Today is the third meeting of this week. I can feel that his English is improving since the frequency of his confusing face decrease. This made me very happy. And I really appreciate his friend, she is the one that always come with him. Without her translation, there is no way we can know that we have some many similarities and we can talk about so many stuffs that we never think about.
We decided to meet in the Union Ground again this time. This time we started our conversation with future plan.
" So do you want to go back to Korea or stay in America after graduate from college?"
He made sure he understood the question and said:" I want to go back to Korea!"
"Why?"
" I am happy in Korea."
" Are you not happy here?"
" No, I just think I am more happy there because I can communicate with people freely. Here sometimes I just feel I am...." He lost words.
I knew exactly what he means, he means trapped.
And I know exactly how that feels, the feeling of being trapped.
It reminds me of the book we were talking about recently, the house on Mango street, people in that neighborhood can be trapped by the language barrier, it's more than physical, it's also about mind retrain. It's horrible a person can be trapped, it's even worse when your mind and your brain being trapped. That's why we need to write, writing is like the flowing of your thoughts. Don't ever let your thoughts and feeling stop flowing. There are as important as the flowing of your blood.
" So is that also because of your friends and family?" I guessed that's one of the reasons that he wants to go back.
"Yes, I really want to go back and reunion with my family." He said.
At this time, his friend began to talk, " I agree with him. Here everyone has a car and you have to drive in order to go somewhere because the public transportation is not convenient at all. But in Korea, you can go anywhere without a car, you can either walk, riding a bicycle or taking a bus. Everything is convenient and close to each other."
I am totally agree with this point because the same thing happens in China. You don't even need a car to survive. The public transportation is so convenient and cheap, sometimes it's even faster than private cars. So almost everyone prefer taking a bus than driving.
" So are you going to buy a car?" I asked his friend.
" No, I am scared of driving. " She laughed.
My conversation partner began to speak, " She said she wanted to buy a car, but I don't want her to buy one because she screamed when the car approached my car when I was driving. I don't think she can drive here. She is too scared to drive. As well as I don't think it's safe for her to drive here. If she wants to go anywhere, I can drive her. I have a car and I can drive well."
I was touched by this statement. I can drive you anywhere if you want because I want you to be safe. It's really simple but full of caring and loving. I guess that shows his personality a lot.
Then we started to talk more about driving and different transportation and traffic materials. It was a really interesting conversation. We compared the similarities and the differences of the traffic conditions and traffic signals in America, China and Korea. I really enjoyed those kinds of comparisons. I guess they did too.
A nice conversation can make the weather become better, as well as your emotions.
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