Lucia Piscoglio, May 17

Lucia Piscoglio, May 17

Today was a very busy but interesting day. We all attended our Basic Chinese Course at 9:30 am, this class goes over the simple yet useful words of Chinese. For example, bargaining for gifts for yourself or family members; well I know this will be most useful for me! We also went over basic conversations that could take place at any time and the teacher is very interactive with the class which makes the class that much more interesting. She allows us to do skits in front of the class of possible scenarios and we get to work with our partners so that we can better our language skills.

Afterwards, around two o’clock we all loaded up onto the business with all the international students headed for a culinary school in which we prepared and observed some basic dishes of the Chinese culture being made; for example, dumpling and a spicy dish of chicken and peanuts. Surprisingly, they turned out pretty well and we all inhaled our food. The best part of that experience was making the dumplings, which were actually pretty difficult. The first step was pouring some spinach juice into the dough and then rolling the dough until it became long and skinny. Secondly, we cut up some pieces and flattened them into circles. Then, we took the actual stuffing and placed it in the circle and then squeezed it shut. Unfortunately, ours did not turn out looking like the dumplings you would get served, yet we all enjoyed making them!