Day 41 monday 13 april 09

Today will be the second last day in Wuhan and we will fly back to Singapore tomorrow. In the morning, me and a few class mates went to look for the caretaker auntie to interview her (for our IS project). The auntie was really kind and friendly, she really took care of us for the past 40 days.

Nice caretaker auntie!!! Thanks!!

Some questions we asked her were, some of the culture in china and some student life. From what she told us, I found that in china, during Chinese New Year, they have one week of holiday compared to Singapore we have only 3 days. And found out from her that in the university, students were not allowed to wear slippers and shorts to school for lesson. But in Ngee Ann plenty students wear slippers and shorts to school.

I also found out that, in the university, many students come from all parts of china. So it is not easy for them to travel back to their home town, they can only travel back home during school holidays, for those who are rich, they can afford to go home 2 to 3 time each year. I am sure if I were them I will definitely home sick. I felt really fortunate studying in Singapore because I don’t have to go through that.

In the afternoon, we had a closing ceremony for our trip in Wuhan. It was our graduation day! (Organised by the Wuhan institute of technology) When we enter the room, I was surprise, it was a big meeting room and it looks really formal. Then the principal, local lecturer gave their speech, on our side, we have Mr wee and Jia fu who gave their speech. Jia fu speech was long, but was really meaningful. Before the closing ceremony ends, we were presented a certificate by the Wuhan institute of technology for the 42 days of exchange programme there. After that, we took photos with local students and lecturers.

Finally, we made it through the 42 days!!!

In the evening (5.30pm), me and the rest of the cee guys went to have our dinner at the tepanyaki restaurant. The boss was really nice; the meal was on her bill as she knows that we are going to fly back to Singapore the next day. The dinner was one of the best meals I had in my Wuhan; we had baby lobster, fish, beef, noodles and many more. After eating at tepanyaki restaurant we took a cab down to Chicony shopping mall to have another meal as Mr wee is treating everyone including a few local students. When we reached there, we didn’t really eat much as we were all very full. We apologized to Mr wee because he is treating us but yet we did not eat much.

Mr wee really odered alot of food for us!!!

After dinner, I took a bus with my class mates back to apartment. Once we reached our apartment, we were all busy packing our stuff as we will be leaving the next day.