Reflections on OELP- Day 1&2

Before the trip, I was expecting it to be a fun and enriching one as we could travel to China physically to learn about their culture, heritage, cost of living, and their way of life. We boarded the plane SQ830 and departed for Shanghai. On the plane, the service provided was commendable as the air stewardess provided warm face towels for passengers to freshen up for the flight. In comparison to other budget airlines, they do not provide such services. Next, it was coincidentally my classmates birthday so the crew members prepared a whole birthday cake for him, sang him a birthday song, and even gave him gifts. It sure was unexpected to me, and I thought that it was very thoughtful of them to prepare a cake specially for him. This shows that they had checked each and every passenger's birthday, or maybe if the information is correct, and thus, I feel that they do take a lot of pride and effort in their work. Therefore, it is because of all these that have contributed to Singapore airlines to be one of the world's best airline.

After landing in Shanghai, we had to take a train to Nanjing. Being on a bullet train for the first time, I was feeling pretty excited, but quite nervous at the same time. Turns out, it wasn't as scary as I expected it to be, it was like riding on a MRT train. However, there was something that affected my impression of the train service. We were too slow to get on so the staff rushed us to board the train. It was understandable as they wanted to be on time and there were others waiting for us too, but we were being shouted at, so I felt that it wasn't very pleasant.

The next morning, we went off to Nanjing BoLe School for the school immersion programme. As expected, both staff and students alike were very friendly and all smiles. While interacting with our buddies, it is awkward at times as sometimes we could not understand each other, so we just laugh it off. 

A few observations I made:

-Their desks are a lot smaller than ours

-Good use of technology (Touch screen projector), convenient for teacher and students to scroll through presentation etc.

-Toilets were very different, there were 2 platforms that we had to stand on, there was a pipe for flushing as well (Group flushing system), instead of individual flushing system