Yesterday was the first day we slept at Beijing, Tian Tan Hotel. The bed was so comfortable and fluffy!! (: I had a good night rest yesterday night. We woke up at 5.30am, this is the first time I awoke by the “morning call” from the hotel instead my own alarm clock. We had breakfast at the hotel at 6am and we set of to Tian An Men （天安门） at 6.30am. The weather is freaking cold. ):
We went to Tian An Men square this morning and we saw the ceremony that called “CHANGING OF THE GUARD”. This particular ceremony happens every morning in Tian An Men. As the sun rises, the ceremony BEGINS! The Chinese soldiers marched out of the building and raised their flag. It was really awesome when you see the crowd that went to join the event. I wonder how they feel during the ceremony. This is what I could not find in Malaysia. China people are very proud of their country, their government. This is what I learnt from LiuLi, Dean’s buddy. When she saw the picture of 毛泽东，毛主席 her face lighted up with joy instantly. She felt proud of her own country. As I look at her, I can feel the feeling of other China people when they showed up for the event. The event was much cooler than what I described here. According to the tour guide, the soldiers’ height are almost the same, their weight are almost the same and the soldiers that they chosen for the ceremony are more better looking, more handsome. I don’t know whether she is telling us the truth because today is APRIL FOOL! Haha. Liu Li told me the soldiers were not handsome at all ):
Apart from that, I have visited the Forbidden City. We walked only a small part of the place because of the limited time. Our tour guide told us that if we really want to walk finish everywhere, we need to take about 3-4 days. It was interesting as I have learned that ancient building where the emperor or scholars are staying. For example, there are small animals’ statues on the top of place to determine the rank of the place. The more animals mean the more important the place and the higher position he is holding. The Emperor himself has the most little animals (11).
What I have learnt today was something that I could not found from books. “读万本书，不如行万里路”, nothing is better than you go and visit the place with your own eyes. We travelled all the way to Beijing, we must know what we want to learn. The palace, the stadium, the culture and the people are something that totally different from Singapore. What I observed today, was the people keep following you to persuade you to buy things from them. This is different from Singapore, we will never find people selling things on the road, even is sell things to the tourists.
We had our 2nd dinner at restaurant. After dinner we went back to hotel and had our roll at the hotel lobby. We intended to go out but the weather doesn’t allow us to do so. ):
Another learning point is the importance of our group bonding. Left 2 weeks before we’re going back to Singapore, I felt that our group bonding is getting stronger. Through this few weeks, we get to know each other more; team dynamic could be affected if something happened on one of the member. Lecturer’s advices were the best thing that we could learn from. After few weeks in Tianjin, I not only learnt the modules, and culture, but I have also learnt how to stay with others. Everyone has different temper, different character, we could never assume that everyone is the same. We must try to avoid every conflict with one another, then, our trip would be AWESOME.
There was another call just now at 930pm, which is called “fun call” instead of “roll call”. Dean and Yiwen shared the jokes and Mr. Tan performed magic. Today will be the last night we spent together at Beijing. ): After all the laughs, we went back to our room and pack up everything. We’re going to the GREAT WALL OF CHINA (万里长城) tomorrow!
Sleep early guys (: Tomorrow will be extreme cold, wear more shirts uh! Hope as the morning comes, Alif, Dean and Tresca all those who not feeling would be fine. (:
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