Day 39 - April 11

Didn't wanted to miss out on shopping trips again thus i slept early the night before, we went to the shopping area near yellow crane tower. Sleeping early is important in China as the sun rises earlier than Singapore, thus we could have more daylight time by waking up early. Being independent is what i had always wanted thus with discipline comes independent, when we are able to control our time and finances than we could be said that we are independent.

Halfway through the journey we met with an accident while the driver is driving through a narrow underpass, in China driving have no restriction as the driver could drive anywhere be it opposite side of the road, on pavements or on the grass. China traffic police have a hard time catching those people as China is a big country and the efficiency level in China Police is lower than of Singapore. Singapore have a strong police force as the corruption level in the police is low, Singapore Police force is always in check as the public can complain to the higher authorities. Singapore Police force practice a service industry service as they see themselves to provides service the the public rather than police over them unlike in China.

Fights often happens in China as most of the people there have much more free time than in Singapore. Peoples stop and watch or support either side in a fight which lead it to escalate into a ruffle. We managed to experience something different from the rest of ECE-OIP peoples as we were in the van when the driver fought with another driver as there is a scratch on both cars. Fighting is never right in any sense, be it you are right or wrong. The van driver didn't want to accept any money from us as he had send us to 虎泉 night market before as are quite familiar with us. In China everything in believe in "face" thus we gave him half the amount we suppose to pay so that the next batches of ECE-OIP students could benefits. Went for shopping around yellow crane towers and went back with zhi hui, xin rong and chewy on a cab. Just like Singapore hailing a cab during peak hours is hard.