Day 5-6 - 绿林

Our very first weekend trip out of school. This time we will be heading for 绿林 and staying over for 2 days 1 night. The bus ride took about 4 hours before we reached the restaurant for lunch.
And next, it was river rafting!

Shun Qing was my partner for river rafting. Was expecting something more challenging and rocky compared to what we went through. It was more for couples whereby you glide through those small rocks and paddle your way through the river. We rafted for about 3 hours.

We were told to take a shower before heading to the next location. And to my GREAT SHOCK when I walked into the bathing area… the ladies were all NAKED! Cubicles with no doors and it felt really really uncomfortable. But what to do, I need a shower. So….. it’s up to your imagination. Some girls didn’t dare to bath in the open, thus they just changed out of their dirty clothings.

The next location we went to was a waterfall which was very famous in 绿林. Snapped a lot of photos because the scenery was just breathtaking.

Everything ended at around 6pm and we headed back to the restaurant for dinner. Rooms were allocated and my room mate for the night was GLORIA! =)

The rooms were not bad. After settling down, we went to watch their local performance. Quite entertaining and there was even a campfire.

Day 6

Woke up at 6am for morning run with Roy! Was quite an exciting run haha! Because we actually went to explore the different areas which no one went to. At first we ran without our camera, but the scenery was very beautiful and I don’t know how to explain it in words. A picture speaks a 1000 words =) So after running, we rushed back to my room to get my camera and we went back to the same place to capture some nice pictures.

After that, I took a quick shower and headed down to the restaurant for breakfast. Today, we would be visiting the ancient lulin south army camp. It holds great significance and long history. It was located 850m above sea level.

And this was the first time I rode a horse and it carried me through the grasses somemore!!! Was a memorable experience which I hope my family was there to experience it too! =))


At about lunch time, we went back to the restaurant to take our final lunch before we board the bus that brings us back to school. Since it was the first time we were out of hostel, most of them were complaining that they missed their rooms and beds. Haah!

Reflection:

Reckless driving. This was the first time that I didn’t know when I might lose my life due to the way the driver manouvered his way through the traffic. Making sharp turns, going against the flow of traffic, driving like there was no brake down the steep mountains etc. We were all appalled by how he drove. Every minute, you could hear his horn because he was trying to get people out of his way. And he was driving at an extremly high speed. I felt relived that I was able to return back to my campus safely. As what my friend said, he couldn’t be so lucky each time. How many times would he be able to avoid oncoming vehicles and to not fall off the edge of the mountains when he was going at such high speed. All I could say was, he was playing with fire. This is another part of their culture. The art of driving. All of the drivers do the same thing. I’m happy that there is tight control of the traffic in singapore. Reckless driving would not be forgiven.

xanier!

1st Lesson + Orientation. (Day 7 – Sept 7th)

Extreme Heat Stroke!

Slept at 4am last night doing up my assignments. But strangely this morning I was still the first to wake up! Hehe. Woke my 2 roommates up after I finished bathing. All of us packed our bags for our first lesson today before setting off for lesson which is located at the other end of the campus.

The weather was crazily blazing hot early in the morning. Just standing still could even generate sweat, moreover we will be climbing up and down the slope for quite a distance. A small bus is provided but none of us took it as it is really SMALL and by the time we reach the top I think our lessons would have already been past by half. So, all of us decided to make our way up to the classroom by walking. By the time we reach our class, we were all sweating profusely. Cleaning ourselves up with tons of tissue paper.

After settling down:

A view of my classroom. See the ladies are sooo attentive! Unlike the guys =X

My class guys are always camera ready eh? Haha!

Lecturer: Mr Joseph Loh~

The first lesson of BPE (Business Process Engineering), we were taught by Mr Joseph Loh the basic usage of Flexsim. Half way through the lecture, Mr Loh had to write notes on the board. But they were still using chalk board.

"I only did this when I was small!"

