Day 25 - Student Chief

Went for industry visit at 8. Went to Fibre Optics industry... (The use of light rather then the traditional movements of electrons)

Our guide explaining about his industry in Chinese.

Our translator, (one of our lecturer) translating in English.

One of the procedures. The glass rod moving to and fro as the plasma inside coats the rod.

And the end result. The part at the top is the thickest and known as the 'raw material' of this industry. The middle rod is after it has been coated. And the bottom rod is after it has been 'processed'.

A video on one of the explanations...

Look at the diagram.. it shows the whole process and quality control starts from the top when the rod is heated and changed into liquid form, another check. Finally, last check at the bottom before it is twisted into reels.

After which, we went and see the actual process but we are not allowed to take pictures of.

The company!!!

Group photo as proof we have been there.

And we even have rainbow cables. Amazing huh?

The rods before processing (bottom) to after processing (top) have diameters shown here from 150mm to 80mm to 40mm.

Cables- Waterproofing Pigtails Cables. Versatile and useful.

Finally, we took the bus and dropped the ISCT students at Wuhan University (武大) to see the 'Para Para Sakura'.

Look, these stone slabs look alike seem to be emitting smoke. I thought that it was dry ice... but it's too dangerous to transport it thus.

Then, as the bus also passed by Walmart, several of us alighted with Mr Wong and from there, we went our separate ways. I headed to Pizza hut with Stephanie, Xiang Yu, Seok and Mei Yun(Sorry, I always confuse her name)

See, Pizza!!!

The interior of the building. Looks so grand..

We never get a mug in Singapore. So cool!!!

Pepsi with a lemon in it. It's really less gas. And the total bill tally's at 212. We each paid for what we eat. I ended up paying 30+ bucks. Convert it to 7 plus in Singapore... Quite ok... I think...

New Orleans Chicken Wings.. They 'flew' in from another country.

And here, Stephanie and the others were utilising the utensils while trying to maintain their 形象(image) while all I went was, "Since when do you all have 形象?"

Xiang Yu ordered the set meal and this is his pizza. It's so small and still he offered to share it with us. Thanks, but, you eat la, Xiang Yu.

And out Hawaiian pizza that made us wait for 17 minutes... Cheese and more cheese?

Afterwards we went shopping around the area for a thermo flask for Seok's sister. In the end, Stephanie and Xiang Yu went up in the arcade for Free Toss Basketballs.

Go Xiang Yu go! He managed to get 38 points.

Stephanie, 加油! Not bad, she got 36 points.

Went to StarBucks to purchase the thermos flask and in return, we get free drinks... Well, it's free in my case because I wasn't buying anything.

The small cup of drink... Vanilla and Caramel. High class de!!

Finally, went back to the hostel and met up with Mr Wong to go to Mr Loh's house. We met up with Mr Loh and took a 5 minutes walk to his apartment. Not too shabby, Mr Loh.

See, we all sitting down after bringing over the ingredients.

And finally, the 3 senior chief's in-training. Stephanie, Seok and Xiang Yu.

Mr Loh's bed has electric heating. I am so envious. I want it...

Seok chopping garlic video...

She looks so 不爽('Not happy, wanna fight' look). Direct your anger at the garlics, please.

Stephanie washing the vegetables.

Much later on, I am also helping her in peeling the vegetables and becoming the messenger. Don't think I never do anything ah...

Xiang Yu is really like a traditional hawker. He has the skills as well... Impressive, I never knew he was that multi-talented.

In a chinese newspaper, this picture caught my eye. The headlines read, "If women ruled the world..."

I was also laughing to the jokes inside there.

And at last, we, student chiefs, have cooked up a spread. It's simple but seriously, now I know how my maid actually can stand doing this tedious work.

Ate our own cooking and soon, joined by Clive, Randolph, Masita and Hajar.

Watched the 'diving' championships channel at Mr Loh's place. Stephanie, Mei Yun, Seok and Xiang Yu left first and soon, Mr Wong and me left.

It was freaking cold by then and also dark because there was inadequate lighting. Finally, went back to my dorm room and blogged as well...

Good night!!

