Day 29 - Happy Birthday, Hui Miang

Woke up as per usual and went to class to celebrate a birthday party.

In class, Xiang Yu and Seok (they really always stick close together for some reason.. They are my Group Leader and Assistant group leader respectively) bought in a huge cake covering.. It's time to celebrate soon.

Xing Yu and Seok checking out the lotus-like candle holder that is supposed to have a function similar to that of firecrackers...

And all too soon, the birthday girl arrived.

The cake covering. Do you reckon that it's two layered?

Eager schoolmates from MDE division. Keep up the cameras and soon we are all qualified to become paparazzi...

The birthday girl unveiling her cake and the irritating wrappings...

Tadah! Nope, it's not a double layered cake. With a basketball on top, it's a dunk shot!

Mr Wong: Do you know when will you be having another large cake?
MDE: Wedding time.
Seok: My Cake will be 40 inches and one layer..
Others: Seok! Like that how you cut?
Ci Min: Mine will have a ladder one...
Me: (Keeps Laughing)

The birthday girl, Hui Miang and her large cake. She's already eyeing her basketball...

And her birthday song sung in 3-4 versions...

I wish for... all the others to stop taking pictures of me! Aww.... What are you really wishing for. Hui Miang?

And finally, it's time to cut her cake...

My large share of the fruits and cream cake with bits of chocolate that I enjoyed. Large for a serving huh? The flimsy paper plate wasn't any better at all.

Zee Min's pigging out again... I told her to use a fork, this scatterbrain model...

Hui Miang's unusually large hat...

Such a large cake managed to be finished by Ci Min, Zee Min, Masita and Hui Miang. Scary ah...

And we are gossiping...

Test 1 was returned and I scored well. Which part is easy, Mr Wong? It may be opened book but still I scored 0/7 for one section of the test. A handful of us scored the range of 70-80 plus with the highest being at 86, Randolph is 'owning'.

See Zee Min's horrible manicure....

And I scored 81... And Zee Min kept exclaiming that I 'cheated her feelings'. How? I studied by reading it thoroughly once only...

Went for lunch with Zee Min.. Had the usual 牛肉刀削面.

Bumped into Masita, Pei Jie and Hajar shopping at the same store Pei Jie bought her bracelet(手链). Pei Jie is the ultimate shopping queen, still buying stuff at the street.

This time round, Zee Min got a custom-made hand phone strap for her friend and a bracelet for herself with the alphabet 'Z'.

Masita listening to Korean songs an bobbing her head to the rhythm. Ah... the headset is too large for you...

Zee Min took out ear rings that she brought over from Malaysia. Most of them were too elegant for my taste..

Her ear-rings are really nice. This little 'doreamon' never wears the ear-rings she bought over from Malaysia. How can silver be priced at 10 ringgit?? I want to go shop for ear rings already. Sheesh...

Zee Min with long hair!!! Ah, she reminds me of someone.... Oh my god, Zee Min, you totally had a makeover of some sorts?

The one in the bottom right is Zee Min. You know, some of her friends are really pretty de.

Went out to buy dinner with Pei Jie. Got the 汤包(A dumpling with soup as well) and 咖啡奶茶(Coffee Milk Tea)... Long time no bubble tea...

At 9 pm, will be heading off for reharsals at Masita's room for the presentation tomorrow...

Ah... night!!!

Day 28 - Nearly Late

Been having intermittent sleeping patterns. I slept at 1 plus only to be woken up at 7 by Pei Jie's alarm clock. I fell asleep again and sleep until 10.22. I was like, "What the hell? I slept way past the time I wanted to wake up."

Thankfully, classes start at 11 today. I realised that I had silenced the alarm clock when I woke up at 7... Silly me...

Anyway, it wasn't a proper lesson, I mean, we were done with the modules and all that's left is to discuss on the assignment 2.

Mr Wong showing us the standard of Assignment 2. It's in Excel and if I recall correctly, I suck in it...

Anyway, got back my test paper on the lab test. See, so many crosses. (Front View)

And the (Back view) markings... Mr Wong always tabulate the marks wrongly on my paper.

