Palace Of Steel

Something that we cannot live without..
Something that provides us with a roof over our heads..
Something that is counted as one of human's greatest inventions..

STEEL!

We went to a steel factory yesterday morning. We reached the Wuhan's 'Jurong Island' after 40 mins on the bus. You know why it's Jurong Island? Beacuse it looked exactly like what we have back there except that it was a little run-down and old. Other than that, the sort of companies and industires down there are almost the same as the ones in Jurong Island.

We were brought straight to a company that was extremely BIG. With our helmets on, we went in(we were utterly disgusted with the way we looked. Especially me. I felt so disgusted so much so that i don't even dare upload that photo of myself wearing helmet here.) & ohmygod! The heat in the factory was so overpowering! On top of that, we were wearing many layers of clothes and sweater. Goodness.

We walked along the whole stretch of the prouction line of steel. First it came out of the blast furnace(heated up to 1000 degrees), cooled, chopped, cooled again, flattened and rolled . It all happened in just half an hour? Amazing. It was a pity that we couldn't take pictures in the factory though.

However, there was 1 thing that i observed. I noticed that the factories there release alot of gases into the atmosphere. Even as we left the place in the bus, i could smell the stench of thick smoke in the air. It was extremely polluted and yet, there are humans who work there everyday. Now that's something China has to focus on and change. It's like damaging the environment and their dedicated workers in the name of money. Probably China should take a leaf out of Singapore's books. Disappointing.

An enriching experience though.