i) Wuhan Botanic Garden
ii) East Lake
iii) Dean's Dinner
iv) KTV @ GuangGu
It's a very long day today...
entrance/some sort of "bumper car"
my partner sk and me! ride on~
a garden of kiwi
After a short trip, we went to the East Lake (a scenic spot in Wuhan)
going into the city of "Chu" {a famous warring state}
see the various gates' doors with different sizes and types?
left: 路门, middle one is for officials and important people; the left and right is for normal citizens. at the far end of each side, there're some smaller ones which is for some of them to pass things.
right: 水门，for the boats to pass through.
东湖 has a total distant of about 60km².
Activities along: water recreational sports/fishing
//the uncle spent his time on fishing patiently from 7am till about 2pm when I was there and had a little conversation with him...
Fishing rod: 13m long/normally caught fishes weighing about 10kg! "IMBA"
The Bazaar:
- water crystal making
- "cosplay" of the legendary clothings
- funfair games
- and many more...
the memorandum of the talents from Chu
It is quite hard to understand the meaning behind these statues
reaching up to catch a performance/this is the flight: 320 of steps
inside the building
off to another district along East Lake: playing the water boats.
look! what are we doing...
The time spent with the water boats are very fun as we had a few boats going around the "semi-lake" with other friends from ME. We combined our boats and row together with our legs. That was the best part when we managed to pass through certain obstacles with moderate difficulty. Although it is a short period of 1hour, but I think it's a good moment when we spent time together collaborating and having fun.
At Evening:
30 over dishes/performance was fun and hype
our table/the black society *haha!
It was a good evening dinning and appreciating the people over there. Especially the performance part where we had the most fun singing and dancing.
At Night:
high class KTV
a very long day...
Reflections:
Today I went to Wuhan Botanic Garden and nearby to East Lake under Moshan and Tingtao Districts. It was a day out for me personally to relax and enjoy the breeze on my own. It wasn't an in-depth learning about the culture in that Botanic garden as it has too much of history back, which is about the East Lake relating to Chu Wang.
However, upon reaching in the night, Mr. An, the Dean of the school, invited us for dinner. Initially I thought it was something very formal and serious. In fact, it was none of that sort, but a warm-hearted treat from the Dean, appreciating and thanking everyone for making this OIP successful.
Apart from that, there are some other activities organized, either planned or impromtu from the locals or fellow students. During then, I've noticed that the Chinese isn't worried about their skills or serious about whether they perform well (of course they want to), but is the "sporting-ness" of one's inner-self that brings something to the audience. Up on the stage, there are some of them who sing and dance, some are good, some are bad, all-in-all everyone was appreciated because it's an appreciating night. In the end, all performers get the warm applauses from the audience! I believed that it is a good night activity that everyone enjoyed to the fullest, until the end of everything.
Personally, from the first day when I met Dean An till now, I think that he's a person who is very "zai" means someone who is firm and steady, especially in the things he do and execute. Assuming from his behaviors towards his family and fellow teachers, I felt that he's a loving and motivating father to his son and a supportive pillar to his friends and acquiantance. Furthermore, I heard from one of the local student that he had cycled around Wuhan in the past (he looked fit). I think that he's someone who will inspire people to achieve further.
