1.1: "Cook" the macaroni and cheese that i bought from walmart yesterday.
1.2: Inside the Package
1.3: Had to wait very long for the macaroni to cook fully, then added the cheese.
1.4: Tadaa! Breakfast done.
Yeap it looks so gross and the taste is gross too.
After a few mouthful, i had enough.
It wasnt to my liking.
Too sweet for me although i love sweet stuff.
Section 2: The emperors of China.
Section 2: The emperors of China.
I love today's IS lesson because its about history.
My favourite subject!
The topic today was on the emperors of China.
Before the lesson started, Xiao Ling lao shi asked some question and the person who answered it will get a prize- a pen.
The way she presented it is like how people give out medals.
Peijie got one question right.
Her crowning moment->
Mr Wong also wanted one and he excitedly answered a question correctly.
Look at how excited he is!
Xiao Ling lao shi started teaching us all the different dynasty(tang,zhou,qin..etc) and their respective emperor..
Xiao Ling lao shi started teaching us all the different dynasty(tang,zhou,qin..etc) and their respective emperor..
WOW! They really have alot of emperors.!
I wonder how those historian manage to remember all that.
The part that attract my attention the most is Empress Wu Zetian.
Empress Wu Zetian is the only female empress in China's long history.With her intellegence and beauty, she enter the palace as one of Emperor Taizong's concubine at the mere age of 13!
Even the Emperor's son, Prince Li Zhi was attracted to her.
Imagine liking your "stepmother".
Urghh~
And the emperor's death she was sent off to a temple to be a nun like the other childless concubine.
Then Prince Li Zhi was crowned the emperor known as Emperor Gaozong.
He then recalled Wu Zetian to the palace as his concubine.
Hungry for power, she killed her own daughter and accused Emporess Wang and consort Xiao instead.
Empress Wang was then deposed from the palace and so Wu Zetian became the empress.
She helped with the emperor's state affair as he was weak-minded and when he passed away, Wu Zetian put her two sons, Li Xian and Li Dan, onto the throne as Emperor Zhongzong and Emperor Ruizong.
Actually, the real power always remained in Wu's hands.
In 690, Wu deposed Emperor Ruizong and proclaimed herself Emperor Zetian.
By changing the state title into Zhou, she realized her long-cherished imperial dream.
However, she also had many faults.
She appointed many cruel officials whose behavior disturbed the normal order of the court and brought much hardship to the common people.
What's more, Wu's personally killing her sons (Li Hong and Li Xian) and her baby daughter only to achieve her political aims incurred much historical condemnation.
Although she may seem to be really cunning and heartless, she did well during her reign as the empress.
She was a bold reformer of the educational and personnel selection systems. She developed and improved the Keju Educational System, which originated in the Sui Dynasty (581 - 618).
She also appointed many talented people, regardless of their family status.
She also attached great importance to agricultural production.
By rewarding those local officials who developed agriculture well in their administrative areas and punishing those who imposed too much tax on peasants, Wu's measures greatly improved agriculture production.
Additionally, she paid close attention to military defense and foreign relations, including setting up a military administration in the northwest area where the Silk Road was reopened after a period of interruption.
Overall, in Wu Zetian's reign, a powerful centralized regime was formed, with a prosperous national economy and stable social order.
So do you think she is a good or bad ruler?
Its really depends on individual opinion.
Section 3: Dinner.
Section 3: Dinner.
Pei jie bought vegetable dumpling from the street stall.
Only 1yuan for 5 pieces.
That is really cheap.
And it taste great too.
Value for money!
As usual, i had noodles from the Muslim stall.This time its beef soup noodles.
And i bought takeaway so that we can eat it in the room.
Plus the portion is smaller too.
Only 4yuan=$1 !!
The street food in China is really cheap.
The street food in China is really cheap.When in China, its a must to try all these food instead of those fastfood like McDonalds and KFC which is more expensive and moreover we can find it back at home in Singapore.
