NYP Exchange Program 13 March 2017 - 26 March 2017
Notes for upcoming batch:
1. Reimburse of Payments
2. Hostel Room for Girls Level 3, Boys Level 2
3. School cards with $$ inside given when arrived, use as allowance for food but mostly hot water for showers
4. Muslim students advised to bring enough dry food for 2 weeks, recommended can food or instant noodles
"When my classmates applied for Beijing, i applied for Guangzhou/Hong Kong with 2 close friends of mine. My supposedly roommate didn't get it due to reasons. And i was arranged with someone else. It was honestly something i didn't thought i would actually do and was hestitant throughout the process for the trip. But eventually i overcame the fear and think positive, it would be nice to experience it once in a lifetime, going on an exchange programme trip to China since i would never imagine myself ever stepping foot there ever. The SIT's and SCL's went together for this trip so there were 26 students total. SIT had 16 students and SCL had 10 students & a teacher each. As the only malay student for SIT it was abit of a challenge, i had to make friends with the other group of malay students from SCL and though it was rough at first, i would say it was worth it."
Monday, 13 March 2017 - Day 01/13
5.50am : Check-In luggage @ T3 row 7
6.20am : Group photo
7.30am : Boarding gate
8.20am : Take off
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| Halal food on Plane |
12.30pm : Landed Guangzhou Airport
2.30pm : Bus to Panyu Polytechnic
4pm : Arrival at Panyu Polytechnic
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| Home for the next 10 days |
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| Our Room 304 - Wifi is available (FB/IG/Google/YT are slow due to "The great Firewall of china") I'm a starhub prepaid user and does monthly topups, so i had 9GB with me when i went in and still had 8GB when i left. Even when using own data, connections is still very slow. So be warned, |
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| Split rooms for showering and businesses. Some are combined which can be dangerous when you're showering. |
5.30pm : Welcome Dinner
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| Stated halal servings but if uncomfortable take what you can. They don't provide drinks except for a tea that's tasteless. So bring your own bottle during the dinner! |
6.30pm : Tour around School til 7pm
"The time came, and i was really nervous and excited. Flight no. SQ 850 (4hours flight), service was excellent, not much to say. Had the 2 window seats for myself since my neighbour decided to switch places and it was nice, what else was i to do then to read my ever so ready kindle. LOL. The custom there was packed jam and fairly slow, it took another 2 hours for the whole thing including baggage collection. When we went out, Panyu Polytechnic teacher and rep students were waiting for us. Grabbed some light snacks for the 2hour bus ride and off we went. When we reached the school's hostel it wasnt the same as what was shown during the briefing but the room i got was in excellent shape. Wifi router was exactly in that room and it was bigger then i expected, with a mini fridge, a kettle, free rubber slippers, 2 cup noodles, 2 sinks, a pillow for each bed, and others seen in photo above. Anyways, dinner wasnt that pleasant but no complains there, i was in China. After dinner, we had a short tour around the school and with that day 1 was down."
Tuesday, 14 March 2017 - Day 02/13
9am : Tour around school & Lunch
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| Only HALAL store in the whole school & 15 min walk from Hostel Recommended to try the Dumplings and Fried rice, huge amount of servings. And no, they don't speak english so make sure there's someone to help you order. |
2pm : To Shiqiao MRT
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| Purchase a token from the kiosk as per how you would get in singapore |
2.30pm : Free and Easy shopping at the nearest shopping mall @ Shiqiao station
8.30pm : Gathered at meeting point
9pm: Bus ride back to Panyu Polytechnic
Wednesday, 15 March 2017 - Day 03/13
9am : Chinese Medicine Museum & Lingnan Impression
4pm : Bus ride back to Panyu Polytechnic
Thursday, 16 March 2017 - Day 04/13
9am : Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine
12pm : Bus ride back to Panyu Polytechnic
1pm : Talk in Campus till 4pm
6pm : Cultural Night Exchange Programme till 8pm
"Days down was a never ending tours and outings and industrial visits. We (SIT) didnt plan ahead on what to do for the cultural night exchange and had to have a last minute plan. But on the day itself, it was the most embarassing thing ever for most of us. Its that one thing that you know you/we could have done alot more better if we were more prepared. So what done is done and the programme was a success."
