Presentation on Anping Old Street

The Decision Matrix

Annex B

Pre Trip Task Two: Education (Only find Chinese Sorry)

Sacred Hearts
正心中学为一所完全中学，兼具初中部与高中部，依照服装搭配可以明显辨别高中与初中学生。 创办时间为民国50年7月，创办经费是由天主教嘉义教区的牛会卿主教向国内外教会募款，进而筹办正心中学。 云林县私立永年高级中学和正心中学同为嘉义教区所属。创校历史悠久，昔日有“小学毕业第一名去正心，第二名去永年”之美称，为云林地区的明星完全中学之一。正心中学致力塑造出每位学生“很会读书、但更会玩”，于第二任校长吴友梅神父27年任内新增许多大型活动，如:一年一度的仁爱健行、国二寒假华山露营、国三寒假日月潭团辅活动、高一成长营、高二北部故宫、高三公训等.....希望学生们不是只会死读书，但还是要学生成绩好，开学都要考试，不知道放假是什么意思，硬要强迫学生需要放松时念书，而要德、智、体、群、美五育皆备，充实学生们的技能.

校歌
巍巍正心 霭霭云林 格物致知 诚意正心 修齐治平 茹古涵今 锻炼体魄 日新又新
弘我斯文 振我国魂 师生一志 舍己为群 止于至善 义德之礅 以光我校 以照乾坤

各栋大楼
有正心堂、诚意楼、修身楼、齐家楼、信义楼、忠孝楼、仁爱楼、圣心大楼以及会卿大楼。

学校编制

高中部
各年级有8班普通班，普通班班级名称以“正、心、诚、意、修、身、齐、家”作为班级识别；另有一音乐班。

国中部
各年级有10班普通班, 班级名称为“正、心、诚、意、修、身、齐、家、治、国”作为识别。另有音乐班(音甲、音乙)及美术班(美甲、美乙), 其中音甲(音乐班男生)音乙(音乐班女生)各分为管乐组与专业组。上学科的时候，音甲管乐组和专业组一起上课，音乙管乐组和专业组一起上课；而在术科课时，音甲管乐组与音乙管乐组一同到分组教室上课，而音甲专业组与音乙专业组一同到分组教室进行音乐专业领域的课程；该两班在段考时排名则分为三个班级:音甲管乐组算一班、音乙管乐组算一班、音甲专页组与音乙专业组合并为音专班。而美甲与美乙则为根据性别分班, 美甲为男生班, 美乙为女生班。也就是说“正、心、诚、意、修、身、音甲、美甲” 为男生班,“齐、家、治、国、音乙、美乙” 为女生班。

Pre Trip Task Two: Education

Primary Education

The Taiwanese education system has been challenged for emphasising learning by rote as opposed to understanding. Yet 95% of children go on after their mandatory 9 years to study further at high schoosl, trade schools or college. The first 6 grades are taken at elementary school, where English is compulsory and the range of other subjects would outshine those at many third-world middle schools.

Middle Education

At junior high school the main goal of pupils to is capture high marks to help them study further. Many stay on at school long after hours to attend extra classes that may only end at 8pm. The curriculum is similarly impressive, including literature, maths, english language, science and technology, social studies, civics, history and geography. At the end of this phase, students are assigned to more advanced schools on the basis of their performance in the national senior high school entrance examination.

Secondary Education

Senior high school lasts for 3 years during which the goal of students is to aspire to enter university. Discipline is in the hands of military officers and incidents of misbehaviour are rare. There is often a choice between science and liberal arts programs. University entrance is granted through entrance examinations, followed by lecturer recommendations regarding the best study course to follow.

Vocational Education

Vocational training takes place in parallel for 3 years too. Here though, there is greater emphasis on vocationally relevant practical skills. Most students choose to specialize in a core subject, for example computer science, a particular engineering skill, or business methods. It is not unusual for students to follow this route to university too. 

Tertiary Education

There are over 100 higher education institutions in Taiwan. These include many accredited trade schools and colleges. Some of these are state-controlled and some are private businesses. Engineering is the most popular course and accounts for 25% of degrees awarded. The most prestigious universities include National Taiwan University (north, comprehensive, illustrated opposite), National Chung Hsing University (middle, agriculture and biology) and National Cheng Kung University (south, engineering, medical, science).

