Tuesday, December 30, 2008
多两天就是新的一年了!
先说颐和园。那里的建组非常豪华又美丽,看了会不经佩服他们。。。那里非常大,我们在那里整整花了三个半小时!可是我们也没走完,你说那个地方大不大吗?哈哈!
圆明园的历史非常长久有悲惨,我为它感到伤心。虽然圆明园现在是一个毁掉的地方,不美丽或不豪华,但圆明园曾经是世界最美丽的花园。唯一知道圆明园原来的样子的办法是靠以前人所画出来的。虽然画得很真,但是我们永远不会体会到圆明园曾经的美丽而为它感到骄傲。真是可惜啊!
终结来说,颐和园比较美丽和豪华,但是我还是比较喜欢圆明园。再见了大家!很快就会见到你们了!
Monday, December 29, 2008
2008年12月26,27,28,29日
今天有时一整天的浸濡。今天有没有设么特别的事情,还是一样上课在上课又上课,非常闷。。。既然没什么事情发生,我就不写了。
2008年12月27日
今天我们到了首都博物馆和军事博物馆去参观。两个博物馆大概是展览中国怎么从一个落后的国家而站起来,成为你所看到的中国!在那里多看几个展览后,你会感到那时候中国人的痛苦而同情他们。中国能到今天的成就的确让人佩服。
2008年12月28日
今天早上我又到了教堂。然后我就到一个批发市场去购物。那里可以用三个字来形容,就是“超便宜!”便宜到没话说。今天就是这样而已,就是买了又吃又在买。心情真愉快!
2008年12月29日
时间过的真快,今天是浸濡的最后一天了。。。虽然只是三天而已,可是会感到一点难过。跟他们国的时间虽然很短,但是在他们学到了一天小知识。我相信有一天一定能用得到。哈哈!没什么精彩的事情发生了,再见大家!
Friday, December 26, 2008
在高一(9)班的体验
经过三天的浸濡,我发现了许多在新加坡上课和这里的不同的地方。例如:虽然这里的老师大多数都用 microsoft powerpoint 来上课,但他们不会把资料印出来给学生。学生们会主动地在课本上或笔记本上作笔记。当老师问一道问题时,会有许多人举手,想回答问题。而当一位同学答错的话,会有很多人在下面讨论。而当老师叫他们辩论时,他们会立刻自动的分成两组进行激烈的讨论。如果是在南华的话,老师问几遍都不会有人回答,更别说主动举手了。如果是辩论的话,每个人只会呆呆地看着老师。
不知是因为考试要来临的原因还是平时都这样,上课的时候,没有一个人把头放在桌子上,更别说睡觉了。说到这里,我不得不说,在南华,我班每节课,都至少有一个人在睡觉。哈哈。
真佩服这里的学生啊。。
Immersion
Here is what I have got from today’s history immersion lesson:
马克思主义的诞生
马克思主义的诞生
《共产党宣言》的发表
经济前提:资本主义迅速发展,基本矛盾暴露。
阶级基础:欧洲三大工人运动,表明工人阶级已觉醒。
1831、1834年法国的工人运动。
1836-1848年英国的工人运动。
1844年德意志(德国)的工人运动。
理论基础:19世纪中期前欧洲的三大理论果。
实践基础:马、恩的理论研究与实践探索。
我发现让我更有兴趣的却是上那些我们学过的历史所上的课。课上不只能让我们复习,还允许我们有不同对一件事的看法,让我们在SEQ上有更多不同的观点,让我们的SEQ写得更加标准,精彩。特别是今天教上的俄国十月大革命。
Look forward to the rest of the immersion classes. I made some new friends not only from my class, but also other classes. This is because of PE lessons when we were playing table tennis and all the tables had been used up, the only way for you to play is to ask the others and play with them. Friends come that way.
Immersion Lessons @ BSC
So we had lessons like History, Geography, PE, Mathematics, Politics, Chinese, etc. I like Geography and PE lessons because I take E.Geog in Nan Hua and I can exercise during PE lessons. It was a nice experience learning with them and learning the same subjects we have in Singapore but using a different language that we are not used to. It was hard for me to digest what the teachers said because they were all using Mandarin to teach. Gradually, I was used to their accent and teaching style, although sometimes I still don't really know what the teachers were saying because of their accent. Nevertheless, I enjoyed attending their lessons.
On the second day of our immersion lessons, we were introduced to the class during break time. What we did was that we wrote our name on the board using chalks of different colours. We might look silly to them, but we rarely have the opportunity to actually touch the chalk and write on a blackboard, which is something that we won't be able do when we are in Singapore. They were laughing and smiling at us and they always lend us a hand when we need help.
Next monday would be the last day that we attend the immersion lesson. I hope that I can have the opportunity to come to China and learn with the students here.
