Today we headed right to National
Taiwan Normal University (NTNU) for a lesson in Mandarin. The teacher had us all engaged and
entertained. We all did fairly well with
instruction on how to say basic phrases and numbers. We struggled a little to learn the tones
since it is a tonal language, but it was fun.
Next we went to a different part
of the campus to meet with our NTNU assigned buddy. We had a welcome lunch and played games with
chopsticks which was a fun to get to know the other students. Then we headed to Taipei 101 to visit KPMG on
the 64-68 floors. We rode the second
fastest elevator in the world to get there.
KPMG gave us a brief history and a tour.
We then went to Asus and were told about the companies 25 year history
and were able to play with the different models. They also did a presentation and
demonstration of the padfone, which is a phone that docks into a table. Both of the companies had unique features in
which they help out disabled people here in Taiwan. KPMG has blind masseuses to give massages for
their workers and Asus hires disabled workers to run the bakery section of
their lunch area. After the Asus visit we went back to
Taipei 101 and ate at the food court. I
will admit I had McDonalds because I was starving and needed to eat something I
knew I would like. From there we walked
the mall inside Taipei 101 and then went back to the hotel. 
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