Day 41 - Last Morning In Wuhan

The First Part of The Day:

our foyer :')
just outside our room
SuperMOuse-WG.

LOL!
all-packed
Goodbye.

Before we board the bus, all of us were so busy preparing to move our luggage from point A to point B and to the next again that we had not have enough time to be emotional about going.

"Goodbye, Wuhan!"- Randolph, while on our way to the bus thats going to take us to Airport.

Another Favourite Boy with the older Lady Boss.

The Lady Boss shed some tears according to Zee Min. It made some of us cried as well but I want her to remember me in smiles. NO crying. I'm going to miss her. She reminds me alot of Grandma. I still have my grandma!

Second Part: The First Flight

This was when things got more teary for some. Local students, thanks so much for sending us off. (pictures in wg's camera)

First flight

It was Raining.

It was Windy.

And we had to take a short bus trip to the plane.

sighs.
abit closer to home.

A new friend; Mr Leo Neng Ping

He said his a University Student once and he was going for a business trip. He taught me four levels of "XIng". I can remember two at the moment: Wake up and surname. Lol
1,2, yes sir, 3 of us.

Third part: Second Flight

Transit between the two flights was a mad rush. 

I had to leave my brother's present behind. It turns out I had to compress the soccer ball. Since the ball contains air, "there might be a bomb in it", dad said. 

One of the things that made me beyond upset was the fact nobody told me earlier that it has to be compressed. Or else I could have done it myself with the pin. I placed the pin at my luggage because I did'nt want it to be confiscated. Now I have the pin with no ball. haa

I was so upset at the thought of upsetting Danial that I really coudn't help myself. Sorry for pushing you away that time, Hashanah. And yeah, I made quite a ruckus when I start crying. I told myself I should stop bawling about the ball and be big girl for my little bro. Things happened and at the particular moment when I've stopped, I realised crying won't reversed time nor will it pause time nor will it bring back the ball back nor will it help to explain to my brother.

Echo: I can't bring the ball back. 

Three words: Deal with it.

I must be independant not only with my actions but with my thoughts and reasons as well.

I don't want anyone to remember me as the girl who cried on her flight home because of a ball. 

It sounds silly. Hope you're smiling reading this, whoever you are, because I am (:

no more

Future doctors?

"let me poke you with my special stethoscope"

Feel pity for our patients

know what I mean? aha

the thought of med made us mad

LOL

thats Kinsten. 

Too bad I plucked out the courage to talk to her only when we were about to land. So we talked about 14 mins instead of the available 4hrs but its okay, she had her earpiece on and was dozing off most of the time. (:

Fourth: Things Learnt (general)~

Neng Ping and Kisten are both locals in China. Neng Ping travels alot to different parts of China because of his work and he has a child younger than me by 5 years and Kisten travel to and fro from Guangzhou to SIngapore because she's studying in MDIS and she's only two years older than me and she's already travelling alone. Wow, right?

I mentioned in my learning plan that I want to be more at ease with strangers, too. My journey in Wuhan have definitely widen my circle of friends and I've found out I've befriend more strangers than I had imagined I could.

I've endured discomfort of a thin mattress in dorm and had my share of holding breath to pee and also to look away and not look disgusted when others' spit. I feel that I've grown and that I've actually seen another part of the world. Another culture, another lifestyle where there's spitting and slippers are not usually "in". There's so many things that I've learnt (not only a long foreign history) that I can't find the right words to describe this sense of satisfaction and achievement. 

If you're a new batch of OIP students wannabes, here's something for you; Go for it! 

Fifth: This is Home, truly~

We're so happy to be home!
This is home.

SINGAPORE IS OUR HOME, THIS IS WHERE WE BELONG.

Which NE message is that? (:

Sixth: Last but not least 

Thank You Mr Wong for taking care of us all

(even though sometimes I think we all made you quite mad)

Thank You girls of Room 123 for sticking with me

(although at times I know I can drive both of you up the wall)

Thank You to Weiguang who helped us quite alot for the shopping trips here and there

(but I still don't like when you come in our room and being too ______ you-know.lol)

Thank You Groupmates for the pleasant project work-time

(even with a MIA we-know-who and we dont go together always)

and

Thank You All

for the memories, the enriching journey, the friendship, the opportunities

and

 

even though our Immersion Programme has come to an end,

I hope you know with this end comes a new beginning 

(video and self-assignment etc-.-) aha and also because 

in life every beginning has an end and every end has a new beginning.

