Had our first lesson with Mr Yun in Wuhan. which was a rather long one, starting from the morning till afternoon. But at least, we managed to finish 1 chapter and got started on the next.
Then Mr Yun, Weili and I went to collect the cake we ordered the day before. Which turned out quite nicely. We requested for some candles too. And they were different from those we have in Singapore. In Singapore, when we said that the person is 18 years old, they'd most probably give us a big candle and 8 small candles. Whereas here, they provided us with a candle shaped as "1" and another candle shaped as "8". Very interesting and nice candles with more than 1 colours on them.
In the late afternoon, we surprised Jialin with the cake as a form of celebration for her birthday. I felt that she was really surprised and had enjoyed herself, which was good news. We sang her a birthday song and cut the cake. The candles weren't of a good quality, hence the flame wasn't very lasting.
Jiaen decided to play with the cream and 'attacked' Jialin.
Even Mr Yun wasn't spared.
But they didn't seemed to be angry at her. Hence, it was great that everyone enjoy themselves and had a great time.In the evening, we attended a prize-giving ceremony organized by the university.
It was considered a rather grand event as the emcees were all dressed up formally and there were notices around the school to encourage their own students to attend it.The performances were entertaining, and I especially loved the "相声" a sort of stage comedy put up by normally only 2 people. And of course, the performance put up by our own people from NP. The same performance as last week, but with more audience and a better ambience. They enjoyed performing on stage, and we enjoyed their performance.
I also made a new friend, who is a local. She approached Huiling and I, who were then watching the performance, and we soon got chatting. From her, I got to know more about their student life and she even promised to bring us around to explore the area. She told us that our spoken english is very good, and by listening to us, she felt that her efforts spent in learning english have been wasted. This made me feel that she has very little confidence in her english. I heard her say a few phrases in english and it wasn't as bad as she said it would be. In fact, it was actually much better than I thought it would be. It was probably due to their lack of practice and exposure to the language. Which is also why, their standard of english could not catch up with ours.
In all, it was a great day.
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