Day 16- Industrial Visit and OIE Presentation

Last night, there was no tap water! And it was only at about 11.30pm when the MDE people told me that I could get water from the 4th floor girls toilet. Because YF was sleeping and Carol was still doing her project, I had to get the water myself. And because it's so late at night, the temperature is really low. Morever, I was just wearing T-shirt, shorts and slippers. Walking down the stairs in the dark, carrying a heavy pail of water was really an experience. Haha..

Today, we had to wake up early for our visit to the coca cola factory! I was quite excited! :)
Btw, while I was looking out of the window, on the way to the factory, I realised that there are actually quite a lot of low rise buildings and in the city area, there are high rise buildings, but not as packed as those in Singapore. Hmm.. maybe Wuhan is not such a big city area or China land is just huge enough to afford low rise buildings. We see high rise buildings almost everywhere in Singapore...

Below are the photos taken in the coke factory:

Coca cola truck-- it's huge!

Byebye...

Ahhh!!! Kimberley! Don't die.....

(this pic is not so well taken :P Kimberley is supposed to look like she got knock down by the car. Hahaha)

The coke given to us :)
(It wasn't as sweet as those we usually drink..)

The manufacturing line (the bottles are moving really fast so the camera can't really catch the bottles)

Stacks of coca cola glass bottles

In the "coke museum"

After the coke factory visit, it's time for our OIE presentation! Nervous........

So we rushed back to our dorm and finish up the slides. Following that, I had lunch in the canteen with Letty, Melissa, Kimberley and Rani :) Food was not too bad.

After lunch, we headed to the OIE classroom where our doom begins...

Finally, we all presented and I thought it was quite alright :) except that my friends laughed at the time difference thing.. Really very funny/ weird meh?

So, after presentation, we should have a good meal and the China students brought us out to eat western food :D I feel so happy because they've been really nice to us and they still brought us out even though they have a quiz tomororrow... aww... feel bad leh

Below are some pictures of the restaurant:

The waiting area

(But we didn't sit here.. we went to walk around the mall while waiting)

The restaurant is so dark.. how romantic...

Rani and Melissa. Look at how happy and pleased they are! Haha

Yes, I know, it's dark and romantic

After a heavy dinner, we took a taxi back to our dorm. Ahh.. so full. Hehe...

Thanks a lot Betty and Xing Xing :)

Reflection

Today's industrial visit was amazing. Instead of just looking at how drinks are manufactured in videos or magazines, we got to see them in action with our own eyes! I thought the trip was really fun. I've also learnt the brief history about coca cola and how it became famous. I thought that the coca cola company must had been very startegic in terms of how they promote coke and how it rose to fame quickly. I felt that coca cola always sponsors campaigns or major events such as the Beijing Olymics in 2008. This might had been one of the ways of promoting the products. Through this visit, I also realised that the coca cola factory actually also produces sprite and many other drinks like Qoo as well! That was really something new to me!

As for today's OIE presentation, I thought everyone presented quie well and I've learnt a lot of additional information about Wuhan through the many presentations. Some were very interesting and insightful. Now, I know Wuhan better!