Today’s the day where I can’t be a princess at home anymore and learn how to suffer in a foreign land. I don’t know why I chose to sign up for this program initially, but now that I’m here I promise to make full use of the time here to study, explore and to learn their culture here.
We reached change airport at 5 a.m and only arrived in Wuhan University at around 11pm. There, we had our dinner but I wasn’t used to the food. It wasn’t really to my liking – it was very oily and they have this weird spice! So after dinner we went to our room and had a shock of our lifes. Our bed was very hard though it looks very comfortable. Looks are decieving. The bed was like only a wooden block of wood with bedsheet over it! And our toilet was so small that we only had one spot to stand when we bathe lest we will fall inside the toilet bowl. The line to hang our clothes was rusty. Everything was just not how bad what we had imagined it to be – it seemed worst.
Water supply was also limited as we had no bottle of water and no kettle in the room. We were so thirsty and hungry during bedtime. Plus we also had no internet and no calling cards to contact our parents telling them we’re safe, knowing that they’re all waiting in Singapore to know about my safety. It was simply a horrible feeling.
My lecturer always tells us, “In a foreign land, we cannot always expect things to be the same and to have what we want.” Frustrating. But we just had to get used to it.
Today's just Day 1. Life will definetely get better when i get used to it.
