Short Excerpt of Events

We began our day with a wonderful breakfast at the hotel.








May we have scrambled eggs, please?








First stop - Ji Mei School Village

What a scenic place to remember!

That is Mr Tan Kah Kee standing behind us.

While the teacher was telling a story, the two girls stole time to take a photo.

Then it was time for Tea Culture. We went to Dr. Tea for a tea-demonstration.

Queueing up at the Xiamen Airlines' outline.

After checking in our luggage, we took another photo to remember that moment.







Waiting to board the plan.

Finally arrived at the Changi Airport. Cheers!

Baggage collection time.

Parents, pupils and teachers were relieved, tired and happy to see one another. I hope that all of you have benefitted from the trip, in terms of knowledge and skills.






Time to rest... :)

Regards,
Mdm Lim JL
Mrs Chor WM
Mdm Chan AH

We've Landed Safely!

Wow! We've finally made it home. Our parents were waiting patiently at the airport for us. Thanks. :)

I'm uploading the photos for putian6 and putian7 now. It should be done in another 30 minutes' time. (Lots of photos to upload.) Not to worry, the teachers will be issuing a Photo-DVD to each participant which comprises the photos of the entire journey. You should be receiving it when the school reopens.

Get the sets here:

http://www.hwsonline.org/putian6.zip


http://www.hwsonline.org/putian7.zip



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Frankly, as we come to the end of our trip, we're beginning to miss all the kids already. We felt a little sad to return the kids to the parents. We have had such a wonderful time together, learning amidst all the fun.

Although it has been only a week, the time spent together has bonded us further. We're not just teachers and pupils - we're FRIENDS!

On the return trip, some of them fell asleep on board the plane. As I watched them sleep soundly (and drooling), I couldn't help but "sayang" them on their heads, ensuring that their heads don't get knocked against anything. They're really a bunch of TERRIFIC kids and they've made Hong Wen School and Singapore proud!

We miss ALL of YOU!


Regards,
Mdm Lim JL
Mrs Chor WM
Mdm Chan AH

Change in flight information

Dear parents,
Xiamen airlines, MF 855
Arrival time 10.10pm
Terminal 1.

Our Free Day!

As you've probably guessed it, the pictures for Day 6 can be found at

http://www.hwsonline.org/putian6.zip
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Here are our reflections.

From Vanessa:
Today is a sunny day. We woke up very early and went to Gu Lang Yu. We first went into a garden and to the paino museum. We aren't allowed to take pictures there - so sad. How I wish I could take and share the pictures with you. Later, we went to the book store and bought many books. We had fun after that we went to hotel. I like Putian more then Xiamen because I also realise that the pupils there respect the friendship very much. I think I will miss 90% of Putain and 10% of Xiamen.

From Yin Cai:
Today was a fun day. We went to many places such as the paino museum, Gu Lang Yu and the bookstore. Hope to see all of you at the airport. I can't wait.

From Aleka:
I miss Putian! I got many presents from my friends in China. I miss them already. They were were friendly. Good night!

From MalPang:
Today we went to Gu Lang Yu. It is almost like Sentosa and we leant more about their history there. Then we went to the bookstore to buy books - lots of them. There were lots of comics except one.Tomorrow we are coming back to Singpore, so see you at the airport.

From:Ivan Hong
Mummy and Daddy, I am coming back to Singapore tomorrow.I am so glad.....I bought
comics and cost a total of 120 rmb. I also bought sovenirs for all of u.
I am so excited to give you all all the sovenirs.^.^

From JarretNg:
We went to an island by ferry. After that, we went to have our lunch and visited a museum.....Tomorrow we are going back to singapore .... Ifeel like staying here for a few more days=P

From APhua:
Today was a wonderful day as we went to an island by ferry and walked for
a few hours . After that we went for lunch. Then we went to the Ethnic Chinese
Abroad Museum to learn more about the history of Ethnic Chinese there.

From JH:

Hi Mum and Dad,
I am coming back to Singapore tommorow,and I am very very excited to meet you all again.I also bought the 'Beijing Olympic' souvenirs. I am almost broke now. I have left 200 rmb. That's all. Bye Bye!

From TanKH:
Today is a very fun day. We went to Gu Lang Yu by ferry. I felt happy. See you tomorow.

From TingWei:
Hi Mum and Dad,
We went to Gu Lang Yu today. It was fun going there. We visited the piano museum. We also went to Sing Hua Bookstore to buy books. I bought comics. See you tomorrow night!

