Day24
Today is APPG theory test, i am quite worried because i dun know whether i can pass a not. But the test was postponed to 4 because we are suppose to visit to the YangTze Optical Fibre And Cable Company Lte. The journey there takes about one hour plus.When we reach there, Mr chua told us that we are not suppose to take any pictures in inside the premises. Pictures can only be taken at the entrance of the company and the main hall. The main hall has a lot of displays which shows the different processes in the making of the optical fibre. The person in charge there explain the fiber things to us and show us the thing on the display and tell us briefly about the process. In order to let us have a better understanding of the making process, we went to a place whereby we can watch short videos from a television, giving us a clearer view of what is going on. There are several check points whereby we can watch the videos. After watching several videos, we went back to main hall and the person tell us more about the cable and fibre. We return to our dorm after the visit to the company and had lunch at a nearby restaurant. The food tastes quite good. As we are still hungry we went to kfc to have dessert and i ordered a chocolate sundae. After lunch we went back to our classrooom to have the theory test. As the classroom is already full, we have to go to another classroom to have our test. In my opinion, i felt that the test was really difficult and some questions i dun even understand. However, i do not want to leave any question blank so i just write what comes through my minds if i don't know how to answer the questions. After the test, we went to eat dinner before going back to the dorm.

Day23
Morning APPG class, we went for class as usual. But tommorrow we will be having a theory class test. So for today's APPG lesson, we will be doing revison on pass year papers. Mr ma showed us the answer for the practical theory test on the projector and we tally the answers with ours. After checking all the answers, we went for lunch. Then continue APPG class, we went to KFC for dinner. I hope that i will be able to pass the test.

Day22
We have APPG class in the morning as usual. Doing labs and tutorials, the same routine. As for lunch, we went to KFC to have our lunch. I ordered a what is so called "bandito" it is chicken wrap in popiah skin. The taste is so much different from the one in singapore. In singapore, there is more suace and the chicken is also more crispy. In the afternoon, we went to lu xiang plaza because kangliang and arvind want to exchange money. They only left a few hundred yuan only.We went to sushi for dinner. We ate many plates of sushi and we stacked the plates until so high that the waiter come and tell us that if u stacked further more, the plates will topple.Kangliang, diyana and arvind order a plate of fried rice. We also ordered sakae which is actually wine. After ordering one bottle of sakae, we are like addicted to it. And we kept on drinking until the 3 bottle then we stop cause we scare that later when we get drunk, it will be very difficult to go back. After dinner, we went to the arcade to play game and we earned a total of 1000 plus tickets. Then we took a cab back to our dorm and rest for the night.

Day21
Today is the APPG lab test. I did not do the last part of the lab test dun know whether i will pass a not. Lets just pray hard that i can make it. After that me penghoe, arvind, diyana and wenhao went to a restaurant to eat our lunch we ordered 4dishes. However, we ordered one dish that got pork one. It is a big mistake because diyana and arvind cannot eat pork. In the end, we have to use spoon to take our food so that the food will not kena pork.After the afternoon class, we rest a while at the dorm and we proceeded to Hu Quan Ye Shi to shop. I did not buy much things mostly food from the road side stalls. After shopping, we took a taxi back to our dorm and rest for the day.

Day20
I hate it when it is raining day. Because the weather is very cold, we have to wear our windbreaker. Then our windbreaker will become very wet. We ran all the way to the class but we are still drenched. The first part of he APPG lesson, we did not do much things just slacking around. During lunch time, we went to canteen 3 to eat mixed rice. Surprisingly the dishes that we chosen were quite nice me and penghoe enjoy the meal. We will definitely go back there to eat again. Then me and arvind went to buy drinks for the rest. When i came back, arvind seat is being taken away by a china person. When i ask penghoe what happen he told me that that person just sit down and eat his food despite us telling him that the seat is already taken. I dun know why the people in china have this type of attitude. For the afternoon class, we do our trial lab test i feel that it is quite difficult to do. But slowly, i managed to understand the program. I return to the dorm to rest while penghoe and wenhao plus a few others went to the nearby supermarket to buy eggs and many packets of instant noodles. Plus we also buy a dozen of mineral water as we drink a lot of water one. At about 1 plus i went to bed.

