Conversation Partner 4
On
Friday November 8th I met with Kevin for the fourth time. We decided
to meet this time over a cup of coffee at Einstein’s but then changed our minds
and went to Café Brazil to sit outside instead. The nice November weather was
too much to pass up.
I
asked Kevin what he had been up to lately. Sure enough, he said, not too much.
Being an IEP student, he says, there really isn’t that much going on all the
time. He takes his class and other than that he doesn’t have too much
structure. He said all of the free time he has can be great but that sometimes
it gets to be too boring. To fill some of his time up, Kevin works out, hangs
with friends, and looks for ways to see more of America.
I
asked Kevin more about his upcoming trip but he still didn’t have much to give
me. He wasn’t sure exactly where he was going, or when, or with who, but just
knew he was taking a one-day hiking trip in a few weeks. I thought this was a
bit humorous because to me, it showed that Kevin is just really excited about
seeing new places in America. He signed up for a hiking trip in another state
without even knowing when or where it exactly is just because. He wants to see
our nation and I thought it was cool at how anxious he was to sign up for the
first opportunity he got.
Kevin
asked me if I had any plans for the weekend and we got to talking about Dallas
again. I told him about my invitation to the Stars-Blackhawks hockey game on
Saturday night and how I would be heading to Dallas around the same area he was
in only a few weeks ago. He didn’t really know too much about hockey (and
frankly, neither do I), but he was interested and said he would like to see a
game sometime while here in the States. His true dream though, as he has
already mentioned to me, is to see an NBA game, preferably the Houston Rockets.
I
asked Kevin what he was planning on doing this weekend and he told me that him
and his friends are all going to go to dinner on Saturday night at their
favorite Chinese restaurant. There is a little place, supposedly by TCU but I
can’t seem to fin it, that him and his friends really like. Kevin says the food
is somewhat Amicanized but overall isn’t that different from the food he is
used to back home. I told him I really want to find out where this place is at
because I’ve been looking for a nice little Chinese take-out place for a long
time!
Kevin
and I then started talking about our families a little bit. He asked me what my
Mom or Dad does for a living and I explained to him that my dad is a CPA and
does a lot of work in business. He thought that was very cool as he will be
going into business next year when he starts taking classes. He told me that
his father was in business as well (although I think he may have mentioned this
to me in our first meeting) and I thought that was great. He said his dad is in
real estate, something I may want to try out at some point in my life.
Kevin
and I finished up our coffees and parted ways. Our fourth meeting went pretty
good. I plan on meeting up with him next week and the week after. Then, the
semester will be coming to a close.
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