Day 30: Lessons

Day number 30. Nothing much happened today. Woke up very early this morning as we have our IS lessons at 9am in the morning. Woke up, prepared and meet up with some of the people and headed down for breakfast before we go to class.

Had our IS lesson on Taoism and Buddhism today with Mr. Philip An. Here are some of the photos taken during the lesson!

Taoism

Buddhism
Sakyamuni

After our IS lesson, we headed back to our rooms to rest and to touch up on our assignment 2 presentation. Had packed lunch in our rooms and had our lunch at the same time while we are touching up our assignment presentations.

After that, it is time for us to head off for our BPE lesson at 2pm with Mr. Joseph Loh which we will be having our assignment 2 presentation. Here are some of the photos taken during the presentation!

My group

Presenting

After presentation, we head back to our rooms to rest before we head out for dinner. After dinner, here we are blogging and taking some rest while we can before we get busy with assignment 3!

My Reflections:

After the second part of the lecture today on Taoism and Buddhism, I realised that religion also teaches us valuable lessons in life. These are lessons where teaches us how to be a person with values.

"True religion is real living; living with all one's soul, with all one's goodness and righteousness"
- Albert Einstein

Day 29: Lesson, Interaction Night, Birthday

Day number 29. Nothing much happened today. Woke up alittle later this morning. Woke up, washed up and headed down to get some breakfast with some of our friends and once we are back, we start on our assignment 2 which we had to get it ready for presentation tomorrow.

After some time, it was lunch time! We headed out for our lunch before we head off for our BPE lesson with Mr. Loh at 2pm at the Foreign Language School. Had our lecture on chapter 10 and after completing the chapter, we had our quiz on chapter 10 as well!

Concentrating!

After our lesson, we headed back to our rooms to rest for awhile before we head out for early dinner as we had to gather and meet up for a gathering with the chinese students over here for some activities at around 6.30pm in the evening.

At the gathering, we had some games as well as some performances put up by our very own Ngee Ann Polytechnic students. Here are some of the photos of the night!

Roy
with his dance

Edy
with his song


Location of Interaction Night


MDE with Organizing Committee

The whole interaction night took around 2 hours or so and ended at around 9pm in the night. We had some group photo taking sessions before we left and head back for our hostel rooms. At the same time, we will be celebrating another September baby which we had over here on this OIP @ Wuhan, Gloria. Here are some photos taken during the birthday celebration!

Birthday Cake


Birthday Girl

Surprise with cakes!

After the celebration, did some area cleaning before we went back to our rooms to bathe and to continue on our assignment 2 which we had to present the following day. Thus, almost all of us had a very late night that day and had to wake up rather early the following day for lessons!

My Reflections:

After what we had so far, I realised that through this interaction night with the chinese students, not only did we had lots of fun and enjoyed ourselves, we will learn that having international friendship bonds and friends are always better as we will have more friends and to expand our circle of friends as well as our knowledge.

"I'll lean on you and you lean on me and we'll be okay"
- Dave Mathews Band

Day 28: Lesson & Industrial Visit

Day number 28. This means that I'm officially here in Wuhan, China for 4 weeks which in turn means that I'm here for a month! I'm left with 2 weeks over here, with lots of things to complete. Things such as assignments, blogging, as well as shopping for things! :D

Today, woke up at around 7plus 8 in the morning, prepared and meet up with some of the rest of the people for breakfast before heading for our BPE class at 10am. Had our BPE lesson on chapter 8 as well as the quiz on chapter 8 today.

After lessons, we head back to our hostel rooms to put down our stuffs before we head out for our lunch outside campus. After lunch, we headed back to our rooms to rest for alittle moment before we have to head out to meet up with the rest of the people at the admin block for our industrial visit.

The industrial visit today was to some pharmaceutical industry which is rather near campus. Had tour around the industry by one of the staff over there. Here are some of the photos taken at the industry!

Main View

Facade of the building


Machinery

My Reflections:

After today's industrial visit, with combination of the other industry which we had visited, I realised that industry is very crucial to the growth of the country. Without these industries or manufacturing plants, the country would not be able to grow as fast as it was supposed to be.

"Without industry and frugality, nothing will do, and with them everything"
- Benjamin Franklin

Day 27: Weekend Trip (Mount Wudang)

Day number 27. Today is the second day of our 2D1N Mount Wudang Trip. Today is the day where we will be conquering Mount Wudang which stands at an altitude of 1612.10 meters, having more than 4500 steps vertically up!

Woke up very early in the morning once again at around 5 plus, prepared and meet up with the rest of the people in the dining area for our breakfast at around 6.30am in the morning! Had porridge, noodles and some buns for our breakfast before we head off to trek up Mount Wudang.

At around 7 plus in the morning, most of us started the trek up Mount Wudang while the rest of the people chose to take the cable car up. The start was gradual downhill and we thought it was still rather easy. However, as time goes by, the fact and the things in front of us proved us wrong. With more and more steps in front of us, with the gradual or steep increase in the altitude, this certainly demoralized some of our people. However, we still tell ourselves we can do it and move on. Here are some of the photos at the start of the journey up Mount Wudang!

Stone Slab at the start

One of the place we pass by


Stone Slab about the path


Wordings on the Cliff
"World Famous Mountain"


Climbing and climbing up!


