Day 6

Our Reflections

"I enjoy going to the Great Wall of China and I don't like to go fruit plucking. It has many mosquitoes. I like the food. The toilet are very dirty but I enjoy it here." ~ Weilu

" I would want to climb the Great Wall of China again." ~ Fiona Chew

"Yesterday, we walked to the very top of the Great Wall of China. We walked to the very top. It was very tiring. After that we went fruit plucking. We went into a peach garden and after we came out, we were very itchy." ~ Emrick Quah

"I find that the training was not as tough as usual. The boys in the gymnasium are only wearing theri brief! Ha, ha, ha! The food that the restaurants served were very delicious. I had bought many Olympic souvenirs. I like the 4th and 5th day the most. I wished that I had brought more money so that I could buy more souvenirs." ~ Josiah Tan

"I don't like the boys in the Beijing gymnasium. They only wear underwear. On Saturday night, Zhuo Yue, Josiah, Emrick and I played pillow fighting. On Sunday, I was happy that my father came to the hotel. We went to the Great Wall of China together. " ~ Mark Lam

"I like going shopping and going to the Wal Mart. I bought Olyumpic souvenirs. I bought Bei Bei, Jing Jing, Huan Huan, Ying Ying and Ni Ni." ~ Zhuo Yue

"I enjoyed the Great Wall of China because some of us walked to the top. I don't really like the tour guide. He keeps talking bla, bla, bla. I love shopping at the Beijing souvenir shop."

~ Faith Zeng

"I like and don't like the fruit plucking!!! What I mean is that I like it because it is fun but I don't like it because I stepped on shit!!!(Not really, but mud) We went to the Great Wall of China and I stopped halfway!!!(so sad) I want to come back to finish the Great Wall of China. I don't care if I have to pitch a tent anywhere at Great Wall of China." ~ Valerie Chua

"I enjoyed the Great Wall of China as some of us went all the way to the top!" ~ Jasmine Koh

Training

We returned to Shi Jing Shan Gymnasium for training. Although the gym was not as clean and impressive as our school's, the children were serious in their training. Even both the teachers and Mrs Jeanie Tan were involved in coaching the children, making sure everyone spent their time there meaningfully.

Temple of Heaven

We felt closer to 'heaven' when we stood on the slab of concrete. It was the same piece of concrete where the emperors stepped on to 'talk' to gods in heaven. We also stood on the particular spot where sound could be echoed back 3 times. The children did our Nanyang Cheer in front of many tourists.

The Nanyang Cheer...









The Guardian Angels for the trip...


















Our 3rd and last shopping spree for this trip - at Ya Xiu. It was our last chance to purchase the Beijing Olympics souvenirs. We bargained and shopped to our hearts' content!



All our children bonded well through the trip. Previously, the boys and girls played separately but towards the end, all of them had fun together. The boys even taught the girls how to do the mushroom turns! It was such a heartwarming sight.







The 'Think Tank' Game