Day19
Woke up at 6.20 when we are suppose to meet at 6.30. Lucky arvind come to our room and ring our door if not me and kangliang will still be sleeping. I rushed to the toilet and brushed my teeth. After dressing up we rushed downstairs to pass our keys to the tour guide and proceeded to the bus. When the tour guide ask us whether we got leave anything behind, i suddenly remember that i left my wallet in the drawer. I totally forget about it because i was rushing out. My friend Marc also left thing before. However his case is much worse than mine. He left the whole luggage in the room. Then we rushed back to the room immediately to take our things. If not for the tour guide, my wallet will be lost by now. When i heard that breakfast will be at the same place as yesterday, my spirit sank. After eating at the same restaurant for 3 times i am starting to feel sick with the food there. After eating our breakfast, we went back up to wudang mountain. But this time sitting cable car up. When we reach the queueing point there is already a lot of people there. When queueing up to board the cable car, a lot things happen. A china lady carry her son and put him in the queue just behind us. Then she walked away. But after a while, she come back with her whole family and friends and they wanted to climb over the railings and cut the queue. I learn a new thing in china which is never to leave gaps in between the queue as the china people will just cut in. Our tour guide cannot stand it any more. She ask the security come and the security chased all of them out of the queue. The lady that put her son in the queue is not happy and she try to argue back however a lot of us are looking at her. I think that she is embarrassed so she just walk away.
Finally it is our turn to board the cable car. I took the same cable car as jayden we took some pictures and look at the scenery from the cable car. When we reached the top we go find the rest and went to climb up to take more pictures. After taking pictures we slowly made our way down to take the cable car down.We also take many jump shots whereby we jump up and we take the picture while we are in mid air.While we are taking the jump shot, kanglinag accidentally whacked my face, ouch. After dinner, we took bus back to the dorm. The journey is going to take another 6 hours. We need to thank our bus driver because he drive non stop for 6 hours. Only taking a rest at certain check points. We also sang songs during the last few hours of our bus journey. I also sing a few songs together the other people. Although their voice is not that good, we still enjoy ourselves. As we arrive in WUST quite late, Mr chua decided to to push back the time for class to 10a.m.THANK YOU TEACHERS. Back to dorm and rest.

Day18
The journey to Wudang mountain take about 5 to 6 hours. Imagine siting in the bus for so many hours and the bus only stop at certain places to allow us to go to the wash room. I sit until my back and butt start to ache. Left with no choice, i decided to sleep as it is the best way to relieve the pain. We had our lunch at a restaurant. The food there taste quite good. And i managed to eat 3 bowls of rice. This is first time i eat so much during my stay in china. After lunch, we took a bus to go up to wudang mountain. The three places that we visited are Tai Zi Gong, Zi Xiao Gong and Nanyan Gong. At the three places, we took many pictures and enjoy the fresh air there. Then i saw a very unique thing. There is stall that sell necklace. But the necklace is not any other ordinary necklace. The shop owner can crave anything on a grain of rice and put it into a gem whereby u can wear it. His skill is very good he is able to engraved my name on it in just a few mins on a small grain of rice. Time is running short, after buying the necklace, we rushed to the bus to go to the same restaurant to have dinner. After dinner, we took a bus ride which is about 3 mins to check into our hotel. To my suprise, although the outer look of the hotel looks very normal the room is quite well furnished and the bed is so much better than our dorm one. It is much more comfortable and there are also a wider variety of show on tv. We also went out to see if there is anything to buy. But after walking around, there is nothing else to buy. We bought drinks and slowly made our way back to our hotel and rest.

Day17
The morning class is APPG like other days we go there and do our tutorial and labs. However, today we need to think about what we want to do for our mini project. Time to crack my brain again. Furthermore it is an individual work and it is very hard for us to discuss. At night, we went to Hu Quan night market. When i first step into the place, it looked very messy and water everywhere plus there is also a foul smell. My friend once told me that in china, they sell all sorts of foods. Today i finally get to see what they really sell. In the cages, there are rabbits and procupines. You must be asking porcupines can eat? But in china, anything is possible. There are also fish and frogs there. However, once we step inside of Hu Quan night market it is not so bad after all there are a lot of shops inside selling all sort of accessories. The price is also very cheap. If you think that the price is too high, you can argue with them. If they still insist on the same price, you can just walk away. Some times they will call you to come back.At the night market, i bought many t-shirts plus wallet.Today i got my results, did not do very well. Anyway it is too late to regret now. Work hard then.