One of the Pavilion

As time goes by and as we gradually climb up Mount Wudang, fatigue caught up with us. We were all getting tired and even start to sweat up the mountain which is supposedly to be cold! Those who were wearing windbreakers or jackets as well as 2 layers of shirt start taking one layer by 1 layer off as we climb up as we were all feeling hot and warm with all the climbing.

After some time, we came to a point where by we thought we are reaching the peak of Mount Wudang but it wasn't so! Its still a long long way up with steep stairs. Here are some of the photos!

武当山
"yes! we are reaching!"

Steep Stairs
"NOO! Still have more steps to go!"


Another steep stairs
"Oh No! There's more to come!"

After the long and tiring journey up, we finally reached the peak of the mountain, the Golden Top, 金顶. It took us around 2 hours or so to reach the peak of the mountain. Here are some of the photos!

The signboard

Making our way up!


Peak of the mountain, 金顶!

After the long and tiring way up, we took the cable car down! Here are some of the photos!

Entrance

Cable Car

After which, we headed off down the mountain for our lunch at some local restaurant and the long bus journey back to campus! The journey from Wudang back to campus took us around 7 hours or so and by the time we reached campus, its around 9pm in the night and we headed back to our hostel rooms to put our stuffs and headed out to get our dinner and stomach filled!

My Reflections:

After the long and tiring journey up Mount Wudang today, I realised that this is somewhat similar to what we are experiencing in our life. Life is never smooth sailing. There are bound to be ups and downs as we move on in life. At the same time, it was never easy for us to accomplish things which we want to. Through this experience, I realised that obstacles in our lives are just like the steps and ups and downs which we went through while climbing Mount Wudang today. Obstacles are there to test us but not to stop us. Every obstacle and difficulty which we experience is an learning experience for all of us. Thus, when we are met with an obstacle, we should never give up. Instead, we should figure how are we going to overcome these obstacles into our own benefits!

"Life's up and downs provide windows of opportunity to determine your values and goals - Think of using all obstacles as stepping stones to build the life you want"
- Marsha Sinetar

Day 26: Weekend Trip (Mount Wudang)

Day number 26. Woke up very early in the morning as we will be going for a 2D1N Mount Wudang trip. Woke up at around 5am in the morning, prepared, packed our stuffs and off we go to meet up with the rest. There was a blackout in the campus at around 3 plus in the morning and thus, we have to do our stuffs in total darkness!

After some time of waiting, off we go, heading for Mount Wudang, 武当山! The journey from campus to Wudang is approximately around 6 hours. As usual, most of us fell asleep on the bus almost immediately after we set off. Took a rest as we head off for Mount Wudang. After some rest, we went on with some games such as cards and finger guessing games as we were all getting bored from the long bus journey.

After the long journey, we finally reach our destination, Wudang. Upon reaching Wudang, we headed to one of the hotels which we had our lunch there before we head off to our first place of attraction, the Prince Temple and the Prince's Study. Here are some of the photos taken at the first place of attraction!

Entrance

Climbing up the Stairs to Reach the Prince Temple


The Prince Temple


The Prince's Study


Academic Roll of Honour
can you find my name there? =X


The thick mist and fog

After visiting the Prince Temple and the Prince's Study, we headed to the second place of attraction. Here are some of the photos taken there!

Entrance

The Attraction


Long way up the stairs!

After visiting the second place of attraction, we headed to our hotels first as we were running out of time. Thus, we headed to the hotel, put our stuffs down and hurriedly headed off to our third attraction. Here are some of the photos of our hotel rooms and the attraction!

One of the Stone slab

The beds


The beds and tables


The washroom

Here is one of the interesting photo taken near our hotel!

Fire Prevention Sign

My Reflection:

After visiting the few places of interest which we had today, I realised that we should appreciate and treasure the nature as well as the national heritage more. This is because these are the places where we can learn and experience something which we could not have in our everyday lives. By understanding the history and culture behind these places, we will understand better the heritage of the place as well as the country as a whole. This certainly enhance our knowledge and exposure to the world around us.

"We treasure our heritage and take pride in shaping our own unique way of life."
- Singapore NE Message

Day 25: Lessons

Day number 25. Nothing much happened today. Had our IS lesson on Business Etiquette today at 9am in the morning. Woke up at around 7am in the morning, prepared and meet up with some of the people to have breakfast before heading for class.

Our IS lesson today was on Business Etiquette which touches on the do's and don'ts at a table, in a conversation and many many more. For our IS lesson today, the computers which we are using are controlled by the lecturer at the front. Thus, we can only view the powerpoint slides from our screen, zoom in and out and nothing else. Here are some photos of our IS lesson!

Our Lecturer for today's IS Lesson

One of the powerpoint slides


Break time!

After our IS Lesson, we headed to the canteen for our lunch before we head back to our rooms to rest for awhile before heading for our BPE lesson with our trip leader, Mr. Loh, which is at 2pm in the afternoon.

After our BPE lesson, similarly, we head back to our rooms for a rest before heading out for dinner with some of the people. After dinner, here we are!

Alrights! That's all for today! Will be away early tomorrow morning for a trip to Wudang Mountain! Will only be back on Sunday. So till then, enjoy yourself! :D

My Reflection:

After having our IS Lesson on Business Etiquette today, i realised that etiquette and basic manners are very essential in our daily lives. Otherwise, it will leave a bad impression of ourselves on the minds of others.

"Good manners will open doors that the best education cannot"
- Clarence Thomas