOOTT !!
It taste heavenly. Cant find it in Singapore Chinese Restaurant or Dim Sum Restaurant.
What more.
IT IS CHEAP !!!

Went back to campus for dinner..
i head back bunk to get some rest furst so i didnt join the rest to PlayBoy to shop.
Anyway.. i got no money to shop either..

Sleep early~

Four Days Remaining.

10thApril09

Time: 2.00am

Stomach status : Hungry.
People in bunk : Ernest , Jit Siong , Xin Rong , Jia He , Stephen

Activity: Maggie Mee party.

Flavour : Chicken.

We're like a pack of hungry wolfs...
I cook the noodles as usual and we ate it like... 5 mins
finish it up within an hour a full pack of noodles consist of 5 pack of noodles

The party last till 4.00am.. everyone was sleepy..
When i was going to sleep Xin Rong ask me in Msn if anyone watching the Sun Rise..
during that time Ernest was already asleep..
since i wanted to see the sun rise and found someone to accompany.. i agreed

So we decided to meet at 5.15am at Xin Rong bunk.

i keep myself awake by reading some online manga (comic) till 5.00am..
when it near 5.15am, i nudge Xin Rong on Msn alot of times.. spam.
with all the perserverence on nudging him..
finally i got a reply from.... Zhi Hui, Xin Rong's room mate.
Zhi Hui told me that Xin rong has already fall asleep..
So i told him that i going down in few mins time.

Went over to his bunk to wake Xin Rong up and prepare to watch sun rise
we invited Zhi Hui too..

i'm quite excited because Ernest didn't come along...
it is a good time to gauge my photography skills without the guidance of Ernest

We went to the highest point of WUST.
Time : 5.50am

To kill time...
before sun rise
we did some fun shots.

After awhile Xin Rong shouted THE SUN !!!
For the first time we saw sun rise in China.
A BRIGHT RED SUN.

The red sun.
The view was quite scenic
though the photos cant really show how pretty the sun is
i'm really glad that i came out to watch it.

Sun + Flower =
Sun Flower

Both of them appreciating the red red sun

Doing some fun shots~

When its near 7.00am
THE CAMERA's Battery FLAT !!!
leaving with no choice..
i got to go back and change battery.

After i took the newly charged battery..
went down to Zhi Hui & Xin Rong bunk..
Saw Sebastian & Satish still sleeping soundly..

out of curiousity..
and overheard that they nid to wake up at 7.00am
and get all ready and go to..
An Hui.
A home visit to Tom's house.
i had no idea who is Tom..

Out of good will..
i wake Sebastian up telling him that its 7.15am already..

he quickly wake up and thank me for it.
hahax.

Took this photo while they just woke up
Look at Sebastian love his hair.
*On the left*

A Good Morning.

The Recycling Bin.

GOOOOOOALLLL!!!

Bully by both of them..
i should not have kick Zhi Hui face in the first place =p

Graffiti walls near canteen3

i'm in the graffiti !!

It time to head back to bunk as we had plan to go
IT Streets & HanKou.

i suggested to get back to our bunk by the Adventure Route of WUST.

LET THE ADVENTURE BEGIN!!

A slope..

Trekking...

Going down~

Down somemore !!
Notice that theres glass on the top of the boundaries wall?

Leaf-less tree..

Butterfly.

Zhi Hui eating flower...
he keep complaining that he hungry...Xin Rong acting cute.

Went to IT streets with the usuals.
i was really sleepy and i slept in a shop for an hour..
while the rest were making the best deal with the shop
*Yawn*

Despite my triedness...
i join them
( Cristopher, Shu Gen & Kenneth)
to HanKou to shop.

At HanKou we meet up the "AdvanceParty".
We begin our shopping spree..
as the days in China were not long...

Shop for quite alot of things..
mostly for friends..
Spent 500 Rmb
Borrow 500 Rmb.

Gonna get killed by parents when get back to Singapore...

After shopping..
Kenneth, Cristopher
Shu Gen & i
decided to head back to campus for dinner..

Had our dinner
and i turn in early to get some rest after a real long day.

TOMORROW.
Yellow Crane Shopping At ATM Mall.

Five Days Counting.