Post Trip Video!

video :D

Day #42 Tuesday

This is the last day of my 42 days trip.Various kind of feelings gathered in mind. Glad to go home, sad to leave Wuhan.

Memories of the 42 days flashing in my head.

Bus left Hai Yi Lou at 12noon. We reached the Wuhan Airport in just 1 hour. That 1 hour is extraordinarily fast, we were upset that we reached the airport so quickly.

Alicia's bag broke down and we went for a strapping service. However, her bag still broke even bigger hole that we have no choice but to put it in a box upon reaching GuangZhou airport. Strapping service is $10 RMB while box service is $25 RMB. I think the pricing is fairly reasonable.


Reached Singapore Changi T1 at around 11pm. Went to buy duty free alcohol. Bought DOM for my sister. After that, I collected my luggage at the belt then I went home. Was actually wanted to wait for the rest but I saw my sister already standing outside the gate, and the rest seems to be quite slow, so I went off myself.

Good luck and take care my buddies. It's definitely an excellent experience being with all of you.

Day #41 Monday

Today is the graduation day. Before the ceremony, me baohui followed Mr Wee to the massage place. Bh wanted to buy the fire bottle for her mother. I accompanied her to the shop as I also wanted to get my PM shirt from Hua Luo Li, which is quite convinient to go if I'm making a loop.

Upon reaching the shop, I found that they brought me a wrong design. I wanted to buy a big stripe but they got me a small 1. So, I rejected the offer and asked for changes. They told me that they will get me another one.

Before we actually left for the massage place together, I actually woke up at 8am to online and Mr Wee asked me to prepare a speech for the ceremony. As the notice was made official verbally, I then started to work on my speech. So, I spent 30 minutes working on the draftbefore going out and another 1 hour to process the speech after we came back.

On the way back, we saw Jw and E were doing survey with local students at the basketball court. That was so unexpected. Eileen was underdressed and I told her about it. I hope she understands what I trying to tell her. At least, please try to dress properly to show some respect to the people you going to survey, right?

The closing ceremony was at 2pm. I didn't expect the ceremony to be like that. A conference room, everyone sitting down, no stage, no mic. As I prepared my speech in the way like "standing on a stage, using a mic and talking to a mass of 20 people + lecturers", I modified my speech a little bit and skipped some sentences. I also have to remember all the directors, professors and lecturers name, as that was my first time to meet them, and all due respect, I have to greet them first in my speech.

This was my speech for the day (full-length, complete, uncompressed).

李书记，张教授，石教授，Andy老师，张老师，汪老师，Mr Wee,各位同学们，大家好。我姓黄，名叫家富。在这里，我谨代表义安理工学院20位学生致结业感言。

武汉42天的生活就这样悄悄的过了。当我们在作最后的购物，收拾行李，收拾心情准备回国，准备一个新的学期的到来，偶尔也有一丝的留恋于不舍。

这42天，有开心，也有悲伤；有成功，也有失败；有欢乐，也有泪水。太多的感情值得我们一辈子去珍惜。这40多天过得太快了，仿佛我们提着大包小包的行李到海谊楼，懵懵懂懂的到南区上课的那刻，还留在昨天。

42天，看起来很长，过起来却是如此的短暂。往昔依旧，眼前重复的是40天来的光景，可怕的是，这些记忆丝毫没有模糊。

第一次到少过10度的地方；第一次爬上7楼楼梯上课；第一次放风筝；第一次在40天里庆祝了6个生日；第一次离开家园42天；第一次自己洗衣服，下厨煮饭；第一次5个人一起挤2张床。第一次。。。这40多天里有太多的第一次了，每次过后都兴奋许久，如今往事已成往事，记忆已成永恒，美好已成定格。

我们在武汉上了 Project Management, 上了有关中国文化，经济，历史的科目。这些课都让我们增广见闻，开拓视野。

我感到十分荣幸，因为跟其他学校比起来，我们所住的校舍有过之而无不及。这些都得感谢武职的热情招待。武职为我们安排的旅程，见识了三峡大坝；登上了武当山；看了有中国国宝伟伟和希望的武汉动物园；去了国家旅行4A级的红楼以及黄鹤楼等；更到了历史著名军师诸葛亮故居的隆中，真是令人大开眼界，一饱眼福。

到了中国，到了武汉，我们得以了解本地风情，风俗习惯以及本地人的生活点滴。热干面似乎已成了我们的习惯。征服了隆中700个梯级的山，我们再也不向电梯低头。

回到了新加坡，我们会怀念这儿凉快的天气，友善的同学们。在这里，我们通过了体育及音乐以本地学生间接的交流。我们20位学生从不认识到现在称兄道弟，武职功不可没。武职为我们提供完善的软硬设备-体育场所，厨房等地方，都对我们之间增进友谊非常有帮助，因为我们可以一起下厨，一起打球。

42天里，由于武汉天气较为寒冷，同学们可能水土不服，接二连三的病倒了。承蒙老师，2位海谊楼阿姨以及同学们的照顾，大家都在最短的时间内康复，继续上课。我想在这里向大家说声谢谢。

