14th Oct - Day 31

Industrial park visit. Got a feel of how big China is with the fact that 1/6 of the industrial park is already as big as our Shenton Way! It was interesting to see all the building structures and get to know their design concept and how they manage their buildings. Very useful for REB students as we might be property managers in future. Also, we went to take a look at their residential area. All I could say is that their middle class and high-end estates are really luxurious. Their HDB is our Condominium and their Bungalow is our Villa. What a luxury can that be? How I wish the buildings are in Singapore as their price for purchase is really affordable! We even joked with Mr Satha to buy a unit so that we can have chalet in China during our holiday!

And, due to the high believe in Fengshui in China, their estate layout is very interesting. As Chinese has a Chinese believe that there is a Chinese immortal that lives in a bottle – in Chinese it’s called 葫芦 and so their estate layout is designed with a narrow entrance and as it proceeds, the buildings are arranged round to shape like a Chinese bottle. They believe that with these, the people who lives in the estate will have longevity and live a healthy life.

Got back to hostel and had dinner before going for the farewell party that the local students from the school of IT prepared for us. Jerry and Wen Zhan arrived at our hostel to bring us to the classroom where the party was to be held. They decorated the whole classroom and gave us a very warm welcome. So happy and excited!

I helped to translate what Jim said and we had lots of fun and laughter! There were games and singing and everyone were contented! It left us with a memorable night and stay in Wuhan!