From T. Ong:
It was quite fun at the starting but until I saw how they behave and they just like to cut queue...On the day of arrival in Putian, we slept at very late. The best is that we get to shop at much as we want. I really like the shop here as the things are so cheap.I really enjoyed the time there. If by any chance I would also like to come here again. Dad and Mum I really hope you will like the gifts that I've bought for you.

From Rachel:
Today was fun as we sat the river boat here to get to Gulang Island. When we were there, the scenery there was beautiful. After lot of sight-seeing, we went to the piano museum there. We canno take pictures because of some rules. Two of the staff there played the piano gracefully. After lunch, we went back to the hotel to get some rest before setting off to Xinhua Bookstore. After everything, we went back to the hotel to prepare for tomorrow.

From Felicia:
Today we were at Xiamen. Xiamen looks same as Putian. We went to Gulang Island and went to the piano museum. It was the herritage centre of Gulang island. The staff there played the piano gracefully. It was fun here.

From Yi Ling:
today is a vey fun day . We sat a ferry to the Gu lang Yu and the trip there is very shaky. We went to the piano museum and the two staff played the piano which had a beautiful tone. Tooo bad I cannot take picture due to some reasons!! I enjoy the trip vey much there ..... Tomorrow I'll be going back to singapore !!! Yay!! but I also miss China because I am used to the conditions in there!!!

From Yue Lin:
Today I learnt about Gu Lang Yu. I had a happy time there.

From Anzi:
TODAY I WENT to the XINHUA BOOKSTORE to BUY BOOKS for myself and two cookbooks for Mummy!

From Aleka:
We went to Xiamen”s Sentosa. A few hours later, we had lunch and went shopping at the book shop and bought souvenirs.
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Regards,
Mdm Lim JL
Mrs Chor WM
Mdm Chan AH

Yet Another Eventful Day... Smiile!

Dear all,

The whole set of today's photos can be found at

http://www.hwsonline.org/putian5.zip

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Here's a summary of today's events:

(Lesson time)

We attended lessons at the Putian School this morning. P.E. was especially fun. Our pupils tried skipping together with their buddies from Putian School. Some of them had lessons in Chinese Painting.

While the pupils attended lessons, the teachers had some time to interact further with the teachers from the school. We exchanged information about our education systems in both countries and shared with them how we motivate pupils to read English and Chinese books.

When it was time to leave, the pupils from Putian showered us with their warm wishes and farewell gifts.

Our pupils were like SUPERSTARS! They had so many fans and spent time signing “autographs” and exchanging contact details.

Even the teachers from both schools had become friends over the four days of interaction.

Look! Our friends from Putian sending us off.

Wow! What a harvest! We only prepared keychains for them but received such huge presents in return. How are we going to bring them back home?

The girls from both schools met again along the road and those from Putian School were still sobbing because we were leaving them. They gave one another one last hug. We really really had to leave. It was such a touching moment for all of us.

Mummies and Daddies, please do not get angry. We had our lunch at DICO’s fastfood restaurant today. We had been having meals at Chinese restaurants for the past four days and we thought that it would be refreshing for the pupils to try something different today.As you can see, each and every one enjoyed his/her meal to the last morsel.

At the Xishan Wushu School, Jarret was invited to perform his Wu Duan Nan Quan for the audience, comprising pupils and trainers of the school and pupils from Poi Ching Primary School. Wow! Our future Jet Li of Singapore!

An exchange of tokens between the two aspiring Wushu experts.

At last, we have reached Xiamen. The kids have had a long day and all ready to rest for the night.

Tomorrow is the day for sight-seeing and we're looking forward to visit the bookshop.

Keep in touch!

Regards,
Mdm Lim JL
Mrs Chor WM
Mdm Chan AH

A Snippet of our Performance

Dear Parents,

Here's a treat for you - a short performance by the kids. They sang confidently although they had only rehearsed a few times. They were simply a delightful bunch and the audience liked their singing.

Today's pictures (and the video-clip) can be found at
http://www.hwsonline.org/putian4.zip

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Tomorrow, we'll be attending lessons at Putian School again before going to Fuqing Xishan School. We will be travelling to Xiamen in the evening and checking into another hotel late again. So if you do not hear from us, do not be alarmed.

I am not sure if we will be able to get any internet access there - I will ask and if it is not too late (or you see me online).

At Xiamen, we'll be visiting places of interests and of course, the book-shop. (The kids' luggages are already so full that I doubt they can squeeze in anymore things.)

Anyway, enjoy the pictures.

Regards,
Mdm Lim JL
Mrs Chor WM
Mdm Chan AH