Hello Taoyuan!

SO THE PROJECT IS OFFICIALLY STARTED! FYUH!

I live in a hostfam here named Kumu Loba. People call her as "Kumu Ai ( seems like sister in English). First day in her house, I meet her family. The family is quite big. There is a couple named Mommy and Daddy, and then Kumu, then Kumu has a daughter named Iya, Iya has a son named Eun-Eun and also a husband (although they are not married yet) named Akay. Quite confusing, huh? Me too haha..

Oya, here in taoyuan, I meet Andy Gargh, another EP from Aiesec Australia and Jia En Koh, a sweet trainee form Aiesec Singapore. Sadly, they have been in Taoyuan for almost ten days and just have around four days left to be spent with me and Nia.

First day in Taoyuan: quite excited because Andy and Jia En ask us to go to Kumu's new office that located not too far from the house. They explain a little bit about Tayyal tribe (one of aboriginal tribes in Taiwan) that becomes the focus of our project, "Touch Truly Taiwan".

Hmm, nothing else to be said. The rest of the day is spent by helping Kumu organizing her new office.

P.S The internet connection is hard to get. So sad!

Kumu's new office

Meet Andy, a nice guy from Aiesec Australia

This door is the symbol of the powerful women in Tayal tribe

The handicrafts made from bamboo

Nia, Andy, Jia En, and Kumu Ai

Nia and Andy in our room