7.20 Say goodbye

Oh... How time flies. Today is the last day we get together and tomorrow most of us will go back to their own home. It's really a sad day.
The morning is still the free time, every group is busy with their presentation. So as our group.
In the afternoon, firstly, we have a final exam for the whole course, and then is our presentation time. I think every group does a perfect work in these days.
Then is the closing ceremony, we all enjoy the last time we share together and the humor speech from the minister makes all of us laughing. As to the pity of mine, it's about the milk made by NTU, and the professor promise to me that I will get one tomorrow morning. Although it proves that I don't get one but maybe that's the reason I will come back again in the future.
The farewell banquet is held in a good restaurant near the school. We are all so happy until we finish the meal. I can't remember the taste of delicious, but I can remember the tears from Jiling and Andria.  Everyone try to take more pictures to record this time.
So I know it's time to say goodbye , I will miss all U guys and the days we share together. I love Taiwan and I love this program, it's so lucky for me to know all of you . I believe we will meet maybe in some other place and some other time. So keep in touch and wish you all good!!!

7.19 Taipei zooooooo

Today is the last second day of the course and the schedule became more and more leisure.
In the morning, it's our visit to Taipei zoo. As we all known , Taiwan is an island with high biodiversity , so we can see many different animals in the zoo. Firstly , we take a lecture which makes a brief introduction about this zoo. And then, it's time for us to see the real animals. We visit a special house which is not open to the public. For the animals here are really rare so taking photos is not allowed. We see many beautiful snakes, lizards, turtles and frogs in that house. Although I don't remember the name of  those animals, but I really love these beautiful wild life. After that, we go to visit the place to raise animals , there we see very huge turtles. The biggest one is about 160 kilogram  in weight. Later we also see a tiger. In the panda house, we meet the lovely panda named "團團" which is given by mainland China. He is sitting on the ground, eating bamboo.
After all the visit, it's our free time, we can keep visiting the zoo or just go back to continue our project. We choose the later one.
All the afternoon , we make effort to finish our project. It's tiring but interesting to work with my "小夥伴" and I will alway remember these days we work together.

7.18 rice day

Today, all the activities are about rice.

In the morning, it's rice seedling experience. We go down into the field and seed the rice. The weather is so good that it is not very hot. I haven't done it before and at the first step into the field, I feel it's so disgusting. Moving becomes so difficult because of the mud is so sticky , if you don't move slowly and carefully, you may fall down into the muddy field.  It takes us about 2 hour to finish the seedling work. And finish it is our free time until lunch. So our group go to the lab to continue our project, I have to say how hardworking we are!!! 

It's soon comes to lunch time. Nothing so interesting.... In the afternoon, we take a lecture about rice culture in Taiwan. And dinner is all the rice food!!! There are rice dumpling, fried rice, noodles and so on, I really love them!! The dessert is "芋園" and it's DIY. You can add whatever fixings U want to make it more delicious.

So another day goes by and we are know that the course will end in only a few days, which makes us a little bit sad. We all hope that time can go slowly so we can have more time together.....

7.17 go back to Taipei

Today all the students are so happy because we are going back to Taipei after two weeks traveling around Taiwan. That means we can go to the night market again!!! Its seems that the delicious food and milk tea are waiting for us. But before going back, we have to finish our lectures first. 

In the morning, it's a visit to 921 earthquake education centre. The 921 earthquake is one of the biggest earthquake happened in the world. It happened in 1999.9.21 and the center of the earthquake is Jiji. The education center is build on a totally destroyed school. As we all known, Taiwan is an island where earthquake is common. So Taiwanese emphasis the education of earthquake. In the center, we can see the remain of the school, everything seems just happened. We also see two movies about earthquake , and one of the movie even enables us to experience it. We can feel the movement of the ground and it shakes so strong. I can feel the fear and hopelessness of the people who really experience this disaster. 

After lunch, we head to the agricultural research institute of Taiwan . There we have a lecture but I am so sleepy that l can hardly focus on what the professor says. And the temperature goes higher as we come down from the mountain area. 

Then the bus keeps going on and on, and finally we arrive in Taipei at about 7 o'clock in the evening. At night, we have a big meal and go to the Shida night market.  We are so happy to come back!!

7.12 Phoenix tea garden & Bamboola Taiwan & Sitou

Today the schedule has some changes because of the coming typhoon.

