Personal Journal 2 Mar. 15~21

An Unexpected Encounter

It just happened! What a fortuitous meeting!

Yesterday was the day of the “YA! CAT” performance. Being the first musical of Chung Cheng University, and having many players from seniors in FLLD, there’s no reason for me to not attend the show. May also bought the ticket for the musical, so we arranged to take the bus at six fifty p.m. together. Although I was not well dressed, I promised I “did” look better yesterday—before leaving, I took a shower, chose one of my favorite clothes, and wore my white pointy loafers.

When arriving at the bus stop, an unexpected thing happened!

A huge group of foreign students occupied the bench next to the stop, some laughing merrily, some playing guitars, and some were concentrating on cell phones. We were stunned by the amazing sight. Later a Mexican boy beckoned us to come. At first, May assumed, wrongly, that he wanted her to take the photo for them. But he was actually inviting us to join them. He made a bit of harmless fun of May, and we all laughed.

After that another boy came and talked to us. His name is Alex. Alex is from Vermont, and is going to turn nineteen on March 17. Alex speaks Chinese with unbelievable fluency that its’ amazing for us to realize he has learned Chinese for only a few months. The Mexican boy is Chema. He is very talented: He is good at mixing drink, playing guitar, and singing. May and I was surprised to know that Chema is only 16!—he looked disappointed when knowing that we are three years older than him. Later we learned that they are actually high school exchange students from the Rotary Club’s “Rotary Youth Exchange” program. That’s cool~

May and I also met many other students. They were all nice guys. I asked them their msn addresses on our way to the Chiayi Performing Arts Center. They also invited us to dinner in Chiayi city. Although we screamed “yes” in mind, since we had already bought tickets for the musical, we declined their invitation.

“What a fortuitous meeting!” I said to myself, and also to May. In Chung Cheng University, I seldom meet students from western countries. So, for sure, I will seize the chance, for I have already got their msn, to expand my circle of friendship, and fulfill step by step the expectation on my study plan: To make friends from all over the world!