汉语桥 (五)

Last entry about my trip to China.

I will let the photos do the talking because I am rather tired of writing captions for every photo. Hahaha.

Well, here are the photos.


Well, there are actually much more photos but some were badly taken. Hahhaa.

Overall, i think this China trip was really fun and I have made many good friends. On the last day of the camp, my friends all cried buckets of water! We exchanged hugs and we promised that we will keep in touch. I guess we are all so upset because we know that it will be really really difficult for us to meet again in future. Well, we are still chatting on Skype nowadays and I really hope that our friendship will last forever.

Even now, I still remember the late night chats that we had in the bedroom. I still remember how we escaped from the clutches of the Ang Mohs to have our very own "Asian" chat in Keiichi and Naoto's bedroom. I still remember the heart to heart talk at MacDonald's till the wee hours of the night with Naoto, Yoko and Rie. I still remember how wildly JooHee always dances to the rhythm. I still remember the tall mountains that we had to climb together. Hahaha. We really shared lots of happy memories.

One last photo that we took on the very last day. We didn sleep that night as some of us had to take the earliest flight at 7am from HuNan to BeiJing.


Friends forever.

汉语桥 (四)

Fourth entry about the China trip.

I am seriously tired. One more entry after this and that will mark the end for entries of my China trip.

One important event of the China trip was the 联欢晚会. It was actually a celebration for all the participants of the summer camp. You can actually volunteer to perform for the night. Being a shy person, I of course did not volunteered myself. Hahha.

A performance by a Japanese friend of mine.

We were really crazy that night. Hahaha.

Before the 联欢晚会, we were given tests to test on our Chinese proficiency. Seriously, I felt that the test was rather simple while I was doing it. Well, I should definitely feel so since this is a test for students from around the world whose first language is not Chinese. The only thought that came to my mind was that I must emerged as the top for the test as many know that I am a Chinese and my mother tongue is Chinese. Hahaha.

Needless to say, I was of course the top performer for the test. Hahaha. OMG. Mr Anonymous is going to blast me for being proud again. Hahha.

Alongside with the Korea and Myanmar representatives, I went up on the stage to collect my prize. We were the top 3 scorers among more than 160 participants of the summer camp. Apparently, my mom commented that the prize look exactly like an urn. Hahaha. No photos of that because i am really lazy to do so.



A single shot of myself by my Singaporean friend.

Actually, many of the participants questioned about my race and my mother tongue during the summer camp. I was rather shy to say that I am a Chinese and my mother tongue is Mandarin at first as this meant that I shouldn be in this camp at all. Hahha. However, I sorted out my thoughts after some time. There must be a reason why Singapore is in the competition. Our first language is English and the command of the Chinese language of many Singaporeans is really poor.

Also, there are many who felt that i should of course do well for the test since I am a Singaporean Chinese and we speak Mandarin back in Singapore. This is totally untrue. Many young Singaporeans prefer to speak English. The top position is rightfully mine because I worked hard over the years to improve my Chinese. Put any young Singaporean through the test and I am sure not many will do as well as me.

Okay, enough of my grievances.

Took photos with my friends after the 联欢晚会.

Naoto and me. Naoto is like the most popular guy among all the participants of the summer camp. Hahaha. He is really crazy most of the times but his words really inspired me when we talked about our problems. He plays both the piano and the guitar really well. He also harmonises really well too!! Seeing him play the piano at the hotel lobby makes me feel more determined to learn the guitar soon.

During the summer camp, I feel really inspired by my camp mates. They speak many languages, they play instruments and they even practise martial arts. Many of them are really talented. Looking upon myself, I feel that I know nothing. I am always procrastinating. I must really set my goals and achieved them!

Thus, I will be having guitar lessons next month. I really hope that I will learn the guitar well because I don't have much talent with music. Hahhaa.

Anyone has a guitar to lend? I need a guitar for my lessons.

Yoko, Me and Rie. My cute friends from Japan.

Next will be about my home visit. We were invited to China homes to experience lives of a typical Chinese family for a afternoon.

Nothing much to blog about actually. I will let the photos do the talking instead.

From left: Thailand (Left 1 and 2), Khazastan (Middle 4), Singapore (Right 2)

The family hard at work. Yessh! He is washing the vegetables in the toilet. Hahaha.

Many shoes~!! Ha.


Sumptuous lunch. This was the best meal that I had had in China.


The Thais with the family.

Cleo and Me with the family.


