Realised today that people in Tianjin isn't as bad as what we were expecting.In fact, they are really friendly and nice!:)Before we came for this OIP trip, not only through the briefings by teachers, i was told by friends around me how bad can situations be in Tianjin and ask me to be more cautious whenever i go. Impression was the total opposite.Witnessing how sincere the people here is and all i would say is that Singaporeans have our part to learn and improve too:)
The morning sun was gentle but yet, the cooling breeze couldn't stop us from keeping our gloves and thick 'winter' wear on..Met our buddy and mine was 黄浩.Was actually expecting a female buddy so i could communicate easier but i guess it's a different experience all together and in the end, we will interact with almost all of the students there somehow:)Chatted with Dean and yiwen's buddy and they are really friendly!Not only did they introduced their respective areas in the campus to us, we also found out the different shopping paradise around the district we are in!:)Especially Yiwen's buddy, she's like a BIG sister to us and kept saying "no no no.." like some teacher to correct us when we make the wrong assumptions.haha!Tried their 冰tang hu lu , not the traditional one but the strawberry one!Fresh juicy strawberry(AWESOME during this cold season) coated with sweet and crispy sugared layer..OMG, didnt know such heavenly thing existed!Me and Dean got hooked on it:)Had lunch in one of the Halal Food canteen and our buddies helped to order the food.Goshh, the lunch was the BEST meal of the day yeahh, wa wa cai, something like fried lettuce with all the side dishes tasted very much like our singapore home-cooked food.Within 5 mins upon the dishes were served, the food was all cleared!That shows how hungry we were but at the same time, i felt that we were kind of rude for failing to control our hunger.We didn't spare a thought for them and despite of them helping us to order and serving us the food, we took it for granted and thought we were the guests and should be alright to be treated that way.*shake head*If we were to be given another time to have a meal with them, i guess we should take the initiative and serve them instead of them doing the job:)
Went and explore their work out areas and saw the running track.A group of us got so tempted and decided to run one round around the track!*Brrrr*Was SUPER cold and was literally gasping for air!Realise the students were playing sports in their jeans and attire looks rather different as compared to Singapore.Running and playing sports in Singapore seemed much more carefree and comfortable.Imagine running 2.4Km in jeans?You gotta be kidding~~
That was the stick of strawberry i was mentioning earlier on..but I'm sure if we were to get addicted and eat this everyday, we are all going to get diabetes..=XTried something similar in Singapore but i felt that the traditional one found locally here in Beijing is A THOUSAND TIMES nicer:)
Got into their classrooms and the teachers gave a simple and sweet introduction to start off our day for our orientation..they were speaking chinese and thus, Aliff and Thir were sitting beside me and yiwen so that we can help with the translation..felt that it's a good exposure for them to come for this OIP trip because not only will they learn a new language and culture, they also taught me alot of values that i could learn and improve for myself. The kind of hunger for knowledge and willingness to take up challenges despite of the language barrier..*SALUTE TO YOU GUYS YEAH!*No matter how tired i may be in the coming days, i guess seeing their spirit for learning will make me really carry out the 'never-say-die' attitude and continue absorbing the new knowledge:)*Thumbs up!*
The Hotcakes!:)finally, we got CHILLI SAUCE!!
A snapshot with Ronald MacDonald in TIANJIN!:)Went to the pharmacy to get some heatpacks and the nurses there are really approachable and friendly!Just within a day, I was mistook as a Hongkonger and Korean, Does Singaporeans' have a look or identity?HAHAHA!instead of taking what you buy and paying straight at the cashier, here in Tianjin, their practices are rather different. We will be given a receipt for us to make payment before we collect our stuff. the staff there even thought us how to recognise the different note values and coins!Thinking back, i don't think all Singapore stores will have such helpful and friendly staff yeah?Something to bring it back and improve on:)
Had a row-call and exchanged our thoughts and lessons learnt for the day.Heard from Mr Chua about the toilets in the school and shall check them out tomorrow!Going past midnight we got to wake up early in the morning tomorrow for class..Goodnights people!!
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