In the morning, we take a walk in the tea garden. There are many different tea tree in this garden but to me, they look so alike that I think they are all same. The tea garden is not a very big area or maybe we just visit a small part of the garden. There is a small trail in the garden from which we can see the Jiji town. After the walk, we come back to the tea room to learn how to make tea. It's so complicated that I don't want to write all the details. Basically there are two small cups for each person, one is for smell and another one is for drink. When we make tea, the first pot of water is not for drink but to clean the tea leaf. And we drink from the second time. We try Oolong tea and Oriental beauty, I think the later one is better.

After tea time, we head to Bamboola Taiwan, a bamboo product company. The boss show us some boxes made and designed by himself . And each box has a gear to open the box. It's so well designed that we can't find the way to open it. And the products are also very good and expensive.

After saying goodbye to the Bamboola, we directly head to Sitou. It's another long way. And in Sitou we are told that the typhoon will come soon and we have to stay in the hotel until the typhoon is over. That night, the wind begin to blow but everything is ok and I also have a good sleep.

7.7 Huhuanshan hiking

Still hiking time, after walking for several days, today's main activity is still walking. The difference is this time, we have to hike in a high elevation. Because of lack of air, the situation can be totally different. In the height of about 3000 meter, it's easy for you to get tired and short of breath. So the hike can be a hard trip. However, the view on the Hehuanshan is so magnificent. You can see the white cloud under your foot and the endless mountain around you. That's the view I can never see in Shanghai, and in that moment , I feel human being is so small and it seems nothing is worth worried. It's not a quite long distance but it takes us a lot of time. At the peak of 3416 meter . The temperature is not high but everyone is soooo exciting. We take photos with each other to record this memorable time and I think everything is so nice.

After the hiking , we go back to dorm and take a long break. In the afternoon ,it's not that tiring. The teacher gives us a complete introduce and let us fully know this farm.

And after dinner , there is no more activities, we just enjoy the night in the high mountain and fall asleep sweetly.

7.5 Shakadang Trail and Swallow Grotto Trail and Nine turns Trail

Today is a day of trails and we just walk and walk and walk. 

In the morning, we go to the Shakadang Trail, it's not very long and easy to walk. Next to the trail is a stream, the water is very clear. And when we walk alone the Trail, something sad happen, a dead goat lay in the trail. We can't tell how it died but we all feel so sad for the accident. Then, we have to leave it there and go ahead. During the hiking, a teacher of plantation introduces many kinds of plants which are common in Taiwan and I learn a lot from him. At the end of this trail, there is a pond where the water moves not so fast. So.... All the students take off their shows and walk into the water~ it's really cool and nice. Some foreign student even swim in the pond with all their clothes on!! That's so crazy!!!

And in the afternoon, it's still hiking. A heavy rain makes the mountain more fantastic. After seeing these, I have to say that the nature is so beautiful and we have to do our best to preserve it. 

Because today we walk a lot ,so we are all very tired and in the evening, we just stay in the new hotel and sleep early.

7.4 heading to Hualian

Today, basically ,is another long trip day. We move into the east of Taiwan, Hualian.

In the morning, we visit King Car Orchid Park. The company King Car is well known for its Brown Coffee. Besides coffee, it also raise orchid. So what we visit is its orchid garden. In the garden, we see many beautiful orchid. A staff in the company show us around the park and introduce us different species of orchid. After the visit, we have a big meal in the cafe.

Then in the afternoon , it's our time to head to Hualian. The trip is long but its not boring, the view of the sea is so so beautiful. In the middle way ,we stop at Cingshui cliff, it's a beautiful rocky beach. And in front of us is the Pacific Ocean . Waves are gentle and water is cool. We stay there for about half an hour, then, we continue our trip to Hualian. Finally we arrive at about 6 o'clock . After dinner, we take a walk to the downtown, its not a big city but also very nice, we got some local snacks which are delicious.

I have heard that the sea view of Hualian is one of the best in Taiwan, it's a pity that I can't go there, but next time I come to Taiwan, I won't miss it!! After the long trip, everyone get tired and we go back to dorm early and take a good rest.

7.2 Jinshan blue dye and Dharma Drum Mountain and Juming museum

Today is the last day of the first part of BACT. And personally I am so looking forward to tomorrow' s trip.

