During this study abroad experience, we do not have a host
family because we are staying in the dorms so I will be focusing on the
friendship I have developed over the past two weeks. As my stay lengthens friendships becomes
stronger. Hwi Young was a student at
UAFS previously but I never got to meet her and become friends. Jennifer knew her and since she lived in
Ulsan she contacted her and we have had dinner a couple of times. She showed us around the downtown area and we
have grown to be good friends. We have
plans of hanging out with her more throughout the time we have left. The other local friendships we have developed
are with the staff. They are all
students just like the participants and since we are so close in age it was
easy to become friends. They not only
help us but they invite us to do things with them making it easy to develop
friendships. One of the most enjoyable
times I have had here is with the staff, when we were all hungry and decided to
have a midnight gathering. It was great getting
to know them and become closer to them.
From that night, Jang Won, a staff member, said he was a tree because he
wasn’t interested in anyone so now we have a running joke that he is a
tree. Although local relationships are
great, the most complex relationships are between the UIP participants. When you are forced to interact with certain
people for long periods of time you can learn many things about them and you
become so close in such a short amount of time.
For that reason those friendships are the ones that will last a lifetime. At this time, I’m going to give Eric Xiao
from Tennessee a shout out for joining our little UAFS group and becoming so
close to us. Let’s meet each other again
in the US!
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