这次42天的课程无可否认让我们学习到了终身受用的知识，但美中不足的是我们还没有机会以本地学生进行正式交流就得回国了。感叹太多东西要做，时间太少。

我还想代表我们20学生, 因为在这40多天里对武职校方造成的不便向武职道歉。我们的喧哗在夜深人静的夜晚的确影响了附近其他人的休息。

光阴荏苒一挥间，厉兵秣马又四二。聚日无多勤珍重，劳燕分飞话离别。

一路走过来，我们收获了很多，得到了很多财富。一路走下去总会有尽头。我们即将到达武汉交流42天的尽头。在这尽头，也许我们可以停下脚步，回头看看，想想，然后带着我们学到的东西，信心满满的回到新加坡。我相信，我们以后的路会走得更远，更好。

老师们，刻在木板上的名字未必不朽，刻在石头上的名字亦未必永垂千古；而刻在我们心灵深处的您的名字以及教诲，将真正永存。

同学们，风是透明的；雨是滴答的；云是流动的；歌是自由的；爱是用心的；恋是疯狂的；天是永恒的；而你们，是难忘的。

谢谢！

After the ceremony, we had an appointment with Teppanyaki boss to eat at her restaurant. Enjoyed our meal, and she topped up with noodles, small lobsters, and goose livers. Free of charge. Ehem...

After the teppanyaki meal, we cab to Chicony to have another dinner with Mr Wee. It was in a big restaurant and the food was nice. Too bad and we're sorry and guilty that couldn't eat much because we ate too much in the teppanyaki place. :(

Cabbed home and started the actual packing exercise. Eileen came and seek for help as she doesn't know how to pack her bag. Ahaa. Everyone was so worried about having overweight luggage! The maximum we can take is 30kg. Some of their bag is so much larger than mine!

Day #40 Sunday

Woke up early in the morning, around 9 something. We decided to go to Hua Luo Li to purchase some shirts with our leftover money. Yes, we are going to spend all our money so that our wallet can get thinner and it saves space.

Jianwen brought the shirt he bought few days ago for some exchange as the shirt if full of typing errors. Me and teeyong were tempted to get the ralph lauren polo shirt as jianwen bought himself one few days ago. The quality was so nice that you can hardly detect the minor tweaks made on the logo.

Shopped around the mall, this was the longest time we spent in the Hua Luo Li mall. Now I realise why the girls can spend hours shopping in that mall. Choose, try, change, choose again, try again, and buy. "If you like it, just try it, it's ok if you are not buying", the salesperson said.

I bought myself a yellow ralph lauren and I was tempted to buy another Paul Smith polo. An orange and black stripe shirt. It was so nice but sadly my size is not available. So, the salesperson promised to bring a larger size to me next day. I'm happy with the service she offered so I am going to go to the mall again next day.

After much shopping, we had our lunch first time in the Hua Luo Li mall. Ordered 宫爆鸡丁, the waiting time was terrible. I thought I have been waited for more than 20 minutes. The food was nice except that the pepper were so much that once you bite it, you're so dead. After the lunch, we continue our shopping and kuan/teeyong bought gucci jeans.

We actually took tram to the Hua Luo Li from Opposite Campus. It was one RMB and we assumed that the price is ok for the distance and scenery we could enjoy during the ride. It shortens our travel from 30 minutes walking time to about 10 minutes sight-seeing-ride. When we're done with our shopping, it was raining. We shared umbrella and went back to the waiting place to wait for the tram to come.

Upon reaching hostel, I am not determined to pack my luggage yet. Being a frequent traveller, it's way too early for me to pack my bag today. Perhaps I shall pack my bag on the next day.

We were planning to go to Chicony to have our jap food again, but we failed to book a seat there. So, we changed our plan to eat at Houcaller. For a few reasons, me and teeyong didn't join the group to eat at Houcaller, but have our dinner at the fast food stall in campus.

Chit-chatted and ton together after the group came back from dinner. I was told unofficially that I am going to give a speech next day for the graduation ceremony. I'm proud, glad and I seriously thought that it was my pleasure to represent the 20 of us to reflect and share our experience at the closing ceremony. However, before any officialy notice from Mr Wee, I didn't work on my speech.

Day #39 Saturday

Went to HanKou today. Woke up quite late in the morning, near to noon already. I just grabbed any available food in my unit and considered it as a breakfast. After much discussion, we set to go to Si Men Kou -> Han Kou today.

There're 13 of us, excluding Lizhen, as she went to meet her friend somewhere else, but she joined us later in Hankou.

Our initial plan was to take public transport as it will be more budget and economic, but everyone seem to be richer as they had just got their money from the ATM mass withdrawal with Mr Wee. So, we tried to catch a Hippo car to Si Men Kou. No luck, 7 of us got into a hippo for 50rmb, while the 6 of the rest have no choice but to take cab, 3-3. The fee was $36 rmb, which is $12 each, quite expansive :(

We had oyster, RGM, Pee-ing Beef Balls, and some other small food. After the lunch, we walked and loitered around, Jianwen failed to end his spree again, as he bought another shirt. He simply just cannot resist the temptation to buy things. Shopaholic? We were to meet up at 3pm, but none showed up on time. When more people showed up, me teeyong eileen and xiujin became the pioneer group to be despatched to han kou. it was $28 as the driver took a longer route.

