Day 2
In the morning, it was freezing cold. We realised we didn’t turned on the heater! How foolish are we.
We reported at the gate at 0900hrs. Meeting Mr Wee, other travel mates and Ms Wang, teacher from WIT and also our guide for the trip. Ms Wang brought us to purchase our China phone card so that everybody is accessible to their family back in Singapore. However, only a few of us purchased it.
Ms Wang then brought us to have our breakfast. We went to the food market opposite of our school. My friends and I see this stall which sells Dry and Spicy Noodles and had a long queue. Being typical Singaporeans, we decided to go for the safer choice and queued for it too!
The portion was huge! In the bowl, it has noodles, spring onions & Sauce. It cost us 2.5 RMB approximately S$0.60. It was delicious, dry & super spicy. We enjoyed our breakfast and made our way to our lecture hall to get familiarise with the way.
On the way to the lecture room, me and friends we chatting about why when we say thank you to some china people, their face will turn hostile. We were wondering throughout the walk to the lecture room. And came out with an idea, we decided to observe the locals and learn what we should and should not do.
At 11am, Ms Wang then brought us to Carrefour. We took the public bus. Bus stops were located close to each other. Which I had no idea why. Each bus stop would only take 3 minutes to reach. In the bus, it had a speaker which would tell us which stop we are in. It’s the speaker which we always hear in Singapore’s MRT.
Upon arrival, Mr Wee gave us 3 hours to do our shopping for necessities and assemble at the ground floor. In Carrefour, imported goods had almost the same price as Singapore goods, only slightly cheaper. However, goods made in China were cheap as hell. We bought loads of stuff from food to washing powders.
Hearing that Macdonalds in China are delicious, we headed to there for high tea. The food there, were slightly cheaper, probably S$2 cheaper than what we have in Singpore. Me, being not every supportive of Macdonalds food, had only fries so I do not know how they fare.
We then headed back to our hostel at 4 pm. We settled down, get everything done. The clock hit 7 pm quickly and it was time for dinner.
We headed down to a restaurant; we ordered something like 8 dishes. Mr Wee insist that we should not order fish as it have a smelly smell to it. When the food arrived, almost every dish has blackwood fungus in it. Probably, the country, have abundance of it. I also realise, the country only uses chilli powder and do not have chilli sauce. They only sauce they have are tomato sauce, BBQ sauce, etc, but not chilli sauce. The dish that left a lasting impression on me was the dish which had loads of chilli in it. The chilli is short and fat which we don’t see in Singapore. In that dish, the chilli is mixed with small pieces of chicken. The chicken is fried in a way that it absorbs the chilli oil. I picked one piece and put into my mouth. It was super spicy until the after effect of the spiciness can be felt with the pricking feeling on the tongue. I picked up my tea and tried to wash the chilli off, but it got worse.
After the sumptuous meal, we foot our bill. We were shocked at how much everything would cost. It was only 265 RMB. In Singapore, we probably won’t even get S$265 for what we ordered. It was Mr Wee’s treat that meal.
We walked back, feeling delighted that we had so much good food with so little money.
Reaching the hostel, we were all tired and turned in.
P.S Pardon my English, I’m super fatigue to think already =)
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