Jonathan(Shandong trip- Day3)

We went to Dongfang School again. When we arrived, we went to the classroom to have our own lessons. Our first lesson was about Chinese poems and we learnt the different usages of sentences to describe some flowers. Next, we had music lessons where we learnt how to play the "erhu", a chinese instrument. We were also told of its history. Later, we had a small performance by Yunyi, who is in the Chinese Orchestra. Also, a student showed us how she played another Chinese instrument, the "guzheng".

After lunch, we went for our only mountain training at Qian Fo Shan(Thousand Buddha Mountain). It was easy to me, as it is not very high. Finishing this, we were broken up in different groups for classes with the sec 1s there. First, we had Chinese classes where the students had a test, so we just did our own things. Following this, we had Maths classes which was taught in Chinese. I was so surprised by their vast knowledge, as they were already learning up to Sec 3 maths. What was more surprising was that out of ten questions, most of the students got all correct.

We proceeded to house-visiting, where we were broken up in groups of four. We went to our China friend's house( I couldn't really remember his name) for dinner and sports. He lived on the second floor. The parents specially prepared dumplings for us to eat. It tasted really delicious and we also had fruits. After dinner,we had a friendly game of Chinese Chess with our China friend,where we all won. As it was boring, we decided to go for a game of Table Tennis. He is really good at this! We also tried out Chinese Calligraphy,which I was impressed by their writings. Before we left, we each were given a gift comprising of biscuits and paper cuttings.

Later, on the way back to the hotel, we got lost as the driver found our hotel quite remote. He took around 20 minutes to locate it. Finally we reached the hotel. We had to pack up fast as we would be changing hotel the next day. Me and my roommate, Siravich shared our fun experiences to each other and feasted on most of the food both of us brought back. It was a very fun experience as a whole. Hopefully, I will be more hospitable next when when I get a chance to host a family visit for foreign students.