hey peeps so its been 2 months now since i left this lovely city of Wuhan . so as what I actually promised before I will share the story of my exchange here . so here is the chronology .......
week 1 :
while waiting for my flight , me and some other new friends that I met on wechat group for this trip gathered at gate 13 of KLIA 2 waiting for our departure. the two lovely indonesian girls are Athaya and Fitri . well the first time I met them they were speaking Java with me and expect me to understand their conversation ( the heck ? ) . lol . then we met G , another Malaysian student when we were transiting . She had been waiting at there since the morning and yes she did seems over exhausted at that time .
We arrived at Wuhan around 10.00 pm and there we met Farah , another indonesian girl . Good news is she is from Jakarta (so she is f---- rich LOL) bad news is all those Indonesian girls in this project is too rich HAHAHHAHA .Then we met two of our new friends from China which is Shelomi and Jenny. They pick us up at the airport and we took a taxi to our apartment (just like the picture above). with the degree reaches al low as -3*c at that night we were running in the cold like crazy people heading to our apartment . The funny thing is during our ride in the taxi with shelomi , Farah and I had some simple discussion with Shelomi and we found out that chinese here cannot really understand English well . LIKE OMG OUR QUESTION AT THAT TIME IS VERY EASY . Well , to suprise you even more most of the chinese in China are worst (not really suprising actually lol).
In the apartment , I shared the same bed with Yang-Yi (yy) . He is from Taiwan and there is also Antheny who is from Australia (he is chinese too , dont worry -.-) in our room
The next day the first thing when I woke up , I noticed that the weather has become a bit colder . So I open up the curtain in my room and found that it is freezing outside . and the sound of people cooking in the kitchen . Then , I met another Malaysian girl , Anjoe . But she is now studying is Australia .
We went to a supermarket that day (and the day after . and the day after until we end our trip LOL) . There were 2 more girls from indonesia join us on the second day . That week we were supposed to prepare a slideshow for a session at le tong she ( an old libary for poor kids in the city) . Well you cannot expect the kids to know English right . So as expected I am struggling in delivering my lecture because I cannot understand what they were talking the whole day . G did help me a bit going through the whole day .
Bad things happened when we were about to go back to our apartment as we were lost and it took us 2 hours to turn back T_T . It is the first time I got lost in China and suprisingly it only costs me about 4RMB. -_- IF u wonder how a moving roller coaster feels like when it moves on the road , try to take a bus in China . our butt is like 50m in the air everytime the bus stopped and since we sat in the most back row , we could see the 3-D view of how bad traffic and the driving were . GOD BLESS US .
The next day when the other group were supposed to present at Le tong she me , G , Anjoe , Athaya , Fitri and Auva decided
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first day shopping
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| Le tong she day |
Second week
We need to prepare ourselves for a simple winter camp for high school kids (well in the end only 7 show up , and not all of them are high school kids lol) . I am the faci in this camp but I have to admit that actually I did nothing . But it is a very nice experience since I got to meet 2 nice chinese high school students WITH A VERY GOOD ENGLISH ! they were very nice since they treat me lunch (an expensive lunch :D ) thank you so much EFFIE and Cynthia .
It is also snowing heavily this week . I enjoyed playing snow fight with all of my new friends . The cold weather did not stop us from running and attacking each other with snowballs in our hands . It is my first time seeing snow in my life .
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| the pretty effie |
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| the lovely cynthia |
Third week
well , I have to admit basically we did nothing this week and the week after . Not all project are g*** right ? . Its`s okay I still take it as a valueable lesson in my life. Actually i can guess that there is something wrong but i just kept my curiosity , But later i found out that all the other noticed the same things too .
So this week we decided to have FUN . A LOT OF FUN . we went to visit some of the attractions around Wuhan . well , the best place for me will be mo hill , Happy Valley and Xianghan road in Wuhan .
