It was 7am in the morning; the sun light was strong but no effect for us. Today was a cold day too. We set off to Beijing at around 7.15am by our own private bus!! How cool was it. The journey took about 2 hours to reach Beijing. The first destination in Beijing was the SUMMER PALACE. I heart this place before but I don’t really know about the place until I saw it with my own eyes. Chinese idioms say so, 百闻不如一见. It was true. China trip proved me that this idiom was correct! (: SUMMER PALACE – a place where one of the China Emperors stayed. It was very interesting as we see the REAL artifacts and getting to know the history of the place from the tour guide. We have been told that the palace was beautifully landscaped by YU LAN HUA. Yu Lan Hua is a tree that only blooms at April.
I also learnt that they used the paint and different kind of plants to prevent the insects and bugs from entering the place. By knowing all the history, we knew that how clever was the people during that time. I didn’t follow the rest to visit the art gallery because Alif was sick. I didn’t blame him but at the same time, I want to thank him because he let me know how to take care of people. As a group leader, I know that I shouldn’t leave him alone with the tour guide; he and the tour guide will have difficulties in communication, so I followed them. Hope he could recover soon ):
When I was waiting for Alif outside the toilet, I saw different people from different country. The most unforgettable part was when I saw 2 families, one from China, and the other from America. The American guy was waiting for his wife outside the toilet together with their child while the China people were taking photos here and there. Suddenly the China woman approached to the American. I was thinking of what she going to do with him? Then I saw she used her hand (with she just used the hand to dig the nose) to touch the American baby’s face. The father was unhappy with it and I heard that he told the lady to stop but the lady could not understand and continue playing with the kid. After that she even asked her own child to climb down from the rock and play with the American kid. The American guy gave the China woman a very unhappy and even angry face but the China woman still continue doing that until the guy pushed his baby away. I felt that even if there is communication error also we must know how to see faces.
(Took picture together with Ngee Ann lecturer that we met at Beijing)
After the SUMMER PALACE, we went to visit the 天坛公园. I saw many old aged people exercising there in the park. This is what we could not find in Singapore and Malaysia. The old aged people in China played as a whole big group, exercised together with many people. One thing that very surprising was that the elderly danced with the Hip Hop music! Although some of them might not really dancing, but I can see the passion inside them. That reminds me the dancing time with my friends in Malaysia. We danced in the park too. (: Besides, some of the old aged people were playing feather ball (踢毽子). I was wondering is it all the old aged people in China know how to play that? They were like professional player ((: This is perhaps something that Singapore’s and Malaysia’s elderly could learn from. The interaction between one another could help them bonded up. The relationship between one another could become better and closer too (:
After that we went to check in hotel. WOW! The hot water is unlimited here!! (: Unlike Tianjin hotel, the hot water is limited ): After we settled down everything, we went to have our dinner!! ((: PEKING DUCK!!
The dinner was super nice!
Mr. Tan asked us what did we learnt today, the main learning point for today was to take good care of ourselves and how to take care of other people. Sleep early, drink more water is a MUST now for everyone of us after we witnessed a friend admitted to hospital due to food poisoning, more and more people fall sick.
Take care guys! So that we can enjoy ourselves to the max! (:
Get well soon, Alif ^^
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