07-04-2009 (Tuesday)

Today the weather was sunny… We have an activity which is conducted at the Cultural Village where we have our barbecue… It had been a while since we have such an activity… A few years back, these games were already introduced to us… Anyway, getting this feeling back was good… Just to experience the exciting process again… About the journey, we got to wake up very early in the morning at bout 7am…

Got to reach the village at 8am… Still, we were a bit late for the activity… When we reached there, we were still waiting for the other group of students from our school to participate too… They reached the village at about 8.30am… Before they come, we have started some of the games just to warm ourselves up… After they reached, we were split into 4 groups all mixed up together…

Then I was being group to Group 4… Firstly, we got to name our team, and then we got to design a logo for our team and lastly the cheer for our team… It was really a struggle at the beginning of time… After we have known one another then we felt comfortable… Just like the camps we have been in our years of memories… After we have decided on all the things, we when to perform to boost our sprit in our team… After which we got to build a tank wheel with the newspaper provided… It was a really tough and challenging activity that we got to do… At about 11plus, we went to have our meals… Some of us brought the group of students to enjoy the famous fish balls at our side，汤逊湖. The rest did not join them and went to have some delicious fried rice at Canteen 2…

As for me, I also went to canteen 2 but I take away the food as I am too tired because if the activity conducted in the morning… When we reached our hostel, we finish our packet food then we were resting in there… After few minutes, a group of the students came to our hostel for some home visits… After they see our hostel, they were so jealous about us that everything we have here was very good… One of them even say that “同人不同命”which means we are all humans being but was treated in different ways… After the visits, we went back to the village to continue our next activities which were the high elements equipment…
We have so much fun at the village especially the wall climbing period, where we get to see them climbing up the mountain… Some climb it like it is their second nature and some were struggling… After the wall climbing, we have a group photos to keep us a memorable day we have ever had… After that, we thank all instructors for all their effort put in to make this event a successful one… Then we were told that there is nice scenery at the park when we go inner of the village so some of us actually took a few photos at there while others actually went back to their hostel to rest… At about 7plus, about 5 of us went to Canteen 2 to have our dinner…





Shu Gen was left in the dorm as he was feeling unwell… After which, we have a short meeting at Mr. Ma dorm at 9.30pm… During the meeting, Mr. Chua has told us lots of things… We got to remember at all times… One particular issue will be the punctuality… I myself understand what he is trying to tell us… As nowadays, Singapore is trying to hire China and India workers for the jobs in Singapore… As their pay rate is lower than what our local workers get…

That is why many of them trying to get all the workers to replace the local… As well as the hard work they have put in, in their work which makes them a very helpful hand to their boss and able to get promote faster… As for our local, their demand towards work is as high as those foreign workers but their quality of work were not up to the standard and that why when they are just 5 minutes late, they will be fired… That is why our punctuality is very importance… Anyway, after the meeting we were told to book our interview time with Mr. Ma for our mini-project examine…

Then, we called it a day… Everyone was very tired after a long day of activity especially those climbing that we got to do… Anyway, we all were enjoying ourselves during the activity… It the best time ever…

When the MDE division students came to our hostel, we then understand that how good our service apartment is to us… Hearing their grumble, we then imagine how bad the situation is… They told us that they do not have proper tiles, they do not have any kettle, mop, broom and tables are provided including television…

They do not have a proper place to do their laundry… Sometimes, it is really pros and cons… Overall, my hostel is still the best…

In conclusion, I would like to recommend everyone to have an overseas experience once in your lifetimes… It is very exciting and able you to know many others new friends… Do not just waste your time especially in your Polytechnic life… It is the most important things for you to enjoy…