Day 15 - Industrial Visit: WISCO

It drizzled all day today! One thing I've noticed here, it doesn't really rain, it just drizzles. Still loving the cold weather though, whoot.

Today we all gave class a miss to head over to Wuhan Iron & Steel Company (WISCO). Had to wear some safety helmets that didn't look all that clean, but it's one more chance for me to use my motto for this OIP in Wuhan: "Ignorance is bliss."

Edward acting his age, which is about 5-years-old. 

Head cheers buddies! Kept knocking heads with them since we have helmets on. Fun times. 

Just in case you were wondering, these are how the toilets in WISCO looks like. Not world class, that I can tell you. Oh and no,there were no doors and the walls were low. We all had to go cos of the cold weather, and ended up screaming at each other not to stand up even after we were done. Oh, the things we do in Wuhan.

The industrial visit mostly just consisted of us walking along a narrow walkway overlooking the entire steel-manufacturing process. Nothing much too scenic, since all there were were machines, but it was certainly interesting to see how iron ore was melted down and then cooled a few times into steel.

 Melting iron ore.

The melted iron ore (top photo) will be cooled down with water a couple times, until it becomes steel (bottom photo). 

 Rolled up steel being prepared for storing.

 Helmet stacko!

  

The lock on our door actually popped off after one of us tried to enter too violently. 

Had to ask Mr Chia to help us since there was no way we could lock our door from the outside if we didn't try to fix it. Thanks Mr Chia and everyone who had to contribute a screw to our fail lock! 

Opposite, Eliza, Eudora and Michelle deals with door troubles too. They locked their keys on the inside yet again.

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Personal Reflections

The water pressure plummeted at some point today in the evening, which meant that we didn't have any water all night until it could be repaired in the morning. The irony was, it was raining outside when we all ran out of water. Ended up having to borrow water from some local students we knew in the next dorm building, or run up to the girls' common bathroom on the fourth floor to steal some water.

I think this was the first time most of us had to actually ration water, and it was definitely an experience. We all had to use our pails that were initially meant for laundry, and we were all in a frenzy; worried that we won't have enough water to last us till morning.

So I guess this is yet another thing to appreciate: water running from the tap. It was certainly a challenge trying to wash my face with one hand holding the cup filled with water instead of just using the running tap. :/

Ah, never thought I will be so happy to see water gushing out from the toilet bowls too!