Apr 5, 2010

Me & my trolley of stuff

Today we had lessons at 9am. It is a revision lesson to prepare us for our exams when we return to singapore. We went through a past year paper 2009 in class and Miss Neo went through the answers with us. We are supposed to do year 2010 paper but we most of us wish to leave it to the week before exam so as to refresh our memory of the module. Thus, we all decided not to return in the noon to go through another paper. My bunk mates decided to go to Walmart at 徐东路, 销品茂 to get some tibits and goodies to bring back to singapore. We bought a trolley full of stuff and my bill came up to RMB$221.70. We asked the service counter staff to help us pack our stuff into cardboard boxes so that it is easy to check in when we are going back to singapore. We were given very bad attitude from the staff who helped us packed our stuff. They served us with a black face, squeezed our stuff and even did not listen to our instructions to stick more tape at the opening or our stuff may fall out due to the heavy weight. After that we carried our stuff to a taxi stand to try get a cab back to our dorms. Many taxi drivers did not want to fetch us as they saw so many boxes of our stuff. We finally found a cabby who is willing to fetch us and our cab fare came up to RMB$18. We had a hard time carrying the stuff back to the bunk and i wonder how are we going to manage when we return back to singapore.

Personal Reflection:

I learnt about patience today when we could not find a cab driver who is willing to fetch us back to our campus. As it is getting quite late and we are at a country where we are unfamiliar with the place, i started to panic whether will we ever get a cab back to our hostel. I start to get impatient and kept strolling around. My group's project work also need some editing work before our presentation tomorrow so i was worried whether we may be able to get back in time. We finally got a cab who is willing to fetch us.

What I bought for to bring back to singapore

The stuff we bought packed into boxes