Jing yan's OELP trip reflection

I did not go for the trip, OELP, however, I seen some of my group members description of places they went to and their reflections. I am now going to talk about what I have learnt throught reading their reflections.

Day 1:

Places visited were just the hotel and the restaurant.

I could see how knowlegable and friendly this tour guide is as he explained to them many aspects of China like from common crimes to the Chinese culture. He must be a very approachable tour guide who is willing to help us learn from this trip and not waste the time and money coming to china.

Day 2: places visited,

城隍庙,陆家嘴 Finance & Trade Zone,上海 Book City,南京 Road, The Bund & French Concession

From these places, I could see that china has mordenised very rapidly from the last 30 years. in the past, where could you even find such a huge bookstore who has a whole building dedicated to it. Also modern shops are everywhere for you to go shopping and there are many nice buildings in the bund & French concession. Compared to singapore whose land is so limited, I believe that with the resources china has, china will grow even more rapidly ahead of us. We could even say that shanghai was overtaken singapore as they have so much to see and and everything is so modernized.

Day 3:

Places visited were the school immersion in 上海市南洋中学, shanghai urban planning building and 

文庙街.

From the school immersion, the students there were very friendly to us and will not keep a distance away from us just because we are foreign people. Instead, they offered to clarify any questions about the school and the lessons. They were good people who showed cocern despite the short stay.

Next, haidilao, was the place for lunch. It was a hotpot lunch as we eat from the same hotpot on each table. The teacher and research told us that haidilao is supposed to have top service. However, good service happened for 1 table only, which the waiter explained the history of haidilao. We were disappointed, but I felt that to avoid disappointment, we should just expect the bare minimum objectives only which was to eat a meal, which we did. Thus, do not expect the most out of everything to avoid being disappointed if they are unable to do so.

After that was the shanghai urban planning building, which we saw the little buildings of shanghai.

Then there was this 文庙街 we went. It was a deserted area with little poor people. I learnt that despite how successful shanghai is, some people will still fall behind and be unable to catch up with the living standards.

Day 4:

Last day in 上海市南洋中学

Visit to oriental dreamworks

 复旦大学

We went to the sister school one last time to attend lessons and say goodbye. We appreciated thier guidance throughout the 2 days and had fun and learnt a lot of academic stuff with them. We even sang 立化情 to them to show our gratitude that "在立化我不孤单" to them

Next, was the oriental dreamworks. Inside was snapshots for the upcoming Kung fu panda 3. It was a surpirse as we were not planned to go here in the itinery.

Then, we went to feudal university to greet our RV seniors studying there. We sang 立化情 as well. I feel touched that even though they are busy with their work, they still chose the time to come here to interact with us, their juniors, and teach us stuff we can learn. They must have been good to see their juniors coming to see them.

Day 5:

Hangzhou

Zhejiang university

We took 3 hr bus ride to hhangzhou. We went to see the university, who was bigger than fudan university as they had became more modern than fudan university as fudan university wanted to protect their cultures by keeping the old buildings. This shows how the chinese value their roots and we should do so too.

Day 6:

West lake

岳飞庙

西湖之夜

We went to see the west lake. It was much more peaceful and nicer than our chinese garden one, who is not even comparable. China surely has many beautiful sights, whether natural or man-made. Next was the 岳飞庙 where we leant the past or 岳飞 and how he was honored to have a place named after him. I could feel that history was so wonderful and interesting as it affects the present. Then we went to 西湖之夜 an acrobatics show depicting a story. It was an excellent show for us to not only see, but to learn from the content as well. Even though the one-wheel bikers were dangerously doing stunts, they did a great job of performing.

Day 7:

Last day

Trip to shanghai

七宝古镇

田子坊

Last day of OELP. We went to shanghai and to the two places to do last minute shopping and flew back to singapore. We certainly learnt a lot from this OELP Trip