Thank You for Reading.

Day 40 : Last Night

All 3 of us woke up kind of early today to enjoy our last full day and night here. With a few hundreds still in our purse and a few more souvenirs to buy, we had a planned. It's the salon, nearest Wal-mart, then off to buy the sugar-coated candy in the shopping centre near school, dinner and the back-alley! 

Watch out, full day ahead!! HAHA

Last minute change of plans: I decided to start packing my closet full of stuff while they went for a make over. Dint take the photo of the cupboard though but here's most of the stuff after half unpacking.

Oh My 

Oh My God

Oh My Freaking God

I was so horrified by the number of plastic bags that I had, I actually considered postponing the whole packing to at night. @_@ However, the fear of not able to complete it on time, push me to do it. 

My four new pairs of shoes is packed in 1 shoe bag, new clothes are zipped in 2 big Ziploc bags and 1 big ziploc from Hashanah (thanks yaw! :) .The rest which weigh almost nothing are slot in empty spaces to make my luggage more compact. I recalled ESIA method while packing. aha. Remember elimination? I tried to eliminate what's not in use and integrate those cleaner clothes and new clothes together. ha ha. Its a good thing I started packing that late morning, early afternoon, as it made me realised I need another luggage bag for my stuffs.

I took almost 2 hours to really complete what I had targeted to pack. It was a huge relief once I'm done with it!

Whew!

Their salon-makeover took almost three and a half hours. Just when I was getting the spooks, they came back looking more confident and smiling smugly. Ha ha, too bad they refuse to let me take pictures of them yet as they won't ready to fashion it out. but just a side notice, even though their looks need some getting use to, I think they still look nice in a different way (: *thumbs up*

In the midst of waiting, I took this out from my luggage;

Love letters.

From my youngest sister.

from Jaws.

While reading their letters from the start of the journey, something sentimental strike me and I guess I sort of come up with this:

With God's Will

tomorrow at about this time I'll be on a flight to home

to awaiting friends, family, mom and dad

With God's Will

tomorrow I'll be saying goodbye

to a land once foreign with strangers that turned to home with friends 

and although there's dirty corners at times, nothings perfect 

and it was beautiful all the same

& here's to all, especially those who've 

shared vomit and tears, laughter and panic

here's smiling at you,

thanks for the memories, those happy faces and your joined efforts to make this journey so successful

and here's to you again, Bon voyage and have a safe journey home.

'I'll miss you' is a definite.

(i can feel it already)

Dinner at our usual Muslim food stall:

Dinner: 5RMb for 25 Dumplings

Instead of Ji dan la mian, the 123 girls decided to buy dumplings. I think we can only taste halal dumplings here but too bad for XH, cause the dumplings consisted of beef and mutton mixed and she can't eat beef. BTW, I think I ate the most. 

One of my Favourite Boys(:

Neoprint- China Style, can see the difference?

where our last few of Wuhan-night moments are captured

notice the string attached to fan? It's just like the one in the previous post.

I was able to purchase my sugar-coated peanut candy! 2.5kg for 51RMb. Hope its enough to be distributed and be kept in my store! (: 

I think I was emotionally unstable today but I want everyone to remember smiles not tears. (: The lady boss at our usual stall let us stay there for quite some time to play and take pictures with the children and herself. (pictures in the stall are in xh's and zee min's camera:)

I'm going to miss their Ji Dan La mian and the satay. Satay and hot soya bean more, I think. FYI, Muslim satay here is more spicy than SG's. I don't think I had enough of their satay or the freedom and sense of peacefulness here. Or the company. Or the class. Or Mr Wong. 

ROFL

I'd better get some rest for tomorrow.

long day ahead

Day 39 - The Gathering that lasts till 1030

Sun is out, Summer is almost here.

(& so is Summer Collection)

On the way to COMA Shopping Center
A japanese-anime I used to watch, is it Gackt?

(can't recall the name)
"Its a torture to cross the street", said Hashanah.

An innovative way to be rid of flies and bugs while showcasing just-cooked/cooked food by the street

WG writing in his Notebook Of Finance

Look how happy Rocco is

(it's his 20Th birthday:))
and he has his friends, us and 5 birthday cakes to cut (one of them is a 3- layer cake)
5 cakes in total.

