I met with my 4th assigned Conversation partner for the first time. The past three have been hard to get in contact with or generally not interested, which is fine, we all have different obligations in life. His name is Jeffrey and he is from Seoul, S Korea. We talked about the differences between Seoul and Tallahassee. Also, he shared with me his love of singing. Apparently he has quite the voice and he is not shy to share.
Jeffrey is not studying to go to school at FSU, but rather he is waiting for his job to open up in Washington DC in the beginning of January. In the mean time, he thought it would be beneficial to learn more English and take a few courses here at the CIES. He seems rather excited to move to a larger city and I completely understand. Coming from Seoul, living in Tallahassee would be almost the extreme opposite style of living. He made a few references about how one has to drive everywhere and that the public transportation is rather poor.
After a few words with Jeffrey, Nasser came to talk with us as well and we discussed the differences between their countries and how everyone in the United States have been very welcoming and polite. I made it a point that Tallahassee is generally a nice city and that perhaps it would not be as warming in larger cities. All in all, it was a good first meeting and we have plans to meet up over the weekend.
Matthew
4th time is the charm!
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