went blog hopping just now to wish everyone on my blog darlinks a happy new year and i came across blogs which made me eager to blog now
firstly, mei wan's blog. she post about reflection of 2007 on the whole well, i think i should do this too secondly, sixuan's blog. she post about those friends who impacted her greatly yes. i made real good friends this year indeed despite once i feel so lost and depressed..
well 2007 is indeed a fulfilling, busy and 辛苦 year for me but at the same time: happy!!
during the start of 2007 i bid farewell to hillgrove, a place which give me much honour but at the same time much 不愉快的事情 and enter pioneer junior college the school which i so much want to enter and i made good friends i got to know people in my squad 3 with both very gd ogls
next up i got into 07s12 a very fun class yes.. all of us spoke chinese i got to know 2 best friends. xin yu and asta both from bukit view and fun pple like chaur ann, bao xian, jian shen, wing kiong, jian lin and enrui and also lots more.. girls like li wee, bei lin, xiang na.... not forgetting yanting, li hui, hsing yen... the high ones.
cuz we knew good teachers like mr gerrard ng and 陈晓红 老师 who bonded our class together also our class mascot: the zhu zai! our class 口头谭: du di bong gang du (你是笨蛋猪）and na kut yan (我很"显")
also i very much wanted to enter SCAP. let me find a picture (couldnt find any ) the only picture from o1 BBQ portal
i was posted to the Song Director in SCAP EspiritCo thats where we started practising songs and dances and also to Friendship Day Comm. 是我自己输给压力 cuz i keep thinking i didnt do a good job in singing well that led me to ponder about my decision in SCAP and also PJC also i didnt do well in studies and sports too during PAE so this led me to choosing another jc after i got my o lvls results
yup.. and one more thing which makes me happy is about my o lvls i was worried for my l1r5 cuz i knew i din make it for my combined humans but who knows! i top my class.. got a 10 and 6 distinctions!
so in the end i made the right choice even after admitted to jj i chose pj and went back well thinking abt that makes me feel emo right now..
and i thank all pple who welcome me back.. luckily i was given this chance again and i will nv nv regret pj as my first choice in PAE.. cuz this few months made worthwhile and made me choose my path correctly.. thanks for all that i have been a SCAPPER and a student of 07s12
well next i was posted to 07s26 because of my late submission of subj combi.. thanks to ying wen and friends who willing to swop with me eugene and mel... luckily if not i think the guys wont be so happy with eugene around rite?? 说了这么多 of course must thank our VP la!!!
so i ended up in 07s25 with our fellow s12 peeps again! yanting, asta, wingkiong, jianlin and shiyun joined us later from AC
next up was being assigned to PJ153 with yanting janice weiwen and eugene and walt disney was the one that joined us tgt! we had lotsa fun and laughter at yanting's house and our group bonded much during this period of time such a memorable period..
but as we were really busy with our pw and sch stuff i had gastric problems so that makes 2007 a 辛苦 year for me cuz i had to take extra care for my health
i forgot to add, that i was given a chance to get in sirius tgt with many other fellow s12 peeps and people i knew from other classes and we really have lotsa fun tgt peeps like ying wen and friends chaur ann, charlie, dong tai, s19 de ren, in events like YMCA, we love we care concert usher for the aged, temsem (even though i'm not involved), mp attachment, arts day, CSI!!!, cluster mentoring and project agape 2
then after promos.. i had a great great birthday with my 2 besties that was the bestest birthday i had throughout my 17 years of life... cuz back then i have nv celebrated my birthday with my friends at all also, people tend to forgot my bd cuz it's exam period..
nv ever i had celebrated my birthday @ Genting!
and also this is the year that i spent so much time with my friends and we had class outings, class bridging times..
and also recently i have had a good experience working at YMCA and also given me a chance to experience how is it like in INDIA yes.. i have gone to another country again!
and recently we just had ogl camp.. and orientation is starting just tmr! i bet it'll be a fun time for me and for u guys:)
People who had impacted me in the year 2007:
of course, they are the two who have impacted me throughout my 17 years and 90 days of life. after i was really sick around March. be it physically or emotionally sick... she have given me so much of encouragement and also so suay that my air con was down she allow me to sleep with her in her room so initially i thought i must go back to my room after i've recovered but nevertheless my father allow me to sleep there for around 7 months already!!! for this year, i think i have been busy and weak but she nv scold me for times be it i came home late in the night... she is a loud person who will scold me if i have done something wrong but with much of her understandings, i managed to escape those scoldings.. and continue to cook really nice dishes for me... because i'm still a "cute little girl" by her side... she too agree that i'm much happier this yr as compared to my last 4 years in sec sch
next my father: a naughty boy in my eyes hee hee... i often called him this nick name as compared to calling him "daddy" even blanjah us a genting trip.. took great care of me when my mother is away for around a month in Malaysia i think we bonded quite alot this year.. cuz i think we got more topics to chat about this year what a cute little couple and of cuz a cute little daughter!!!!!!!!
