Today will be the official day we left Singapore for Chengdu. Our group of 41 NP students from the EE division took the flight from Singapore and reached Chengdu around 4pm in the afternoon. We were warmly welcomed by the student helpers from UESTC. We took the bus to our hostel.
When we reached, the first thing that welcomed us was many squads of marching soldiers. Most of us were all very amazed by it. For many of us, it was out first time seeing China soldiers marching. After which we had to our rooms and we then realized there was no lift. Since we’re living on the 5th floor it meant that we had to climb stairs every day which is a really great exercise for us. Moving on to our hostel, the student helper passed us our key and off into the room we go!
We started to clean up the place a little because it was really dirty. At that point of time, we did not have anything besides packets of tissue and water. A very kind neighbor who lived next door saw us having a hard time cleaning up and loaned us some tools to clean. They were very kind. After that, we went to collect our bed sheets from the auntie downstairs. We went for dinner afterwards and the dishes were very oily and salty unlike the food we were used to in Singapore. We then went to the super market to get some daily necessities. We cleaned up the hostel after we’ve gotten our things. The neighbors who lived next to us taught us how to get things around the school. We then took turns to bath. The water was very cold. There are so many things I’m not used to here.I hope I get to learn more about China and try to adapt to their life in these 5 weeks. The first day’s already tough. I wonder what’ll happen in the days ahead. The people here are really helpful and friendly. As I’ve mentioned earlier, our neighbors have helped us a lot.
Back in Singapore, I do not think that the people will be willing to help the new foreigners to settle down unless they are given benefits. And also, the local people here talks very fast and loud. Some of us, Singaporeans, might feel irritated about it. All these can be prevented, we just have to give in to one another and all would be fine. These are all part of the many cultural differences that I would have to encounter during my 5 weeks stay in China. Hence I will take this time to understand more about their differences and learn about the way they do thing here. Moreover I hope that on top of getting to know more about the Chinese culture in China, I hope the students there would also learn about Singaporean’s culture and this would definitely be mutually beneficial for the students of both countries.
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