Saturday night was spent at Hang's house making che and banh loc. All of the Vietnamese students in the pictures below are in the English club that takes place every Friday night. They have all helped me with my research; everyday I had one of them in the classroom with me, or if they couldn't go they would ask one of their friends or classmates to help me out.
We went over to Hang's house around 4:00 and didn't leave until around 9:00. After we had finished eating dinner we played some games like two truths and a lie, telephone, and then I taught them mafia, which they all loved! It was so much fun to sit around in a big group of friends, share stories, be happy, and laugh.
I am so fortunate to have made friends with local students. It's a win-win situation because they get to practice their English with a native speaker and I get a local's perspective on Hue plus I get to see and do things that wouldn't be available to me otherwise. And of course, everyone gets new friendships out of it! I have grown really close with a few of the girls, and I truly will miss them when I leave Hue in only four days (ahhh where did the time go??)!
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| Making banh loc with mung bean filling |
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| Hang played hostess all night! |
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| Filling the dough with the mung beans |
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The start to the che. No one had ever made it before so we weren't really sure
what we were doing. When it didn't come out like it was supposed to they decided
it was best to blame it on the American, aka me. I mean, it still tasted delicious, it
just wasn't the right texture. |
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| Ta-da! The finished banh loc |
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| Family style dinner on the bamboo mat. |
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| half the group with me... |
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| and the other half with Erika. |
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| Playing telephone. |
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| Someone said something funny I guess. |
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