The Beautiful Ah Mei Land and her Wonderful Lifesaving People -- Part 5 Visiting 'Tai Da' National Taiwan University

Day 6 - Meeting up with our lifesaving friends from "Tai Da' National Taiwan University - NTU Took the train to Xin Guan station. Tai Da, 82 years old university builted by the Japanese in 1928 with historical buildings and surroundings

We took a group picture which we will remembers for as long as we could with this historical University. We were led by these 3 nice gentlemen who are lifesaving students like we do..

all smiles and glad to be part of the visiting team..

we received an arousing warm welcome by their lifesaving students, they are like us, that many of their seniors whom have graduated always come back to assist in the teaching of lifesaving and getting involved in their activities.

2 of them actually flew back from overseas as to participate in this exchange program..... so touch...

Intro .... and communicate in Mandarin

Shake hands ... 'ni hao ma' welcome to Tai Da...

Line throw intro.....

PYJ teaching line throw to his new found friend, what a happy man he was..... WFJ, showing off his stylo coil... but his legs were slippery...

Well done for keeping the manikin head above the water surface.

Pei Shin and NT..

Carrying manikin on the back

trying to figure out how to explain the movement in Mandarin....

as the ice melts, our competition starts...

we gather to have our group picture taken...

All smiles and glad that we met...

We then proceed to their sports hall's trainings room for team discussions... NTU spokesperson delivering the welcome speech..

Pei Shin, a 3rd year Law student who spend a lot of time grooming junior lifesavers

In the training room, we discussed about our lifesaving pathway for the future and also invite them over to our NUS for exchange.

Time for our team captains to deliver their speeches in Mandarin.

we exchange gifts, memento and souvenirs Thanks, Pei Shin.. In return, as usual NUS plaque was presented ... We also present them a video of the rules and regulations for still water exchange of team t shirts

armed with load of free gifts we then proceed to their 'Clementi' area for lunch. we have lunch at a restaurant call 'Erh Mei'

not for martial arts trainings but for fabulous 10 courses dishes heavy meal...

many of these dishes cannot be found in Singapore

To NTU lifesaving friends, thank you so much for hosting us, it truly an honor to be invited by you all at Tai Da.

We hope to see you all at our NUS for lifesaving exchange.

After the delicious sumptuous lunch, we make our way to visit Honorable SG, Mr. Stanley Wu and his Deputy Mr. Paul Lien.

I gave an account of our NUS Lifesaving development for the past 28 years....

Deputy, Mr. Paul Lien bought much fruits for us....

The fruits was nice and sweet...especially the pineapple.. nice gifts was presented to me

and also to the whole team..

we took a memorable group picture that will last a lifetime.....thank Stanley for making this possible. We then adjourned to the nearest post office to send back our heavy wet suit.... so that we can purchase more goodies home.....

everybody seem to be very busy and find it hard to write in traditional writings....

then they find one Ah Peh at a mobile stall that can write and fill up form for a token sum......

we then 'cheong' to another night market at Danshui (plain/fresh water) for dinner...

some have sizzling steak....

some have 'Ah Gei'

nice toufu stuff with glass noodle and fish paste and savoury sauce...

whilst some roam the beautiful riverside with a back mountain scenery - 'goddess of mercy with her face facing up'

the tallest ice cream at only NT10

after a whole day of activties, he just too tired and can even sleep whilst standing

so is this shen lau shi another one, dead tired.... tired but look like he is sniffing her arm pit..... but not the girls, they went for more food..

we eat xia long bao, soya bean milk, yu tiao

at the shop that we patronised 2 years ago when we were there for lifesaving exchange.

Eat and sleep and be ready for the next day....

Shen lau shi ....