-Kee An
周口店
A visit to 周口店 has not only given me a greater understanding towards archaeological studies of the Peking Man, but also has allowed me to reflect on something else. We were shown to a 8-minute movie of the evolution of man. From apes to modern man, there was a significant change to our brain size as we get more intelligent. However, something struck me as I was watching the movie. What is the meaning of life? In the past, the peking man's main aim each day was to gather food for the family, mainly by killing the slower animals(larged horned deer). As the peking man evolves and becomes the modern man, they still have a quite a common goal, to fill their stomach each day. Modern man, being ambitious, tend to neglect nature, the roots of life and destroy nature. What is the meaning of life? What are we living for? Archaelogists want to find what is life about. They want to study about the roots of their lives. They want to understand human better.
Back to the topic. Other than the museum that showcases the different archaelogy findings, we were shown to the exact place where those artefacts in the museum was found. This allowed us to actually know how archaelogists work and also how they deal with the artefacts they find. I find it to be a very interesting career indeed.
Oh ya. Mr Ang(HC Teacher) looks like 北京猿人
最近这几天的那点事儿
十二月十五日下午,我们一行四十人乘车前往沙河民工子弟学校。此行的目的是教那里的学生英文,可正如洪老师所说我们可从他们那里学到更多东西。
一踏进进校门便是一个操场,附近篮球场的篮筐早已破旧不堪,可能是学校的唯一体育设施。学校只是院子里其中的一栋楼的第一层。从学前班到初三,总共十个班,我们教的班级是初一班,大约有二三十名学生。与二附中相比,二者可说是天上地下。由于他们不能在城里上学,所以学校位于北京郊区昌平区。由于他们的父母需要经常更换工作,所以他们无法像我们一样完成学业。由于地处偏远,所以他们没有很好的师资与硬件条件。但他们的学习兴趣不差,当我们开始与他们互动时,他们很积极地向我们提出题,他们对于学习的渴望给我留下了深深的印象。与他们相比,身处优越学习环境的我们又是何其的幸运,而当那朗朗的读书声从那简陋的教室里传出时,远在千里之外的我们在教室里又在做什么呢?他们的教室可能要比我们的脏乱,他们的纪律可能要比我们的松散,可我们呢?
人民抗日纪念馆
还记得,多年前参观卢沟桥时,桥还是免费开放,而宛平城也还没有被修复原貌,五环路也还没有修到这里。也正是在卢沟桥,八年抗战就此打响。
虽然小时候曾参观过人民抗日纪念馆,但印象已经十分模糊了。如今的纪念馆分为八个展区,从9.18事变打响抗日战争的第一枪到7.7事变抗日战争全面打响,从两国势不两立再到中日建交都有非常详细的展览。通过展览,我们看到了日军的野蛮残暴,看到了中国军队的英勇无畏,看到了中国人民的不屈不挠。纪念馆大厅中有一幅名为血肉长城的大型雕塑,那里刻着坚持抗日的全国各族人民,也应了中国国歌中的“用我们的血肉筑成新的长城”。日军曾有过三月亡华的狼子野心,半壁江山曾一度沦入日寇之手,清逊帝溥仪在东北当上了伪满洲国的康德皇帝,昔日曾试图暗杀袁世凯的革命志士汪精卫投靠了日本人,但中国人民并没有屈服。在百团大战,在台儿庄战役,在武汉会战,中国军队给予日军沉重打击。1945年9月9日,长城内外,大江南北一片欢腾,日军在南京投降,长达八年的艰苦抗日终于取得最后的胜利。战争虽然结束了,但仍留下了许多历史遗留问题,成为影响中日关系的关键因素。
侵略者选择了遗忘,但我们要铭记这段历史。铭记不代表揪着不放,社会总是要放下历史包袱轻装前进,但放下包袱不代表对这段历史的冷漠,我们需要这段历史时时提醒我们不要重蹈覆辙。
Being a teacher.....
---written by yangle
Thursday, December 25, 2008
平安夜和圣诞节
今天有时一整天的进入。。。为什么今天有进入呢?真倒霉。。。不过今天还过得很愉快有没有让我伤心的事情所以还不错的平安夜。但是没有那个气氛。我很期待圣诞节的到来。请你快点来!
圣诞节。。。
我显著大家圣诞节快乐!希望大家天天都开心。今天之上两节课,我们才到Keppel Land参观。在那里,我学会了很多知识又发现几个工程师的技巧和方法。虽然我对这方面没有兴趣,但是多知道也无害,所以我听课。 =) 不说了,我要去过我的圣诞节了!
二附中的实地考察旅行
Celebration with the rest of the singapore students here was alright. There were games, performances (not forgetting forfeits), and lots of songs. Most importantly, gifts exchange! It was quite funny, seeing some people getting the weirdest presents, and some people getting back their own presents. Well, I guess this is just having fun :D
Last night, close to midnight, Anglican students came to knock on our door with their christmas wishes. There were presents too. But what really mattered was that we were all enjoying ourselves. Although there were some of us who misses home, and others who misses friends in singapore, but it doesn't really matter, because we're all together.
It's christmas today! China don't have the habit of celebrating christmas, so lessons are on as usual. Teachers here don't celebrate christmas, but I guess they wouldn't mind receiving presents from singapore students :) For all that they taught us, we thank them during this christmas :D
MERRY CHRISTMAS!
