Yesterday we had a trilling excursion because we climbed up the Cising mountain (七星山，阳明山) in Taipei. It was a tiring journey going up the slope but everything was worth it when we reached top of the mountain. The breeze took away our sweats from the climb and rejuvenate our excitement as we enjoy the scene at the bird's eye view. It was really breath-taking looking down the view of Taipei from the highest point. Everything looked so tiny and I could see the skyline of the other clusters of mountain. I felt like singing already!
After that, we went to the Beitou hotspring museum before evening and learnt some histories about the place. I was bewildered at the water temperature that was heat up by sulfur compound around this mountainous region 'cos the water goes up to 90 degree Celsius. It is not suitable for people to enjoy hot spring there because you will probably turn out lobster-liked .
This morning we went to the Yingge ceramics museum for the introduction on the making of ceramics and how the place turned out to be what it is today. We also managed to get out hands dirty as we were taught to make a plate from the ceramic dough.
Staff explaining the procedure
Tada! This was my finished design. It was such a pity that we couldn't burn and take our product back at the same time because it took about 50+ days to heat and solidify the ceramics. But it was a fun learning after all!
Me posting with one of the statues in the studio
As we headed back to NTU, we learnt about Chinese calligraphy and this was my first time holding a calligraphy brush. My writing characters was ugly initially but as practices progressed, I managed to smoother some of the strokes and wrote a nicer piece. It writes "Nanyang Technological University in Taiwan". What do you think of my writings? LOL.
It was definitely rewarding these two days as I learnt a lot of stuffs that I will never encounter in Singapore. I am enjoying every moment of the trip.
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