another 1.5 hours
its another 1/5 hours and i will be leaving wuhan to head to lu shan for 3 days for a short getaway. hope all's well with this coming trip. breathing in fresh air might be better for my brains after so many things have happened.
and the ultimate, I CANT WAIT TO SIT ON THE 4-5 HOUR BUS RIDE. it maybe bumpy till i wanna vomit but the scenery beyond the windows will always appeal to me as you will see the China in many different aspects. and as the bus keeps moving, it keeps bringing new aspects into your vision.
but anyway, if anything should happen, because this time, we are going up to the mountains which is quite treacherous, no matter what, bring all that is left, everything i have left behind back to Singapore. i dont want anything left in Wuhan except my memories which will be gone with me.
haha, will be back on saturday evening. off to the mountains!
and the ultimate, I CANT WAIT TO SIT ON THE 4-5 HOUR BUS RIDE. it maybe bumpy till i wanna vomit but the scenery beyond the windows will always appeal to me as you will see the China in many different aspects. and as the bus keeps moving, it keeps bringing new aspects into your vision.
but anyway, if anything should happen, because this time, we are going up to the mountains which is quite treacherous, no matter what, bring all that is left, everything i have left behind back to Singapore. i dont want anything left in Wuhan except my memories which will be gone with me.
haha, will be back on saturday evening. off to the mountains!
xing zhou special education school
helping out at xingzhou special school was a great experience. together with xiu min, hui wen and shin ru, we took charge of a class for "low IQ" students. they were a bunch of them ranging from 13-20 years old. so we taught them how to draw, with the theme, HOME.
i was actually quite apalled. can you imagine? students aged 13-20 years old told to draw HOME??? i was already doing and painting some abstract art when i was in secondary school and then moved on to piecing wooden pieces when i was in my Os. and they happily abide us and followed along. so we moved along, thought them, guided them and interacted with them. and they were happy, happy that we were there for them and gave them some excitement in their mundane school life.
basically, in this school (after a short interview i've done with the for teacher of the class that i am in charge of), its a 10 day week. students stay in the hostel as their houses are too far for them to be going home everyday, which is, sad.
everything went on fine, they were well-behaved UNTIL all hell broke lose just when they finished their work and its time for lunch. so off they ran to their canteen while we went off for ur lunch at a restaurant outside. xingzhou is like a deadtown or was it because its a saturday, most of the people decided not to open their shophouses because most of them had their shutters down as we drove along the stretches of streets. and as compared to wuchang, the place that i am living its more lok-kok. but anyway, its a small town.
after lunch (i miss the yummy starter food, some yam sweet thing, NICE!) we went back and we taught them some songs and sang along with them. after which went up to the hall and had some ceremonial thng and bade those children goodbye.
through this whole event, it really taught me and kept as a reminder to me to be a contented person of what i am and where i am from. China itself is famous for doing things only on the surface and not thoroughly which resulting the people suffering more. these kids are even more on the loosing end. and we've seen through some loopholes of this event. when i bade the class that i was in charge of goodbye, there were 2 girls who held on tightly and keep telling me not to leave until their classmate, the boy with the salute at one of the above pictures, pulled me away from them and just waved me off and he looked helpless. then it finally dawned me, the class i am in charge of are actually people who knows what they are doing and what they are capable of. there were a few of them, yes handicapped BUT they talked and behaved fine, GOOD! 2 of the boys were hyperactive but on top of that, they were fine as well! the teacher told me that these students are being tested and proved to be low but some of them really behaved normally like how any other adolescent would. which is when later vina told me another huge mega secret that made me confirm my doubts towards the school furthermore.
but what else can we do? this is China that i am in, alot of things even though we have brought it up to the authorities, it might not be taken notice of and its only the children who suffers more at the end of the day. this is what i have been feeling as well in this whole time here in China. i begin to appreciate the transparency Singapore has and the freedom our people have. even my school's management over here is also operating like some old feudalism state after hearing it from one of the teachers. its such a sore to see worm crawling all over the tree and yet you know that with you, your effort alone, you wont be able to remove everything. even the teacher could tell me, "its culture." , its the way things are being done here. culture my foot.
