Day 2- Intro to NTT
Today's breakfast was Pho Ga, which is a kind of vietnamese noodles with chicken in it. Its the first time all of us have tasted this dish, and I have to say that I never knew food could be this different haha. It was mostly the taste of lemongrass? in the noodles, and it was just different, so I couldnt really make out whether its good or not, haha.
After our breakfast, we walked to NTT, where we got a small welcome and then a tour of the school. The school compounds were, a little old and also smaller than ours, but it was really filled with life, haha. When we walked in, students from all levels (referring to both the physical floors and the education kind) were so excited and staring at all of us. Really, everywhere we turned there would be people smiling and welcoming us. This hospitality was again shown during the first interaction session we had with the students at NTT. Our hosts danced, taught us some basic Vietnamese, sang, and also played some icebreakers with us. All so enthusiastic and friendly. My buddy for the session was Hoa, the first person I actually got to know over there. And then I also got to know of Linh, from 10A6. I added that because Linh is a very common name there...haha. Today was a lot of fun playing games with our hosts, but the language barrier and unfamiliarity still kept some of us from really immersing in these activities. But still, their overwhelming welcome was enough to make us feel so so ashamed of ourselves, where we in Singapore do nothing to make them feel welcomed in the past when visitors join us for lessons. The least we could do is to talk to them, but did we? Or did we leave them at one side of the classroom alone? Really...
