Glass egg

The day started with culture class at UEF.  Today, we learned more about the history of Vietnam, and how that history was related to the cultural development of Vietnam.  We discussed the mythological beginnings of Vietnam.  Originally there were 100 tribes of Vietnamese spread throughout Asia. Legend has that they were all descended from one pair of parent, one from the delta, and one from the mountains.  From there we discussed the Chinese occupation around 1000 AD and how it eventually ended.  We then discussed the French occupation and how the French brought their culture.  This culture has been evident to us because there is a cathedral near our hotel that has obvious French Influences.

After that, came language class.  We still are learning the basics.  By the end of the trip, I expect to be able to deal with introductions and not much else.  This is a useful skill, and the classes are fun, but you just can’t learn as much as you want in two weeks.  It makes me wish that I had time to take a language class at Pitt.

The company visit for the day was Glass Egg.  This was a company that created graphical images for various computer games.  They spent some time explaining how the creative process worked, and how they trained Vietnamese workers.  It was fascinating to see the work that was done to make these video games work, and to learn that the workers at Glass Egg are not credited for their work