Day16
Have our usual APPG lesson. After getting help from my friend i finally finish Lab 4. As we carry on, it is getting more and more difficult to understand. As there is not much thing to do in the afternoon, we decided to play basketball. We play ABC which is a shooting place whereby we shoot the ball at different points on the court. Then we decided to call Marc, Benson and jayden to join us so that we can play a 4v4 game. We played the basketball match without any rules that why it is so fun. Then Marc take the ball and run and he score. We laugh and joke around, it is one of best match i play. After we play, we went back to the dorm and eat instant noodles for dinner. After resting a while we went to sleep.

Day15
As the lesson starts later than usual, i woke up quite late. Today is Is class and we are supppose to have china business strategies and etiquette lectures. The slides are way too much and i see until my eyes become very blur. After trying to concentrate for about 30 mins. i finally start to doze off. The lecturer's accent also sounded very weird and i do not understand some of the things that he is saying. The lecture end at about 11 plus and we went to have our lunch. Then we went back to have our afternoon lessons. We divided our work among the 4 of us. Kangliang and wenhao do the summary of business strategies while me and penghoe do the summary on business etiquette. After completing it, we went to place where they sell all the elcetronics thing. The pricing for the things there is not cheap some is even more expensive than the one in singapore. I wanted to buy razer mouse but it is too expensive. After that we went to have fast food. We order one spring and share among us. Gloves are also provided to prevent our hands from getting oily. Then we took a cab back. After meeting up at Mr Ma's dorm we went back and rest.

Day14
We must wake up at 6.30 because today we are suppose to visit the steel factory. After washing up, we went to entrance and get ready to board the bus. When everyone gathered, we set off. The bus took us to another branch of WUST to change to meet up with the other Ngee Ann students to go to the steel factory together. The journey takes about one hour plus. In order to enter the factory, we need to wear the helmet they provide. But the helmet is black and smelly. It is like they never change the helmet for many years. No helmet means no entry. Left with no choice, i finally wear it. We walk like 10 minutes in the steel factory, we just see it burn and then roll into a roll of steel and the steel passed many cooling zones. The hot air also brush at my face. After that we took a bus to Lu Xiang plaza. It took about 3 hours plus before we reach there. The road is so uneven. The bus keep jerking left and right, up and down. We could not even sleep properly. My head hit the window too. We decided to have our lunch at pizza hut. However, the pricing is about the same as Singapore. At first we decided to leave. However, it is very bad to just leave like that. Then Marc, jayden and Benson decided to leave but the rest of us stay. Afternoon class start at about 3. The lesson is very boring. Later in the night, we went to the mini mart to stock up our food. After that we washed up and went to bed.

Day13
Normal routine as usual. I am always late when the class starts at 8 or 9. Have to rush like crazy so that i will not be even more late. There is 2 way to get to our classroom. One of the way the slope is very steep and we need to use a lot of energy to walk up the slope. Therefore we use another way to go to our classroom. We have APPG class today. Lab 3 is quite difficult to do. I think i need to practice more in order to catch up. Lunch break, we went to the nearby canteen to have our lunch. Tonight's activity is very special. We are having a social interaction with the students in china. It is very touching to see the china students spend their time to organise this program for us. When we reach there, we were each given a poker card and we were grouped accordingly to the number on the card. At first, my group did not even have anyone that i know. When i sit down 3 china students join me. At first i did not say any thing. Then one of the student ask me for my name and the talking starts. Then Sebastian came and join my group. I can still remember the number on the poker card = 5. The food is also quite nice. There is fried banana and a few other fried food. The host for the show is very comical and he never fails to entertain us. The singing part is also very nice. The girl who sang Stefanie sun songs really sounds like her. My friends also sang a few songs and Sebastian group also perform Indian dance. The last performance for the day is that they mimic other people songs. The performance is very funny. After the program we helped to clean up the area and arrange the tables and chairs properly. What a fruitful night, got to know more friends and what the students in china usually do. They are quite suprised that we are able to speak chinese. They also say that our english is very fluent some of the student even ask me to teach her english. Thank you for what had been organised for us.