We reached too early, spent about 30 minutes waiting for others to come. It was raining quite heavily, luckily we brought umbrella. Lizhen also called and joined our squad. We started off by eating egg tarts. Then, we went to buy some shirt at XTEP. As we met at 7, the girls bought some shirts at extremely low price which that completely lured the guys to insane. We then decided to stay back hankou to have dinner and continue to shop. I bought 3 shirts, total $65 in 15 minutes in Metersbowne, lelong sales!

We then say to extend our meet up time to 930. As 930 approached, me teeyong lizhen and eileen left first as first batch. We were told that the rest only came at 1010pm! So... the punctuality problem?

Lizhen was too tired and slept in the cab, while me teeyong and eileen chatted. Went home, calculated some money issues, and everyone went home to sleep

Day #38 Friday

Today is Eileen's birthday, and also an outing day.

Went to 4 places in total: Yellow crane tower, Beach, Zoo, and pass by the Piano concert hall

1. Yellow crane tower is an amazing place. The Yellow Crane Tower has a very long and complicated history. It was first built in 223, during the Three Kingdoms Period (220 - 280). Due to the ideal location, it was built by Sun Quan (182 - 252, King of Wu) as a watchtower for his army. After hundreds of years, its military function was gradually forgotten and the tower was enjoyed mainly as a picturesque location.

2. 汉阳江滩 - 大禹神话园
Wuhan Da Yu Legend Garden is part of the Han Yan Beach. Situated between Qing Chuan Ge and Wuhan Chang Jiang Bridge, the garden contains statues with the theme of Da Yu legend.

3. Wuhan Zoo
Located at the bank of Moshuihu Lake, covering an area of 48 hectares, it is one of the eight largest zoos in China. With a beautiful natural environment and prominent efatures, it has more than three hundred species of wild rare animals. However, the zoo was not well-kept and I thought I did not see any zoo keeper around. People throwing biscuits to the animals in cage. One or two cranes were flying up, and walking on the visitors' pavement, but not in their living place. The place was dirty and smelly. Most of the animals are sleeping except for the peacocks, busy showing off their feathers. The most unforgettable memory was nothing but the 2 panda, which were sent to Wuhan Zoo after the Si Chuan earthquake last year.

4. Wuhan Qintai Grand Theater
We did not stopped and tour the theater, but just pass by the place quite far away. Couldn't see much about the theater as trees were blocking and bus was moving fast, but after my online research, I found the theater is very grand and used for various international musical functions.

After the outing, we went to Chicony for a Japanese dinner. Each about 40RMB, which is less than 10 sgd! A very fulfilling and two-thumbs-up meal! I shall go back and eat again if there are chances, before we go back to Sg.

We then went home and went to Mustafa's place. Mustafa is the neighbour of Eileen. He's from Middle East and stays with a local guy call Xu Heng. Teeyong stunned people with his drumming skills, and Kuan also performed his guitar. I, know nothing about music intrument can only did my best by rapping Numb encore :D

It was getting late and the auntie came up and complained. We ended our jamming session at around 1130, then we sang birthday song to Eileen, shared the cake and left Mustafa's place.

Me and jianwen went to level3 after the party. Me, jw, carmen, eileen, bernice, xiujin and yankhee were there chit chatting. I learnt a new word "ton" , which means "stay overnight".
We talking till about 3 something, then everyone get tired and we went home to sleep. We beered, we shared experience, we complained, and we had fun.

Day #37 Thursday

Due to insolvency, me and Kuan did not join the rest to go to Hankou.

In the afternoon, after lunch, I went to shop for my niece with xiujin. Bought 1 top and 1 bottom for her.

My lunch were with Kuan and some from level 3 & 4. The rest went out to continue their shopping spree.

As we decided earlier, everyone were to meet up at Houcaller to go to Mz Bro for dinner at 7pm. Without hesitation, me kuan xj alicia took bus to go to carrefour and reached there just on time. While me and wy's group were already there, we waited for the other girls.

Walked to the Mz restaurant, less good than what I have expected, but the food was ok. Quite budget too. About 12 rmb per person for a full-course-meal.

After dinner, I went to level3 to online. Had some mass conference online on how to celebrate eileen's birthday. So, at 1200am, we decided to go to her house and wish her. However, the angmo french showed up and scolded some of our people (I was the first one to leave and was not on the scene when he showed up). The story is too long to be mentioned so I guess I shall just skip it.

I then slept in my own room after our plan officially failed.

Day #36 Wednesday

No more classes. Went to Chicony in the afternoon. As we have 14 people, we dispatched at different time. I went first with a few girls by bus. Budget trip. Amazingly, we found seats in the bus and it was somehow enjoying. My first bus ride in Wuhan. The trip was about 30 minutes. I regretted not taking bus earlier as I can save much money if I don't cab.

