Hey everyone, it has been over a year, but the blog is ALIVE! So make sure to check back often and check out what we are up to at the Language Exchange Program at UC Irvine!
~Kyle
Last week was week 7, and we played a game where we split into two groups to tell a story by connecting random pictures that were given. Some pictures included a man riding a unicycle, someone walking a dog in their car, and a man hugging a giant fish!
Our groups shared the wacky stories to each other and then combined to do a group story. We each got a photo and “popcorned” around the circle to tell a new story using the picture we had.
After a story about an alien cat, heroic dog, and crazy truck driver, we split up into small conversation groups. It was nice to interact with everyone in a group activity, instead of going into separate groups like usual. I hope to get to know all of you more!
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~Shirley
Week 9, we had the Duan Wu Jie where we ate Zong Zi and learned new vocabulary to make our own story. It was a depressing and funny story, but a story nonetheless.
Week 10, we went over to Steelhead's Brewery for $5 pizzas. It was surprising, but we ate it all. 
I just want to take the time to thank everyone who came out to our meetings, making new friends, and learning new things. I would also like to thank the staff members of LXP for sticking around and making an awesome year for the club, for the members, and for me. It's been an honor being the Web manager and historian of LXP. Have a great summer everyone and see you around campus next year.
We looked at other social networks both chinese and english. Afterwards we got a bit into watching videos off of Youtube and reading posts off of Engrish.com and the Fail site.
Next week, we'll be changing our room. Most likely back to HH 224, so be sure to look out for e-mail and facebook to see where it will be at. Not sure what we're doing exactly, but I heard something about eating and dragon boat. Hope to see you all back next week.
The 3rd table played various card games such as Poker, Black Jack, Mafia, and BS. We tried our best telling the stories while playing Mafia in Mandarin as well as counting in Chinese for BS.
We learned some new words for English, Chinese, and Spanish, got a little carried away and started learning about other languages too. It's good to see so many people joining our meetings now, it makes it a lot more lively.
Last week, we played "2 truths and a lie" where everyone guesses which one is the lie. We get to learn interesting facts about each other. The main event of the night was to learn about what our Chinese (or other native language) name means. We had a lot of help as many people knew what their Chinese/Japanese/Vietnamese name is.
This week, we will be having drinking games in the same room as last week. (sorry, no alcohol).