:: 1st update of 2008 ::

Hey all Kemingnites who are going to China this year.

Please keep your eyes glued here for updates.

Remember.. GLUE your here!

Participants' Journal Entries (8th June, Friday)

I am so excited today. We are going to do paper cutting again. We will also be having barbeque tonight!!! Wow! I am as happy as a lark but the thought of leaving my buddy and the school saddens me.

Jie Qin

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I got the autographs of all my classmates today. I feel sad to leave them especially my buddy as I may not see them again.

Farkhanda

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So sad! Today is the last day with my buddy. I can’t bear to leave her. I can still remember the day her father drove us back to school after the home stay. In the car, my buddy’s sister hugged me and refused to let me get off the car. At last, I got off the car. She cried. Her name is Mandy. She is very adorable. I will miss her.

Ada Soh

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Good news! I’m going home! I will get to see my parents in two days’ time. I can’t wait to go home. I’m sure my mother will be happy. I am going to give my parents the presents that I bought for them.

Jie Sheng

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I can’t wait to go home. I am homesick. I miss my family. How I wish I am on my way back to Singapore now.

Jonathan

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I miss my mother very much and I hope my buddy will not forget me.

Yi Jie

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I feel good that I will be going back to Singapore but I also feel bad as I will miss my new friends and their smiles. I really wish that I can go to my buddy’s house for home stay again.

Luo Meng

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We had a barbeque tonight. It was enjoyable. The food was tasty. I’m sad that I will be leaving this place soon. I will have to pack my luggage and get ready for home.

Crystal

Participants' Journal Entries (7th June, Thursday)

I visited ‘Liang Yuan’ (the old house of a family with the surname ‘Liang’ in the old days ) and ‘Zu Miao’ (Ancestral Temple) today. It was fun! I learnt about the Chinese culture and how the Chinese lived in the past.

Chang Hwan

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Today, we still had lessons in the morning. In the afternoon, we had a half-day tour. From the tour, I discovered that Huang Feihong, the hero of Foshan, had four wives.

Su Ning

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My class enjoyed the music lesson today. The music lesson is conducted in Chinese. We listened to ‘ting mama de hua’ by Jay Chou. He is my idol.

Guangzhi

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I learnt more about ‘Huang Feihong’ at the Ancestral Temple during the tour. He had four wives and he died of illness.

Han Jie

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Today, we went on a tour again. It was really fun! I found out that all tour guides are very friendly and nice. When I asked my tour guide to lend me her flag, she lent it to me without hesitation. Wow! So I played with the flag and pretended to lead the tour group.

Glenn

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I went to the temple today. I did not manage to find the chewing gums or bubble gums that I wanted so I bought a snack. There were beggars outside the temple. I thought beggars should be walking slowly, unlike energetic children. I did not give them any money. I don’t think they need it.

Wei Song

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I wanted to buy the mouthwatering ‘dragonbeard sweet’ but it was out of stock. So unlucky! My family will surely be disappointed as they won’t get to taste it. L

Jia Jun

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My teacher, Mdm Jin, conducted a psychology lesson for us today. We played ‘a mute and a blind man’ game. I was the blind man and my buddy was the mute. We were the guinea pigs and we needed to crawl under the tables and walk on chairs. In the end, I bumped into many things. Many people laughed including myself. I have learnt that we should care for the blind.

Zhi Yong

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We watched a movie ‘Hua Mu Lan’ tonight. It was funny but a little scary. After the movie appreciation, I went to the canteen for supper. It was delicious and nice.

Adeline

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Over here, the English lesson is some times conducted in Chinese. It is a mixture of English and Chinese. It is different from our English class in Singapore.

Tee Tiong

Miss Ng, those reflections and those games

3 of us have been spending our nights going through our pupils' reflections. Miss Hing especially has been burning the midnight oil to amend and type out the reflections so that we can post them on the blog. Hope her panda eyes recover when we go back next week. I think she 's going to lose weight in this trip (don't need to go to Marie france, haha!).

Guess me and Mr Ho are more sportive. We have established a very good bonding with teachers here through ball games like basketball and badminton. But i prefer to play with pupils (due to my standard, hehe...). I had a basketball game with our pupils yesterday. Wah, Glenn Tan was very swift in his action, Chang Kwan kept grabbing the ball from me...

Millions of thanks to Miss Xiao Wei. She has been of great help to us all this while in blog construction and maintainence. Really, we are lucky to have such colleague who's willing to spend time for extra work during holiday. Thanks Xiao Wei!

Participants' Journal Entries (6th June, Wednesday)

I think all our hard work and effort put into preparing for the performance paid off quite well. Generally, I would say that we enjoyed it. Hooray! The games were interesting. My cute little P4, nine-year-old friend was there too. We have arranged a time for her to write an autograph for me tomorrow. Daddy, Mummy, Spottie and so on…, I will be back in four days’ time. Yippee!!!

Yee Shuin

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Today, our English lesson was conducted by a new American teacher. He is more handsome than Mr Ho. We used our English textbooks for the first time. There were comics in the books. I raised my hands to read the dialogue aloud. The teacher was surprised. He praised me and said that I was very brave. I really love English class.

Dong Hee

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Today was an exciting and embarrassing day for me! There was a special performance. Luo Meng, Glenn, Brendan and I had to do a presentation on Singapore (culture, costumes, food and places of interest) to the Shimen students. Then, we sang ‘Top of the World’ and ‘Rasa Sayang’. I had to scream as the other students’ voices were not as loud. After that, Jie Sheng, Brendan, Glenn and I performed Wushu. I made a mistake when turning. It was embarrassing. That was indeed a memorable experience.

Yu Jia

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We had a special performance put up by us as well as the Shimen students today. We sang two songs, ‘Top of the World’ and ‘Rasa Sayang’. We also put up a Malay dance item. It was quite messy though but I just laughed it out. J I enjoyed the Latin Dance put up by Shimen students most.

Farhanah

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Despite being nervous, I did wushu for the performance. It was extremely enjoyable. I wish I would experience something like that again.

Brendan

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I had a lesson on Chinese history and literature. I have learnt some good phrases from a Tang poem (from Tang dynasty).

Jing Chao

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Yahoo!!! The performance was over! What a relief! Even though I miss my parents, I do not wish to go back. I mean I do not want to leave my buddy here in China. I will miss her always.

Dong Ho