This Microcampus experience has changed me in ways I will never forget. Why did I come? I could make a list of 100 reasons why I came here. Once I heard about this program, I wasn't sure if I should sign up or not. After attending a few more Microcampus info sessions, I became really interested. As Mr. T explained the reasons everyone should join Microcampus, I knew this program was for me.

Today is a big day for our Service Learning project! We met with Mr. T at 11:00 to show him our videos and made our final changes. There was a plan for us to have a party for service learning at 3:00 in the afternoon and sadly only one service learning partner came. Some student from erzhong a school in Xizhou came to watch. Also, Mr. Yang from the antique shop came and also Mrs. Duan the old service learning partner from last group. 

Today wasn't any different from the other days and though we weren't supposed to have any SAS essential time, Mr. T gathered all the Alg 1 students together for a math session. Pretty helpful and we finally finished the 2nd to last math packet! We're planning to finish all the packets by tomorrow or the next day. That's basically the schedule for the morning. 

Hey there, there's 7 days left D: Well if you think of it, there actually only 5 days left counting today and not counting the travel day...NOOOOOO!!!! DDDDD: 

Before we set off ot Dali today everyone gathered in Classroom 1 to work on our Phase 4. We took exactly 1 hour to finish up and in the last few minutes everyone stood up and shared their thesis statement...can't wait to see everyone's final product!

Good news! We found our service learning partner (hopefully) today! Ms. Mai took us to a shoemakers house today when Vincent and I talked to her. She seemed really nice and hopefully she will be our service learning partner. Vincent and I are planning to go back tomorrow (with Aakshi) to visit her again and get to know her better. She makes shoes for toddlers (oldest age 2), but the thing is, there are 3 people who work with her. Everyone does a special step and she is responsible for sewing the ends together which is the last step of the shoemaking process.

So today I woke up from the bright light coming from the sun. The tent was surprisingly freezing and bright and I was about to fall asleep when Mr. T called us out to see the sunrise.

After the sunrise,  we planned to light the fire up and after a few attemps, the firewoods started burning and created a pretty big fire. Everyone gathered around the fire pit and warmed our hands and feet (by the way, thanks  Ms. Mai and Mr. T for helping us start the fire). After some breakfast and gathering up all our stuff, we headed down the mountain.

It's already halfway through the trip :( Before I know it the trip will be over...nooooo!!! ;(

Big highlight of the day...basketball.

It started off as usual with breakfast and SAS essentials. Then during Pitching Time I had my conference with Mr. T about my water treatment topic. I had a hard time narrowing down my topic especially since it is pretty broad. We discussed over a few things and then I set off to work. I continued to work on my inquiry project until lunch and a bit before Natalie and I set off to the water treatment plant at 2:00 pm. 

Finally today was our day for laundry! Right after breakfast, Alisa, Jillian and me rode our bikes while carrying 2 huge baskets filled with clothes all the way to the top. Natalie also came to show us how to use the laundry machine. Once the machine started rolling she left and we were left. We decided to wait for the laundry to finish so we could hang them up. The machines stopped rollling 10 minutes before lunch so we got back to YZR on time.

We started the day as with the usual breakfast but I ate oatmeal! Yay, first time eating oatmeal in my whole life but I kind of destroyed it...hehe. After we had SAS essentials (as usual) and then the daily meeting. Pitching In was the last thing of the whole morning and I had a really good time playing volleyball and badminton with my fellow friends.

Today was probably a mixed up crazy day for me. It was the first time we had WIPPIT time and it was pretty exciting. Many people did things according to plan and I could tell everyone had a great time. In my own perspective, I really enjoyed it because I spent most of my day biking with Miranda and Mr. T. We went to many different places and met many different locals. It was a great experience.

Today, I got to experience what a real Microcampus day seems like. In the morning, we had breakfast and then a group meeting. While other people attended religous services, Miranda, Aakshi, Alisa, Ying Yang, Vincent, Aiden and I went to tour the village of Xizhou. I guess it was pretty cool and amazing because we got to meet a lot of different people. It was also really tiring. Whenever Aakshi and I saw a bench or chair we would sit down whever we had a chance to. In the end, we arrived at the Linden Center and got to have a tour around the Linden Center!