CP #1

So Thursday at tea time I was unsuccessful at finding my conversational partner. I was a little disappointed because I have some many questions to ask about the school systems in Spanish speaking countries (although, I know they all differ). Anyway, I decided to crash Cati's party where she was sitting with a girl and guy. It is kind of embarrassing to admit but, I forgot their names (I know better next time). Also it was unbelievable how well they spoke English with only studying it for two weeks!

Anyway, Cati mostly was talking to the girl from Saudi Arabia so I began speaking with the guy who was from Kuwait. He explained to me that he came to Tallahassee to learn English for a year then transfer over to TCC to study computers. He then proceeded to show me his iphone with all the cool applications and he even changed it to English so that he can practice with text messaging. I could tell he really like computers because he was so enthusiastic about showing me his iphone and all the things it could do.

We also began talking about Tallahassee, and he told me that Kuwait was smaller than the FSU campus and that he gets lost all the time (I told him that was normal at first). He explained that he took about five planes to get to Tallahassee, and that a few days ago his mother left after helping him settle here. It is pretty cool how someone can just get off a plane not speaking a word of English and somehow manage to get an apartment, and navigate through Tallahassee trying to find the things you need to survive in an apartment and on your own.

We also talked a lot about things to do in Tallahassee. He told me that he was a "sports man" and plays basketball, soccer, baseball and well, basically everything. Since I'm in the rowing club, I tried to explain to him what rowing was and drew a picture but it was not working until he started singing "row, row, row your boat." Again, he surprised me that with only two months of studying English he knew some songs! (And nothing pop culture related) I don't remember any songs studying Spanish except for "Happy Birthday" or "La Cucaracha." Anyway, it was really cool meeting someone from a culture I am very unfamiliar with and plan on meeting up with everyone again on Tuesday.