Day 25 - Second Industrial Visit and the Nearer Wal-Mart

Hello. Lets start off this post with some random stuff:

1. An email from Mr Wong

Click picture below to see what Mr Wong thinks of my picture:

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sighs. heartpain. 

Jidanglamian=my face. new trademark. -___-

2. Accident 

All other vehicles cramped to the other lane.

3. The Blood Donation Center

Their blood donation center is just a small (what do you call it?) clinic by the roadside and very near to the Wal-mart.

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The Industrial Visit

I think the whole lot of us who went to the Industrial Visit today are very fortunate. I say this because Yangtze Optic Fibre and Cable Company Ltd. (YOFC), is not just any international company, YOFC is also the 2nd largest fibre manufacturer and the 5th largest cable manufacturer in the world! They are also ranked No.1 in China because of their excellent sales for 15 consecutive years! I think its amazing. There's this saying that means we have to learn from those who are successful and more knowledgeable, "Learn from the wise", and although the tour was less than an hour and most of the processes are not shown due to the company's secret, I think all of us had benefitted and learnt how the optic fibre is made.

optic fibres (the ones shaped like bangles) and cables

Raw materials to make the optical fibre
Mr Wong told us all something sad about BPQE. Even though its logical and I think its true, I'm still sad to know that whatever I've learnt all this time will be redundant and since they've taken out the engineering modules, I guess the more useless my diploma will be. =/ I actually felt discouraged and less motivated to do well at this point of time, which sucks big time cause I'm already not doing that well. If I keep this up, I'll get 2 or less for my g.p.a next 2 semesters.

I'm sorry.

The main point was Quality is already a must in companies and whatever I've learnt now will be provided for everyone who is working later on. So you know, the diploma fees are... ya, okay. Its too late to think of changing course.
brief history
in the 2nd largest optic fibre company in the WORLD!

The largest optic fibre company is in America.

Glass rods are the main raw material and the fibres are, as thin as your hair, extracted from them and are rolled up like sewing threads (above). Should the fibre was broken halfway, they are rejected due to quality reasons. 

These fibres would undergo some coating and other (not revealed to us) processes that are able to give them colour and etc.
there are no seats there, actually.

"the translator" is in front of Ben and Randolph
The guide is the one in orange jacket.

its not that I dont want smile as big as them, its because of limited lip movement.

first picture with Mengzhen

ehem, asst. and grp leader again ((:
urm, yeah. I wasn't exaggerating.

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On the way home, the bus dropby most of the LSCT students to collect their Sakura Tickets (to see the Sakura flower) while most of the MDE students (or was it all?) chosed to go to the nearby Wal-mart to have their lunch (and shop).

TUNNEL!

tortoise, anyone?...
... for soup?
Live frogs!
at RMB5.90 per 500g.

*gulp*

pizza hut have PORK.

=(
perfume testing, cool huh?
something I am not allowed to get~

Manicure. =/

double decker bus O.O
B.A.S/123 girls
double decker bus O.O

(notice the diff in China and SG buses?)
happy roommates

(the bus was bumpy)
double decker bus' stairs O.O

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We reached home (dorm) around 4 plus and went out to buy and eat dinner at Mr Loh's apartment. I had fun watching the TV (you won't hear that from me if I'm still in SG). More pictures below, that's pretty much how the 25th day was.

slacking at Mr Loh's apartment

preparing Green Bean Soup which Clive likes to eat with SPOONFULS of sugar. *shudders*
ehem, both asst. and grp leader cleaning up, together ^^

they say China people are very hardworking
now i know why.

DAY TOUR TOMORROW!!

Day 24 - Bled Lips and the Singapore Presentation

Class at 10 am. The girls and I were late. That was because of me. I delayed too long in the toilet (in front of the mirror, to be exact) on my peeling skin and bleeding upper lip. I'm sorry, I know, that was inconsiderate. I apologise.

Completing Lesson 9 and 10 and also after doing the quiz no.10, WE ARE DONE WITH LECTURES! Hip hip hooray! Okay, but to be fair, there's still some assignments to present and, urm, group projects to complete.

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(fyi, thats an expression & fyi stands for FOR YOUR INFORMATION)

Group E went out to lunch for the first time ever, with Stephanie. We ate at the Muslim Canteen Stall, which, according to XY, there is one dish that make use of alcohol. I have to check with him to confirm again what dish is it.if im not wrong it consists of duck.

Credits to Vivian. btw, I was not gobbling, I was eating as slow as I can with limited lip movement and thats Stephanie. Say Hi to Stephanie, everyone.

& so we went to rehearsed, twice, at their (Seok and Stephanie's) room. Thats where I found out Steph, Seok and Mengzhen had not bring down the decorations that the previous occupants had left in the room. I will take a picture of it asap, k?

