Survey Headache
Date: Friday, November 28, 2008
surveys + project + university students = project headache
So guess what, yesterday during self study period, me and yijia went out to the school compound to get people to do our survey, and they were all very unwilling to do the survey. They shun us like we are the plague, and when we managed to get them, they pretend to say they are busy when they continue to stand in the exact same position. Some treat us like small kids who know nothing, and one guy claimed he does not know how to write. I am totally pissed off. Like I am a one year old kid who believes university students cannot write words. How tall is this lie?! He said he dunno how to write and read words but appears in a university studying. Moreover, Nanjing is a prestigious university!!! He expects me to believe he can study but not write words. I am NOT a one year old kid with no intellectual to speak of! Then cos he was in this group of 4 and there were 3 guys and 1 girl. Then the girl agreed to do, and so the other 2 guys agree to do. So Yijia gave the 2 guys and I gave the girl, then that guy had the cheek to look embarrassed for his horrible lie. And so he helped me do too. I realised that it is better to target those sitting down and those groups with girls in them. Cos once the girls agree to do, the guys will do. We also targeted a couple hiding from the wind behind trees. The guy looked at the girl when we asked and then she agreed and so he did it too. I am thankful to the few kind souls around, bcos most claimed to be busy and thankful for yijia's company, cos she got standard phrase to say when we wan people to do our survey. And it sounds so professional. (: Unfortunately after doing for some time, yijia felt nauseous and so we went back. And after 2 hours, we only managed to get 8 surveys done. How pathetic is that? I wonder how to even give out 50 surveys?! I think about it wan to cry already. )):
Then today, I drank pigeon soup. Seriously, I don't even know it was pigeon until yee jia said that it was pigeon, but it was too late, I drank it le. I feel a bit disgusted. ): Haiz... Don't care lar, I shall imagine it is chicken or something. Today was sooo boring. We went to visit a standard pond rocks and ponds and old architecture place. I felt like sleeping. Furthermore, bcos we go to that stupid boring place, we missed the chance to go feng huang shu cheng. I wan go. ):
Then we had to rehearse for performing on monday for some sch that we are visiting. We are joining sun dance and all for one dance to make a rojak dance.
Now, I am tyring to search for some nice movies to watch. Me and zj always rot in the room. We use com alternately, so one day I would be bored, one day she would be bored. ): I wan to do finish my surveys too! Although this seems like a daunting and impossible task.
I gtg, Bye! I shall post pics when i come back cos i no card reader. (:
Signing Off~
Nanjing
Date: Sunday, November 23, 2008
Status: Not as cold as Suzhou
Hotel: Great
Mood: Normal
We finally started lessons in Nanjing University. I am sorry to say I felt so tired I did drift off sometime during the lecture. The lecturer had a different accent to his chinese but I think we could still understand him. He is already 72! He told us alot of the history about Nanjing and many knowledge. I had knowledge overflow.
I thought I could finally get chance to go online early. How was I to know that tonight we have to go and listen to some music for I don't know how long. I am just so unlucky. Furthermore we are going to visit some zong2 tong2 fu3.
Yesterday we went to shopping centre, I walked with Zijun and I saw the fuwa that my sister wanted, unfortunately the shopkeeper had bad attitude and chased me out. I decided I don't want to let that person earn money. She thought she is the boss, if people don't buy from her she also cannot earn money! Then I went another store and she said I look like a korean. I denied and said I was from Suzhou. Haha. Zijun says I really have sort of a china accent now. But I don't think so... I only know that I use chopsticks better than forks and spoons now. Yesterday I had stomachache. It was so horrible, the teacher called a taxi to bring me and zijun and mabelyn back earlier. I am grateful for that. I will have to continue medicine to prevent this stomachache from coming back. I washed my clothes and brought some of them for washing just now and yesterday.
I think Nanjing is quite a busy bustling city maybe cos we are living right in the middle of it. I hope it will not disappoint me and continue to be interesting. Although I think the chances of us having shopping trips here are very slim as the teachers say no more shopping. So all we have is lecturers to accompany us for these 2 long weeks. I heard my sister has cable tv cos my parents suscribe, I want!!! I want my toys too!!! (: I can't wait for home cooked food. Just now during lunch I only called one dish and felt full, probably cos it was not to my appetite. I want to eat my claypot rice and fried rice and I want my bubbletea that does not taste funny.
