o2MAR10
It's finally here!
The day that everyone is yearning and preparing for, 2nd March.
This shall be my first flight, and the longest I've been away from the comfort of home. Which of course, made my pulse double just by the meer thought.

5am. We were to meet at Changi Airport, Terminal ONE.
Accompanied by our loved ones, we all arrived with our fully packed luggage and are overwhelmed with mixed feelings. Feelings of sadness, for we would leave our loved ones behind soon, and perhaps feelings of fear for the unknown, as we do not know what to expect from this trip.
8am. our flight, CZ 352 took off from Changi Airport for the Guangzhou International Airport.
We were faced with a 3-4 hour ride ahead of us. The experience was a truly eye-opener for me. For the first time, I can gaze at the earth from above, and be amazed by the beauty of it. The service on the plane wasn't exactly the best, but it was acceptable. The meal that was served was delicious. We were asked to fill in a health declaration form onboard the plane. And because I was having a case of runny nose at the moment, hence i ticked against the option "running nose".
Around 12nn. We touched down at the Guangzhou International Airport.
Before we could get our passports stamped, there was an additional gantry which concerned the form we had filled in earlier. The officer looked at my form and immediately told me to follow a colleague of his to the office. There, they gave me a thermometer and told me to take my temperature, for fear that i had contracted the flu virus and was running a fever.

What surprised me was that the thermometer that was provived is actually old-fashioned mecury-in-glass thermometers, and we were told to put them at our underarms with direct contact with our skin for about 5 minutes. I had expected digital thermometers which can give more accurate readings at a faster rate. This shows that China is indeed, still a developing country.

Gradually, about 6 other people were brought into the small office. Everyone was given the same instructions and were expected to do as told. The officers weren't very friendly with us, and occasionally raised his voice at us. Which would not be a sight in Singapore, as our police officers would have been more friendly towards tourists.

Before i was able to remove my thermometer, one of them surveyed me and asked questions like "am you coughing?" and "are you down with flu?" Eventually, i was relieved to be able to leave as the thermometer proved that i wasn't running a fever.

6pm. our flight CZ3344 took off from Guangzhou International Airport to Wuhan Domestic Airport.
This is a shorter flight of only about 2 hours. A meal was also provided. The service this time round was better than the earlier one.
7:50pm. We landed in Wuhan Domestic Airport.
We were welcomed by a rainy weather and about 4 degree Celsius. I wasn't expecting the weather to be this cold, hence i wasn't prepared. We didn't have to get our passports stamped. Hence after we got our luggages, everyone squeezed our way to the officer to show them our pass and leave. The sight was rather similar to that when we're squeezing into MRTs in the peak hours, messy and crowded.

After that, we braved the slight drizzle and the strong winds to a bus, which drove us to our hostel. Here, everyone was confused and trying to find their own rooms. Ours was on the third level, and there aren't elevators. So we had to carry our luggages up the stairs to our rooms, which made everyone complain. This shows just how pampered we Singaporeans are and how different our lifestyles are, in contrast to the locals. Here, walking is a main form of transport. However back home, wheels are used more frequently in forms of cars, buses and even bicycles.

We found our rooms.
What really surprised me was the condition of the bathroom.Though it has a heater installed, but it does not have a toilet bowl, neither floor tiles. There is a sink in the room, but the water that runs through is freezing cold due to the cold weather.This only shows that the standard of living in China is low compared to that of Singapore's since locals could survive with the bare minimum.

We were then left to rest for the night. :)

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o2MAR10
It's finally here!
The day that everyone is yearning and preparing for, 2nd March.
This shall be my first flight, and the longest I've been away from the comfort of home. Which of course, made my pulse double just by the meer thought.

5am. We were to meet at Changi Airport, Terminal ONE.
Accompanied by our loved ones, we all arrived with our fully packed luggage and are overwhelmed with mixed feelings. Feelings of sadness, for we would leave our loved ones behind soon, and perhaps feelings of fear for the unknown, as we do not know what to expect from this trip.
8am. our flight, CZ 352 took off from Changi Airport for the Guangzhou International Airport.
We were faced with a 3-4 hour ride ahead of us. The experience was a truly eye-opener for me. For the first time, I can gaze at the earth from above, and be amazed by the beauty of it. The service on the plane wasn't exactly the best, but it was acceptable. The meal that was served was delicious. We were asked to fill in a health declaration form onboard the plane. And because I was having a case of runny nose at the moment, hence i ticked against the option "running nose".
Around 12nn. We touched down at the Guangzhou International Airport.
Before we could get our passports stamped, there was an additional gantry which concerned the form we had filled in earlier. The officer looked at my form and immediately told me to follow a colleague of his to the office. There, they gave me a thermometer and told me to take my temperature, for fear that i had contracted the flu virus and was running a fever.

What surprised me was that the thermometer that was provived is actually old-fashioned mecury-in-glass thermometers, and we were told to put them at our underarms with direct contact with our skin for about 5 minutes. I had expected digital thermometers which can give more accurate readings at a faster rate. This shows that China is indeed, still a developing country.

Gradually, about 6 other people were brought into the small office. Everyone was given the same instructions and were expected to do as told. The officers weren't very friendly with us, and occasionally raised his voice at us. Which would not be a sight in Singapore, as our police officers would have been more friendly towards tourists.

Before i was able to remove my thermometer, one of them surveyed me and asked questions like "am you coughing?" and "are you down with flu?" Eventually, i was relieved to be able to leave as the thermometer proved that i wasn't running a fever.

6pm. our flight CZ3344 took off from Guangzhou International Airport to Wuhan Domestic Airport.
This is a shorter flight of only about 2 hours. A meal was also provided. The service this time round was better than the earlier one.
7:50pm. We landed in Wuhan Domestic Airport.
We were welcomed by a rainy weather and about 4 degree Celsius. I wasn't expecting the weather to be this cold, hence i wasn't prepared. We didn't have to get our passports stamped. Hence after we got our luggages, everyone squeezed our way to the officer to show them our pass and leave. The sight was rather similar to that when we're squeezing into MRTs in the peak hours, messy and crowded.

After that, we braved the slight drizzle and the strong winds to a bus, which drove us to our hostel. Here, everyone was confused and trying to find their own rooms. Ours was on the third level, and there aren't elevators. So we had to carry our luggages up the stairs to our rooms, which made everyone complain. This shows just how pampered we Singaporeans are and how different our lifestyles are, in contrast to the locals. Here, walking is a main form of transport. However back home, wheels are used more frequently in forms of cars, buses and even bicycles.

We found our rooms.
What really surprised me was the condition of the bathroom.Though it has a heater installed, but it does not have a toilet bowl, neither floor tiles. There is a sink in the room, but the water that runs through is freezing cold due to the cold weather.This only shows that the standard of living in China is low compared to that of Singapore's since locals could survive with the bare minimum.

We were then left to rest for the night. :)

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