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By_Kim Ju-won, Grade 3, Class 3, Haesong Elementary School

Today's Journal Entry Wednesday, May 4, 2022

Together with my teacher and school friends, I finally visited the ASEAN Culture House, a place I had only passed by before. We entered the first floor, wrote our names in the guest book, and started looking around. The ASEAN Culture House is about10 member states, including interesting countries such as Brunei Darussalam. When they introduced VietNam, I remembered the time when I had traveled there with my parents. People would shout “30,000 dong, 40,000 dong,” and show me a toy. That's when I smelled something good. I paid close attention and thought it was chocolate, my favorite. But the docent showed me coffee beans instead. How come the coffee beans smell like chocolate? No wonder my dad drinks coffee every day!

The docent told us interesting stories about the religions of Southeast Asian countries. Myths are always fun.

They also gave me a percussion instrument as a gift. It looked like a rattle that my little brother plays with, so I gave it to him as a gift when I came home. He's been shaking it noisily all day. I better hide it from him.