DAY24 Tuesday 12th of May 2009

The day started off with InTech lecture about concrete construction and detailing. We then had our daily 3D MAX tricks lesson, learning how to create volumetric lightings in a space, to spice up the ambience. As usual, feeling hungry every seconds and minutes in Dalian, it was lunch time!!! My metaphor of being hungry here in Dalian, [A hungry man is a crazy man] or I can say I will go crazy if I continue to starve badly. Just hope that I will not gain as much weight as I should. =X HEHEHE I got to try curry chicken rice, Korean style. It was not bad I can say.


We had fried rice and home made soup for dinner. Home made soup refers to seaweed and egg flower soup which I think really tastes like ‘back home’. Very nice! After which, I played a sport which I have not played for a very long time, BADMINTON. I was at very unfamiliar hands in the beginning, I mean I could not manage to hit the shuttle cork, ya. But, after awhile, I found my hands back! LOL the badminton racket and shuttle cork were in good hands. We were like running around to hit the shuttle cork, whereas the local students were at an almost fix position, playing like a pro. It was really fun and brought back school days memories too.

DAY23 Monday 11th of May 2009

Today embarks on the fourth week we are here in Dalian. I guess the Han Liu is still tagging along with us. It was still feeling cold in the morning. We had 3D MAX lesson about how to create three dimensional surfaces by using displace tool and how to cut complicated surfaces.

Afternoon, we had GEMS, taught by a new lecturer. His name is Piao Hefu, an Economics Professor under DPU’s School of Management and Social Science. He is a Korean Chinese and I guess he studied overseas before. So, he English is much better and easier to understand. He talked a lot about China’s economy then and now. He also showed us two videos about China. Quite interesting I can say. We got to know more about China and how people of China want the world to think and look at them.

After GEMS, it was 4 pm. The scenery out there was so misty and when we went out,[brrr], it was cold because of the cold wind.

Dinner was good with egg fried rice that isn't that salty, Ma La Soup and Gong Bao Ji Ting.

DAY22 Sunday 10th of May 2009

Yesterday and today’s weather has been rainy and cold. The change in weather here in Dalian is very drastic, Friday was very hot and Saturday it turned very cold and wet. The temperature in the day actually dropped from about 25 Degree Celsius to 13 Degree Celsius. The receptionist told us it is the Han Liu that causes this weather. Raining means no mood to go out at all. We wanted to go to Xing Hai Square and Lao Hu Tan [Tiger Beach] but, it’s raining and cold and misty. So, we decided to stay in to do work and probably go out next weekend. Hopefully next weekend’s weather will be good and that our room’s Teru Teru Bozu will work. [With the addition of ChewYin’s BIG Teru Teru Bozu] =D

Jia Min and I did some work over the weekend. Sketches, models and more ideas.

After lunch today, JiaMin and Sharon went to cut hair. Whoo… Sharon trimmed her hair and JiaMin decided to change a new look, new hair style.


Today is Mother’s day!!!!!!! Mummy!!!!!!! Happy Mother’s Day!!!! I love you so so so much!!! MUACKS ^. ^ And I miss everybody back home so so much!!!!! I miss my family….miss my bed….miss my mum’s cooking so so much!!!

HAPPY MOTHER"S DAY MUMMY!! LOVE YA <3>

DAY21 Saturday 9th of May 2009

Rain…Rain…Rain...cold…cold…cold…misty…misty…misty……..
We stayed in do work instead of going out.

Morning was raining but when about noon it stopped. We then went out to have lunch. I had egg plant and fish rice. It was salty but salty. =X And I could not differentiate which is egg plant, which is fish cause they were all soft and ya. =XX

When we finished, it was raining outside. -.- we didn’t bring umbrella [very stupid] So, we walked back quickly in the shower.

As it was still very cold outside, we decided to cook and eat in. we had instant noodles cooked with chicken and mushroom soup.

ChewYin and Jonathan decided to go out and buy fruits back. They bought strawberries, bananas and mangos which are fairly cheap here. ChewYin then tried out the new style of eating mango that she has never done before. They were like art pieces. =D

I guess due to consuming too much fruits at a go, most of us experience stomach ache and eventually went to the toilet. [Too much fibre!] =X

DAY20 Friday 8th May 2009

Today was considered an exciting and adventurous day. Chewyin, Jonathan, Jiamin, Anglia and I went to explore the hill top behind DPU’s library, hoping to find a spot whereby we can have a great view of Dalian Airport. We found more than a spot. We found a truly high and nice hill top to view quite a bit of Dalian. But this was achieved after much walking up steep slopes and climbing up high walls. The hill top whereby we can view Dalian Airport has quite a bit of bees and they are huge bees. But they didn’t harm us. We managed to catch 2 airplanes take off. This place is truly an amazing place at DPU which we venture into.

We were already at the other part of DPU campus. So, we decided to explore this part of the campus. We found more cool places. It is very different from our part of campus.

DAY19 Thursday 7th May 2009

It’s interim review again. Jiamin and I got to present our ideas again. This time round, we got down to more details on the design and space planning. We got to get more ideas and link to our concept of the project.

Afternoon, we had a design talk by a professor from Dalian Polytechnic University, School of Design. Although it was a long talk and having myself fall asleep a few times due to working late yesterday night, it was still quite an interesting talk.

DAY17 Tuesday 5th May 2009

Today is yet another day of lecture. We had InTech lecture in the morning, about metal construction and detailing. We got to watch a video about steel from National Geographic. It was quite an interesting and enriching video. We were supposed to have GEMS lesson in the afternoon but it was cancelled. So, we had our free time in the afternoon after lunch. Some of us decided to work in the class studio. It has been 17 days since we first touched down on Dalian, China. 35 more days to go before we can take off again and land on our beautiful homeland, Singapore. Jamie!! Endure!! It’s just 35 more days!