第八天。五月三十一日。海底捞（文化、传统）

哈哈哈，八天的时间已即将结束了。我们今天会回到新加坡了，回到我们熟悉的家、床、家人。但在那儿之前呢，我们会搭3个小时的高铁往杭州去。我们在杭州吃了海底捞，而我发现海底捞的服务态度和质量就和大家所说的一样棒！他们热情地为我们服务，没有一丝地埋怨和不满，这让我对海底捞留下深刻的印象。是时候向中国说再见了。

八天的学习之旅，就这样迅速地结束了，我很庆幸自己有这个机会到中国，合肥市学习，同时也有难得的机会到本地著名的寿春中学做客。这八天的学习之旅，会成为我人生中难为的一次旅程。和同学、朋友们出国学习，的确和家人出国游玩有很大的差别。这八天，因为有了2F全体师生的合作和大家互相照应的精神，这次的旅程才会如此成功。谢谢2F，谢谢老师们热情地照顾、包容与耐心。因为有了大家，我们才能够享受这次的学习之旅。我很高兴，我有参加这次的旅程。

 我们对OELP的感受

第七天。五月三十号。朋友们的住家、合肥最大的书局、黄梅艺术学院 (教育、文化、生活方式、)

我们今天到了寿春朋友的住家拜访。一大清早，伙伴的母亲就到学校把我、盈意、宜轩、景文接到他们家拜访。我们学会如何包饺子，也多了解了中国文化、习俗、沟通方式等。过后，差不多下午两点钟的时候，我们就地回到寿春中学，准备到下一个行程了。

谈天说地的过程

包饺子耐心和准住的眼神

今天的收获！

不好意思，主人。

我们于伙伴们和家人说再见后，巴士就开往了合肥市最大的书局，在那儿我们逛了一个钟头后就离开书局到航煤艺术学院了。在黄梅艺术学院，我被舞蹈者们的热情所感动了。他们每天得从早晨6 点钟排练到晚上8点钟，才能休息。这些舞蹈者对舞蹈的热忱远远超出我所预料到的。他们从小就把所有的精力投入在舞蹈中，可说人生的道路也都铺好了，他们没有回头的余地，只能很努力地向前进，如果中途跌倒而无法继续，他们会有很少的选择。只能说，这条路是他们自己选择的，他们没有人能怪，只能很拼命地向前迈进，没有回头的余地了。

在黄梅艺术学院

好朋友结交了^^

第六天。五月二十九日。寿春中学 (教育)

今天我们花了一整的时间在寿春中学，从早上进班听课到下午学会包种子、学画脸谱、学写书法到傍晚的运动会。寿春的学生们上课的场景让我非常难忘，而且是今天我们才真正的体会到了寿春的热情。在课堂上，同学们会因为我们没有课本和笔记而把自己的课本和笔记借给我们，还为我们讲解难懂的部分。他们对待学习的态度认真，老师在上面讲课，他们每个人都会在下面抄笔记，很少有窃窃私语的情况。与我们新加坡的学生很不一样。我坦白说，我们上课的时候都会窃窃私语，在老师不知情的情况下发自条、玩耍之类的，我认为这一点，我们应该向寿春中学的学生学习，上课时尽量不要自己谈话或玩耍，这样一来，我们的学习态度次能有所改进。

学习如何准确地包种子

第五天。五月二十八号。合肥美菱电器工厂和寿春中学 (经济、教育)

在往寿春中学去之前，我们现实到了合肥美玲电器工厂。由工厂的导游带领，我们参观了美玲电器工厂，了解到他们的制作工程。美玲电器制作工厂采用了不少商业战术来增加自己的销售产业。例如：采用通过和 Electrolux 和 Panasonic 等国外知名品牌合作，在国内外打下了很大的市场；和知名的外国品牌合作，利用他们的知名度去宣传自己的产品；发明别家电器公司未发明的科技、颜色、材料等。

