Thursday, March 12, 2009

Day 10 - Some Things Learnt


Harmony brings prosperity~ yes (:
All those within the four seas can be considered Brothers". yeah, man, whatsup bro?


handouts on human sacrifices~
Random.
can you see the 2 boats in the flags each man are holding?
Wei Guang's face while waiting for food~

I think the one cooking is the son and the one supervising is the Dad. Its pretty normal to see the local family involve in a family business: just like how it goes in the Malay proverbs"mana tak tumpah kuah kalau bukan ke Nasi" 
briefly telling us what we will be able to see tomorrow~

Mr Wong said we might not be able to take the boat at station 1 to experience the lift since most probably than not we will be boarding the boat somewhere between number 2 and 3 or number 3.
this is how Mr Wong illustrated at the whiteboard just now. i redraw using Paint. Look how high the water can go and Yepp, it most definitely will flood the whole civilisation near the bank. Mr Wong told us most of them have been compensate and moved to higher ground level but being humans, some are never satisfied with what they are given. There are some political and social issues regarding that.
To prepare themselves, about twenty years ago, they decided to build a dam about 150 m high (about 40 storey building) and just leave the past civilisation to be buried underwater. Using whatever technology and resources that they have, without outsiders' help, it was said they are about 70% finish with what they intend to do. By the way Mr Wong had added in that there would be some control as to how much water level that can pass through using the dam and the technologies that are built-in in it.


Hashanah preparing for class: the class has not even start yet!
Xinhui preparing for class. Well, you know, the class has not even start yet then (;
My style of preparing for class: These sweets damn shiok I tell you! One of the things I promise myself to bring home to SG if I can~Peanuts in a coat of sugar~ Whoo~
I noticed something from my same window seat view: Wust have beautiful stairs. I post this up for my interior design friend. Last I heard she had to do research on the different types of stairs. Hope it helped (:
Another view, I was actually trying to capture the raindrops. It was raining (not so heavily though) but enough for us to feel the cold slipping in through our jackets and warning us to pile up more clothes for tomorrow. 
Taken at night (it was still super duper cold hokay!): these active women are exercising out on the streets, IN THE FREAKING COLD WEATHER. Seriously madams, hats off to you.
the first spotted sports car on Wuhan streets and its Yellow yaw! ((:
I know its yellow, please don't think dirty, its just something to touch instead of press before crossing the road (:

Awww man, I was getting used to telling everyone the stories behind those pictures. I have a very bad habit of bringing my camera wherever I go. Thats why I depend on some others to help me take but since I dont really like to do that I have lesser pictures than I would like to have. I must be such a disappointment to Mr Lim Choon Boo. =/


Class starts at 1pm today and Xiao Lin Laoshi gave us handouts (yay!). She gave us two types; on human sacrifices and a write-up on the different 'famous people' who ruled the land of China. Although its very interesting, I did not get to finish it as soon as I wanted to as my eyes became tired. I think Teacher have been very understanding towards our bad attitude in class. 

I know MDE and LSCT students might prove to be too many to handle but I still look forward to having more interactions in her class instead of the screen. 

Wu Zhetian was the fifth wife to her first emperor husband and the second wife to her second emperor husband (which happened to be the son of her first husband-like wow right? its like marrying yur stepmother, no?) until she killed her infant daughter and framed the 1st wife of her second emperor husband. Then she was able to be the 1st wife=empress. When her second husband died, the throne was given to her first son. Since she find it hard to control her son (Zhongzong), she made changes and let her second son, Ruizong to be the Emperor-her puppet. 

In the end she get to rule the land for 15 years beore a palaca coup occured and she died at the age of 82. 

Yessire, I think I am half fascinated and half disgusted with her. Weirdly, I think there are still people who have similar traits and who are as ambitious as her. The world is ... @_@