Had some light meals with the girls while waiting the others to come. Approximately half an hour later, everyone reached Chicony and we marched towards the Culture Street. The street was much off my expectations. It was a few rows of modern shophouses. Selling mini-items, soft toys, clothings, and cheap perfumes. My friends bought a few bottles of perfumes there but I didn't.

After walking and waiting here and there, the CEE went back to Chicony to have dinner. We made a firm decision to eat porridge at the Chicony food court. Some of the girls joined us, while the rest went to join Mr Wee and Jack's at the Japanese restaurant.

Went home to online @ level3 while counting down for E's birthday. "What the hell are you waiting for?!" and something happened.

Day #35 Tuesday

Woke up early in the morning. We will be heading to 隆中, where the ancient hero 诸葛亮 Zhuge Liang lived. We had a really light, non-fulfilling breakfast. Just a few baos and some misc food.

Zhuge Liang is one of my favourite heroes in the 3 Kingdom series. Walked and look around at the place he lived, we also climbed up 700stairs to see a pagoda.He was a great inventor, invented a lot of war and other useful items. He was also the most brilliant strategist in the 3 Kingdom era.
After visiting the Zhuge Liang place, we went to have lunch nearby. Quite a nice meal and Mr Wee sponsored Coke & Sprite. Too bad, I prefer tea. Had a 6 hours journey back to Wuhan. Reached wuhan at 6 something but traffic jam as it was a peak hour, we reached home about 7 and went to Houcaller for dinner.

Day #34 Monday

Alarm at 630am. Breakfast at 7. Left at 730 towards the Wudang Mountain bus station to transit to another kind of bus.

It was a short distance from my hotel to the station, but we waited as long as 1 hour at the station there as there was some miscommunication between our travel agent and the ticket counter there.

I was a bit frustated and disappointed with the service. Our tour guide seems did not do much on this case, and they just stand on a side, making some phone call once in 10 minutes or so. After that 1 hour of waiting time, we finally had the chance to board the bus from the terminal and went to another station - Prince Hill station to change another bus to the Cable car station. We will be taking cable car to the peak of the Wudang Mountain.
I took the cable car with Kuan. It was a 2 person cable car, $115 each, return. A 25 minutes single-trip. The cable car was a bit old and I somehow feeling uncomfortable with it, but I am strong enough to endure the challange. Upon reaching the peak, we have to climb up a "few" stairs to get to the highest point of the mountain, which is also known as the Golden Roof aka 金顶

Nothing much but scenery and some meaningful stories/legends of the Gods at the Wudang Mountain. I was again dismay as I expect to see some Taoist/Taiji actions but in the end, I only saw those Taoist standing by the stall selling things, in the temple belling the bell, and at the entrance counting tickets. =S

After a visiting a few nice places at the peak of the mountain, we took the cable car down again. My return trip was with Baohui. Upon touching ground, we took another bus and went back to the Prince Hill station.
Walked for about 10 minutes, we reached another place. The most interesting part of this trip is nothing else but the 1 column 12 beams. Being a CEE student, I will definitely feel guilty for not uploading the picture of the column. In pic, it was the 5th level in the building, which means, there are 3 more similar branches of beams out in the other levels. After the Prince Hill, we set off to the bus and had dinner at about 630pm. Not forgetting to tell you, we just had our "lunch" at 3pm as soon as we touched ground from the return trip of cable car. After the dinner, we went to 襄樊 (襄城+樊城), for the trip next day. This time, we stayed in a very good hotel, with free internet access! The speed was so amazing that it was faster than in Singapore. 600mb in 2 minutes, about 8mbyte per second!
Me and Jianwen shared a same room. Kuan, Xiujin and Eileen came to my room and we chatted till about 2pm. Then, they went back to their own room and rest.

Day #33 Sunday

Set off to Wu Dang mountain. It was a long and winding journey. Approx 7 hours total journey, 435km.

We departed at 1pm. The bus driver was friendly. Our tour guide is 小黄 and the driver is 老黄. I am also 黄.

Nothing much on the bus journey, chit-chat, eat, games, songs and we were at the foot of Wudang Mountain. Had our dinner in the hotel.

It was a three-star hotel, quite nicely furbished. And the toilet look very nice. Much better than what I expected in such small town.
However, some mistake on the sign board in the toilet.
After dinner, we went to walk around the downtown of Wudang. Nothing much, really.
There's this such street but all shops are closed, at around 830pm. Perhaps they open till evening only.
A huge drain/open channel outside my hotel.

After the walk, people gather in my room to have some small chatting session. Played some mini games, people got tired and we dismissed. Next day, we will be waking up at 630am, to have breakfast at 7 and to get up to the Wudang Mountain!

Day #32 Saturday

Woke up at 11am something.

I'm changing. Sleep later, wake up later. Is that the curse for sleeping with 4 other males?

