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Tuesday, November 18, 2008

Day 7



This is our last day of the trip… Our flight is MU545. We take off time is about 3 plus… We reach Singapore about 9pm? We were so excited to meet our parents in the Changi Airport Terminal 3. Finally we landed, everybody shouted, “Yappi!!” After chopping our passport, there are a lot of parents gathering outside and waving to us… We waved back to them too when we saw them.
Lastly, HOME SWEET HOME… :)
Our Precious Thoughts
Overall, after this fruitful trip, we learnt lots of things. Examples are: how is the life in Shanghai different from the life in Singapore, what are the different types of rockets and their functions, their school-teaching methods etc... This trip also gave us a better understanding of China's advance astronautic technology, foster closer bonds with our teachers and friends and gave us a chance to express our creativity and many more... We enjoyed this trip thoroughly. If there is another chance to go for an overseas immersion program(not to Shanghai), we would definitely go as we are sure it is going to be as fun as the Shanghai overseas immersion program. We would strongly encourage everyone else to go on a trip to Shanghai. Honestly, we really miss the cold weather there...Haha, it's just hotter in Singapore!! :)

Wan Ting and Bao Xuan
7:16 PM


Day 6










We went to experience ancient Jiangnan Mansion designs & exquisite garden architecture at Yuyuan Garden & Chenghuang Temple… Wow!! It is a very big area!! They sell a lot of things in the Chenghuang Temple…After that, we went to the Shanghai Urban Planning Exhibition Hall… It located on People’s Square, Shanghai, China, adjacent government building. The Exhibition hall is a 6 story building, with two basement levels, which displays Shanghai’s urban planning and development. It includes models of planned and recent developments, as well as Shanghai’s history. The centerpiece of the exhibition is a huge scale model of the city of Shanghai, showing all the existing and approved building. After that, we went to Jiangnan Road…They sell a lot of things there… but the things there were expensive and it is not worth to buy them... =X

Wan Ting and Bao Xuan
7:15 PM


Day 5






Early in the morning, we went to eat our breakfast early, as we are going to the Oriental Pearl TV Tower… It is 420.5m high!! WOW!! It is located in Pudong Park in Lujiazui, Shanghai. The tower, surrounded by the Yangpu Bridge in the northeast and the Nanpu Bridge in the southwest, creates a picture of ‘twin dragons playing with the pearls’. The entire scene is a photographic jewel that excites the imagination and attracts thousands of visitors year-round. This 468-meter high (1536 feet) tower is the world’s third tallest TV & radio tower surpassed in height only by tower in Toronto, Canada and Moscow, Russia. Even more alluring than its height is the Tower’s unique architectural design that makes the Oriental Pearl TV Tower one of the most attractive places anywhere… The view of Shanghai from this height fills we wonder at the beauty that surrounds you… We took a lot of pictures from there… There were a lot of nice views over there!!


After this, we went to the Shanghai Science & Technology Museum… We waited very long to go in to this Museum… It was huge!! Seems to be fun!! YEAH!! We went in to the Digestive System… We sat on a Strawberry Car… I sat with Mathilda in front, Bao Xuan and Yong Qi sat behind us…. When we were going in, we started shouting, “Arh!!!”All those things started to pop up in front of us … we said,” Please don’t come near us!!” Hahas… :D


After that, it is already very late in the evening, we walked to the “THE SUPER BRAND MALL”. The shopping centre was so BIG! We afraid that we might lose our way… We ate McDonald for DINNER! YUMS… We brought a few things from a push cart… After buying, we went to STARBUCK, we brought Mocha and Hot chocolate… Nice!! :)

Wan Ting and Bao Xuan
7:14 PM


Day 4



Today was filled of experience… We went to the shanghai Aerospace Centre to understand Astronautics Technology (rockets, missiles & satellites). After that, we went to the Oriental Green Boat Outdoor Activities located at 6888, Hu-Qing-Ping Expressway, the Oriental Green Boat covers an area of 5600 mu. It consists of fields: knowledge road field, brave wisdom field, national defence education field, survival challenge field, science exploration field, water sports field, physical training field, life experience field & sports and exercise field. There are displays inside and models of missiles and some real planes. We were all so engrossed looking at the models.

