Day Forty-One.

All of us were happy that our trip has already ended and finally we were able to go home. On the other hand, I supposed everyone was feeling a bit reluctant to leave the place. We woke up as early at 0500 to prepare. Initially, we wanted to order KFC but we were all too lazy and decided to go to 堕落街- back alley, to have our breakfast for the last time, in Wuhan. 

Our Room; happening room

The entrance of our hostel

 The path in 堕落街-back alley

Our last time having such cheap breakfast at the back alley

After which, we were instructed to carry our luggage plus all our belongings to the bus at 0800. The process was horrendous, luckily with the help of our student leaders, we were then able to clear our stuff. Otherwise, we would take longer time than expected. Before we go up to the bus, my clique were chatting happily and hugging with, our student leaders but the rest, mostly were crying. As our bus drove off, the China students waved and tears starting rolling down from most of the students' faces. The scene was disheartening. It was such a pity that our student leaders cannot send us to the airport because they had lesson at 0800 plus and there were insufficient seats as well. But they still insisted on sending us off at the school gate, missing part of their lesson; despite their lecturer reminding them there wasn’t a need to send us off. 

The back door of our hostel

The process of moving the baggage up the bus and the mixed feelings everyone had

Our last group photo

On the way to the Wuhan airport

At the airport, upon hearing exceeding 1kg is equals to 110RMB, most of us started to re-pack our stuffs because it was individual check-in. Luckily, we did it fast and managed to check-in everything fast because there were a lot of people started to queue by then. We were given free time till boarding the plane at the Wuhan airport as the flight was delayed for almost an hour and we went to eat noodles which is the only shop selling food there.

Checking in

 

 Free time, while waiting for the flight

The only food restaurant we saw

Clique!

After we reached GuangZhou, we were told to increase our pace as the interval time given was short, and at the same time the situation was chaotic. But when we were at the transit, we then heard that our flight was delayed for two hours due to the need of passengers’ had to re-check in their baggage again. However, we touched down to Singapore with other Ngee Ann students from different courses at 2245 instead of our actual arrival timing 2045. Having the feeling of being homed and everyone started to cheer with joy. This really shows that everyone really misses their family and friends and most importantly, our homeland, Singapore. 

At the transit 

Food we had in both of the planes

SINGAPORE: Our homeland, This is where we belong

Throughout these 41 days we had spent in Wuhan, I had really learnt a lot of valuable knowledge, be it able to apply in my daily lives or applicable to my future. Also, this great opportunity allows me to expose more to the world; from strangers to friends, get out of our comfort zone doing things ourselves independently, to control or gauge our money usage, get to know people of different characters/attitudes and most importantly, being able to build intercultural skill from our cross cultural exchange. All these cannot be found in our textbooks, lecture notes or even on the internet. I believed this fruitful experience definitely will follow me for eternal. Memories shall remain. And this unforgettable trip is ONLY a once a lifetime experience for, we must thanked Ngee Ann Polytechnic for giving us such a golden opportunity. Last but not least, I will strongly encourage students who are hesitating to whether to go for those upcoming overseas immersion trips, to just go for it! After you yourself experience it, you will then know.