ASTA
first i met her at my bus stop where i got up 985 every morning my first impression of her was a loud girl (ya indeed she's loud) and those playful playful wan (and indeed she is) haha but then.. i shall mention sth later
so the first time i interacted with her was during queueing up to our PAE class 07s12 so coincidently she's my classmate and together me xinyu and asta were tgt most of the time during lectures and this girl always ask me " jia xin, i don understand. how to do arh?" and so i will 乖乖 teach her
oh yes. i said i wanna mention sth she is indeed playful. but then she more hardworking than anyone of us lor she go bowling also bring her math things along... in the mrt both of us standing in the middle of the cabin she also took out her maths to ask me
and she was the one who persuaded me to stay in pj.. yes in the end i came back the first girl to welcome me back with her warm open arms heehee... i was so touched and touched also by her sweet note that she had given me on the last day of PAE also, she was the girl who bonded s12 together i believe??? so since i came back to s25... we cont to be great friends... take 985 back tgt
AND OF COURSE GO GENTING TOGETHER!
we realised we were born in OCTOBER and we are LIBRAN!!! both of us were the only people living in BUKIT BATOK and both of us were in COUNCIL and CHOIR in sec sch both of our sec schs have the meaning of HILL both of us love the song 他和她的故事 also initially both of us WEIGH the same but now i grew fatter la ah yes, both of us got 11 for prelims and 10 for o lvls. well im trying to crap some similarities out this one is really kinda lame: both of us have CUTE and FUNNY FATHERS most imptly, both of us are LAME!!!!
thank you for everything u have given me be it encouragement and wonderful times!! thanks for ur sweetest x'mas gift to me... i feel so blessed to have u such a nice friend...
the reason why i put asta first cuz i knew her first in PJ
YANTING
we were close only after JAE when i wanted to appeal back to pj and this cute girl over here helped me really alot be it the appeal, o2, econs and stuff i appreciated ur help alot... and alot... and tgt we were in the same pw group both of times had wonderful times gossipping with each other and also 谈心
never have i chatted so long at a friend's room
we spent most times tgt as well.... and also cuz of walt disney i was given the title of DONALD DUCK and she MICKEY MOUSE she loves mickey more than i do... she can wear mickey from top to bottom, inside to outside haha... and carry mickey things.. 也就是说，她和mickey形影不离 i will think of her when i saw mickey esp in malaysia, there are resemblance of mickey all around
even the card she gave me was a picture of mickey as well thanks for spending so much time on it....
and also for the past few months for the care from u and ur mum... when we are in ur house.. ur mum is the friendliest mum i've ever met!
sometimes i feel that u resemble my mum alot.. nagging at my hairstyle.. haha... my socks.. saying how greedy and hungry i am all the time.. well.. thanks for all ur nags!!!
u ah: keep commenting that u are short no wonder people call u 小妹妹 to that guy over there who keeps calling her 小妹妹 she's the oldest in class k??? 大姐大 in our class ....
well. after 4 years, i knew what a true friend is like ba... and also knew how is it like to have a true friend...
XINYU my locker mate! she is the first who approach me and talk to me during pae and will accompany me during lectures and tutorials when i don really have much friends around me
and also thanks for ur care u have given me be it in s12 or during india trip u are really a nice and kind hearted friend=) without u and star, i think my life in pj would be blank..
good luck for ur As k???
WEIWEN
my nick DONALD DUCK was coined by him... and so coincidentally we were in the same og for o2 and same pw grp too
wait a min, does he impacted my life?? well, perhaps in a negative way.. haha he nv fails to irritate me , calling me DD all the time but well, he still entertains us with his sotong stories of his own oh ya, a real fanatic of liverpool CANT STAND IT haha...
and yes , i found similarities between him and not me, but my father both of them are BLUR LAZY and LIKE TO SLEEP wherever they go SHORTER than 170cm SOCCER fans. (but too bad support different teams) LIKES to TRAVEL ALWAYS asking me to PUSH my specs up ALWAYS CRITICISE my shallow level of GEOG TYPE very SLOWLY LOVE reading the NEWPAPER DOESNT LIKE to wear a watch but overall, BOTH of their characters are NICE! he is a nice guy indeed...
thanks for everything=) well, please stop slacking and work hard for As
SHIYUN
this girl forever not looking at the camera when taking photo see whaat i mmean?
i don really know her that well in PAE cuz im not close to her... but then after that when she come back from AC and recently i find her a very LAME GIRL ya??? even LAME-r than us... fun to be with her... and u will get as crazy as her!!! haha clever girl.. 7 pointer leh.... i think i will gotta know more abt her this year!!!
WEIQI
at the beginning of the year since we are of different cliques.. and also don really get close to her... but recently since i found out that she is a good friend as well!! especially when we started gossiping .. hee hee 加油
i forgot to add about these two people
EUGENE CHICKEN KING
his picture arh.. mouth always nv close wan
but thanks to this guy who swop class tgt with me.. i believe he will be much more happier in this class rite? without eugene, i bet s25 also has no life.. this happy go lucky man nv fail to cheer me up when im stress or not feeling well during pw and other things as well i think he is the most caring guy in our class ba thanks for all ur concern u have given me especially for those little sms-es. asking me whether i have reached home or not. thanks:)
JANICE our cute lovely and pretty photographer... anyway we so fated to be in the same chinese group and PW group.... but no one remembers the chinese group la this girl same like eugene also very caring!!! everytime ask me how am i ??? how's my gastric also everytime ask me take care don skip my meals so touched!! great to have u as our class mate love u minnie mouse=)
i love u guys.. and also peeps from 07s25!!!!!!!!
let us 加油 for our As together!!