 集体照的时间又到了！

接下老的半天，我们到了我们等待已久的寿春中学。我们会在这个中学呆上两天的时间，我们会在寿春中学进班听课、制作脸谱、学书法、包种子、表演等活动。第一天就包括了进班听课、表演、朗诵比赛。那天，我的组上了他们的华文课。感觉上他们学的东西不会很复杂，但我就是听不懂他们所上的课。他们的学生和我们的不同点就是他们上课时的坐姿都很端正，不会趴在桌上上课或用手敷着脸，而且他们朗诵时都会很大声，和我们还真不同。

进班听课后，我们接下来到操场观赏寿春中学的经典朗诵比赛。表演的同学们都是来自七等班，他们年纪比我们还要小，但表演的品质确实如此的高。面对着每一般的诵读表演，我很佩服这些学生。他们上学的时间比我们长很多，但能挪出时间来为表演准备和排练，表演出如此高水准的表演。这代表他们多么重视这场比赛，为它付出多少努力。我被他们坚持的心理深深感动了。他们站在台上，丝毫没有任何畏惧，能够很顺利地完成表演。可是，对他们最残忍的现实是，这个表演，只能有一个赢者，只有一班能够胜出。为表演努力了这么久，但最终没能拿到冠军，我没能想象他们此刻失望的心情。他们是我在这次旅行中，使我学到了我在班上学不到的事。

说实话，我承认我们的表演没有比他们的好，比他们的专业。但我很高兴，我可以说我努力过了。能彩排的时间有限，而且在表演的最后两天前，我也能感受得到大家想把最好的呈现给大家。所以，或许我们的表演没有达到老师们的期待，也没能带出我们最好的表现，但我对我们的表演很满意，因为我知道，大家都努力一番了。

第四天。五月二十七号。黄山（文化、遗产）

今天是我们期待已久的黄山大日子！！我们很早就起床，为爬黄山作出充分的准备。爬黄山的路程很艰辛，刚开始爬的时候还挺容易的，不过到了后端，我开始觉得越来越疲倦，脚也越来越酸痛。起初，我以为爬了这么长的路程，看到的风景会是我觉得辛苦都是值得的。不过，出乎我意料，我们什么都看不见。眼前只剩下层层白雾，就连身前10米的距离都看不清楚。这根本就是整个旅程中的大污点。爬黄山应该是旅程中最美丽的地方，我本来还以为我们能够欣赏这个美妙的风景，不料层层的白雾根本不允许我们这么做。只能说，我们和黄山没缘分。

坐缆车上黄山

坐巴士做到一个字：累！

晚上彩排时候

第三天。五月二十六号。程大位珠算博物馆、胡开文墨厂、屯溪老街、宏村民居群、西递民居群（文化、遗产）

第三天早上，我们先是抵达了程大位珠算博物馆。程大位（1533～1606）明代商人，珠算发明家。程大位珠算博物馆是个很古老的地方，那儿的建筑和以前的很相似。在那儿，我们跟着导游参观了程大位珠算博物馆，了解到以前人如何使用珠算来算东西或价格。

接下来我们到了胡开文墨厂，这个墨厂和程大位珠算博物馆很相似，都是很古老、传统的建筑。我们参观了胡开文墨厂，在那儿观看了墨锭的制作过程。如今，制作墨锭的过程依然没有任何改变，没有采用任何的机械去制作，全城的工作都是有人力。这两个地方的相同点就是他们都是中国保留已久的遗产和建筑。在程大位珠算博物馆和胡开文墨厂里，我发现这些地方的家具，生活方式也都很传统，所以才能被称为中国的遗产和文化。

在胡开文墨厂外拍的集体照

之后，我们到了前天因为时间限制的关系而没去成的地方，屯溪老街。屯溪老街的名称已经告诉我们那是个老街。老街买的产品和我们平时爱逛的购物中心很不一样，在购物中心买的都是名牌货、时尚潮流的衣服，鞋子等；不过，在屯溪老街所卖得东西都是一些较古老的行业，例如：扇子、笔墨纸砚、女装鞋等产品。在屯溪老街，我发现有某些行业即将渐渐消失，尤其是女装鞋。现代的女孩和女士都没有穿着些女装鞋了，少了现代人的需求，这个行业迟早会渐渐不受欢迎，最后会消失。屯溪老街是个很传统的老街，有着各个即将消失的行业和老招牌、建筑。屯溪老街的发展并不迅速，而且可以直接说是没有任何的发展。