I didn know why the bananas came into the picture. Yessh! I know this photo looks sleazy. Hahhaa. Look at the girls from Khazastan. They are actually Muslims. Haha. I asked them about the tudong but they replied saying that it's enough that you have Allah in your heart and there is no need for you to dress till only your eyes can be seen. Wow~! Moderate Muslims.

Last but not least, a group photo of us with the family.

Okay, i need to go. Bye.

Look forward to my last update of the China trip. Haha.

汉语桥 (三)

Once again, i am back with updates on my China Trip.

I found out that i can blog about what I have done everyday in China because i cant really remember what exactly happened now!!! Hahaha.

Today's entry will be on activities before i headed to HuNan. We spent 2 days in BeiJing before heading to HuNan.

On the second day, i can only remember that we visited the Great Wall of China now.

Before setting off, I had breakfast at the hotel.


This was where I had breakfast for 2 days before heading to HuNan. Nice environment. Food was rather mediocre.

Camwhored while taking my breakfast

Chatted with Australians and an Italian. Hahaha. The guy and the lady on the left are Australians while the other guy on the right is an Italian. Guess what we talked about! Hahha. I was discussing about immigration issues with the Australians as both our countries are facing immigration problems now. I don't quite like the influx of new immigrants. Haha.


Taken before we went onto the bus. From left: Me, Rie(Japan), Thailiand Representative and Cleo (Singapore)

Lunch before we started climbing the Great Wall Of China. I really forgot what happened before we had our lunch. Hahaha.

Taken after lunch. From left: Tom (Australia), Spohia (I forgot which country is she from), Me, Cleo (Singapore), Thailand Representative, Yumi (Japan)


Taken while we were on our way to the Great Wall of China. We have over 160 participants this year!!! Hahaha. This is just half a bus of participants!!! Hahaha.



Finally, the Great Wall Of China!

It was really very tiring for me since i have not been exercising since feb. Hahaha. You can never reach the top of the Great Wall of China. Hahhaa. Anyway, the Great Wall of China is badly polluted. Litters can be seen everywhere!! EVERYWHERE!!! There was even smell of pee at some of the pavilions. Sometimes, i wonder why the Chinese even litter at the Great Wall of China. It's the most famous places of interest in China. Furthermore, it's one of the great wonders of the world! Imagine Singaporeans littering near the Merlion? That is totally insane.

Well, it may be the visitors who littered but i am sure the Chinese definitely contributed to the rubbish too. Hahhaa.


Started to make more new friends. Keiichi from Japan. He is small in size but I think he is a really clever guy. Unlike a typical Japanese, he speaks Japanese, English, Cantonese and Chinese. He took up Cantonese and Chinese in Universtity before heading to HongKong for a half a year exchange. In HongKong, lessons are conducted in English and that was when he polished up his English. He already found a job in a Japanese MNC even before he graduated from school. We discussed about touring HongKong together when we were both in China. Hopefully, we will be able to meet in HongKong together soon! Hahaha. I need to work hard and learn a third language soon. Hahhaa.

A group shot of most of the participants!!!

On one of the 2 days, we visited the Main Office of the Confucious Institute in Beijing. Didn took many photos there. Hahaha.

Took a photo with my Korean and Japanese friends. The Singapore flag is in between the Japan and Korean flag. See~!!! Hahaha. i always joked that we are like the elites of Asia. Hahaha. All 3 countries have a strong economy unlike other Asian countries. Hahaha. From left: Me, Rie (Japan), Joo Hee (Korea), Naoto (Japan), Fuyumi (Japan) and Keiichi (Japan)

More updates soon. Bye.

汉语桥 (二)

I am back with more updates about my China trip.

Beware. There are hell lots of photos in this blog entry!! Hahaha. No worries, there will be not as many photos in the subsequent entries.

Day 1 of the trip was just about travelling. I took lots of photos because i was with Zhi Xian. Hahaha. She loves to camwhore and I like to take photos too. After the first day, I couldn possibly always stick to her and this explains the reduction in photos. Hahaha.

Anyway, meet up with ZhiXian at Changi Airport.

It was her first ever flight in her entire life. Thus, she was a little nervous!! Hahaha.


Took a photo with AirChina as we wanted to use it for our reports when we returned to Singapore. Apparently, we were told that we will have write essays after we returned. The essays are meant for publicity use in future.

Our boarding passes!!! Yeah, we went so mad till we even took photos of our boarding passes. Hahaha.

Upon entering the immigration gates, i camwhored on the travellator.




Our plane!! Air China!! Hahaha. The service of the staff aren very good. They are not very polite. Hahaha. However, i shall not complain further since it is free.



