Day 6
Today we took the train to Tamkang
University. We meet up with a group of
freshman and sophomore accounting students to spend the whole day with us. They took us on a tour of their campus, which
was very clean since the freshman students are required to clean at least once
a week. Talking with the students was a
little difficult at times but an awesome experience. I found myself slowing down my sentences,
repeating what I said in different ways, and using my hands. We walk though a few gardens and their
maritime museum. We then had a special
lecture on communication. The teacher
explained some of the major differences between Asian and Western speech. We played 3 games of telephone with groups of
only Chinese, only US, and mixed students.
Surprisingly the only US and mixed students did not do so well. I figured only the mixed group would have an
issue. We then went to eat lunch in the
school cafeteria. It was very difficult
to find food that I wanted because they did not have pictures or English at any
of the restaurants. My buddy (Li) helped
me find chicken and noodles, which were both really good. Many of the guys tried pigs blood, but based
on their reactions I did not try it. Then
we boarded on a bus to go to see more of the port in Tamsui. We walked down the streets with old buildings
and the students told us highlights as we toured the city. We made a quick stop for tall ice cream then
headed to the Fuyou Temple. As we
learned prior, you enter a temple from the right side. Li explained that a person can ask for something
from God by lighting incense, saying it in their mind, and bowing three time
with their hands pressed together. We learned
about Reverend/doctor Mackay and toured the old hospital building. Then we saw the Little White House. I am not sure what the significance was but
it had to do with Customes. Then we walk through Oxford College. We ended the walking tour at Fort San Domingo. On the walk back to the train we were
introduced to "iron eggs" which are duck eggs that have been pickled
and are black in color. No one was brave
enough to try them. For dinner I tried
the chicken as big as your head. It was
really good till I got to the bones at the bottom.
Today we took the train to Tamkang
University. We meet up with a group of
freshman and sophomore accounting students to spend the whole day with us. They took us on a tour of their campus, which
was very clean since the freshman students are required to clean at least once
a week. Talking with the students was a
little difficult at times but an awesome experience. I found myself slowing down my sentences,
repeating what I said in different ways, and using my hands. We walk though a few gardens and their
maritime museum. We then had a special
lecture on communication. The teacher
explained some of the major differences between Asian and Western speech. We played 3 games of telephone with groups of
only Chinese, only US, and mixed students.
Surprisingly the only US and mixed students did not do so well. I figured only the mixed group would have an
issue. We then went to eat lunch in the
school cafeteria. It was very difficult
to find food that I wanted because they did not have pictures or English at any
of the restaurants. My buddy (Li) helped
me find chicken and noodles, which were both really good. Many of the guys tried pigs blood, but based
on their reactions I did not try it. Then
we boarded on a bus to go to see more of the port in Tamsui. We walked down the streets with old buildings
and the students told us highlights as we toured the city. We made a quick stop for tall ice cream then
headed to the Fuyou Temple. As we
learned prior, you enter a temple from the right side. Li explained that a person can ask for something
from God by lighting incense, saying it in their mind, and bowing three time
with their hands pressed together. We learned
about Reverend/doctor Mackay and toured the old hospital building. Then we saw the Little White House. I am not sure what the significance was but
it had to do with Customes. Then we walk through Oxford College. We ended the walking tour at Fort San Domingo. On the walk back to the train we were
introduced to "iron eggs" which are duck eggs that have been pickled
and are black in color. No one was brave
enough to try them. For dinner I tried
the chicken as big as your head. It was
really good till I got to the bones at the bottom. 
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