The night before, most of us stayed up until 4 AM, and some didn't even get sleep. Really, there's not much to say about this, other than we (7 people) presented for 3 hours. Go us. It's what the teachers wanted, so it's what they got. Also, the president of NTPU was only there for the introduction, so it took the pressure off the situation a little. I think our individual presentation were good, and everyone's Chinese has improved since we have been here.
Group presentations were a little more interesting. Daniel, Daniel, Rob, and Stephanie serenaded us with their ocarinas. Some of them started laughing halfway through the songs, so they did not always end with 4 ocarinas. It was pretty funny.
I did my group presentation with Lily. We did a short dialogue, then sang the song 老鼠爱大米, as I have mentioned before in my previous post. However, we changed up some of the words to make it about Taiwan and how much we will miss it. So cheesy. One part, instead of singing 我爱你就像老鼠爱大米(I love you like a mouse loves rice), we changed it to "I love you like a fat kid loves cake." So when we sang it in front of everyone, we both busted out laughing right before that verse and had a hard time finishing the song. Oh well. It was funny. Good news: we all passed!
Afterward, we went to a restaurant called Mr. Pumpkin and had lunch with the president, Lydia, Ya-Ling, our teachers, and our TA's. It was pretty sad because our teachers all gave us good-bye gifts and little written letters. Our teachers and TA's have done so much for us to make us feel comfortable and welcome here in Taiwan. I really do dislike good-byes and hope that we will all keep in touch via facebook or other means.
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