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After several times and hours of practice, it's finally the day to perform. The final rehearsal started early in the morning at 9. We had to do the final practice with people from Mainland China, because Taiwanese Student Association was holding the festival with Chinese Student Association.

The rehearsal was ok, but the anticipation was the hard part. The day started at 9, but the ceremony begins at 6 in the evening. That's a long time of waiting isn't it?

Just take a look at our dress, in my opinion, it's kind of the combination of Chinese and Vietnamese styles. And allow me to add, it's way too pink.



Well, I had to ask someone to help me putting up make-up. I'm not good at it, and I never was.

Here's the outcome.

Before I tell you how our performance messed up the whole festival (haha...do you think it's possible?), I've got to share the food they offered that night. They sold the tickets for 4 dollars per person, which includes the performance, the culture exhibition vendors and the all-you-can-eat buffet. Although the food was all sponsored by the Chinese restaurants near campus, it was oh-my-good heavenly delicious. Among all, I just couldn't stop eating Fried Rice Sticks after our dancing. It might be a common food in Taiwan, but there's a rare chance to have it here, especially in Terre Haute. If I had the chance to go back home, Fried Rice Sticks is definitely one of the dishes I'm going to try right away.

I'm not bragging this myself, but our dancing was the best performance that evening. Of course it should be, we've been practicing for a long time. The so called joss stick dance was performed without lighting up the joss sticks, because we were told that fire was prohibited in the building. So, we had to think of another way to solve this problem. Eventually, someone came up with the idea of putting glowing sticks in the middle of a bunch of joss stick. And it worked out pretty well. Can't list all the performance that were shown that night, but it was indeed a really unforgettable festival and food.