Seedling Transplant

2013.07.18

It was an exciting day. We spent our morning to experience rice harvesting and seedling transplanting. I was born in a city of fish and rice, but I have never experienced or even seen seedling transplanting. So it was really exciting to have a chance to transplant rice seedlings. Everyone needs to finish three to five lines, and three to five seedlings should be put into one spot. At the beginning, it was hard for me to transplant seedlings. After practicing for a while, I was able to do it quickly. However, sometimes, it was hard to transplant, as there was too much water in the farm, and seedlings would not stand still. I think that I finished most of my part well. When we get out from the farm, our legs and arms were covered by muddy. There was muddy inside my nails. It is hard to wash away the muddy inside nails. We all looked funny, and we took some funny pictures with muddy. Generally, it was pretty interesting. 

Jiling and me

After that, I looked around the NTU souvenir store with my project group member. We would like to buy NTU T-shirts. However, it was a little bit regret that the size does not fit me. Luckily, I got a NTUF T-shirt from Judy. That is really nice. 

During lunch time, we tried three different types of rices. I love the purple one most. It tastes a bit sweet, and it smells good. All the rice were a bit hard, as volunteers put too little water when cooking. I still love them. After lunch, we also got some desserts. It is a kind of local Taiwanese dessert. That was nice. 

In the afternoon, we watched two short videos about agriculture in Taiwan. We watched many videos during the whole program. I think short ones could be better, as long videos sometimes make me feel sleepy. 

After two short videos, we continued to do our project. In the morning, we do soil experiment in the lab with Judy's help. After videos, we continued to finish our PowerPoint. It was really nice to work with my group, as all our members are hard-working.