Day 24 in Tianjin ( now in Beijing ) 31/03/2011

Today started our first holiday to Beijing. The temperature there was just fine, not too warm and not too cold. Love this kind of weather. First site we visited is a place where empress Cixi stayed during summer time. It hold lots of history there as it also place where hold the saddest emperor in history. Inside all the room, all the furniture is still well preserved, staying more than century to let the future to know what life was in the past. After that, went for lunch. Not much appetite though, not sure why. Next site is the TianTan. I always thought that this place is called TianAn Men, but apparently I was wrong. Keep forgetting the name. Had free time there and took photos and here come the surprise. When we were taking photo, a group of people, looking at us, were singing our Singapore national anthem. We were shocked, but we replied with the Singapore pledge. LOLS. And what more shocking is, they are also from NgeeAnn. That show how fated we are. Even though we did not know each other, but the feeling to see our own Singaporean in foreign country is still great. Took photo with them, and after that, met a lecturer. She recognised us by seeing us playing with the slide beside the stairs, and she said, only Singaporean will do this kind of thing. Hmmm, good or bad?!?! LOLS. Yea. Good day, went to check in to hotel, and it look GREAT!!! Very nice, I think I will miss this room for sure. For today, I learn that each of us shall not only take care of yourself, but also the others, no matter who are they, as long as they required your help. Oh ya, when we will in TianTan, I and Gary saw a old couple selling things, and the old lady is wheelchair bound. So we bought something from them. Although they charged Gary 1RMB for the thing while me for 8RMB, I did not feel bad as I know I did something good. The feeling of helping people is also good, no matter how small you contribute. That all I want to say today.

Day 23 in Tianjin 30/03/2011

YEAH!!! Finally end APPG today. Felt like a big stone had just disappeared. Today highlight was celebrating Mr Tan’s birthday. Bought a ultra super big cake for him, 3 layer in total. Lols. Went down at the buddy’s cafe to celebrate. Had fun there, with all the cake smashing all that stuff. Damn funny. After all, wish Mr Tan a Happy Birthday and enjoy his day:)

Day 22 in Tianjin 29/03/2011

Today was a great day. The weather, the mood, all perfect. Some of us manage to release some of our stress for the upcoming test through a healthy way, playing basketball. Not long after the game start, there’s some small little things happened. Our basketball accidentally rolled out of the court and sort of roll into others court. Unfortunately, the people in the court are having their Pe, so we went to get the ball quickly, not wanting to disturb their lesson. But apparently, their coach was pissed, and shouted us for disrupting his lesson. But we know is somehow our fault, so just forget it. During lunch time, we went to play again. LOLS, pe for us too. And something happened during the lunch time. 2 of my trip mates did not attend lesson as one of them went to have a haircut while the other accompanied. But it took longer time than what they expected, so they did not attend the whole lesson. And during the roll call that night, they did explain their reason. Actually there’s 2 ways in looking this matter, but apologise is still require as they really did something wrong. So, just let it past and move on with our trip. Tomorrow is the day that our APPG will end, hope so. Lols. Let all do well for tomorrow and carry on with our study. Today shall be all.

Day 21 in Tianjin 28/03/2011

Revision for final test today. This is the last lap for the Oip students here. Therefore, gonna do our best in this module in order not to waste our time here. Mr Chua went through the topic behind to clear our doubt. Although still don’t understand some concept, but think still will do quite ok. Not much confident though. Went to have dinner with the group, although not all, but it’s pleasant. The funny part was, we ordered the same foods, but one after another instead of ordering together. Because we went to the restaurant at a different timing. Lols. After spending 3 weeks together, i found that the group have changed alots, in a positive way. During the meeting before we came here, we are like divided into groups, our own groups with our friends. But now, everybody is together, bonded strongly. The time we spent together are getting lesser and lesser, but sure I know that when we return, we will still take times to meet up with each other. This tells me that this trip is not only letting me study hard and change my study attitude, but also make new friends from other courses. I’m sure that if I did not come here, some of us will still be strangers even if we see each other in school. That all I wanna say today:)

Day 19 in Tianjin 26/03/2011

Get the first full sleep of mine since I reached here. the feeling was like, so~~~~ GOOD!!!!

today is just merely free day. but a study day for me.. Didn go anywhere but stay in hotel.

actually quite relaxing too, just stay inside and do your own things. hehe.

and today is the earth hour day, and I just forget it. But I didn not use any electronic device during that hour, so do i consider as helping too?!?! some of the group mate went for a hair change, so went there to take a look. spend almost 1 hour there, chatting and stuff. got an urge to cut and dye too, but i think not. Not much thing for me to reflect about, but still a useful quote, " All for one, one for All:)"

Day 18 in Tianjin 25/03/2011

had lab test this morning, really too panic this morning, that i almost didn complete the test cause of a stupid mistake that i made. Scare the hell out of me... but still manage to finish, and even did the enhancement part. now shall wait for the result. oh ya, today is the result day for last sem too. although i didn do well, but i still proud of myself as I manage to bring back my grade from fail to a pass, cause I did study very hard for the final exam. Shall pull my grade higher nxt sem then, starting with Appg of course. this is the promise I will keep.. after the lab test, went to visit a wine factory, Dynasty. Get to know how the factory operate and taste some of it's wine. not bad not bad. the wine cellar of the factory is designed in a European style, very nice, make myself think that i really in a europe country. went on a tour in the factory and went back to hotel. as for the night, KTV again. enjoy myself lot. as a summary for today, I learned that when facing a problem, it doesnt help by panicking, therefore, dont panic when you face a problem, or else, it will make it worse...

Day 17 in Tianjin 24/03/2011

today highlight was during IS, the interaction with China mates.

it start off with Mr Tan performing some of his magic. it sure entertained us as everyone was watching in deep. he is a true performer as he knows how to interact with his audiences and stuff.

right after it is a presentation by my fellow mate, showing the chinese our singapore culture, foods and tourist site. while looking at the food section, i'm sure all the singaporean miss the taste of it. nth beat our own food man! hehe. after that, one of my trip mate performed selat, a malay martial arts. it actually look like the chinese Tai-Ji.. quite cool. after it, it's Mr Tan magic again. A series of close up magic he performed. after that, it's time for us to interact with each other. listening those china student who came from every part of china, it make me think how difficult for them to get into some top uni in this big country, which also link me to the talk yesterday that currently for those jobs which are popular, almost each jobs vacancy is being compete by more than 1000 of graduates. this show how competitive their society are. This also show how fortunate we singapore are.