Outbound Exchange Student Returns from Taiwan.
President Brad pictured with Sally Goenaga after presenting her year in Taiwan as the Las Cruces Rio Grande Rotary Club's exchange student 2012 - 2013. Sally left on August 25th, 2012 and returned on June 23rd 2013. She stayed with 4 host families in Taichung City, Taiwan
Sally wrote the following about her year:
"From my year abroad I experienced the life of an independent young adult. I also made new friends from all around the world that I will keep for life. I learned many things such as managing money and making difficult decisions on my own.
Taichung is the opposite of Las Cruces. The weather is very humid. The city is very green too. I had to take buses to move around the city. The food is very different. They eat almost every part of the animals. The food and life in Taichung is also cheaper than in Las Cruces, NM. I mostly made foreign friends, as my classmates were too busy to hang out with me after school. But I cherish the time I spent with my classmates, such as staying almost everyday after school for two months to practice for the dance competition. Also when my classmates took me out to try food at the night market, where I tried for the first time pig's ear.
Taichung is the opposite of Las Cruces. The weather is very humid. The city is very green too. I had to take buses to move around the city. The food is very different. They eat almost every part of the animals. The food and life in Taichung is also cheaper than in Las Cruces, NM. I mostly made foreign friends, as my classmates were too busy to hang out with me after school. But I cherish the time I spent with my classmates, such as staying almost everyday after school for two months to practice for the dance competition. Also when my classmates took me out to try food at the night market, where I tried for the first time pig's ear.
Now (back in Las Cruces, NM) I am attending university at NMSU. I am in the Government Department. There is not much to say about what I am doing now, as I came back and immediately began studying for university. I took a CLEP exam for English, so I could skip the Freshman level English (I passed)."
Sincerely,
Sally Goenaga
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