昨天,我们大家再上了两节本地老师所给我们上的课之后,我们便到我们所个别被分配到的班级去上课. 我们的班师到高一的班级去上课. 他们的课还挺有趣的! 在午餐时间,我们也在他们的班上和他们一起吃午餐. 大家似乎都和本地的学生一样了.
在傍晚的时候,我们有一个迷你的圣诞派对. 谢谢各班代表所付出的努力以及时间来筹备! 那个派对其实还挺热闹的,但是我们的时间很少,所以还玩得不够尽情. 我们只玩了一些游戏,完后便交换礼物. 过后, 我们在大约630pm 的时候到外头吃晚餐. 这就是我们在这里所度过的平安夜! 听起来很像没有什么特别的.
今天是圣诞节! 可是,我们今天不是假日. 我们还是要去学校上学! 我们在设两节课后,便道keppel Land 去. 那里就像新加坡的组屋区,有许多的设施. 那里有游泳池,各种球馆和游乐场等等. 那里的工作人员还替我们做了一番讲解. 我还真没有想到能在北京看到类似新加坡的景物.
我们刚在学校的食堂吃了晚餐. 现在再晚自习. 我想我就写到这里吧. 再见!
食物!
全体照! Samuel 不在. 大忙人.
人山人海!
在看什么? 那么入神!
新一代的圣诞老人?
浸入的第一天!
Wednesday, December 24, 2008
进入了国家大剧院,我们都被那里的建筑深深地吸引住了。那里的建筑风格非常独特,真是令我大开眼界。里头有三个不同的剧场,而且是没有麦克风的。全都是靠回音。我们在那里也去参观了一些展览。
其实,我们身为新加坡人的常常都以为新加坡样样都是最顶尖的。但是,这种想法根本就是大错特错。很多时候,我们都必须走出我们那井底之蛙的思想,看一看这个世界。那我们就会发现到其实有许多东西是我们前所未闻的。如果我们拿esplanade 和国家大剧院做个比较的话,国家大剧院的确是比esplanade 好很多。但是,我们不能否认各还是有各的好处以及坏处。
Friday, December 19, 2008
到了沙河(外地劳工的儿女的学校)
星期三和四
早上依然不变,上了这里老师教的课和HCI老师教的课。直到1pm左右,我们才塔公车去天坛。这里就是以前皇帝所到的地方为老百姓祈祷。还好天气不冷,风也不大,所以到那里参观不会太冷。哈哈!心情愉快,可是时间过得太快了!请你停下来好吗?=(
星期四。。。
今天没什么好说的。。。整天上课又下课吃饭然后睡个好觉。没什么特别的所以不多写了。再见!
Wednesday, December 17, 2008
12月15日2008年 和 12月16日2008
今天又是一个很慢的一天,我们又上了一整天的课程。心情依然不变,时间也过得很快。天气还不错,吃得饱,穿得暖,可是总是睡不够。。。真惨忍。
星期二。。。
我们一大早就到雍和宫。雍和宫是一个喇嘛庙。这个庙非常巨大又很豪华,非常竟惊人。喇嘛庙有一个世界最大佛像。真令人佩服。在十一点左右,我们到最近的餐馆去吃很出名的羊汤面,非常好吃。。。接着,我们到孔庙去看孔子,里面有孔子的人生的道里和背景。真的非常精彩又学到很多东西和人身道里。到了晚上,我们到一个很豪华的餐厅去庆祝雪薇同学的生日。这餐有两位老师请。谢谢老师!今天性情很“high”哈哈。
万世师表——孔子
雍和宫是藏传佛教的庙宇而孔庙则是祭拜儒家创始人孔子的地方,二者仅一街之隔,相距不过数百米,这让我想起曾看过的一个纪录片,故宫大修时,工作人员在属于道教的钦安殿顶部发现藏文佛经,我相信这或多或少代表了中国人的宗教观。
孔子,伟大的思想家、教育家、儒家学说的创始人。自汉武帝摆黜百家,独尊儒术以来,孔夫子便在历朝历代享有崇高的地位,被誉为万世师表。孔子的思想至今仍深深地影响着我们。正是孔夫子的有教无类,使贫民百姓也可以有机会受到教育,使中国率先产生选拔官员的先进制度,科举制度。同时,也是孔子的儒家价值观塑造了我们华人的传统美德,使古老的中国成为礼仪之邦。孔子的儒家思想使中国领先世界近两千年,备受推崇,可到了十九世纪末,四书五经却成为众矢之的,陈腐的代表。四书五经使人民思想僵化、封闭,导致落后。我们应该从中汲取营养,但抛弃那些君君臣臣的陈旧思想。
2008年奥运开幕式,孔子与他的儒家理念成为其中重要的一环。其中孔子的“和为贵”更在这个风云变幻的世界中显得别具特殊的意义。日本前首相福田康夫在访问中国期间特地前往孔子的老家山东曲阜,并写下“温故创新”四个字。温故以吸取前人经验,而创新正是我们最为需要的。
进入21世纪,一座座的孔子学院在世界各地纷纷开幕,弘扬中华文化,传播儒家思想。在北师大,我们也看到也许多不远千里来自五大洲的外国学生来华求学。孔子的精神正悄然传向全世界。

Monday, December 15, 2008
On Saturday, we went to the Olympics stadium. It was very very big! The view from the top was spectacular. (: It was super cold that day and all of us were shivering. We went to xiushuijie after that with some Hwachong and Anglican High students. Most of us bought shoes there. We must learn the technique of bargaining! Some of us actually feel scammed. Haha.