Finally, it's dinner time. We had steamboat for dinner, prefect for a cold day. *Yum yum*, simply delicious. We had fun eating steamboat together with our teachers and friends, we joke around, we laugh and chit- chatted. An enjoyable day today!!

Wan Ting and Bao Xuan
7:13 PM


Day3







Today is the big day. We are launching our rockets. We collected our rockets and lined up according to our groups. Our group is Group 15...the last second group. We moved to the field and lined up to launch our rockets. Our rockets had a few problems but they were solved eventually, and our rockets were launched very successfully. After that, we went to the hall to watch the performance they put up personally. There were cheerleading, guzhen, yangqin etc. They also gave out prizes for those who won the Rocket-launching competition. Yong Qi won the third prize, Zhe Qi won the second prize and Wei Shan won the first prize. The prizes are trophies. We are proud of them, although we did not win. Finally, we performed singing with small dance steps for them. We sang 'Where We Belong' and 'Singapore Town'. Hopefully, they enjoyed it! Today was indeed an enjoyable and unforgetable day!

Wan Ting and Bao Xuan
5:59 PM


Day 2



The Welcoming Ceremony!!







When we woke up , it was quite foggy, nonetheless, our excited spirits were not dampened.. We waited for one whole day just for this day.. We are going to our hosting school, Jin Xin Primary School. When we first entered the school, the pupils were doing their morning exercises !! We were truly impressed because back in our island home , Singapore, not alot of people will participate because of shyness ?? We lined up to go to the hall.. As we walked to the hall, we passed the school playground.. IMAGINE !! A playground in the school !! IN the hall, there are seats for us, unlike in Unity Primary School, we have to sit on the floor.. Of course, We're not saying that UPS is not good.. The representative pupils of Jin Xin Primary School began their speech with a gesture, their right hand moving upwards, above the head. After their speech, our teacher gave us a number for each pair of partner,1 , 2 & 3.. then we went to different classes.. Our number is 2, so we went for Maths lessons.. While walking to the classroom, we heard music and instructions.. We reached the classroom & found out the students were massaging their eyes.. So, they are doing their eyes exercise according to the music and intructions we heard along the way. After that, our Maths ;esson starts. We are asked to use all the 4 digits given to make '24'. Within one minute, almost the whole class found out the answer. Obviously, they are well-trained and the standard there is much higher than the standard in Singapore. Next, we went to the hall again.. When everyone was there, we proceeded to have lunch there. After lunch, we made our rockets !! Exciting !!


Wan Ting and Bao Xuan
3:06 PM

Monday, November 17, 2008

Day 1

Group photo in Changi Airport Terminal 3

The morning air was fresh! What a nice start for an overseas trip! We woke up very early, excited about our trip. After finishing our breakfast, we headed to the Changi airport, Terminal 3, Row 5. We boarding a plane flight that is MU546. Some of the people were already there! We got a journal booklet from our teacher, Mr. Kelvin Ng. In the booklet, we can see the group we were in. Here are the groups:

Team Alpha
Bernard
Jun Wen
Megan
Yuning
May
Petrina
Xuan Hui
Michelle
Mrs Chai

Team Bravo
Jeanon
Fudhail
Ismal
Ka Hin
Shadzee
Zi Yi
Deana
Wen Xia
Mdm Yati

Team Charlie

Wei Shan
Zhe Qi
Brian
Jefferson
Daniel
Soon Keat
Nicholas
Wei Liang
Shu Yi
Regina
Ms Yap

Team Delta
Shannon
Betty
Arnold
Jeremy
*Bao Xuan*
*Wan Ting*
Xin Da
David
Yong Qi
Mathilda
Mr Ng

We're in Team Delta... Soon, it was time to board the plane. We boarded the plane and the plane took off. About 5 hours later, we reached Shanghai! Finally!!! We sat a train that is magnetic , it is also very fast!! Then,we sat in a coach to our hotel(Astronautics Hotel) where we are going to live in for the following days. It's so tiring after sitting in the plane and coach for what seems like years to us!!


Wan Ting and Bao Xuan
1:07 PM

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