Ok back to today's story. In the morning, we go to Jinshan to do blue dye. We use elastic ,sticks and coins to shape a piece of cloth, maybe handkerchief. And then ,we can put it into a tank will blue bye and color the cloth. The dye is made by a plant whose name is "板蓝根＂ in chinese and its very safe. And the tools like coins can help to make different pictures on the cloth. Everyone makes a work and I think they are all very nice!

For lunch, we eat a meal of vegetarian food in the Dharma Drum Mountain. I have to say it tastes bad and I really don't like it. I eat the food painfully and I feel released when I finish the meal. As to this Dharma Drum Mountain, it's a place for Buddhism education. I think it's ok for me to experience the life of Monk, but I can't accept living like that for a long time.

In the afternoon , it's museum time. Juming museum is a wonderful museum and we can see many master pieces. We spend two hours walking around and enjoy the works and try to understand the master's idea. It's an interesting visit.

Then, after we go back to dorm, we take a rest and pack our luggage. I am so exciting for the next two weeks' trip around Taiwan.

7.1 Yeliu Geology park & fisheries research institute

Today is not easy for me because I got sunburned on my shoulders yesterday on the beach. So I take the umbrella all the day. 

In the morning, we go to the Yeliu geology park, which is a small park but has many different landforms. It's really a beautiful place. There are many strange stones which are shaped by wind and seawater . The most famous one is " the queen's head". Although its very hot outside, the amazing landscape and beautiful ocean attract us to go further in the park. We almost walk to the end of the land. When we go back, we are all sweating but I really love this place!

The lunch is a big seafood meal! I love it and the scenery out of the window is fascinating.

After the lunch ,we went to the fisheries research institute. The modesl we see in the exhibition hall are all made by real fish!!!! It's quite amazing! What's more, we learn that some food made by marine animal are helpful to our health. It's an informative trip.

At night, it's DIY cooking time. We learn how to make dumpling, it's easy for me because I have done it several times before. The foreigner students also do a good job and we all have an enjoyable night!

7.14~7.16 Project time

This three is our project time. It's the third part of BACT course and we have a group including Vico, Kevin, Shenyu and Yinjie. 

In the first day, we have a lecture about soil biodiversity , in the afternoon, our group get together to discuss the topic of our project, it's not a easy work to get a topic because everyone has different idea and there are so many factors to consider. We discuss for about two hours and two topics come out. One is about how to collect and reuse rainfall in Sitou area, another one is about how the stream effects the diversity of plants. After we talk with the teacher, we choose the second one as our project topic. Then, in the rest time of the first day, our group discuss how to do the experiment and complete the project.

In the second day, we have a outdoor course about           . It's quite interesting and useful to my major and I got a lot good idea in this course. In the afternoon, we go into the forest and start our research. Firstly, we have to find a suitable place for our project, so we just walk around in the forest for about one hour and finally find a nice field. Then, we start our research according to what we have discussed. Unfortunately , it rains suddenly and heavily. All of our group member get wet in a few minutes. However, everyone is so hardworking that although the rain is so heavy, everyone doesn't stop working until we finish the work. Everyone get wet even we have umbrella and raincoat. 

In the third day, we have get all the materials we need for our project, so we just stay in the education center and analyze our data. During the discussion, many questions come out and we ask for many teachers for help and they really do. Although its a tough work, everyone of us learn a lot and we are all happy to work together.
After three days, the project time is over but the project hasn't finished. So we have to continue it after we go back to NTU. It's a meaningful course because it enables the students from all over the world to think and work together, I believe everyone can learn a lot from this project.

7.13 typhoon day！！

Actually today is just a typhoon day, the Suli attacks Taiwan . It rains all the day, and in order to guarantee our safety. All the students are told not to leave the dorm building. So we just stay in our room for the whole day and play games. Due to the typhoon, the power is totally out in the whole area. We have no electricity or Internet ,what we can do is just chatting, playing poker card and games. The meal is simplified but we get many snacks so the day is not very difficult. So basically , I love the typhoon day because it can be a happy free day!!

7.11 Specimens center+Mingsin Academy+Temple remain

This morning, we leave Shuili wood centre and head to Endemic Specimen Research institute, where we have two lectures. Besides the lectures, we also visit different apartments of the center. We learn how Taiwanese people create a special system to rescue the injured wild life and collect the body of wild life which is killed by road accident to do research. So basically ,this center is an animal rescue station as well as an education center for specimens.

