Day 35

Day 35- Final day in Wuhan.

It was an extremely sad day for me. It was the final chance i have to see Wuhan's beauty. I've learnt so much from this trip and made a lot of new friends.

I learnt discipline and time management when i was there in Wuhan. There so many deadlines to meet while we were there. I learnt to wake up by myself and also be responsible for my own meals and expenses. Going to Wuhan really changed me because i feel that i have learnt how to be mature. I made sure i was on time for class, spent not too much money and made sure i drank lots of water. Even if i was free from my parent's constant nagging, i still managed to live well by myself.

I also learnt how to handle procrastination. I expect myself to procrastinate once i reached Wuhan because the place here is too interesting for me to just sit down and do my work. I made sure i get the job done first before doing anything else! Because of this, i was able to meet the various deadlines for projects etc. I hope this change i have will never change once i get back home!

I also learnt how to appreciate what i have. Walking down the streets of Wuhan made me realise that i have so much more in life and yet i am complaining. The people mending the street stall work 24/7 and yet they are doing their job with a bright smile whenever they see customers. So it really got me thinking. What right do i have to complain when us Singaporeans have clean food, home and good environment?
I am really blessed to have a home and a great family.

 We woke up early in the morning to place our luggage in room 102.After that, me and the rest went to our favourite Halal store to have our FINAL breakfast. I ordered my all time favourite Chicken fried rice! and had final group photos too. I even managed to have a photo with Sulaiman and his brother! Both of them have been serving us great food ever since we came here! After a heavy breakfast, we walked to the tea shop where we always enjoy our milk tea! I regretted not buying the drink because now i'm craving for it!

As i sat on the plane waiting to take off. I finally realised that that moment is the last time i'll ever be taking in the cool air of Wuhan. It marked the end of this whole journey. Through this journey, i've come to learn to appreciate what i have and there is one thing i really brought back home with me - the bonds i have made with my OIP mates. My clique actually grew over these 5 weeks and we welcome in 4 new friends whom i thought were unfriendly at first! But turns out they are as nice as my favourite Ji dan Ji rou Chao Fan! well maybe even nicer! We ate, play and laugh together through out the trips. As this will be my last post i want to say special thanks to the following people:

Danesha
Irfanah
Tricia
Rachel
Priscilla
Wei Seng
Gordon
Samuel
Joel
Nicholas
Huiqi
Qurainah
Travin
Asaph
Shan Hui
Xanier

Thank you guys! You guys are one of the most important people when we were in Wuhan. You guys made everyday a special day for me!
Thanks for taking care of me when i was sick too!!
Also, i would like to thank the lecturers who are always there with us through out. All the lecturers were like my parents and i felt close to home whenever they join us for meals!
Last but definately not the least, i would like to thank LSCT and OIP mates for giving me such an awesome 35 days in Wuhan. I now walk down the path of life with these memories floating in my heart
:)
As i am typing this, i really am tearing..

I go back to Singapore with these new bonds and knowledge i have about Wuhan. Now i can confidently tell people that Wuhan is filled with nice people and what stereotypes Singaporeans have about China is
ABSOLUTELY WRONG.
The people here are nicer than you think! Its just that Singaporeans cannot accept their culture and their way of life! I'm so glad i learnt this first-hand because Wuhan now will always forever stay in my heart.
My friends and I made a plan to come back to the same place, eat the same thing at the same place (Sulaiman's store) once we've graduated. Now that is a promise i'll never forget till we achieve it.

final glimpse of the dorrm

Sulaiman!

the menu on the table

the Famous CHICKEN FRIED RICE

Sulaiman's brother- Muhammad!

our fav milk tea shop!

Final view of Wuhan

I will never say farewell to this beautiful Wuhan.
Instead, i shall say,
See you again Wuhan!
And Thank you so much for all the memories you have given me to walk down the path of life :)

Day 29~34

Day 29 ~ FORENSIC SCIENCE PRESENTATION!

Hello again people!
So today was our forensic science presentation.
We are suppose to come up with an activity for the class.
So our topic was on SHOEPRINT~!!!!
We took a LOOONG time to prepare for this because we really cracked our brain to come up with an a method to see shoeprints.

But in the end, we did it anyway!
We used hairspray and floor!!
Its a little method which i would to call it a 'hostel-made' method because we invented it ourselves!
and it turned out PERFECTLY!
We also received feedback saying that it is fun to do as well!
When my classmates were doing the activity, i felt like proud because they were having so much fun printing their own shoeprints!

After the whole thing, we went back to our dorms to start our revision for common test.

day 30~ 34 - Last few days in Wuhan :(

We had our common test on wednesday!
Well, i'm glad that is over!
Again, i never once felt extreme stress while i was studying for it!
I studied at the hill where couples always go there to do PDA
haha. i was enjoying my final chances to experience the natural cool weather here in Wuhan.
And i was doing a little reflecting while i was sitting there.

Living close to your friends is definately fun.
There are more pros than cons!
Well the pros is that since they are living near you, you can always study together with them and discuss directly! No need for Whatsapp or Facebook!

Another pros is that its much convenient for us to do projects because we could just meet in one room immediately and start discussing!

Not to mention the lecturers are only 4 flights of stairs away from us! So we usually crashed to Mr Lee's apartment and bomb him with questions! Not only that, we also got to know our lecturers better and can even have meals with them!

However the only cons that i face is that it gets very noisy sometimes.
I had trouble having naps because i'm a very light sleeper. A simple coin drop can wake me up! But i did have great sleep each night because the weather is so cooling!!!!

After the common test , we went to Han street with Dr Tan!!!
IT WAS AS THOUGH I AM IN LONDON!!!!
So 'atas'.
But the things there were a little too expensive though.
But hey ! Its a great experience knowing that i found London in China!!!