Fieldtrip to City Hall

2nd Geog fieldtrip for the week, conducted by us! Itinerary was to take them around the Marina area, visiting particularly the Singapore Flyer and the Esplanade, to investigate the influence of the 4As (the four factors influencing tourism - Attraction, Accessibility, Amenities and Ancillary Services) on the appeal of these two tourism landmarks.

We arrived at Suntec early, so shopped around first. Together with the Geog mates, we congregated at about 4.30pm, and off we headed to the Singapore Flyer first, with Peiying and me leading the troop in front, and Daphne and Jieying at the back shepherding those who might go off-track.

Daphne, me, Peiying and Jieying!

Apparently the walk from Suntec to the Singapore Flyer proved too much for some of the wusses, for they pulled a long face and whined about the distance on the way. There were 4 bitches who decided not to cooperate with us by slowing down, causing a gap between them and the rest in front. When Jieying did her job by asking them to walk faster, Bitch A snapped at her "You tell us to walk faster, then you yourself walk faster lah". Jieying was dumbfounded.

When we reached the Singapore Flyer, we gave out instructions to carry out an activity (i.e. explore the landmark and note features) before releasing them for 10 minutes. Meanwhile, Jieying told us about the bitches and that got us gossipping in agitation.

The troop of Geog mates

At the Singapore Flyer

Cutesy babes doing the merry-go-around

Meeting time was 10 minutes later, but they appeared reluctantly 15 minutes later. Some of them were busy fanning themselves. I seriously could not stand wusses like them. How can they be good Geographers when they cannot even withstand basic elements like distance and humidity?

Our next destination was the Esplanade, and again, we gave them 10 minutes to explore the place and complete the activity worksheet. The meeting place was at the back entrance of Esplanade Mall, as decided by us and agreed by the rest. However, 10 minutes later, we got a rude shock when Bitch B called us and said that everyone was inside Esplanade Mall and told us to meet them there. We were SO offended because since we were the ones conducting the fieldtrip, they should be going according to our plans. Since when did they (as 'students') call the shots!

No choice but to meet them (and our tutor) at Esplanade Mall, where we spent the next 30 minutes evaluating our fieldtrip. It did not come as a surprise when many of them criticized our fieldtrip, saying things like we did not do a good recce, distance was too long and tiring etc. We did not take it to heart because deep down, we knew they were a bunch of weak whiny wusses!

The Geog troop

With our lovely Geog tutor!