This was our earliest morning of the trip as we all woke up in between 6-7am. After a quick breakfast, we headed to Southwestern University of Science and Technology also known as SWUST. We were met graciously by faculty of the university, took pictures, listened to their presentations, and engaged with them. It was a very dignified experience because we felt so honored to be there. Ms. Jenny took over the presentation by teaching us Chinese. We learned how to say Hi, How are you, My name is ____, and how to say goodbye. She was a phenomenal teacher who practices with each of us diligently and even had us practice with each other. The videos of us practicing are hilarious, entertaining, but also very helpful. After practicing our Mandarin, we wrote calligraphy. We practiced different strokes, different pressure points with each character, and learned different words. After many practice sessions, we each received rice paper and got to write our own characters and phrases. A lot of us learned to write our own names, the word forever, country, and other characters. After another extravagant lunch, we spent the afternoon hanging out with students at the University. First we marketing and engineering students who taught us about the art of paper cutting. The most exquisite piece of art had eight horses, all of which we cut to perfection and balanced together perfectly. Each of the students gave us goodie bags filled with other examples of paper cutting. Then we went to the play with robots in the technology center followed by going to the psychology center and playing games with the psychology students. When we arrived back into the city, we all decided to get milk tea and go to a fun entertainment area to play games. It was almost like a mini carnival and whatever the group did, there were always a crowd interested in us. Our group is so wonderful and it’s crazy to think all we’ve done together in such a short period of time.
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