Down with another project.

Yesterday, we had a gathering with the local students at WUST Clubhouse. The local students were nice enough to book the whole of the KTV room specially for us. :D

Today, we had a field trip to QiRui pharmaceutical near our school. Though this trip is specially for LSCT division students, but it is interesting to know how some of the medicine were produce and kept. Throughout the tour, there were a lot of places that were out of bounds, and we only managed to enter the warehouse. The tour was just around the perimeters of the plant, showing us different parts of the plants, mostly the exterior. I guess it would be more interesting if we are allowed to enter the other parts of the factory.
Rested in hostel till dinner time. This time, i'm having dinner with my roomates at KFC. :D Is been a long time ever since we had dinner together. After dinner, we had egg tarts specially by KFC. The fragrance of the egg tart can never be forgotten...
Quote of the day- "Everyone has the power of greatness. Not for fame, but greatness. Because greatness is determined by service." -Dr. Martin Luther King
Reflection- I'm surprised that the plant did not get a international cGMP certification and they are selling the drugs in China. If it is international certified, their business would be so much better.

Today is our last day having our IS lesson.
We started class at 9am, and lesson was conducted in a different way. The class was conducted in a Computer lab. All the computers were all controlled by the lecturer, and when u dose off (whereby a person does not touch the computer ) a sign will be shown in Chinese, "please pay attention!". What a creative idea.
Once lesson ended, we headed off to have a photograph session around the school of foreign language. i'm falling in love with the environment more and more!
Looking forward to the weekend.
WuDang San tomorrow :D
Quote of the day- Difficult things take a long time, impossible things a little longer.
Reflection- WUST is pretty advanced. It is not as bad as i think, probably i should change the mentality of China being "Wulu".

Another day of lesson.

Today we were off from school as we had a industrial visit at the Hubei's CocaCola Company.
It was interesting to see how the company works. From recycling the bottles, to washing of bottles till how the end product is produce.
When we reached the company, we headed to their hall to watch a short video clip about Coca Cola Company. While watching the video, we also get to enjoy 200ml of Coca Cola drink.
We then had a tour around the Company, seeing each and every processes. Isn't it cool! The tour was rather interesting despite it was pretty short. Working in Coca Cola company seems to be an easy job! I want more of these visits!!!

9 am lesson today, and we had our IS.
After which, a handful of us headed to Grand Ocean to have our lunch. Travlling took less then an hour by public bus, while some others took the cab. We had beef steak for lunch and it was one of the best meal i had in Wuhan. Spent our time walking around followed by Dinner at Macdonald. MacPork! & we ended our day...

I’m back from 3 gorges. The trip started on Friday till this afternoon. This trip was great and it made me further understand the culture in China.
On Friday, we woke at as early as 5.45am to prepare our journey. Firstly, we sat a long ride bus for about 6 hours and we stopped at YiChang to have our lunch. Yichang is a place that have yet to develop, pretty “wulu”. Lunch was great at YanSha DaJiuDian and our table totally swept everything off the dishes. How i wish every meal was like that.
We then continued our journey and we visited the 3 gorges exhibition halls, and it was rather interesting knowing how the dam is being build and function. After all the visiting we had our dinner. Dinner was just ordinary.

Today, we had our first written test for BPE in the afternoon. The written test was rather challenging and i didn't had time to finish the paper. I guess i'm not well-prepared for structure questions. I must pull up my socks!!! :(((
After written test, my roomates & i took Quiz 4 which we have missed it on monday. Now,i'm left with Flexim before i'm back on track...

This morning was another round of IS class, and the teacher's name was Christopher. His english was pretty good as he was able to pronounce every english word with correct articulation, however his lesson was kind of boring as he reads off from the slides. I had a hard time concentrating and what made it worst was that my eyelids were heavy.
Today's topic was on Traditional Chinese Wedding & FengShui, and the teaching method was different as compared to the previous one. The lesson was conducted with the use of headphone , which i don't find it good at all.

i enjoyed my day very much going out with the local students today. Before i continue, i would like to say a great thanks to the local students whom took the effort to bring us out and spending so much time with us.

