Daily Journal: Day 21
Today was just another chill day in China. We woke up, got Breakfast, which they have super yummy bread and this yougurt stuff that you drink that tastes really good. 😄, and met in the Lobby at 8:20 to head over to our chinese class. Its been raining a lot recently, but we got lucky and didn't have to use umbrellas. Chinese class was good as usual, with a boat load of class participation making sentences and translating the sentences into English. We ran through the new words for our lesson and did the usual for grammar after break. Then we headed back for lunch. Lunch was good, and then we had some time to relax in our rooms before meeting in the Lobby at 1:20 to head to the next seminar. We had a caligraphy class and our teacher really emphasized the importance of 道 and the technique we ended up practicing the 5 strokes and wrote 言而有信 which means "keep your promises". We got to sign our paper and got a stamp on it. Then we took our stuff over to the Student Center and practiced for our Performance on Monday. We had Sean lead us with others like Xander, Jake, and Maddie helping to choreograph and tighten the screws on our performance. Then we headed back to the Hotel again to get ready for Dinner, which was home style, or you all sit around a table and the center spiny thingy is laden with food and you all just grab what you want. Then we headed over to the martial arts room for a game party by the ambassadors. There were multiple games: Ping pong /Calligraphy where you had to bounce a ping pong ball on a course and then write a character, Jian Zi, which is basically a hackie sack but like a birdie for Badminton,a marble Chopstick game getting the marble from point A to point B, a mini onion ring game which you had to get 10 onion rings in a bowel onto a stick, eat them, and the whistle (super tough to whistle because of the dry onion ring), Stick toss, An obstacle course course where you and a partner hold a ballon between your backs and go up and over a few obstacles, pictures, and charades. If you won and did the best level, you got 3, middle is 2, middle low is 1, and sometimes you can get 0 if you just cant get the hang of it. Jeffery won with 29 postcards and got a mystery prize from the ambassadors! Then we headed back and got to get ready for bed. Overall a great day to be in China, but Its not over yet, I have to finish my laundry 😩. Oh well, Goodnight
-Caleb tastes really good. 😄, and met in the Lobby at 8:20 to head over to our chinese class. Its been raining a lot recently, but we got lucky and didn't have to use umbrellas. Chinese class was good as usual, with a boat load of class participation making sentences and translating the sentences into English. We ran through the new words for our lesson and did the usual for grammar after break. Then we headed back for lunch. Lunch was good, and then we had some time to relax in our rooms before meeting in the Lobby at 1:20 to head to the next seminar. We had a caligraphy class and our teacher really emphasized the importance of 道 and the technique we ended up practicing the 5 strokes and wrote 言而有信 which means "keep your promises". We got to sign our paper and got a stamp on it. Then we took our stuff over to the Student Center and practiced for our Performance on Monday. We had Sean lead us with others like Xander, Jake, and Maddie helping to choreograph and tighten the screws on our performance. Then we headed back to the Hotel again to get ready for Dinner, which was home style, or you all sit around a table and the center spiny thingy is laden with food and you all just grab what you want. Then we headed over to the martial arts room for a game party by the ambassadors. There were multiple games: Ping pong /Calligraphy where you had to bounce a ping pong ball on a course and then write a character, Jian Zi, which is basically a hackie sack but like a birdie for Badminton,a marble Chopstick game getting the marble from point A to point B, a mini onion ring game which you had to get 10 onion rings in a bowel onto a stick, eat them, and the whistle (super tough to whistle because of the dry onion ring), Stick toss, An obstacle course course where you and a partner hold a ballon between your backs and go up and over a few obstacles, pictures, and charades. If you won and did the best level, you got 3, middle is 2, middle low is 1, and sometimes you can get 0 if you just cant get the hang of it. Jeffery won with 29 postcards and got a mystery prize from the ambassadors! Then we headed back and got to get ready for bed. Overall a great day to be in China, but Its not over yet, I have to finish my laundry 😩. Oh well, Goodnight -Caleb