which is why, i am lucky and fortunate to be born in a place more righteous, freer and better.
i wanna go home.
i was actually quite apalled. can you imagine? students aged 13-20 years old told to draw HOME??? i was already doing and painting some abstract art when i was in secondary school and then moved on to piecing wooden pieces when i was in my Os. and they happily abide us and followed along. so we moved along, thought them, guided them and interacted with them. and they were happy, happy that we were there for them and gave them some excitement in their mundane school life.
basically, in this school (after a short interview i've done with the for teacher of the class that i am in charge of), its a 10 day week. students stay in the hostel as their houses are too far for them to be going home everyday, which is, sad.
everything went on fine, they were well-behaved UNTIL all hell broke lose just when they finished their work and its time for lunch. so off they ran to their canteen while we went off for ur lunch at a restaurant outside. xingzhou is like a deadtown or was it because its a saturday, most of the people decided not to open their shophouses because most of them had their shutters down as we drove along the stretches of streets. and as compared to wuchang, the place that i am living its more lok-kok. but anyway, its a small town.
after lunch (i miss the yummy starter food, some yam sweet thing, NICE!) we went back and we taught them some songs and sang along with them. after which went up to the hall and had some ceremonial thng and bade those children goodbye.
through this whole event, it really taught me and kept as a reminder to me to be a contented person of what i am and where i am from. China itself is famous for doing things only on the surface and not thoroughly which resulting the people suffering more. these kids are even more on the loosing end. and we've seen through some loopholes of this event. when i bade the class that i was in charge of goodbye, there were 2 girls who held on tightly and keep telling me not to leave until their classmate, the boy with the salute at one of the above pictures, pulled me away from them and just waved me off and he looked helpless. then it finally dawned me, the class i am in charge of are actually people who knows what they are doing and what they are capable of. there were a few of them, yes handicapped BUT they talked and behaved fine, GOOD! 2 of the boys were hyperactive but on top of that, they were fine as well! the teacher told me that these students are being tested and proved to be low but some of them really behaved normally like how any other adolescent would. which is when later vina told me another huge mega secret that made me confirm my doubts towards the school furthermore.
but what else can we do? this is China that i am in, alot of things even though we have brought it up to the authorities, it might not be taken notice of and its only the children who suffers more at the end of the day. this is what i have been feeling as well in this whole time here in China. i begin to appreciate the transparency Singapore has and the freedom our people have. even my school's management over here is also operating like some old feudalism state after hearing it from one of the teachers. its such a sore to see worm crawling all over the tree and yet you know that with you, your effort alone, you wont be able to remove everything. even the teacher could tell me, "its culture." , its the way things are being done here. culture my foot.
which is why, i am lucky and fortunate to be born in a place more righteous, freer and better.
i wanna go home.
what i have left
i am left with nothing.
its a series of problems here. all i wanna do is to get back home, to the arms of the people truest to me, a place i never was being judged.
i hate it here now for all the misunderstandings and all the hyprocriticious acts and i have learnt to looked beyond those faces.
i am all alone, enjoying my solitary without having to compromise. its another month plus worth of life in China and i cant wait to get my ass back home.
and denise ang, the next time i club, you hold your liqour while i get myself drunk. i would.
its a series of problems here. all i wanna do is to get back home, to the arms of the people truest to me, a place i never was being judged.
i hate it here now for all the misunderstandings and all the hyprocriticious acts and i have learnt to looked beyond those faces.
i am all alone, enjoying my solitary without having to compromise. its another month plus worth of life in China and i cant wait to get my ass back home.
and denise ang, the next time i club, you hold your liqour while i get myself drunk. i would.