Is weekend again!!! :D
Today we had a City Tour around Wuhan.
Firstly, we visited 东湖, a lake with beautiful scenery, and the Exhibition Hall for QuYuan was there too. Here is a brief story os QuYuan: QuYuan was kind of the Emperor right hand man. One day, QuYuan was devastated as the emperor choose to trust another emperor then him, and eventually, he committed suicide. Another sad story in the Chinese History.
We then went on to 湖北省博物馆 (Museum)to understand and view the ancient relics of China history. Seeing the ancient artefacts, including the TOMBS! The museum was so huge that we only manage to cover about one and half buildings out of three building given the time frame.
Next we proceed to have our lunch at Shou Garden Snack Street. The food was great, especially the well known Tang Bao (Soup dumblings). How i wish i have more time over there and try all kinds of food.
Next destination is the Yellow Crane Tower, and it was indeed a tiring moment. Why do i say so? From the outer view of the building, the building seems to only have 5 storeys high, however to get up there, we are required to climb stairs that are 9 storeys high. What a great workout! To some people, this tower maybe just an ordinary, but behind this tower, it has a rich history in it. Here's the story about the Yellow Crane Tower : CLICK HERE!
The view from the top was so beautiful, and we were able to see the industrial buildings and expressways. I just had a great feeling standing at the top of the building enjoying the views. Headed back to Hostel once we finish our visit.
Totally exhausted by the end of the day, today's activites were too cramped up... :(

Quote of the day- Well done is better than well said. -B.Franklin
Reflection- There is a rich history for chinese, and it is never enough to understand them in less then a day. It is a blessing that i am able to view some of the artefacts that are being left over from many thousands years ago. I hope these artefacts can be preserve so that in the future generations, they are able to view it. :)
JunRu is falling sick. Hope she gets better...

Had school today at 2pm, and that gave me a reason to sleep late and complete my learning plan.
When i was doing my learning plan, i realised there are many things to learn during this 6 weeks in Wuhan. 6 weeks is never too long to understand a part of the country...
Once i woke up, the usual thing i would do is to check the temperature out there. Temperature rised again, back to the hot weather which i've been praying that we would not suffer from. i miss the cool weather alot :(
Skipped lunch and headed to class.
Lecture, Quiz 3, Flexim, and end of lesson...
Dinner @ KFC & we ended our day.


Quote of the day- In life, as in chess, forethought wins. -Charles Buxton

Reflection-After having so many bad experiences with KFC, i've come to a conclusion that why China did not step out third world country earlier is because there were lack of some stuff, & this includes customer service. From this incident, it shows me that customer service affects its country severely, and local people should be trained for it.

Today is 9 September 2009, also known as 09/09/09.

Today's lesson was in the afternoon and this gave me a reason why i slept late the previous night. Morning was suppose to be my first IS Lesson from the local lecturer, however the lecturer fell sick, therefore lesson was cancelled.
Great weather + Great exercise = Great Day? YES FOR ME!
Since weather was great, we decided to have physical training again. Instead of running around the campus, we chose a different route and ran around the track. Who say people can't keep fit even they're on immersion program? Right! :D
Gonna have a late night tonight....

First day of school.
After a week of free-and-easy "holiday", we are finally back to school. We had BPE lesson in the morning and we reported to class at 9am.
Journey to classroom was indeed a tough one as compared to NgeeAnn poly. We have to walk for more then 20 mins before we can reach the school of foreign study. Not forgetting climbing 135 steps before we can reach the entrance.
When all of us reached the class, all of us were breatheless, and we had to clean up our table as the table was covered with a layer of dust. Mr Loh had to even use chalk board during lesson, as they do not have the modern white board that Singapore is using.

