Wednesday, January 27, 2010

Heather - Cp - Week 3

So, this week's CP meeting was not as eventful as the others, which isn't a bad thing. Xin was already there when I arrived, but she was not alone. I got to meet her friend, Rocky, who was her last CP. Turns out Xin really wants to go to Japan to study, but her parents weren't big on the idea. However, Rocky is teaching her Japanese and she's very passionate about it. I got to learn a little to. Equating it out to Spanish helped, but still the language daunts me. Xin proudly stated she had also learned how to say something in Spanish. Hola. Como esta? She had a lot of trouble with esta, but once I said it a couple of times she got it right. (Yes, I know the a is missing its accent. I apologize.) We spent our time hanging out at CIES talking about odds and ends. A friend of hers was in the same room with us and we ended up talking with her too. Her friend asked if painting was my major and I said no, its my hobby. Thus we ended up in a discussion about hobbies. Xin's hobby is travel. An expensive hobby, but then again painting and jewelry making aren't necessarily cheap either. She told me a little about her weekend and I had to apologize for not calling her like I said I would. I had texted her, but luck would have it she had just canceled her messaging service so I was left looking like a cad. Oh well, it happens. We had technical difficulties with getting on the internet, which she wanted to do so she could add me on Facebook and check out a website Rocky told her about. It also turned out she needed to e-mail an assignment to a teacher. Since her friend was going to the library and the time on my parking meter was winding down we decided to go our separate ways for the time being. We have decided to get together on Friday too. We're supposed to work details over the phone tomorrow night. I'm looking forward to it because I enjoy spending time with her. We'll see what works out.

1 comment:

  1. You're right. Its amazing how Spanish and my Hispanic-American cultural background have shaped the way I perceive and understand all kinds of things. Looking at Japanese from an English perspective is just like whoa!, but looking at it from a Spanish perspective toned that down a notch.

    P.S. Thank you.

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