Chinese New Year!

Gung Hay Fat Choy!  Sun neen Fai Lauk!  And all the other sayings.  Happy Chinese/Lunar New Years and thank you for those who brought food and everyone else that came to celebrate this auspicious holiday with the club.  We had a potluck with traditional New Years food, played 2 truths 1 lie (ice-breaker game) and got to know each other better, learned a few sayings for Chinese New Year (in Mandarin and Cantonese), and found out our chinese zodiacs and their personalities.

We then started playing around with this little mini prize game that Virginia brought from Taiwan.  It had a lot of toys for kids, but then it had a weird effect on us and we all started to play like little kids.  I was urgently trying to win a pack of Maple Story cards (I don't know why).  It was fun and we enjoyed ourselves in celebration of Chinese New Year.

Next week, we will have scrabble night and and casual conversation night.  So we're going to just chill and possibly have some light refreshments like usual.  Have a great weekend and hope to see everyone again.

-Trenton

Obama Night

Who would have thought learning about politics was fun right?  Thank you to those who came to our meeting in celebration of Obama's Inauguration as well as learning a bit about our political system.

We had a mock presidential run between three groups and learned a few words in Chinese and English for us to use on our mock propaganda.  We had a difficult time trying to figure out a way for us to vote for each other, so we settled it through a simple game of rock, paper, scissors.  We will now have a place called Andyland very soon (you should have been to the meeting if you don't understand the joke).

For next weeks meeting, you do not want to miss it as it will be the celebration of Chinese New Year.  Throughout next week, LXP will be out on campus selling merchandise for Chinese New Year with other fellow clubs on campus.  More information on next week's celebration will arrive very shortly in your e-mails and facebook messages, so don't miss out and join the fun!

-Trenton

Mah Jong Night!

Thanks to all that came to our meeting for Mah Jong Night!  Even though most of us didn't know how to play, there were other who were able to teach us and help us win several games.  We started out the meeting playing an ice breaker game to get to know one another.  It's called swapping identities and everyone tries to remember the 3 facts about that person they swapped names with.

It gave us a chance to practice our English and Chinese as well as getting to know more people.  After the ice breaker, we started Mah Jong.

It was confusing at first, but by the end, one of the games that had started didn't want to stop until someone won.  (btw, Ethan looks so cool in this picture, lol).

Again, if there's any questions, please e-mail us, leave a comment on this blog, or send us a message on facebook.  Look forward to next week's meeting as we will be celebrating Obama's Inauguration!

-Trenton

Winter Kick-off fun!

Thank you to those who made it to the meeting this week and don't worry for those of you who couldn't, there's always a chance every Tuesday for you to join the fun! This week, we had members from last quarter and new members this quarter come in to find out what the Language Exchange Program (LXP) is all about. We served pizza and refreshments, looked through the quarter activities, and play a few word games to practice our vocabulary in Chinese and English. It was very interesting because I learned not only a few words in Chinese, but also the meanings of a few English vocabularies as well.
If you have any questions or comments, please send a message on facebook to any of our cabinet members or e-mail us (e-mail on side bar on the right). If you have any suggestions on what you would like to do at our club meetings or ways to improve it, feel free to write a comment on our latest posts on this page or e-mail us. Thanks again and hope to see you all on Tuesday for our Mah Jong Night!

-Trenton