Day 9 - Simple Day

Ahh, there was no lesson for early morning but still, I woke up early to get my breakfast before lazing around in bed and doing the assignment until 12.30 as well as watching YouTube.

Then, we departed for lessons. There is really no need to rush since we are one the earliest again as it is. And along the way, Pei Jie had a packet of those gummy treats and she was attempting to catch it with her mouth by tossing it. She failed 5 times in a row. Those sweets are wasted.

Passed by the basketball court on our way to the classroom.

Only no 帅哥(handsome guys) playing ba.
Spring is here Look, the shy blossoms are blooming at last.

During class, Xiao Ling 老师, she started with a quiz. Pei Jie answered the question and was given a medal of honour- A pen.

Later on, she turned to pass me the pen because I was the one supplying the answers for her.

You are the top student, Pei Jie. Just kidding

See the objectives for 4 hours worth of lessons. The 2nd point of the objective is meant for history loving students. How on earth do you actually remember like 5000 years of history?

This is the Great Wall Of China.

The class also wanted to go to Beijing by rail which will cost 2000 yuan. But, the Great Wall...

The artificial Grand Canal.

Chinese people are inventors of their time. And the 4 of them are shown above.

Why does the early compass look so funny? Oh, still in progress.

Initially, gun powder was invented by accident. Taoists alchemists wanted to make the pill of immortality but ended up with gun powder instead.

Later on, gun powder was used in fireworks as well as military purposes.

Another invention. The Chinese character, "和"(peace) is written there. It signifies china's yearning for peace.

From here, I felt that peace does not come easy and we, as Singaporeans, must do everything in our power to protect our homeland because, Singapore is our home and no one else is responsible for our well-being.

The priceless pottery- Black in colour. I also want them.

The Three Sovereigns and the confusing time line.The picture of the Three Sovereigns...

And the same goes for the Five Emperors.

The Five Emperors...

Oracle Bones 甲骨文. Can be used for divination and fortune telling. Wait, I also wanted to try fortune telling as well.

See the evolution of Chinese characters? Back then the characters were derived from paintings to the real objects and now, it's been simplified.

Famous philosopher, legendary Kong Zi(孔子).

Another great person born before Kong Zi. 老子(Lao-tsu).

孙子兵法(Sun Zi and The Art of War) Having to read the bamboo compilations sounds like sheer delight but the weight is also no joke...

Everybody knows this famous emperor who unified China. Qin ShiHuang! Also in history one of the hated emperor as well as insane emperor(in my view).

He who commissioned the construction of the Great Wall had 2-3 million killed in the longest graveyard. Why would he not be hated? Also, I think he's somewhat obsessed with immortality and insane enough to consume mercury.

A zoomed n version of the Silk Road.

On the real map the Silk Road is this long. How many Singapore's is the distance equal to anyway?

Empress Wu Zetian. She was buried with a tombstone that's blank and so, many historians as well as modern day people are left to guess why she commissioned it this way. What do you think?

Tang Dynasty Summary. I think we went through about 5 dynasty. Seriously, now I know why I never choose history.But, it's quite fascinating as I did not fall asleep and kept penned down notes.

Then, met up with Xiao Ling and Kathy who actually introduced me to some nice food that became my dinner.

The others went out to eat but I already got mine so, rotten timing!! Oh well, next time then!!