Similarly, 健行国小 is preparing for their graduation ceremony as well. They too have the stands of flowers placed outside of the school. In Singapore, such flower stands are used only during opening ceremonies of shops or funerals. This is something new to me. The flower stand is placed outside of the school at least 1-2 days before the graduation ceremony and then collected back the next day immediately after the ceremony is over. A flower stand costs NT$300 and they can be reused by the company as the flowers are artificial flowers. The only thing that needs to be changed would be the red piece of paper that has writings on it.
In the picture below, a class from Grade 6 representing the entire level in pinning on flowers to teachers who have taught them before. In the second picture, remaining Grade 6 classes are on the left while Grade 5 are on the right. Here, the grade 5 students will present flowers to their seniors.
After this portion, Grade 5 and 6 students are then required to return back to the hall while the remaining students will have to resume lessons as per normal. Let the pictures do the talking for now.
白校长 also took this opportunity to present to me a gift of appreciation and also a 奖状 to the students of the families that I've stayed with.
I got the chance to meet 李大哥 as well. The man that has been taking care of the school's pond, mini garden filled with fruit trees and vegetables and also fruit trees found all around the school for 7-8 years. After speaking to him briefly together with the 主任, he mentioned to have Japanese lunch together. During lunch, he kept mentioning about how he loves Singapore's environment and its cleanliness. He has visited Singapore twice and plans to visit Singapore again.
And after school, I was brought to meet 赵主任's daughter. I was suppose to be staying at 主任's house during my last week here but I've decided to move back into 曾老师's place. So Yu Pei was a little sad that I wasn't staying at her place. But everything was fine. Together with a friend of hers,we went out for dinner at this pretty cosy cafe that specializes in burgers. We started chatting and I shared with Jiahui about the various places that she can visit in Singapore when she comes over in September. We talked like as though we were old friends and they kept mentioning about how we should create the opportunity to be tour guides for each other the next time round when we visit each other's countries. I can feel how sincere they were in wanting to bring me around Taiwan. So let's hope the trip materializes.
We then went to this park called Qiuhonggu. A pretty interestingly shaped park with its centre of the park being dome shaped like. A park where couples are seen strolling the park. A singer performs at the amphitheater as well. Beautiful scenery and soothing music. Perfect place for a date.
Overall, I'm satisfied with my dad as i got to make 2 new friends and gave a proper farewell to the Grade 5 and 6 student.
Overall I'm really happy to have meet these 2 girls who are of the same age as me too! Looking forward to the day where we can realize our trip!
