Today I slept for 9 hours! It felt awesome, and I do not
think I have had that much sleep since before the trip. I gave my family the
souvenirs I had purchased for them, and it reminded me of the fun times I had
had in Ben Than Market while buying them.
My nanny came over to visit, and I showed her the pictures of my trip. I
remembered a lot more details than I thought I would remember. The experience I
had in Vietnam is infinitely more than what can be described with pictures and
words though. I talked to my one friend who went on Chile Plus3, and our
conversation furthered my reasoning and thoughts that Plus3 Vietnam truly had
the best Plus3 experience! My stomach is still shrunk; for I couldn’t even
finish my burger at dinner. Tomorrow will not be as easy as today because my
family will be at work and school, and I will be left to entertain myself,
which is a complete change from the enduring energy I exchanged with my friends
on our trip! Our group has already discussed getting together for a reunion in
the next month! When I look back, it is hard to choose a favorite memory from
Vietnam, but some of my favorite memories were as follows: the Vung Tau Beach,
shopping at Ben Than, spending nights as Lush, our Vietnamese language class,
hanging out with the UEF friends, the soccer match, and climbing through the Cu
Chi Tunnels. In that case, it looks like I enjoyed myself every minute of my
trip, and I truly did. I would also like to thank Dr. Berman and Bryce for
organizing this trip and agreeing to travel half-way around the world with 12
college students. We had the best weeks because of our hard work and
dedication. I would also like to give a shout-out to TEAM YOLO! You guys became
my family and I couldn’t have asked for better friends to laugh with as we
experienced Vietnam! Love you guys! J
Monday, May 21, 2012
Day 13: I DON’T WANT TO GO!
May 19, 2012
Our flights got messed up early this morning. Instead of
going to from Hong Kong to Chicago, our group go split on flights to San
Francisco and New Jersey. Mine and Elliott’s flights so extra messed up for
some reason when they double switched my flight, and then one flight got
overbooked. We honestly wouldn’t not have minded at that point to take our
original flight to Chicago, which was delayed 6 hours, because then we knew we
would miss our flight to Pitt from Chicago, elongating the trip. But there we
sat, sitting next to each other on our way to San Francisco. Neither of us
wants to go home, at all! We do not miss anything from home to be honest, and
we probably would have been fine living in Vietnam for the rest of the summer!
That is how much we loved our trip to Vietnam! I know my Plus3 Program trip to
Vietnam was the best to two weeks I am going to have this summer! I am so
thankful for the opportunity to study abroad in such a unique and different
culture. I definitely hope to return to Vietnam, especially HCMC, in the near
future!
Later, when we got to San Francisco, Elliott and I made an
obvious effort to get a burger! I didn’t realize how good a cheeseburger
tasted, and we were both stuffed after eating it! Other groups missed some of
their connections to get home at different points, but everyone ended up in
Pittsburgh Saturday night at some point, even into the middle of the night. It
was a little sad to finally land in Pittsburgh because I knew my trip had
actually come to an end! My family was excited to see me at the airport, and I
put on as much of a smile as I could after the whirlwind of the last 48 hours I
had. I am going to need some sleep now!
Day 12: Hen Gap Lai!
May 18, 2012
This morning we headed to UEF for our final culture and
language class. It was so sad to know that this was our last day in the usual
school routine in Vietnam! Over the last two weeks Vietnam has become my home
and my Pitt and UEF friends have become my family! After our culture class,
reporters from the news came to the school. I had volunteered the first week to
be interviewed, so I was one of four people to be interviewed. We just had to
talk about what we thought about our trip, the Plus3 Program, our Vietnamese
classes, and Vietnam as a country. We are treated like celebrities here
sometimes, which we find humorous.
