33th day in cheena land(5 April)
It wasn't a very good sunday, all i remembered was i stayed back at home doing work as APPG mini project datelines and Final theory test were all drawing near. I wondered to myself if striving for perfection a flaw in a human mind. Should i give my best? Most of the time, when i gve my best, seemingly the results just would'nt be worth it. It's like as if i pumped patrol for a 50 km ride but my tank ended up empty on 30th km. I mean, i did get a pass, but i studied for more than pass and normally i just wouldnt get my expected results. So why would i call it a flaw? I mean it's only right that we always strive for the best right? Well it makes that people at the top gets the harder fall. I was just in a dilemia, what happens if we tune our character to wor for the best but not expect the best at the same time, is it fairr to yourself??? wil this make life much easier to live?? or are we just cheating ourselves?? well anyway, i studied the whole day today struggling through making sure that i tred to get the full 10 percent i can get out o my mini project.
34th day in cheena land(6 April)
Friday, April 10, 2009
Saturday, April 4, 2009
32th day in cheena land(4 april)
Oh man i love writing the dates on my post now! it's count down! I'm really going back to Singapore! Today, I were supposedly suppose to go to two SHOPPING centres but the end, the first destination where we thought was suppose to be a shopping centre was just a park. So much for travelling so far. However, today was a really hilarious day. I have a friend called Benson, trust me when i say he is a cute shit alright, he and wenhao wanted to get their hair cut. So they finally found a place which had it's called "CUT GOD" direct translation from chinese. So i think theywent there to get ther rhair cut. The hairstylist were all fascinated by how much be was balding. So they decided to give hims oem hair treatment, which he agreed to it. He took like 3 hours to get his hair. However, he didnt know what the treatment was! It was a perm! so they literally permed his hair! at the end of it, i though it was okay, just got to get used to his whole new drastic change. This change just left me traumatised man. We just couldnt stop making fun of his hair, he just didnt belive us when he said that hia hair was nice after awhile. anyhow, the rest of the trip was good.
Oh man i love writing the dates on my post now! it's count down! I'm really going back to Singapore! Today, I were supposedly suppose to go to two SHOPPING centres but the end, the first destination where we thought was suppose to be a shopping centre was just a park. So much for travelling so far. However, today was a really hilarious day. I have a friend called Benson, trust me when i say he is a cute shit alright, he and wenhao wanted to get their hair cut. So they finally found a place which had it's called "CUT GOD" direct translation from chinese. So i think theywent there to get ther rhair cut. The hairstylist were all fascinated by how much be was balding. So they decided to give hims oem hair treatment, which he agreed to it. He took like 3 hours to get his hair. However, he didnt know what the treatment was! It was a perm! so they literally permed his hair! at the end of it, i though it was okay, just got to get used to his whole new drastic change. This change just left me traumatised man. We just couldnt stop making fun of his hair, he just didnt belive us when he said that hia hair was nice after awhile. anyhow, the rest of the trip was good.
Friday, April 3, 2009
back at one
31th day in cheena land(3 april 2009)
It's 1.11pm on a saturday afternoon, today, i was awakened at 11am by some of my great room mates to go GYM at 1pm than go shopping. Anyhow, we decided not to go gym instead. So here blogging about yesterday's events and thoughts. Yesterday, I stayed at home the whole day. I felt proud of myself for making my stand in staying at home and just relaxing and spending time doing work. My friends wanted to go to some shopping centre nearby. They left at about 1230, supposed time to get back was about 6pm. Which is already 6 hours interval, i was pondering waht i could do within 6 hours rather than walking around aimlessly, trying to find good deals in a shopping mall filled with shops. It's like catching a fish in a pool of sharks. Back in Singapore, i always thought that staying at home the whole day just resting and doing a few hours of work wasnt fruitful but i guess i was wrong this time.Even as i stayed at home, besidesall the scary encounters alone,just by watching tv and lying on my bed was greatly appreciatted. I guess because of the harsh studying conditions that we're in, little do count alot. Guess what, my friends came back at 9 instead. It's amazing how they could just walk around for 9 hours. However, there were some cons in staying at home alone too. It was scary, besides the raining weather and the thunders, it was all dark and i was all alone. Even as i went to the gym by myself, it was scary too. Nobody comes to the gym at that time because it was raining and it's too cold out there. I wonder is that a a life of an retired adult too? Like all you do is RETIRE. Thank God for lee kuan yew, i remember him being against retirement and how retirement doesnt come with age. I guess every human being needs certain level of stress. A life that is carefree and aimless is a life of silent suffering. I wouldnt want to be like that.
It's 1.11pm on a saturday afternoon, today, i was awakened at 11am by some of my great room mates to go GYM at 1pm than go shopping. Anyhow, we decided not to go gym instead. So here blogging about yesterday's events and thoughts. Yesterday, I stayed at home the whole day. I felt proud of myself for making my stand in staying at home and just relaxing and spending time doing work. My friends wanted to go to some shopping centre nearby. They left at about 1230, supposed time to get back was about 6pm. Which is already 6 hours interval, i was pondering waht i could do within 6 hours rather than walking around aimlessly, trying to find good deals in a shopping mall filled with shops. It's like catching a fish in a pool of sharks. Back in Singapore, i always thought that staying at home the whole day just resting and doing a few hours of work wasnt fruitful but i guess i was wrong this time.Even as i stayed at home, besidesall the scary encounters alone,just by watching tv and lying on my bed was greatly appreciatted. I guess because of the harsh studying conditions that we're in, little do count alot. Guess what, my friends came back at 9 instead. It's amazing how they could just walk around for 9 hours. However, there were some cons in staying at home alone too. It was scary, besides the raining weather and the thunders, it was all dark and i was all alone. Even as i went to the gym by myself, it was scary too. Nobody comes to the gym at that time because it was raining and it's too cold out there. I wonder is that a a life of an retired adult too? Like all you do is RETIRE. Thank God for lee kuan yew, i remember him being against retirement and how retirement doesnt come with age. I guess every human being needs certain level of stress. A life that is carefree and aimless is a life of silent suffering. I wouldnt want to be like that.
