Amalia: Day 7

We have officially been here a whole week!

Alright so today we went to Nankan High School. I have to say that this was the most energetic school we have been to thus far. When we walked into the auditorium we were greeted with applause and cheers. Once everyone was there the students performed multiple songs for us (all of which were super pretty). Once they were done with their performance it was out turn to present. We started off with our dances (which they loved) and then it was powerpoint time (when we went to Bali we were told to take pictures because they wanted us to tell them what our favorite and least favorite things were). Everyone was doing an amazing job and then it was Kathleen, Page, and my turn. Ok so the three of us had the same powerpoint except for the title slide... BUT IN OUR DEFENSE we all got home at 11 and Mimi's powerpoint wasn't working and Demi's parents (Kathleen and Page's host) were waiting for them to go to sleep so they could go to sleep. Even though it was the same powerpoint, the three of us did an amazing job (or so I like to believe). Alright so after our presentations the students got to put necklaces on us and a few of us got to put necklaces on them. They all went CRAZY. But my favorite part of today was when the students got to ask us questions. One boy asked us what we all thought of him. When I said that I thought he was a cutie he said "no no no. Be SERIOUS." After that we all told him we thought he was nice and cute and he could not believe it! Then he started to shake our hands so when it was my turn I got up and hugged him. EVERYONE WENT CRAZY. Then we all hugged him. When we left Kathleen said to me "Amalia, I think we just made his life!" It was such a cute/funny moment. Anyways the rest of the day was pretty normal. We got school uniforms for presents, then we went to different classes, and had lunch. It was a pretty normal day - girls screaming over the guys (which is TOTALLY giving them all big heads ;]), hugging the students and them going crazy, taking thousands of pictures with students, waving nonstop. You know, the usual.

Ok so when we got to YFHS my crazy family (Matt, Mimi, Demi, Kathleen, Page, and Dustin) and I (along with other YFHS kids) went to... READY?!?!...MCDONALDS!!! We were all super excited to go. It tasted the same so we all felt like we were back home for an hour or so. After dinner we all went to see TOY STORY 3 IN 3D!!! IT WAS SO GOOOOOD! I won't give anything away but I will say that we were all crying (multiple sad/super cute parts). Once the movie was over we all went SHOPPING (which has become a ritual for us) all over town. I found out that Page and I share an addiction for hair accessories (she loves bows and I love headbands). Lets just say that we spent about 3 hours in total shopping and all we bought was hair stuff... But it was fun. Mimi and Demi are PRO DISCOUNT GETTERS (if that's even a word) and they got us AMAZING deals. Today was so fun! SHOPPING, MCDONALDS, AND TOY STORY? What more could we have asked for? We did some hardcore American things which made us all feel like we were back home for a few hours but surrounded by our beloved Taiwanese friends/family.