Got a 24/60 instead of 24/40. Nearly freak me out...

Ladies and Gentleman, my dismal score of 58. Well, I wasn't expecting much because I wasn't very good with the software. Hey, at least I didn't have to re-take the test again.

After lessons. hung back with Zee Min to clarify our doubts.

Went to lunch, arranging to meet Pei Jie outside the Halal restaurant. Arranged to meet Pei Jie outside the Halal restaurant.

Took photos of the two children of the family restaurant. Cute huh?

Finally, I have to conclude that we are the most kiasu(怕输-Scared to lose) group. We already started and somewhat completed our assignment 2 by forfeiting shopping. An additional note, most of the others are still shopping and haven't even started.

Hui Miang! Why is she smiling? Well, she's having a ball of time on Pei Jie's bed.

Look at the two of them clowning around as we are discussing about the assignment. Guys, please focus. And Auntie Pei Jie looks like she's found a nice chicken...

Now we are talking. So serious. This time, i am the one slacking as I am taking the pictures?

I love Pei Jie's pose here. In her left hand, she's holding on to her laptop and showing us the points while writing. Now that's what I call multi-tasking.

Finally, we managed to finish about 90% of the work and now, we are all currently slacking...

Ahh, Mr Wong has to correct most of our presentation. Never mind. So right now, I have finished editting the Value Analysis and honestly, it's really testing me my Logistics principles...

At any rate, here are my reflections on the 2 industry visits. The Wuguang Steel industry as well as the Fibre Optics Company.

Singapore will undoubtedly move towards the fibre Optics company namely due to the value being added, lack of resources, our qualification as well as the potential for this industry in the next decade.

Firstly, Value. Here, we are talking about value added products and services. As fibre optics is more technologically enhanced, value is high and wanted by cnsumers.

Secondly, Singapore has limited resources as compared to our neighbours. In order for our econnomy to thrive, Singapore will have to be more productive through the use of less resource that are of good quality to manafacture the required goods.

Next,with Singapore's high standard of education, it is possible to employ the next generation of workers who will lead the industry to new levels.

Lastly, fibre optics is a booming industry that can be expanded over the next few years. Thus, Singapore must 'strike while the iron is hot' to have a market share in this industry.

Day 27 - Shopping trip

Woke up at around 11 plus as it was a free and easy day ad I had no initial plan in mind. I went to the laundry first thing after my bath. And at the doorway, I ran into Mei Yun.

The Auntie charged me the usual for my laundry. She's always amazed at the amount of stuff I bring to her each time.

Went back and once again, ran into Mei Yun. I decided to tag along for the trip to 汉正街 hoping that I could find something to buy.

Went with Winson, Seok, Stephanie and Mei Yun at 1 plus.

See, we are all trying to get to our destination... and it's really not easy as we had to be careful and elbow some of the people.

Who says Wuhan have no high-rise building? I prove that theory wrong!! Looks rather old huh?

We also had to ask around for directions to get to our destination.

And one of the smaller scale transportation..

Moved on into one of the streets whereby we met up with Xiang Yu who was carrying a packet of toilet papers...

Along the way, look at the demolished buildings. Looking at the picture itself, I am reminded of 3 NE messages.

Firstly, we must ourselves defend Singapore. As with history suggestion, nuff said. Also, using an analogy, I will link the demolished walls to Singapore and the machines to other forces. If we do not defend our country, see the end result?

Secondly, we have to defend ourselves because 'No one owes Singapore a Living'. It's every man for themselves and so, Singapore will be pushed aside for self interest. We have to ensure that this does not happen rather, we have to turn challenges into opportunities as we survive in this competitive world and prosper for many years to come.

Lastly, we have 'Confidence in our Future'. The analogy is that for old buildings to be demolished, new ones will be built. Like the process of building new buildings, we stay united, determined and well-prepared. This way, we have what it takes to build a bright future for our selves, and to progress together as one nation as everybody is involved wit the process.