Day 24 - Presentation to Locals

As per usual, we woke up to have lessons at 10.

In class, I a a left-hander. Not really, more like 'left hand poser'.

Mr Wong and the lesson. Last quiz for the whole module. So happy!!

After the quiz, went to eat lunch with Xiang Yu, Nadiyah, Stephanie and Seok Hui.

See our plain lunch fare?

The 服务人员(service crew) were like hurrying us to finish our meal as they were closing the place.

Anyway, went back to Stephanie's room to rehearse for the presentation before meeting again at the corridor to get to the place.

It was there that most of us met Mr Wong, who was dressed. Also, a little bird stole our attention and hearts as most of us took photos of it until it finally got scared and flew away. Aww... I never even took it yet.

We are inside discussing about whose turn is it to go first with the ISCT group.

Finally, we decided to let ISCT go first. You know, they were good at tempting most of us to remember about Singapore's delicacy- Now I want to eat Laska thanks to them.

Finally, as they ended the talk, Hashanah, Zee Min and me went up first to talk about our courses with relation to MDE.

Have to give it to Zee Min, she hogged the mike and was entertaining but too long winded.

Finally, my group was to present first. At the end of the day, I ended up being the narrator and had to restrain my laughter as everyone was laughing due to Xiang Yu's acting as well as al the times I went, "K ,Pause!" to explain.

Everyone thought that skit was rather funny and amusing and Mr Wong remarked that we were good as we were able to turn a boring topic- Singapore's transportaion mode, and turn it into an amusing skit.

Weiguang's group then followed up was also amusing, especially Zee Min's spitting act. Even I was laughing to it as well as the Hokkien song from the movie 'Money No Enough 2'.

And, need to learn more about Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering? (Combination of Science and Engineering)

MDE watched too much 小娘惹(The little Noyna). Randolph presenting about Paranakan culture.

At the grand finale, MDE started singing 'Rasa Sayang' leaving the difficult parts to Hashanah, Nadiyah and Zee Min to sing. I have to admit, I find it rather stupid...

And sang a Singapore song with the lyrics, "Because in Singapore, Singapore, our hearts are big and wide you'll find..." with the ISCT.

Went for dinner afterwards.

The restaurant I went to had anime shows. I wanted to watch it but I was even more hungry.

Did I mention that 8 of us ran in into the lecturers? What a coincidence. You know how I can e happy in eating here? As long as the lecturers treat, that's the best.

Randolph and Benedict adjusting the turn-thing. See, as we turn it, it will move in the opposite direction and we have to position it again.

Opposite of me is Seok Hui and Franice.

And here, MengZhen, Ci Min and Hui Miang. While waiting for our food.

The lecturers digging in.

Mr Loh was saying how much Faith Tay was telling him that my blog's nice to read and I was thinking, "Err..."

We have our own service crew. Introducing Randolph and Benedict... Whahaha.

And we have complimentary drinks of iced 奶茶(Milk tea). The design is so adorable.

And after dinner, we part way with Seok, MengZhen and me heading back to the dormitory first.

Day 23 - Flexism Test

As my blog title have stated, we had our Flexsim simulation software test today.

I woke up at 9 and woke Pei Jie up for the first batch test - A group of us do not have Flexsim working on our computers(Most of us were using Fujitsu) and so, we are in the second batch so that we can borrow other people's computer.

Anyway, me Xin Hui and Weiguang for breakfast. To be honest, I could not finish the breakfast- I ordered 鸡蛋炒面(Egg Fried noodles).

Finally, test time.

After I was done with my test, I played around with the system on Zee Min's computer and made some human stacking. Cannot be seen on the computer but it was supposed to stack a maximum of 60 people.

And my answer for the test results. I really don't care if it's right or wrong, I am more concerned with whether I can run the simulation to get the answer.

Afterwards, I went back to my hostel room until 2 and headed to the classroom, being late. But in the end, found out that the classroom venue changed because the room was in use and so, we squeezed into another room.

Before the lesson, how about a little story and some jokes?

That classroom doesn't have a slide.

See everyone listening to Mr Wong's story...

And I was wondering what would have happened if we switched on the fan.

Today's lesson which I wasn't able to fully register.