Today was just another chill day in China. We woke up, got Breakfast, which they have super yummy bread and this yougurt stuff that you drink that tastes really good. 😄, and met in the Lobby at 8:20 to head over to our chinese class. Its been raining a lot recently, but we got lucky and didn't have to use umbrellas. Chinese class was good as usual, with a boat load of class participation making sentences and translating the sentences into English. We ran through the new words for our lesson and did the usual for grammar after break. Then we headed back for lunch. Lunch was good, and then we had some time to relax in our rooms before meeting in the Lobby at 1:20 to head to the next seminar. We had a caligraphy class and our teacher really emphasized the importance of 道 and the technique we ended up practicing the 5 strokes and wrote 言而有信 which means "keep your promises". We got to sign our paper and got a stamp on it. Then we took our stuff over to the Student Center and practiced for our Performance on Monday. We had Sean lead us with others like Xander, Jake, and Maddie helping to choreograph and tighten the screws on our performance. Then we headed back to the Hotel again to get ready for Dinner, which was home style, or you all sit around a table and the center spiny thingy is laden with food and you all just grab what you want. Then we headed over to the martial arts room for a game party by the ambassadors. There were multiple games: Ping pong /Calligraphy where you had to bounce a ping pong ball on a course and then write a character, Jian Zi, which is basically a hackie sack but like a birdie for Badminton,a marble Chopstick game getting the marble from point A to point B, a mini onion ring game which you had to get 10 onion rings in a bowel onto a stick, eat them, and the whistle (super tough to whistle because of the dry onion ring), Stick toss, An obstacle course course where you and a partner hold a ballon between your backs and go up and over a few obstacles, pictures, and charades. If you won and did the best level, you got 3, middle is 2, middle low is 1, and sometimes you can get 0 if you just cant get the hang of it. Jeffery won with 29 postcards and got a mystery prize from the ambassadors! Then we headed back and got to get ready for bed. Overall a great day to be in China, but Its not over yet, I have to finish my laundry 😩. Oh well, Goodnight
-Caleb tastes really good. 😄, and met in the Lobby at 8:20 to head over to our chinese class. Its been raining a lot recently, but we got lucky and didn't have to use umbrellas. Chinese class was good as usual, with a boat load of class participation making sentences and translating the sentences into English. We ran through the new words for our lesson and did the usual for grammar after break. Then we headed back for lunch. Lunch was good, and then we had some time to relax in our rooms before meeting in the Lobby at 1:20 to head to the next seminar. We had a caligraphy class and our teacher really emphasized the importance of 道 and the technique we ended up practicing the 5 strokes and wrote 言而有信 which means "keep your promises". We got to sign our paper and got a stamp on it. Then we took our stuff over to the Student Center and practiced for our Performance on Monday. We had Sean lead us with others like Xander, Jake, and Maddie helping to choreograph and tighten the screws on our performance. Then we headed back to the Hotel again to get ready for Dinner, which was home style, or you all sit around a table and the center spiny thingy is laden with food and you all just grab what you want. Then we headed over to the martial arts room for a game party by the ambassadors. There were multiple games: Ping pong /Calligraphy where you had to bounce a ping pong ball on a course and then write a character, Jian Zi, which is basically a hackie sack but like a birdie for Badminton,a marble Chopstick game getting the marble from point A to point B, a mini onion ring game which you had to get 10 onion rings in a bowel onto a stick, eat them, and the whistle (super tough to whistle because of the dry onion ring), Stick toss, An obstacle course course where you and a partner hold a ballon between your backs and go up and over a few obstacles, pictures, and charades. If you won and did the best level, you got 3, middle is 2, middle low is 1, and sometimes you can get 0 if you just cant get the hang of it. Jeffery won with 29 postcards and got a mystery prize from the ambassadors! Then we headed back and got to get ready for bed. Overall a great day to be in China, but Its not over yet, I have to finish my laundry 😩. Oh well, Goodnight -Caleb