Look, more 人山人海(Mountains and Seas of people).

They have a bunch of critiques for a simple game of mahjong... God of Gambling?

The busy street along with cars and human traffic.

Had lunch at fake KFC again...

Went into the factory sale of Addidas. Nothing much and so, while waiting for the others to be done with their shopping, Stephanie and I were camera whoring.

And another pose at the mirror...

Coma Shopping center mainly caters to Sports gear and clothing. It's all factory produced and sold here. Up to 8 levels... they should rename it 'Sports complex'.

Passed by the 'Tom and Jerry' shop. Mum!!! This is for you, your favourite cartoon after all.

Decided to head over to computer city (电脑城) with the gang. And there, sadly, we found that the shop's already closed. So, we shopped around the area and saw...

Puppies!!! Oh my god, they are so adorable. And the price at a mere 250+ yuan. But I noticed that most of the puppies were shivering from the cold.

I touched the brown furred puppy which in turn, playfully nipped me. One word-Awwwww..

There's a Maltese in here. How do I know? Well, I heard a lady asking the owner on the bred of the dog she was holding. Priced at 250 yuan... Ginger should have seen this..

Anyway, even if I did managed to purchase the dog here cheaply, back in Singapore, AVA will have to quarantine it and we have to pay the bills and also, the necessities of the dog. In short, the dog will cost a fortune should I bring it back to Singapore.

Took the long bus journey and went to 建设二路(Street name) to eat dinner. Talk about 巧(Coincidence), we met the 2 Mr Wong and Mr Chong.

They already had their dinner at the restaurant we are headed to.

So, we went to have our dinner as well as a lot of laughter due to Stephanie's attempt at match-making Seok and Xiang Yu. I kept laughing to no end.

Finally, went back to the school building.

Women dancing a folk dance...

Went back to claim my laundry before returning to my hostel to blog...

And after shopping for so long, it felt good to actually buy something although, Zee Min's reaction is really saying, "Huh? Shop so long only bought a Tee?" Well, sorry la, I not the shopping type.

Day 26 - A wet Outing

It's been raining the whole time we were out for the trip. It means... the temperature has been plummeting back to 7 degrees.

Went to ... err... I am not so good with street names.

Anyway, here we are, walking under umbrellas in the street.

I shopped around with Xin Hui. Nadiyah and Hashanah initially. Soon, we were joined by Mr Wong.

Went to eat KFC... I manged to chow down a burger, and another 3 extra wings as well as milo.

Much later on, i went around the area with MR Wong as I wanted to scout out the area more. It's really Singapore's version of Bugis Street, I mean, it's 3 to 5 shopping malls are located beside each other.

In the end, I never buy anything. As for the others I met back at another fast food restaurant, they already had bags and Mei Yun seemed to be carrying a large stuffed toy as well.

Saw this very 'historical' advertisement. Whaha.. Cleopatra loves chicken?

It says 汉口江滩. Actually, after this building, there's really not much to see save for the evening time.

That's when we will see the florescent lights lighting up the shoreline against the night sky. Said to be beautiful and romantic.

The day view isn't that nice...

A ship on the river!!!

Our tour guide, 刘导游 was explaining about this place to Mr Wong. She's pretty, isn't she?

Ah, I wanna eat the 'ikan' (fish). But, it will taste like rock...

Meet Mr Ng, my ECONS (economics) lecturer. Thanks to his teachings, I ended up with B+ in that module...

Three of the naggy tour guides... Whahaha..

Why do we keep meeting the same tour guides for all the weekends? But this is the last week we may be seeing them for a long, long time.

And a biscuit on the bus that we all got from Mr Chong. Thanks....

And finally, went back to the hostel only to find the 阿姨 (Auntie) in charge of the hostel watching a re-run of the show, 大长今 (the Korean drama) and so, went in to watch the last bit.

Unlike Singapore, dramas here are broad casted up to 4 hours a day. Now, if only we had a television in our room...

Ahh... I saw Da Chang Jing... Not bad, there's still the old fashioned television here...