May 17, 2011: Glass Eggs, Market, and Lush

Today has been a somewhat average day. After going to Class at UEF, our group visited Glass Egg Digital Media who is a firm that supplies art to video game developers. The artists at Glass Egg are responsible for many of the tracks and cars that you see in video games such as Forza Motorsport 1, 2, and 3, as well as Blur and L.A. Rush. The company visit was pretty cool, as we were given an entire tour of the studio and got to see some of the artists hard at work. After leaving Glass Egg, some of us decided to go shopping at the famous Ben Tanh Market. A lot of us bought things there for family members, but we also found out that this place is a for-sure "Tourist Trap". For starters, the market is incredibly packed, it smells like rotting food from the produce and meat vendors, and the vendors are ultra pushy for you to purchase their things. Alas, i walked away with some pretty good deals. Now it is night time, and our group will be heading off to Lush, a nightclub that is part owned by Glass Egg. This should be exciting, as it is ladies night, the club's most populous night; between 600 and 800 people are supposed to be there!