Mass discussion in Msn, more than 10 participants actively giving suggestions and discussing where to go. After much debates, we concluded that we will be going to Chicony 群光广场. Agreed to meet up at 115pm, but Eileen was so slow that she was only ready at 130pm. :(

Chicony is somewhat a high-end place, selling branded stuff. A tshirt from Columbia is $499 rmb.

We had our lunch at around 3pm in Chicony food court. We ordered various food, and my porridge was the most outstanding 1. Althought it was abit expansive, $25, but is definately worth the price :D And there's a BreadTalk in chicony! We bought a sakae from Chicony.

Went to walk around at the Chicony mall, bought DVDs, and we went to papa Johns pizza for dinner. the dinner was not satisfying. Each of us have to pay $52 rmb, and I dont really feel full after eating. Too little pizzas! :(  We had some kana-conned-and-scammed feeling.

Jackboon and group also went to Chicony and they had their dinner in a Japanese restaurant. From what they said, the food there is superb. I shall go and try before going back to Singapore!

The girls didn't join us for papa johns as they went to Cultural Street to shop. They bought plenty of items, and a few non-authentic branded perfumes.

Tomorrow I'll be leaving to Wudang. Packed my bag, didn't bring much clothes, I thought the weather will be cold so I brought my thick jacket. 

Day #31 Friday

Had my last PM lecture. Completed Chap 10 and Chap 11. 

Will take my second common test, and project when we back to NP.

Also, this will be my last time to climb up 7 stairs to go for class. Shall I practise to climb 6 levels in NP too? Uh, no, I don't have class at level6.

After class, we stopped by the book stall and had a look. Jw Wy and Tc bought some books. All books are priced around 10 and 12 RMB. 

W had our lunch at the school opposite. Bringal rice with egg. 

Realising that most of the local food are oily and salty, I'd like to deduce that oil is cheaper than water, salt is cheaper than oil -.-

After lunch, Jw Wy and Tc went to take Jw's Jersey at Ma Jia Zhuang, while me ty and kuan went home. Online, chat, blog, watch Defiance, and had a nap from 4pm till late 7pm.

Had a home-cooked dinner. Fried egg, fried garlic, meat sauce, steam rice. Jw Ty and Me are the chef for the day. Also invited level3 and 4 to join us for the dinner. :)

Day #30 Thursday

Today is Jianwen's 18 and Kuna's 19 birthday.
Getting older.

Had IS class early in the morning, 815am till about 11am.
Went to Ma Jia Zhuang between the 4 hours break to check out some sports attire.
Jianwen bought Barcelona Messi for $55 RMB. Full set shirt + shorts, with Nike logo and name.
It was raining so heavily that we have no choice but to take cab back to Hua Luo Li Mall for lunch.

Taro pie returns and Banana pie unveils. The best pies in the world. 2 for $7. Accompanied by Spicy 猪宝宝 (mac pork). The $13 lunch was superb and fulfilling.

While waiting the time to creep away, we saw B and Lizhen came to Mcd. As Teck wanted to buy some shirts, Wy Jw and Kuna went with Teck. I do not have extra cash to spend and I highly doubted that there is nothing for me to buy there, I remain seated and chit-chatted with B and Li zhen.
Went back to campus for another IS class. The class was conducted by a new lecturer, and that was her only lecturer. She is Huang laoshi. We walked and cheered while walking back to campus. B and Lizhen sprinted as we tried to overtake them.

Everywhere we go~
People want to know~
Who we are~
Where we come from~
cont.

also have mandarin version:
我们去到哪里
人家都要知道
我们是什么人
我们从哪里来
cont.

After class, we went home to sleep and the 6 Cee people went to carrefour for TEPanyaki again for dinner!
270+ rmb for 6 person.
meal includes:

1. fish
2. beef
3. chicken
4. lamb
5. oyster
6. banana
7. mixed vege
8. 发糕
9. 黑糯米
10. unlimited rice

it was so cheap and budget. Approx 10sgd per person after conversion! We ate till we can hardly walk.

Went home for birthday celebration. Played games together until 1200 and everyone went off to rest.

Day #29 Wednesday

We went for a field trip in the afternoon after lunch. The site was quite near to our campus, about 15 minutes ride. The site is a new condominium residential area, with various good and unique features which can rarely be found in Singapore’s condo.
The site has a car park basement. The basement can be separated into 4 compartments and doors connecting the 4 compartments can be closed at anytime during fire so prevent the fire from spreading out. The ventilation ducts are also fire-rated (able to withstand fire). I think the fire-resistance method they used is “Solid protection” which gives 0.5 hour to 4 hours fire resistance. There is a step-up staircase before entering the basement, because the staircase acts as a barrier, in case of any flood situation, water will not flow in directly into the basement. The door securing the basement is also fire-proof and explosion-resistance.


The buildings also feature Green Technology / Environmental Friendly. They have roof top garden and special outer wall to keep warm/prevent coldness for the building.