heres my favourite song 专属天使 dedicated to u all 没有谁能把你抢离我身旁 你是我的专属天使 为我能独占。。
hey i will be busy tmr finishing what i have to do for the year 2007 so i guess i wont have time to blog tmr
so i shall write down my new year resolutions for the year 2008: since its 2008, i shall write down 8 resolutions
1) focus and study hard for my A levels 2) forget all the unhappy past and things that makes me feel uncomfortable and put them behind me 3) try not to 赖床 ( i am a good sleeper ya?) 4) more outspoken 5) bond well with the class 6) try finish reading all my times mag 7) stay healthy 8) have an enjoyable 2008!
o1 is coming up and it's my year's first event i just hope some people out there wont just ruin my mood and spoil the fun during orientation and i hope everything goes well esp the dance which i am not inclined in and also hope beta will be a fun clan otherwise it wont be a good start for 2008
yup thats all i am more or less done with my MASS blogging happy new year!
had a gathering for brunch in the morning everyone was late which makes me frustrated that i went up to popular to shop for stuff
ate at mayim
and my malaysia relatives came!!!
had a great time with them!
well, it has been days i spent with my family members and i heard many many misunderstandings.. conflicts.. pisses... i think i have grown up perhaps emotionally to understand what is happening around me last time i used to hear much of this sayings but don really put in to heart and care abt it now as i listen to my mum talk abt family my tears would somehow roll in my eyes..
i finally understand what it means by 家家有本难念的经
i shouldnt ask: why am i born in such a family? i should ask: what am i going to do about it? actually everytime i hear abt such things again i will more and more appreciate my family well cuz i have the love and care showered by my parents and also freedom i should lead a happy and meaningful life of a purpose
it's METRO CIP at Orchard Road Paragon today of cuz, it's Christmas Eve!
met asta and we went to orchard tgt walked around orchard to find her adidas bag from heerens to cine and back and forth again
then to our working place though it is very "lively" and noisy there with ah wen's voice but then i don think the response was good leh so i took over mel to be the cameraman at first i din take good photos but then i improve and yey! got $140 over dollars donated. i can proudly say: i did a good deed!
but then this "aunty" make a fuss in the public when i approached her and saw photography is not allowed unless with donation then she told me off:" you are from pjc and not from metro. so what. u shouldnt stop us from taking photos wad" so rude lor i am just a student u leh act til so high class for wad scolding a student in the public i think ur husband must be feeling ashamed so he pull u off in front of ur children so embarrassing in front of children to scold me off yes i am not from metro but i am just going according to the rules luckily the metro security guard was there
me too feeling ashamed that there are these kind of people around in singapore at least people from other countries here for christmas holidays are even better
another one: i din experience the whole situation since i just arrive the aunty kept looking at us with her "fierce sharp" eyes when we ask her to leave when she started pulling the christmas deco off from our christmas tree purposely wan lor
well i just hope such incidents will not spoil the reputation of our school i will say somehow partly my fault but what can we do?
other than these, i had a great time there
my cousin and aunt came down!!
i forgot the take my 2 photos back!! uggg 心痛 will post them once i've scan the photos from somebody else
look at the orange balloon im wearing it keeps knocking the little door of the metro fair and i made one of the metro staff there laugh what a joke.. so i stop wearing
anyway i entertain many adults and children in some way or another which make me feel happy!
after that i went dinner with weiqi but asta yanting shiyun weiqi and me were walking to taka and i learnt a lesson: nv go to orchard during christmas suuuuuuuuuupppperrr squeezy and i almost become roottti prraaatttaaa
we parted at taka and so me and weiqi went for dinner at mos burger since i got the 7 bucks allowance i spent it all with the meal quite nice actually so me and weiqi chatted and gossip alot alot for more than 2 hours including the journey on the bus
it has been ages since i chatted so long with a friend got la.. with yanting at her house on the last day of school
i am so glad to be accepted and well like by them people around me now.. and i feel so blessed here that friends do care about me. listen to me. respect me. help me along it has given me a chance to appreciate what i have and to enjoy every essence of life and love that i have missed for my past 4 years thanks everyone! i appreciate each and every one of u that appear in my life throughout the year 2007
by the way next year's theme for orientation 1 2008 is 01 infinty
so the 6 clans are: 1) Alpha 2) Beta 3) Delta 4) Gamma 5) Sigma 6) Tetha
so i am in Beta tgt with jian lin..
yanting and karen - Tetha dex-star and peiqi- sigma shaun - alpha eugene and mel - delta ww - gamma
and we are quite separated so sad i thot we can be all tgt
had mass and fun dance so far i like this session alot cuz it's the one i had most confidence in songs and cheers also not bad clan time quite unproductive cuz we cant think of anything good like cheers oh ya haven introduce my clan mates clanmaster - Andy asst clanmaster - janice SC attached - priscilla, jian lin, qiao er, timothy og 6 - me and tun jiang cant remember which og they are in jazmine, weijie, yue li, suat fong, hafiz, caleb, cindy, yana
the part where i suffer most is the clan dance cuz i suck at dancing hip hop i like sigma's dance!!! del-pha wan also not bad
just that a part i don like abt ogl camp is: secret i guess only s25 peeps know bah... TAYYA
maybe that can bond the class tgt.
this is the vanguard i have done!!!
here are some of the songs of those clan dances i enjoy seeing: and also the theme song!
