I have entered the building known as #$@&%*! Wait, I can't say the real actual name here.... known as building "Pre-Sea." There. Opposites attract, I suppose. As I was, I have entered Presea and have taken a seat on a table in the main room where, it seems, many like to study. Here language, culture, and heritage there is. Haha. Star Wars fans? No? Okay!
As I walked in, I was greeted by two people speaking Korean. It's my guess on what language it was and I wasn't really greeted, I just kind of heard them talking, so. Point is, they were having a "teacher-student" conversation on the language. I know of many people who are learning a language and they have no one to have a conversation with using said-language. To me, it showed that not only are the professors professing, but that they are also building friendly relationships where both are learning and gaining a lot, mutually. What! Professors are friendly?!
Here I am now. Sitting on this table "pretending to study" while others also study. What I do notice is the mix of so many cultures and how people are interacting and picking up on the others' cultures and learning from them. An exchange of information/history between local students and foreign exchange students.
Grumpy man is sitting on a couch a couple of feet away from me. I can tell from his low, deep sighs that he may perhaps be getting frustrated from all the noise being produced from life collaborators. He is reading his hard-cover book while wearing a Mr. Peanut glass on his left eye. A monocle. He keeps on whispering under his breath while sighing every five or six seconds. I'm unable to make out what he is saying. Oh! He is finally getting up and leaving. Au revoir, Monsieur Grognon!
I'm finally done studying, ahem, I mean writing. As I'm leaving I hear a couple of friends start speaking Portuguese together. It is so fun to be able to break down parts of their sentences and translate it. Words like muito, nome, or the phrase como esta o seu dia can easily be recognized if you know Spanish. It's living proof of cultures sharing and using it as part of their lives.
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