Upon entering the one of the units, there’s a open space between the door and the living room. This is for ventilation purpose and for relaxing purposes. Their toilet is 300mm below the floor level, as to fit in various sanitary parts. In the kitchen, there’s a special duct which can be installed with a hood that can sucks/vacuums out the unburned carbon monoxide expelled when cooking using LPG. In Kitchen and toilet, the ducts connecting to upper/lower floor are equipped with a fire-proof ring at both top and bottom of the ducts to prevent fire from spreading to adjacent units through the ducts.

Also note that that lift in the building does not have “level 4”. Perhaps this is due to the Chinese belief that “4” is not a good number. (sounds like 死, die). There are 3 units every level but the corridor is somehow narrow. The building features a “scissors staircase”, which means there’re 2 staircases intercepting each other, allowing more people to use during emergency. The buildings have security features which are quite similar to Singapore’s.

One unit of the condo is about 800k RMB.

The site trip ended and we went back to hostel. Stopped by opposite campus to settle “lunch” at around 4pm. Went home, slept and dinner @ Houcaller again. This was the second day I ate there consecutively. Order another kind of steak, and I am lucky enough to have a double-yolk egg and my beef steak was somehow big and my spaghetti is quite a lot.
As today is April 1st, which is the legendary April Fool day. The girls performed a stunning, brilliant, 2 thumbs up show. Actually, this was the very first April fool joke I have ever experienced in my life la. I used to have those mini jokes only, never such big-screen-drama.
 

Day #28 Tuesday

Had outing today. To 长春观 and 红楼

长春观:
长春观位于武昌大东门东北角双峰山南坡，黄鹄(hú)山(蛇山)中部，是我国道教著名十方丛林之一，为历代道教活动场所。称“江南一大福地”。观内崇奉道教全真派，以其创始人重阳祖师门人邱处机道号“长春子”命名
It is a Taoist temple. Some people practise Taoism while some just went there purely for exercise.
We also went to one new building in the 观. There are 2 ladies there carving status/phoenix/Gods on wood. They are so skillful that they can carve a very nice picture out from a plain wood.

Then, we went to the Hong Lou.
Hong Lou also known as the 辛亥革命武昌起义纪念馆.
红楼，即辛亥革命武昌起义纪念馆，位于武汉市武昌区阅马场（武汉市武昌区武珞路1号），因主体建筑为红砖砌墙、红瓦覆顶的红色两层楼房，故又称“红楼”，辛亥革命武昌起义纪念馆是1981年，纪念辛亥革命70周年时，在武昌起义军政府旧址（即清末湖北谘议局的旧址，武昌起义胜利后，革命党人在此建立了中华民国军政府鄂军都督府，即湖北军政府）建立了纪念馆，是国家重点文物保护单位、著名的爱国主义教育基地、国家4A级景点。
It is a building used as a military control centre for the uprising of the Hubei people by Mr Sun Yat-sen 中国国父孙中山

While waiting to get the ticket to the Hong Lou, we saw an uncle flying kite. He was so steady that he just sat down and play. And I strongly believe that the kite is more than 100 meter. Very high up! Just look at the photo :D

After that, me and jianwen went to ktv with the girls. It was my very first time to go to a ktv and sing. I used to sing infront of my computer using winamp and minilyrics only La. Sang for 3 hours. Still haven't high but time flies and we had to go. We went to 豪克来 beef steak house to eat. 9 person, $300++. Each about 30+- only. Quite worth. As we spent over 300rmb, we were given a VIP card.
I took French Wine beef steak, 70% done. First piece was ok but second piece was overcooked and very hard to cut and chew. So, I called the 服务员 and told him about this. He then asked his senior to attend me. I talked to the senior/captain and she said that the all beef are different, blablabla. I Eff-ed back and told her that I ate alot of beef and I can differentiate fully cooked or 70%. After my skillful conversation, she replaced my beef. But my noodle and egg were kana cheated (as they took my plate away, and my egg and noodle still there, and return me another piece of beef steak only).

Cabbed home. 2 cab were with guy and 1 cab were all ladies. Another cab were all girls and the cab driver bullied them, dropped them at the campus entrance only. Came to level1, discussed strategy at level 3. showered and went to level3 to blog.

Day #27 Monday

Had PM class in the morning till noon. Completed chapter 8 and 9. Was expecting result (i think have >80) but Mr Wee didnt' release our result.

Went to Hua Luo Li mall after class. Jw wanted to find a place to fix his spec. However, his spec is so pro that none of the shops here have similar type of screw to fit to his spec. So, he decided to make a new pair.

Walked around in the mall after visiting the spec shop. Kuan bought shirt again. Saw the girls all gather in 1 shop, trying clothes :D B is so... glamorous! I couldn't think of any other better words to describe.
"Abort mission, my heart has been taken" =X Dazzled, I was.

Then, we walked back and I went to buy Emergency Unit DVD. the dvd was 2 disc and 20 episodes, however, I checked the internet and found that EU has total of 30 episodes. So, where is the last 10? -_-

Jianwen went to make a spec at the shop opposite campus. It was $220. Quite stylish, but he say feel dizzy after wearing the spec. Perhaps the power were increased so he didn't feel comfortable with it.

