Primary student XI Ziyang presents gift to Thai coordinator.
Establishing friendship
The warmth between participants transcends boundaries. Peng Yiting, a sophomore at Wuhan Polytechnic, is a language volunteer. She received a badge from the German delegation on the first day of the military pentathlon. Peng said that the first event of the military pentathlon was shooting. Immediately before the game, the German team found no earplugs were prepared. Peng rushed to solve this issue, and finally got earplugs for the athletes to complete the game. "They expressed thanks to me by giving me an official badge of the German delegation," Peng said.
On Oct. 19, Xi Ziyang, a local primary school student happened to take a seat adjacent to Marut Rodboon, a Thai coordinator, when enjoying a boxing game with his family. Rodboon gave his badge to the little boy as a present, and they took some photos together.
In order to express his gratitude, Xi went back to the gymnasium the day after, giving Rodboon flowers and a Han embroidery of the Yellow Crane Tower. The coordinator was touched, saying that he never expected to have such a little friend here. He would like to continue this friendship and keep in touch with Xi.