the bride is super high ... talk til very loud and enthusiastic de haha quite a unique bride ya and i miss my star awards show and my father miss his favourite soccer match ogl camp tmr... quite looking forward to it cuz almost half the class going...
few days back me yanting and weiwen went bugis street was squeezy there bought a top for 10 bucks and we were at this secret quiet place as according to him good view can see sunset
had to go back to school today for an India trip meeting while after that i have a YRC interview at BP
so meanwhile i was bored met ww for lunch what excites me is i met NG LI on my way to the lunch and we chatter for a while donno why i feel excited to meet a friend on streets
ww told me what happen when all girls left for chalet "all guys night"
底裤超人 pioneer rock push up yes i have heard about it
and who say we girls wont enthu??? no lor... guys also din do a part to bond with us .... quite "pissed" to hear that from ww....
i have to speak up for girls im not sexist okay haha this is just a rant
was late for the meeting
got a shock when i enter the house full of wu long wu shi's props and everything and the people are friends of pioneers though they are not like people like us who go thru normal school life and all that but i can see the hardwork they put in for wu shi and also their family... not forgetting the loyalty to friends and masters they have they are friendly bunch
and we learnt alot about wu shi shall not mention here and also interesting stories of their encounter
i'm off to malaysia! some pictures? can u see my cousin this is the malaysia's "MRT" KTM commuter (not computer hor) we went seremban by train then up to KL by commuter first to my cousin's house where my grandma is staying right now...
then after that we came down by commuter to seremban then to tampin by bus look at how squeezy the bus is!! yea.. i know my legs are fat....
my cousin is just behind the open doors.. chilled by the wind already they always forgot to close the doors de but vey windy la haha
hey one great thing abt buses in malaysia is that the bus driver will wait for u even if u are chasing after the bus miles away from the bus stop in singapore, bus drivers don really care cuz people are also rushing in time
everyday eat good food.. asam laksa!!!!!!! kaka's fried rice... my cousin's 3 cute cats are interesting! showing u the cute cats she have!
look at the master piece by my cousin and me! my cousin trim the lemon grass while i make the heart shape all my father's 搜主义!
i took this picture on the train way back to singapore serious flood around segemat..
i miss my frens in singapore my father keeps irritating me about the soccer match... keep asking me to us "somebody" about the scores til the rest of my family members are irritated reach singapore at around 430... wanna go chalet but i have a appointment with NUH
so the first thing i do when i am back is to go online. nobody blogs. so i went to our school's portal to see erh... i saw a icon which says "jc2 class list" i click on it and surprise to found out that those who appealed for 4h2 were all successful! except for peiqi and caleb who left us next year... so we only have 26 people left le
but 07s25 spirit remains!
i met up with yanting today with her cute brother for a movie "enchanted" actually we wanna go Sentosa but then nobody wanna join us and its also kinda stupid to go sentosa with just the 3 of us and also i don have much time to catch up with my frens as they are busy with Standard Chartered Marathon and i have to go overseas again
enchanted is really a nice movie!!! it is very fairy tale to reality i believe that is Walt's style.. from dreamland to reality... of cuz.. Walt Disney rocks !! i love all the songs.. especially with the surround sound system in the cinema
theres a slideshow of all the pictures all uploaded at photobucket...
perhaps theres some information of india that i wanna type here let me take out my notebook..
at the airport before departing
we reach the airport at night and took us 5+ hours to reach the hotel Mandawa.. so we reach the hotel to rest at 5.30 plus singapore time.. btw, singapore is faster than india by 2 and a half hours.
i should just write down what i have in my notebook and my own reflections.
we start india off at day 2.
Day 2 @ Mandawa
what the tour guide, mr chez say and what i observed:
1) there are cows blocking vehicles. cows are sacred to the country and drivers could not run then down. therefore, they have to press their honks everytime which makes us feel very VeRy VERY irritated at first. because when i hear honks be it malaysia or singapore, i get very tensed up cuz i will think there is going to be an accident approaching...
2) the climate in india: - smog - mist - fog.. i'm still awake while others are sleeping already.. plateaus are common on elevated regions such as Northern and Central India. temp is lower.
pictures of hotel mandawa (i love this hotel.. the best one )
second floor bed!
staircase to second floor bed
our key .. so special rite? got bell de
Journey on the bus and on Mandawa Streets
there are gods 1) Krishnan - God of Wealth 2) Balakrishnan - couldnt catch what the tour guide is mentioning
get the architecture and paintings??
there are pillars supporting the upper area
2.5 to 3 feet thick walls why? - coldness cannot enter - heat cant go out keep warm and cold this are called walls of Haveli
some resemblances of the paintings done: rank of importance 1) king - will always be centre or back to provide the support 2) camels 3) horses 4) soldiers - fight/ bravery
photo taken random for yanting
stray dogs are so common in india!
this is a video of herds of sheep taken while i was on the bus so cute and marvellous!
