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Monday, September 7, 2009, 9:20 AM
Day 7Lesson starts
Haha. What can I say? The walking distance from our hostel to the classroom is quite far away from one another. I remember myself complaining about the steepness of the NP 'hill' to block 50. However, 一山比一山高. This is surely way too horrible than the NP 'hill'. 
There are 2 ways to reach there:
First, the staircase method. This method takes a shorter distance, but it is the walking up of the stairs that is very tiring. These steps seems like never-ending and for every steps I made, bigger steps are required.
Second, the slope method. Although I never tried it before, this method seems to be less tiring but it might cover a longer distance to travel.
In conclusion, no matter what method I take, I am sure that by the time I reach the classroom, I will be panting and sweating like nobody business. 
We had our first Business Process Engineering lesson conducted by Mr Loh. This classroom is super "zai" as there is totally no air-con and whiteboard. Instead, we opened the window for more flowing air and Mr Loh uses the whiteboard for illustration of the uses of the Flexsim software.
 Mr Loh (teaching-in-process)Credit: Taken by Xanier
At around 2pm, all of us went to the WUST School of Information Engineering and School of Life Science to explore.
 A long way to go!**P.S: IDK why these people can wear until so fanciful, carry their books on one hand and umbrella on the other hand without sweating like hell!Credit: Taken by Xanier
 Picture taken at the School of Information EngineeringCredit: Taken by Xanier
 Picture taken at the School of Life ScienceCredit: Taken by Xanier
Reflections
Now then I realised that we are so well-pampered in a good and conducive studying environment with air-conditioned classrooms and whiteboard provided by the school. Who says walking up the NP 'hill' is tiring? Walking around the big campus under the hot and dry temperature is even worse. I remembered my primary school teacher using chalkboard for teaching, and ever since primary 4 onwards, I never ever imagine myself having lessons with teachers using chalkboard again.
And during the tour around the different campus facilities, I saw that almost every door has its own "封条".
 Eshlyn with the "封条"Credit: Taken by Alvin
After asking, I found out that the use of these "封条" allows the staff and students to know whether is there anyone had been into the classrooms. In addition, should there be any losses or stolen items, one could easily notice it. Yet in Singapore, one would not be able to see these kind of "封条" stick onto every doors. "封条" is not really required here because of the higher level of security [e.g. frequent police patrol around the neighborhood], technology advancement [e.g. CISCO 24 hour surveillance camera] and proper governance. And because of that, in my opinion, I feel that Singaporeans do not feel so much suspicious about getting their things stolen or lost, i.e. students leaving their laptops unattended in schools. Thus, these people will also tend to take the safeness of their things for granted. Quoted from the Singapore Police Force message, "Low crime doesn't mean no crime". This suggests to us that we should also do our part to make our city safe to live in, not just depending on the government.
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