Day 10-Spreading joy in the form of Biotechnology

Day 10
Today was pretty hard to get up. I’ve been trying out the fitness room for the past few days and still feel kind of sore. When I was ready to go to breakfast, I found out I had thirty minutes to eat. I ended up being late, my roommate was also late but it was all good. We arrived at Bodi Boarding School safe and on time. We made it on time because our bus driver is super awesome. When we arrived at the school we were told to go into a room for a rest. Basically we were early and the students in the class were taking a test. After an early morning rest, we were invited to an English class and were asked to sit next to the Chinese students. We then started to watch Kung Fu Panda. The teacher paused the video once in a while for us to talk about what happened in the movie. This was our chance to help the students learn and understand more English. Then we headed over to another classroom in a different building to start our Biotechnology experiments. Today we did the Fruit DNA extraction. The fruit we chose were bananas. It was a success. The Chinese students were amazed to see the DNA. From what the students told me is that they only read about biology and do bookwork. They rarely ever get hands-on experiments that are not mandatory. After the experiment we headed to lunch. The food was good. Anthony ate a lot, but not at his will, he had to keep eating food as to not be rude to the Chinese hospitality. We also celebrated Pedro’s birthday with a birthday cake and a traditional Chinese bowl of noodles that signifies longevity of life. Pedro sadly did not make it through lunch without icing being spread all over his face. Then we went to a Chinese class after lunch. It was a painting class, where we learned how to paint sea animals. It was cool. I drew DNA, a fish, and a smiley face. Then we departed for the hotel then an hour later we headed for dinner. Like what Donny said last time… “A repeated dinner”. After dinner we went swimming and had to use a swimming cap. It is a Chinese law to use a swimming cap in a public pool. Then we fell asleep.

Fernando Otero