Photo Essay

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First arrival in GuangZhou Airport, waiting for time to pass to transfer plane

Our first dinner, also first food in Wuhan. In WUST canteen

That's how WUST ( zhongnan branch ) main front part look like.

Presenting our powerpoint slides to our friends on Singapore history and culture
Trying out the fishball here, the one in the mid. Different texture and softness from singapore.
Visit to dong hu. nice scenery there.
Even archery is in dong hu. Beginner can try here.
Common food here, BBQ cuttlefish.
Yellow Crane tower at the back.
A picture in the yellow crane tower, having stories about it
one of the sword that use in red cliff battle
Statue of people's action in the olden days
it is very pitiful, however, another way to beg for money
Goreng Pisang adding sauce to it. Nice.
Cheap & delicious steak
the Dam is behind me
Group photo: At the peak where most view can be seen
That's how cruising ship in china look like
the ship in between of the dam
cruising in a small boat in shennong stream
visiting a metal processing industry
tai zi po, one of the attraction in wudang mt.
cable up to wudang mt.
Wudang Mt.
Learning kungfu at wudang mt.
one of the product, optic fibre, made in china with colours
BBQ-ing in Wuhan

DAY 23
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This morning lecture was change to IS as Mr. Ma was feeling unwell. Did a bit of photo essay, mini project, watch a little bit of anime.


Afternoon lesson was APPG. Mr. Ma was back to the classroom. We were given a set of theory Test paper to practice as tomorrow will be the test. After 1h or so, we were given answers to the paper. After that, we were released.


We went to canteen 3 to have dinner, upon finishing, the sky start to darken a little. After stepping out of the canteen, found out that it was drizzling. adding a little speed to our foot.
When we walk till outside the library, there was lightning. The China people started to run.Are they so scared of lightning will strike them? Almost all the China started running when there was lightning. Why are they running? afraid of lightning, or afraid that it might rain suddenly? Even though, we are on the hill. There are building around, but, do they have the lightning conducting rod? i am not sure about that. If don't have, that the reason they run.

Intercultural Readiness Self Assessment

The first column itemizes personal characteristics that are helpful for cross-cultural interactions.
Evaluate your own current intercultural readiness on a scale of 1-100.
Also set a target for day when this Overseas Immersion Programme (OIP) in Wuhan, China ends. Do this honestly and intuitively.

Characteristic:
Current self estimate
Score: 1-100

Target upon completion of Wuhan, China OIP:
Score: 1-100
Comments

Open-mindedness

Characteristic: Current self estimate : 50

Target upon completion of Wuhan, China OIP: 85
I hope to know more information and culture others have around me so that I am able to expose myself further instead of living in my own world.

Respect for other beliefs

Characteristic: Current self estimate :30

Target upon completion of Wuhan, China OIP: 60

As a Buddhist, i sometime do not believe in Buddhism. therefore, quite hard for me to believe in others beliefs and respect it. Therefore, when it come to society, we must respect each other for what they do, even their beliefs. So i must try to work on it.

Trust in other people

Characteristic: Current self estimate :70

Target upon completion of Wuhan, China OIP: 90

When it comes to Group Work or Teamwork, Trust is very important criteria. If you doesn't trust them, sometime you won't be able to go forward or even do something else. Having a strong team bonding also need trust to go along with. Without it, a team isn't a team anymore.

Tolerance for discomfort

Characteristic: Current self estimate :65

Target upon completion of Wuhan, China OIP: 90

Living in another different type of environment is certainly hard. You does not know the condition of the place and even familiar with it. In order to get adapt to the place, you need to be tolerating for a while. For example, having people cutting queue when you are queuing up and it's your turn soon.

Tolerance for ambiguity

Characteristic: Current self estimate :60

Target upon completion of Wuhan, China OIP: 75

Life isn't perfect at all. For most of the time, the things you didn't expect to happen or things you won't want to happen, it will happen. How you going to solve it is the problem, not just tolerate it.

Patience

Characteristic: Current self estimate :80

Target upon completion of Wuhan, China OIP: 90

To me, i think i am very patience already. There are a few times, my friend were late for 2hours and i just sat there waiting for him. Most of the time, patience can help do things better, or even strengthening relationship.

Sense of personal control

Characteristic: Current self estimate :50

Target upon completion of Wuhan, China OIP: 80

Personal Control is very important factor to consider while staying oversea. Living alone oversea with no income has to control on a lot of things. For example, Finance. the things you have to buy must be cheap in order to control the money you have.