Back from Wubei, Lulin.
This weekend trip was enjoyable, other then the injuries JunRu & i had.
On Saturday morning, we headed up to Wubei by bus which took us about 4 hours. The journey was very jerky and i felt as if i was on a roller coaster. Despite the road up to the mountain was narrow, the driver still sped and our butts practically flew out of the seats. But it was fun at the same time, as we treated that experienced like we were on a F1 Race Car. haha
Had lunch and then we went for Rafting.
JunRu was my partner and we boarded up on one of the boat. For the first 10 minutes of the rafting, it was pretty fun as the current swept us down, but disastrous came after that. Both JunRu and i was feeling very uncomfortable at our lower abdomen and initially i thought that the water was dirty.
After asking others about it, none of them felt uncomfortable, and both of us came to a conclusion that we were attacked by water-bond insects (only for our boat). We then continued our journey as we had about 2 more hours of rafting. My body was itch and at the same time hurting badly. I then decided to look at my ankle which was more convenient for me, and i realised there were many thorns on the area of my ankle where it was swollen, itch and also where i feel the prickles of pain. The thorns were very fine and it seems that it was from a plant. It just hurt so badly. Junru had minor of it too.
We suffered badly, however we persevered and continued to raft till the end. By the time we finished rafting, some of the thorns had already entered into my body and i'm unable to take it out. Blisters have also appeared in both of my hands due to the tedious rafting.
After which, we continued our activites, and went to look at the man-made water falls.
The scenic view really fascinates me, and i have no regrets going through the long walk despite my injuries.
We then headed to have dinner before we bunk into our hotel at the LuLin Shan, which was our first hotel stay for this trip. The hotel was pretty comfortable and that's how i ended my first weekend for the trip.

On Sunday,
We woke up at 7am and get ourselves prepared for breakfast before we continued our journey. We went for trekking, and it was definitely fun, up in the mountain. The sun was shining brightly, but at the same time, the cold wind was blowing strongly on our face.
We visited the man-made areas of the ancient warfare and i even got the chance to ride on a horse, which i have been wanting to for the past few months. The horse did not stroll, but literally run. My feeling was undesirable for that moment. I want more horse ride!
After trekking, we headed back to Wuhan which took us about 6 hours.
Reached WUST in the evening and had free-and-easy. Dined at WUST Canteen 2 and the food was very spicy. The food here are either flooded with chilli, if not too oily. Can't really find much healthy food over here. Exercise after dinner...
Headed out to stroll after dinner hoping there were more street stalls out there as it is a weekend.
& Hostel sweet HOSTEL :D
Tomorrow is gonna be our first day in school in WUST. :D

Quote of the day-The difference between perseverance and obstinacy is that one comes from a strong will, and the other from a strong won't. -Henry Ward Beecher

Reflection- From this weekend tour in LuLin, i've learn to Persever.
When you come to the end of your rope, tie a knot and hang on. I have a choice to stop rafting and just pray that the current would bring us to the end of the route, but i know that i can do much better than this. Never let the obstacle get into my way to success. No regrets... :)

Quote of the day- Hope its itself a species of happiness, and, perhaps, the chief of happiness which this world affords. -Samuel Johnson

Reflection- After walking around the campus, i then realised how fortunate Singapore students are. We have school keepers to take care of the cleanliness of the campus and even have lifts up to our classroom levels, while the people over here would have to clean their tables and have to climb up the flights of stairs to the levels where their classroom are located. We are grudging over small little things in Singapore, what about them?

3 Sept 2009.
Instead of having a better weather, the weather just got worst. It was so humid that I was sweating profusely.
We started our day at about 11am, and headed to Town. & it was the very first time i took a public bus in Hubei. We took the public bus to the shopping mall, and the journey was pretty jerky.
There were no bells on the bus, neither were there machines to collect our payment. Everything was through manual labour. (People shouting to alight & having a conductor to collect the money and issuing the bus tickets). I just didn't expect this.
After 30 mins ride, we arrived at I-GO Shopping Mall (the longest pedestrian in the world of 1350 metres long), & we had free-and-easy schedule till 6pm.
There were many shops in the mall, but some shops are actually selling the similar things.
We walked and strolled till it was finally 5.45pm and we headed to the meeting point.
Journey back to the hostel was terrible as it was a peak period. We've actually missed 2 buses and we had to chase after the bus that was coming next. Xanier and i tried our best to stop the bus. That scene was just like typicals Aunt being KiaSu in Singapore.
The bus was sardine pack, and it was definitely a bad experience. This was wen i started to appreciate Singapore SBS Buses. How i wish i could rent a bicycle and cycle back to school at that moment!
Reached hostel and we had our free & easy dinner. We decided to have street stalls food again :D however, not from the similar street, but the opposite one. Hygiene was almost similar to the previous street however they had a wider variety of food. Tasted all the eccentric food and im craving more... Just pray that i do not get any food poisoning or diarrhoea. haha. & oh ya, i also saw people playing pool at an open area. Haha, i guess i'll nva get to see that in Singapore...LOL that is how i ended my day :DDD
Catch me soon :D

