just some excerpts

some excerpts from my journal:

March 8th, Monday
Went to school today, via taxi. We were invited with gummy candy, crackers, and lots of important people. "Volunteers" seemed to surround us the entire day as we were given a trou, an introduction to the university, and a cultural communication class.
The "volunteers" are English majors-all girls except one boy, who are super nice. I met Van (pronounced "vun") who will be my host family person. We agreed that I would stay with her for a couple days next week. She is SUPER cute and adorable.
The weather was freazing today, but a nice change from the hot, steamy temperatures of Thailand. I got a little annoyed because our food was ordered for us and either had shellfish or peanuts on it. That was tough and awkward, because I had to refuse everything. But they bought me a loaf of bread later, and were really kind. Professor Ha is probably my favorite because she put up with us during the weekend at the Pagoda, and still showed up to help us our first day at the university. I respect her hardcore. My first day at the university was exponentially better than the weekend at the Pagoda (with the heat, goat meat, and boring pagoda).

Wednesday, March 10th

Today we went to a museum and had the most boring tour guide ever. Luckily, we had Bob who told us the interesting stuff. Whe I thought were done, we went outside to this like playground area, which was mostly just a bunch of reconstructed old Viet houses from different eras. So we got to PLAY! The volunteers set up a yard game for us to play. They are so nice, we played it with poles (like jump-rope, but with lots of poles instead). We all had a blast. Then, we took way to many group pictures, and Barbara told Bob to buy us all coffee and cake :) So he did. It was a very good day.