Some general knowledge from tour guide:
in the past: deserts now: plantations and trees around india therefore, there are semidesert areas, access to water started when people started to stay there
remote villages: very good telecom facilities, inter and mobile Selone (govt facilities, just like Singtel in singapore)
people can communicate around very fast in around 2 to 3 years time when fibre optique cables are laid, broadband and banking are developed.
we went to an antique shop people from Europe collect antiques at a very good price at Eu mkt outside theres a man welcoming us with a song played with his instrument common in india, Raman (means instrument ) Uatha (means hand) he sang us a song with the story: deeply in love, girlfriend: right now, i'm at well, drink water. i'm married with another man (forced to)
next we went to Joshi middle school ( some sort of village primary school in india)
GK again: primary -> middle -> high -> higher secondary -> university thats how the education system in india go
Joshi Middle School was established 140 years ago the current principal is of the 6th generation, Mr. Bajanla Joshi Sendira Joshi bought this land (great great great grandson) 1952 recognised again by British there are trees and cooling environment, with birds chirping fully subsidized by govt
pleasant kids!
in the afternoon
we went to Dundlod Public School
mistakes are the stepping tones, not the stopping stones interesting rite? these are done by the students to kickstart their day at school
They have similar facilities like us Music room, science labs
some kids performing… so cute!
I love the math lesson! They are learning differentiation, the teacher is so cool! I like the accent, and he doesn’t need books to teach.. So interesting!
look at their complicated detailed periodic table! 看了你都怕！
I love this quote by the principal about the kids ( he is the man wearing orange) “They should not know that they are learning, but in fact, they are learning”.
Isn’t this quite true? Singapore students study for the sake of exams and exams and stress ourselves out without enjoying the sweet process of learning
An interesting physics teacher ask us, “ how do you define time?” Haha time 就是时间lor! Got definition want meh? And students learn computer and programming language as a subject Donno what C plus plus language How I wish we can learn in Singapore despite the freedom to choose the subjects though we have computing in JC At least I can be more IT savvy abit hor yanting?
They do go for CCA too and they have to study during Saturdays
There is this place where we went to observe an Indian wedding ceremony. I don’t know the name, maybe I overheard the tourguide or din catch it. This is really nice. I wanted the person to put the red dot on me.. so I purposely stand in front of him but he didn’t put. Hai… Heres a photo of xinyu.. And then the meal there was all curry. I donno know how to eat lor… But the utensils are made of leaves. I should have kop one of them back lor. Stupid me
We took a manual ferris wheel on ride. Those ferris wheel most of u have taken before is operated by electricity, but then this is operated by manual. I show u the photo once I have it. Quite exciting. Jazmine kept shouting, “oh my god!” (errr.. haha)
Ok sidetracking Time for geography lesson in India…
6 types of land 1) flat land (common in Southern India – Indian ocean for agriculture purposes) 2) plateaus (800m high – this is much higher than Genting) 3) mountain range (Northern India – Himalayan range) 4) Eastern and Western guards – river from Himalayas 5) deserts 6) forests
the holiest river is Gangliest River which flows from West to East
Animals
1) Tigers (normally for pouching – highest number in India, pouching is a sport or game there. However, there is a law passed to protect tigers, fine 500K rupees) Currently there are around 500 to 700 tigers in India. Purpose: bones are expensive as they can be made into exotic alcohols 2) Lions ( Africa) 3) Rhinoceros (Azam near Bangladesh) 4) Thar ( looks like deer, goat) 5) Hippopotamus (Azam)
Buddhism flourished during 700 to 800 years ago. From 500 BC to 400 AD, there wasn’t any sign of Buddhism
Whereas, Islam flourished in the West where this totally destroyed Buddhism ( took a downturn and went to Sri Lanka, China, Taiwan, Japan) Also, Hinduism took a upper hand and this influences ideal worship
3) D Divian (southern)
African --- West --- India --- East --- Australia
This was the location like 30000 years ago Due to the movement of Earth plates, India move northwards to Himalayans where the present Indian ocean was the highest mountain range. The End of British rule: British ruled for 350 years from 17th to 19th)
This shows that I’m listening to the tour guide k?
Day 3 @ Jaipur
Jaipur has a 3 million population, a 279 years old city 18th century 1876 when British colonialised. The name Pink city was coined by the British. Now it has become New City
The temple we are going to in called Birla Temple
Some background: Last time, the king has 12 wives. 1st wife : arrange marriage Subsequent wives: victory wive ( u mean they fight for marriages?? Haha interesting, complicated king)
Birnla Temple is made of White marble, example of modern architecture
The colourful glass painting of Birla Temple resembles all the religion: Christianity, Islam and Hinduism
Actually in the temple we are not allowed to take photos but they say once you are outside the temple you can take. So I snap after I step out of the temple, but then there’s a “security guard” who shoo me off, so paiseh… sorry
(Picture of Birla Temple)
this is the photo I accidentally snap.
We are now at City palace These are amazing and magnificent pictures which I cant resist to stop taking even though the bus hasn’t reached.
(Pictures of city palace)
In India, there is this Blue Cross Society to take care of pets (Singapore there is red cross society!)
City palace has this place: Push co where this is the holiest place for muslims and hindus
Made of white tiles ( palace, whites get the priority) Since the king likes pink colour, all the buildings in Jaipur are pink in colour but there are still other colours like green as it is naturally from nature, colour of vegetables; this is how the idea is gotten The first wive of the king is a Muslim, second Christian, third A hindu.
There are 25 cinemas in Jaipur.