Thursday, April 2, 2009
Back to where we started
30th day in cheena land(2 april)
goodness! It's 12 more days to the end of OIP. I just cant wait to get back home. I have been having dreams of me at the arrival hall walking through the glass doors and getting back home once again. Just by typing it down right now makes me home sick already. Am i going to miss this place? i guess not. However, there are much memories that i would keep here. I mean, afterall i've been through, i most just cant walk away from here totally taking back nothing with me. This trip will always be remembered... Okay, it's not the end yet! i shouldnt be bloggin about this. For goodness sake, i need to get some rest and get my project started again. Today, as i was gyming, i pushed myself to the limits. Today's gym exercise was a little special, somehow, i had a little special something that gave me that extra push to be able to do more workouts than i usually do. I guess it's the power of practice and perseverance.
goodness! It's 12 more days to the end of OIP. I just cant wait to get back home. I have been having dreams of me at the arrival hall walking through the glass doors and getting back home once again. Just by typing it down right now makes me home sick already. Am i going to miss this place? i guess not. However, there are much memories that i would keep here. I mean, afterall i've been through, i most just cant walk away from here totally taking back nothing with me. This trip will always be remembered... Okay, it's not the end yet! i shouldnt be bloggin about this. For goodness sake, i need to get some rest and get my project started again. Today, as i was gyming, i pushed myself to the limits. Today's gym exercise was a little special, somehow, i had a little special something that gave me that extra push to be able to do more workouts than i usually do. I guess it's the power of practice and perseverance.
Wednesday, April 1, 2009
29th day in cheena land(1 april)
IT'S APRIL'S FOOL DAY TODAY! Okay, actually, i was not aware of it till pranks start hitting me hard! i mean, first, my buddy in Singapore got pranked when we were talking through skype. Than it was my turn. I thought i was going to remember that it was april's fool day when my friend got pranked but i totally forgot about it. It's been nearly a month, and come to think of it, we're already left with 2 weeks before i would leave China for home. Looking back, it was really one hell of a ride. I makes me ponder about reality sometimes. Like being independent one day, without my parents around or maybe going overseas to study. It's pretty scary, just thinking about it. I dont know what life would bring, I just know than i'm going to make it through, just like everybody else. Anyway, counts the end of APPG lecture. Time flies man. =)
IT'S APRIL'S FOOL DAY TODAY! Okay, actually, i was not aware of it till pranks start hitting me hard! i mean, first, my buddy in Singapore got pranked when we were talking through skype. Than it was my turn. I thought i was going to remember that it was april's fool day when my friend got pranked but i totally forgot about it. It's been nearly a month, and come to think of it, we're already left with 2 weeks before i would leave China for home. Looking back, it was really one hell of a ride. I makes me ponder about reality sometimes. Like being independent one day, without my parents around or maybe going overseas to study. It's pretty scary, just thinking about it. I dont know what life would bring, I just know than i'm going to make it through, just like everybody else. Anyway, counts the end of APPG lecture. Time flies man. =)
Tuesday, March 31, 2009
Faces of Life...
25th day in cheena land(28 march)
We had a trip to a town called HanKou. It was some sort like Paragon in Singapore. It was the place where you'd find all the branded goods and all the international brand. We had to wake up at 6 plus because the bus was supposedly to be here but we waited in the blistering cold for atleats half an hour. The best thing about it was that it was raining. In China, when it's chilly, the last thing you would want to have is rainy days. Seriously, the temperature drops drastically. The whole shopping trip, i was wearing a yellow raincoat that cost about a dollar.My friends thought that i looked like Big Bird. The whole place was done very nicely, it was paris-inspired. The shopping wasn't really pleasant in the end because it was raining and we were all caught in the rain. We werent ready for the cold weather.Besides, Nothing very interesting. The interesting part comes only after we stopped at the next stop. It was a place that was something like Bugis street. Just that it was way much better. The stuff here was so cheap! i found my sneakers that cost 30 bucks much cheaper, it got me so mad But it was paradise for me. Almost everything i wanted was there. I'm going to go there agian after i get over all my work.
26th day in cheena land(29 march)
It's been a long tim since i had such good sleep. Anyhow, We didnt go out on a sunday afternoon.We decided to be good students and stay at home to clear our work. So around 5, we headed for the BBQ with the Local students. It was pretty awesome how they start fire, it as like as if they put smoke granades in the pits or something. So i realised that they didnt have fire starters. You wouldnt imagine how difficult it is to start fire without fire starters. We actually had to go around picking up dry grass, gather them, and burn them up in the pit to burn the charcoal. Somehow, my pit, the charcoal just didnt want to get burning. It took us like almost an hour of fanning, gathering of leaves to get the charcoal started. I smelled like BBQ pork when i got back. Anyway, we didnt eat much, my friends and i decided to go to the nearby restaurant to fill our unsatisfied tummies. Surprisingly, the food tasted good. they had this vegetables with egg with tasted really good and fish balls that were jelly textured but it was reasonably good. I heard that the fishballs here were one of the best already. I guess we're just not used to the soft fishballs. After that, we got back and got ready for the new day again. =))
27th day in cheena land(30 march)
We were supposed to wale up early to clean the BBQ that e onced used But somehow, we received news that it got cancelled the moment we got up. So we happily got back to sleep till it was 9.30 and dragged our feet to class. As we agreed to go at a faster pase, so we had to finish lab6 by today ut somehow i just couldnt! it was suppose to be one of the hardest topic and we were only given a few hours to struggle. It was quite irritating! Until now i still couldnt solve my problem yet! Tomorrow wou;d be a start on lab 7. I just hope it wouldnt be this stressful! I have to slog the whole night to get my MiniProject going. haisss....
28th day in cheena land(31 march)
Today had problems waking up because of the late nights yesterday. Anyway, the good news was that i completed my Lab6 in time. However, i'm still struggling alittle with my LAB7. hopefully i can finish everythin by tomorrow. I went to the gym today, today Wenhao joined us! i didnt know we're that influencial. He was telling me how good the feeling was after gym. In gym today, there were kids running all around. It was really funny how they all stand on a machine that was vibrating vigorously. China kids are the cutest thing on earth. Final Theory Test is coming. I'm looking forward to it, just want to get over it as fast as possible. As for my miniproject, it's still stuck. so long!
