I have come to the conclusion that I need to think of more/better introductory sentences for these blogs. Hopefully this introductory sentence will separate this blog from the rest. Anyway, unlike every other day, Carly and I decided to eat breakfast at a different spot. We got these DELICIOUS sweet buns that were right out of the oven. I think I might have to get them everyday now.
We arrived at UEF around 9:00 AM for a lecture about the culture and history of Vietnam. The lecturer also had us listen to some current Vietnamese rock music which was pretty neat. It sounds just like American heavy metal, just a different language. In the presentation, he discussed the yin-yang symbol. The yin and yang represents the masculine and feminine side of the human and how they interact. We also discussed the importance of numbers. Even numbers are considered bad luck and odd numbers are good luck. If you were to give an even number of flowers (lets say a dozen roses) to your girlfriend she would assume that you would want to break up or want her to leave. Overall the presentation was really interesting! In our language class we learned key phrases in bargaining like, "excuse me, how much is this?" and "too expensive! can you discount?". I have a feeling that I will be paying full price when I go shopping. After this we headed to lunch at the usual place and had shrimp, beef and pho. The flies were VERY annoying and were everywhere!
After lunch we went back to UEF and played games with the students. This was really fun! They separated us into four teams and we had mini games to play. The team in the end that had the most points won. The rounds included a free style dance competition, a game similar to million dollar pyramid, a challenge where you had to blow balloons and tie them to a person's head and a challenge where you had to pop the balloons without using your arms. The next game, they tied our arms and legs to a partner and brought out a giant mat similar to Twister's, along with two dice. This was an intense game. Some one would roll the dice and a pair from each team would have to literally dive to the part of the board that had the picture of what ever was rolled. (Our team won that round woohoo!) This was a really nice way to spend the afternoon!
We returned to the hotel where we scheduled a tailor to come and measure us for custom suits! I was measured for a suit jacket and pair of dress pants. I am super pumped to get it back and try it on!! And to top it all off it was only 1.8 million dong (which is about $86 US dollars. Unreal!) We then hurried up and got ready for our dinner at the Black Cat. This was rated having one of the best burgers in the world, and it lived up to that expectation! IT WAS SO GOOD!! Literally the best burger ever. (Dad you would have loved it). After dinner we headed over to the night club Lush. It was interesting to say the least. The flashing lights were neat and there was a wall of tvs with artsy graphics which was pretty cool. Other then that nothing really peaked my interest. (They did however play a lot of Pitbull songs which made me happy. But water bottles were so expensive!! It was nearly $5 US dollars, which doesn't seem that bad, but the fact that it is like $.50 cents everywhere else for the same size was annoying.) We got back to the hotel around 2:00 AM and I am EXHAUSTED!
Overall, it was a really fun day!!! Well considering I have to wake up in 4 hours I should probably go to bed! Xin Chao!
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