What I did today

Today was a relatively easy day. I was running late for breakfast, so I just downed a huge plate of rice with egg as quickly as possible. We got on the bus at our usual time and left for the university. At the university, we first listened to a lecture on Vietnamese culture from the same professor who spoke to us last week. We learned about the culture and tradition in each specific region. There was a lot of information about tradition with sex and marriage, which was very interesting and a bit funny at times. The lecturer was very easy to listen to and the information was fascinating, but everyone in the group was too exhausted to think of a question for the lecturer.

We then went to Vietnamese language class and practiced more conversational phrases. We finished learning new things after about fifteen minutes, and spent the rest of the class playing competitive games. For the first two games, a person on each team was assigned a number 1-10, and whichever person recognized the teacher say his/her number first scored a point. The third game wasn’t really much of a game, but it wasn’t nearly as competitive, so I liked it. We had to have a conversation in Vietnamese with another student, and whoever spoke with a better accent scored a point. Uma and I were against each other, but our accents were both apparently very good (I can’t really tell whether or not I’m doing a good job most of the time), so we both scored a point.

After class and lunch, Dr. Berman let us know that we were getting the afternoon off. The company that we were supposed to visit is very far away, and we all looked very exhausted, so he canceled our plans for the afternoon. I’m looking forward to getting some extra rest and hopefully spending more time with the Vietnamese students tonight.