Owh and also the third week is actually chinese new year festival , but we didnt celebrate it because there is no one to guide us on what to do and where to celebrate . I was actually quite dissapointed with this thing . owh , and on this week too I learn to travel all by myself . I took the 811 bus and went to the city centre for about 2 hours journey . I just went there because I was too bored and the girls at home keep on watching korean drama .
This week we went to Happy Valley which is a theme park in China , I was curious on how a theme park on this communist land would be like . Hell I was wrong it is double the horror of any theme park you can imagine of . and for the first time of our lives , me , Antheny , Auva and Farah tried the roller coaster and God it was too scary . well I have to say this is the day that I cannot forget the most
And by this week too me , Farah and Auva has become a lot closer since we always hang out together , tried a lot of new things together and always sleep late and cook together . (we cook SILENTLY because we dont want to share food with others . haha) I really miss all the late night talks that we had .
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| the fat aussie playing at the kids' zone |
Fourth week
Starting this week , my food supply is almost finished . So I decided to go to the nearest supermarket on my own and bought some food . it`s not really food actually mostly i will buy Lays chips , some chinese cookies and also some juices . I dont buy yogurt because I just steal one from the girls . Usually Auva bought a lot of yogurts hahahhahahahhaha :p sorry ya Auva .
Bad news . the snow starts to fall again on this week and I already packed my oversized Eskimo winter jacket lol
Owh and this week we decided to shoot some videos to bring with us as memories . So on friday , we went to Wuhan University (this is actually the fifth times we went there it is like our second home) . The funny things here is while shooting , me , Auva ,and Farah run away from the scene and bought some snacks . Later after dinner we decided to go for karaoke in front of the university . Farah and me always wanted to go for a karaoke session but things always didnt happened the way we want haha . we really had a lot of fun karaoke-ing until midnight .
Fifth week
Just like any other trip, this is the phase that we all try to avoid the most . Farah and Isti is leaving on this week back to Indonesia . On the day before Farah and Isti went back , we went to guanggu-guanca for the last time . Guanggu will always be our favourite place in Wuhan as we go there almost everyday haha . While waiting for Isti to finish shopping at Miniso , me , Auva , G , Fitri , Farah and Auva were singing non-stop in front of the shop as like we were grieving LOL . The atmosphere was beyond sad as we keep on singing some sad indonesian and English songs back-to-back .
Then we went to French street in front of the shopping mall , here .. Farah , me and Auva were taking a lot of photographs as we know that we will miss each other later . well indeed , I am . After that , we went for dinner at this one restaurant that serves Chengdu cuisine . its true what G said , Chengdu cuisines are very spicy . when we reached home , Isti and Farah packed their bags , while me , Anjoe , Yy were watching the pyramid . I cannot sleep that night because I keep on thinking on "how is it feels like when it is my turn to leave this trip?" . Well luckily , I am not the first one .
I wake up at 5.am to accompany Farah to the airport along with Auva . The feelings that morning were too dull and just too mellow . It is my first time sending people off to the airport and know the fact that there is possibility that we would not meet again . At the airport Auva and me were rushing to help Farah settling her check-in because she is almost late for her departure . Even until the immigration door , I still can see Farah is still waiving at us with a sad face but she tried to smile . I dont know how it feels like when it will be my turn to leave . Auva and me were starring at each other as we knew that our time to say goodbye will come too .
In the afternoon , it is time to send Isti back to the airport , At first we dont want to follow. But after being persuaded several times by the other friends we decided to join them . I make a plan silently to insert a farewell note to Isti with all the members inside her bags . I came up with this idea basically because I dont want for the farewell atmosphere to be like Farah .First , we went to the fake beach in another side of Wuhan . Well , I have to say IT IS REALLY , FAKE , DIRTY AND DISGUSTING !! . Plus with the bad air pollution , I really hate that place .
