Dear parents, students, teachers and well wishers,

Thank you for your overwhelming response to our blog. We know you have been waiting anxiously for our reply and update. 

We got off to an exciting start. It was a smooth journey to Shanghai from Singapore. The students could not wait to reach the destination. When we arrived on the first night, they encountered the first cultural shock when they had to eat lots and lots of vegetables and watermelons was the only dessert they were served after every meal. The first night ended very late for all of us after our cruise along the Huang Pu River. As the kids were too tired, we decided not to blog for the night, so that they could have sufficient sleep.

Today, we visited the Oriental Pearl Tower and the History Museum. To our amusement, we discovered that many of the locals thought that our kids were Japanese. The reason being, the lightning speed at which our children aimed their cameras and shoot at everything!

We discovered two things at Cheng Huang Temple. One, it is actually a major shopping area and two, the kids have mastered the art of bargaining at the ripe young age of ten! I think upbringing must have played an important part in this. =)

The sales assistants praised the children for their conversational Mandarin. 

We will leave the children to tell you about their circus experiences. They are too tired to do any blogging tonight.

Just to assure some anxious hearts, we have posted some pictures at "My Photos" where you will see that your children are in good shape.

From:

Mr John Lim, Mrs Goh, Mdm Seah, Miss Tay