Yesterday, we went to 798. It was like an art gallery, but the size of a neighbourhood. Haha. It was super big and the whole place was filled with art pieces and art stuffs! It was amazing when we saw the whole place filled with al ot of graffiti and art exhibitions. We took quite a number of photos there, mostly the art pieces. There was a Singaporean there who hosted us in one of the art exhibitions. The art pieces there were superb! I shall upload the pictures soon. ;D
Today was just lessons and more lessons. Had History and Chinese Literature as usual in the morning and after that was Maths, Chemistry and Social Studies. There's no 课间操today and we had flag raising instead. This was the first time we had flag raising here since the first day we came. It was quite similar to our flag raising, just that they only have it once every week and they do not have school song and have a speaker to say a short speech. Other than that I guess it's almost the same as our flag raising ceremony.
Just went to run before dinner. Me keean samuel and some from Anglican High. First time I ran with them after 2 weeks here and the feeling was great! Running and sweating but not feeling hot at all. Haha. (:
We're going out tomorrow for sightseeing! Shall post more tomorrow. Photos will be up soon!
School days....
---written by yangle
第二星期的周末
今天我们去了鸟巢去参观。它的形状很独特又很美丽,不只这样。你一看里面就会忍不住赞美。鸟巢的设计令人感到非常佩服,又比我们的学校大!接着是我们的自由活动,我和南华同学到了秀水街去购物。接着我和洋乐到了西单书店去买书。不料,我们见到圣公会大学的同学也在那里买书。我们吃了晚餐就回去休息。
星期天
今天我到了教堂。演讲者讲了一个故事,非常感人,我忍不住掉了眼泪。。。接着我和几位朋友到798,一个艺术展览馆去欣赏艺术。那里也有新加坡艺术家的作品!接着我们一群同学到秀水街去逛街。不知不觉逛了2-3小时。接着,我和他们去吃晚餐。他们的老师还请客!谢谢老师。
Friday, December 12, 2008
By the way, welcome Mr Eric Tan! He's already here yesterday. We'll be going to the Olympics stadium tomorrow. Hope that it will be nice. If not we'll be paying money for nothing. Haha.
I realised that time is really passing very fast. We're in Beijing for almost 2 weeks already! There's about 4 weeks left. [Lets not say 28 days left. It sounds so short.] I'm like thinking what if we're supposed to leave this place tomorrow? I keep asking myself this question. I'll really miss this place! Hope that the remaining days past slowly.
Byebye people! I shall take pictures during the next PE lesson and upload them! (:
Got to go.
It was rather difficult for me to control my hand and wrist even though i had learnt calligraphy during those ACC lessons last year. But I soon got the hang of it and succeeded in writing a nice '一'. The others were having fun too. Although we didn't take pictures during the lesson, there will be still more calligraphy classes to come in future, and of course, we will take more pictures while having fun.
PICTURES! But those words written very nicely were written by the calligraphy teacher. I only took a few pictures of our words. In every picture, there is only one name written by the teacher. So you can compare our 'ugly' words with the teacher's. I think Ming Yuan's words are the nicest, but just now I just went around 'stealing' people's paper to take pictures, or else they might not let me take picture of them.
-Kee An
2008年12月12日
-samuel
Mr Ng Photo!!!
The Great Wall Of China
----written by yangle
Thursday, December 11, 2008
这几天下来, 我们上的课都是我们在新加坡所没有学过的. 希望我们可以学到更多的东西!(:
武术课
冷风吹过身体,可说是刺骨的冷,为了取暖,只好在跑道上先跑了两圈。
老师把我们集合后,用很凶的态度对待我们。因为那冷冷的天气,加上那凶凶的老师,每个人都只好乖乖地听他的话。过后,我们开始做了热身运动,然后学习了基本的武术。
1)拳
2)掌
3)勾
4)抱拳礼
5)预备
6)冲拳
7)踢腿
哈哈。我们老师可说是得过多次奖项,非常出名的老师。他起初很严肃,但不久就和我们打成了一片,个个也越打越起劲。一个小时很快地过去了,我们学到了不少基本武术。就像南华中学舞蹈团所学的武术一样。希望在这几次的武术课后,能回去和舞蹈团的朋友们切磋切磋。(If possible)
中国古代当代历史课
唐朝: 公元618-907年
重要的皇帝:唐太宗李世民(598年~649年),在位期间出现“贞观之治” ;武则天(624~705年,中国唯一的女皇帝,有“贞观遗风”;唐玄宗李隆基(685~762年),又称唐明皇,在位期间出现“开元盛世”。
敦煌莫高窟:世界艺术宝库之一。
唐朝都城:长安城布局——————“千百家似围棋局”
唐朝的对外交流:对亚洲日本和朝鲜半岛影响很大。
中国民族民主革命的先行者——————孙中山(1866-1925)
1。孙中山先生幼名帝象,学名文,字德明,号月新,后改号逸仙,旅居日本时曾化名中山櫵,“中山”因而得名。1866年11月12日孙中山出生于中国广东翠亭村一个农民家庭,10岁入村读书,12岁到檀香山读书,17岁回国。1866年至1892年先后在广州、香港学医。 毕业后,在澳门、广州行医,并致力于救国的政治活动。
2。民主革命思想:三民主义——民族主义,民权主义,民生主义。
3。1925年3月12日孙中山在北京逝世。1929年葬于南京中山陵。
4。从孙中山先生身上你认为有哪些值得我们学习的高尚品质?-毕生致力于救国救民的爱国主义精神。-百折不挠、鞠躬尽瘁、死而后己的民族精神。 -天下为公的博大胸怀和放眼世界的开放心态。 -勇于开扩创新、与时俱进、不断追求真理的精神。
I LOVE CHINESE HISTORY THE MOST "D
that's the best lesson of all i think unlike chemistry!