Quote of the day-What makes life dreary is the want of motive. -George Eillot

Day2 was a free-and-easy day. My roommates and I made use of this time to do some shopping for our basic necessities for our stay in Wuhan. We bought much stuff which includes mop, porcelain cups, kettle, detergents, extension plug, basket and nevertheless a dozen of 2.2 liters of water. Anyu and I lugged 26.4 liters of water from the provision shop all the way to the campus. What a hard time indeed. We then had lunch at KFC fast food restaurant and continue to stroll around as we explore the area till the evening. We also got some fruits to keep our diet balance too :)
Met up with the guys in the evening and we had street hawker food for dinner. Not to worry, I’ve prepared pills in case if I would to suffer from diarrhea or food poisoning. Haha. The food tasted great. I want more of it!
Headed back to hostel after dinner and we did a mass clean up for the whole room. While Anyu & I cleans up the room, JunRu set up the modem for connection, and everything is done in less than 1 hour. Good teamwork huh!:D
Anw, my contact in China is 13477058160. Do contact me thru this number as i will not be using Singapore sim card for the moment.
Pictures below :D

Quote of the day - (Teamwork) No one can whistle a symphony. It takes a whole orchestra to play it. -H.E. Luccock

1 Sept 2009 is the beginning story of the 3rd batch Overseas Immersion Program (OIP).
Firstly, we met up at Singapore Changi Airport Terminal 1. Many of our family members and friends were there to bid farewell. It was definitely a tearing moment as we will be away for 6 weeks. Flashes were everywhere as we took photos with our love ones.
Time flies, and it was finally the time to checked-in our luggage and head into the departure gate. Tears were rolling down from cheeks, but at the same time, we were excited for the trip.
The trip to Wuhan was not a direct flight, and we had to transit at Guangzhou. We flew off from Singapore Changi Airport to Guangzhou on China Southern Airline, CZ 352 at 8am.
We landed at Guangzhou International Airport at 12pm and had our lunch as our Domestic flight will only depart at 530pm.
We board up CZ 3344 and arrived in Wuhan at 7pm.
After retrieving our luggage, we headed out of the airport, and first thing that everyone is curious about was the weather. The weather was pretty cooling as compared to Singapore, was wondering will this temperature stay throughout the next few days….
We took the chartered bus and headed to Wuhan University of Science and Technology (WUST). Once we reached the campus, the first thing we did was to have our dinner at its campus restaurant. The dinner was a 13 course meal and it only cost 20 RMB per pax (SGD$5).
We then headed to our hostel which didn’t turn out as bad as I thought initially. I felt pretty homely once I stepped into the hostel as compared to hotel. & I’m proud to have AnYu & JunRu as my roommates. We unpacked our luggage and had a small discussion to write down the things we needed to get for our room. We ended our day at around 2am.
Pictures :D

Quote of the day- The important thing in life is to have a great aim, and the determination to attain it. -Goethe

Few more hours, & i will be on the plane to China, Wuhan :D

All About Me.

A lady called Gloria Ong.
Business Process & Quality Engineering
Multidisciplinary Engineering
Ngee Ann Polytechnic

Group E

Trip Leader- Mr Joseph Loh
Advisor- Mr Richard Chia
Anyu.ChinKuang.Eshlyn.Gloria.Roy
Award- The Best Team Effort in a Movie Production

WUSTians.

Adrian
Alvin
AnYu
ChinKuang
ChongSian
Daniel
Edy
Erwin
Eshlyn
Jarold
JunRu
MingYu
Polim
Rebecca
Roy
ShunQing
Siti
Xanier
YokeMay
ZhongRong

Memories.

September 2009
October 2009

Places Visited.

Grand Ocean
Hang Kou
Hang Zhen
Theme Park
WUST
Zhuo Dao Quan