过后，我们便开往宏村民居群和西递民居群。在那两个村庄，我发现了他们有不仅有相同点，也有差别。在宏村民居群，我们参观的大多数都是老百姓们的住家；而在西递民居群，我们参观的是各个开放给旅客们参观的建筑。比起宏村民居群，西递民居群较平静、而且生活环境也比较好。不过，我坦白说，我很惊讶这些村庄还有人们在里头居住，在那儿的生活环境似乎很差，就连最简单的干净饮用水都很难找到。

宏村民居群的美丽风景

第三天的行程就到此结束，我们晚上回到酒店时，进行了大后天即将表演的彩排。虽然今天跑了各个地方参观，大家都很疲倦了，但我们还是咬紧牙根继续排练。从那天的排练，我看得出2F为表演所付出的努力。我相信，我们能够把最精彩的表演献给寿春中学的师生和我们2F的老师们看。隔天会去爬黄山，我们10点左右结束了彩排，回到房间休息。

第二天。五月二十五号。哇哈哈饮料厂和呈坎茶博物馆、茶园（经济、文化）

第二天早上，我们抵达了哇哈哈饮料厂。在那儿我们有个专业的导游，带我们参观哇哈哈的展览并介绍哇哈哈饮料公司的历史，和在短短十一年发展为中国饮料生产企业的故事。

哇哈哈的生产线

在1987年，哇哈哈创始人宗庆后开始的艰苦的创业历史，第二年，在激烈的市场竞争中站稳了脚跟。现在，哇哈哈已发展成为一家集产品研发 、生产、销售为一体的大型食品饮料企业集团，为中国国最大的饮料生产企业，产量位居世界前列。在中国29个省市自治区建有70个生产基地、170家子公司、拥有员工3万名。

从哇哈哈创始人宗庆后身上，我学到创业精神，在1987年若宗庆后没有创业精神的话，如今就不会有哇哈哈这么大规模的一家饮料生产集团。就是因为有创业精神，宗庆后相信自己能够有一个好的发展，所以才会开办哇哈哈这个饮料生产公司；管理，在是一年的时间里，有许多员工都爱来往往，就是因为宗庆后的管理能力好，才能维持哇哈哈的生产质量和销售业绩，成为现在的哇哈哈。公司的管理能力突出，好让生产、销售有一定的成绩；最后，愿意尝试新事物的精神。不是每一个人都有创业的头脑和能力，但在场时之前，没人知道。宗庆后是个愿意尝试的人。他在成功之前，不知道自己有这个能力，但还是勇敢的创业。创业并不简单，不过，就是因为宗庆后有常识的精神，才能打造出今日的哇哈哈生产集团。尝试过的人，不是每一个都会成功，但没尝试过的人，肯定不会成功。

免费品尝哇哈哈的饮料

过后，我们到的呈坎茶博物馆、茶园。在茶园里，导游介绍给我们本地著名的黄山毛峰茶。这种茶叶，不是每一个地方都能找到的，只有这一代有。到了博物馆，我们有机会参观，不过，最精彩的部分就是品尝茶。我们总共品尝了三种不同的茶：著名的黄山毛峰茶、与众不同的菊花茶、和香浓的红茶。令我印象最深的是菊花茶。我们品尝的菊花茶和外头买的很不一样。这才是珍重的菊花茶。菊花带有淡淡的花香，茶也不会很甜，和外头买的甜菊花茶很不一样。