We had a trip to a town called HanKou. It was some sort like Paragon in Singapore. It was the place where you'd find all the branded goods and all the international brand. We had to wake up at 6 plus because the bus was supposedly to be here but we waited in the blistering cold for atleats half an hour. The best thing about it was that it was raining. In China, when it's chilly, the last thing you would want to have is rainy days. Seriously, the temperature drops drastically. The whole shopping trip, i was wearing a yellow raincoat that cost about a dollar.My friends thought that i looked like Big Bird. The whole place was done very nicely, it was paris-inspired. The shopping wasn't really pleasant in the end because it was raining and we were all caught in the rain. We werent ready for the cold weather.Besides, Nothing very interesting. The interesting part comes only after we stopped at the next stop. It was a place that was something like Bugis street. Just that it was way much better. The stuff here was so cheap! i found my sneakers that cost 30 bucks much cheaper, it got me so mad But it was paradise for me. Almost everything i wanted was there. I'm going to go there agian after i get over all my work.
26th day in cheena land(29 march)
It's been a long tim since i had such good sleep. Anyhow, We didnt go out on a sunday afternoon.We decided to be good students and stay at home to clear our work. So around 5, we headed for the BBQ with the Local students. It was pretty awesome how they start fire, it as like as if they put smoke granades in the pits or something. So i realised that they didnt have fire starters. You wouldnt imagine how difficult it is to start fire without fire starters. We actually had to go around picking up dry grass, gather them, and burn them up in the pit to burn the charcoal. Somehow, my pit, the charcoal just didnt want to get burning. It took us like almost an hour of fanning, gathering of leaves to get the charcoal started. I smelled like BBQ pork when i got back. Anyway, we didnt eat much, my friends and i decided to go to the nearby restaurant to fill our unsatisfied tummies. Surprisingly, the food tasted good. they had this vegetables with egg with tasted really good and fish balls that were jelly textured but it was reasonably good. I heard that the fishballs here were one of the best already. I guess we're just not used to the soft fishballs. After that, we got back and got ready for the new day again. =))
27th day in cheena land(30 march)
We were supposed to wale up early to clean the BBQ that e onced used But somehow, we received news that it got cancelled the moment we got up. So we happily got back to sleep till it was 9.30 and dragged our feet to class. As we agreed to go at a faster pase, so we had to finish lab6 by today ut somehow i just couldnt! it was suppose to be one of the hardest topic and we were only given a few hours to struggle. It was quite irritating! Until now i still couldnt solve my problem yet! Tomorrow wou;d be a start on lab 7. I just hope it wouldnt be this stressful! I have to slog the whole night to get my MiniProject going. haisss....
28th day in cheena land(31 march)
Today had problems waking up because of the late nights yesterday. Anyway, the good news was that i completed my Lab6 in time. However, i'm still struggling alittle with my LAB7. hopefully i can finish everythin by tomorrow. I went to the gym today, today Wenhao joined us! i didnt know we're that influencial. He was telling me how good the feeling was after gym. In gym today, there were kids running all around. It was really funny how they all stand on a machine that was vibrating vigorously. China kids are the cutest thing on earth. Final Theory Test is coming. I'm looking forward to it, just want to get over it as fast as possible. As for my miniproject, it's still stuck. so long!
Monday, March 30, 2009
ASSIGNMENT 1
When I first heard about overseas immersion program, the first thing that caught my eye was the exemption of two modules for my next semester. I thought that this would be the best way to spend my holidays, making it worthwhile yet meaningful at the same time, I thought that this would the wisest choice. My parents were totally supportive, maybe because they would be letting one burden off for month. However, when I knew that I was going to be stranded in the Chinese land for the next one and half month, my whole perspective crashed. Well, it means that I have to learn how to be independent emotionally, spiritually and physically. I have never tried washing my own clothes nor have I made a satisfying meal for myself, then again I thought to myself, these would be life skills that I would have to possess one day, so why not now? One day I’m going to get married, well hopefully, and if I do so, I wouldn’t want to burden my beloved wife with all the household chores and as a man, if I cannot be independent, I think it should be illegal to have a family. So that would serve as the best reason for me to stick with my decision to be persistent and just go for it.
What do I know about China? Honestly, I have never loved Chinese culture. So I really don’t know what China would bring to me. I only hear rumors about how good they are at spitting and blowing their nose without using tissue papers and I have been warned about their “openness” when it comes to the toilet. However, the recent recession has shown that western culture isn’t that successful too, and unfortunately or fortunately, Chinese economy is still sustaining well. It wouldn’t hurt to stay there and observe what is so different about China. It’s worth the exchange. I also have learnt that Chinese is a very big manufacturing hub; it is a good place to setup industries. Therefore, I wouldn’t want to wait till I get sent over by my superior than get a cultural shock over there.
What I don’t know? Basically almost everything about it, I mean, I wouldn’t want to judge the Chinese civilization just by a few local Chinese immigrants in Singapore. Like I have said, Chinese is already a growing economy. Somehow, what I have heard was that Chinese are cultured with humility and certain character that helped them get to the top. I think every business would have to be reliant on China’s economy in one way or another. So I would like to be exposed to Chinese culture, I would say, I would like to get the best of both worlds, both eastern and western culture.
What motivates me to learn? My motivation comes with goals and dreams that I want to achieve, I would like to a businessman or someone who does public relations, get to travel around the world. With my ambitions, I realize that I can’t be just” Singapore-exposed”, I have to look beyond the shores of Singapore to be outstanding in my business or even in my resume.
What do I know about China? Honestly, I have never loved Chinese culture. So I really don’t know what China would bring to me. I only hear rumors about how good they are at spitting and blowing their nose without using tissue papers and I have been warned about their “openness” when it comes to the toilet. However, the recent recession has shown that western culture isn’t that successful too, and unfortunately or fortunately, Chinese economy is still sustaining well. It wouldn’t hurt to stay there and observe what is so different about China. It’s worth the exchange. I also have learnt that Chinese is a very big manufacturing hub; it is a good place to setup industries. Therefore, I wouldn’t want to wait till I get sent over by my superior than get a cultural shock over there.
