My suggestion for making friends while studying abroad~~ Join a club! It's the best way to make friends and constantly see them.
I
made it into the hip-hop dance club (Harie) I told ya'll about earlier,
and so did most of my American friends. They invited all the "freshmen"
to a welcome party, and I got to watch videos of their previous
performances.
Now it was weird at first, because the ice wasn't
broken yet. No one really got to know each other yet. But when we went
to dinner, that was a different story.
It was sprinkling rain
outside and I didn't have an umbrella. A friendly korean girl shared her
umbrella with me and my friend, which was really nice. There were about
30 dancers, so it's surprising that the leaders kept all of us
together.
Eating~~ Now at first a couple of my American
friends sat at a table, but nobody would sit with us. These were big
tables, so in my mind I was a little disappointed. But luckily many
people did later. It was so awkard! I hated it, so I broke the ice and
tried to keep conversations going. It turned out one of the guys were in
my chemistry class. And most of the koreans at the table were my age.
YEY!
The food was really good, and it was bottomless! The servers just kept on bringing food to us. Ahh, it was delicious!
Table Games~~ I
have a hard time remembering the names of all these games. But I
learned a song, played "Game of Death," and "Love Shot." I lost
a couple times, but it's all good! Such a wonderful way to interact
with each other.
Clubbing~~ A bunch of hip-hop dancers at a
club together~ better make sure there's enough room! Harie took us to
Barfly (a night club) where we all got to dance with each other outside the studio.Watching dancers actually
get loose and freestyle was hilarious! My friend pushed me into the middle of the dance circle, and
I hate freestyling. Oh well, maybe people won't
remember Haha!
Either way~~~ Dinner+Dancing= Bonding & Good times! ^.^
Post from CU Denver Student Lateefah Young
Source: internationalbliss.blogspot.com
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