Pre- Trip Task One: Cost of living

In Singapore 

The cost of a standard 4 room HDB flat in Punggol - S$545,000

The current cost of a brand new Toyota Vios - S$120,888

From XXX supermarket the prices of the following: Cheapest 10kg Rice Packet $13.90, Cheapest 1.5 liter Water $0.65, Cheapest Fresh Whole Chicken $4.60 (Only have frozen chicken), Cheapest 1 liter Cooking Oil $2.95. We can bring our own plastic bags to save money and environment. They are used to store the groceries bought. The cashier age 32 from China helps to scan the object, calculate the total price of groceries and put them into the bags, receive the payment and give the customers the change.

School fee is $28

One liter of petrol (95 unleaded) $2.130

One movie ticket on the weekend $11.50

Average salary of a Singaporean $4998

One Big Mac meal is $7

These might not be very accurate though. :)

China's Youth Culture

We chose these pictures because it represents what China's Youth Culture ard. Firstly,food is very important to us. We need food to survive. However, what youth may like to eat may be  different from what the elderlys like to eat. The food shown above is the 臭豆腐,also known as the smelly tofu. We may not like it because of its smell but the people In China love it despite of it's smell. The young and old like it,something which unites them. Teenagers are teenagers regardless of nationality. Teenagers love to play games, watch videos, and China teeenagers are no exception. In fact, they even have their own websites and channels where they enjoy their activities on. The festivals they celebrate are US-China Youth Cultural and Art Festival. Comparing it with Singapore, the food they like and the websites they frequent are different even though both things serve the same purpose.

Singapore's youth culture

We chose these pictures as they represent Singapore's youth festivals, food and folk. For example, the SYF is a festival organized for youths, while CCAs are compulsory for every student. The char Siew mee and satay are common dishes eaten by youths in Singapore and racial harmony and social media represents the folk. Thus, the pictures chosen for our montage represents the youth of singapore.

Festivals in Taiwan

There are many festivals in Taiwan, which includes the Taiwan lantern festival and the Yanshui beehive Fireworks festival in Tainan.

The Taiwan lantern festival is a festival where thousands of sky lanterns light up in the sky and these Pingxi sky lanterns are released to let others know that the town is safe.

The Yanshui beehive Fireworks festival is the 5th most dangerous festival in the world as the fireworks are pointed to the crowd to get the attention of thrill seeking tourists. During the festival, it is most advisable to cover all your skin such as to cover your whole head with a motorcycle helmet and so on. Many people get injured and some might get hit by the fireworks.
This festival is originally celebrated to ward of evil and disease from the town.
The history of this festival is because the town of Yanshui was hit hard by the cholera disease and decided to call on God to give them strength in their fight against the disease. They have been using fireworks to attract the gods and have been doing so since then.
The Yanshui beehive lantern festival is actually also under the Taiwan lantern festival, but is celebrated in another district.
These 2 events are known as 'Fireworks in the South, sky lanterns in the North'.
These 2 events does not have a exact date each year, but the date is usually between the 3rd of February to the 25th of March.

 (Yanshui lantern festival)

 (Pingxi sky lantern festival)

