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Thursday, September 3, 2009 I was woken up by the freezing cold atmosphere of the room at 830am even though Wen Liang and I had adjusted the temperature to 27 degrees and low fan speed. The reason was that we do not have blankets because we used our blanket as a mattress to make the bed like at least softer. Apparently, the attempt failed as we still woke up with shoulder, back and gluteus ache. The best thing was that my best friend allergic rhinitis striked me again. At 9am, Dr Tan came and knock on every of our door to wake us up just as we were in the midst of washing up. He was really blowing his horn by saying *Pu pu bu pu pu bu~". So cute right? Then after that we went for breakfast. When we reached the canteen, I was kind of surprised by what they sell in the canteen. There is quite a variety of food but only the stall for Shao Bing (Biscuit) and noodle stall were opened. So in the end which I dont know what to eat, I shared 2 kinds of the shao bing with Chen Wei. Qian Ceng Bing (千层饼)  Jiu Cai Bing (韭菜饼)  And the drink I decided to have milk tea.  After our breakfast, we went to tour around the campus by ourselves and Dr Tan showed us his campus on the way also. So this is the washing station but most of us prefer to wash the clothes ourselves.   Then as we walked down the way, we saw the other hostels which is totally unclear to us as the area was pitch dark when we arrived. When we saw the conditions of the normal students there we felt very blessed as compared to them as the conditions of their hostel is worse than our's. Our hostel!   Down the road    Then we came across this ATM machine which all of us have the feeling where it might collapse anything when you are actually withdrawing the money. So, when using ATMs in Singapore, please dont complain about the machine.    After which, we saw the library! It looks really grand which is like a courthouse situated on a hill. 
Then we went past this building which looks like that adminstrative block which is really grand also.    Then as we were taking photos, we saw this school bus which has the students on it. At that point of time, I was thinking that this point about the university in China is good as it saves the student alot of time while travelling around in the campus. Especially when the weather is hot and the distance is long.  As we walk down... 
Tada! This is Dr Tan's hostel.
After which, we saw a fair which is on the handphone prepaid cards which we didnt get it as we were getting it later. 
As we walked past the main gate, there was like a cordon and everyone pass through it very easily as I was too tall. So, this was what I did:  I did a Limbo! After which, we took photos around certain place of the campus.  
Edah trying to be Koala.
When walking back to our hostel, we walked past a row of convenient shops beside our hostel. There were somethings that you wont believe how cheap can it be.   
 Finally at 1130am, we went to get our prepaid cards! The first thing that we did is to call back to Singapore but apparently, the IDD is not activated. However, when we were on the way, I found out something about the traffic system in China.    On the pedestrian crossing, there is no traffic light opposite of the junction where we want to cross but instead on the main traffic light that is used to signal the drivers. Everyone was like looking opposite for the traffic light and we were still kind of dumbfounded until someone told us to cross. We were still wondering at that point of time how did the person know when to cross the road which he pointed out to us on the top. So we went down to the supermarket after that which has the size of like Ang Mo Kio Hub NTUC.  From my expression you can see that the sun is very strong such that our eyes are squeaming.  I wanted to take some photos of how the supermarket look like but I was stopped by the shop assistant who looked so fierce. So I only have like this few photos.      Finally we got our pails for washing clothes and we went back to our hostel to put them before going down for lunch. This time, I had the Zha Jiang Mian for lunch.  It was rather salty and spicy and especially oily. Reason is being that there is a interfacial surface layer of oil when the sauce is cooled. After that lunch, we went out to the city! The first time taking the China's bus transport is really very interesting. The bus stop is almost like Singapore only that they do not have the bus number listed beside the bus stop. On the way to the bus stop, I found out something about the road side of the road also. It is very spacious!   Imagine if Singapore has this at the neighbourhood. I think those sickening cyclists wont have to cycle on the pedestrian pavement already. The bus came promptly and we boarded it. Dont expect the bus to be working perfectly in China because the bus can be very cramp and exhaust fumes can be smelled everytime the bus continues it's trip.    Finally we reached Guang Gu, which is just another Orchard Road of Singapore and I can really assure you that. Firstly, the bus trip duration is also almost 30 minutes from where I am staying and secondly, it looks like Ion from some of the views.             However, it seemed that when we entered the shopping centre, the inside became suddenly like shops at Chinatown of Singapore.                    This was the shop that all of us spent our time inside as we were buying DVD to watch back in the hostel. No matter what, other than being poisoned by the internet, we are poisoned by the TV too. As we spend like 30 minute in the shop and we went to the city late, by the time we finished shopping in the shop, it was already 630pm. So, we decided to go back to the hostel. But before going back, we went to Starbucks to get some drinks. The prices only differ from Singapore by a few cents but no harm trying it in another country.     Unexpectedly, we met the rush hour of China and it was really worse than Singapore because there could be people who are rushing and squeezing into the last bit of the bus that they could ever squeeze into. Not forgetting the fact that China has abundant amount of people.
Nightviews and photos    Another thing about the bus system in China is that there will be ticketing officer on the bus to go around collecting money for your trip.  This reminds me of what my father told me about my grandfather's occupation in the past which is ticketing officer too. I wonder how come China doesnt even use cards now or any automated system. Only some of the newer buses have the part of the Singapore buses have in the bus. We went back and walked past the streets where we went to get our phone card in the morning again and it tranformed into a vibrant and lifely nightlife (I suppose it is supposed to be like that as the China students are on holiday).      After getting some food and groceries again, we went back to our hostel and this marks the end of our day again. |