Next, in language class today, we had an oral test! I was so
nervous, but we all knew the teacher would grade us very easily. We had 30 minutes
in class to review with our teacher and UEF friends before the test. During
those 30 minutes, we had to memorize a paragraph where we would talk about
ourselves in Vietnamese. For the test,
we were paired up with someone else in the class, and our pairs would then
choose a slip of paper that told us what subject of conversation we would be
tested on. Our group would have two minutes to prepare, then we would have to
go up to the front of the room and carry on a small conversation with our
partner in Vietnamese. Afterward, each person in the pairs would have to repeat
the paragraph about ourselves we had just memorized in Vietnamese. It all may
sound harder than it actually was. I am actually really glad I got to learn
more than just 30 words of Vietnamese, but instead learn to actually
communicate in Vietnamese. The paragraph said something like:
For dinner, we went on a dinner boat cruise on the Saigon
River with the faculty from UEF. The weather had cooled off to be pleasantly
warm by then and the food was delicious. They serviced chicken soup, coconut
carrot shrimp salad, shrimp crispies (shrimp with fried rice surrounding them),
and noodles with pork. There were also two traditional Vietnamese dancers who
performed, as well as live Vietnamese musicians. The view was beautiful along
the river, and it made not want to leave the city even more! Small gifts were
exchanged at the table, as well as our group presenting our trip guide, Tran,
with a picture of our group, which she loved! If I have not discussed Tran yet,
she is our awesome trip guide, who goes everywhere with us and helps us
communicate in Vietnamese. She is so small and so sweet, and she has even begun
to joke with us Americans while we were there. 
When we got back to the hotel around ten, our UEF friends
were waiting for us. We all were sad they could not attend our last dinner in
Vietnam, especially since we have had dinner with them almost every night and
they have warmly introduced us to secret places in HCMC. They had decided to
spend the last few hours we had in Vietnam with us though, even though it was
the middle of the night. Our plan was to leave the hotel at 3 for the airport,
so the UEF students came and hung out with us the hotel since us Pitt students
had decided not sleep. (I am writing this blog entry as I sit on the plane to
San Francisco.) The UEF students then gave us small gifts in the hotel room!
Some of them were bracelets of key chains they had made or bought. Most of the
gifts had something to do with Vietnam, which also made them special. The room
was bursting with friendship and smiles! Around midnight I decided to finish
packing. It was so sad to think of everything we were leaving. The students had
planned to ride their motorbikes to the airport as well to say their last
goodbyes to us! Tears were shed from both parties at our group and the UEF
students/Tran said goodbye to each other! We actually were saying “Hen Gap
Lai,” which means “See You Later.”
This morning we headed to UEF for our final culture and
language class. It was so sad to know that this was our last day in the usual
school routine in Vietnam! Over the last two weeks Vietnam has become my home
and my Pitt and UEF friends have become my family! After our culture class,
reporters from the news came to the school. I had volunteered the first week to
be interviewed, so I was one of four people to be interviewed. We just had to
talk about what we thought about our trip, the Plus3 Program, our Vietnamese
classes, and Vietnam as a country. We are treated like celebrities here
sometimes, which we find humorous.
Next, in language class today, we had an oral test! I was so
nervous, but we all knew the teacher would grade us very easily. We had 30 minutes
in class to review with our teacher and UEF friends before the test. During
those 30 minutes, we had to memorize a paragraph where we would talk about
ourselves in Vietnamese. For the test,
we were paired up with someone else in the class, and our pairs would then
choose a slip of paper that told us what subject of conversation we would be
tested on. Our group would have two minutes to prepare, then we would have to
go up to the front of the room and carry on a small conversation with our
partner in Vietnamese. Afterward, each person in the pairs would have to repeat
the paragraph about ourselves we had just memorized in Vietnamese. It all may
sound harder than it actually was. I am actually really glad I got to learn
more than just 30 words of Vietnamese, but instead learn to actually
communicate in Vietnamese. The paragraph said something like:
Xin Chao. Toi ten la Jackie, nou’gi My. (Hello, My name is
Jackie, and I am American)
Toi la sinh vien hoc la Dia hoc Pittsburgh. (I am a student
at the University of Pittsburgh)
O My, toi la song Pittsburgh. (In America, I am from
Pittsburgh)
O Viet Nam, toi di dau Vung Tao, Cu Chi. (In Vietnam, we
went to Vung Tao and Cu Chi)
Rat sau nhung thu vi voi va vo…(something like that) (I am tired, but it was
interesting)
Xin Chao, Hen gap lai. (Goodbye, see you again)
We were graded on a scale of 1-10 based on our memory of the
language and pronunciation. I got a 9/10. 2 people get 8’s, 5 got 9’s and 5 got
10’s. Our teacher said our class learned the language quicker than the Pitt
students who came last year.
