好吃, 好喝(Delicious and tasty); Those were the words I said the most when staying in Taiwan. And really I tasted different kind of dishes and drinks which are characteristic of Taiwan. Food is very important for Taiwanese, so they like to much that of going out with friends to taste delicious dishes. I tried many things but the more weird for me was the 鸭血 and the 猪血 (its a kind of rennet made of blood) and of course the 臭豆腐 (stinky tofu) which is really stinky, so I could not understand why they like it. Anyway there are several kind of tasty plates, interesting snacks with Chinese characters or meat inside, refreshing drinks as the famous 珍珠奶茶 ( a kind of milk tea) and many other things like the hot pot or the night market with its games were Taiwanese have fun. My first impression was that it is a clean and comfortable country although in the beginning I felt that everybody seemed a little indifferent. After that I found that people is serious about their business but happy and trusty. They help you a lot and they are very kind. They love their land and feel proud of it. Taiwanese people are very kind with foreigners and they think well about the other countries.
The Taiwanese culture is interesting so as I could see is like a mixture of east and west world. Here you can feel the Chinese culture, admire a lot of traditional and historical temples with the authentic Chinese architecture ancient style, with dragons and emperors stories. You can also experience the traditional Chinese calligraphy and taste the Chinese tea or eat Chinese food with chopsticks. In the other hand, You will find modern infrastructures and business centers as well as the high speed train line or the 101 tower in Taipei. The organisation in mobility, respectful people and development in technology. Being here has been for me not only to know about the Taiwanese and Chinese culture, but also to know about other cultures. So even more due to the internship with Aiesec because we could meet Young people from all over the world and have trips and party with them.
In my internship I could share a lot with a guy from Indonesia so I discovered new things about Asia and especially about his country. We stayed at 普門中學 in Kaohsiung and shared with the students the culture of our countries. We made presentations about our traditions and foods. Share with them in English, learnt with them some Chinese and also thought them about our mother languages. We lived in the school and went some weekends to students houses to experience the family culture. The teachers were very kind and we were invited many times to go out for dinner or lunch. I learnt that our cultures are very different. Our
countries have different perspectives. Our cities are differently organised and differently administered. Our people think different and do different things. But even though all that kind of things, we feel the same, we pursuit the same, we are the same. Everywhere. We are a big family.
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