Orientation and Campus Tour

Yesterday (Friday, 22 Nov 13), I went to uni to attend orientation and campus tour. During the tour, I managed to know a few people.

1st Friend, a Korean girl (Claire) aged 21 who has spent 1.5 years in China. She said that she want to study philosophy at NTU. I was actually walking beside this girl and then our eyes met. I think I asked where she was from. I was guessing that she is from Korea and that I am interested to make friends with her as my mum is Korean and I have a lot of interest in learning Korean and speaking Korean. Her Chinese is actually not bad. Later I know that her Chinese is actually better than mine.

I told her that I came from Indonesia and at that time, another girl overheard our conversation and jumped in to our conversation. She said that she is also from Indonesia. What a coincidence! Later I know that among 6 of us, Fiona's Chinese level is the highest among us.

Then I spoke with her (Fiona) and introduced ourselves in Indonesian. She is also from Indonesia. I think she graduated from highschool 2 years ago and spent some time in China too. I then told her that although I was born in Indonesia, I actually lives in Australia for quite sometime. She then told me that she knows a Japanese that is also from Australia ( Sydney) We then introduce ourselves. Her name is Miki Asano.

When we spoke, Desi who is from Brisbane introduce himself to Miki. He is actually from Brisbane. Well, he was born in Melbourne. Later, I know that he spent 2 years studying in Korean university and that he is able to converse in Korean.

After the campus tour, we went back to the class. Some of us bought books and some of us just double checking our class schedule for next week.

We girls then decide to catch up in a cafe to exchange our contact details. On my way down the stairs, I met Desi and asked him if he wanted to join us. He then brought his friends too.He is from California, USA. His name is Dave.

We then ate lunch and exchange our contact details. Some of us have facebook, some of us line. I then created a 'Line' group called CLD, the name of our division. Chinese Language Division. Throughout the lunch time, we asked each other the purpose of studying and the length of study that they have in mind. We also get to realised that all of us are actually learning our 3rd language.

Miki: born in Australia. She is of Japanese descent. She can speak Japanese and English.
Desi: born in Australia. He can speak English and Korean
Claire: born in Korea. She can speak Korean and some English.
Fiona: born in Indonesia. She can speak Indonesian, English and a little Korean.
Dave: born in US. He can speak English and Spanish.
Me: born in Indonesia. I can speak Indonesian, English, Korean and a little French.

Dave and me had a lot of similarities. We both like nutrition fitness or health related stuff. He knows abour bitcoin and the state of the world's economy. He cooks at home.