Think Kumar looks cool here (:

Mr Wong loves the cake's box here

(it's his stylish hat)
XH don't like this photo but I do.

after a full day out.

Shopping again today right after lunch. This time we heed Ms Sally's suggestion and decided to go and shop at a shopping center called COMA (initially, we pronounced it as Ku-mar because of the Chinese slang, i think.) The shopping centre selling standard prices and after buying a few stuff there, we decided to shop by the streets instead. Personally, shopping outside shopping centres can give you a much better deal. The price is much lower and you can still bargain if its not selling at fixed price.

We headed back at ard 6.45pm for the 'farewell-gathering' and managed to reach there on time. Although we did show up a tad late, we got involved in all (i think) of the activities, including the cleaning up, -.-, aha. The open dancefloor, last part was fun.

Sad to think of going, happy to think of returning: its all a tumble of emotions. One day left to shop and do last minute things.

P.S. Kumar, if you're reading this, feel free to grab your picture and Sorry to keep disturbing you about the racist joke. No hard feelings alright, peace (^^.\/)

P.P.S. To everyone else, those who got cream wiped at their faces please take it in good humour and since no one got hurt (except for XH's feet), I hope everyone had as much fun as I did.

P.P.P.S. Shaoming from ECE group told me they are going to have Fireworks display tomorrow at their campus around 7.30 or 8pm. Those interested please tell Zee Min to confirm the exact location and to let the ECE group know how many are going.

many thanks for reading (:

Day 38 - Kid, Kidd, Kiddy, not kidding.

Look at XY, He's trying to get a good picture by tilting here and there and zooming almost everywhere. ha ha.

Kidd!

boys' room
5 boys in this room for 6 months. 
O.O

View from inside the room.

3rd storey Corridor~

Cleaning up the mess with a mop-like broom.

Manicure in processDone.
A shoulder to lean on.

new haircut? Style 2.

Style 1 is much nicer though, no? (:

Carousel for Beginners. aha

Our last ticket was --> Haunted house!
the kid in me.
the kid in them
kiddy roller coaster
a kid in her.

3D-Simulation. There's always a First Time.
Yay, in we go with our tickets and shopping bag! haa

45RMB for 5 kinds of Ride= Less than S$3 per Ride

Us.

The day started out with our last presentation for our stay here. Almost everyone showed up (to give their support?) in the end. Listen attentively to Mr Wong's briefing of the final OIP group and individual's assignment and Xiang Yu informed us that the farewell gathering will be held tomorrow night at 7.30pm and there'll be KTV. Honestly, I don't think KTV is very interactive. Perhaps, it is to many of them. Something like a prom night would be better for me, drinks and foods aside, open dance-floor, but I'm just a voice of the minority whose idea will always be kept in the storage. haha

Anyway, as a form of celebration and savouring our last days of freedom in Wuhan, B.A.S decided to go out and shop after lunch. Since WG was going to buy kites first, we agreed to meet him later on at Wal-Mart.

Right after we got on the lift, we bumped into Kidd, his hair was cut. i think longer look nicer but it'll grow back, so no worries there. He offered to show us his dorm, maybe he was just being polite since he was going there to put his stuff but we pounce on the idea like how cats would pounce on mouse. ROFL. Definitely an eye opener. We, Singaporeans, take a lot of things for granted isn't it.

Said our thanks, bid farewell to Kidd and ate Ji dan lamian before taking bus 702 to wal-mart, just us girls. Yay, we made it!

Shopped around and accompany Xh for a manicure, but I felt asleep while waiting =/

Whwn Weiguang arrived, Hash and me brought him around to the earrings stalls while Xh go get a pedicure as well. One of the jewellery store owner told us to go up to level 5 and whoa, its like Bugis street there! Must buy, buy, buy, bargain, bargain, bargain!

Play arcade after that. initially just wanted to play the basketball hoops only, since the promotion ride is cheaper and the majority wants to go to the haunted house, all four of us bought the 45yuan ticket for a carousel ride, kiddy roller coaster, 3D Simulation, Bumper Car and Haunted House. 

I drank Mocha Shake with oreo topping at Dairy Queen for the first time. Tastes like Chocalate Ice blended Bubble Tea, only less sweeter and abit more bitter. Nice~ but I got diarrhoea approximately 2 hours later. -.-

In case, you can't tell, apart from that, I had a really nice day (:

Thanks, JO1s (:

P.S. An unfortunate thing happened to _____, hope you get better asap.