For lunch at UEF, I had grilled pineapple and rice! I am
definitely going to use the chop sticks I bought here when I go home. After
lunch was our futbol game against the UEF students/soccer team! I was so
excited to get outside, run, sweat and have fun! We actually beat the UEF team
3-2! We had to wear our UEF polos during the games, which made the 100 degree
weather even hotter, but I did not care after a while. We played on a mini
soccer field with 5 people (2 girls and 3 guys) including a goalie! Our first
shift, which consisted of me, Elliott, Tim, Ricky and Hailee, did a really good
job! I contribute my effort to the team to Elliott, who patiently practiced
with me over the week at the hotel! During the game, locals gathered along the
fences to watch us play! We also played a few games with the UEF students after
the soccer game and ended by learning a traditional Vietnamese dance. Prizes
were awarded at the end and each team received a box of our favorite local
fruit and cookies, which we devoured on the bus on the way home! When we got
back to the hotel, Elliott and I went swimming because we were so sweaty and
gross from the day. We also went swimming because we did not want to pack and
think about going home.
For dinner, we went on a dinner boat cruise on the Saigon
River with the faculty from UEF. The weather had cooled off to be pleasantly
warm by then and the food was delicious. They serviced chicken soup, coconut
carrot shrimp salad, shrimp crispies (shrimp with fried rice surrounding them),
and noodles with pork. There were also two traditional Vietnamese dancers who
performed, as well as live Vietnamese musicians. The view was beautiful along
the river, and it made not want to leave the city even more! Small gifts were
exchanged at the table, as well as our group presenting our trip guide, Tran,
with a picture of our group, which she loved! If I have not discussed Tran yet,
she is our awesome trip guide, who goes everywhere with us and helps us
communicate in Vietnamese. She is so small and so sweet, and she has even begun
to joke with us Americans while we were there. 
When we got back to the hotel around ten, our UEF friends
were waiting for us. We all were sad they could not attend our last dinner in
Vietnam, especially since we have had dinner with them almost every night and
they have warmly introduced us to secret places in HCMC. They had decided to
spend the last few hours we had in Vietnam with us though, even though it was
the middle of the night. Our plan was to leave the hotel at 3 for the airport,
so the UEF students came and hung out with us the hotel since us Pitt students
had decided not sleep. (I am writing this blog entry as I sit on the plane to
San Francisco.) The UEF students then gave us small gifts in the hotel room!
Some of them were bracelets of key chains they had made or bought. Most of the
gifts had something to do with Vietnam, which also made them special. The room
was bursting with friendship and smiles! Around midnight I decided to finish
packing. It was so sad to think of everything we were leaving. The students had
planned to ride their motorbikes to the airport as well to say their last
goodbyes to us! Tears were shed from both parties at our group and the UEF
students/Tran said goodbye to each other! We actually were saying “Hen Gap
Lai,” which means “See You Later.” Day 11: Cu Chi Tunnels and More Adventures
Thursday, May 17, 2012
Today started off early as we gathered for the bus at 7 am!
We then rode the bus for an hour and a half to the Cu Chi Tunnels. We had a
tour guide on the bus that called us all his “family” for the day, which is what
we refer to each other as anyway. The Cu Chi Tunnels were designed during the
Vietnam War for the Viet Cong to hide in as they fought in the dense Vietnamese
jungles. There are 150 miles of tunnel in the jungle, and we got to crawl down
into them! The space that we crawled in was about 2.5 - 3 feet by 2.5 -3 feet!
It was also pitch black in the tunnels, which made it more difficult to see
where you were going and where the person in front of you was going. While we
were in the jungle, we also got to see the different types of traps the Viet
Cong set-up in the jungle. It was very hot today, as usual, so we were all
drenched by the end of the day, but we are used to it. We also learned more
about the tactics the Viet Cong had in the jungle and the lives they lived
while fighting.
Next, we drove another 45 minutes out into the rural country
to a temple. On the way there, we passed multiple rice patty fields, and it was
cool to see the landscape of how people outside the cities live. We were not
told specifically what religion the huge temple was for, but the traditional,
religious sect of the temple combines Confucianism, Hinduism, and Christianity.
We got there as little before noon so we got to see one of their services
begin. There was a balcony around the top of the inside of the temple where all
the spectators could watch. The temple was so ornately colored and decorated,
and everyone there was dressed in white. We all to take our shoes off before we
entered the temple; and when you left the temple, you were not allowed to walk
in front of the front side of the temple for hundreds of meters, so we had to
back through to get to the other side. For lunch, the tour drove us another
half hour to a street-vendor restaurant. My table all ordered sweet and sour pork
with rice, and it was delicious! That was the first meal I had probably fully
eaten in a few days, which made it even more delicious. As my drink I ordered a
big water bottle (1.5 liters) which only cost me 12,000dong (appx. 60 cents)!