What I don’t know? Basically almost everything about it, I mean, I wouldn’t want to judge the Chinese civilization just by a few local Chinese immigrants in Singapore. Like I have said, Chinese is already a growing economy. Somehow, what I have heard was that Chinese are cultured with humility and certain character that helped them get to the top. I think every business would have to be reliant on China’s economy in one way or another. So I would like to be exposed to Chinese culture, I would say, I would like to get the best of both worlds, both eastern and western culture.
What motivates me to learn? My motivation comes with goals and dreams that I want to achieve, I would like to a businessman or someone who does public relations, get to travel around the world. With my ambitions, I realize that I can’t be just” Singapore-exposed”, I have to look beyond the shores of Singapore to be outstanding in my business or even in my resume.
Saturday, March 28, 2009
How do i liveee....
18th & 19th day in cheena land(21-22 march)
Today is the first day in WuDand mountain. I dont know why, but i guess China's all about mountains and rocks. Even my weekends are getting alittle too routined, mountains are looking uglier the more i stare at it. We took a bus ride up the mountain, the bus ride almost killed us. i mean, by the look on our faces, it all written on our foreheads about how boring mountains are, most of us were sleeping. If not, we were just giving the emotionless expression, showing how much we wanted to get out of here. After the whole mountian trip, we went to our hotels which was nice, i heard it was suppose to be 5 star, not too bad, just that it looks alittle scary at times, like the rooms were strutured in a way that it was perfect for horror chinese movies. However, there was a little change on the second day, my lecturers decided that we should take a cable car up instead of walking up the mountain as it was atleast 1.6 km high. well unless the stairs are veritically up ,which is alittle stupid to think that way, you better take the cable cars. It was about 95 yuan to get you up and down by cable car, which was pretty worth it. The cable car view was magnificant, it was my longest cable car ride. when we reached there, we still need to climb up to get to the peak, where the temple of that mountain was. The crowd really amaed me. When i was in the cable car reaching the top, i could see old poeple carrying their gigantic candles all the way from the bottom of the mountain. It's really amazing how much they would give to their Gods. When we were up there at the temple, it was cold and we were tired just by walking that few steps from the cable car to the peak. The temple was small and congested with people, i was squashed like a cheese in a cheesburger. The view from the mountain was so beautiful, the moment i turned to look at the skies gazing at the surroundings, it is just beyond words. After all the mountain hiking, we went to the shop houses near by to just do some window shopping. I was so tempted to by the swords, which ranged from 80 to 1000 yuan, the swords are real un sharpened swords which would fail to get through the Sinagpore customs. What a waste!
20th day in cheena land( 23th march)
It is a start of a GREAT day again! i'm sorry fans, i just have to do this somehow. Dont blame me, who in the world does blog everyday!? Well atleats not for me and my circle of friends. Anyhow, i woke up at 8 today, got changed and get to school. I have been struggling with my Lab 5 for alittle while, just could not get my lab 5 successfully done, it has been testing my patience for the last few days already. I have been beginning to have the habit of Doing my work bfore teacher teaches. Unfortunately, the LAB 5 has just backfired on me, very pissing, it keeps promting a stupid error which i dont know what it is and i cnat ask teacher for help because he haven'e taught that topic, so legally speaking, he has the right not to teach me yet. What did i do after that? guess?? Gym??? so right.. cheers!
21th day in cheena land(24th march)
It's a tuesday! ANDDDDdddddd i'm still struggling with my LAB 5!!!! goodness... But i guess as i struggle, i learnt alot too. Through my struggles, i learnt things many things, i tend to ask questions often and irritate my lecturers. I learn to perserve and get things done one step at a time and not give up so easily anymore. The most important thing was that my LABTEST is tomorrow!I dont know whether i'm fully ready for it, but because of all the struggles striggling on my own, i think getting a pass wouldn't be so difficult anymore. i'm going to my trial labtest over and over again, till it gets to the back of my head than i would be undisturbed when i get to bed.
22th day in cheena land(25th march)
It's a wednesday! I just had my labtest today. I was the earlier batch so i had to to wake up at 7 to get to class by 8. How unlucky can i get!? So i went for labtest, i was quite nervous eventhough i thought that i was ready too. Maybe it's because APPG demands 100% perfection so program can run. Somehow i just dont get 100 marks for my tests. After the test, i thought everything went quite well surprisingly, everything went perfect! I was quite pleased with my results, walking out of the classroom with a big smile on my face. Had a good 3 hours break before i went back to class again for lessons. So i would say it was quite a good day. Now after the Labtest, it has really built my confidence in computer programming. I'm not a computer expert nor am i a student passionate about computers. Like, who cares about telling the computer what to do!? i would prefer the computer to tell me what it can do so i can tell it what to do. haha! Anyhow, I dont think study would ever be interesting, it's just because it's called STUDYING and not playing. So i shall just live life with a positive mindset from now on.
23th day in cheena land(26 march)
Thurdays always sound so sweet to me because the next day is friday. I think it's just a matter of perspective but i like it anyway. haha! So i managed to get Lab 5 almost totally done. I don't know what's wrong with my visual studio but somehow it just doesnt work the way it suppose to! I think it's some system error, everything seems right. Even my program that i have written seems right too. Poor Mr Ma i dont blame him for not helping us enough because there's too many of us and computer programming always comes out of all sorts of errors, i think if he would go to a personal level, 1.5 months wouldnt be enough for us to finish the whole module. Atlast, it worked. The freaky part was that i didnt even do anything! i just restared my comouter and everything seems to be working in order again. Went to the Gym, did our daily workouts tried to do some heavy weights in the Gym for a change. i was quite proud of myself on the abilty to carry heavey weights. So ya, atleast i ended my day with a few accomplishments! Tomorrow is Theory Test, it's stressing me how tight things can get. Like, one test after another. I barely had a day to rest man. Anyway, studying for test again... haha!