第二天，就这样结束了。我们今天也学到了很多关于茶的文化，以及哇哈哈饮料生产集团的经济发展。我们本来也是应该到屯溪老街逛一逛的，不过，因为时间的关系，我们得把这个行程该换到隔天。今天一样，回到酒店后就进行了反思和总结今天所学到了东西。第二天较疲累，也许是因为早起，而且参观了许多地方。

第一天。五月二十四号。宋城（中华文化、遗产、历史)

今天是我们即将打飞机到中国开始我们八天的学习之旅。对于这一天，我的新知识在早上十点钟时，我们打飞机到中国。

一到那儿，已经是傍晚了，我们在一件餐馆吃完了晚餐，就到了宋城参观，并看了一场精彩的表演。表演大概有一个小时多长，表演胡，我们就开往第一天的酒店，杭州华越国际酒店，到那儿做第一天的反思和开会。

第一天的反思让我们去思考某些关于中国文化和建筑:

问题一：到宋城参观的旅客们能够真正体验中国文化和建筑的特别吗？

我的看法：我认为不能。因为仅仅在宋城参观，不到一整天的时间，怎么能够了解到中华文化和五千年的中国历史，这是件不可能的事情。不过，在宋城的短短两个小时里，我的确对中华文化和遗产有了一定的了解。宋城里的建筑都是古代是的建筑，一点都没改变。我相信这是因为宋城想要把中华文化介绍给旅客们知道，所以选择保留那些建筑和生活方式，好让旅客们能够吸收更多的中国文化知识。

问题二：在观看宋朝的表演后，有什么问题是你想要请问那些演员和舞蹈者的吗？

我的看法：在为表演苦练的时候，有没有遇到什么困难？

在表演上，他们投机了多少的时间和精力？

在表演的内容里，我发现有一段情景是把水从天花板倒下来，形成雨。在短短的十几秒内，是如何把水清理掉，为下一个情景做准备？

一天得表演这么多次，是疲倦多过满足干吗？

在杭州的第一天就已经体验了许多事情，接下来的七天，我相信我们还会有很多机会去学习更多关于中国的文化、历史、建筑、遗产、教育、经济等。我期待接下来七天的2F。

OELP Reflections (WeiNing)

OELP Reflections:

Why did you choose to go on this trip? What decisions were made when you choose to go on this trip? What you hope to learn from this trip?

坦白说，我本来不是很愿意去这个旅行的，因为我觉得这次的旅行很贵，而且我觉得这个旅行实在不值得我父母花千五块。可是，这次的旅行和往来的不一样，我不是和我的父母、家人一块儿去，而是跟着学校、老师，和班上的同学一起去。这是我最终决定要去的原因。这次，是我第一次和学校出国学习，八天的时间，不在父母的保护、照顾和迁就下。我相信这次的学习之旅会是一个很特别的经验，和同学、朋友们一起到中国学习、玩乐。最重要的原因是，我想体验和朋友、学校出国学习的感受和过程。这，是我选择踏上这次学习之旅的重要因素。

我做出的决定有包括我要学习独立，再没有人的保护和照顾下，在没有父母和姐姐的同伴下，我想要通过八天的旅程，学习独立。这不是件容易的事情，毕竟，这是我在十四年里的第一次自己和学习出国学习。我必须再没有人的帮助下，懂得如何整理行李，必须懂得如何好好照顾自己，不让自己生病。

我希望在这次的学习之旅中，学习如何独立，就算只是短短的八天。这不是件容易完成的事情，我在父母的保护和爱戴下都是十四年了，就算我知道八天过后，我还是同样会回到他们的怀抱中，但至少，我能学习到独立。除此之外，我也很想认识到中华文化、他们的生活方式、教育系统、经济发展、中国遗产。必学的还有新加坡和中国各个方面的不同，比如：经济、教育、文化等。这对我将来会有很大的帮助，毕竟，中国是个发展迅速的大国。有了这些必得的知识，会对我们以后和中国的合作有很大的帮助。

