14-3-2011
Today is so cold again! Supposedly it’s because of strong winds. Today we were supposed to be in class by 8.30am and I woke up at 8.00am which I was nearly late but luckily the hotel was located near the school so I made it on time.
Morning was APPG where Mr.Chua went through with us on lab 2b . Personally I feel that the way he teach is very unique because he has the ability to captivate his student’s with his knowledge and not make the lesson boring.
After lunch, we have a Chinese lecture about Chinese language and were they are derive from. The lecturer started with saying that in China they call Chinese 汉语 rather than in Singapore we call Chinese 华文. He also told us that the oldest Chinese language is actually derived from pictures some even resemble simple pictures. For example the Chinese word 木 is actually derived from a picture of a tree. It is said that Chinese language has been around for more than 5000years and the oldest record of Chinese language is actually found on turtle shells and cow shoulder bones.An interesting note in china they call dog as 犬 but in Singapore we call it 狗. The lecturer also told us how Tianjin city got its name Tianjin , In the olden times the king’s surname is Tian and when he want to travel on a boat he have to go to Tianjin from his capital Beijing that is why the city Tianjin is named after him. The lecturer also shared with us the difference between Chinese and English he says that English words are formed using alphabets so if you do not know the word you can pronounce it but you may not know the meaning but for Chinese u may not know how to say the word but from the way it is written u are maybe able to guess the words meaning.
After a 10 minutes break , we had a Tianjin economist/ investment promoter called Mr Tian Hui for a talk about Tianjin’s economy. He started on how china started the economy growth in the southern part of china and slowly expand up to the northern part. The reason why Tianjin’s growth is faster is because it is situated near shanghai . He said that Tianjin’s annual export is about 58.67 Billion, Fixed asset investments :335.27 billion and it is said that Tianjin is the most top that grosses the most in china. We are told that Tianjin has 4 main industries Aerospace , Hi-tech , Advance machinery and the Seaport. After he explained about how this 4 main industries contribute, he shared with us about the eco-city being built by Singapore .It’s design based on culture, innovation, energy saving and environmental protection. Also one of the three areas are National cartoon industrial Base , scientific park and digital media industrial park The whole area is planned at around 30 sq km. He also shared with us that Tianjin Beijing Shanghai and Chongqing is directly under the central government while the other 30 provinces is governed by a governor under the central government.
Reflecting….(take mirror)….
Today I feel that I have learnt lots of things that is very intresting that I have never known like how long have the Chinese language have been around. How do you actually derive the Chinese words meaning although u don’t know what’s the word. i feel that this knowledge is very meaningful and useful because Chinese is what our ancestors used to say and we Chinese is losing the ability to grasp Chinese like our ancestors used to. Also from the lecture with the economist today made me realize that China is a very strong country and there’s many opportunity out there especially for us engineering students as theres a very huge industry for people like us.okay this is it for today Thanks for reading!! XD
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