Orientation around School

Day 4:

Today, we met at 10am at the lobby for our around school orientation.
It was to show the route to the building of the place we would be studying at.
On the way there, we would have to climb uphill towards the building.
It would be a good morning exercise for us after eating so much unhealthy food. Haha. However, the hill is not as steep as the one in Ngee Ann.
Upon reaching, we showed to our classrooms.
The classroom has a unique design compared to ours at Singapore.
The tables are all connected in one stretch and the seats are like the seats in cinemas.
Very unique and different from Singapore schools classrooms.

On the way to our building we would be studying at.

Uphill.

Passing by the general building of the university.

Uphill again!
Exercise exercise! haha.

View of apartments while walking to our destination.

Me and Jarold at a relaxation place near the place we would be studying at.

Students relaxing under the shade on a very nice green slope.
Yes! we finally reached.
Interior of the school from the front gate.

Look at the chairs, very unique. Unlike Singapore classrooms.
The tables are unique too, its connected.
Back in Ngee Ann, we mostly have our own table to ourselves.
Right here, its connected.

This dustbin can be found outside the classrooms.
You can throw rubbish into it depending on whether is it recyclable or not.
Very innovative product.
Helps divide the different type of rubbish.

The guys and girls checking the toilet which we would be using while studying here.


And the orientation ends here, very fast.
Most of us were already hungry and so we headed out for lunch.

We tried the wanton shop that Joseph Low recommended us.
It is super super delicious.
The most delicious and healthiest food I ever tasted since I came here.
The wanton is very tender and full of taste.
The soup is not very oily and delicious too.
I'm going to rate this 5/5.
Recommended by me too!

This bowl of noodles is called Ji Xiang Wanton Mian.
It is $5 yuan only!

My beverage! Xue Bi. :)

Awesome Lunch.

Maximising the use of the hangers to dry our clothes we got back from the
laundry service.
This afternoon, we went to send our dirty clothings to the laundry service.
& we collected it 40 minutes later.
Very fast services.
It cost us only $13 yuan each room for 3 days of dirty laundry.
Cheap, yes.
Fast, yes too.
Haha.

For dinner, we went to try the Ma La Huo Puo, Spicy hotpot.
It is very spicy.
It is also very delicious.
The soup based is standard and the food is choosen by ourselves.
Sadly, I do not like most of the choices there.
Therefore eating very little, but still very delicious.
Each item is pierced into a satay stick.
At the end of your meal, they calculate the price by counting the number of sticks on your
table.

This would be good to eat during a very cold weather. :)


After which, headed back to lobby and had our briefing for tomorrow's activity.

Guess the activity tomorrow? :)

It's Lulin (Green Forest) Resort Tour!

Woohoo, it includes Water Rafting and Waterfalls Viewing.
Can't wait for tomorrow!
Night.

Reflections:

Washing of own clothes

I just realised I was so pampered back in Singapore. Back home, I have my own maid to help me wash, dry, iron and fold my clothes. Now for the first time in my life, I’m actually experiencing how to wash my own undergarments and clothes. Till now, I finally realised that washing of clothes is actually so back demanding. Just standing there to wash the undergarments for 5 minutes, my back would already start to ache. Now, I know how tired my maid would be at end of each day. Me and my roommates bought a packet of detergent and wash our own undergarments. After the 3rd day, we decided to send our clothes to the laundry service because it would be much cleaner and it is also quite cheap; 4kg of clothes for $5 yuan. However, we would still need to dry our clothes on our own as they only provide service on helping us to wash only. In addition, we would still be washing our own undergarments and socks as we feel that it would be better if we wash our own personal stuff.

Smoking of cigarettes anywhere

On our first day at Guangzhou airport, we ate a restaurant in the airport for lunch. I was shocked and surprised to see people eating and actually smoking at the same time in the restaurant itself! Chin Kuang then told me, smoking is allowed anywhere in China. Unlike Singapore, Singapore ban smoking at air conditioned shopping centres or areas and even some areas like the playground. However in China, smoking is allowed anywhere. Just yesterday at the city shopping centre, as we were playing arcade, there were people smoking in the arcade itself. I was very appalled by this scene but it is something I have to accept during my 6 weeks stay here. As mentioned in Jarold’s blog reflection, he said, “As the saying goes, "You can't change the way things are, but you can change the way you react to it".” Reacting doesn’t mean doing something about it. But in this way, it means if someone were to smoke near you, you can do so by actually moving away or walking off instead of starting a quarrel. Haha.

Customer Service

The other day I ordered contacts lenses from a shop because they do not have the stock and the price total up to $560 yuan. To me, it was okay because back in Singapore it is about the same price. However, I walked around and found out that I could have gotten it at a cheaper price at only $420 yuan! By that time, I already paid a deposit at the previous shop I ordered at. Feeling cheated, I went back to the shop and hoping to get a refund so I could get it at a cheaper price. Upon reaching, I told them I wanted to cancel it. Surprisingly, they said it is possible and refunded me. If it is in Singapore, they would have already just said no and not return the deposit. Well, it was actually a valuable lesson learnt which is to check prices from other shops before deciding to buy on something.

Check our cups we bought on the first day.
Forgot to take photo on the first day.

Kai Chung, Mine, Edy.

Goodnight world!