ok i shall not be biased and blog about chemistry too!
What is oxidation?
A substance is oxidised if it gains oxygen, loses hydrogen, loses electrons or increases its oxidation state after a reaction.
What is reduction?
A substance loses oxygen, gains hydrogen, gains electron or decreases its oxidation state after a reaction. (reverse process of oxidation)
What is redox reaction?
Oxidation and reduction always take place together! In other words, there can be no oxidation w/0 reduction and vice versa. We called the combined process redox reaction!
What is an oxidising agent?
A substance that causes another substance to be oxidised is called an oxidising agent. An oxidising agent is reduced when it oxidises another substance.
What is a reducing agent?
A substance that causes another substance to be reduced is called a reducing agent. The reducing agent is oxidised in the process.
THE END!
今天的历史课和文学课一点儿都不无聊,因为老师们都很有趣。过后,我们上化学课。老师竟然在两三天的时间内教完一个章节,真是了不起,而且听得懂大部分的东西。虽然今天我们上的社会科学与我们这9位学生无关,但我们还是很细心地在听华中老师的课。上了社会科学课后,物理老师在课室里做一个非常有趣的小实验。我们也在课堂上呈现我们的专题作业。
武术时间到了!天气真的是太冷了!吕教练要我们在跑道上跑两圈,跑到我的手冻掉了。过后教练开始教我们一些武术的基本动作。详细的内容就由志城来讲吧。
回到课室取暖后,我、志城、玮玥到操场去跑步。我们在操场上看到了思杰。我们都流了蛮多汗,然后我们去吃晚饭。
对了,今晚黄老师飞到上海去了。再见了,黄老师!可是他答应我们在雪微生日的那天回来北京陪我们过生日。
再见!
-Kee An
2008年12月11日
-samuel
Wednesday, December 10, 2008
My Objectives for the Trip
1) Try to keep alive
2)Finish my TIME magazines
3)Learn more about the Chinese Culture and History
4)Know how to navigate through Beijing
5)learn a skill or two about bargaining
6)Get to know more friends
7)enjoy the scenery of China
8)Learn to appreciate China culture and its education system
9)Learn to survive on my own
10) Buy a book on America written in Chinese
written by yangle
到沙河实验学校recce
沙河实验学校不同。有什么不同呢?学校特别是给那些到北京民工的孩子的上的。因为从其它中国市的学生不能在北京市上课,所以有了这一所学校,提供教育给这些民工的孩子。
从学校外的铁狮子坟巴士站搭了345快车(Mr Ang said not 三十五块 车)到了沙河北桥北的车站,学校就在车站旁。走进学校还下着小雪,就像ice kacang 的冰一样,从天上掉了下来。
走进了学校,有一种很特别的感觉跑进了我心里。虽然这间学校没比其他学校干净、安静、新、大,但学生们从课室中跑出来休息时(我们到了学校刚好是他们的休息时间),个个活活泼泼的样子,只能让我不知不觉中笑了起来。我好想念每个星期六在Clementi Sports Hall帮忙教练教那些小朋友打羽毛球。说起来,我也挺喜欢小孩的。他们的笑很容易的就会感染到我。我好想念南华羽毛球队。好想念教练。好想念311。
Okay! Back to topic!
