Wednesday 1/11: Jeremy and Chiara

Today was an eventful day. The day started when our group headed over to Asia Society where they were surprised to see our resident Singapore organizer Jeremy Chen standing in front of the Asia Society building along with Phuong, the Education & Outreach Program manager. We headed over to the admin area of the building and into a conference room where Jeremy proceeded to do a presentation on his life experiences in Singapore. It was an incredibly informative presentation that showed the average experience that a Singaporean student would have while also discussing the unique education system of Singapore. After the presentation, Phuong told us more about the future activities and systems that Asia Society was implementing in order to better educate people visiting the building. We then scanned a QR code that took us to a google drive that had Asian cultural comics that our group read and then gave comments on. This was a surprisingly fun activity for the morning and it continued over to the afternoon.

We then had lunch at Papa Rich, Malaysian cuisine at its finest. A lot of the food was similar to the type of food we would be eating in Singapore. The food was delightful and it filled us with life and energy. A lot of us ordered Char Kway Teow which we enjoyed a lot. Overall, it was a filling lunch that helped prepare us for the afternoon activity.

After lunch, we headed to the bus, and Mr. Zhou took us on a short tour of Chinatown. After the short tour, we split into three groups for a scavenger hunt. For the scavenger hunt, we were given a sheet of paper that had several tasks we needed to complete around Chinatown. For example, some of our tasks were things like, finding at least two bakeries or finding a product with at least two non-English languages. During the scavenger hunt, we were able to shop and explore Chinatown. Many of us got snacks from the stores and bakeries. After the scavenger hunt we ended the day by heading back to school. 

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