@Suzhou-Singapore International School

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We are attached to SISS for 3 days during which the girls get to do the following fun:

Tour the new school campus; attend music recital, english creative workshop; sports challenge..now that's a fun one for them as they get to play soccer...seems that soccer is an all time favourite in china;

today we visited Zhuo Zheng Yuan" or in English, "the humble administrator's garden" - a famous tourist sport in Suzhou, being rated AAAA (National Tourist Atraction Grade) in China. It's also on the World Cultural Heritage map.

Built as early as the 4th year of the reign of Zhengde under the Ming Dynasty (1509 AD), the area is extremely large, covering 5.2 Ha and is one of the four most famous gardens in China.

It is divided into the eastern, middle and western parts.

Tomorrow, the girls would be going for a drama workshop, first aid course plus visit a silk factory. This is a pretty traditional factory where the girls can get to see how from the cocoon of the silkworm, the thread is spun to make into blankets. The blankets are priced according to their weight. A light weight blanket that weighs 2 kati is good for summer, whilst one that weighs 3 kati, good for use in an air-con room. 4 kati blankets are used in winter.
http://www.1st-silk.com/index.htm

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Photos

with the SISS students
excursion with our pals from SISS

with the SISS students
playing soccer at SISS...

at SISS
a group pix at SISS

front view of SISS
the new SISS campus is very spacious and the buildings are named by direction and by level..eg BN202 our fav location is on the Block B North Level 2...

flat out ?
hey...we are not done with soccer yet!!

pictureque suzhou
some of the beautiful pix of suzhou, contributed by our very own nygh gal, peggy :)

pictureque suzhou
another shot of "shui xiang"...guess this is the good work done by the foster parents..they have been taking good care of our gals and many of them went beyond the call of duty..bringing them out sightseeing...

pictureque suzhou
another shot of the sights...this time it looks like a pix within a pix...

our gracious host
thanks to the hard work by the foster mum, peggy gets to see new sights..(seen here is the foster mum)

scenic "zhuo zheng yuan"
our outing with the SISS students..the whole of grade 9 (about 66 of them) went with us on 3 buses to visit the famous "zhuo zheng yuan" or the Humble administrator's garden...hmmm..i think it's anything but humble..but it's part n parcel of the chinese culture to be unassuming !!

scenic "zhuo zheng yuan"
another view

a pavilion that frames the 4 seasons
the administrator has built a small pavilion that have 4 windows...each window is used to tell the season of the year...whether it's winter, spring, summer or autumn..can u guess which face this is?

four beauties
our own beauties posing at one of the windows :)
hmmm...it's a bit dark but i think u can guess who they are :)

hey we r having fun learning CL
the immersion prog opens a new window to many of our gals to appreciate the rich chinese culture...btw, do u know that suzhou is a "gu chen" with 2500 years of chinese history !! wow!

hard at work
the girls from SISS hard at work figuring out the answers for the "Zhuo zheng yuan"....however, they were fortunate to have an esp friendly tour guide who gave them all the correct answers...hmmmm...

we are not too bad too :)
hui ling was so keen to learn more at the garden that she asked the tour guide to translate in mandarin as well so that she can get more details...now..dat's a goooood gal!!

Comments

[Tan Khim Choo]

Appreciation to Miss Chi and Mrs Teresa Wong
This is Ruo Shuang's mother. It appears that my daughter and the other girls have been well taken care of by both of you. Really appreciate the hard work that both of you have put in so far. I've enjoyed reading the journals. A big thank you to you, Miss Chi, for the tremendous effort that you have put in. Good day!