Guangzhou Day 1
Day 1 would be the day we depart from Singapore Changi Airport Terminal 2 to Guangzhou (exciting!) and unfortunately I was down with a fever as well as insomnia a day before departure. Besides that, as a class we decided to meet at the airport sharp at 7:30PM after our 5:00PM class dismissal on the 8th of March 2018. But it was easier said than done because some of us reached at 8 and a friend of mine reached earlier but there was a complication on her end because she lost her student pass and other important cards in the taxi on her way to the airport. Fortunately for her she still has her passport and some money changed into Chinese Yuan as well as enough time before boarding for her to call the banks in order for her to inform them that she lost her cards. Move forward as everybody checked in, we took a group picture of the class and with lecturers before going into the departure halls.
When we go into the departure halls, my friends and I went to buy more necessities that we might not have time to purchase in Guangzhou as we land because we land around 2:05AM on the 9th of March 2018. As we entered and board the plane, I ate instant noo- dles and slept for a few minutes as I kept on waking up. I did not sleep well in the plane for 4 hours because of my insomnia and I kept on looking at other people and friends in the plane while they are happily sleeping. I was knackered but happy that we landed safely around 2:05AM, passed through the immigrations then we waited for our luggage and walked to our bus that was booked in Singapore by our mandarin speaking friends.
Last but not least, we reached the Nomo Beijing Road Apartment, around 4:30AM and the customer service in the hotel check in area was slow in checking in all of us because the employee had to write down all the details of each person without a computer, which made me feel agitated. Therefore, we ended up sleeping around 5:30 AM, and luckily for me I slept well after all that traveling.
- Stephanie Steven