Friday, 17 March 2017 - Day 05/13
9am : Leather Shopping
11am: Lunch @ nearest Halal Restaurant
12am: Accesories Shopping
2pm : Bus ride to Panyu Polytechnic
Saturday, 18 March 2017 - Day 06/13
9am : Visit Guangdong Folk Art Museum
11am : Free time @ Shangxiajiu till 3pm
4pm : Shopping mall like Orchard Road
7pm : Grab dinner @ shopping mall near Shiqiao Station
9pm : Bus ride to Panyu Polytechnic
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"The most tiring day ever. OMG. Be prepared for never ending walkings. 9am - 9pm x| "
Sunday, 19 March 2017 - Day 07/13
FREE TIME! - Bus service 9am & 9pm @ Shiqiao Station (18RMB)
"Bus driver drop us off @ Shiqiao Station and my friends and i went to TeeMall, apparently there wasn't much interesting stuff there. Trust me, too many malls around that area with high standard pricing. But we had to split up since me and another wanted to watch a movie (guess what? Beauty and the Beast! *Screaming) and the others wanted to go back to Shangxiajiu to do more "Shopping". The cinema there was ever the same as Singapore's but for the price it's actually not so bad and there wasn't any digital film so we had to watch it in 3D. I'm not so sure about the other movies there but the one that we watched was in normal English Dub with Chinese Sub, thank god. So the day went by fast and omg just imagine being out the whole day, 9am - 9pm, and with only breakfast and popcorns and starbucks. -sigh "
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Monday, 20 March 2017 - Day 08/13
9am : Piano Pearl River
11am : Lunch
12pm : Industrial Visits
2pm : Bus ride to Panyu Polytechnic
Tuesday, 21 March 2017 - Day 09/13
9am : Leather making lesson
11am : Lunch
1.30pm : Start Leather making
Wednesday, 22 March 2017 - Day 10/13
12pm : Lunch
1.30pm : Continue leather making
Thursday, 23 March 2017 - Day 11/13
Last day @ Panyu Polytechnic
1pm : Celebration and Graduation Ceremony till 3pm
3pm : Free time
Friday, 24 March 2017 - Day 12/13
6am : Bus ride to Speed train station
9am : Train ride
11am : Arrived Hong Kong Station
12pm : Lunch
1pm : Hong Kong Museum till 2pm
2.30pm : Victoria Peak till 4pm
4.30pm : Another place idk till 5pm
Saturday, 25 March 2017 - Day 13/13
FREE TIME!
"Halal breakfast was provided in the hotel and had a last minute plan with the SCL girls to go...
Disneyland! Was impromptu since i wasn't feeling like going shopping anymore, so it was either Disneyland or staying in the hotel for the whole day. But ofcourse when you're overseas you shouldn't ever just stay in the hotel, especially in Hong Kong cause you'll be missing out the fun. Place was huge and magical, with good companies and lots of photos and videos to keep as memory. It was overall the greatest decision i've ever made to go on this trip."
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Sunday, 26 March 2017 - Day 14/14
8am : Breakfast
10am : Checkout
11am : Coach trip to Airport - CheckIn Luggage etc
2pm : In plane
2.20pm : Take off ( 4hour trip)
6.30pm : Landed safely
"Sorry didnt take any pictures on the way back.. ;p Flight no. A380 - 800 , service was not as good as when i went to GZ, the crew was all over the place."
8am : Breakfast
10am : Checkout
11am : Coach trip to Airport - CheckIn Luggage etc
2pm : In plane
2.20pm : Take off ( 4hour trip)
6.30pm : Landed safely
"Sorry didnt take any pictures on the way back.. ;p Flight no. A380 - 800 , service was not as good as when i went to GZ, the crew was all over the place."