24th day in cheena land(27 march)
Today we had to visit a fibre cable optical manutactoring industry. Woke up at 9.30 to get ourselves there. Good news was that it was nearby, so we didnt have to flattened our butts for the next fews hours to get to our place of visit. Anyway, the visit was a good one. learnt alot from it. Like i didnt know that data are transferred through little cables that are made from optic glass. Mr Chua was telling me how sustainable this industry is.. and how we should work towards getting into this industry. Anyway, didnt really hear what the local was telling us about how the stuff works around the industry. There were too many of us, so i decided to just learn things by observing. I got pretty interested and was telling Benson that we should really get into this kinda working industry. However, having said that. we agreed that we wouldnt want to work in the factory sector. The workers working in the "clean room" doing all the hands on work was pretty scary. I just cant imagine myself doing the same old thing for the next half of my life in a small room! so we decided that the only way we're going to get ourself a cubical in a office, is to get a degree but at the same time working with accordance to this line. The visitation was short and sweet. So we reached back school about 12 noon and started theory Test at about 3. We studied throughout our break time. The theory test wasnt as difficult as i thought but it wasnt that easy too, I had questions that i couldnt solve, which was quite disappointing. Other than that, everything else went well.
Today is the first day in WuDand mountain. I dont know why, but i guess China's all about mountains and rocks. Even my weekends are getting alittle too routined, mountains are looking uglier the more i stare at it. We took a bus ride up the mountain, the bus ride almost killed us. i mean, by the look on our faces, it all written on our foreheads about how boring mountains are, most of us were sleeping. If not, we were just giving the emotionless expression, showing how much we wanted to get out of here. After the whole mountian trip, we went to our hotels which was nice, i heard it was suppose to be 5 star, not too bad, just that it looks alittle scary at times, like the rooms were strutured in a way that it was perfect for horror chinese movies. However, there was a little change on the second day, my lecturers decided that we should take a cable car up instead of walking up the mountain as it was atleast 1.6 km high. well unless the stairs are veritically up ,which is alittle stupid to think that way, you better take the cable cars. It was about 95 yuan to get you up and down by cable car, which was pretty worth it. The cable car view was magnificant, it was my longest cable car ride. when we reached there, we still need to climb up to get to the peak, where the temple of that mountain was. The crowd really amaed me. When i was in the cable car reaching the top, i could see old poeple carrying their gigantic candles all the way from the bottom of the mountain. It's really amazing how much they would give to their Gods. When we were up there at the temple, it was cold and we were tired just by walking that few steps from the cable car to the peak. The temple was small and congested with people, i was squashed like a cheese in a cheesburger. The view from the mountain was so beautiful, the moment i turned to look at the skies gazing at the surroundings, it is just beyond words. After all the mountain hiking, we went to the shop houses near by to just do some window shopping. I was so tempted to by the swords, which ranged from 80 to 1000 yuan, the swords are real un sharpened swords which would fail to get through the Sinagpore customs. What a waste!
20th day in cheena land( 23th march)
It is a start of a GREAT day again! i'm sorry fans, i just have to do this somehow. Dont blame me, who in the world does blog everyday!? Well atleats not for me and my circle of friends. Anyhow, i woke up at 8 today, got changed and get to school. I have been struggling with my Lab 5 for alittle while, just could not get my lab 5 successfully done, it has been testing my patience for the last few days already. I have been beginning to have the habit of Doing my work bfore teacher teaches. Unfortunately, the LAB 5 has just backfired on me, very pissing, it keeps promting a stupid error which i dont know what it is and i cnat ask teacher for help because he haven'e taught that topic, so legally speaking, he has the right not to teach me yet. What did i do after that? guess?? Gym??? so right.. cheers!
21th day in cheena land(24th march)
It's a tuesday! ANDDDDdddddd i'm still struggling with my LAB 5!!!! goodness... But i guess as i struggle, i learnt alot too. Through my struggles, i learnt things many things, i tend to ask questions often and irritate my lecturers. I learn to perserve and get things done one step at a time and not give up so easily anymore. The most important thing was that my LABTEST is tomorrow!I dont know whether i'm fully ready for it, but because of all the struggles striggling on my own, i think getting a pass wouldn't be so difficult anymore. i'm going to my trial labtest over and over again, till it gets to the back of my head than i would be undisturbed when i get to bed.
22th day in cheena land(25th march)
It's a wednesday! I just had my labtest today. I was the earlier batch so i had to to wake up at 7 to get to class by 8. How unlucky can i get!? So i went for labtest, i was quite nervous eventhough i thought that i was ready too. Maybe it's because APPG demands 100% perfection so program can run. Somehow i just dont get 100 marks for my tests. After the test, i thought everything went quite well surprisingly, everything went perfect! I was quite pleased with my results, walking out of the classroom with a big smile on my face. Had a good 3 hours break before i went back to class again for lessons. So i would say it was quite a good day. Now after the Labtest, it has really built my confidence in computer programming. I'm not a computer expert nor am i a student passionate about computers. Like, who cares about telling the computer what to do!? i would prefer the computer to tell me what it can do so i can tell it what to do. haha! Anyhow, I dont think study would ever be interesting, it's just because it's called STUDYING and not playing. So i shall just live life with a positive mindset from now on.
23th day in cheena land(26 march)
Thurdays always sound so sweet to me because the next day is friday. I think it's just a matter of perspective but i like it anyway. haha! So i managed to get Lab 5 almost totally done. I don't know what's wrong with my visual studio but somehow it just doesnt work the way it suppose to! I think it's some system error, everything seems right. Even my program that i have written seems right too. Poor Mr Ma i dont blame him for not helping us enough because there's too many of us and computer programming always comes out of all sorts of errors, i think if he would go to a personal level, 1.5 months wouldnt be enough for us to finish the whole module. Atlast, it worked. The freaky part was that i didnt even do anything! i just restared my comouter and everything seems to be working in order again. Went to the Gym, did our daily workouts tried to do some heavy weights in the Gym for a change. i was quite proud of myself on the abilty to carry heavey weights. So ya, atleast i ended my day with a few accomplishments! Tomorrow is Theory Test, it's stressing me how tight things can get. Like, one test after another. I barely had a day to rest man. Anyway, studying for test again... haha!