After lunch, we go to visit Mingsin Academy and Temple remain. The former one is a school but looks like a temple. The later one is a temple which experienced an earthquake several years ago. The temple was totally destroyed but it still stands. Although it can not be use anymore ,it's now a mark of the big earthquake. We don't stay for a long time.
After all the visit , we head to Phoenix tea plantation, it's also a place attached to NTU. The view out of our dorm is nice and we heard that a large typhoon is coming. In the evening, we take a long lecture, too long I suppose, I almost fall asleep during the lecture. The teacher introduce some knowledge about tea and we drink a lot of tea. It's a nice night and I love the nice tea.

7.10 tissue box time!

Today everyone of us gets a tissue box from the Shueili Wood Utilization Center. Actually, it's made by ourselves.  Basically , it takes us about a half day to finish this tissue box. 

Firstly we have to use the sand paper to sand the wooden material. This is to make the surface more smooth. It's very tiring because you have to sand it hardly or it won't be effective. 

Secondly ,we need to use glue to assemble every part of the box together. This is not quite easy because not every part is that accurate. 

At last ,we need to coat the tissue box with a special chemical material . This action have to be repeated twice. Although it takes me almost a day to make it, I am so happy when it is finished. It's my first time to do this  and I think it's beautiful !!

In a word today is a happy day because I got a nice tissue box which is made by my own hands and I love the feeling of getting success after my efforts!!

7.9 traps and Rubin lock

Today is the last day in Meifeng farm, so I got some products which are made by this farm to share with my family.

In the morning, it's an amazing time to learn how the Saidekes make traps to hunt wild animals. We learn four kinds of traps and they show the wisdom Saidekes have. 

Later in the morning, we learn the way to make Chinese traditional dessert Manto. Personally, I don't like this dessert, but I enjoy the process to make it. 

After lunch, we head to Shueili Wood Utilization Center. In the half way, we stop to harvest tomatoes. Although everyone can pick only two small tomatoes, we all feel very happy because the tomatoes taste perfectly nice!!!

Finally, we arrive at Shueili at about 5:30. In the evening, we learn how to make the Rubin Rock. It's a traditional Chinese puzzle and not so easy to make. We have a competition and Vico wins. The award is a baseball bat. Although not everyone does it well, all the students enjoy the busy day!
Forget to mention that the sunset in Shueili is so charming~ I love it!

7.3 Mine gold and Jiu fen and Shi fen

Today is a new day because we start the second part of the summer course. So we get up early in the morning and we will leave Taipei for about two wreaks. 

In the morning, we went to the Jinguashi to mine gold. With the help of the teacher, we really get gold sand!! When I see the gold, I was so excited because I think it must worth a lot of money. However, later I know that the gold we got only worth about 10 NT dollars. 

In the afternoon, we went to Jjiufen to have lunch. Definitely , Jiufen is a town of delicious Taiwanfood. I eat a lot and every food looks so tasty! With the guide of local student, we are so Lucy to have the opportunate to take the oldest "芋園" in Jiufen. The town is small but very nice, the people here are also very kind. We see a movie in a local theatre and after that we have tea in the Amei tea house. It's the most well known one and the waiter tell us the story of this tea house. The tea is also very nice but it's a pity that we can't finish the tea because of the time limitation.
In the evening, we arrive another beautiful town named Shifen, I really love this town because its so romantic. The station, the bridge, the railway and everything looks so nice!! After dinner, we sky Lantern at night and send wish to others. It's really a wonderful night!!

7.8 Meifeng farm and juice time!

Today is our second day in Meifeng, in the morning, we get up early to watch bird. We spend almost 2 hour to search the bird in the forest and  we only find a few birds. They move so fast and often hide in the tree so it's difficult for us to find them, but the song they sing sounds nice in such a quiet morning.

Then after the breakfast, we take a walk and play some games in the farm ,and we  learn a lot about this farm. I think it's a great place because of the beautiful plants and organic vegetables.

In the afternoon, we have a lecture about table waste composting and organic vegetable. This is a good and informative lecture, it tell us the way to do table waster composting and the benefits of organic vegetable. Also, professor Liu give me a totally new understanding to bacteria.

