Class Picknicing

On the 2nd week of the English course in my university, we had a nice picnic day during the class but I forgot to mention it in this blog, so here we go. For someone who has visited this blog by surfing internet (if there is any), the man in full-black outfit on the picture above is me.

Each of us brought at least 1 food, some bought and others cooked themselves. Since our professor is vegan, I cooked a vegan chili con carne for the picnic. It turned out to be a great combination with the tortilla chips that one of my classmates brought. All of the other foods were very tasty too.

After a nice meal session, we had an activity session. The professor brought juggling equipments with him, and many of us gave it a try. I tried it too, but it was way harder than it looked and I was only able to manage 2 jugglers by the end of the class. I'd love to try it again if there's an opportunity.

The picnic was very fun, and I wish we could have another session of those, maybe outside of the class so that we have more time to relax.

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