We are all bored.. to a certain extent.

And finally, the highlight of the day:

We had a formation to start singing "Rasa Sayang Eh".

Learnt that "Eh lihat nona jauh" means, "Eh, look at that pretty girl" and I was thinking, "Oh, lols."

For dinner, went out with Hashanah, Xin Hui and Weiguang for fake KFC. Along the way, stopped by to purchase this baked prata in a tin that tasted nice, especially with chili on it.

See, the furnace like tin. Feels warm..

Nice night view!!

With shopping queens around, I merely followed them and explored the shop they were in before watching them withdrawing money and finally, back in the hostel.

Where I happen to be blogging and preparing slides on 'What is LMGT' for presentation to the locals tomorrow.

Whahaha... Night...

Day 22 - Monotone a Day

I woke up at 9 and managed to slack all the way to afternoon class at 1.

Finally, seeing Zee Min do the Flexism in class, I was relieved because the test will not be that difficult. Since Flexism cannot operate on my computer, therefore, I have to borrow Zee Min's computer resulting in me being in the second session-11 to 12.

After class, went with Xin Hui, Hashanah, Nadiyah and Weiguang to watch them tempting me with ice cream. Went back to my messy dormitory to put down my bag and soon, I am ready to hit the back alley.

Purchased some local snacks and then went to Group Leader's room (Xiang Yu). Met up with Seok and discussed more about the presentation and skit we wanted to do for our interaction with the local students.

There were some funny moments such as Xiang Yu dancing to the music.

My messy bed. See...

At last, Nadiyah called on me by 6 plus for dinner and once again, had 牛肉刀削面 for dinner.

Did I mention that Nadiyah's a really hesitant shopper. Kept asking us(Weiguang, Xinhui, Hashanah and me) for opinions. I find it somewhat amusing becuse after paying for 2 coloured pencil cases, she wondered if she could switch it with another darker coloured one she preferred.

And saw something interesting tonight. Something I assumed as 鬼火(Ghostly fire). Actually is something like a hot-air ballon made of paper that is carried by the wind. But from the ground, it resembled a flare against the night sky.

And right now, I am blogging about this again... Nothing much during the schooling days anyway.

Day 21 - Usual Day

No morning class and so, I was able to rest for quite sometime. I deserve the rest!

Our lesson today was relatively late because Mr Wong began the day by reinforcing about China's history and compare it to other ancient civilisations. In contrast, China's 5000 year history is nothing when compared to Egypt and Asia.


I don't find it boring, on fact, I find it rather nice and intriguing. Honestly, I also wondered why I never really took history...

Surprise, Mr Wong managed to get a wireless connection there. See, the timeline is as recent as year 2000 AD and dates as far back as 1000 BC.

We also pestered Mr Wong to show us some photos from all his trip.

The 'Blue Mosque' in Istanbul, Turkey(As Mr Wong graciously pointed out). Amazing that such architecture exists.

Also, it seems that religion has also been crossed over because of being conquered or due to intermarriages that combines religions. Interesting...

See, Mr Wong is happy to explain about History. Despite his claims that he isn't interested in history.

What I learnt for today.... Nuff said.

Went shopping at a nearby mini mart to purchase some chocolates and finally bought take-away from MacDonald's.

I felt so cool to stroll around the school's vicinity and absorb the surroundings while keeping a look-out for useful shops. I did a lot of thinking...

And that's all... Ok, it's short so yea, don't blame me...

Day 20 - 累死我了(Freaking Tired)

After a night at the hotel, i was still relatively tired by only having a few hours of sleep. Anyway, we had to check out first and then we had our breakfast.

Next, another bus ride to Mount Wudang's halfway point as buses are not allowed to go on any higher.

And the warm-up has begun as we begun walking towards the start of the climb.

View after view of trees and mountains.

This time round, see the lake there. Another small scale model of the Three Forges Dam Project... Nice.

And the horror of stairs or so-called, "Gateway to Heaven". I was among the last few once again due to lack of physical fitness and I also bought chocolate biscuits from the shop to replenish my energy while resting.


By the time I reached the Yellow Dragon Submit, I was panting heavily and the best part is that I am not even halfway there.

