day 26 & 27 - Wudang Shan Mountain

We all gathered at 6.30am in the morning. Wanted to bath and send some e-mail back home but there was no electricity. Not wanting to be late, we all move on to our usual meeting place.

We had a long 7 hours ride to Wudang Shan Mountains. Most of our empty stomachs were finally filled up with good a lunch after we reached.

Welcome to Wudang Mountain

Breakfast+Lunch

It was raining after we had our lunch and so i bought a rain coat for myself

Wudang Mountain

I thought the weather would be cold up on the mountain so I wore 3 layers of clothes. But due to the stairs we climb to our first scenic spot the Prince Temple I got warmed up.

Lucky enough to have my friend telling me about the story of the Prince Temple who been there last week as I did not really understand what the tour guide was trying to explain. Thanks BK. So roughly, I knew part of it before climbing up.

The Prince Temple

Myself with raincoat

At the Prince Temple

All of us got to try the different kind of Chinese teas for free. I’m a person who appreciates Chinese tea as I would always company my Dad for tea every afternoon while in Indonesia. I bought one for him though which I found the tastiest among all.

Tea Session

We created a DOTA team in Wuhan

eRwinTeo,Fatbaboon,edy-clickclick,ryu_chanz & Adckc

We continue to the next tourist attraction.

myself,Yokemay&Jarold haha without Daniel

Finally we found him and did a Jump Shot photo

Take a look at the English in China

"when you are in the scenic spot the fireproofing must be recorded in your heart"

"Smoking is strictly forbidden in this fire prevention area!"

"Better to prevent fire than to water fire"

we were looking at the well

this is not the peak yet
but we are on the Wudang mountain

The journey to the Wudang peak
starts here!!!

with my group member

with Roy&Jarold

myself & Yokemay

we spend about 20 minutes here making this lock

had our name,birthdate and goodluck words written on it

Roy & Jarold showing

No business as it is too expensive 200RMB per ride

my hikers companion

reaching the peak soon

there it is
The Peak

anywhere we go
we try our best to take group photo

peak im coming for u

and there it is
The Wudang Mountain Peak

7 of us(Gloria,Yokemay,Polim,Jarold,MingYu,myself &Roy)
we chain our locks beside each other
so as to be
everlasting friends

Cable Car Ride

took with my indo mate;Polim

myself and this Polim still try to shake the cable car
he really not scare of dieing

The 21 Guns + tour guide

backy backy to our dorm

My Reflection:
Climbing the Wudang Shan Mountain was not an easy task. It consists of around 6500 steps to reach the peak. As it was not a race, quite a number of us actually take our time, taking photos and enjoying the sceneries. We played and cracked joke along the climb and that actually helps to forget the tiredness in us. One of my group members Daniel, was ahead of me. He asked for many days of rest after he joined us for a PT session last week. And so I always thought that he would give up on his way up. But to my surprised, I could not even catch up with him. He was far far ahead of me and only until I reached the peak, then I saw him. Good job Daniel.
He said he wanted to give up during the climb but the support from his surrounding friends had actually motivated him so much that he never.

The encouragement and support of friends can really have a very powerful effects on one’s ability to overcome challenges.

day 25 - Business Etiqutte

Went off for IS lesson in the morning. Topic for the day was “Chinese Business etiquette” being lectured by the local lecturer. Knowing the Dos and Don’ts of some countries.
The way he conducted his lesson was rather interesting. Everyone’s computer screen was being controlled by him. What he displayed was what we seen at our own screen.

computer's being controlled by the lecturer

BPE class in the afternoon with Mr Joseph covering chapter 7 and done quiz 7.
Arghhh!!!Assignment assignment assignment…

My reflection:
Today’s Business Etiquette has taught me a lot of things that would be useful for now and the future. Knowing the Dos and Don’ts from different countries and understanding the difference in culture. This lesson has really thought me how to react or behave upon dealing with someone which will be useful for me in the future.

day 24 - China National Day Performance

Time passes really really fast that we only left with 2 weeks in Wuhan.
Mr Joseph taught us chapter 7 and finished quiz 7 today. We still left with 3 more chapters , another assignment, written test 2 and a group video. We will be going to Wudang Mountain for this weekend tour. Meaning we have to complete our assignment 2 before we head to Wudang as due date is next week Tuesday.