So he got stunned for a moment before picking up his chalk! Haha =D and this he said: I only did this when I was small. HAHA! So, we were taught how to drag or pull objects around using this software, and forming the most ideal flow of process. After which we were ask to attempt Tutorial 1 which is a step by step tutorial. Must be handed up tomorrow!

My first half way done Flexsim model :)

Was getting real hungry after lessons because NO BREAKFAST = NO ENERGY! Made our way back to hostel to put our stuffs down before heading off to Wanton Stall again for our healthy lunch. 5 RMB for a tummy filling lunch. Went to the super market with some of them after that to stock up their ‘snack bar corner’ in their hostel room.


See how bonded we are now. The whole group of us hogged the Wonton shop!

Pretty Ladies =)

My '吉祥馄饨面' (felt like eating flour because the noodles were too thick =x)

Mini Sprite found in the super market.

1.45 PM:



Campus orientation again. But this time, they will be bringing us to 2 main schools which is the Information Engineering School & School of Life Science.



Information Engineering School:

Dusty chairs are found everywhere in campus. Even in our classroom. (NP's chair is wayyyy better ok! hah)

Seriously, the weather so hot that everyone was vying just to stand in front of the air-con!

School of Life Science:
The school tour ended around 4.30 PM. And we made our way back to our hostel.

Mannequins

Operation Table.

Dislocated jaw? =X

Muscles. Give me that abs!


Yangtze river located near our campus.


2 Jump Shots!

6.30 PM:


A large group of us gathered together for PT (Physical Training) : ) did some running and sprints. Believe many felt a sense of satisfaction because they completed everything and of course burned some fats from the oily stuffs which we consumed during the past week. 36 more PTs to go my dear friends =D

Beautiful legs on the way my friends! =)

(I said Warm down & someone asked me "warm down? isn't it cool down" HAHAHA! )

Group Cheer YO!

Night jump shot.


P.S: Sorry if I was too fierce hehe! ><

Group Photo! See their muscles coming out?! HAHA!

After which I am now sitting here back to being a couch potato, doing my blog post!

Reflection:

If we were to compare the Ngee Ann Poly’s campus and the campus here, in terms of space of course WUST is so much bigger. But in terms of other factors such as facilities, classrooms and distance to travel from point to point, NGEE ANN POLY IS THE BEST! From the pictures I believe you are able to see for yourself how old the classrooms are. They are also poorly maintained.


Another interesting observation is that, today when we were running round the campus, we attracted many weird looks and comments. I did realize that no one runs in the campus except us, but why is this so? They seemed so shocked and fascinated to see us running round the campus in sports attire. Does this show that China people don’t exercise? But strangely, if they do not exercise how do the ladies over here maintain their body figure in tip top condition??? Since day 1, we do not doubt that the ladies here have extremely good figure but we seldom see one that possess athletic features. Most of them were fair, slim and the ladies here NEVER fail to carry an umbrella with them wherever they walk. Interesting eh? But we can actually conclude that China people really don’t exercise especially the ladies.


Through today, we can actually know the importance of adapting to the environment in order for you to be fully immersed in their culture.


Finally, through today’s PT I believe many would feel that even simple exercises such as running could let you ‘feel’ your teammates more through the support to one another. Believe you all will fully understand the meaning of this after 1 ½ months of PT :) ‘when you first joined it is for yourself as an individual, but after a few months it is for your teammates & the team’. Do not give up till you know you have given your all and would end with no regrets. Looking forward to more PT sessions with all of you =)) REST WELL!


ps. drink lots of water.



NPDB:
‘Tough Times don’t last, Tough Man do’.


(Remember in times when you feel like giving up, remind yourself with this sentence. No one person is born a tough man. Experiencing each tough times and pressing on till the end would eventually sculpt a Tough Man in times to come. Believe in yourself and it is not a matter of whether you can or cannot. It is whether you want or don’t want to give the extra effort for that extra mile.)

xanier!