This is a building I caught: There are 199 windows!
we haven gone into the topic of City palace yet! Lesson on the bus again:
- there are people straying along roads of Jaipur; if we need them we can just call them as they work from 7am to 10 pm - there is a Darnish Temple which consists of 365 steps ( Hey the knowledge abit no link arh cuz we are on the bus mah so he explain those buildings and the things we saw as the bus is in motion) - Jaipur is famous for blue pottry - Ladies can’t show their face – showing the conservativeness for example, the tour guide Mr. Chez dad didn’t get to see the wife’s face even after 8 years of marriage as he only get to see her face on the day of wedding. - Water palace – 18th century (PICTURE OF WATER GALLERY) - there are 95 elephants on New City - the national park has 35 tigers ( Adventurer Wildlife is India’s attraction) - there is a cut road from mountain (a road leading to Delhi) (PICTURE OF THE SCENARY AS WE ARE ENTERING CITY PALACE
we are so excited as we are queueing for the elephant ride under the hot sun So as we are queueing, there is this dog sleeping on the ground. When he found out that he is not in the shade of the people anymore, he gets up to shift location. 聪明 right? However, when it’s our turn, we are sad to know that the elephants cannot be used to take passengers up anymore as 5 rides for passengers in the quota. We should not tire the elephants out lor. I was quite inspired by what Suliahah said during the sharing session: Elephants are the holiest and sacred animal in India, but then during their ride up to the Palace, the men handling the elephant is so cruel to it as he uses a long rope or stick to beat the elephant to move on faster when the elephant stops for awhile to take a rest or what. And Sulaihah saw the elephant’s ear bleading. 听了心很酸!
At first I was quite sad since I didn’t get a ride on the elephant, but after hearing what she said, I was quite happy that I didn’t go up.
So 12 of us took a jeep ride up, we saw the different lifestyles of Indians Quite interesting and the scenery was beautiful.
PICTURES
monkey posing
Ok.
I think for Day 4 onwards I stop to take notes
Day 4 @ Agra
Can’t wait for today to come cuz we are going to Taj Mahal!
Some reflections:
Yesterday we made great friends at the chalet hotel: Sulaihah and Sarah Ng from A06 as their rooms have many cockroaches and lizards. Also, we are proud of ourselves to put up in our rooms tgt despite knowing that there is a transparent window which makes us uncomfortable when using the toilet facilities
We stop at Amber Palace I think. There are a lot of places which almost look the same.. I can’t remember them.
Well, pictures speak a thousand words.
secret passageway for the king to visit each of his wives
cooling tunnels
water palace
a big container to hold the holiest water from Gangliest river for the king to bathe can u see my reflection??
love birds.. so cute!!!
the cobra was moving!!
OK, we are at the entrance of Taj Mahal! Haven’t go in yet and we are so excited.. Can u believe in? I actually stepped into one of the 7 wonders of the world. Yay! I conquered one of the wonders already.
the entrance of Taj Mahal!!
Taj Mahal is all purely built of marble. I touched the walls engraved with intricate designs. These are done by workers who died innocently after they finished with the monument. I find it disappointing because they have their rights and how can people blind them after they finish building just to keep the secret and plans of building and designing the monument.
With magnificent architecture, like what Sarah Ng said: “I can’t believe I’m here!” I agree with her too. I couldn’t believe my eyes either. Breathtaking. Wow.
Also, what makes me feel happy about today is because we have gotten a chance to ride on horse carts as a “compensation” for yesterday as we miss the elephant ride. However, we do feel guilty when we add on the burden on the horses where animal’s rights should have been protected.
this is the horse that we rode on to the Taj Mahal
thats me, miss zaleena and szesze
After Taj Mahal, we went to Agra Fort. This time round the whole building is made of red bricks. My sentiments agree with Miss Zaleena cuz she said that Agra Fort actually amazes her, not Taj Mahal itself. The architecture of Taj Mahal didn’t really fascinated her. Yes. The architecture of Agra Fort was much more in depth and fine. And then, they built many secret passages, cool ventilating tunnels using the knowledge of science and geography which one can never think of lor…
agra fort!
Overall, I think Agra Fort is nicer. I like Agra Fort more.
Day 5 @ Delhi
Today is much more 好玩 and relax. Cuz it’s just sightseeing as the bus is moving around the city of New Delhi. Also, there is shopping at evening at Delhi hut!
General Knowledge time:
Biggest cities in India: 1) Calcutta 2) Bombay 3) Delhi – 50 million population, metropolitan lifestyle
Let’s compare Old Delhi and New Delhi:
Old Delhi: - urban poverty - predominantly Islam - lifestyle differs from religion to religion - Hindus have different income which give rise to different class, they are economically low where as Muslims are rich
New Delhi: - are of upper class - have economically rich people (South Delhi area)
Ok back to some history: In 400 BC Mauryan kings rule – Ashoka emperor (Sec one history remember?) rule the south continent (India, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Afghanistan)
2550 years ago, Buddhism flourished. After death of Buddha, stupas raised (kings in North India). Jade & Buddhism architecture have similarities.
Back to sightseeing topics, Geog lesson again:
- there are slum areas in Delhi - Forests look like rubbish. People pick up plastics to recycle for 150 to 200 rupees, tgt with other items for mineral bottle and papers to exchange for money. Papers are recycled for packing in shopping spree because they are 1) bio-conscious, 2) can be biodegradable, 3) livelihood for people, retailing earns. - There are policies implemented that are compulsory to learn about recycling uses for e.g., shops cannot use plastic bags or else they could be fined. There is a law passed down about making plastic for a maximum thickness. Also, propaganda declares zones as “no plastic bags”. - Policy of cutting 10 trees, planting 100 trees declined.
