Interview
By,
Jeffrey Benusa and Sal Canizanes
On the third day of the Biking Trip we meet a woman named Mrs. Tong, a shop owner in a small village west of Duhu. She was very organized and had everything in categories- the drinks in the fridge, the pastries in another area, and the canned food in another area. In addition to foods they sold pens, lighters, crackers cookies, tampons, popsicles, ice cream, yogurt, etc. The lady was very kind when we interviewed her. We asked how many products she had for sale. The answer was something that I would never had thought would fit in a little hut but 200 products fit in her store. We asked her where she get her supplies. Amazingly we were going to the same place where the shopkeeper got her food. In the middle of the questions a little child went into the middle of a crowd and did something that should be done in a outhouse. We asked if there another store in the village? Yes, there was only one other store in the village but it didn't create very much competition. She still had a steady flow of customers. We left wishing her and her store the best of luck and rode off.
Today we did a lot more biking than yesterday. We started out with a warm sunny day but towards the end of day it started raining. After breakfast, Koester's entire group went to visit a factory where they manufacture exercise machines and gadgets to repair cars. It was an interesting factory especially the staff parking lot which was full of bicycles. We left the factory after a tour and started biking. It was hot with a couple of breezes. Our small group, Mr. Fisher's group found a school while we were biking on the way to lunch. This school was three-story high and had about 200 children from the age group of 5-13 years old. We met a friendly lady who taught Putonghua and math. Her English was pretty well spoken. We had a smooth conversation and found out lots of things about the school. Mrs. Starling, the nurse, tried to get a picture of the children but they kept going up to her and chasing her. It was nearly lunchtime by the time we left the school. Ms. Lam's group saw a decorated coffin as they were biking; it was probably for someone who passed away. Lunch was delayed for about 1 1/2 hours because everyone was still biking. We all ate lunch at an ancient ancestral home. There was a family eating there at the table next to us. Miss. Pfeiffer was obsessed with the children there. Then after lunch, we biked even more. Soon, we came to an interesting village. We went in. It was a long way until we got to the village, but while we were heading toward the village, we passed many fields with a lot of people working there. Finally we reached the village. We found a very interesting factory. It was a watchband factory. They made many watch bands there and the tools they used were "cool". They told us that the watchbands were exported out to Hong Kong. After the village we couldn't stop anymore. We were out of time. By then it started to rain. Finally WE WERE THERE! No more biking for the day.....We wanted to eat dinner but Miss. Pfeiffer had to give a picture to a person in a village from last year. After that we went and ate dinner. 
WE sang a lot of songs, including Twinkle Twinkle Little Star. Some tall, blonde lady started to sing a crazy song that we had no clue of. It looked like an old foreign ritual to put your arm in and out and sing along to a crazy song. But since it looked like a lot of fun, I decided to try and join them. Of course, I didn't know the dance so my classmates laughed so hard at me. But I didn't care.