Taiwan Fashion-History, Facts, Past vs Present

Info from:http://taiwantoday.tw/ct.asp?xItem=158644&CtNode=427

Since the imposition of the Qing Manchu queue, Taiwanese dress has been mixed up with national identity. From the beginning of Japanese colonial rule in 1895, Taiwanese costume underwent three major transformations over 50 plus years. The first was the appeasement approach during the Pacification era (1895-1919), promoting Western style dress, but allowing the Taiwanese to continue wearing Manchurian Qing costume. During the Qing dynasty, Taiwanese women wore skirts formed of folded aprons, but by the late 1910s they had adopted western style tube skirts. Patterns on material were simplified, dropping the old auspicious symbols, such as phoenix, bat and peony. Large jin shan jackets with broad sleeves and wide bodies became a rarity as sleeves narrowed and upper garments lengthened and became more fitted. The second phase of transformation was the Assimilation period (1919-1936). Large jin shan jackets gradually adopted flared sleeves, and by the 1930s the cheongsam came into fashion. The Japanese authorities did not take kindly to this fad. They actively enforced their desire for Taiwan to break ties with mainland China and adopt a Japanese national identity eg. school uniform. Taiwanese intellectuals, anxious of this development, began promoting the New Culture Movement and wearing Chinese style clothes to preserve their traditions. When the Nationalist government relocated to Taiwan, costume was once again linked to national identity. Wishing to eradicate the legacy of colonization, the Nationalists prohibited the wearing of Japanese clogs and military uniforms. Taiwanese people meanwhile wore native cotton jackets and trousers. With the arrival of American aid and the flour ration, “many people made the flour sacks into trousers, which still had ‘China-USA Cooperation’ written up the back of the trouser leg,” Zhang said. Following the boost to the textile industry from K. Y. Yin’s foreign trade policies in the 1960s, dying technology gradually came to Taiwan. “This period saw the beautification of fabrics and a proliferation of colors and styles,” Wang said. The 1960s witnessed major changes in Taiwanese costume history. First of all, Dawa News held Taiwan’s first beauty pageant, with the contestants sporting the latest trends. The rise of the textile industry also saw industry professionals organizing contests such as The Empress of Sweaters. The second major change was the advent of television, which in a way helped propagate fashion consciousness. Viewers saw fashion guru Eliza Wang’s first ever program teaching women to make their own clothes, and modern fashion shows with models taking to the catwalk on TV. The third change was the founding of Shih Chien College, today’s Shih Chien University, which offered Taiwan’s first costume design course, giving its students a solid foundation in fashion. Then there was the completion of Chung Hua Market and First Department Store, which coincided with a growing economy and a consequential increase in consumer spending. Finally, the introduction of Hong Kong cinema, including Shaw Brothers films, pictorials and similar publications into Taiwan all had a profound impact on the local fashion scene. The miniskirt and hippie fashions arrived in Taiwan in the late 1960s and early 1970s. The latter were most apparent in long hair and an alternative dress sense. Concerned that these trends would have a subversive influence on society, the police would send men with long hair to a barber and force them to get it cut. Also, television shows could not feature actors dressed in alternative styles. In the 1980s the Bureau of Foreign Trade encouraged designers to incorporate their names directly onto their products. To distinguish themselves from their western counterparts, a number of these designers tried to inject a Taiwanese rustic chic into their work. Films adapted from the works of novelist Chiung Yao had a substantial influence on fashion, through the wardrobe of characters, most notably the flared trousers. With the rise of feminism, women started wearing stylish suits but flares remained popular. A diverse range of styles could be seen as well, such as designer dress, local garments, western influenced suits and a trend for wearing shirts with the collar turned up. The 1990s saw the rise of sensuality. “Revealing clothing had always been taboo, but after 1995 sensuality became acceptable in fashion. Clothing was liberated, people were willing to show off their bodies and tattoos came into fashion,” Yeh said. In recent years the supermodel industry has thrived, with personalities such as Lin Chi-ling leading the fashion world with their daring and striking outfits. Most recently, Japanese and Korean TV dramas have brought their distinctive fashion styles into the limelight. At the same time people fight tooth and nail for the latest European and American top designer ware, and the opening of Japan’s Uniqlo chain in Taiwan has been a real hot topic. On top of all this, Taiwanese designers are now standing firmly on the world stage with more of them opening branches abroad and joining fashion shows in London and Paris. The last century has seen a prolific flowering of fashions, gradually spreading and taking root in every corner of the world. (MM-HZW)

Food- History, Facts and Must Trys

Dan zai noodles: also called "shoulder pole noodle", includes shrimp flavoured soup, shrimp, coriander and garlic. Originated in Tainan about 130 years ago. 
Oyster omelette: Omelette with filling consisting of small oysters and starch. Pork lard is often used to fry the omelette. Often sold in night markets and ranked as top cuisine from Taiwan.