As Jianwen went to Hankou with Wy and Tc (Tc's parent came to Wuhan), me and kuna went to fly kite. E bought the kite for #13. As we were totally beginner, we asked some local student how to play kites. They gave us some basic briefing then we all started flying the kite ourselves. The local student entangled our string, but we managed to settle that small problem. Everyone ran 400m track to fly the kite. A good reason/way/method to exercise to slim down/train for stamina.

After that, I went to kuan's house to online, until about 10pm and Tc them were back. They bought dvds :D one of them is chibi2. it was very very vivid! Ripped & compressed from a bluray to dvd I think.

Day #26 Sunday

Decided to go to Si Men Kou - Hu Bu Xiang for lunch at 1230noon.
14 persons, 4 cab, 4433 formation.
Some upsetness as some of the guys went first, left a cab of pure-ladies, which renders them somehow unsafe, as all of us don't know the way to Si Men Kou. The cab fee was about $35rmb. Our driver was like no idea how to go to SMK, so he just tailed Jw's cab. Jw's cab was fast, and so my cab was. Chiong, squeeze left and right, so catch up with Jw's.

Took light lunch (combination of this and that).
Oyster, 绍兴 Chou To Fu and Strawberry Hu Lu + etc.
The oyster was 10 rmb for 4 pieces.

Then, we went to shop around the SMK area. Went to 龙之印 shop. Me and Wy were to pioneer group who want to buy the shirts from there, however, it ended up with neither of us bought, but Jw Kuna and others bought. The sizing of shirt in China is a bit weird. They have larger width and shorter length. I can wear on a 175cm shirt but it is very short. Just a slight bend and I can show my simpson boxer. But the shirt is quite ok (as in the width). Then I tried 180cm 1, it is soooooo big! Zzz. So, I didn't buy la. Walked for few hours, bought nothing :( China market focuses on Ladies la. Not fair :( A bit upset didn't buy anything yet, but feel proud that I didnt spend -_-
After that, we splitted. The guys went to eat teppanyaki @ carrefour while the girls continue to shop/eat. The boss of teppanyaki is a singaporean and she treat us well :D We all ordered the $38 set meal. Took an illegal van back, as it can fit in 6 of us.

The girls came back quite late, about 10pm+. I was abit worried and wanted to go find Mr wee to phone them but relieved when I heard the noise as soon as they came back.

Day #25 Saturday

Woke up in the morning. Took bread for breakfast and online/watch drama in the morning.

It was a rainy day so we were lazy to go out to eat.

In the afternoon, we decided to go to 亚贸广场 to shop as the girls told us that it was nice and plenty to shop there.

Teeyong did not join us. So, total 5 of cee + the 8 girls went there. YaMao mall is like a departmental store with expansive stuffs. So, we went to the shophouses beside YaMao (as suggested by the girls) to look around. We decided to meet up with the girls 3 hours later (9pm) and to go home together.

We walked around the shophouses. Went to a music shop and kuan bought a capo and some picks. He tried the guitar there and we talked with the salesman. As usual, we faked and told the salesman that we were from Korea. He was very friendly and told us that Chinese people are very friend with Korean. Walking almost to the end of the road, we have no luck finding the girls. So, we walked back and we were in dilemma.
Someone suggested to go to carrefour to eat tepanyaki (and pangseh the girls)
we do not have their contact so I think it is no good to do so, so we just waited and thought what to eat. went to Mcd, Kfc, Japanese, and finally we decided to settle down @ the food court. It was about 8pm. Just when we ordered the food, we saw the girls came to the food court. They bought really a lot of things. Clothes, bags, etc. We guys bought nothing at all. so, please remember to take contact of each other if decided to split up, so can contact each other in case of any changes/urgency.

The food are not nice at all. I ordered Jap food. the waitress took the rice and chicken to microwave to reheat them. The taste is terrible. Wy Jw Kw Tc also bought food and we all agree that the food are very lousy. The girls do not believe us and they also bought food there. After the dinner, we went to a bookshop and we bought a lot of books/magazines.

The girls are so crazy about their fans and they bought magazines/albums of their idols. Then, some bought novels to bring back and give friends. Alicia amazingly bought 9 books -_-

I bought "the 74 letters sent by the most pro leaders" so I can upgrade myself :P
It was 29.80 and have 10% off. Books in china are so cheap and affordable! :D That's why china people 饱读诗书 xD
Could not find such similar price in Singapore/Malaysia!

Day #24 Friday

Had not shower for 2 days including Friday. There's no class in the morning.

We watched ghost movie (embedded in techcheong's deathnote dvd) with B E and X. the ghost movie is not very scary. not a very good show.

We had Culture lesson with Mdm Edith Shi in the afternoon 2 to 4 pm.

She talked to us about Wudang and other local culture information.

After the lesson, me J and L and E went to massage. E was just sitting there talking with us. L bought the VIP voucher, $300 for 10 times. It then rains heavily when we finished our massage.

We stopped by a bread shop and bought bread. It rains so heavily that most cab are occupied. after waiting for about 10 minutes, we finally got a cab and went back to hostel.

