DAY 2 - Zuoying Senior High School

The second day of the taiwan trip was very interesting.We met alot of different people and made many friends. They are very friendly and helpful and also very focused in class. The way they learn during lessons are very interesting too.They are also very environmental friendly as they use their own utensils to eat their lunch. I feel that we should feel grateful that we have life easier than them as they have to stay till very late at night for school. As for the dance program, I learnt that they are very disciplined and very focused on their dance. Unlike us, they practice dance almost everyday and they are also giving in their full energy and effort, I feel that we should really learn from them.

- Amanda

The second day of Taiwan was exciting! The Taiwan students are actually friendly and helpful. Even though it is hard for me to communicate with them, I was still able to talk to them in English . We are able  to experience their school life. During Dance program, I learnt that they have 8 lesson per week and also long training hours unlike us. We have 2 lessons per week and the training hours are not as long as them . Their dance choreography is also quite interesting as I did not see such a wonderful dance before. This experience taught me not to complain about our dance training hours.

- Adlina Amirah

Today was definitely one of days I would remember as I learn a lot in our immersion lessons as well as making lots of new friends from Taiwan.  When I was located to 203 classroom together with Li Ling, I was nervous and afraid that they will not like us as well as because of the language barrier between us Singaporeans and the Taiwanese. But, they were actually very friendly and welcome us with smiles on their faces. We went through lessons and felt what it was like studying in their school. It makes me appreciate living in Singapore as they have to stay in school till 5 to study.  During the dance lessons,  I make a  new friend who is my dance partner for the day. She was very friendly and always try her best to teach me the steps that we have to do. She motivates me to do better even though we have to learn it within a short period of time and that alone taught me about having the self-confidence and always help and motivate others around me. I went to the ballet lesson which was level 2 together with Renee and they were definitely well prepared and on a totally different skill level from us and always try their best to improve themselves and others. It was hard for me to keep up as I do not have much experiences in ballet but thanks to the Taiwanese  dancers, I managed to keep up and make it through. From my opinion , I think that it takes a lot of motivation as well as hard work to be at that skill level. I think that now comparing my life to the Taiwanese dancers, they definitely are more independent and more united while we are not putting in our full energy towards dancing. 

- Andrea Chng

Today was a fun day as I managed to know how is like being in a school in another country. I experiend their school rules which are very much different from ours. Their students are really friendly and nice. I am really happy to meet these students. During the training I was amazed by the dancers there, they were so united and hardworking. I have learnt when that there is no pain , there is no gain. 

- Valerie