For now, let the pictures do the talking: 

View from where I'm resting before meeting the rest at 3pm to have our final rehearsal with the rest. & our overflowing rubbish bin.

around 3.45pm at the lecture hall (presentation room) and deciding the flow of things with the LSCT students

the FINE group presenting FINES and the FINE city
Group E going to present~
Just before presentation: Nervous, much? YES!

Candid, before presentation. I was telling Seok I wanted to pee. Right, Seok?

The whole lot of LSCT students went first, followed by the introduction of MDE courses, transportation in SG (skit by Group E), then the many fines that are implemented in SG making SG a fine country (presentation and movie by Group D), followed by Peranakan presentation (combination of assistant group leaders from A,B and C) and the malay culture presentation (Steph's Group, A) and a song and (simple) dance of Rasa Sayang Eh and then the finale, the whole lot of MDE and LSCT students together with Mr Wong, sang the Singapore Town. Hope the locals enjoyed it as much as I know most of us enjoyed singing to them!

Haha.

Dinner was Niu ro zha Ji dan la mian (fried beef noodles with egg in hanyu pinyin). If you say "zha" its fried, if you say "jia" its add. BIG difference okay, beware~

Working together with the group (and the bigger group: MDE AND LSCT) to come up with something about Singapore really pulls out our Singapore spirit up. Songs most of us learnt eversince primary school (some even during Kindergaten) began to surface and its just a nice feeling to know that we, different races and religion, coming together although from different family and childhood background and experiences, joining in together to merge our voices just to sing a simple song, its a feeling you get when you stand in a crowd and singing along in NDP especially the same when you're with all your class and schoolmates in your primary and secondary school days. 

Well, you know...
(:

NATIONAL EDUCATION MESSAGES

1. Singapore is our homeland; this is where we belong.
   We treasure our heritage and take pride in shaping our own unique way of life.
   
   
2. We must preserve racial and religious harmony.
   We value our diversity and are determined to stay a united people. 

... you know, you belong.

P.S. Weiguang has the whole singing thing on video! GO SEE!! ((:

Day 23 - Flexsims Test!

Mr Wong telling us The Ant story
Lesson 8
Yellow PUS

I woke up today and went toilet to find out that my upper lips has produced yellow, yellow dry stuff that, my roommates and I now, suspected is called "pus". Its damn disgusting.

Honestly, I would have even consider to not want to go to class if it was not the Flexsims Test today. Moreover, I am still deprived of sleep because of my sleepless nights (nights because including last night, its been two days I had not been sleeping my usual 6 hours at least). ):

I made my mum worry yesterday. It seems to get a little more lonely eversince the pain starts. I'm trying to see "enduring this pain almost alone" as a challenge that I'm suppose to overcome.

Flexsims test was either about FastFood Outlet or the Bank. I received the one about FastFood Outlet. I could run the model and had recorded down what needs to be recorded down. Now its only a question of did I run and recorded it down correctly or not, just like my yesterday's laundry.

Finally get to meet Xiao Lin Lao Shi and . . . 

shh, enough said. (: *secret*

After lunch, went back to class. This time lecture was at room 702 instead of 705 (our usual) since 705 was in used by another lesson. Mr Wong started out the lesson with some email-jokes and the story of an ant. He went through the notes and we took the test 8 and class was over! The whole lot of us stayed back to get ready for tomorrow.

We are having a mass presentation tomorrow yaw!

i excited can?

credits to XY
pictures with Red Border: Credits to Clive

P.S. Clive recorded our rehearsals and posted it in his blog! GO SEE! ((:

Day 22 - Another Day

Messy-looking table

Test tomorrow~

HELLO!

I found out a few days ago I had done my laundry wrongly. It turns out I did not add in washing powder before I soak my clothes. Therefore they had this peculiar smell. I had to soak and wait for it for another day before I could hang it to dry. Because of that I almost don't have any undergarments to wear; One careless mistake I dare not forget and one good example to show the difference of getting things done and getting things done correctly or not. -.-

toilet/laundry room
toilet/laundry room

Mr Wong told us to attend the 1pm class to practice more on our Flexsims. Mr Wong also gave us some more tips and explained more about the statistical distribution that we would most likely be doing tomorrow:

The above are some notes that I've copied old-school style from the whiteboard (the New-school style would be using MS word or even Paint)

Class ended approximately around 3pm and the BAS/123 grls got ourselves a Strawberry-flavour-chocolate-coated-IceCREAM CONE (Cornetto)!! Its RMB4(S$1) each. o.O jealous, much? =P

Group E members agreed to meet at Group Leader's room to discuss on our Thursday presentation. It turns out I'm pretty much pumped up to do this. Mainly because, XY got the main role (leader mah^^) and Vivian got the Narrator's job (I don't like to talk too much) and Seok and I get to be CALEFARE! haha. small but necessary roles, i like (: 

Dinner at the usual back alley ji dan la mian shop but I ordered Neu ro la mian jia ji dan (Beef soup noodles with egg). Se-dap!

tired