24th day in cheena land(27 march)
Today we had to visit a fibre cable optical manutactoring industry. Woke up at 9.30 to get ourselves there. Good news was that it was nearby, so we didnt have to flattened our butts for the next fews hours to get to our place of visit. Anyway, the visit was a good one. learnt alot from it. Like i didnt know that data are transferred through little cables that are made from optic glass. Mr Chua was telling me how sustainable this industry is.. and how we should work towards getting into this industry. Anyway, didnt really hear what the local was telling us about how the stuff works around the industry. There were too many of us, so i decided to just learn things by observing. I got pretty interested and was telling Benson that we should really get into this kinda working industry. However, having said that. we agreed that we wouldnt want to work in the factory sector. The workers working in the "clean room" doing all the hands on work was pretty scary. I just cant imagine myself doing the same old thing for the next half of my life in a small room! so we decided that the only way we're going to get ourself a cubical in a office, is to get a degree but at the same time working with accordance to this line. The visitation was short and sweet. So we reached back school about 12 noon and started theory Test at about 3. We studied throughout our break time. The theory test wasnt as difficult as i thought but it wasnt that easy too, I had questions that i couldnt solve, which was quite disappointing. Other than that, everything else went well.
Monday, March 23, 2009
13th day in cheena land(16th march)
WHAT A NICE DAY! we are back to school STUDYING. Can you believe this? Firstly we start by seeing mountains every weekend and now i'm seeing computers. But than again, everything happens for a reason, and so i guess i'm sent here to train up my tolerance level. I'm sorry mr Chua and mr Ma, you two are still the best, Thank you for all you've done and all you're doing. APPG is'nt as easy as i thought but i am coping well.
14th day in cheena land(17th march)
How do you want me to start this time? WHAT A MARVELOUS DAY! GUESS WHAT! It's school again!? doing what?! APPG! Oh MAN! it's so cool! it's the same old thing! how great can life in China be! okay i think i'm trying alittle too hard, and i guess my stay in China has been training my tolerance but i'm losing my sanity at the same time. what can i say? i woke up at 7 went to class at 8 finished at around 4 to 5, head for the gym, went back to home sweet home, revised my work i studied, okay i'm kiddin about the revised part, i just went straight to sleep.
15th day in cheena land(18th march)
Today is another IS day so called. Atleast it's a time where we can rest our brains but stress our hands from all the typing and summarising of the China's IS Lectures. Atleast it's a change once a week. However, everything is becoming alittle to routine again. Anyhow, the great thing about this is that i would have one less moduele to conquer for next semester, that is my one and only driving force. cheers!
16th day in cheena land(19th march)
i always love thursdays because it is one more day to friday which also means one more day to the weekend. By having this perspective, it makes my thursday alittle brighter so that i can move one and get on with LIFE. what a big word. Anyway, what can i say? it's school again, we ate the same kind of BAO for breakfast, and studied the same APPG, however, i'm getting alittle excited and interested about it as i have the ability to understand alittle bit about computer language. By far one of the better updates =) cheers! tests are coming, which means i really have to pull up my socks and tuck up my boxers.. cheerss!
17th day in cheena land(20th march)
Today's friday!!!!! It's the most beautiful day of the week. I shall talk about what's after school before i start losing my fans of this blog. Straight after school, we went to a night market that sells cheap goods, it's like a what Sinagporeans would call a "parsar malam". So i guess we walked around and everything was really cheap and nice, well atleast the fashion is up to date. i observed how the China locals would bargain and i followed exactly how they bargained. they would complain about how lousy the quality of the goods are and than start lowering the price by atleast 1/4 than if they dont get your way, just say forget it, and they would call you back adn give in to you! wow! pretty amazing! i tried that but it failed! they just let me go! haha! i guess i have to try harder, but the subsequent ones are okay! we had value for money thank to my bargaining skills! MUM, i have learnt what you possess in less than a month! Tomorrow we would be going to a another mountian called wudang mountain, i heard that we're going to take cable up a very high mountain! so i;m looking forward to be amazed by God's beautiful creation! that's all! cheers!
WHAT A NICE DAY! we are back to school STUDYING. Can you believe this? Firstly we start by seeing mountains every weekend and now i'm seeing computers. But than again, everything happens for a reason, and so i guess i'm sent here to train up my tolerance level. I'm sorry mr Chua and mr Ma, you two are still the best, Thank you for all you've done and all you're doing. APPG is'nt as easy as i thought but i am coping well.
14th day in cheena land(17th march)
How do you want me to start this time? WHAT A MARVELOUS DAY! GUESS WHAT! It's school again!? doing what?! APPG! Oh MAN! it's so cool! it's the same old thing! how great can life in China be! okay i think i'm trying alittle too hard, and i guess my stay in China has been training my tolerance but i'm losing my sanity at the same time. what can i say? i woke up at 7 went to class at 8 finished at around 4 to 5, head for the gym, went back to home sweet home, revised my work i studied, okay i'm kiddin about the revised part, i just went straight to sleep.
15th day in cheena land(18th march)
Today is another IS day so called. Atleast it's a time where we can rest our brains but stress our hands from all the typing and summarising of the China's IS Lectures. Atleast it's a change once a week. However, everything is becoming alittle to routine again. Anyhow, the great thing about this is that i would have one less moduele to conquer for next semester, that is my one and only driving force. cheers!
16th day in cheena land(19th march)
i always love thursdays because it is one more day to friday which also means one more day to the weekend. By having this perspective, it makes my thursday alittle brighter so that i can move one and get on with LIFE. what a big word. Anyway, what can i say? it's school again, we ate the same kind of BAO for breakfast, and studied the same APPG, however, i'm getting alittle excited and interested about it as i have the ability to understand alittle bit about computer language. By far one of the better updates =) cheers! tests are coming, which means i really have to pull up my socks and tuck up my boxers.. cheerss!
17th day in cheena land(20th march)
Today's friday!!!!! It's the most beautiful day of the week. I shall talk about what's after school before i start losing my fans of this blog. Straight after school, we went to a night market that sells cheap goods, it's like a what Sinagporeans would call a "parsar malam". So i guess we walked around and everything was really cheap and nice, well atleast the fashion is up to date. i observed how the China locals would bargain and i followed exactly how they bargained. they would complain about how lousy the quality of the goods are and than start lowering the price by atleast 1/4 than if they dont get your way, just say forget it, and they would call you back adn give in to you! wow! pretty amazing! i tried that but it failed! they just let me go! haha! i guess i have to try harder, but the subsequent ones are okay! we had value for money thank to my bargaining skills! MUM, i have learnt what you possess in less than a month! Tomorrow we would be going to a another mountian called wudang mountain, i heard that we're going to take cable up a very high mountain! so i;m looking forward to be amazed by God's beautiful creation! that's all! cheers!
