14 days and counting

it's 2 more weeks till i get back. its a race against time and patience. meanwhile common test papers are being marked and anxiety is everywhere.

everyone is very tired from climbing wu dang (except for the lot who took the cable car up). from my point of view, wu dang was just good excercise and good views, but very poor experience. the tourists are like all other chinese people, and the abbots are even more like the worst of the people.

this may seem as unfair remarks, but the people there just disgusts me. when i got there, no kung fu. no sword fights. no actors. no condor heores. even the hisotrical stuff isn't there. they tried so hard to commercialize the place, even the abbots have name tags.

apart from all these neative remarks, the scenary there is extremely spectacular. the misty part of the mountains were so foggy, you can't see beyond 30 feet, and the air is so cool and refreshing. when we got to the golden peak, the view there was a knock out. the clouds just cover the mountains, with little bits of peaks and green poking over the top.

nothing less from the most ancient place.

and just for laughs...........

common test week

we got back our results here in china, and goodness, i got great news. i did very well for this semester. GPA 3.89

well done.... if you didn't do very well, there's always next sem. and for those taking A levels, there is no next sem =)

common test took place today and i don't think i did very well for this module. i reckon i should try to retake this module in a normal circumstance. china is a big distraction.

with common test now out of the picture, wudang mountain comes next. i won't be contactable this weekend, as the mountain has no reception, i think.

and for those back in singpaore, miss you all lots, be back in 2 weeks.

mid autumn in china

it's sunday, mid autumn and i'm settled in my bunk doing up the last bits of my IS journal.

we've just returned from the 3 gorges and shen nong river, and i'm down with stomach upset. it's been very persistent since tuesday, and i had to shit solid and water anywhere under the sun for 5 days. and for that, i got myself a huge box of cleenex to carry around where ever i went.

other than this outstanding problem, i'm doing fine. although i'm missing everyone in singapore, there's nothing i can do. by the way, semester results are out tomorrow, so, receiving it here in china would be a first.

one last thing before i go, if there's a souviener you'd like, please name it and tagg it.

bye chaps, be home in 3 weeks

it's week 2/6

second week now, and i'm still doing fine. however 2 of my seniors are down with food poisoning, and skin problems. thankfully i'm okay.

until recently, some just found out i'm in china. and when i tell them where i am, they tell me: "good luck", and "i don't wanna be there". give me a break, and show some moral support.

school just started here in te university, and somehow, the ngee ann students feel strangely out of place.... maybe it's because we've got an indian and a couple of muslims..... and we've also just found out that there's a military school nearby, and the girls from that academy look seriously more garang then the men here in wu han.

i'm doing fine with my roomie leon, sometimes he snores quite loudly, but he doesn't tell me if i do (which i suspect i do). but i suppose the lessons are the ones to fear. it's only chapter 3 and it just keeps getting more and more complicated.

good news is, we're getting to interact with the local students tomorrow, see what they're really like. even better news comes from the local students, with 97% of the class are girls, and most of them are cute.

welcome to china