o4MAR10
In the morning, we were brought to our classrooms at the School of Foreign Language, which is sort of like our LSCT building, on a small hilltop that overlooks a huge lake. There's even a huge sports track nearby.Of course, their 'small' is an amplified version of our 'small'. To reach the school, there are 2 route. either by the slopes, or by this staircase that goes directly upwards. An 8 storey building, with no elevators. The locals are really used to all the climbing and walking long distances. While apparently, we Singaporeans aren't since even going up by 1 level we have to take the lift. The inside of the building quite spacious. and there happened to be some event, hence flags where hung from the ceilings.
There are quotes on the corridors outside the classrooms. I suppose they are to aid the chinese in learning english, and also to motivate them to learn.
Our classroom will be at the 4th storey, thank goodness. If it's at the 8th storey, i think i'd be late for lessons everyday. Anyway, the classrooms are all using blackboard with chalk, some tables and chairs, no power sockets, no projector/ faulty projector. Imagine that! Even our primary school back home has bettter facilities, and yet we're in a university here.

In the afternoon, we went and bought a local sim card for use. But the thing is, we cannot call or sms overseas. So, have to wait for the people back home to call here.

We split into groups and went to Guang Gu Bu Xing Jie, directly translated as Optics Valley Walking Street. I was with Jialin, Weili, Jiaen, Huiling and Benedict. It is basically like our Bugis street, just a lot bigger, even bigger than our Vivocity. Like a shopping centre without a roof, people smoke inside the infrastructure. But even so, it is still a heaven for shopaholics.
Their Overhead bridge is quite big, and the stairs are gently-sloped. While in Singapore, the staircases are steep and bridges are narrower.
We took this public transport called Mian Bao Cher, directly translated as Bread Car. It is like our taxi, shaped of a minivan, which i heard that it is unlicensed. So it may be dangerous as they may just drive us to some foreign land and we cant do anything about it. Before u board the minivan, u have to negotiate the price with the driver. It does not run by meter, unlike taxis in Singapore.

Inside, the Guang Gu Bu Xing Jie, there are many many shops selling a wide variety of items. Eateries, Pharmacies, Boutiques, etc etc. it is like a one stop place for shopping. And when we were there, there was also alot of sales going on. so prices were even cheaper.

While walking to find our transport back, we passed by this grass patch near the other side of the overhead bridge. There were old people singing karaoke in the open, showcasing their voices and spending time with other elderly people. And i found this quite an interesting sight.
We went to negotiate the price with a driver, who insisted on 40yuan, when we came to the area with only 30yuan. I thought that it was because we didn't sound local and were students so he thought that he could earn abit more out of us. So we went along the line and asked another driver who insisted on the same price. Until finally, the third driver we asked agreed on 30yuan. So we boarded his vehicle and came back to the hostel.

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o4MAR10
In the morning, we were brought to our classrooms at the School of Foreign Language, which is sort of like our LSCT building, on a small hilltop that overlooks a huge lake. There's even a huge sports track nearby.Of course, their 'small' is an amplified version of our 'small'. To reach the school, there are 2 route. either by the slopes, or by this staircase that goes directly upwards. An 8 storey building, with no elevators. The locals are really used to all the climbing and walking long distances. While apparently, we Singaporeans aren't since even going up by 1 level we have to take the lift. The inside of the building quite spacious. and there happened to be some event, hence flags where hung from the ceilings.
There are quotes on the corridors outside the classrooms. I suppose they are to aid the chinese in learning english, and also to motivate them to learn.
Our classroom will be at the 4th storey, thank goodness. If it's at the 8th storey, i think i'd be late for lessons everyday. Anyway, the classrooms are all using blackboard with chalk, some tables and chairs, no power sockets, no projector/ faulty projector. Imagine that! Even our primary school back home has bettter facilities, and yet we're in a university here.

In the afternoon, we went and bought a local sim card for use. But the thing is, we cannot call or sms overseas. So, have to wait for the people back home to call here.

We split into groups and went to Guang Gu Bu Xing Jie, directly translated as Optics Valley Walking Street. I was with Jialin, Weili, Jiaen, Huiling and Benedict. It is basically like our Bugis street, just a lot bigger, even bigger than our Vivocity. Like a shopping centre without a roof, people smoke inside the infrastructure. But even so, it is still a heaven for shopaholics.
Their Overhead bridge is quite big, and the stairs are gently-sloped. While in Singapore, the staircases are steep and bridges are narrower.
We took this public transport called Mian Bao Cher, directly translated as Bread Car. It is like our taxi, shaped of a minivan, which i heard that it is unlicensed. So it may be dangerous as they may just drive us to some foreign land and we cant do anything about it. Before u board the minivan, u have to negotiate the price with the driver. It does not run by meter, unlike taxis in Singapore.

Inside, the Guang Gu Bu Xing Jie, there are many many shops selling a wide variety of items. Eateries, Pharmacies, Boutiques, etc etc. it is like a one stop place for shopping. And when we were there, there was also alot of sales going on. so prices were even cheaper.

While walking to find our transport back, we passed by this grass patch near the other side of the overhead bridge. There were old people singing karaoke in the open, showcasing their voices and spending time with other elderly people. And i found this quite an interesting sight.
We went to negotiate the price with a driver, who insisted on 40yuan, when we came to the area with only 30yuan. I thought that it was because we didn't sound local and were students so he thought that he could earn abit more out of us. So we went along the line and asked another driver who insisted on the same price. Until finally, the third driver we asked agreed on 30yuan. So we boarded his vehicle and came back to the hostel.

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