13thMarch09

FRIDAY!!!

(no lesson, but need to wake up very early...)
The most interesting HIGH light of this immersion trip!!
A 3 days 2 night trip to... THE THREE GORGES!!

At 8am, we set off to to the World's LARGEST HYDROELECTRICITY DAM !!
everyone on the bus were pretty sleepy...

A brief introduction of himself and our travel plan for the day.
( i can't really remember his name.. opps.. sorry.. )

everywhere are bags...
we are going to stay on CRUISE for the weekend!!
YEA!

Some were sleeping...
some are quite awake, hype up for the excursion.

including Chewy~
( Jia He )

Sebastian~

Zzzz....

Both Ernest and I had our breakfast on the bus..
we woke up a little bit later than expected

After 3 hours of torturing ride for me..
due to the limited space for seats..
( disadvantage of having long legs )
Finally..
LUNCH!!!!

The rice were quite a morale raising motivation
best of all
the rice is REFILLABLE !!

this is a rare rare scene which won't happen in Singapore...
even if want to add rice for the pack of Chicken rice
it will be charging additional 50 cents to even 80 cents...
I LIKE TO EAT IN CHINA.

Smiley faces were everywhere after settle down round the dinning table

Food served just 5 mins ago...

10 mins later..

15 mins later..
Table Clear!!
Rice Refilled: 3times.

we cleared everything on the table
the only remain was the clean fish bones.

Lunch time group photos!!
We moved on to the 3 Gorges

The showroom of the 3 Gorges
Project model scale 1:850

The Dam
It consist of 34 generators with a capacity of 700MW each
the ability to generate over 296.55TWh.

Its a huge steps in helping the environment as the clean energy does not cause pollution
causing harm to both Mother Nature and all Living Organism on earth.
It also a win-win benefits for both Mother Nature and us humans..
by using the power of nature to generate electricity.

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Group shot outside the showroom.

Kenneth - Jit Siong - Yu Lun

Just having some fun~

Cristopher Quek Ming Qiu (in black)
Tan Jit Siong (in orange)

Yu Lun

Another group photo at the top of the standing platform
(i don't know what is it called actually..)

Group Shot!!

Reading
The Big Book of China.

*ka-cha*

Poor Ernest was left out by Shu Gen & Kenneth.

Jayden & Marc

The Gents.

The Ladies.

Taking photos of Kenneth trying to kiss the Sakura flower

The 185 Standing Platform.
a good view to see the world biggest dam.

The dam.

Stand Tall the Mighty Elephant!!

All look into the mirror~

Fun and gay Group4 photos.

NGEE ANN POLY ROCK!!

Shu Gen purposely lag behind to...
fart...

Group shot.

Mr & Mrs Chua.

With Mr Ma!!!

Casualty reported near the big vehicle.

Found to be sleeping...

Gardener

Peeing in Public.
i love to pee

Peeping tom.

Water tank going low...

Drenched !!
Yu Lun drenched by my " PEE "!!

Peeee~~
Kenneth tried to drink it..

Shu Gen solo shot.

Photo with the tour guide.

Marc!!

Yu Lun~

Kenneth !!

Look like some ancient lucky animal abstract

The corn taste nice?

Kenneth and his newly bought souvenir

Deposit Baggage Number

After visiting the dam, we got to move on to had our dinner before going to the curise

during the bus ride back to the restaurant, our guide sang to us local dialect song.
All of us got to participate in this activity, if Mr Chua & Mr Ma caught any of us not singing
we got to do some singing as forfit.

but then don't know what happen and Shu Gen being sabotage by us to go to the front to sing a few lines.
The ride back to the restaruant was really HYPE !!

Don't shy ah~

CLAP FOR HIM!! woot..

Sing shyly..

Time for :
DINNER!!!
Happiest moment : Meal Time.

The amount of rice we ate..

Finally!!
We got to go on the cruise after a long day.

the name of the cruise:
Silver MoonLight.
*direct translate*

The moment we got our rooms..
and go to each others room to check it out..

The Rape begins..

raping in progress

who touch my butt..

Our Cruise Room. Cruise toilet.
i got to put my head down in order to use the toilet...
why i grow so tall...

First Group shot on the cruise.

Mr & Mrs Chua.

Fire Extinguisher.

' Bands of Brothers '

It's HUGE !!
a bit like Jurassic Park...

Two hands
One ' Wang Wang'
A new world...

The first loge..

YEA!!
Randolf, a primary school friend.
Good to see him again.

By Randolf and Jit Siong
This might be a little 'gayish'..

Dancing King Ming QiuPointing at the moon..
Luckily that the moon is full..
if not my ears might cut
some of you might have heard this when you are younger...

Ernest trying to make a pose.

SERIOUSLY COLD !!!

Some time later, the night become more and more quiet.
Many of us were worn out by the activity in the day and turn in early.

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In the room, resting and enjoy the night view along the Yangtze River.
With my room-mate, Ernest, we chat and tell jokes all those funny funny stuf that you can think of, basically a talk cock session.

We talk until the cruise stopped, and found out that we reach the first gate of the lock.
Time : 12:30am
Both of us suddenly became energertic want to rush out and took photos!!

The walkway now is quite errie..
feels like some zombie RPG games
The Night is always so beautiful with the accompany of those small many lights.
Night photos of the lock
The other cruise which went before us

Because of the delay, we need to wait for our turn.
We went in the lock at.. 2:24am..

Entering the first lock.

in the process..

Due to othe freezzing cold wind blowing..
Ernest decided to do some push up to warm up his body..
Another cruise ' park ' beside ours.
Both cruise were so near that i want to jump over to explore.

The Last few Standing.

