The End

It was really an unbelieveable site to me as I gave a speech at the closing ceremonies of Hanyang University's summer school 2008. Whereas at the beginning of the summer, I noticed that students in the audience were all sitting with their respective schools/friends, by the end of the summer session, the students were all mixed up - Korean, Chinese, Japanese, American students were sitting with one another regardless of their cultural backgrounds. It was very encouraging for me to see that!

Opening ceremony

I was asked to give a speech at the opening ceremonies where I commented on the idea that we are all from different countries and backgrounds but we all have a lot of things in common, and I encouraged the students to explore those similarities over the next four weeks.

Our last day in Xi'an

By the end of our China trip everyone was exhausted. The morning of our departure, Patrick decided to take a nap on the floor of the hotel foyer. He's smiling but he's tired. His Brazilian friend gazes at him from the comfort of an armchair!