This reminds me of when my best friend and I went bar hopping in LA before my move here. We went to a bar and these Mexican guys were talking to us, then we moved our way to a burger joint and I talked to some Armenian guys. When they left, some black guys sat to my left and some white and Asian guys sat to my right and all of them started talking to us. I felt as if I was exploring the world in one night, and that is how I feel right now.
You see, I sent an email to UC's graduate coordinator for my department and asked her to forward my message to people in my cohort (don't I sound like a grad student?!!). The message basically begged people to be my friend because I am a pathetic loser from California who can't stand to be lonely in this town. Surprisingly, people actually answered me back, probably because losers attract losers (totally kidding! haha) I just had lunch with my fellow peer, who was a policeman in Korea for 10 years (although I hate popos, I figure Korean ones are different than American ones, right?). Then, I'm having coffee with a man from China later today and hanging out with a girl from Texas this weekend. The policeman from Korea, let's call him P.K., was sooo nice. P.K. is worried that he's too old to be in this program and nervous about not being able to speak English. I told him none of that mattered and that I was so glad I could be his first "American" friend. If I befriend and help these foreign exchange students improve on their English, can I put that on my resume? :)
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