Day 6

At our special request, the school arranged for us to have one morning of PE lesson. The boys had coaching in soccer followed by a friendly match. It was an exciting match and we had the upper hand. Unfortunately, the score remained as 0-0 at full time. We did almost scored two goals but they were blocked by the goal posts.

The girls had volleyball training by an ex-national player, who was also the PE teacher. The Principal mentioned that some of our girls had a natural flair for volleyball and looked promising.

Meanwhile, Mr Lim and the teachers had a professional dialogue with the Principal and some of her key staff. We hope that they would be able to plan for more students exchange programmes in future.

For lunch, we were treated to a sumptious meal at a restaurant in the neighbourhood. We thought it must have cost them a lot of money. 

After lunch, we had a gift exchange with our Nanjing friends. They were very thoughtful in selecting the gifts for us. Nicole Lim received a Merlion clay figure and Jie Yin received a first day cover that commemorated the friendship between Singapore and China. The tour guide said that this was a collector's item.

Sin Yi received a soft toy of two monkeys holding hands (monkeys are his favourite animals). Chia Chih received a transformers set. Han Sheng received Chinese paper cutting of the character prosperity.  Their gifts showed that they valued our friendship. 

At the Sun Yat-sen museum and the Zhongshan Mausoleum:

In the afternoon, we visited two special places of attraction that honoured Dr Sun Yat-sen. We thought that he was a great man. China would not be what it is today without him. Mr Lim said that our Minister Mentor Lee called him the one man who changed China.

Day 7   

On our last day, we bid farewell to all our friends from Nanjing. We left many fond memories which were captured on camera by Ms Tay and their HOD IT. The Principal gave us a ppt presentation of the selected photos.

Three of our Nanjing friends shared in eloquent Mandarin about their reflections on our interaction these few days. The Principal thanked us for initiating the first visit to make friends with her students and learn more about each other's cultures. She looked forward to our two schools establishing a lasting twinning partnership. Mr Lim thanked the Principal, staff & students for their hospitality these 4 days.  He invited them to visit BTPS next year to continue this meaningful international friendship.  

Done by: Toh Sin Yi, Brian Tan, Ong Han Sheng, Abraham Lau, Stanley Alexander, Liu Chia Chih