DAY 7

Saturday was spent attempting to do school work, which failed to an extent. This is Anglia who loves spicy food and had kimchi fried rice for dinner which turned out to be spicy beyond mortal imaginations. In the end yours truly managed to achieve a personal best record for finishing spicy dishes and can’t wait for more to come.


There is apparently a way to keep oneself warm; pillow fight.

DAY 6

Today is Friday and Fridays mean a whole day of excursions. Anglia wishes everyday is Friday, minus the wet weather.










First stop was Dalian Modern Museum where I became quite snap-happy. There was an antique tram which I did not expect to find in the museum.



The rain wouldn’t stop pouring, as if mocking me for wearing non-waterproof shoes. I had no idea where we were going to next but it was a pretty long ride.


Ended up going to the seaside despite the weather. Why can’t the weather cooperate with our itinerary?


Lunch was served in a deserted (or is it reserved) restaurant. The total number of dishes on each table was a shocking 11. We had our fill and got ready to brace the weather once more.












Last destination for the day is another big mall. Some of the store designs were attractively different and caught my eye. Today I had the opportunity to walk on the streets; the wind actually felt pretty good.


The テルテルボーズ which yours truly made some days ago apparently lost its charm, so another was made to counter-attack the increasingly bad weather.

DAY 5

Having Interior Technology lecture in the morning was a dread; it was a heavy lecture and the brain was not absorbing much. Soon yours truly started to feel drowsy. Thankfully Thursday afternoons is set aside for excursions. Throughout the journey to Ascendas IT Park, the eyes feasted on the sky and faraway hills which were unobstructed by towering buildings. It was a refreshing change from the Singapore skyline.








Ascendas IT Park was a rather nice place with a gym on the 9th level. One side overlooks the sea while the other overlooks the city and hills.


On the -1st level (no it’s not the basement, it’s the -1st level) we were told more about the building; that it was going to open in September and such.



Next destination was a rather big mall which I forgot the name of. It had a chic store with a name to remember which has yet to open.


Despite the cold weather, I decided to have some banana and green tea ice-cream. Yes, the black-colored ball is banana-flavored ice-cream. I’m looking forward to seeing more exotic ice-cream colors and flavors.


Soccer is apparently popular in Dalian; so much so that they have sausage wrapped in soccer-ball-patterned plastic.


Singapore needs a wider variety of Pocky and Pretz flavors, at a reasonable price such as 5 RMB.


For dinner we had steamboat at a restaurant just outside DPU. The meat slices were paper thin and I had major trouble cooking it for it kept slipping away when it was dipped. Just next to our table was a bunch of guys drinking and smoking. The drinking made them go louder in volume while the smoking stank up the clothes. I walked out of the restaurant smelling as though I had barbecue instead of steamboat.

DAY 4

Today the Design Studio project officially started. This is Anglia who didn’t feel ready to start on a new project but felt slightly less guilty about having too much fun in Dalian while friends in Singapore are slogging away doing project already.



The chosen site for the project is in the library which overlooks the lobby. The 21 DID students were tasked to measure and draft out the site. Drafting one of the wall elevations became my duty. I hope I did a good enough job.


By the time we started making our way back to the dorm, the sun was setting. Walking down the road in the cool weather with friends and basking in the dusk makes a nice memory.

DAY 3

The テルテルボーズ which yours truly made last night seemed to work charms on today’s weather. The sky cleared up well enough for a morning walk around the school. It was still chilly and windy but I tried my best to enjoy the walk and take in the new surroundings.






This handsome dog headed towards us and posed; it was begging to have its photo taken so I did the honor.



We wandered to the entrance of the main building of DPU which looks worthy of a photo shoot. It would be nice to be able to see more of such grand building entrances back in sunny island Singapore.

The afternoon was spent having our first lecture in a cosy classroom. Mr Armant the lecturer talked about Dalian’s economy. Frankly I was not very interested in it, but he was an amiable person so out of respect I tried not to doze off.



Dinner was up next, and I decided to have instant noodles. First experience cooking in a dorm shared pantry. It was fun cooking with friends, but washing the dishes turned out to be dreadful because of the icy tap water.