Today we went to a high school. The people there were very welcoming. The person my group had was very funny and would joke around with Charlie. We took funny pictures and had snacks, like pineapple cake and tea. We got gifts from the students with pens, folders, books, and such. It was fun and everybody in the group was having a good time.
Calder Albrecht
The highlight of my day yesterday was seeing the museums. They were a bit boring, but it was cool to how different museums are between Taiwan and America. Taiwan museums are full of future technology and technology is so interesting. I also enjoyed trying out the VR headset. It didn’t feel realistic though. Today, so far, I did acupuncture. It felt weird. The needles didn’t hurt at all. I felt this tingling feeling in my arms and after I no longer felt nauseous.
JJ
Me, Annika and Nancy(the host family girl) walked to her school and went into her classroom. There, all the eyes were on the Yinghua students. We would constantly have people asking us questions and asking if they can take a photo with us. Then after AM homeroom, we went to a sewing class and sewed flip flop keychains. Later we made boba in cooking class. This experience was really fun, but it was really unlike American schools.
Silvija Birmanis
Today, we went to the TSMC museum, and explored through the three small exhibits. The first exhibit had shown the many different types of silicon wafers and what they were used in, the second exhibit was showing off the how they were produced and examples, and the third exhibit had shown how the president became how he is now. After that, we drove to a restaurant close to the middle of nowhere to eat a Hakka style meal. I thought that that meal was highly reminiscent of the kind of food my grandma and grandpa cooks at home. After that, we drove to the high school that the high schoolers were going to do their homestay with. We also took these photos with poses that they chose for us.
Colin Huang
Tonight we went to dinner at a kinda fancy restaurant and I ate a lot of rice. Then we got to the hotel and I found out I’m with two of my friends tonight. The teachers came to check on us and then we went out to see if there’s a pool. We then walked out to the mall outside of our hotel and shopped around. Then we walked to family mart and got food. Lastly we walked back to our hotel room and hung out.
Frances Kassel