September 15, 2009

Day 15 - Day with the local students

Went down to buy breakfast as our stomachs are grumbling. We had something like Singapore's chee cheong fan. It's nice and it only costs 3RMB. Shall get a photo of it next time. :)

There's no class today, so we went out with the local students to a tangerine farm to pluck tangerines. It's a short distance away from our school, 30 minutes ride. Ate some tangerines, but it is not ripe yet, so it's a little sour. Anyways, all the tangerines there are all green in colour, there's no ripe ones.

Headed back to campus for a short rest and had a BBQ session at some remote area of the campus. Their BBQ setup is really rural, where you sit in a circle and there's a small pit in the middle where you BBQ. They do not have fire starters, so we just have to use twigs and leaves to set up the fire.

Reflections
This is my first time going to a tangerine farm to pluck tangerines. They had some sweet potatoes and pumpkins too. Our local student buddies then start up a fire and roasted the sweet potatoes. It was nice. I've never seen such stuffs before where you can cook the sweet potato right on the spot with a fire. It's a good sight to see.

The BBQ session was another astonishing thing to see. They don't have the normal BBQ pits you see in Singapore. It's really caveman-era where we have to use twigs and leaves to start a fire! Now we know what to do when we don't have fire starters. :) From what I heard, it is also the first time the local students have a BBQ.