I met my conversation partner Lu for the first time yesterday afternoon at tea time at CIES. I was pretty nervous about it, and was afraid that I wouldn't know what to say to her or that we might run out of things to talk about. What a pleasant surprise to find out that all of my assumptions were wrong. Lu and I ended up talking nonstop for the entire hour and then some. She was not shy at all and very open with her comments and questions, which made it easier for me. We started with the typical questions of a first conversation between two people like where she was from, how long we she'd been in the United States, how she likes it so far, etc. Then we both began to ease up to one another and started to talk about more fun subjects. She asked me about life in Tallahassee, where to go, where not to go, bars, and good restaurants. She said that she would love to cook for me, which got me super excited because I love Chinese food.
Time had flown by when I realized that it was already past 4 o'clock. I told her that I love talking with her, but that I had to go to class. We exchanged numbers and plan to meet up really soon. Overall, our first meeting went very well!
Lu is great! I think this her second time coming to Tally.
ReplyDeleteYes, this is her second time here and she wants to explore her surroundings more this time around. I hope to help her with that!
ReplyDeleteI found that my conversation partner really kept conversation going as well! It was almost like she had this list of questions about American culture that she had been building up to ask me.
ReplyDeleteI met her in the lounge nad in one of the classes I monitored. I really like her.
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