First post.
Let's see, I've been an alien in this country for 6 years. And in the span of 6 years, I've only managed to make 4 REAL friends. Yes, it's that hard for me to make friends here.
I don't live in those big metropolitan US Cities where I can easily meet people from my own country. Well, someone from your own country doesn't literally mean best friend. But it's just easier to get along with them initially when we speak the same language. And the more people you meet, the greater the chance is to find someone you can really hang out with.
Second disadvantage of being in a small US town. The food!! Sure, anywhere you go here, you can find Chinese food. But mind you, these are AMERICANIZED Chinese Food. And I think everything on their menu can be summed up as battered 'something' deep fried with sauce on top. Seriously!
That's all I can think of for my first post, so I'll stop here for now.
PS: I'll leave the 'wise advice' posts to Ms. N. My writings would probably be really random. :P
1 comment:
I used to hang out only with people from my country. I speak poor english and always feel embarrassed when I could not make myself understood. But I was lonely and really want to communicate with more people. I found sports a good way to make friends. You don't have to say much. Just show up and do it. But to make good friends, that's not enough. It is really hard to communicate with American students deeply since we have different value systems and growing environments.
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