我还希望，这次的学习之旅会对我们每一个2F成员留下深刻的印象，同时，我也希望我们这一般，能透过这次的学习之旅，懂得如何变得更有自律、更自我意识。我们从去年就被反映出十个“问题多多”、顽皮捣蛋、学法自律的一般。所以，我更是想要我们能改革换面，让老师、和全年级的人知道，我们班是可以又团结、又有自律的一班。我想要大家知道，我们2F不仅可以玩得很疯，也能很认真地对待每一件事。

我很希望大家能够一起享受这次的之旅，玩的有意义。我要这次的OELP成为一个深刻印象、与众不同的旅程，大家能够在将来记得每一个细节。我要这个旅程成为一个特别的。

What is one situation you came across that you feel strongly about? Who is one person that you had seen that taught you more than what could be achieved in class? What is one fact that you had learnt during the trip that impacted you the most?

令我印象最深刻的事件是我们在表演前的前两夜里很努力地在为表演做准备。那两天，可以说是最累的，我们白天要到各个地方学习，晚上要花很长的时间联系和排练。在这两天里，虽然大家都很疲倦了，大家也有很多的不满，但我们都还是咬牙忍住，继续排练。这对我来说十分欣慰，因为我曾经认为2F没有可能会这么努力过，这连天的排练，我感受了大家辛苦。说实话，我承认我们的表演没有比他们的好，比他们的专业。但我很高兴，我可以说我努力过了。能彩排的时间有限，而且在表演的最后两天前，我也能感受得到大家想把最好的呈现给大家。所以，或许我们的表演没有达到老师们的期待，也没能带出我们最好的表现，但我对我们的表演很满意，因为我知道，大家都努力一番了。这是我在这次的学习之旅中，印象最深刻的一件事，最深刻的两夜。

不是一个人，是整个年级的学生让我学到我永远无法在班上学到的事情。表演的同学们都是来自七等班，他们年纪比我们还要小，但表演的品质确实如此的高。面对着每一般的诵读表演，我很佩服这些学生。他们上学的时间比我们长很多，但能挪出时间来为表演准备和排练，表演出如此高水准的表演。这代表他们多么重视这场比赛，为它付出多少努力。我被他们坚持的心理深深感动了。他们站在台上，丝毫没有任何畏惧，能够很顺利地完成表演。可是，对他们最残忍的现实是，这个表演，只能有一个赢者，只有一班能够胜出。为表演努力了这么久，但最终没能拿到冠军，我没能想象他们此刻失望的心情。他们是我在这次旅行中，使我学到了我在班上学不到的事。

            这次的学习之旅，令我印象最深的道理是：我们无论做什么事，一定要专一，认真对待每一件事，如果到达了自己所要的目标，要告诉自己，这不是人生的终点，不能骄傲，这是人生送你的奖品。又或许，结果不是我们所期待的，可是这个努力的过程会与我们共度一生。至少的是，我不会害怕别人的目光，我能坦诚地说，我曾经努力过了。

How would this trip affect your future behaviors and attitudes? What are some long term changes you hope will take place? What did you learn in this trip that you can bring back to Singapore?

这个学习之旅后，我我希望能够让自己的时间更有规划性，就像那些合肥寿春中学的学生一样，上课时间已经很长了，回到家还要写作业。这如果没有很好的时间观念，会把学业和身子搞坏。有了更好的时间观念和更好的掌控时间，我相信我才能更好把学业搞好，让各个方面都有一定的成度。同时，透过这次的旅程，我也想要让自己变得更有毅力。我们的表演让我了解到，这世上，只有努力和坚持才能带你迈向成功之道。或许大家会说我们的表演其实没有成功到，但我说，我们的确是成功了。只要我们有努力，我觉得已经算是成功一半了。这件事，让我体会到无论做什么，都要努力一番过后才能说结束，不能半途而废，也不能说放弃就放弃。

