Day 34 - April 6

Yesterday slept quite late as we were celebration everyone birthday,
Thus woke up at 12pm and missed the morning extra lesson Mr Chua gave in the morning,
studying is one of the most important things in life,
people travels thousands of miles to seek education.
Coming to China was the first time when words said by my parents keep echoing in every things i do,
I remember when i was selected for EWT-DPA they asked me a question,
"why don't you study at TP or NYP which is much nearer to your house?",
I didn't had the chance to answer them accordingly but after that my father told me that
"because distance doesn't matter as education is more important,"
coming to China seeing their students travel from different parts of the country just to seek education makes me feels that traveling from Tampines to Clementi is a short distance i have to travel everyday. In China, most student have a mindset of seeking a better future through education thus China students are hardworking and diligent. While in Singapore, students study because they are made to study. Perhaps we can never change this kind of mentality in Singaporeans, but after understanding other country students like what i've done, my thinking of education changed. Thus if we allows more students to go on overseas immersion program, they could improve on their thinking about education.

Went to the spectacles shop with Jit Siong and Siew Bo, didn't expect much from their specs and didn't make any unlike Jit Siong who make a China transition even he knows he would have shortage of money after making it. I didn't make it because it's not really needed nor their technology here is perfect, Either The Best Or Nothing, i don't really want to waste my mother money on not practical things in life as i've been doing it since young. Money doesn't come easy and i paid 1850 on this trip unlike Jit Siong who had only paid 70 dollars. But this trip is indeed worth every cents for the thing we got here. Went back to bunk through the back hills again, Adventure Seeker but not The.

Cooked Singapore maggie in mess tins i brought here, was expecting it to taste delicious but it is more than delicious.