Today I thought I, Alif and Jia Wei thought that we will be late. As we thought that there will be Pop-Quiz. But end up we found that there isn't any quiz.
So today Mr Chua goes through chapter 5. Today was even more unbelievable than yesterday; we manage to complete chapter 5 within hours. May be it is because it is a short topic.
Then we went for lunch at "Qing Zhen" restaurant with Mr Chua. It was his treat! Then we went to mobile shop as Zhi Ting wanted to buy her Top-up card. Then coincidentally, we met our buddies outside the shop. We talked for quite long. Almost forget about the time. So I told them we left with 30 minutes to get walk back, prepare and report to the place we all have to meet. So we rush back to the hotel and prepare.
Again, we left the hotel together with Mr Chua. After reaching to the place, i thought that there will be a bus provided. But actually we were taking the public transport. It was quite a long journey. We manage to get seats only after the bus has stop at Ping Jiang Street. After a few stops we have reach the place.
Then the person gives us an introduction about their collection and teas. They have a whole lot of variety of teas, teapots and many more. Then we were assigning to a table where they will do a demo to us on how Chinese culture serve tea. From my understanding, it is like a Chinese Tea "Bar Tender". As they get paid to serve the tea. Its an optional for them to entertain the guest, only if the guess talk to them then they will talk. If not they will just keep quiet and just serve the tea.
It was my first time to taste a tea that is sweet and fragrance enough without any sugar. It was so nice that I asked for what the name of the tea is and how much it cost.
From the looks of how our host serve us and how she does it, it seems easy. So we were given a chance to try. So i give it a try, and its actually more difficult than what i see. She hold it as if it was not hot, but when i touch at the place she touch, it was as hot as touching a hot pan. So from what i observe, it needs a lot of experience and skills to serve. Then Gary give it a try, then Felicia.
After that we are free to walk around, took some pics of the place and bought the teas that i tried. It was fortunate that we had student price, which was around 50%. So I bought 2 boxes of white tea and a box of mixed berry tea. Total cost was 95 RMB. We were release early, so we decided to walk around Ping Jiang street as its only few stops away.
On the way to bus stops, i thought i saw the other group that went for this trip passed by us. So I called Mr Chua and told him are they from the other group. Then Mr Chua seems unsure, he then said loudly "you Singapore-lang?". The girl then replied, "are Singaporean?". Then we came to each other and talk. We found out that they are from EEE, SP. They are here to study 12 modules in 6 weeks. My jaw drop hearing it.
It felt relief to met them, its like finally we found some Singaporeans here. It was a sign of misses of our own hometown. As we have difficulty in communicating here, and its like finally we can talk like how we usually do with other Singaporeans in China. Took some pics with them, then we head down to Ping Jiang street.
We went shopping around, bought a shoe again for my girlfriend. Then we went to have dinner at KFC. I, Alif and Jia Wei got separated. So we end up taking bus home by ourselves. It’s a new experience, it felt like an achievement when we reach the hotel. It’s because we felt insecure because it was night time and the bus was dark. So we took care of each other and keep a look out for each other.
Mr Chua then told us that roll call is at 10pm, we have to be back by 10pm at lobby.
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