Farming and juice time is the most exciting activate, we make the juice with fruits and vegetables and it's DIY. I think although the juice may not be as tasty as the one we can get from supermarket ,it must be more healthy and nourishing, so everyone of our students enjoy it!

The night is for insects, we watch some insects and then, the beautiful starring night attracts us. I fall in love with this beautiful night and I think it's a perfect ending of a busy day.

7.6 up to high mountain

Today is quite a easy day because all the afternoon is just on the bus.
In the morning, we go to Lyuchui trail, it's about 2 kilometer and not very steep, the view along the trail natural and original. We can see cliff, waterfall and many different natural beauty as we walking further. There is a suspension bridge in the middle way and all the students like it except Janny. At the end of this trail is a water curtain cave. It's very cool in the cave and you will get all wet if you enter the cave. But because the sunshine is so good, almost every enter the cave and enjoy the water in it.
And after a big lunch, we are going to the high mountain area, I get two snack and unfortunately they all explode because of the change of air pressure. It takes the bus about 4 hour to get to Meifeng Farm and it is not a comfortable trip because the bus is so jolty. What's more, the elevation suddenly rise to more than 3000 meter, which makes me feel not so good and I feel a little dizzy. Finally, we arrive at about half past five. After dinner, we have a lecture, and after the lecture, we play games in the farm. The amazing starry night, I will never forget it.

6.30 free day

Today is the free day! So after a night of good rest, we went to Fu Long beach to swim. Because it was Sunday ,there were so many people to go out and visit other places. In the morning, it was so crowded that we even had no place to stand!!! At last,it took us about 2 hour to arrive Fu Long and we just stand on the train during the whole trip. However it was worth of doing that because the beach was so beautiful!! There were some sand sculptures which were quite interesting on the beach. What's more, the sea was that blue and the sky was that blue. After walking around on the beach. We jumped into the sea and had fun in water. We played in the sea for almost 3 hours and we didn't take lunch until about 2 P.M. 

After the beach time ,we went to Hou Dong to take a visit. It's a place many cats live in, so we can see many cats there. And then, we just went back to dorm. It was a long distance and all of us were exhausted. 

In the end, we bought something for dinner and ended our amazing free day!!

6.29 National Palace Museum & Shi Lin night market!

Today was a day for museum! We visited two museums and learnt a lot.

In the morning, we went to the Shung Ye Museum of Formosan Aborigines. It is the museum to show the history and culture of the original people who lived in Taiwan. And I learned that Taiwan now officially still has 14 different races. We knew how the early people live and work here in Taiwan after the visit. It was quite meaningful I think.

After a great lunch, we visited the National Palace Museum. There were so many precious culture treasures in this museum. Most of them are from China，which makes me feel a little complicated. I love these beautiful treasures because they were the witness of the history, and I feel that it's so lucky for them to be transported to Taiwan so that they escaped from being destroyed in some period in China.

In the night, we went to Shilin night market and had a lot food there. The food there were cheap and delicious. I was so full and we found many interesting things there. 

And for the reason that tomorrow would be the free day, we went back to dorm early and took a good rest.

6.28 Ceramics DIY

Today was not a busy day but some thing sad happened. In the morning, we should have two lectures, but actually, we only had one because there was an accident happened last night and unfortunately two NTU students lost their lives in that accident. I was so sorry to hear that.
Then, back to the day we had. The first lecture is about the design of experiment. After that, we went to the museum of agricultural in NTU instead of the second lecture.
Then in the cafe, I learnt how to make coffee and I tried my best to make a cup of latte and it tasted good.

In the afternoon, we went to the Yingge Ceramics Museum and learned the history and culture of the ceramics in Taiwan. We also did ceramics DIY that after, I did one and I thought it was nice. However, because it would take about 45 days to complete the ceramics burning so it's not easy to bring it home.

Because of the sad news we heard this morning, so in the end, I wish everyone of us can learn to protect ourselves and enjoy every moment of this summer course safely!!

6.27 mountain time

Yangmingshan is a famous mountain in Taipei and today, we climbed up to the top of the tallest peak--Mt. Qixing. It spent us about two and a half hours to get to the peak. I was totally wet when I arrived there and I was exhausted. Hiking cost a lot energy and made me feel so tired. However, the cost was worthy, the beautiful scenery we saw at the top made us so excited that we just forget the hardness of climbing the mountain. At the top of the mountain, the wind was so strong, it looked that maybe we all would be blew away. What's more,seeing that the cloud moves away around us also made me feel cool!!