Working at cold freezing night..
in order to let the cruise schedule go on smoothly.
its hard to work at night...
got to resist
the temptation of your bed seducing you.

Time: 3:16am.
After the first lock, both of us were too tired to catch the whole process of the 5 lock.

12thMarch09

As usual.. Ernest woke me up again..
taking the usual path to school with the usuals attending the usual lessons with unusually happenings.
it's amazingly fun, joke and laughter warmed up the cold air when hanging out with the usuals.

Had Mr.Chua lessons...
He released us eariler to prepare for the interaction with the local students :

A game of
Basketball.

Mr. Chua having his shot.
nice posture

soccer lover's are having fun too..

Group photos before the match

working behind the sence..

Mr. Chua look like a coach observing the players..

Coach Chua

Half dead..

Exhausted.

GATHER!!
( he does look like a coach to me. )
End of activity.

Got to go back and prepare for the 3 Gorges tomorrow.

had a fun day.

Tired...

11thMarch09

As usual.. got lesson from 9am till 5pm.
but today Mr Chua release us earlier to rest for the upcoming weekend trip to the Three Gorges.

since Ernest has been pestering me that he want to buy a duffer bag.. so to ensure his safety..
i accompany him.
we went to 鲁汉广场.
both of us were been STRONGLY encourage to board on the mini taxi van because in the van there's already three guys who is going to 鲁汉 and thus will bring us directly to our destination for 2 yuan which is the same fare as the public bus.

Half way through, the driver pick up a lady and was charged for 3 yuan, after knowing that the driver only charge both of us of 2 yuan each, she start quarreling with the driver for over 1 yuan.
during the quarrel, idioms were been use during that period.
Ernest bought a Dakine bag for 167 Rmb and head over to the Adventure shop (TraceBoard) there which is so much similar to those in Singapore such as Campers Corner & Adventure21.
On the shop window of TraceBoard there a sticker ' GOR-TEX ' both Ernest and i were quite excited when we saw that sticker so we rush in to check it out.
we comb the shop for international Gor-tex brand we hope to see but.... only china brand..
i bought a water bottle (500ml) for 64 yuan and was given discount because i joined their life time membership, thinking that we may went back to that shop again to buy some adventure stuff.

Time for dinner!!
we took bus 903 back to campus to meet up with the usual.
during the ride back to campus, we got to be alert for pickpocket as our valuables might get stolen without knowing.
body contact was quite inevitable because of the crowd, i feel like a real sardine in the can as it is really pack worst then taking the MRT or walking along Orchard in Singapore.
the lucky thing is that, due to my height, i'm able to breath some fresh air in the crowded bus.

As for dinner we went to the nearby restaurant, NanYang Fishball Restaurant, for a fabulous meal.
the main course, fishball steamboat, was the best.
the fish ball was made totally out of real fish with only starch to make the meat together.
it was quite soft compared to those fishball we ate normally in Singapore.
we also ordered some dishes too, rice bowl were been refilled 3-4 times.
had fulfill dinner and the bill was cheap - 100 Rmb
the owner gave us a 9 Rmb discount so that we have good impression of the restaurant, and will go back to eat again.

our clean 1 yuan utensils

Each set cost 1yuan

side dishes..
after 10Min's...9 of us.
2 fish balls steamboat (Total 80 fish balls)
Rice refilled : 3-4 times

Pure fish balls steamboat

the remains..

after dinner, we went over to the mini night market for some 'dessert'
which is next to the restaurant.

a makeshift rubbish bin.

eating the barbeque mutton
3stick - 2 yuan
hot & spicy.

Reflection:
Observed that even when quarreling with others, idioms were being use during the conversations which cant be seen in Singapore.
So to promote better chinese education or bring our Mother Tongue up to a higher level , we should try to use idioms in conversation even when quarreling with one another.

Its rare to see some dishes which are not spicy and hot, which i think that spicy and hot spices are to heat up the body tempreture in this cold climate.

10thMarch09

8am that the time i need to wake up..
Ernest woke me up with all noises he made... again..
the ring tone of my alarm clock is far way nicer the din he made..
drag myself off the bed.. wash myself up and off for breakfast!!

As usual, we went to canteen1, we ordered buns and some ' dim sum ' for breakfast,
the usual peeps bought hot soya milk which is real pipping HOT !!
both Ernest and i ordered hot tea instead.

Module : APPG
another fun day programming, though it quite confusing but it's quite easy to get the hang of it.

the class room desktop.
all in Chinese.

along the roadside of the campus
have many of this type of rubbish bin that have two sides of waste entrance
one is for recyclable waste
another is for non-recycle waste
although this is the only place i saw these kind of bin
but at lest this university try to save the environment.

yong xin's lappy
her keyboard is full of COW-related stickers...
i got problem using her lappy
wonder how she type..

at night do some APPG assignment and then off to bed!!
Night.

9thMarch09

woke up early for class at 8.00am...
still very sleepy..
Monday Blues.
had a brief introduction on China-Hubei-Wuhan.
tried not to fall asleep in class because the lecturer was from this local university - WUST
need to build up the image of Ngee Ann poly to them, give them a good impression on us, so when next group of student come Wuhan University of Science and Technology they will also be able to have the privilege of what we are having now or even better.

Learned about Hubei history and culture as well as Wuhan.
if you are interested in Hubei or Wuhan, i think i can give you the presentation slides.

then for the afternoon class we had APPG.

after that we went for dinner at the usual canteen2 and explored the Staff Clubhouse which mainly for the lecturer there to use and we have the privilege to use it too.
the club house there have.. gym, billiard room; table tennis room, indoor basketball & tennis court, dance hall and a karaoke hall.

end of Monday Blues.