2 successful things in India:
1) Family planning (2 children to 1 family). Counseling done by hospitals if have 2nd child 2) Public smoking is banned. Their public places mean anywhere in India whereas private places will be at their household. If Mr. chez didn’t mention this I would not have noticed, nobody smokes in India except for some cases where people are too poor and desperate, they smoke opium. I wonder where they get the opium. Or else, fined heavily. 99% of smoking in trams & platform are stopped. 50% of the population are aware that they are not supposed to smoke. However, policies are not implemented as there are not enough policemen to inspect and catch them. Irony: pollution is a lot. Hai, people actually do not need to smoke to get lung cancer. Pollution in India is that bad already. Average lifespan for men: 58 years
How successful is plastic recycling in India? - NO plastic zones - Advertisements to educate about dangers of burning plastics and it also create small jobs for poor people. People who are poor of course will want to earn for a living right?
Challenges:
1) talents 2) children don’t want to go to school 3) healthcare (Erh, I thought medicine is good in India?) ooo, there isn’t enough government spending to purchase medical stuff though there are many hospitals.
Targets: 1/3 of India population to be fluent.
Education system in India (I took a long time to understand their education system, up till now I still blur blur)
ICE – International Certificate of Education Similar to Singapore’s GCE O level
In India, they have 4 syllabus but most schools follow the state syllabus
5 years old: Standard 1 Til 15 to 16 years old: Higher sec school (JC) 17 years old: college (graduation) – plus 1 and plus 2 (similar to our J1 and J2) 21 years old: complete degree. Then post degree education (PHD)
No NS compulsory for guys, on volunteer basis. So equal competition for both sexes. Patriotism is high. They do have NCC but limited seats in college Selection process is difficult. (physical and attitude aspect)
For college, elitism poses problems to people as the subjects they are studying give rise to a intellectual gap.
A group: math, science, geog Engineering. This group has advantages of entering into many different courses.
B group: Medical, Bachelor of Science (Phy, chem, bio) Zoology, Botany. Bachelor of Literature, Bachelor of Economics, Bachelor of Biotechnology
C group: Accountancy, Geog, History, Econs Bachelor of Commerce, Bachelor of Economics, Bachelor of History
D group: History/ Geog
Background of India:
National flower: Lotus National animal: Tiger National sport: Hockey (Random comment: Shaun should go there ya?? Haha) 2 National days: Aug 15 – freedom from Britain Jan 26 – Republic day
Ok, we reached the India gate:
Basically, there are 2 gates in India:
1) Mumbai – Gate way of India 2) Delhi – India gate built by government for people who sacrificed their lives in WW1. all their names were inscribed on the gate.
India gate
Sidetrack:
cute dog
Look at this Indian boy who follows us throughout. Actually its quite heart pain to see such scenes in New Delhi (a modernized city) itself. This boy kept begging us for food and money for the moment we got down the bus and till we got up the bus. Then, Frankie just gave him Singapore coins: 10 cent and 5 cent. But he chose the 5 cent instead. We guess because 5 cent coin is gold in colour which makes it more valuable ba. But, since it’s coins and worth value. Why don’t take both?
Children there are really 可怜 ba…
Also there is one more issue that I wanna rant about. There is this particular guy here whom I shall not mention but I think most of u know who I am referring to ba. Isn’t very unreasonable and rude not to pay for the items after u have bargained for and grab those items away, not one item but many??? What makes us real puking is, “I rather shoot it up and leave it lying rather than giving to u!” So I actually went to take those items away from him and play, but I just feel guilty that I actually took those things that are not paid for. My fault too.
Actually in India, there are a lot of cases like this (I meant the small boy). People wanting to earn money out from making souvenirs will keep following u and disturbing u to buy those things once u got down from the bus. Also, children will keep following u and touching u, begging for money and food. 看了很心酸。
Singaporeans are living well.
Well, it’s shopping time and today is the most ‘high’ day we had because of the items we bought. It was cold too. We made friends too, like Frankie and HuiXiang, also the A02 malay girls like Hanisah. Wow, she’s real good at bargaining so I got a bag at a cheaper price. Kinda regretted cuz I should have bought more things back. Well, at least I got a sari cloth and I love it a lot. Heehee. Not like normal shopping centres where u can enter freely as and when u want, u have to pay for a ticket to Delhi hut. Also, very chalet and fun fair type of place. I like it a lot.
the most high day after shopping! the distorted flag on hui xiang's hand
this is frankie. after the hanna. he look as if he just sprained his neck
Look at their hanna! Especially HuiXiang’s, he actually wanted a Singapore Flag, but then the person donno how to draw. So we laugh and laugh.