Wednesday, March 18, 2009
7th day in cheena land(10th march)
It's school again, i guess it was the first time being so focused in class. I guess this time round, i realised that i actually conquered the art of sleeping in classroom conditions. Normally in class, when the cold wind blows, and the voice of lecturers start speaking, for some reason, i would be defeated, and before you know it, i'm already knocked out with my cheeks glued to the table. How cool is that!? So i guess, after overcoming such a mental disease, i'm more motivated to study and stay at awake and focused in class. cheers!
8th day in cheena land(11th march)
Eventhough it school again, atleast it's something new this time! instead of APPG, we have the all so interesting, China lecturer to speak to us about China's culture and china's business etiquette. the most interesting part of it all is that we have to write it all down and summarise it. How interesting right. Well other than that, i think i should still give some credit to the china's lecturers because they are really talented, i always envied their humility and spirit to perserve, i could see how the lecturer tried to connect to the class. i was quite amazed about certain business manners and how certain way of eating could be disrespectful. For example, it's wrong to turn the fish over to eat the other side, it means that your "boat" would over turn. I mean, i do that all the time, as a dragonboater, i would be the first one to be obedient to this. However, it's just business etiquette, and i'm still a student, Pretty interesting huh. cheers!
9th day in cheena land(12th march)
okay, it's back to school again. I have run out of expressions to express boredom, so here it goes, i shall just be true to you all this time. I woke up at 7 and did APPG and went to the gym and went to home sweet home. How cool can this be right, i mean, i'm really afraid if someone tells me this is how life is going to be, so get used to it! I mean, i have never dreamt a life like this, how cool can this be. Keep on keeping on. We will be going cruise tomorrow! so ya, i hope things will turn out just fine! cheers!
10th-12th day in cheena land(13th-15th march)
It was my first time sitting on a cruise to nowhere. Just merely site seeing the mountains and mountains and mountains. Besides the chilling wind, the scenic view was marvelous, it's beauty beyond description. Eventhough our rooms were small, it was cosy and comfy. The food was good too, we were well fed during the whole journey from the rides on the bus to the meals on the cruise itself. we went to some temple that is up on the mountain, and the only way up there is by stairs. Everybody was struggling their way up there. to be continues about this day, i just have no time write everything retard lame fun things down here. =))
It's school again, i guess it was the first time being so focused in class. I guess this time round, i realised that i actually conquered the art of sleeping in classroom conditions. Normally in class, when the cold wind blows, and the voice of lecturers start speaking, for some reason, i would be defeated, and before you know it, i'm already knocked out with my cheeks glued to the table. How cool is that!? So i guess, after overcoming such a mental disease, i'm more motivated to study and stay at awake and focused in class. cheers!
8th day in cheena land(11th march)
Eventhough it school again, atleast it's something new this time! instead of APPG, we have the all so interesting, China lecturer to speak to us about China's culture and china's business etiquette. the most interesting part of it all is that we have to write it all down and summarise it. How interesting right. Well other than that, i think i should still give some credit to the china's lecturers because they are really talented, i always envied their humility and spirit to perserve, i could see how the lecturer tried to connect to the class. i was quite amazed about certain business manners and how certain way of eating could be disrespectful. For example, it's wrong to turn the fish over to eat the other side, it means that your "boat" would over turn. I mean, i do that all the time, as a dragonboater, i would be the first one to be obedient to this. However, it's just business etiquette, and i'm still a student, Pretty interesting huh. cheers!
9th day in cheena land(12th march)
okay, it's back to school again. I have run out of expressions to express boredom, so here it goes, i shall just be true to you all this time. I woke up at 7 and did APPG and went to the gym and went to home sweet home. How cool can this be right, i mean, i'm really afraid if someone tells me this is how life is going to be, so get used to it! I mean, i have never dreamt a life like this, how cool can this be. Keep on keeping on. We will be going cruise tomorrow! so ya, i hope things will turn out just fine! cheers!
10th-12th day in cheena land(13th-15th march)
It was my first time sitting on a cruise to nowhere. Just merely site seeing the mountains and mountains and mountains. Besides the chilling wind, the scenic view was marvelous, it's beauty beyond description. Eventhough our rooms were small, it was cosy and comfy. The food was good too, we were well fed during the whole journey from the rides on the bus to the meals on the cruise itself. we went to some temple that is up on the mountain, and the only way up there is by stairs. Everybody was struggling their way up there. to be continues about this day, i just have no time write everything retard lame fun things down here. =))
Wednesday, March 11, 2009
5th day in cheena land(8th march)
It's sunday, so what do you do on sunday morning? well for me, i sleep. It's called sabath for a reason. So what do you do on a sunday afternoon besides going to church? i'd go shopping with my friends. So, we just fulfilled our short term ambitions. It wasn't a wasted day eventhough we didn't buy anything as it was more than the prices that keeps us interested.the cultural and the way of life in China was equally interesting and depressing. The beggers were as young as teens and children. i wonder if the government knows about this.
6th day in cheena land(9th march)
It was the start of a boring day. Why is it boring even before you went through it? well it was said that it's a start of SCHOOL. i wonder what that means. Anyway, i was surprised at how well the lecturers spoke. they spoke really fluent english, to the point i'm starting to believe that she could speak better than me. I guess China residence are known to be hardworking, that's why they're at the top now.
It's sunday, so what do you do on sunday morning? well for me, i sleep. It's called sabath for a reason. So what do you do on a sunday afternoon besides going to church? i'd go shopping with my friends. So, we just fulfilled our short term ambitions. It wasn't a wasted day eventhough we didn't buy anything as it was more than the prices that keeps us interested.the cultural and the way of life in China was equally interesting and depressing. The beggers were as young as teens and children. i wonder if the government knows about this.
6th day in cheena land(9th march)
It was the start of a boring day. Why is it boring even before you went through it? well it was said that it's a start of SCHOOL. i wonder what that means. Anyway, i was surprised at how well the lecturers spoke. they spoke really fluent english, to the point i'm starting to believe that she could speak better than me. I guess China residence are known to be hardworking, that's why they're at the top now.