Folks - Background of people, their beliefs

The Tainan citizen's lifes are closely related to many Chinese gods and temples. Traditionally, the Chinese people step into adulthood when they are 16 year old. In Tainan, there is a large ritual celebration for all 16-year-olds on the seventh day of the seventh lunar month, also known as the Qiniangma’s (七娘妈) birthday. This is an unique celebration that only takes place in Tainan. In the past, families with children working in the harbour took the advantage of this ceremony to show the employers that their children should be paid in adult rate after it. People there usually visit the temple of Wenchangdijun (文昌帝君), the literacy god, to pray for good luck. There are usually many final year high school students preparing for their university exams that will visit the temple in June before the exam. Those people asking for marriage will visit Yuelao (月下老人), which is also known as the god for marriages. Besides these, there are also many other reasons why people there visit the temples. For example, it may be because they are simply praying for good luck to celebrate god's birthday or consulting with the other world. In Tainan, their wedding ceremonies consists a series of complex processes that are very detailed. Both the groom and bride needs to prepare 12 specific gifts that has different meanings during the engagement ceremony. People there believe that the complexity of it is a sign of being civilized.

(done by Ow Wen Xuan)

Group's mind map

Comment on group 1's presentation

As we were researching on the same topic, the things we found were almost the same which goes to show that we need to improve on our research skills. However, what set their group apart from ours was that they had interesting pictures to go with, unlike ours which had little pictures on it. The pictures made it easier to understand what they were trying to implement about their points. For ours, we had only words which made it seem very dull. They also created the timeline for the Suzhou industrial park so that people had a clearer understanding of the park. For us, we did not include the years which made it seem quite confusing on how long the industrial park lasted. However, I still feel that their presentation lacked a bit of information as half their paper was filled with drawings .

Picture of our cid Suzhou industrial park

Summary of Group 6 Broom Advertisment

The product we are advertising is called Turbo Mop by Utopia Company. The special features about this mop is it is made from China and there is this button on the stick of the mop which you can press so that the mop can spin quickly on its own. It does not require cable as it is battery operated so it is very easy to move around. The spinning function is very useful and convenient as when you try to dry this mop to clean puddles on the floor, you can push it inside the drying thing in the thing that contain the solution and press the button then it will spin on its own and you will not need to use strength to dry it as it will spin and wrung itself becoming dry. This will make it more absorbent and easier to dry. Easier to do household chores and quickly done them. When there is a stain that is difficult to come off, you can just press the button and it can spin and clear it off without using much of your strength to try and wipe it off. It actually cost $50 but due to Chinese New Year offer it is now $20! More than 50% off. Refundable within 7 days of purchase if you find it bad or faulty. Spin and Clean. While stocks last!

Contact us at:
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One-child policy

The one-child policy was implemented by the Chinese government as a method of controlling the population. It was introduced in 1979 in response to an explosive population growth, and mandated that couples from China's Han majority could only have one child. This was intended to alleviate the social, economic and environmental problems associated with the country's rapidly growing population. Families can be fined thousands of dollars for having more than one child. Those who volunteer to have just one child are awarded a "Certificate of Honor for Single-Child Parents." It has been estimated that since 1979, the law has prevented approximately 250 million births. In certain cases, families can apply to have a second child for extenuating circumstances such as the death of the only child due to a natural disaster. In rural areas, families can apply to have a second child if the first child is a girl, or if the child has a physical or mental disability.

CID Group reflection on broken telephone activity (19/1/15)

CID group reflection on Broken Telephone activity (19/1/15)
This activity involves good communication skills with others in order to understand one another so that the correct instruction or message is passed on to the next person. This activity also showed us that if we pass on a part or just one word of the message wrongly, the result can turn out completely different from the original message. Thus it shows that we have to listen attentively to what the person is telling us to avoid any mistakes or unwanted results. Having good communication is not as easy as it seems as it is much easier to misunderstand someone's words depending on how that person phrases his message. Communication is also essential for group work or activities. Different use of words can actually change the understanding of your message to others. Thus, we should articulate our words properly to reduce confusion and also be specific with our word usage. Communicating with people of the opposite gender can also help us understand their way as speech. The game also showed us that lack and unclear communication can result in misconception as while different people are saying the same thing, they might be picturing different things in their mind. If one person in a group makes a mistake, the result will be wrong.

Our group chose the word "deprived" as the picture clearly shows that the starving child does not have any access to any water or food since the child is very skinny with just ribs and bones seen and the surrounding is just dry sand without any trees that are in sight. We can also tell that the child did not have any strength left to walk as in the picture we can see that she is at a stationary position taking a break. Due to the lack of these necessities, the child is unable to hang on anymore therefore about to lose its life, becoming a prey of wildlife carnivores such as vultures.