Surprising a lot of prices are like that here in Vietnam. Finally, we had a 2
hour bus ride back, where everyone slept! 
Today started off early as we gathered for the bus at 7 am!
We then rode the bus for an hour and a half to the Cu Chi Tunnels. We had a
tour guide on the bus that called us all his “family” for the day, which is what
we refer to each other as anyway. The Cu Chi Tunnels were designed during the
Vietnam War for the Viet Cong to hide in as they fought in the dense Vietnamese
jungles. There are 150 miles of tunnel in the jungle, and we got to crawl down
into them! The space that we crawled in was about 2.5 - 3 feet by 2.5 -3 feet!
It was also pitch black in the tunnels, which made it more difficult to see
where you were going and where the person in front of you was going. While we
were in the jungle, we also got to see the different types of traps the Viet
Cong set-up in the jungle. It was very hot today, as usual, so we were all
drenched by the end of the day, but we are used to it. We also learned more
about the tactics the Viet Cong had in the jungle and the lives they lived
while fighting.
Next, we drove another 45 minutes out into the rural country
to a temple. On the way there, we passed multiple rice patty fields, and it was
cool to see the landscape of how people outside the cities live. We were not
told specifically what religion the huge temple was for, but the traditional,
religious sect of the temple combines Confucianism, Hinduism, and Christianity.
We got there as little before noon so we got to see one of their services
begin. There was a balcony around the top of the inside of the temple where all
the spectators could watch. The temple was so ornately colored and decorated,
and everyone there was dressed in white. We all to take our shoes off before we
entered the temple; and when you left the temple, you were not allowed to walk
in front of the front side of the temple for hundreds of meters, so we had to
back through to get to the other side. For lunch, the tour drove us another
half hour to a street-vendor restaurant. My table all ordered sweet and sour pork
with rice, and it was delicious! That was the first meal I had probably fully
eaten in a few days, which made it even more delicious. As my drink I ordered a
big water bottle (1.5 liters) which only cost me 12,000dong (appx. 60 cents)!
Surprising a lot of prices are like that here in Vietnam. Finally, we had a 2
hour bus ride back, where everyone slept! 
When we got back to the hotel, we had a quick turn around
because we had planned to go to Ben Than market again with the UEF students
again. We like to take them with us because they guarantee we don’t get ripped
off sometimes. We usually don’t get ripped off because we have learned how to
bargain in Vietnamese from our language class, which often impresses out
vendors from which we buy stuff. We go some more souvenirs, and I got another
nonla (the traditional rice hat that they wear in Vietnam) because I love them!
A few of the students in our group went to the Adidas store in Vietnam after
this to get shoes for our soccer match tomorrow. Also, we tried sugar cane
lemonade from some street-vendors, and it was really good.
Tonight, we decided to pay for our UEF friends when we went
out to dinner because they have been so kind to drive us on their motorbikes
and take time out of their schedules for us every day of the trip. They decided
to go to a European restaurant, which was so good because they had barbeque
chicken and most tender steak I have ever tasted. It was also really cheap,
about 50,000-70,000 dong ($2.50-$3.50) a meal!
Later in the evening, our group decided to go to Lush again
to celebrate technically our last full night in Vietnam, which is so sad! I
cannot even begin to describe the amazing and unforgettable memories and
experiences I have had in this place! Lush was not packed as usual, but our
group still had an awesome!
Wednesday, May 16, 2012
Day 10: I don't want this dream to end!
Last night at Lush was a lot fun; we got a VIP table on the
upper level of the club! Our group had an awesome time, and we have bonded into
such a small family. I cannot think about leaving Vietnam, its people, its
culture, and the unforgettable times I am having here.
This morning, we had a company visit at Saigon New Port
Corporation, which is a terminal operator and holding company in Vietnam. SNP
counts for 50% of the import-export container services in Vietnam. They have
seventeen ports strategically located throughout Vietnam, and seven ports
located in and around HCMC to interact with each other. We then took a tour of
the Cat Lai Terminal, which was where we were having the briefing already. It
was cool to see how they organize the cargo and the giant cranes that operate
there, especially when we went to the top of the control tower.
