It was a very tiring day. We woke up at 7.30 a.m., which was one hour later than the normal time we usually woke up. We had our breakfast and boarded the bus at 8.30 a.m. and headed for school. We were rather late as there was a mini-traffic jam.We reached school at about 9.10 a.m.
We had lessons as usual and were called out of our classes to make dumplings. Some of us were not called out as the teachers could not find them, so they were left in class. Most of us had trouble shaping the dumplings. Finally, the dumplings were made and we had them for lunch! They were scrumptious and most of us enjoyed them.
After school, we went to the Purple Mountain Observatory. We had to climb up the rather steep mountain and it was pretty tiring. We took at least one and a half hour to and fro. The road was full of rocks and many vehicles were going up and down. To keep us going, Mr Lim led in the P5 camp cheers like "Bukit Timah Oi!"
A topless man walked past and Mr Lim wanted us to tease him by shouting "Yo SEXY!" We cheered and sang the "I Live In Singapura" song once we reached the peak. It was very funny as all the boys sang it. After listening to the commentary by Mr Yan, our tour guide, and looking at some astronomical instruments,we all made our way down. Our group was impressed by the scientific knowledge of the ancient Chinese. The Germans were so impressed that they took away these instruments before returning them back to China.
The teachers then took us to a shopping mall to buy gift items. Mr Yan gave us an hour to shop. After that, we had our dinner at KFC. Our two very helpful members, Vanessa and Megan, distributed the food to us. This was the first time we had fast food since arriving in China.
Two more days to go...
Megan, Vanessa, Shanice, Celine, Suen Chi, Suen Hong and Jared (Group 2) |