Week16 report

Another week has passed by. Today is Christmas. I purposely post this report today, it is because tomorrow I’m going for my Christmas holidays. I will not bring my computer with me. Ok…
This week is quite nice…although myself felt kind of loneness. I went to a German friend’s house last weekend. This is my first time visit a normal German family. (Hope I can have more chances like this.) We had a “pre-Christmas” party. But Pai Seh, That night my camera battery went dead.haha…so didn’t take any photos.
I was invited to go to a Christmas market with my friend’s family in the following day. We drive to a city called Münster. It is located in the northern part of Ruhr area. It a very nice and peaceful city. We went to the Christmas market in the city center. And took a bus tour around the city. This is the St.Paul’s Cathedral. it is a mixture of late Romanesque and early Gothic styles.































So this is the Christmas market. This time I saw it in daytime. (last week it was at night). Thanks to my friend’s explanation all the way. I get to know more German traditional Christmas foods. They are tasty. I love them.
















This is the main street in the city. Most of the buildings were actually restored after the world war. Walking down the street…Listening to the Christmas songs sung by the children…the bells of the cathedral chiming… looking at the European architectures… Birds are flying… This is a tropical “Europe image” in my mind before I came to Germany. I got this image right in front of me at that day. Hmm… Won’t forget in the rest of my life…Beautiful. (I love this land.)






















My friends came to my house and we had lunch together yesterday. They have never been to Bochum before. So as a host, I also bring them to walk around the city. This is the photo taken when we were cooking our lunch. (Chinese food and Southeast Asia food)

My friend he is trying to open a bottle cap with an A4 size paper. Hah….but fail to do so… (Don’t tell anybody…I can do it…hahaha…) I was working on my bi-monthly report these few days. Hmm…. Not motivated to write, don’t know why. Is it because it is holidays now? Maybe… any way, I am going for my Christmas holidays tonight. Italy! Yes! I will be back next year. Have a nice weekend. May all of you have a nice new year!

week15 report

Heard from my friend Stephen, he has a fever recently. Now still struggling there. Hope he can recover soon. Xuanming said he is going to send a Christmas card for me from Singapore. Hah…I can’t wait to see it. Ya…Christmas is coming soon…many of my friends they all start to drive back home this week, because next week is the start of Christmas holidays. That also mean I will be lonely again…Sianz…

I went to a party last weekend with my flat mate Tim. It was a party for Asia students and those students who study Asia politics. I knew some new Asia friends there.And That was my first time I spoke Teochew here in Germany.hah…(There is a student from ShanTou. ) Pai seh… Forgot to bring camera that night.hah…

As you guys know, Christmas is at the right at the corner. There are many Christmas market in most of the cities in Germany. I went to Dortmund with some Chinese friends. Because I heard from Internet, “they” say, the largest Christmas tree in the world is located in Dortmund. So we went there looking for some proof.

So, This is the Christmas market. There are many people down there. Stores are every where. They sell different kind of traditional Christmas food, wine and gifts of cause (We didn’t know the name of the wine. Saw many people order it, so we just try. It is kind of hot red wine.)

This is the Christmas tree lor. It is much taller than the one in Orchard road in Singapore.(The largest one I have seen so far.) It was my first time get to know the real Christmas culture. I hope it can snow again during Christmas…

Back to my project, Nils and I, two of us still doing some research work. We are looking for a battery which have a very high energy density. After several research, I finally get contact with one reseller in China. They have the battery we want. But unfortunately, they are out of stock. And this type of battery is impossible to get it in a normal way. I also contacted one person from internet. (He and his team built a solar aircraft.) And they used the same battery we are looking for. So I write an email to him ask whether he can provides us some information. And he did. He gave us some very valuable information for the battery. Nice person…hah 好人一生平安…

Next week is holidays. I don’t need to go to school. So I will be doing my work at home. Will focus more on my second bio-monthly report. Dead line is coming… Hope will be anther presentable report. Ok…have a nice weekend. And Merry Christmas to everyone who is reading my blog now…Thanks for all the support.

Week14 report

It is week 14 already. Friends in Singapore they are having common test. My teammates they all are having test as well these few weeks. So, all the best to all of them!
I went to Paris last weekend. Because our bus departs at Essen, so I went to Essen to visit my friends there. And had my dinner there with them. After our dinner, my friend helped me to cut my hair. Haha… So with this new hairstyle (Actually there is not much change.), I went to Paris.

Paris is really a nice city. We got to know other cities through different kinds of medias. But when you actually stand right there in that city. The feeling is completely different. All the history is there right in front of you. Touchable

This is Notre Dame de Paris (巴黎圣母院). It is also gothic architecture. (Same style as cologne Dom.) Started construction in 1163, and completed around 1345.

So this is the famous structure, a global icon of France --- Eiffel Tower. It is 324 meters high, equivalent to about 81 stories in a conventional building. It weighs 7300 tonnes. This is the photo taken from a special angle. From this angle, you can see the “underwear” of Eiffel Tower. (Tour guide told us.)

This is the girders view. You can see some workers wear red uniform. They were doing some maintenance for the Eiffel Tower. People call them “spider man for Eiffel Tower”. They maintain the tower every 10 years.

This is view from the second platform of the tower. From here, you can get the full view of Paris. But the wind quite strong up there.

“I got the whole world in my hand…” ”I got the tower in my hand…” hah…

Lastly Full view of Eiffel tower, and Eiffel tower at night, it is illuminated in blue color to celebrate the French presidency of the EU.

This is the Arc de Triomphe(凯旋门). In front of it, is the famous Avenue. The Avenue des Champs-Élysées (香榭丽舍大街). There are many luxury shops. Lucky I am not interested in all these stuff. Hah… (The only brand I know so far is LV…Am I out of date? Hah..) So I blur blur anyhow walk. Take photo when I see something new. Ya. Mcdonald’s there is quite expensive. A Mac chicken set meal cost about 5 SGD in Singapore. But here, it cost 6 euro. Hah… That is around 12 SGD.

This is the Louvre Museum. It used to be a Palace for the king of France. But now it is a museum with a collection of nearly 35000 objects. I don’t know most of them…hah…Art is too chim for a engineering student like me. But, at least, I know Mona Lisa. Hah… It is quite small actually. Millions of People come from all over the world just to see Mona Lisa her smile.

This is Sacré-Cœur Basilica.(圣心大教堂) and I was feeding the birds.

Ok, My project this side. Nils and I still doing some research on the Battery. And I also find one reseller for the battery we want. This is the part we have build last week. Final product-- carbon fiber car door. I was doing some soldering on LEDs. (for solar cell testing purpose) Ok…Let’s end here. I got something on. Have a nice weekend. Tschüss ( “Goodbye” in German).