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Vicki Li @ National Chengchi University, Taiwan (from CityU) , Feb 20, 2012 - Feb 24, 2012
February 20, 2012 (
Monday )
The new semester of National
Chengchi University (NCCU) is started today! However, today is my day-off, my
buddy brought me to visit the Wenshen, where NCCU located at and we lived in. Wenshen is not a tourist
spot, but a residential area and a university area. There are many traditional
Taiwanese characters in Wenshen, for example, there are many traditional
Taiwanese snacks and meals such as luwei (meats, soy-products simmered in soy
sauce) and steamed spring roll. I think Taiwanese foods are flexibility and
spontaneity; there are variety types of different food in Taiwan and all of
them are very delicious!
February 21, 2012 (
Tuesday )
NCCU has assigned two
local students as buddies for each exchange student. Mavis and Vicky are my
buddies in Taiwan; however, since Vicky’s hometown is not in Taipei, she has
not back to Wanshen yet. Therefore, Mavis has brought me to many different
places in Taipei and introduced many interesting things to me. Mavis is a very
cute girl and she is studying her master degree in NCCU. She has visited many
different countries before; in the last semester, she was exchanged to Korea,
so she has told me a lot of Korean culture and news, which are very interesting
to me. Tonight, she brings me to eat a traditional Korean restaurant which near NCCU; it is so delicious!
February 22, 2012 (
Wednesday )
In Wenshen, there is no
any high or modern building, but there are a lot of flats with only three to
four floors, every block has it own colour and unique displays, which makes
this place more cute. I live in i-House, the international hall of NCCU, which
in located in the end of the residential area in Wenshen. It is a seven-floors
building with 95 suites. i-House is a modern building, which was opened on
17December, 2010 and dormitory designed mainly to meet
the needs of accommodation for international students. When I first stepped to
i-House, I thought it looks like a hotel! The staffs in help desk are very
helpful and the decoration is very modern. Moreover, the rooms in i-House are
very big and clean just like a hotel room. I think I will love this new “home”
in Taiwan.
February 23, 2012 (
Thursday )
Today I go to the Taipei
Zoo with my friends. It is zoological garden in Taiwan and a
leader in conservation, research and education, and recreation. It is also the
largest zoo in Asia. We never search any
information for the zoo before, we only planned 2-hour to travel the zoo and
then go to shopping in the downtown, and we did not put many expectations as
its entrance fee is only cost NT30 at all. When we arrived and get the map of
the zoo, however, we changed our plan. Taipei zoo is really big, I guess its
area is almost equal to Hong Kong Ocean Park. In Taipei Zoo, it is divided into
11 areas to show animals from various countries and 10 exhibition centers to
introduce different kinds of fauna and flora. Everything in the zoo is very
interesting for us. Finally, we spend whole day in the zoo with a lot of fun
and laugh.
February 24, 2012 (
Friday )
After one week of classes in NCCU, I think the
learning style of Taiwanese is really different with Hong Kong student. In
NCCU, the local students are very aggressive and active in the classes. They
are always willing to ask questions and discuss verity topics in the classes,
which make the learning atmosphere to be more animated. Under this
atmosphere, you will also become more willing to share your ideas with your
classmates without any shyness. Although sometime I cannot really catch their
points as they use many local examples, I really enjoy this learning experience
and I believe my horizon will be broaden after this exchange period!
Labels: 2011/2012 Semester B
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