Lunch on the plane!!! No comments about the food. Hahha.

Camwhored on the plane. Hahaha.

After 6 hours of flight, we finally touched down at BeiJing International Airport.


Walking to the immigration checkpoints to get our passports "chopped" before we can get to embark on our 汉语桥 journey. See how good we are!! We even camwhored while we walked.

There were lots of people at the checkpoints. You wouldn understand how many people are there until you see this photo!!!!

OMG!!! It took us close to an hour to get our passports "chop"!!!!


Took a photo while we were queuing up. Hahhaa. Notice my new hairstyle. Bangs!!!! Hahaha. Cut my hair before i went to China.

After we walked out of the immigration check points, there were people holding the 汉语桥 banner awaiting us. Felt like we were some honoured guests. Hahhaa.


My very first group photo with the other camp mates at the Beijing International Airport. Starting to feel the summer heat!!! Temperature reaches 40 degrees almost everyday when I was in China!!!! It was sorching hot!!

Camwhored at the 5 star hotel that we first stayed in when I was in BeiJIng.


Last but not least, the first friend that i knew from the trip. Joohee from Korea. I always address her as 韩国美女. Haha. She has really really good skin. It is absolutely flawlous. Hahaha. I was singing SNSD's Oh to her when i first met her. Seriously, I sang to her all the Korean songs that i knew. 武大郎，武大郎.....hahaha!!!

I found out that i look so refreshed on the first day. Hahhaa. My hair looked so neat!! Hahaha. After the first day, the hair started to get really messy. The sweat, heat and fatigue made me looked like a mad man during the rest of the days. Hahaha.

Gtg. Bye.

Updates soon!

汉语桥

Hello!!! I am back from China!!!!

China was really fun. Hahaha. Actually, the activities there were actually rather boring but I made many many friends there~~~!!!

We hang out together everyday and my friends cried so hard on the day that we had to leave. Hahhaa.

Anyway, many thought that I was there to participate in the competition. No!! I am not!!! I was just there to view the competition. Also, many thought that this was a competition for people from China, Hongkong and Taiwan but this is not true. Hahah. I thought so too at first but it's actually a competition for students from Universities all over the world. However, their first language cannot be Chinese.

Anyway, just some photos from the China trip. I didn took many photos during my 10 days stay there as my camera was faulty. Hahaha.

The very first hotel that I stayed in!!!

It is a 5 star hotel. Hahaha. However, things started to change for the worst when we headed to HuNan from BeiJing. Hahaha. We stayed in 3 star hotels and you can definitely see a difference in the facilities provided.

Took a photo with my friends on the day of the finals. Hahaha. Well, i don't know the guy on the extreme left. Hahaha. All of a sudden, he wanted to take a photo with us!!! Hahaha.


My cute friends from Japan. I will always remember the night that we chatted at MacDonald. We talked about our love problems, about our lives and everything!!!

Rie and Me. Pretty lady from Japan!!! OMG!! Just look at my teeth!!!! Hahaha. It's so much straighter now!!!! Hahhaa.

Lunch~!!! Food was rather bad. Hahaha. I find the food there really salty and oily. Hahaha.

A belated national day gift for the country!!! Hahaha. This was taken at the Confucius Institute in China.


Lastly, a photo of me with 中国汉办 and 孔子学院. These are the 2 organisations that made this China trip so enjoyable and most importantly, FOC!!!!!!!

Hahahaa. It was absolutely FREE and I just spent around $40 in China. Hahaha.

This China trip has leave me with lots of fine memories. I am seriously missing my friends now.

Also, the passion that everyone there have for Chinese really gave me a shock. There was this girl from 哈萨克斯坦, she just started learning Chinese for just 8 months. I am sorry. Please do not ask me for the English name of her country because i really don't know. Hahaha. Needless to say, her command of the Chinese language is not really good. However, her eagerness to learn really to shock me. I merely just said a word that she didn understand, she held her hand out and directed me to write the word and the HanYu PinYing on her palm. She started speaking to me a lot from that moment because she hope that through our conversations, she can learn more new terms.

Many from other countries are learning Chinese the hard way because they don't have the environment to learn Chinese. However, you will be really amazed by how well they speak. Here in Singapore, every Chinese is given the chance and environment to learn their mother tongue well but most don't wish to put in more effort to learn the languge well. Hiaz.

Well, enough of my national education.

More blog entries coming out after i get the photos from my friends!!! Hahaha.

Stay tuned to my blog!!!