In the afternoon, we went to the Siaoyoukeng volcanic site and I found that the power of nature was so strong. We just took some photos and then went to the Beitou hot spring Museum.I learnt that it was Japanese who brought hot spring to Taiwan. 

After getting some brief information about Beitou. We head to the Thermal valley. The water there was quite clean、hot and smoking.Later I got it from the information board that the water can be about 90 degree in temperature.

It's a very tiring day and I nearly can't move after going back to NTU. And that night, we had a big meal and I just had a good rest.

6.26 Museum of Marine Science and Technology/ northeast coast intertidal zone

Today is the day for marine biodiversity. In the morning, we went to the museum of marine. I saw the most beautiful sea in my life there. The water was so clean and the sky was so blue. It's not impossible for people living in Shanghai to enjoy such a beautiful sea because of the pollution. That's really a big problem in Shanghai and even everyone knows that pollution is not good but the government doesn't take many actions to protect the environment. So although Shanghai also has sea, it's not quite clean.
In the museum, we saw many different marine species and I learned that even Epinephelussp can kill people!

After the visit, we went to northeast coast intertidal zone to search some small animals in the ocean. The intertidal zone was slippy and dangerous, one can easily slip and get hurt if he is not so careful. There were so many species in this zone and we tried to get some of them. It's of a great fun to catch fishes in the sea with our hands but it can also be dangerous because some fish are poisonous. Fortunately， only Jiling got a little on her leg and others are all totally OK!

Although the courses today was so tiring, we were happy to learn so many things! It's quite a nice day!!

6.25 farm and frog

Today was quite an interesting day because we did a farm practice experience in the morning. Although it's common in the countryside of Shanghai, it was my first time to do that. The sun shines and it's hot outside, which made the practice a hard work to do.
After this experience, we can learn how hardworking the farmers are so that there can be enough rice to feed all the people. The situation remind me of the poem named <悯农>, which shows the hardness of farming and teach people to value food.
And then, there were three lectures about geography、flora and vegetation、marine biodiversity of Taiwan. The lectures were so informative and interesting that showed us a lot about Taiwan.



Then in the night, we went to the Fu Yang park to take the night frog observation. That was quite amazing because I have never done that before. There were so many different frogs in the park, and many other animals as well. We saw snake、firefly、lizard and many other animals that night. That's quite cool!

Second day

The second day is also a nice day,although everyone of us is not quite familiar with each other, it's always easy for young people to know others quickly. So in the morning, we attended the opening ceremony where we met all the teachers.

After the short meeting, we visited the gallery of NTU history, we got a lot information about the history of NTU. I knew that the Fu Bell is to memorize the president Fu Simin, and it rings 21 times once because Fu thought that there was only 21 hours a day and the left 3 hours should be used to think. NTU goes though the hard time and eventually becomes one of the best university in the world.After that, we played scavenger hunt(left picture), the day was so hot but everyone just enjoyed the game.  Unfortunately, our group did't get a high score but we felt very happy!

In the afternoon, we got two lectures about animals and insects in Taiwan, both the two lecture contain so many information that I only kept a little in my mind.
For the dinner, we took the hotpot(right picture),that's delicious I thought.

When we finished dinner, we went to Ximen and walked around the streets. I got an icecream and a fried chicken(left picture). They are both too big and it was difficult for me to fell asleep that night.

6.23 The first day

This is the first day of the BACT, all the students introduced themselves in the morning, although I failed to remember  all the students' name, what they introduced about they schools left deep impression to me. The introduction last about 3 hours, and later we took the MRT to the Museum of Taiwan. We had lunch in Taipei station, the Japanese food was great. After lunch, we visited the museum, the traditional Chinese cloth Qipao were really charming, and we knew some brief information of Taiwan's biodiversity after the visit. Because of the terrible weather, we canceled the plan to the second museum and just went back. The dinner was hotpot and after that we went to visit Ximen, a famous place for shopping in Taipei. I had the ice cream and the fried chicken, they are both nice and huge, I was so full that it made me hard to sleep . We came back to dorm at about 10:30. I think everyone here is kind and nice, and I hope everyone will enjoy this course in the next month!