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You must be wondering why we did not mention much about how we got on with our studies so far and about the campus. Well, we sort of waited to see how this went before we let you in a bit more on it.
So far, we do really enjoy all the subjects we take. You know what, we have not failed any test yet. Our classmates are all nice and also very bright. Yes, all of them, except one, are younger than Nicholas and Douglas. Just imagine these two old Asian folks sitting in their midst. Kind of like Asian parents with a family of American kids. We have great fun in class. We have this professor (Professor Genthner) who even hand-wrestled with a girl student to make the point of gender differences in our Human Sexuality course. Last Friday, some students dressed up for the class. One even came in a World War 1 uniform. It was the day our adult student, Jackie, brought her son (Aaron) to the class. That was real cool.
The professors are great too. Each has their uniqueness. They are not just great teachers but have such a caring heart for their students.
The fun side of university life does help greatly with the ‘pain’ of the course assignments and tests.
We did a fair bit travelling also in the last few weeks. On 16 and 17 October, Matthew travelled with Professor Freudenburg to Altanta where the professor spoke to a group of university professors on family life.
Then, we were off to the FFPN function in Nebraska. We had a tremendous time there. Professor Fruedenburg, his wife Jennifer, Matthew and Rose landed at Ohama airport and took a 2.5-hour drive to Norfolk, a farming community. First, we met this most lovely and energetic 90 year-old lady, Adelaide Schewe (we all call her ‘Addie’), the first cousin of Professor Freudenburg, who hosted us at her beautiful house.
After seeing many cornfields at where we stayed in Michigan, we were wondering what kind of machine (they call it ‘Combine’ here) they were going to use to harvest such big fields of corn. It was explained to us that such a machine convert the whole corn plant into corn kernels in a split second. Addie arranged for us to not just to see a combine but to ride on one. I rode on a combine driven by a cool guy called Chad, a third generation farmer. Rose went onto a truck that carried the corn.
That afternoon of 17 October, we also traced the root of Professor Freudenburg to the house where he lived in the first four years of his life. We also visited the graves of his parents. It was a very meaningful journey for all of us to do that.
For Friday night and whole day Saturday, Professor Freudenburg conducted the FFPN seminar. His wife, Jennifer, and Matthew also conducted one session each. On Saturday evening, we were treated to a delicious dinner at another Freudenburg family member’s (Elaine) place.
On Sunday (18th October), Matthew & Rose spoke on Malaysia at a special function.
On the following Saturday, Professor Frendenburg and Matthew went to Richville, 3 hours drive time north of Ann Arbor to conduct another FFPN seminar. There, after the seminar, we visited the largest Christmas store in the world at Frankenmuth.
On the weather front, we are going below zero degree Celsius at night now. It is getting very cold now. Everyone is telling us that the worst is yet to come. We have yet to see snow. On the bright side, the trees here are turning into beautiful colours. This is a nice blessing from the changing season.
What’s ahead!
Professor Freudenburg and Matthew will be going to Cincinnati, Ohio next weekend for a FFPN seminar.
A Week In Passing
So far, we do really enjoy all the subjects we take. You know what, we have not failed any test yet. Our classmates are all nice and also very bright. Yes, all of them, except one, are younger than Nicholas and Douglas. Just imagine these two old Asian folks sitting in their midst. Kind of like Asian parents with a family of American kids. We have great fun in class. We have this professor (Professor Genthner) who even hand-wrestled with a girl student to make the point of gender differences in our Human Sexuality course. Last Friday, some students dressed up for the class. One even came in a World War 1 uniform. It was the day our adult student, Jackie, brought her son (Aaron) to the class. That was real cool.
The professors are great too. Each has their uniqueness. They are not just great teachers but have such a caring heart for their students.
The fun side of university life does help greatly with the ‘pain’ of the course assignments and tests.
We did a fair bit travelling also in the last few weeks. On 16 and 17 October, Matthew travelled with Professor Freudenburg to Altanta where the professor spoke to a group of university professors on family life.
Then, we were off to the FFPN function in Nebraska. We had a tremendous time there. Professor Fruedenburg, his wife Jennifer, Matthew and Rose landed at Ohama airport and took a 2.5-hour drive to Norfolk, a farming community. First, we met this most lovely and energetic 90 year-old lady, Adelaide Schewe (we all call her ‘Addie’), the first cousin of Professor Freudenburg, who hosted us at her beautiful house.
After seeing many cornfields at where we stayed in Michigan, we were wondering what kind of machine (they call it ‘Combine’ here) they were going to use to harvest such big fields of corn. It was explained to us that such a machine convert the whole corn plant into corn kernels in a split second. Addie arranged for us to not just to see a combine but to ride on one. I rode on a combine driven by a cool guy called Chad, a third generation farmer. Rose went onto a truck that carried the corn.
That afternoon of 17 October, we also traced the root of Professor Freudenburg to the house where he lived in the first four years of his life. We also visited the graves of his parents. It was a very meaningful journey for all of us to do that.
For Friday night and whole day Saturday, Professor Freudenburg conducted the FFPN seminar. His wife, Jennifer, and Matthew also conducted one session each. On Saturday evening, we were treated to a delicious dinner at another Freudenburg family member’s (Elaine) place.
On Sunday (18th October), Matthew & Rose spoke on Malaysia at a special function.
On the following Saturday, Professor Frendenburg and Matthew went to Richville, 3 hours drive time north of Ann Arbor to conduct another FFPN seminar. There, after the seminar, we visited the largest Christmas store in the world at Frankenmuth.
On the weather front, we are going below zero degree Celsius at night now. It is getting very cold now. Everyone is telling us that the worst is yet to come. We have yet to see snow. On the bright side, the trees here are turning into beautiful colours. This is a nice blessing from the changing season.
What’s ahead!
Professor Freudenburg and Matthew will be going to Cincinnati, Ohio next weekend for a FFPN seminar.
A Week In Passing
