Day 27 and 28 (30th and 31st March)

Day 27:

Lesson was pushed back till 10A.M. However, still woke up early. Went back to the cultural village early in the morning with Jia He and Zhi Hui to look for Zhi Hui's glasses. Sad to say, he lost his glasses yesterday night during the BBQ.

After searching for around 10 minutes, we finally found his glasses. It was lying somewhere near the BBQ and it was weird that none of us spotted it even though we were pacing around that area. Luckily, no one stepped on the glasses.

Went to eat breakfast at canteen 1. Ate something like glutinous rice. I ate only 1 bowl and I felt so bloated up. After breakfast, went for lessons. The same old story continues...APPG lessons, getting stuck with programming codes blah blah blah..Then afternoon lesson again..same old story continues...

After lessons, went back to dorm. Chewy, Zhi Hui, Sebby and Satish went to play ping pong. I stayed behind as I had to do my laundry. While doing laundry, Dave was making frequent visits to the other toilet in our dorm. He sounded as if he was vomitting and he looked quite sick. I asked him whether he was alright, but no reply. Guess he was too sick to reply. Not long after that, Chewy and Zhi Hui came back. Dave's condition worsened, so we called Mr Chua and Mr Ma. Soon, they arrived at our dorm and we brought Dave to the hospital beside the school campus.

Poor Dave. He had to take a blood test and had an injection. The blood test revealed that he got food poisoning. We thought that after we could go back after the injection. However, that was not the end. Dave still got to be put on drip. FOUR BOTTLES glucose. We accompanied him until around 3 hours later then he was 'discharged' from the hospital. While waiting for him, we were talking to a Chinese man, who kept asking about Singapore. I guess this is called interaction as well ?

The standard of the hospital is quite different as compared to Singapore's hospital. For example, doctor consultation is conducted in a room where other patients and outsiders can enter freely. How can the patients have PRIVACY ?The staff there is not so friendly and polite. For example, when Dave was feeling cold, we asked the nurse whether she could help turn on the heater. She looked at us and said in Chinese, " What for ? The weather is not so cold. How can he feel cold when he's under a blanket." After that, she gave us a dull face and walked off.

Four bottles of glucose drip.

Dave feeling really sick.

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Day 28:

The usual day today. Had APPG lessons...... Was working on my project during lesson. Was so frustrated because my program cannot run smoothly. Got to delete my codes here and there and add different codes here and there.

Went to Hua Tai Street for dinner again with the usual peeps. Ate the Tang Yuan. Did I mention that the tang yuans are actually quite tasty that I had been eating them for 3 straight days!! I think the tang yuan taste gave me a feeling of home. I'm so missing Singapore now!

Oh. Something to talk about today. I don't know whether it's a culture for the Chinese drivers to keep honking as they drove down the road. While eating my dinner, cars and trucks that drove past were relentlessly using their horns. IT WAS SO NOISY.