过了休息时间,到了他们课室里和他们一起上课。如果我没记错的话,好像是小三的课。我故意上了这一堂课是因为他们在上英文课。老师你猜猜是谁。是北师大二附中的一位美国学生!说了一口流利的华语,我实在佩服。
我发现在上课时,虽然上的是小学的课,不是每个学生在听课。(我认为在新加坡小学上课每个学生都很有纪律的,因为我上小学时是这样的。)老师也很难得到每个学生的注意。班上还有不同的武器。除了平常的粉笔和板擦,还有一条粗粗的棍子。err,那是来做什么的,我相信不用说你也知道了吧。学生们有些听得懂,有些听不懂。老师在念不同英语单词时,学生们都会跟着他念一遍。这产生了一种矛盾。老师用英语问同学们问题时,学生们也不明白,既然重复了老师说的话,闹了笑话。
上了将近半个小时的课后,对北京有了一个更不同角度的看待。
我相信24/12会带给我们一大挑战。
My Objectives for Beijing Trip 2008
I hope to improve my Chinese standard by the end of this trip and also improve my communication skills. Interaction is the best thing that we can have with us in order to know more friends from other schools and also the students in beijing. I hope that we could learn more about beijing's culture and plan ahead for our future as we may have a chance to study or work in China in the future since China is getting stronger. I hope that we could亲身体验到the curriculum and daily life of the students in beijing and understand what they do everyday as this would make us have more exposure to the outside world and not be a 井底之蛙. Having more exposure would be good for us. I hope that I can be more independent after this trip and learn to take care of myself, instead of being so dependent on my parents. Most importantly, I hope to understand more about China after the 6 weeks and put the knowledge into good use. (:
挑战极限!
Objectives for my stay in Beijing
On this 40 day trip to Beijing, I hope to focus on
1)Learning the history of China
2)Making new friends
3)Bargaining
4)Be able to express myself in mandarin fluently
5)Work together well with the others
6)Be independent and take care of myself
7)Adapt to a different climate
8)Laugh with the others(sometimes, i don't really understand what the hell they are laughing about)
9)Train hard and not lag behind the others of NHBT
Okay. These are the main 9 aims of this trip. I will discover more aims as the days pass and I will try my best to fulfill them.
这几天的那点儿事儿
故宫,集中华传统建筑艺术为一身的伟大皇家宫殿。外朝三大殿巍峨壮观,乾隆花园小巧秀丽。昔日仅供皇帝一人享受的紫禁城,今日已成为世界的文化瑰宝,人民的故宫博物院,供世人瞻仰。故宫藏宝无数,可说是代表了中国古代传统手工业的高峰。偌大的宫殿成就了无数皇帝虚构的天朝梦,那层层宫墙,道道宫门使万国来朝的使节肃然而立,称臣纳贡,但同时也是这层层宫墙,道道宫门,将皇帝深锁在这深宫大院,全然不知正在迅速的改变的世界,直至1840,英国的坚船利炮轰开了中国的国门,中国皇帝仍不知自己的落后。外国使者所进贡的先进仪器也被深深地锁在了这厚厚的宫墙之内,成为仅供皇帝一人所欣赏的玩具,无法与世人见面。故宫见证了中华民族的辉煌与衰落,有过万国来朝的盛世华章,也有被八国联军的铁骑所践踏过的残败景象,这大荣大辱,大起大落时时提醒着我们满招损,谦受益的道理,不可骄傲自满。
清华北大,中国两所最为顶尖的学府,百年间培养出无数为共和国做出贡献的杰出人才,他们为共和国奠定了坚实的基础。正如黄老师所说,北大清华似乎正代表着近代史上那德赛两先生,是他们帮助中国摆脱落后,走向复兴之路。清华大学的校训是自强不息,厚德载物,我想这正是我们需要的品质,只有自强不息才能在逆境中生存,只有厚德载物才能使心胸开阔,值得我们反思学习。
长城,东起山海关,西至嘉峪关,用于防卫北方游牧民族入侵中原的一道铜墙铁壁。我们参观的慕田峪长城地势险峻,属于明长城。自秦始皇以来,长城成为拱卫中原的重要军事工事,又历经后代各朝各代的巩固,终成今天的样子。但是,一道城墙却无法阻挡北方各族入主中原,民族融和。秦始皇帝修长城,仅仅二世就垮了,大明朝修了三百年长城,终未能阻挡清军入关。民族融和要远比民族隔离有力于中华民族的发展。
by Mingyuan
Objectives of Beijing Trip
2. Meet more people, learn to interact.
3. Learn more about myself.
4. Learn more about China's culture and history.
5.
Tian Jin eco city...
第十天。。。
-samuel
Tuesday, December 9, 2008
Objecitves of Beijing Trip
1. Improve my Chinese in terms of speech and examinations
2. Make friends with people from other schools and students from the school here
3. Learn how to bargain so that I can apply my 'bargaining skills' when I go to China in future
4. Learn more about China's culture
5. See snow
6. To be able to differentiate the four directions in Beijing
7. Experience the daily activities that a Beijing student does from morning till school ends
8. To be independent in foreign countries
9. Try to learn the accent of a Beijing person
10. Be courteous and give up seats to elderly and those who need the seat
Kee An
REFLECTIONS
-improve my chinese by the end of the trip
-have a better understanding of China's history
-make more new friends
-willing to accept all chinese scholars in nanhua "D
-become as diligent as the chinese students here
-省省省 颖盈最棒!
-know how to 货比九家 before i buy something
-see the snow!
-TO BE ABLE TO DIFFERETIATE 东南西北
-learn to be independent
-learn the accent of beijing people
-做个有礼貌的乖小孩
-to improve my chinese handwriting!
