Week 7: Early Turkey Feast

...without the turkey. But we did have a lot of other yummy food at the potluck tonight! Homemade pumpkin pie, pad thai, mashed potatoes, fruit, "healthful" cookies, etc.~

We ate and talked, talked, and ate some more. Although there were probably enough seats for everybody to sit (despite having to use several as tables for the food), everyone mostly stood in groups and chatted.

We had a guest from the International Peer Group program come check us out tonight, so maybe we'll see more international students at our future meetings!

Thanks for coming out tonight!
There will be no meeting next week due to the Thanksgiving break. See you week 9!

Week 4: Open Convo

Most people are probably having upcoming midterms, so tonight was just an open conversation night. After a short reminder about Queen Mary, everyone pretty much just talked among themselves and enjoyed the snacks (maple cookies!). Conversation night certainly may be the simplest activity LXP can set up, but it's also probably the best way to get to know the people you've met so far and learn about languages and/or cultural differences.

Thanks to those who stopped by! Good luck on all your midterms~

Week 1: Breaking That Ice

It's been quite some time since this blog was last updated, but hopefully we'll revive it this year!

We had our first meeting of the quarter (and school year) tonight. It was exciting to see new and old faces! After some general information about the club, we went around the room and gave brief introductions. Then we formed a large circle, and each person told 2 truths and 1 lie about themselves. Even more people joined us in the middle, which was a pleasant surprise! 

Towards the end, everybody just mingled and talked among themselves while munching on delicious snacks. We've got such a lively group this year; you could hear the buzz of conversation from the hallway!

Well, we hope to see you again next week~

Have a great summer~

Sorry I wasn't able to update everyone on the last 2 weeks.  Hopefully everyone is taking care of their finals well.

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.

-Trenton

Potluck and Idioms

Maybe I should've ate more.....oh, haha. Thanks to all those who brought food and to those who joined us for the potluck event. I hope you guys like my salad and veggie burgers!!! We had mochi, snicker doodle, and even Beijing duck! It was fun eating and hanging out. A group of you were getting into some distur...errrrr.......interesting topics, some sort of riddle...haha.

We all got to learn terms and uses of sentence enders of Chinese (there's a word for it, but it doesn't come to mind at the moment). We then played pictionary with idioms from the English Language. Idioms are sayings that we use to mean something without saying them directly.

These expressions could be along the lines of "cut to the chase" which means to "leave out all the unncessary details and just get to the point," or "Put a sock in it!" which means "to tell noisy person or a group to be quiet." Yeah, fun stuff, lots of laughs too!

This was the last meeting of the quarter. I wish you all luck in your finals and a great Spring Break, I hope to see you all back again next quarter.

-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