Day 30: At Last, The Last Lecture

Yes, its been 30 days since we've arrived in Wuhan, at we have completed our Core Module, Project Management. Impossible, we thought, how to manage 6 months in 5 weeks? Well, we did it. Now, all we have to do is mug well for the exam on 1 November. Urgh.

After lecture, everyone went off to do their own activity, and I went with Joanna, Houng Sheng, Nicholas,and Zhen Zhao to 发源地, the hair salon because they Joanna, Nic and Zhenzhao wanted to do things to their hair. After waiting and pondering for very long, Joanna finally decided on the treatments and styling for her hair, and we waited for the others who also wanted to do a makeover to arrive.

After that, Houngsheng, Nic, Michelle, Diyanah, Eudora and I went to 建设7路 to visit the night market. I was quite excited because unlike everyone else, I had never been there before. However, because of the unrelenting rain, the night market was closed! Instead of shopping, all we got were wet shoes and socks from the many puddles and booby-traps.

But every cloud has a silver lining, and indeed I got my silver lining, because although the night market was closed, I finally had to chance to eat at ...

Yeap, ever since going to YEP in March and seeing the restaurant outlets in Xiamen, I have been very curious, especially since I heard that 豪客来, or Houcaller, is a very famous franchise across China. Indeed the food was good, better than the Greenery Cafe I felt, but unfortunately we forgot to use our discount card when paying the bill. How sad.

Reflection:

Perhaps the sky knows that it is our last lesson here in Wuhan, because it has been raining all day long. Although the rain did put a mild dampener on our moods and activities, I think that it will definitely increase my memories of this day. After 5 weeks, the classroom which we had our lectures and practicals in, where we took our written and practical test in, the water dispenser where we all refilled water from, the elevator which we squeezed into every morning, the flights of stairs where we occasionally had to use to avoid being late, and the 5 to 10minutes walk from our hostel to the classroom block, all these memories have become what defined our legacy, in my opinion. The legacy of MDE 5th OIP Batch, running to class in the first week, running up the stairs when the elevator is full and time is running out. I think I will really miss these 'routines' of ours.