Making Rice ball

On Monday, it is the first time to making rice ball by myself. Although I am a chinese people, but in fact, I don’t know why we have to eat rice ball especially on the traditional holiday. Through the activity, we made rice ball with foreign students and teachers, and I learned the reason why we should eat rice ball every year. During the activity, I talked to the foreign student who is a girl and comes form Philippines. I was interseting in that picture she drew. It was two letters “R”, and it was opposite. Why did she want to draw this kind of sign on the paper?She had a best friend in Philippines, and she wanted to learn Chinese, so she came to Taiwan. The two letters “R” meant she and her best friend. She missed her so much, so she also drew this sign to express her feeling.
When the rice ball was cooked, she asked me which department I took. when she knew that I major in English, she was so surprised. She talked to me that it was so amazing. Why did you learn English or one language for four years? She thought it was just a language. Actually, I didn’t know. I couldn’t give her answer. It took us four years to learn a language. It is really amazing and wastes our time? I have no idea.