On about our fifth time meeting as conversation partners, I began to learn more and more about Bianca. Her favorite television show is Friends. She discovered the show while still living in Korea and it always makes her laugh. Now to help with her English she enjoys watching the show with Korean subtitles but listens to it in English. She has also come to like the drama Grey's Anatomy and practices English by watching it as well. When she gets to have free time, Bianca loves to go swimming or on a walk. I asked her if she had a dog that she walked with but she does not. Her husband really wants one, but Bianca is afraid their yard is too small. Also, it would be her alone with the new dog all day which means all the responsibility would fall on her.
At our fifth meeting, it was right before Thanksgiving break. I told her I would be going home for the first time since July and was going to see my family again. She was interested in what exactly Thanksgiving was so that is what our conversation centered mostly around. I started to talk about the history of the holiday and the feast the Indians and new settlers shared to be thankful for the harvest, but due to the trouble we had communicating I don't think she understood most of what I was saying. This made me switch to discuss the food and celebration my family has on Thanksgiving. I told her of my family all meeting at my aunt's house where we would all have a great feast. We discussed the turkey, cranberries, mashed potatoes, pie and all the other foods I was going to be eating. I also brought up how we would also all be watching football which led me to find out that while her husband has become a fan of the sport she has not.
It was a lot of fun to be able to discus and tell Bianca about an American holiday. I could tell that she found it all interesting. Sometimes I forget that not every country celebrates the same holidays and every culture has some unique to them.
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