After having dinner with some local chinese friends , Its time to send Isti back to the airport . Isti checked in early for her flight , so she had quite a lot of times to say goodbye . In the airport , Antheny treated me and G sakura flavoured ice-cream at mcD well , it is indeed our luck because all we did is just showing him the way to the mcDonalds :p . then , I decided to treat Isti the same ice-cream as her last present .
After sending Isti back , yy , G , Anjoe decided to stay at the nearest hotel because they wanted to go to Mulan hill on the next day while Auva, Antheny and me decided to go back to our apartment . And HELL luck was not our best friend , first the taxi drivers charges us with high prices , so we decided to take Uber . and when we reached home, Fitri and Athaya were sleeping really well and they locked the door . Were shouting from outside while knocking the door with brooms for almost 3 hours . The things that I remembered the most is I cannot hold it anymore as I really need to p--- so i get on the lift , went outside of the apartment , (and u can guess what happened next) . HAHAHAHHAHA . Then when i went back to the apartment , inspired by my alternative, Antheny also take the same action . LOL .
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| taking lots of photographs during farah's last night |
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| Isti the bad , teribble , worst photographer |
sixth week
we went to Sue`s house , one of our friend in China to celebrate dragon boat festival , we really had a nice meal . To be honest at this point I am Falling in love with chinese cuisine . And I really miss all those food . On wednesday , It is time for Athaya to go back to Indonesia . Antheny , Auva , Geraldine and me went to the airport together to accompany her . We were rushing really hard to the check in counter as her flight is almost departed . The good news is she got the experience to go through the VIP lane . Fitri is feeling really sad to say goodbye to Athaya as they are very close to each other throughout this journey .
Next , IT IS FINALLY MY TURN . I departed on the same day with Auva . Few days before , We bought some souvenirs with G helping us . I bought a few boxes of spicy duck (my FAV) and some snacks . I also bought some present at Miniso . The bus was too packed so we decided to walk back home WALKING . and it is 6 KM for god sake !
On the morning of my departure , I cannot sleep as I keep on thinking on all the experience I have here as this is the first time i met a lot of awesome friends and the similarities that we share is we treasure our life more than money . I learn a lot of things from each of them , Everyday i learn something new about their culture , background , country and mindset .
Auva and me decided to take Uber to go to the airport , we were accompanied by Jenny and Kavian , our closest friends in China . All of them were sleeping during the ride but I cannot even close my eyes . I realized that this trip has totally become one phase in my life that will stay in my heart forever .
and here are some of the memories we crafted during our journey
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| visiting a national park near sue`s house |
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| while waiting for bus to go to the city centre |
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I really missed all those nights we spent at the living room
watching saw , 50 shades , magic mike , pitch perfect ,
and all the ice breaking session . |
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| the first time feelin the snowrain |
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| Yang Yi and Antheny helping each other decorating our living room |
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| we did nothing in Wuhan but we are always tired LOL |
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| sakura ice creammmmm |
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| all those delicious chinese cuisine that we have every night god I miss it . |
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| river in the Mo hill |
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| Mo hill lakeview |
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| view from the hill |
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national park near the expensive shopping mall
*sorry forget the name* |
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| lighting parade at the Happy Valley |
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| playing with our heart out in Happy Valley |
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| lying on the clean grass of Wuhan University |
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| crazy people at Gude temple |
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| photograph session at Gude temple |
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| waiting for antheny to cut his hair |
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| being hipster after having fun all day long |
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| a fun KTV session at wuhan University |
Note to myself :,
Before I come to China and after coming back to Malaysia i discovered a lot of new things.
to know that most people in China does not have a religion ,
To know that actually mandrin , cantonese , hokien is different.
to learn that the culture and custom there is very different from what we expect them to be
to learn how to use chopstick in order to survive ,
going through the rough daily lives in the bad traffic condition in China .
to know that most people in China is cold-hearted ( by all those dramas i saw on the street)
and lastly to know that Malaysian chinese are much better (sorry haters :p)
It is a process of learning and I enjoyed all the time I spent there xD