Tuesday, March 10, 2009
hooolllaaaaaaaaa
2nd day in cheena land (5th march)
After sleeping through my first night in the blistering cold room, waking up with the morning sun glaring straight into my eyes, i realised how DRY the air was. My throat was soar due to the constant heavy breathings through the night. Thankfully, it was not that cold in the day, it was a nice blend of the chilly cold weather with the bright morning sun. We went to the SAME canteen for breakfast, it was really crowded. The moment we tried to buy our food, we experience the first tasts of the chinese culture in China. Locals were just breaking their way through, like as if the steam buns would run out in the next few seconds. After all the eating, we went to the nearby shopping centres which was all good. It was a really good time in there, it's definitely heaven's gate for all our singaporean ladies.
3rd day in cheena land(6th march)
We did the same thing, we went to the same shopping mall to get our neccessities. Before this, something really nice happened to me and my friends. While queueing for our breakfast, a student from school of foreign language came and helped us to get our breakfast. Apparently, she was observing how patiently we were waiting for our turn when all the locals were just cautting our queues, well, i guess Queueing isnt in their dictionary. Now, going on to our defeats, today, we just gave in to the shopping temptations and added to China's economy. Things here are just way too cheap, you just can't afford to miss it. Now going to the success, i'm proud to anounce that i am officially a Sinagporean, we have learnt how to bargain to get stuff at a much lower price, eventhough we're already four times richer when we reached China.
4th day in cheena land(7th march)
Today was our first officially expedition. Firstly, we destined to TongHu lake, which was a beautiful lake accompanied by a park. Our coached insisted that we took a tram, which made my day even colder. The most unbelivable thing that happened to day, we spotted a local swimming at the lake, i admire his tolerence. After that, we went to Hubei provincial museum which was highly secured. I could understand that as there were rare artifacts of China's history as well as assets belonging to the emperial and heros of China. i'd let the photos do the next 300 words.
wooden shovel.
shield
After sleeping through my first night in the blistering cold room, waking up with the morning sun glaring straight into my eyes, i realised how DRY the air was. My throat was soar due to the constant heavy breathings through the night. Thankfully, it was not that cold in the day, it was a nice blend of the chilly cold weather with the bright morning sun. We went to the SAME canteen for breakfast, it was really crowded. The moment we tried to buy our food, we experience the first tasts of the chinese culture in China. Locals were just breaking their way through, like as if the steam buns would run out in the next few seconds. After all the eating, we went to the nearby shopping centres which was all good. It was a really good time in there, it's definitely heaven's gate for all our singaporean ladies.
3rd day in cheena land(6th march)
We did the same thing, we went to the same shopping mall to get our neccessities. Before this, something really nice happened to me and my friends. While queueing for our breakfast, a student from school of foreign language came and helped us to get our breakfast. Apparently, she was observing how patiently we were waiting for our turn when all the locals were just cautting our queues, well, i guess Queueing isnt in their dictionary. Now, going on to our defeats, today, we just gave in to the shopping temptations and added to China's economy. Things here are just way too cheap, you just can't afford to miss it. Now going to the success, i'm proud to anounce that i am officially a Sinagporean, we have learnt how to bargain to get stuff at a much lower price, eventhough we're already four times richer when we reached China.
4th day in cheena land(7th march)
Today was our first officially expedition. Firstly, we destined to TongHu lake, which was a beautiful lake accompanied by a park. Our coached insisted that we took a tram, which made my day even colder. The most unbelivable thing that happened to day, we spotted a local swimming at the lake, i admire his tolerence. After that, we went to Hubei provincial museum which was highly secured. I could understand that as there were rare artifacts of China's history as well as assets belonging to the emperial and heros of China. i'd let the photos do the next 300 words.
wooden shovel.
shield
Friday, March 6, 2009
The adventure to CHEENA
I just had my first poo three days after leaving for Singapore.
FIRST DAY(4th march)
The plane ride was a good one, really had a good time sleeping, everybody was all excited and all ready to jump on board the plane. As for me, i had many uncertainties before boarding the plane, i was wondering to myself, Is'nt one and half month a little too long?! Cant i back out now?! what if i had to stuff myself with dog meat everyday for lunch and fried insects for breakfast!? As i sat in the car to the airport, there was this awkward silence, in my heart, i knew how much i'm going to miss my mother. As i reached the airport, my mother said her last prayer over me. As we reached the GuangZhou airport, to transit to WuHan, the freezing cold wind just brushed against my face as i walked out of the plane. From that moment, i knew i had to either enjoy the experience or live a life full of regrets for the next few months. As for the airport in China, it is huge. By the time we reached Wuhan University, it was sunset. We fed our grumpy stomachs with our first touch of local delights in the canteen which was about to close. the moment we stepped into the canteen, the eyes of the workers started to open wide, as hope has arrived to pull them through the great recession. The canteen was filled with smell of kerosene and floor that was covered with oil, it was probably the most hazarous place in the whole campus. It was the first time, i ate Bao that was cooked with oil, how weird can the food get, i wonder.
FIRST DAY(4th march)
The plane ride was a good one, really had a good time sleeping, everybody was all excited and all ready to jump on board the plane. As for me, i had many uncertainties before boarding the plane, i was wondering to myself, Is'nt one and half month a little too long?! Cant i back out now?! what if i had to stuff myself with dog meat everyday for lunch and fried insects for breakfast!? As i sat in the car to the airport, there was this awkward silence, in my heart, i knew how much i'm going to miss my mother. As i reached the airport, my mother said her last prayer over me. As we reached the GuangZhou airport, to transit to WuHan, the freezing cold wind just brushed against my face as i walked out of the plane. From that moment, i knew i had to either enjoy the experience or live a life full of regrets for the next few months. As for the airport in China, it is huge. By the time we reached Wuhan University, it was sunset. We fed our grumpy stomachs with our first touch of local delights in the canteen which was about to close. the moment we stepped into the canteen, the eyes of the workers started to open wide, as hope has arrived to pull them through the great recession. The canteen was filled with smell of kerosene and floor that was covered with oil, it was probably the most hazarous place in the whole campus. It was the first time, i ate Bao that was cooked with oil, how weird can the food get, i wonder.
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