The UEF students picked us up again for dinner, and we first
went to a street-vendor to get ice cream. The ice cream was made of some fruit,
covered in some small peanuts, and tasted delicious. Next, we went to a moving,
Japanese buffet, called Hot Pot. It was such a cool set-up, where a conveyor belt with food on
it moved in front of you. You had a pot of flavored boiling water in front of
you, so you were to pick up containers of meat, fish, vegetables, and noodles
from the belt and put them in your water to cook. It was delicious, yet again!
Now we are just chilling in the rooms and playing soccer because we have an
early start tomorrow!
This morning, we had a company visit at Saigon New Port
Corporation, which is a terminal operator and holding company in Vietnam. SNP
counts for 50% of the import-export container services in Vietnam. They have
seventeen ports strategically located throughout Vietnam, and seven ports
located in and around HCMC to interact with each other. We then took a tour of
the Cat Lai Terminal, which was where we were having the briefing already. It
was cool to see how they organize the cargo and the giant cranes that operate
there, especially when we went to the top of the control tower.
For lunch, we stopped by UEF to eat. We got iced coffee,
which was delicious. The iced coffee is so good here for some reason! For lunch
I had the usual rice with some meatballs, but also on the table were squid,
fish, and vegetables. Sometimes I wish I was like Nino, who can try everything
and usually like it. In the afternoon we had another company visit to TMA
Solutions. First, we got a briefing on the software development park in which
TMA Solutions is located. The software park was similar to VSIP except it was
smaller and only used for software development. We then went to TMA solutions
and toured the mobility solutions rooms, where we saw employees coding the
programs that are used on cell phones.
The UEF students picked us up again for dinner, and we first
went to a street-vendor to get ice cream. The ice cream was made of some fruit,
covered in some small peanuts, and tasted delicious. Next, we went to a moving,
Japanese buffet, called Hot Pot. It was such a cool set-up, where a conveyor belt with food on
it moved in front of you. You had a pot of flavored boiling water in front of
you, so you were to pick up containers of meat, fish, vegetables, and noodles
from the belt and put them in your water to cook. It was delicious, yet again!
Now we are just chilling in the rooms and playing soccer because we have an
early start tomorrow!
At Hot Pot for dinenr.
Tuesday, May 15, 2012
Day 9: Lush
Our day started off with culture class at UEF. We learned
about the life-organizing culture in Vietnam, which contains aspects of
fertility worship, natural worship, human worship, weddings, funerals,
performing arts, fine arts, food, clothing, and housing. Fun fact: 80% of
Vietnamese are Buddhist. Also over history, Vietnam’s culture has been
significantly affected by India and now by westernization. This class was two
hours long and dragged on, but thankfully we had language class after. We
learned more conversations in Vietnamese today, and we have a mall test on
Friday. On Friday we will be tested on how well we can speak/ hold conversation
in one of the topics we have learned this week. I am so glad we got to learn
Vietnamese even though it is a very difficult language. Despite having the same
grammatical set-up as English, Vietnamese is difficult to learn because every
word could be pronounced with six different tones, which denote completely
different meanings to the word. Lunch was at UEF again, but I had rice, some tomato
slices, and a few bites of pork. They also served beef with French fries and
shrimp with yams.
View of part of Ho Chi Minh City from Glass Egg
In the afternoon, we went to a company visit to Glass Egg
Digital Media. This company creates and produces video games. We got to tour
the offices and see some of the workers designing characters and coding the
programs. The two CEO’s that talked to us were really cool. They started the company
themselves after working for Vietnamese companies for some time. They were
saying how they do not make any extra profit when a video game them produce for
someone sells millions, but this is also okay to them because 1/3 of the
companies they help go bankrupt at some time. They also said they started their
company by designing car racing video games because cars are easier to make.
Later, they started making video games with imaginary figures because this
required more designers. The companies also own Lush, the club we went to on
Saturday. They said Tuesday’s are ladies’ night with free drinks and they would
hook us up tonight, so we are headed out soon to go there, which is exciting!
For dinner the group went street-vendor hopping, but I did
not want to eat this plus the dessert we were all planning on getting after.
Elliot and I then stayed behind and practice soccer in the hall to get ready
for our game on Friday against the UEF students. I learned a trick and am
excited for the game. Then some UEF students came and picked us up from the
hotel, and we went to New York Dessert Company. I got a double, chocolate ice
cream cake slice, so good! We then went across the street and looked around a
really expensive mall with our UEF friends before returning to the hotel. Well that’s
all for now!
