Day 4

Oddly enough, glass egg was not a dish apart of this morning's breakfast. But it was today's company visit!

So the day started off to an interesting start. Instead of the usual heading to class right after breakfast, we visited a Daoist pagoda. Beautiful and weird. Beautiful in that the carvings and such were so intricate and ornate. Weird in that, between the plethora of pigeons, the pond of turtles, the one giant turtle, and the tank of fish, it seemed as much a temple as it did a zoo. 

Today's lecture was about Vietnam's cultural history. It was interesting, sure, but definitely the best part was the rambutan we got at break! Like a lychee that never shaved. We also got guava (not a fan) and some durian cake thing that was so weird. 

After changing at the hotel, we headed to our company visit for the day, Glass Egg. Such a cool company. They do outsourced art for video games with a focus on cars, and work for big names like Microsoft and EA. We weren't allowed to take any pictures because we were walking around the artists making the elements of future games, so privacy restrictions are high. But it was so cool! They then took us into a briefing room to show us a presentation and take questions. It's hard to decide if the discussion about the company and the samples of their work or the discussion about the CEO having to flee the country at the fall of Saigon was More interesting. Their work is flawless and they were telling us that because the current gaming systems are so powerful and everything is rendered in real time, they have to model each screw and bolt. Making a single tire takes 2 and  a half day. Amazing! And listening to everyone's story about either starting or moving to Vietnam, and especially the CEO's story, it felt like talking to a real life documentary. So cool. They also own a nightclub called Lush that we will be checking out tonight :P Time to get our dance on!

The other thing we did today was get fitted for tailored suits. I'd say the majority of the group opted to get one, so hopefully they're great! Stay tuned, tomorrow we get back our Ao Dai!