We watched another ghost movie while waiting B and people to come back. They were shopping at the mall near Mcd. Y tapao mcd for us. After that, I went to level4 to borrow broom and mop then went to level2 to watch movie with TV. My comp was used for watching HK drama in level1 by the girls.

About 1130, my movies ended and I went back to my own unit and rest :)

Day #23 Thursday

Judgement day.

We had common test in the afternoon 1pm. The CT contributes 25% of the whole module.

I am less confident in this CT. I thought I know well but eventually I'm not.
Have problem getting more than 90 marks. :(

We went home after the CT as we were told that there will be technician coming to fix a "Crest" in our toilet to prevent the water from shower part flow to the toilet part. However, it is somehow ridiculous as I dont see any point of the usage of the crest, as the water hardly moves towards the toilet part and I don't see any problem if there's water there.

After that, 13 of us went to (excluding ty) carrefour to eat some singapore food @ Orchard. The food was ok and the price was ok. but I would prefer to top some money and eat better food. I believe that the orchard's boss is a singaporean, from the way she dress/look like.

We then went to carrefour to shop for grocery and daily usage stuff. Carrefour is a cursed place. everytime you go there, no matter what you buy, be it egg/drinks/toilet paper... the total could sum up to about 100rmb. Zzz

Day #22 Wednesday

Study at home for whole day.
Went to canteen to buy food with jianwen.
We are the pioneer group of people who tried the canteen food.
For about $10RMB, you can buy a 3 person meal with enough rice and dishes.
And we learnt the locals to bring out own bowls and plates there so the rice is cheaper and we will get more rice.

No photo taken as everyone was abit obsessed by the common test tomorrow.

Saw came to our apartment today. and we had high efficient discussion for about 3 hours in the afternoon, and after that, he started to lose his concentration and we dismissed our low-efficiency-discussion.

I then went to level3 to find B and talk and she was studying. Then, I helped her abit in chapter3, and E came to level3 also about 30min later (aiks =s) Then, I started my lecture to 2 person. Then, Xj and L and Y came also -_- but they were studying their own.

The lesson was conducted until everyone was hungry and ready for dinner. We then went to 曾记 noodle stall in campus to eat. It was my first time to eat there. I think the food there was nice. The dinner was free for me :D After dinner, I went back and continue my lesson. This time, everyone was listening, B E X L Y were following my lessons. We settled at about 10pm and everyone went home to rest/shower/continue to study.

I went back to level1, forgotten if I have showered or not. Then, I went to sleep. I'm an early sleeper and early waker.

Day #21 Tuesday

Today was an outing day. Study at home in the morning, then we went to 湖北省博物馆 in the afternoon with Miss Wang and Mdm Edith Shi.







湖北省博物馆是湖北省唯一的省级综合性博物馆，也是全省最重要的文物收藏、研究和展示机构，主要承担着全省文物的收藏、保管、保护、陈列展览及藏品的研究工作。现馆舍位于风景秀丽的武昌东湖之滨，地址为湖北省武汉市武昌区东湖路156号。

十面埋伏 - flying dagger (actually they are arrowheads)

It is one of the biggest musuem I ever visited. and plentiful of meaningful/historical stuff of China. The musuem experience was superb and I had chance to look at items which I heard/read before in those Chinese novels I read before.

We also went to see the performance of the olden china instruments. flute, big and small bells, Gu zheng, and drums. the bells are called "编钟"

And carmen illegally recording the performance =x

I happened to take the photo of the 4 relics of the musuems: (actually I didnt know they are the 四大镇馆之宝)

郧县人I号头骨化石：时期为旧石器时代。1989年郧县曲远河口学堂梁子出土，颅长26厘米，颅宽19厘米，颅高12厘米，是湖北首次发现的古人类头骨化石。


曾侯乙编钟：时期为战国时期，1978年湖北随县曾侯乙墓出土。钟架长748厘米，高265厘米。全套编钟共六十五件，分三层，八组悬挂在呈曲尺形的铜木结构钟架上。每件钟均能奏出呈三度音阶的双音，全套钟十二个半音齐奏，可以旋宫转调。音阶为现今通用的C大调，能演奏五声、六声或七声音阶乐曲。


越王勾践剑：时期为春秋晚期，1965年江陵望山1号墓出土，长55.7厘米。


元青花四爱图梅瓶：时期为元代。2006年钟祥市郢靖王墓出土，高38.7厘米，口径6.4厘米，底径13厘米。瓶身肩部饰凤穿牡丹；腹部饰青花“四爱图 ”，即王羲之爱兰，陶渊明爱菊，周敦颐爱莲，林和靖爱梅、鹤；足部饰仰覆莲纹。三层纹样以卷草纹、锦带纹为界。白釉泛青，色彩清脆艳丽，是罕见的经科学发掘出土的元青花精品。

Our bus 师傅 was so kind that he drove us a longer route so we can enjoy more scenery of Wuhan. After that, we alighted at main gate and went opposite campus to eat. Then, went home and study and rest.