day 13

this is the yusof ishak house, venue of the bits and bites event. bits and bites is an orientation activity organized by the office of students affairs with the participation of the international students society and the graduate students society.

in this event, new students come to party, participate in games, try food from different countries and showcase their country's culture via booths.

so here's how it looks. a sea of students cramped in one venue.

the boat is sinking, group yourselves according to height!this is the singapore booth which hosted a lot of activities.

find the singlish words is one of them. in fairness, medyo mahirap sya.see this group of girls? thats what theyre doing. finding the singlish words.biruin mo, ang relak pala ay isang commonly used singlish word! hindi ko nga lang alam kung singular din ng relax ang ibig sabihin nun hahameron ding postcard writing. cute little postcard.so syempre, gumawa ako. and because im only alloted one postcard, sa office ko na lang pinadala para siguradong makakarating. pag sa bahay baka tangayin ng pusa ng kapitbahay. phia, please share this postcard with everyone including mae and dez hahathis is the iran booth.a girl writing my name in persian.one of their traditional drinks. milk with water and salt and i dont know what else. i tried it and its ok, a bit salty and sour. para kang uminom ng suka na medyo mild.this is kaachy. its made of flour, oil, etc etc. panghmagas yata nila.date ball. nope, its neither a date food nor a gift for your date. its a ball made of dates. its sweet and is served for dessert. i also tried shirazi salad, the one on the lower left part.this is the indonesian booth.the vietnam booth.the malaysian booth.where students play sungka. its an innovative way of creating a modern day sungka.and holen hehe pare pareho lang pala ang laro ng mga batang asyano.some girls asking for bindi from the indian booth

and here's a little girl having her arm tattoed

may mga tournament ng sipa

and traditional javanese dance

there were also bands and other games like pomelo peeling contest, etc etc.

went home at around 815pm. this is how the school likes by that time.

i've been standing here waiting for the bus
on a Saturday, from an orientation night (paumanhin sa eheads)

andyan na

these are my take-home for the night. a magazine, a free shirt as a prize, my name written in persian, and an eraser from the international friendship group with our flag on it. pero ang nakasulat na pangalan, filipina.

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