从这次的学习之旅，我希望能获得长期改善的地方是我们2F这一班的对学习的态度。我相信大家到寿春中学后，都发现他们中国学生都很卖力的，他们相信只要每天读书、写作业，就能站上顶峰。因为中国人多，竞争也多，唯独有努力读书，考好成绩，才能比别人好。这一点，是我们2F缺乏的。我们对学习没有那种热忱，对学习也不会很拼命。我们上课时也不是每一个人都会很认真，做作业和没有把百分之一百的用心投入在作业里。这一点，我希望能和中国朋友学习，让我们能换个学习态度，长期对学习有更高的目标。

Festivals in China (WeiNing)

Chinese Dragon Boat Festival (端午节):
dragon boat festival, also known as Duanwu festival (端午节), is a traditional and statutory holiday in China. The main customs of the celebration include eating rice dumplings and dragon boat racing.

Mid-Autumn Festival (中秋节):
The 15th day of the 8th month of the Chinese calender is the traditional Mid-Autumn Festival in China, also known as Mooncake Festival, Chinese people will have a three-day holiday. Every year, when the festival comes people go home from every corner of the country and the world to meet their family and have dinner with them, admire the full moon and eat mooncakes.

Hungry Ghost Festival:
People are worshipping ancestors. Like people all over the world, the Chinese have special customs regarding dead people and their ghosts that are thousands of years old.

The Double Ninth Festival:
Enjoying chrysanthemum is a kind of custom in the Double Ninth Festival. The Double Ninth Festival, also known as Chongyang Festival, is held on the ninth day of the ninth lunar month.

The Double Seventh Festival:
The qixi Festival, also known as the Double Seventh Festival or Chinese Valentine's Day. It falls on the seventh day of the seventh lunar month. It is also named the Qiqiao Festival, Young Women's Day.

Qing Ming Festival:
Qingming Festival, also called the Tomb Sweeping Day or Pure Brightness in English, usually falls around April 4 or 5, the beginning of one of the 24 solar terms on the traditional Chinese calendar.

Chinese Lantern Festival:
The Lantern Festival is celebrated on the 15th day of the first Chinese lunar month, and traditonally enda the Chinese New Year period. In 2015 it falls on March. There is no public holiday for this festival.

Winter Solstice:
In Winter Solstice, eating dumplings is a kind of custom in the north part of China. In the Gregorian calendar, the Winter Solstice usually falls around December 21 and more often refers in particular to the day when the sun is exactly at the celestial longtitude of 270°. It marks the longest night and the shortest day in the northern hemisphere. In China, the Winter Solstice was originally celebrated as an end of harvest festival. Today, it is observed witha  family reunion over the long night, and pink and white tangyuan are eaten in sweet broth to symbolize family unity and prosperity.

The 24 Solar Terms:
The 24 solar terms, based on the sun's position in the zodiac, were created by farners in ancient China to guide the agricultural affairs and farming affairs. The 24 solar terms reflect the changes in climate, natural phenomna, agricultural production, and other aspects of human life, including clothing, food, housing, and transportation. The 24 solar terms play important roles and have greatly influenced people's basic needs in life, and they still have an important function nowadays. 

Is Merlion the most suitable icon of Singapore? (WeiNing)

No, I do not think  that the Melion is the most suitable icon of a singapore. It is true that the Merlion was founded due to the fact that Sang Nila Utamaro first saw a lion when he stepped foot in Singapore and since Singaproe was still a fishing village then, Merlion was then introduced as the icon of Singapore.

However,, in my perspective, I do not think that the Merlion is the most suitable icon of a Singapore. The most suitable icon should be referred as one thing which makes everyone in the world know who we are. But the thing is, most foreigners in other countries do not recognise Singapore by the Merlion, they recognise us by our unique language of Singlish. People know we are Singaporeans, just by hearing how we communicate with others.

The Merlion is a perfect despiction of our past, however, not our present and future. The Merlion situated in Singapore is just a famous tourist attraction which is visited by many people. However, that just makes the Merlion the 'most famous tourist attraction in Singapore', but not the best icon for us.

Thus, I do not think that the Merlion is the most suitable icon of Singapore as it only is a famous tourist attraction, a landmark for tourists to visit.

