Week 6: Familiarity in Hangzhou
TFI-ALP Activity 3
By then, we were pretty much familiar with the people of Hu Shu Special School, and similarly, they with us. The staff had wanted us to really experience what is like to...
Week 5: So near yet so far from Hangzhou
徽杭古道 Ancient HuiHang Trail Trek
This was one heck of a trek. It was about 18km of dirt roads, the entire route filled with uphills and steep downhills complete with high stone steps, and very...
Week 4: China or Japan?
TFI-ALP Activity 1
Our very 1st activity, on the 4th June, was a paper plane flying competition. There, we interacted with and engaged primary school level children of Hushu Special School (though they might be...
Week 3: Picturesque Hangzhou
中国美术学院（象山校区）China Academy of Art (Xiangshan Campus)
We were brought to China Academy of Art (Xiangshan Campus) to be immersed in a rich arts, culture, and design experience within its campus.
First off, the architecture and design...
Week 2: Hangzhou or Paris?
Towards the end of the week, things got more interesting altogether:
Design Fiction
I vividly remember how I barely touched any of the Adobe Creative Cloud Apps, especially Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator, and Premiere Pro during 3.007...
Week 1: S(Hangzhou)hai
Being a mega (literally) foodie myself, I naturally looked forward to savoring the plethora of street food Chinese cuisine has to offer, each a hallmark of the region of China it represents. So, expect...
Week 12: Presentation Week
Our week started with Christopher and myself waking up early to go collect our 2nd 3D-printed model (at 8 am) for our final prototype. I would say that our prof has been very generous...
Week 11: 1st Prototype
Another week of just us busy working on our group report as well as producing our group's first prototype. After much deliberation on the design and its accompanying functions, and with the arrival of...
Week 10: First Steps
This week, I learnt the basics of Arduino. What?! You might be wondering why I did not take the opportunity to learn it in the first 9 weeks or even during my first year...
Week 9: Alibaba Business Design
This week will be dedicated to Alibaba Business Design. I'm thankful that my project theme's Prof was the one who organised this programme 'Alibaba Business Design' as part of the 'Asia Campus Design' between...