And we celebrated mrs leong’s birthday!!!! And during lunch today, I went to the gents to avoid the long queue for toilets. And so when I came out of the gents, mr sas shot me!!!! …. He said he caught me red handed??? And my photo will be put up concourse!!! I said NO mr sas DELETE IT! But nvm la.. At least I entertain people.. hee hee
Day 6 @ University of Delhi
We went to School of Language & Literature (Seriously not my area of expertise) The professor of Indian literature was cute and I love his accent. He speaks well and very very fluent. He specialized in popular culture like cinema, theatre and advertisements, inferring into literature, political science, philosophy. He mentioned about understanding the genre and time and don’t read it like a textbook.
that was mr sas
Next, we are proceeding to the IT industry in Delhi. This is the last stop we are visiting. NIIT: National Institute of Information Technology Active branch in Singapore for teaching One of the top of India’s IT Pioneer in the IT industry Established 1981, 3888 education centers, 44 countries, all continents except Antarctica
Mission: Bringing people and computers together successfully…
Trains 500000 learners every year Robust industry Academia partnerships
Awards: “Best Training Institution Award” by American society for training and development (ASTD)
NIIT was Top 3 education brands in India Top 50 most respective brands in India
Competence, innovation, reliability and trust
Much more info… but lazy to type. Bored at reading words rite?
Heres a photo
at NIIT
But … today is the worst night I have ever had Yesterday was heaven. Today was hell.
First, we are only given half an hour for dinner. So we had to rush here and there. I had gastric.. so cant wait lor. And still we went to TGIF, not knowing it was happy hour lounge. So we faster came out
Rush our dinner And rush back to the meeting point. Was already quite angry so I just walk back… And things happen. (shall not mention here)
Since the gate was closed for the shopping malls, we took a metro train to a place near our hotel. So sad! I saw adidas, puma and so on.. shops that I wanna walk in.
But at least we got a ride on their train. Thanks yongsheng for giving me their ticket for souvenir…
While shopping along the roads, it gave us a fright and scared that people might just threaten us off or what. After half an hour, we rush to the meeting point again and head off to our hotel. Walk a long long distance Passing by so many hotels.. 30 and over but we still haven reach ours yet Cars zoom past and even if u walk to the side of the road all the time, cars may just squeeze thru u and come in. So walking in India must have 200% awareness. Cuz there may be holes on the road, “gold” on the road, children coming to beg for money, and u have to be aware of cars zooming past and know where u are heading for. One of our malay girls nearly got run down by the cars and so we shouted loudly. Oh ya and before that, It was really dangerous when we cross the roads of the metro station. I kept holding on tight to Xinyu. My blood pressure went up. haha It was hell experience Luckily we reach the hotel and was given 3 hours to rest. So Frankie and huixiang, eric and yongsheng, were darn bored so we played cheat at our rooms.. hee hee( I hope teachers wont read this) And rich Frankie ordered soups.. It was fun lah.. at least better than the hell experience
One reflection:
We saw kids while we are on the bus as small as three to five years old having to earn money for a living through displaying their talents and performing on the streets. Where were we of such ages? Happily playing in the playground, studying in a kindergarten. And also 2 kids dash past the road of heavy traffic. This sight made Mrs Leong cried though its her birthday… she said, “I myself as a mother would not ever let her children run across the road just like that”. Where are their parents? Perhaps due to poverty, they have to bear seeing their children suffer at such tender age. Also take the example of the little boy following Timothy at the India gate, they have gone so poor to the extent that they wanted money and food so much that these things outweigh their self esteem and sense of upright.
Actually I gave a water bottle with water to one of those kids lah.. din give money of cuz. Cuz we scared they would run chasing after us.
Also wanna comment on one sight, me xinyu and sulaihah or grace I cant remember, were walking back from a toilet at a petrol station for a toilet break and saw a men holding a big rifle. We were damn scared la… what if the person just shoot…???
then we are off to Singapore!!
well after this trip i learnt alot and i dont regret coming though i was the only one from my class and dont know much abt eng lit and my GP so lan... at least i came back safe and sound, my gastric doesnt give me problem! just that i find that i am not a typical girl who likes to shop and do whatever typical girl likes leh.. i just find that la.. i am a tom boy ! and also i miss my chi na culture for 6 days though we speak english most of the time with my class mates (who are quite chi na), but then it's still the comfortable normal way of english that we speak. maybe cuz its literature trip ba, the way we speak and arts students are different. theirs is : oh my god... haha perhaps some of u do not know i don like this phrase, parhaps it has already been a cliche in ur daily conversation and cannot be changed le. maybe religious problem and also my choir instructor doesnt like it. influence ba. not ur fault la actually. just like our : wa lau eh "ang moh" type wont like it also rite?
x.______JiaXin. 杨嘉欣
x.______3rd Oct 1990.
x.______Libra (optimism)
x.______Singapore
x.______Hillgrove Secondary School
x.______HSS Student Council
x.______HSS Choir Singing in Unison
x.______4e1'06
x.______Pioneer Junior College
x.______Byron
x.______PROJECT AGAPE II
x.______ScapEspritco Song Director
x.______少年记者学会
x.______PJ153 King of Cartoon Frontiers
x.______Orientation 1 Infinity 08 BETA og 6
x.______NTU SPMS MAS STATS
x.______NTU WSC RSPHI Woodlands Centre
x.______Last Christmas Polar Bears Whoosh~
Loves x.______Family and Friends
x.______Sign Language
x.______Silence peace and quiet moments
x.______Eat
x.______Sleep
x.______Music
x.______Singing
x.______Asthanga & Hatha Yoga
x.______Apprieciating beautiful sceneries
x.______Joking
x.______Cranky
x.______My Dream Fluffy Persian Cat
x.______Smile and Be Happy
Dislikes x.______Being ill
x.______Being ignored
x.______Being ostracised
x.______Being look down upon
x.______Backstabbers
x.______Snobbys..