Day 12
Did not have a good sleep yesterday because have to share bed with my room mate KangLiang. When i woke up, my back start to ache and i had leg cramp. Then we have breakfast at the same place as yesterday. After breakfast, we gave our room keys to the tour guide and checked out from our room. Next destination is Yichang the journey takes about 4 hours plus. We went to a supermarket to see if there is any thing to buy. After walking around i finally bought a box of tea leaves and some tibits. Furthermore, the toilet there is also very dirty the water that come out from the tap is yellow in colour. Then i still use the water to rinse my mouth cause i did not notice until my friend told me about it. Once again we boarded the bus and after many many hours we finally reached WUST. Travelling in wuhan is definitely a very diffcult task to do. To get from one place to another it usually takes a few hours.I still think that singapore is better. No matter where u go you will never get lost because it is just too small. As it way too boring, we decided to play some sports. Just nice, khoon fong bought a volley so we decided to go to the court near our dorm to play volley ball. At first i did not know the proper way to play the game. However, under the guidance of marc and benson i slowly get use to the game. Benson our coach of the day taught us some of the skills to play volley ball. As there is still time, we proceeded to play netball. It is the first time i ran since i come china. The air is very dry here therefore very hard to breathe. Nonetheless, i still enjoyed it. At about 7 plus we went for our dinner before having our meeting at Mr ma place. After meeting, sleeping time.

Day11
The tour guide told us yesterday night that there will be music played through the PA system to wake us up however; we could not hear anything in the morning. Later we found out that only the people on the 4th floor can hear the sound. If not for the tour guide whom knocked on my room door I and my roommate kangliang will still be sleeping. The temperature in the room is extremely cold as the heater in my room is not working. There are a lot of people outside my room as my room is located just beside the place where we have our meal. I wanted to bath but the water is way too cold so I decided to skip it. After I washed up, I went to have breakfast. The breakfast is very normal. The dishes are also not very nice. The porridge is bland plus the boiled egg is also very cold. The only dish that is nice is the peanuts. As there is still time, we went back to our room to slack and rest for a while before we take another boat to Shen Nong which takes about one hour plus. The scenery there is very nice and the air is very fresh. The mountains are also very high and the water in the river is also crystal clear. We can see what is at the bottom of the river. To get a better view of Shen Nong Jiang, we sit a small wooden boat. The people who rowed the boat are all very strong. They are all well build. Last time the people who rolled the boat do not wear any clothes thus many of them injured themselves because the boat is too heavy to pull. Now their attire is short pants and shirt and they wear grass shoe. There is a part of the river which is very narrow. The people have to get down the boat. Before they get down, they must attach a rope to the boat and pull the boat to direct us through the narrow course. The people who lived here lead a very carefree. They must have trained about for a very long time in order to pull a boat with a lot of people which weigh about 500kg. After the tour, we went back to our room and slept for a while before we went for our lunch. Almost all the dishes are spicy and the fish is full of bone. At about 7 plus, we went to the temple. In order to go up to the temple, we need to climb all a lot stairs. Once we reached there, the people there offer us joss stick to pray. I donated 10 yuan to the temple. The flight of steps is like never ending I climbed until my legs become very tired and my leg start to ache. Once we reached the top, we listen to the story about the three kingdoms and the tour guide tells us about the history of the three kingdoms. As the history part is too boring me Diyana, kangliang, penghoe and arvind went around taking pictures. We had dinner quite late. After that we went back to our room to sleep.

Day10
Today is the day that we will be departing for a 3 day 2 night cruise to see the “Three Gorges” located at Yichang Hubei province of China. Because of counter strike all my dorm people could not wake up. When I woke up it is already about time to go for meeting. I took a quick bath and headed to the meeting point. The bus trip is very long from Wuhan to Yichang, it takes about 4 hours plus another one hour journey to the 3 gorges. During the 4 hour journey, a lot of us fall asleep. We had our lunch at a 4 stars restaurant at Yansha Dajiudian. The food there can be considered quite good compare to the food in WUST university canteen. The students from other courses also join us for lunch. After eating, we went back to the bus and headed for the 3 gorges. The scenery there was very beautiful. The tour guide explains to us when the dam was build and the size of it. It is one of the biggest dams in china and it is the pride of many china people. Building this definitely cost a bomb. We took many pictures there plus group photos and went back to the same restaurant to have our dinner. Their dishes for lunch and dinner all looked the same. We are like eating the same food all over again. We had a very rushing dinner as time is running short for us. We are already late for the cruise. Once we boarded the cruise, we were given the keys to our room. The room is very small and my head almost touch the ceiling. After putting down our belongings, we went to the deck of the ship if is at the 4th floor of the ship to assemble to see the boat slowly rising up the dam. We then went back to our room to play cards until 2 plus and went to sleep.