On Wednesday we had one of our more uneventful days. In the morning we had our cultural history class. We learned about the yin and yang for the majority of the class. We learned what was traditionally polite in Vietnamese culture in regards to asking questions to friends and strangers. The majority of the lecture was interesting although it got slow at some points. The instructor was extremely charismatic about his material, which is refreshing to see.
Language class was again amazing. We received a packed that had all the essentials for basic conversation on it. It will suffice as a very good cheat sheet. We were informed that on Friday we would have a mini test to see how much we have learned in the class. The content we learned today was a little bit of review then more vocabulary. Lunch at the canteen was very lame and very repetitive to the previous days….
In the afternoon we had a company visit to CBRE, which is a real estate company. We met with Patti Joslin Ndzana, when we arrived their meeting room was taken to we went to a café down the block for our quick information session then question and answer. The session was more about her life, views on Vietnam and how she got to where she is today. That was fine with me because most Vietnamese were hesitant to speak about their views on the country with us.
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