Saw many devotees bringing along incense offerings as they scaled through the mountains. They reminded me of an NE message.

That of preserving racial and religious harmony. Compared to Singapore, China has 56 ethnic groups and therefore, it is critical to maintain religious harmony. In Singapore, we have 4 main racial groups namely, Chinese, Malay, Indian and Eurasians. But that does not mean we do not have any minorities.

That's why we have to ensure that we preserve racial harmony at all times so as not to encounter any unrest due to ignorance of another's culture.

Caught up with Benedict, Ci Min and Winson. Soon, Winson was lagging behind and pretty soon, had to get into the sedan. Initial price is at 160 yuan but never fear, with Mr Wong at the helm, we get it to 80 yuan.
The 皇帝出宫(Emperor has let the palace) feeling. I really pity the workers. they toil so hard to ferry people and yet, they only make 20 yuan each time as the others are sent to the Gemba Support and Development area.(The area that does not add customer value directly)

What I do admire is their ability to never give up despite being rather tired.

After walking for many more hours, with my legs getting more and more numbed, we finally arrive at yet, another set of stairs. At least before we climb again, we could rest here at 永古千秋. (In English, translated to Forever ancient thousand autumn)


Looking at this picture, my initial thought was, "Oh my lord." In the end, I counted that it contains approximately 517 steps. I can just climb the vertical Marathon if I do this everyday huh?

And the view as we managed to rest yet again... The mountains here are great in echos. Seriously, can hear fain cries of echoes.

We have finally reached the peak whereby by then, I was utterly exhausted to climb any further. So, I never get to see the temple that is located at the peak of Mount Wudang. Besides, there were too many people jostling and shoving and so, I didn't even bother to enter it.

Ironic really as I climbed all the way there to see the famed temple and yet I never get to see it as I still had to climb stairs.

Go buy a lock and lock your goodwill and luck(including love luck) and remember to throw away the key. We can say 锁着他们的爱(Lock up their love)... Corny here.

Me: Then say if a couple locked it and threw the key away and then later they separated, what about the lock?
Mr Wong: (Thinks) Call a locksmith to climb out here and unlock it?
Me: (Laughs)

Finally, managed to go join the cable car queue whereby we saw 4 china men cutting queue. It really is their culture and they do it normally. But I think we cannot stand it but we are too lazy to do anything anyway.

Also, when we, ladies, were queueing up for a toilet, a local tourist (from another part of china) came into the toilet supposedly to check on her friend. In the end, she managed to get the cubicle much to our dismay and someone uttered out, "***k that b****".

In the cable car view. I was sitting with Mr Wong and at the same time, also snacking on treats given by Benedict and from Mr Wong. Look at the line of cable cars.

At the terminal of the cable car ride. Everything here is built to resemble some ancient temples...

While walking over to the restaurant, I get to see the 2 stone guardians of the temples. The stone lions. And no way am I going up there, not after my arduous climb.

Feast your eyes on our lunch. Sumptuous spread and I was freaking hungry. After eating all fish here in Wuhan, I came to the conclusion that fishes here have way much bones then I anticipated.

Lucky for us but our tour guides have to eat outside and to a cramped table some more. Is a tour guide's life that bad?

Anyhow, I managed to get a last minute souvenir and raced all the way back to the cramped bus where I could at least sleep for 2 hours.

And this is where we part with the tour guides again. Han Xuan, our tour guide imparted 3 'Yuan' to us.

1. 缘 - 缘分(Affinity) To have met us and toured with us for 2 weekends.
2. 原 - 原谅(Apologise) For hurrying us all due to time constraints.
3. 圆 - 圆满(Fulfilling) End of the day, hope we all have been happy.

Also, we clapped and cheered for the bus driver, 师傅, you have been great a driver to enable us to travel this far and for more then 10 hours as well. Thank you.

And later, I went out for dinner with Mr Wong, Nadiyah, Xin Hui, Weiguang and Hashanah. I didn't get to eat on the bus and so, I was hungry again. Ah, my 牛肉刀削面 tasted so nice!!

And afterwards, went back to my room to sleep the day. Zzz...