Interpersonal skills

Characteristic: Current self estimate :45

Target upon completion of Wuhan, China OIP: 85

To have a effective interaction and communication, interpersonal skills is needed. Going oversea, as a singaporean, your action will tell the locals there how singapore is. If you leave a good impression, they will think that Singapore is a good, fine country and impressed.

Willingness to take initiative

Characteristic: Current self estimate :55

Target upon completion of Wuhan, China OIP: 75

Having to take initiative mean that the person do a task volunteerly. Sometime taking iniative will one to improve in terms of skills and knowledges.

Willingness to take risks

Characteristic: Current self estimate :65

Target upon completion of Wuhan, China OIP: 80

Adverture suits me. I am a person who sometime take risks depending on what i do. Taking risks would be fun but depending on how u take it. if there will be a high disadvantage of it, i certainly won't do it.

Sense of humor

Characteristic: Current self estimate :50

Target upon completion of Wuhan, China OIP: 70

Hanging out with different cliques will have a different character from me. Some cliques will have the fun side of me. So i usually joke with them. Sometime sense of humor is important as it can help you release stress or make you more relaxed.

Curiosity about other cultures

Characteristic: Current self estimate :45

Target upon completion of Wuhan, China OIP: 75

Staying in China, help to generate the interested for some types of culture. Making me wanting to know more about it.

Comfort level with strangers

Characteristic: Current self estimate :60

Target upon completion of Wuhan, China OIP: 85

Comfort Level with stranger for me does not varies. I am quite comfortable with strangers, but speaking or interacted with them depends on them too. Having a common topic with each other will be easier to chat and interact with

day 22
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4th week of OIP has begun, 2 more weeks to go. And singapore here we coming soon.

3 weeks has passed, i am still not getting use to the taste of china food, the oiliness, the spiciness, the weird taste of the food. I still prefer Singapore food. This morning, ate the 油条. From the name, you can tell it's oily. but, the one's in Singapore has a different taste compare to China. i find it that China's food tend to be more oily. All the food in China has some sort of a same taste.

Carried on back to class, i was trying to complete Lab 5. the program is complicated to me. After completing, having errors here and there. Till i gave up solving it, so got help from chewy. He understand the program faster than me. So, he just click here and there, and it's done. The thing is the code wasn't change at all. I was trying to figure it out after he did the thing, but couldn't. So i ask him again. he told me he forget.

Doing programming means having to understand all the codes completely. If doesn't, when having errors, you won't know what it means or how to even correct it. *poof* there goes your programs.

day 21
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Today had my lab test for APPG. Comparing the paper to trial lab test, the paper today was much easier. After doing the trial lab test yesterday was indeed a help to score for the lab test.

My lab test started from 9am to 10am. after that was free period. i was staying inside my hostel, watching the red cliff. Due to the presentation the china lecturer gave, made me interest in it. Therefore , bought a DVD from WUST canteen 3.

During the afternoon lesson, was chapter 5 again. For me, Chapter 5 was difficult. Maybe it's a total new chapter which is different from chapter 1 to chapter 4. So, need more time to absorb it.

During the evening, played basketball. this is the first few time i played a match. i totally have no teamwork. keep banging into my own teamwork. So i need to train up on that.

day 20
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the lecturers were good enough to let us have lesson later, at 10am. so today, we have more time to sleep. Today was having lesson from 10-11.30, which Mr. Ma had gone through Chapter 5.

during the afternoon, was having trial lab test. A practice for everyone to prepare for the test tomorrow. The test was a bit different from what we have learn before. Have to understand what the code each means. i was stuck at the last part, after a reference from nickki.

tml will be having lab test from 9-10am. be alert tomorrow

day 19
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second day at Wudang Mt. firstly, cable car should be faster than climbing up the mountain. However, due to the super long queue, we queued up for hours and ended up slower than those who climb up the mountain. When we were queuing up, we experienced people cutting queue and having others scolding them. those who cut queue just ignore what the others say. However, we too somehow miss the climbing of mountain route to the top.






today, basically just spend the day queuing up, cable car up and down, spend like 2-3hours on the peak, down we go have lunch and bus home. reach the hostel near to 10pm.

However, on our way back something interesting happen which we won't be able to see it happen in Singapore. The bus driver was driving in the opposite way, which is the opposite lanes. therefore, the vehicles travelling towards us. It's kind of dangerous. but china people does not horn each other while that happen, they somehow horn each other just for the sake of asking them to move away a little to their left or right to overtake them.