We visited 光谷 for the last time today. I must say that it is the shopping centre we visited most throughout our stay in Wuhan. Had our lunch at Ajisen. It has much cheaper prices compared to Singapore and the taste is great!


After lunch, we proceeded on to shopping! Left with not much money, I was once again very careful with what I bought. Got an Adidas shirt and some gifts for my friends. In the evening, we decided to visit the Night Market for our last dinner in Wuhan. I ordered fried rice and it still tastes great!


Tomorrow is the day we are leaving Wuhan for our hometown, Singapore after 6 weeks!


We decided to visit a place near 黄鹤楼 (Yellow Crane Tower) named as 首义路 for some shopping! Gathered early to board our chartered van which cost us 80 yuan to reach the place which borders 武昌. Upon reaching, we went to 首义园小吃街 for our brunch. The food here tasted great when we came here last time so we decided to come here to have our meal again. I bought pig blood and century egg porridge at a stall which is near to the end of the street. When collecting my porridge, there was a waitress who carried the porridge all the way from the stall to my seat which is almost nearing the other end of the street. I was quite shocked to see this as this rarely happen in Singapore.




Our last lesson at Room 407, Foreign Language School today. This marks the end of the climbing of the 135 steps of stairs up to the classroom every time we have lessons. It’s a dreaded part but it will definitely leave a memory in us. Our task for today is also simple, Assignment 3 Presentation. I can say that this is one of the very few times I am presenting without any powerpoint slides and this can be very difficult as you have to know what to say at the back of your mind.


After the lesson, I went to 光谷街 alone to look for my 2 Wuhan friends, Charlotte and Ya Nan. This might be the last time I am meeting them before going back to Singapore so I cherish this chance a lot. Decided to take a cab there to save time. It was difficult to hail a cab along the roadside and when I got onto the cab it’s a journey of endless “stunts” again. There was once this mega 18 wheeler truck was less than a metre away from us and it made me thought that we would collide anytime.


Had our dinner and walked around the shopping trying to get some stuffs for my friends. My money is draining out! More gifts to be bought in the last few days. Finally, we ended our shopping trip at about 8pm and I embarked on my journey back to the hostel, wondering if I will be able to meet them again… Someday, somehow.

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While waiting for the cab, I saw a local writing National Day messages for the country although national day is over. We can see how patriotic the Chinese are compared to Singapore when most of the people do not care when NDP is over and some only treats it as a holiday.




It’s yet another day of me staying in the bunk as I am still sick! The others decided to visit another mall today known as 群光广场 but I decided to stay in the bunk since I am too unwell to get out. Stayed in the bunk for the whole day to watch some videos while resting.

Moral of the story: DO NOT GET SICK WHILE OVERSEAS!


It was a stay-in day for us to do our assignment 3. Therefore, we discussed about the whole assignment and completed it within the day. Had lunch and continued with our assignment. Not forgetting, we give ourselves a little break to have the energy to go on. After dinner, I discovered that my throat has inflammation. It was not really obvious until this time when my throat starts to hurt and bothering me. Decided to rest early so that I can get well soon. It’s not fun to be overseas for such a long time and getting sick a few days before returning home.


Another of our countless visits to 光谷街. We decided to take the van service that our friend found out about to the place as it only cost us 30 yuan for 10 people. However, the bad point is that we have to squeeze into the van, which was quite fun but uncomfortable! The driver really shocked us by the “stunt” he made before picking us up.

Had our lunch at an eatery which serves awful food but a thing to compliment is that their soup is quite nice. We walked around the shopping and I found a clock which is quite nice. It is a wooden block with digits appearing but it is just a flat surface with nothing popping out. I have seen my friend’s clock and I was tempted to buy it too. It not only shows the time but also the date and temperature and it also comes with an alarm clock which I think is ineffective in waking me up! Had our dinner at MacDonalds and headed back to our hostel in the van again.