It's called "Spot the Foreigner" since I find international people interesting. They let you see a glimpse into their own culture, and I find that very valuable. Besides, I find other people and cultures fascinating. Dunno why. Guess I get tired of our culture all the time or something.
Anyway, last year at school, I met maybe three foreigners my whole time there (not counting my professors, of which there were two). 2 Russian women, and an Irishman. I also had a Spanish linguistics profssor and a Polish International Studies one.
This year, however, I've met/seen around three people in one day.
One of my roommates hails from Egypt and she's going back at the end of the semester. She's pretty cool.
There was a Brit sitting at the table next to me at breakfast. I didn't talk to him, but the accent was telling enough, I think.
Then there was this Brazilian at lunch who's at the seminary. He's only been here like a year, but already has a pretty commanding mastery of English. AND he learned Spanish first before English after coming here. It's really neat.
I love college... Now watch me complain about it in the next two weeks after becoming overwhelmed with homework and other things to do and not getting enough sleep. Haha.
EDIT: I've discovered I found a French girl in my anthropology class.


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wolfqueen001 Blogger Aug 26, 2008
There's probably quite a few from Japan, China, Vietnam, around there... but I tend to mistake those for Asian-Americans unless I hear them specifically say they're originally from there or something.