Golden Age of Singapore (WeiNing)

If behind every successful man stands a woman, behind every successful man ha a great leader. Mr Lee Kuan Yew is the great leader of our small yet successful nation, Singapore. Without Mr Lee, there wouldn't be the Singapore we all are proud of now. 

Mr Lee is the founding father of our tiny nation, he led Singapore through all the obstacles she has to go through to where she is today. Everyone is deeply saddened by the news of Mr Lee Kuan Yew's passing on Monday, 23 March 2015. He has passed away peacefully in Singapore General Hospital at the age of 91. 

Throughout the one week of mourning for Mr Lee, every Singaporean and even foreigners were saddened, many people queued up at the parliament house to pay our last respects for this great man.
Everyone who queued knew that the wait would only end in 2-12 hours, depending on the day and time of those who queued. However, many still came forward to pay their last respects. He was a man, worthy of 12 hours of wait. He was a man, worthy of an off day at work. He was a man, worthy of every other leader in the world's time to come down personally to pay their respects to him. He was a noble leader.

Mr Lee spent the time of his entire life, to build on Singapore. We were just a red dot on the big map of the world with no natural resources, but, under his leadership, we rose into a first-world nation from a small fishing village in less than 40 years. From the time he stepped up as the Prime Minister to lead Singapore in 1959, he never gave up. There were times when we met with many difficulties, like the separation from Malaysia in 1963, but even after we were separated from Malaysia, as our very own Singapore, he did not give up. With all he can, he led Singapore into the world. He was determined in building Singapore into a clean and green city. Mr Lee initiated the cleaning campaign to clean up the Singapore River, which was a dirty sewage at that time. Mr Lee also wanted to encourage the idea of a green city and to bond Singaporeans, he personally planted a tree, and did this without fail every year even after he retired as the Senior Prime Minister until recent years when his health was deteriorating. 

Mr Lee was the future of Singapore, he was a man with great foresight. He was worried that Singapore would not succeed without a strong military force, thus he set down a rule where all boys, Singaporeans and Permanent Residents 18 of age were to enlist as a military soldier in the army. Also, Mr Lee also worked on the efficiency of transport in Singapore, the MRT system and bus services.With HDB flats all over Singapore , poverty is greatly reduced with everyone having a cosy house to live in , and different ways to increase water supply ensured enough clean drinking water for everyone.Other than working hard domestically, Mr Lee also ventured out into the world and improved relations of Singapore with other countries. This could not have been achieved without MR Lee.

Without the hard work of Mr Lee throughout the years, Singapore would not have been able to achieve what she is today. "The Golden Age of Singapore" is now. This golden age was built up and created by Mr Lee, without him, there wouldn't be a first-world Singapore, The education system here in Singapore i one of the best in the world, because Mr Lee stresses that every child in Singapore has the rights to be educated. Singapore is at her peak now that we are approaching our 50th year, there would not be a "golden age" for us without him. He is the founding father of our nation. 

However, we all know that without the hard work of the future generations to come, Singapore would not rise anymore. We have to keep the legacy of Mr Lee living even though he has left us. As the future generations of Singapore, we need to take the responsibility into our own hands and push the limits of the developments of Singapore. The only way to not disappoint Mr Lee is to live up to Singapore's reputation and live the legacy he created. 

"What have I gotten at the end of the day?
A Successful Singapore. 
What have I given up?
My Life"

-Mr Lee Kuan Yew

China's Economic Growth (WeiNing)

China has been developing their country rapidly in the recent years. It used to be one of the poorest countries i the world and it is now growing very quickly. China will continue to grow a develop their trading business, develop their infrastructure and many other projects as years pass. It will turn into a very prosperous country and one of the leading countries soon as well. Due to China's low coporate tax, which is 25%, they attract foreign investors to the country to do business. This allows China to be more developed with foreign investors. Also, China's low exchange rate will attract more tourists and foreigners to visit China. China's goods are mass produced and due to their cheap labour, the goods sold are thus cheaper in price as well.