Millions of Dong!
In the afternoon, we went to a company visit to Glass Egg
Digital Media. This company creates and produces video games. We got to tour
the offices and see some of the workers designing characters and coding the
programs. The two CEO’s that talked to us were really cool. They started the company
themselves after working for Vietnamese companies for some time. They were
saying how they do not make any extra profit when a video game them produce for
someone sells millions, but this is also okay to them because 1/3 of the
companies they help go bankrupt at some time. They also said they started their
company by designing car racing video games because cars are easier to make.
Later, they started making video games with imaginary figures because this
required more designers. The companies also own Lush, the club we went to on
Saturday. They said Tuesday’s are ladies’ night with free drinks and they would
hook us up tonight, so we are headed out soon to go there, which is exciting!
For dinner the group went street-vendor hopping, but I did
not want to eat this plus the dessert we were all planning on getting after.
Elliot and I then stayed behind and practice soccer in the hall to get ready
for our game on Friday against the UEF students. I learned a trick and am
excited for the game. Then some UEF students came and picked us up from the
hotel, and we went to New York Dessert Company. I got a double, chocolate ice
cream cake slice, so good! We then went across the street and looked around a
really expensive mall with our UEF friends before returning to the hotel. Well that’s
all for now!
Monday, May 14, 2012
Day 8: Another Caramel Freeze
Today we had a company visit in the morning about the Viet
Thai International and Highland’s Coffee. We went to the Highland’s Coffee
Training Center for a presentation on both companies. Viet Thai is a joint
stock company that owns Highland’s Coffee as well as many other branches of
food, consumer lifestyle and distribution companies in Vietnam. They own
branches of Highland’s Coffee across Southeast Asia. The offices they have in
the many countries have to work very closely with the local people to
understand their culture, the labor market, and the things the people of that
area value. The other thing about
Vietnamese and Southeast Asian companies is that they build relationship before
they even consider building a partnership and conducting business. We also got
to order Highland’s Coffee drinks again while the representative of Highland’s
Coffee talked to us; I got a Caramel Freeze again! The Highland’s
representative said how he found the coffee market interesting, has always has
jobs involving coffee, and he even used to work for Maxwell Coffee in Canada.
During the presentation, Bryce (our program assistant) pulled me aside and said
there was a magazine writer from HCMC that had pictures from us on the beach
the day before and wanted to interview a student for his article. I went out in
the hall with our guide, Tran, who translated, for the interview. I talked
about how I was enjoying the excitement and welcoming-warmth of Vietnam and its
people. I also mentioned how Vietnam is more welcoming to foreigners that the
US is, and that I was learning so much about international business and
engineering from Vietnam as well.
For lunch, our group went to the Hard Rock Café, which is
also owned by Viet Thai International. Our stomachs were so happy with the
foods, and I think the guys almost died when a huge plate of ribs were brought
to the table. I had some awesome nachos and a fruit smoothie. We call our group
Team Yolo (You only live once), so we took a Team Yolo picture before we left
while the rest of the restaurant watched.
For lunch, our group went to the Hard Rock Café, which is
also owned by Viet Thai International. Our stomachs were so happy with the
foods, and I think the guys almost died when a huge plate of ribs were brought
to the table. I had some awesome nachos and a fruit smoothie. We call our group
Team Yolo (You only live once), so we took a Team Yolo picture before we left
while the rest of the restaurant watched. 
In the afternoon, we went to the War Remnants Museum, which
is a Vietnamese museum about Americans during the Vietnam War. Our leader, Dr.
Berman, who fought in the Vietnam War, said he was skeptical to take us to the
museum but felt we should see it while we were in Vietnam. We understood his
hesitation after we toured the museum. It was shocking and eye-opening.
The UEF students picked us for dinner, and we went to a
Japanese sushi restaurant. The seating was cool because we had to take our shoes
off, and we sat on the ground around a lower table which had a hole below it
for us to put our feet in. I ordered some sesame chicken and edema, which was
delicious. Other students had sushi with seaweed, tuna and other fish. Afterward,
we went to Snowee, the ice cream store that we went to the first week. I had
some banana with vanilla ice cream, which topped off dinner. Tonight we are
just chilling and laughing in the rooms and finishing blogs!
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