LIFE IN NEUSOFT

　　Dear all, distinguished guests, ladies and gentlemen.
　　On behalf of my friends and I, I would like to extend my most sincere gratitude to you all.
　　First of all, I would like to thank both the china and Irish governments. Our countries have been friends for over 40 years and
we are privileged to be a part of this friendship.
　　Next, I would like to thank both Chengdu Neusoft University and LYIT, for without whom none of this would be possible. In particular, Chengdu Neusoft University. This college has given the four of us such a fantastic opportunity by inviting us here to both teach and study. It has also allowed us to explore the Chinese culture and has given us the chance to fall in love with China.
　　In addition, I would like to extend our thanks to both the Foreign Affairs Department and the Foreign National
Department. You have treated the four of us very well since the moment we arrived. The student assistants that were assigned to us have helped make our stay here very stress free as they gave us help any time we asked for it.
　　During our stay here we have been both students and teachers. As students, you granted us the opportunity to study Chinese Language, Martial Arts, Chinese Calligraphy and Chinese Cuisine. We feel these opportunities have given us a great insight to Chinese Culture.
　　As teachers, we also got the chance to teach hundreds of students during our stay and we are thoroughly impressed with the English level of all of the students. They work very hard. We also had the pleasure of being Spoken English teachers. You assigned us four mentors. They made our teaching experience very
enjoyable and soon became our friends.
　　Lastly, I would like to thank you all once again for this amazing opportunity. I hope this is the first of many visits for myself to both this country and college. I will remember this experience for the rest of my life.
　　By James