We had dinner at nearby restaurant. The food was delicious. There were 11 of us and the total bill cost us around RMB110 meaning each paid RMB10($2) to eat in a restaurant. Isn’t it worth!!!

Dinner in the Restaurant

At 7 pm. We were invited to watch an annually performance by the local students. It was known to be a performance for the freshmen and at the same time the National Celebration. All of the students performed very well. They just came out with an outstanding performance from their vocal skills to the dancing skill.

Performance in front of the admin block

i seriously like this block
CLASSIC

Closer view

Stage performance

Photos from:Zhong Rong

My reflection:
During the performance, I met Lyric(the local student that I met during the interaction time). So I asked her some questions regarding the performance.
I was told that the performances were all performed by students. Those students volunteered to perform were selected after been through round of auditions.
Its all base on volunteered and so the students were not given money or so called “CCA point” like we students used to get in Ngee Ann.
The students here are very proud of themselves.
They were also willing to put in effort for the school and country not for the money and for that’s they deserved to get the words “UNITED NATION”.

day 23 - High Element Activities

it all started with
the 21 Guns

Today activity is on high element. Before the start of the activities, we played some games. We have to draw our flag and name our group. We called ourselves “Dragon” assuming that we are very brave. Costumes have to be design and made using newspaper. We even rank ourselves. One will be the King, others were Generals and the rest were just peasants. It was rather kind of a campfire performance. We have to compete with others groups.

our artist(Adrian KC)
drawing our Group's flag

TADAH!!!
our flag done
and
POLIM one of the our general holding it

designing of our clothes

Instuctors looking at us

Our King

The King & Generals

Performance time

ICT 1 againt ICT 2

the 21 guns

After that we all headed to the rock climbing station. It looks easy before you climb and when you were up there, it was just not as easy as you thought. No one manage to reach the summit. Really needed a lot of arms and legs power for one to reach the top.

my room mates
Adrian(KC), Erwin and me

gearing up some of the safety equipment

i was half way there

was pointing at the rock which i slipped at

It then Followed by a trust fall. That one’s hands and legs have to be tied before the instructor pushes him/her down. Your group members have to work together hand in hands, making sure that they will catch you. The purpose of this game is about trusting your friends. If you trust them that they will catch you when you fall then you will feel more secured. If you don’t, you might not even dare to do the falling.

The Trust Fall

instructor guiding us

my turn

there it is, floating on top of my friends hands
one word FUN

During the break, we taught our instructor some games we most played during camp. It was called “ Barang- Barang”. He was a fast learner that he knew how to play after we explained to him only once.

Barang-barang

gloria, me , erwin, kc & ck
playing "barang barang"

During a break, we taught our instructor some games we most played during camp. It was called “ Barang- Barang”. He was a fast learner that he knew how to play after we explained to him only once.

High Element

im the contestant number 3
climbing....

getting myself ready to jump

so did i manage to reach that flatform?
ans:yeap, i did.and all of us did it actually
look scary but easy

Another 21 guns Photos

1 (with Mr.Joseph)

2(with the instructors)

MDE students offer the helping hands

ICT & LSCT & MDE
together
We are Proud to be NgeeAnn Students

Group B Photos

with our Flag

ended with a JUMP shot for today

My reflection:

Today activities have bonded all of us even more.
Trying to reach the summit for rock climbing is one thing but the support your friends have given you is another thing.
We also gain trust with each other from playing the trust fall. Making sure we have the best grip so as to prevent the one from falling to the ground. Most of us do play apart into the game.
The whole activities allow one to know his/her individual strength. Some have actually overcome the fear of high.
You cannot force your friends to challenge themselves to play the game if he/she is not keen to play. Even though you use thousands and one way to force him to play, if he does not want to play, you just cannot do anything. He/she is the only way out. He/she must be willing to challenge themselves. And I believe, if they take that challenge and succeed, that would be the most memorial part in his/her life.