-learn how to 尊老爱幼 让位给老幼孕残
I hope it will snow tomorrow!!
Objectives for Beijing Trip
-To improve my chinese language after 6weeks in beijing satellite
-To have a deeper understanding of the chinese culture
-To make new friends from beijing schools so as to understand more of their schooling.
-To make new friends from other singapore schools.
-To have experience overseas away from my parents, staying in dormitry, so as to learn to be more independant and mature.
-To experience the cold weather here, and hopefully, able to see now!
-To learn how to bargain in the shopping centres.
-To learn to squeeze in buses and trains.
-To understand the technology advance in beijing.
-To climb the Great Wall Of China and become a 好汉.
Day of the Universities
Objectives
1) To get a deeper understanding of Chinese cultural and history
2) To understand the difference in the way of studying between Singapore students and China students and to reflect on the pro's and con's of my own way of studying
3) To learn the life skills of long term independent living
4) To make more oversea friends.
5) To experience the life of China students
6) To experience winter
7) To be immersed in the moral values of Chinese people
Day 6,7,8,9
2) make more friends
3) eat weird stuff that china offers
4) get into the 'O' levels study mood
Day6: Today we went to Bei Da university and Qing Hua university. After which, we went to have steamboat which was extremely delicious! and... CHEAP!!! 50 yuan only!!! Temperature is improving and it is getting warmer. YAY!!! All is fine and laughing everday!!!!
Day 7: Today was free day! Firstly, i went to church with 4other students and 1 teacher. It was an international church and it was really almost the same as in Singapore. It was an open church but only opened to foreigners, haiz... Next i met up with my friends and we went shopping, shopping, shopping and more shopping!!! YIPEE! I went bargaining and it was so fun. Girls were there shopping while i was there having "fun". HAHA. Feel happy here with new friends =)
Day 8: We went to Tian Jing today to check out the Sino-Singapore project here. They have plan to research more on recycling and a more eco-friendly place. It was a eye opener as I realised Singapore was still far away from a eco-friendly enviroment. It was interesting but the trip there and back was like 2 1/2 hours there and back and we stayed for a short while only... Abit wasted as we did not see much but it was worth the trip.
Day 9: I climbed part of THE GREAT WALL OF CHINA! It was really funny as a group of us (Anglican students and teachers + Mr Ng and a few Nan Hua students) were hyped up as we walked. We played music, sang, danced, shouted and sang more. HAHA! It feels good as no one can hear you from way up there. We climbed in up in 1hour30minutes when the average is 1hour, but it was really fun. It is indeed quite memorable. By the way, temperature is at average -4 to 7 degrees and it considered warm.. haha. I heard the first snow in Beijing is tomorrow =) PRAY HARD!!!
-samuel
Saturday, December 6, 2008
真正的教育
真正的教育是能够敞开心胸,去结交和了解新的朋友,互相包容,和睦共处。
真正的教育是勇敢地踏出自己安逸以久的国土,克服各种障碍,去接纳和融入另外一个美丽新世界。
真正的教育是懂得自理和独立,养成好习惯,每天提醒自己要自强不息,不断进取。
这五天过得十分充实和有意义。带着我的学生逛,观察他们对于新鲜事物的反应,和他们有说有笑,我感到无比的快乐和阳光。这群充满朝气的孩子,潜力无限!
黄老师
Friday, December 5, 2008
5th day in China!!!
-samuel
Thursday, December 4, 2008
早餐
也需要怪我们第二天早上迟起了,只好到成都小吃点吃早餐。那里的食物丰富,又好吃,跟学校的早餐不起来,每人都会选择成都小吃。
成都小吃店买的是我最爱吃的饺子、豆腐脑(豆花)、云吞、包子、豆浆、油条、油饼…etc。说起来和学校的食物差不多,但是这里的食物非常好吃。豆腐脑有两种口味。咸的和甜的。甜的和新加坡的豆花一样,但咸的很特别。在新加坡的卤面你吃过吗?咸的豆腐脑就是用卤面类似的汤放在豆花上。不同的味道,特别的口味。
希望在北京能吃到更好吃的食物。哈哈。我看我这次回去新加坡又会多了十几二十公斤了。
I'm training hard!
Learning @ BSC (Day 3, 03122008)
Our first lesson was Social & History lesson (社会与历史课). The lesson was not like any boring lessons in Singapore, instead, it was very interesting and the details of the lesson had managed to catch my attention. We even started copying notes in Chinese and we were busy copying when the teacher suddenly said that she would print us the powerpoint slides, but some of us continued to copy additional notes. Let's see how hardworking we were. haha.
As soon as we greeted the history teacher and packing her things, the next lesson's teacher came in. Some of us were rather shocked to see how punctual the teacher was because sometimes, some of the teachers in Nan Hua were late for lessons. Our second lesson was Chinese Literature (先秦文学课). As usual, we were interested in the lesson probably because it was the first time that most of us attend a Chinese Literature lesson.
