Day 18 9-30

We had lesson on Friday (30 Sept). During Advanced Chinese lesson we learnt more on Chinese History and it's culture by learning two poems. Here we see Jonavan and Cheng Hao reciting and performing the poem 关雎 for us.

For our E-commerce lessons, we delved into learning on the development from Web 1.0 to 4.0 and also the various social media platforms that were used in the various countries that the international students reside in.

After that we had dinner @ the beef noodle and rice place. 

Beef noodle and Rice

Before heading out to watch a movie together with our student volunteers. It was a famous Chinese novel which was then adapted to be put up on the big screen. The Cinema was huge and spacious, it was three-quarters filled. The movie lasted for 2 hours and had mixed reviews amongst ourselves but i personally enjoyed it.

Beijing Railway Station located beside the Cinema

We head back to the hostel after the movie for a quick nap before heading out early and went for the China National Day Flag Raising Ceremony on the 1st of October. It was very packed by the time we got there but we managed to find decent spots to take videos of this significant ceremony.

After an hour wait, at 6:08am the ceremony begun. It was solemn as everyone stood with phones out to capture this significant ceremony as well. It was really calm and peaceful as the cool wind blew across the flag and the Chinese nationals sang their national anthem deep in their hearts. 

Army personnel stationed to protect and maintain security

The ceremony ended at around 6:15am signified by the releasing of doves into the sky. After that we made our way back from the crowd which was a terrible squeeze but we made it back and caught up on sleep. 

Here's the fast forward version with very bad quality because internet is bad around here.