However, the increase in income inequality in China will result in the country being richer but yet the people in China are becoming poorer and poorer. The rich gets richer, the poor gets poorer. In China itself, there will be more employment opportunities as more workers will be needed should more factories be built by foreign investors. But as more factories are being built, more pollution will be caused especially air pollution. One god example is the city of Beijing, the air pollution in Beijing is so bad that there's no one day with clear blue skies.

With China's rapid economic growth over the years, many countries start to trade with China, including Singapore. Our country should maintain on friendly terms with China so as continue trading with them. Without the trade from China, our country may not be able to survive on our own due to our lack of natural resources.

1 Child Policy (WeiNing)

From the last cid lesson, we were introduced to China's one-child policy. This policy states that each pair of married couple is only allowed to give birth to one child, if the first child is a girl, they are then allowed to have another child. However, if the second child is also a girl, they are not allowed to give birth to anyore children. This policy may be useful in China's case as it sucessfully helped the country to decrease in population. However, i find that such a policy will not be sucessful in Singapore. With Singapore's declining fetility rate, the population rate of Singaporeans are declining as well. Thus, since we are declining in Singapore's population, the amount of manpower is decreasing too which results in the increasing number of foreign workers in Singapore. Many couples have only one or two children and some do not even wish to give birth at all. It is really worrying as the child needs to take up a lot of responsibility as the only child to support his/her parents. Thus, Singapore should encourage Singaporean women to give birth so as to increase the birth rate in Singapore to build a better nation with more young talents to aid in society. 

Poverty (WeiNing)

18.01.2015

         This post is about my thoughts on the cid lesson about poverty. We were showed two different images: the first image is about a male beggar with a cardboard stating that he is very poor and has no money. His valuables had been stolen and needed money to phone a call. The other image is about a lady carrying a young child, begging for money from a male passerby. The question given to us is who would we give a sole dollar we own to. Even after knowing the two's background, I still chose to give neither of them. I chose not to give. Who knows what might happen after you give this dollar? And, would this dollar really make a significant difference? I may seem inhumane but I would rather not give than to give one of them. The only time I would give them a dollar is when i have two try and when I can hand them one dollar each. Whenever i face such people, I always try to avoid them. to be very honest, it has never crossed my mind that I should give them money. Rather than money, I would rather choose to give necessities like food, clothes or anything else but money. 
This is my honest opinion and view regarding the beggars and their background. However, even though I choose not to give either of them, I realised that what we might see may not be the truth. The image is just the surface, but most importantly we need to look beneath the surface. Do not conclude what you may see for the first time, learn more and find out more before getting to to conclusion.

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Holidays (WeiNing)

18.01.2015

           The holidays felt like it went past really quickly, although we actually had a whole two months to enjoy and relax after the stressful eoys. During the holidays, I spent most of my days in school, having badminton trainings. It was tough yet satisfying, and since we all knew that competition was starting as soon as school starts, we were all very worried about it too. After many weeks of training, I finally head on to my adventure in Europe. I travelled to three countries in the Europe continent, Italy, Switzerland and France. I had many "first times" in Europe. First time riding a Segway roaming about in the streets of Florence, first time running off a cliff, first time being on a parachute and many more. The parachuting was the most memorable one was parchuting. Because we had to allow the parachute to rise and float in the air, we had to run off a cliff. It was quite a challenge for me as ran off the cliff. It took me great courage to be able to jump off. In the air, the scenery was breath taking I could see all the three natures on earth, the mountain, the water and the sky. I doubt I would be able to see such a scenery anymore. This truly allowed me to get rid of my height phobia and it was such a a great experience. This was a small little part of what I did during the holidays and I shall share till here only. Hope you enjoyed reading :) 


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SELF INTRODUCTION (WeiNing)

Hello everybody!! I am Wong WeiNing from Rvhs class 2F. I'm from badminton and I hope to bring everybody who visits this page a new world of CID 2. 

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