You may think that Chinese Literature lesson is boring, but this lesson was the opposite. The teacher was very engaging and she let us listen to a Chinese oldie called 在水一方. The song was slow and beautiful, and the teacher made the song as background music while teaching for the rest of the lesson.
More pictures will be uploaded soon.
尽情期待!
-Kee An
我们知道卖火柴的女孩是怎么死的!-Kee An
今天早上我们上了几堂课,例如,中国历史,文化课,化学课,物理课。接着我们到前门去逛街和买衣服。今天的经典是吃狗肉!没错!是狗肉!狗肉比什么肉还好吃。你们应该去试一试。。。接着,我们就回宿舍睡个好觉。
第四天。。。
今天好冷好冷好冷好冷!我们也到北京的动物园去看熊猫。熊猫超级可爱。你知不知道他们每天吃14个小时吗?接着我们到了海洋馆去看鲨鱼,小鱼和大鱼。哈哈! 接着我们去逛街!我们边买便杀价,真爽!接着我就在这里写今天的活动。我希望到北京6个星期后,我的话语会有很大的进步
-samuel
我们终于知道卖火柴的小女孩是怎么死的 [by keean]
发生的事我也不都说了,就看看其他人的文章吧。
shuttlers read this! 训练得怎样?我们三个在这里也很努力的在训练。第三天的早上,我们随同华中的另外两名球员到了学校跳绳。在寒冷的早上行走还真是与众不同。黄老师也拍了几个录相,改天再给大家看吧。
晚上,我们到了附近的室内体育场练球。好久都没打球了!我和weiyue打了一会儿后,有两位北京大学的老师要求和我们打一场球赛。虽然我们俩都打得不怎么好,但两位老师都很积极地教导我们。北京人还蛮友善的:)
北京和新加坡还蛮多分别的。过马路的方式不一样,搭地铁搭巴士的方式也不一样,连点菜的方式也不一样。但我想这也是所谓的‘入乡随俗’吧。
第四天了。天气也开始冷了。好期待下雪!:D
我们终于知道卖火柴的小女孩是怎么死的![by keean]
星期二真好玩. 我们的早餐时在学校外吃的, 价钱有点令我们意想不到. 我们早上有迎新,在校园里走了一大圈!下午吃了午餐后,我们便到动物园商场去买冬衣然后便去喝珍珠奶茶. 纳和新加坡的味道很很很不同,挺好看的. 过后, 我们边区放风筝! 大家买了一个彩虹的风筝. 虽然风很大, 但是我们没有一个人的风筝释放的上的! keean 和 zhicheng 还被一只狗最着跑!真好笑.
星期三! 上了咯! 我们上了历史课, 文学课, 化学课, 物理课. 这里的课满有趣的. 其实只有历史和文学课时本地的老师和我们上的, 其余的两堂可是由华中的老师给我们上的. 下午的时候, 我们吃了午餐后便搭车到北京市规划展览馆去. 我们在那里对北京市有了进一步的了解, 北京好大! 之后,我们便在前门那儿走走. 那里有个正阳门,里面有好多好多小店. 我们还在那里吃了晚餐. 猜猜我们吃了什么? 狗肉! samuel 得好主意! 其实还蛮好吃的. 当然, 我们不支持狗肉, 还有吃其他的菜. 晚上的天气实在冷得有点受不了! 风越刮越大, 在大一点就能把我们吹走了[not so serious =P] 晚上,我们打地铁回学校. 第一次搭北京的地铁, 其实那和新加坡的有点不同. New experience! 回到书社后, 我们有些人在临睡之前还在门口下棋. LOL. Oh ya, samuel 一直在流鼻血. -.-
今天,我们一大清早起身到我们星期二去吃早餐的地方吃早餐, 之后,我们便搭车到动物园去. 我们先去看熊猫! 那些熊猫真可爱. 我们还把一只熊猫投了出来呢! [inside joke] 我们去看狮子老虎但是很可惜没看到北极熊. [inside joke]. 我们还到海洋馆去看鱼. 有很多很多鱼! 有五彩缤纷的, 有凶神恶煞的, 有很老的, 总之有各种不同的就对了. LOL. 海狮和海豚的表演真精彩! 我们看了那些会动的后, 边区看不会动的: 天文台. 虽然那里有点闷, 但有好多东西看. 最经典的是, 当我们在看cinematics 的时候, 刚开始大家还蛮兴奋的, 但过了十分钟之后, 大家都睡着了, 我看了足足笑了几分钟. 经接着, 我们打车到西单去. 我想接下来的应该会有人写吧. 我很懒惰type 了.
再见! (:
Wednesday, December 3, 2008
Day 2...
----- written yangle(state of mood:still ok)
第四天在北京
过后,我们又到了海洋馆。北京海洋馆是世界上最大的水上海洋馆,真是名不虚传,里面的海洋动物色彩斑斓,让我们看得目不转睛。过后,我们还观看了海狮和海豚精彩的表演。。
我们从动物园出来后,便在一家'大锅粥’吃了午餐,然后到了马路对面的北京天文馆。。
to be continued by xuewei..