I think I will have to go soon to visit places. I should be coming online tonight if that appreciation of songs thing does not take too long.
Bye!
Signing Off~
China- SuZhou
Date: Tuesday, November 18, 2008
Status: In China which is chillingly cold
I am now chattering in cold as I speak. My feet are cold n my face feels quite cold. Perhaps I am going to start wearing long johns tomorrow. But then I feel very thick and bulky with so much clothes.
I don't know what to blog about, bcos there is really so much things to blog about. We went to Dulwich college today, it is where alot of overseas students study in. The people all have english accents when they speak and they learn spanish. Which is cool, but I don't understand. However it is sort of like french in some ways. I think I have forgotten my french. Anyway, their uniforms are also very cool. I think they are very rich cos the uniform itself already cost a bomb, one girl say that her father's company send him here, so they came here. So I tink the sch fees are paid by the company.
Je pense que je m'amuse. Je veux chez moi, mais je pense que c'est la vie. Quand tu as alle, tu voudrais quelquechose.
I have not spent much money thanks to the expensive streets and shops that the teachers bring us to. I want to buy cute things. ): We keep visiting high tech exhibits and then we came home (hostel) early today. PinNing and WanYan go play basketball and me and ZiJun stayed in the room. I am not able to do my survey when everyone did their survey today. So Sian. Stay tuned for ZiJun and PinNing blogs for pictures of the trip, cos I am too lazy to post the pictures.
I think the trip is still ok, and my room is still ok, and I have totally gotten use to using chopsticks. I have gotten use to the oily and salty and sweet food. I think it is quite nice, and my appetite has turned big. I am hungry all the time. Oh No! I have to curb this appetite according to ZiJun or I would end up as a pig when I get home. I think I have to persuade my maid to add more oil and salt when we get back and to not give me a spoon cos it is totally unneccessary. I would want 4 diff dishes. Oh yar, the students here are so friendly, we are not allowed to take the soyabean pearl drink, and they help us take, cos Singaporeans cannot take only china students can buy. They are so friendly and kind. Haha.. But too bad, we have little chance to interact with them much.
I cant wait to go to the nxt place, cos it would mean we are nearer to singapore as each day progresses.
Everynight we talk alot, so I feel quite tired in the morning and we sleep in the bus. The people here quite kai1 fang4. Haha, I think more kai1 fang4 than us bcos of some incident.
Oh No, more and more people falling sick including teachers. I don't want fall sick, I will eat the orange the white part. Please dun make me sick.
Ok, I am going le. Bye! (I updated bcos of MOMO)
Signing Off~
In China-SuZhou
Date: Friday, November 14, 2008
I can use internet and msn, so the MOMO better go online and chat with me.
After a long trip with no entertainment and no tv and no anything except food that make me feel like puking, another long trip in the bus, we finally reached the hostel. It is quite ok.
OIL, OIL and MORE OIL
Now when I eat something, I can only see biles and biles of fats and salt on the plate. There is no food, just salt and oil. The taste of the soup is always like plain water with piles of salt. The oil is everywhere. I feel extremely full just eating a few bites. Only the orange is sweet and nice.
Went to SuZhou gong1 ye4 qu1 today. We also listen to their lessons. The students here are super duper re4 qing2. They are so enthu they practically trample down the front door. I almost had a heart attack in the morning.
Dun feel like blogging anymore, bye！
Signing Off~
vacation is here!
Date: Friday, November 7, 2008
Holidays are here!!!
OMG! I can't believe time flies so fast! I am shock at the speed that this year has whizzed past. It seems like yesterday that I just stepped into the ice cold classroom shivering, and now I am more and less "comfortable" in that icy environment, and it is time to say goodbye to our dear old cold classroom.
Today wegot back our progress report, but guess what, my progress report is screwed up bcos apparently they hate me and don't want to give me my translation grade. ): They decided to leave it out. And so now, I have to go back on Monday specially for my progress report. How "good" is that. I am always so unlucky one! I always seem to be the one who get into this kind of hitchs.
