Conversation Number 5!

Last week, Alex and I decided that we would meet on Sunday at 6 for dinner like our previous meeting.  At 6:00 I was standing at Union Grounds when we decided to meet and I found myself standing there by myself for 5 minutes.  I texted Alex asking if we were still meeting, and he replied saying he completely forgot about our meeting and asked if we could move it to Monday.  Immediately following class today (Monday), Alex and I met at Union Grounds for some coffee (or in my case hot chocolate) and conversation; we had a visitor today, too!  One of Alex’s friends, Leo, was with him and joined us for our conversation.

The dynamic of the conversation was different having an extra person, but it was a good change!  It was neat to meet another person and have a conversation as a group.  Our conversation began with the usual introductions for Leo and myself, as any first time meeting on a college campus would begin.  I found myself struggling to understand Leo sometimes, but Alex would translate for me which was pretty cool!  The three of us talked about the weather and how relieved we were that it is no longer so hot outside.  We then talked about music and the types of music we enjoy listening to.  They had some friends going to the Justin Bieber concert tonight, and the three of us agreed that he was definitely not our favorite artist.  Leo then asked who my favorite artist was and I quickly answered Train.  I realized though that the chance of them knowing who Train is was a long shot and was about to start explaining to them when Alex said, “Oh, the band that sings that song Drive By.”  I think my day was made when he knew who Train was. 

Leo and Alex had a lot of questions about classes at TCU and the format and such.  For the remainder of our time this is what we discussed.  We discussed the sorts of classes I take for my major, what they want their major and minor to be, textbooks for classes, and the format of lectures and tests.  It was interesting having to explain these different aspects and concepts of classes to them, as it is just second-nature to me at this point.  It is so common for me that I forget it is a foreign concept to them.  I sure hope I did a good job explaining everything! 

We wrapped up our conversation after 45 minutes as Leo and Alex had grand plans of hitting the gym and working out!  All in all, today’s conversation was awesome and extremely interesting.  It was cool to have a small group type setting for a conversation and to gain perspective from another individual.