The seventh week of a term is recess week and we will have a ten days’ vacation. We seven architecture students from ZJU plan to go to Bali to travel for six days.

Since the departure place is Singapore, we decide not to join travel agency, but schedule everything by ourselves, including flying tickets, hotels, transport vehicles.

The time in Bali is enjoyable. I can see the sea, play on the beach and feel the seawater every day, which is newfangled for me because I grow up inland. Before I went to Singapore I thought it would be easy for me to go swim in the sea since this country was an island, but I got disappointed when I found the sea around Singapore was only used for shipping.

We tried a lot of water sports like snorkeling, banana ship, walking under the sea and so on. We also go to many famous attractions like Ubud Palace, monkey Forest, Nyang-Nyang Beach.

Besides that, it is the first time for me to live in a Villa hotel. The house is so big and beautiful but the price is just equal to normal hotel in china. We swim in the villa’s own pool and cook by ourselves.

The journey is so happy that I even don’t want to go back to study.

To prepare for TFI Youth Forum, we rehearsaled for two days before the forum day. My job is to be VIP ushers, waiting beside the stage and ushering VIPs at certain times. At first, we could not remember our role in some parts. After several times, we gradually did well and made the rehearsal excellent.

On the forum day, all of us got up early, wearing our prepared clothes. All friends we met at the learning journey were all coming here. As what we did at rehearsals, the forum went well as we planned. Some of my friends came to the stage and shared their experience in singapore. We had the same feeling with them, impressed by their speeches deeply.

It is truly a meaningful event and we benefit a lot.

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Today we did two dive into the water, but the transparency is not very good, we didn’t see many animals. The instructor also taught us how to navigate under the water by using the diving compass. Today, end up the two dives, we would be heading back to Singapore.

Last night, we see very beautiful flashes of lightning on the island. It’s a common weather phenomenon to the residents here. While I was really shocked by the gorgeous beauty of it, so I took many pictures of it. I really appreciate the fantastic scenery of the beach, the sunset and the sea.

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Diving is really worth trying, I think if I have a chance in the future, I will enjoy much more diving experience.

I have been thinking of diving before I came to Singapore since I have decided to join in the exchange program. Luckily, I saw the poster the dive club hang out in the elevator, and signed up for it. Before today, We have already taken several theory lessons and a confined pool section at the school’s swimming pool.

we had three dive today, the first dive is 9 meters, the other 2 is 13 meters. we did some exercise in our first dive, and have great fun seeing diverse categories of fishes and marine animals. In my first dive, I all but lost my weights under the water, I luckily held it, narrowly averted a disaster. The most exciting thing is that we saw a big turtle swam beside us and cute clownfishes. I was really shocked that there are so many giant sea cucumbers under the sea, but it felt very soft when touched It.

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During our mid-term exam, we have nearly one week to travel. We planned to Batam by ships, which is very close to Singapore.
We have never taken a boat here, so we didn’t know how long we have to arrive in advance. When we come to the departure place, we were informed that we did not print our pass tickets. There were only 10 minutes to check in. We were hurried and then come to find staff members for help. Fortunately, the boat waited for us and we boarded the boat in time.
The sunset and sea breeze were so satisfying, which truly impressed us. The lesson of arriving the departure place early is also made us impressive. We believed that we will never make the same mistake.

At the moment I entered into the pool of SUTD, the staff there asked me whether I can swim or not. They are very responsible about ensuring safety of people who come swimming.

One thing I didn’t expect was that, the pool actually did’t get many visitors. Most of the users were from outside of the campus. They seemed to have certain training. It is reasonable to better utilize the pool when there are no that much need within the campus.

The water was very clean, and I recommend others to come too.

Today we attend a learning journey held by TFI. In the morning, we are separated into different groups and each group member is from different countries such as Singapore, Thailand, Indonesia and so on. It’s a fantastic tour for me to have the discussion with so many people in different cultures, we exchange experiences in our home countries and the ideas why we came Singapore and what we gain in Singapore. I learned a lot about different cultures and the differences between them. At the end of this journey, we exchange the ID of facebook and instagram with others. We made friends and built a network with each other. I hope that we will have more connection with each other and improve the world all together.

At around 7 am, all of us got up because we would participate in a learning journey which is organized by TFI. 

In the morning, there is a small forum for all the TFI students in singapore. We got to know lots of friends from other universities like NTU or NUS. Apart from doing some small games, we shared our experience on participating in this programme. Each of us had a happy memory with these multinational friends.

After the forum, we took a bus to an aviation maintenance company. The staff here took us to visit around the company and had a short introduction for us. The history of the company and the spirit of it really impressed us. Although the time of learning is very short, we gained lots of inspirations.

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