Anyway, after that, me and selene went out. We went to "Just Accia" and eat our lunch. When we reach there the place so nobody one. Like some kind of war just broke out and everybody have gone into hiding. I felt so weird and like an idiot walking around where every shopkeeper seemed to be staring at us. When we went to the cathay to buy tickets, I would have thought the whole building was empty if not for some stray people walking around. It was so empty and deserted. If I had not known better, I would have thought it was closed for good! We went all the way up just to buy tickets. Apparently we were one of the first. Selene went to watch Quantum of Solace, I went to watch HSM3. Apparently we were very weird. Where got people go out then watch different show one. So the ticketing person thought we watching movie marathon, instead we told her we want different shows, and she smiled at us politely. I think she thought we were weird, but nvm. After buyng tickets, we walked all the way back to eat lunch. Good exercise you know.
We were the shop's first customer. So we had to self-service, instead of people helping us. The place was just so deserted! I felt weird eating, luckily got selene also, if not I will be an idiot who eats alone in the whole empty plot of land. As we ate, more and more people came, and I was glad that we could have our food so quickly bcos we were the first customers. After the lunch, I was so full, I thought my belt was going to break, luckily break also nvm, cos nxt yr new uniform. (:
We went to the cathay at the right time and went in. And so I was a victim of another weird hitch. First, one whole group of people came and claimed that I sat on their seat. So I thought I was blurr, then I wanted to move away, then they said "ooh. sorry, sorry. we came wrong place". And I was like ok. Then the second time, another person came and insisted the place that I was sitting on was his. I decided not to trust the person as just now that person also made mistake, so I took out my ticket and flashed it into the person's face. And he looked stunned and insisted we got the same seat number although he never bothered to show me his ticket. I suspect he came wrong theatre or something. After I watch finish, selene also just right watch finish. When we came out, the crowd was already gathering, and I am so glad we were relesased early, so we can watch early and avoid crowds. We went to Bugis afterthat.
We went to the library and saw Miss Ong. Haha. She looked slightly stunned to see us, and we also were stunned to see her. The exhibition was apparently organised by her friend, so much of a concidence. We went round and round by escalator and my head almost burst. We finally went to a quiet corner and managed to get some things completed. Then we went Bugis Junction take neoprints. (: We dun understand the language and we just anyhow press here press there and got it done. So long never take neoprints already. Haha. I also very long never go Bugis already. After that we went home. (:
So, today was quite fun and many things went wrong: my progress report and the movie seating-twice.
I am now trying to chiong the whole China trip project thing. I am so tired. I got so many things to do including the whatever wen xian bao gao thingy, which I don't know how to do. I have to buy so many things for the china trip and pack my luggage which doesn't seem big enough. Haiz... I really feel like crying when I think of staying so long away from home and my family. ):
GTG and rest! (: Bye!
Signing Off~
Nothingness
Date: Wednesday, November 5, 2008
One word: BORED
I am so bored now, I feel like crying. I have nothing to do!!! I have all the time in the world. Well, except for the holiday homework (plural) waiting for me. I am not really interested to touch them yet, and I can't do some of them yet. I think I need to seriously stock up on some books to bring on the trip to China. Imagine 5 weeks trapped in the hostel, and doing nothing except homework and day-dreaming. I bet it would be worst than studying for exams.
Tomorrow have to go for learning synposium. I find it so lame. Like we are kiddy little children and going around to get chops and collecting chops to get gifts. How attractive can these giftts be? I remember last year it was some kind of badge or something. Ended up giving it away I think. Whats worst is that we have to spend our whole day until like 4pm for this stupid thing. I am wasting these time. Although I cannot find more practical use for this time, it is still time, and time is money! I don't want my precious time to be wasted on this thing. Ugh! And after that still have to stay back for bicultural trip briefing. I am SO not looking forward to the trip and doing the project. So SIAN! I am not going to think about this trip which makes me seperated from my home which I have never leave for more than 1 week. I hate this. ): I just hope it would be better when we get there.
I am re-reading my old storybooks again due to boredom. ): I am SO bored. Ok, enough of the boredom thing, I think I am going crazy already. Can't wait for friday, last day of school, and then can sleep late, but still be bored. At least on friday can go out, so not so bad. I can burn time away and visit the stupid exhibition to do work. I am exasperated by the amount of work the chinese department can think up! I can't believe that we still have to visit a dumb exhibit to do our homework. How much worst can it get? I think the chinese department is the most scary!
I think I should go off now, this post is bore-ing me out too. Bye!
Signing Off~