Went to the Cheese & Wine Party at SNU yesterday. It was organised for all foreign students and lecturers in SNU, to let them meet each other and meet some other Koreans as well.
But sadly, most of my friends were busy moving into their new house and none of them wanted to go, so I had to go alone.
Overall, the party was quite good. At first I was not able to socialize with the others. Everyone seems to have come with their friends and they were sitting in groups chatting in different languages, and there I was feeling so left out.
Suddenly, I saw this guy who looks quite similar to one of my seniors. So I went up to him, just to find out that he's a Korean. But we manage to strike up a conversation. He and his friends were there observing how other people organize such an event, because their society wants to do one as well.
The funny thing was, though they came as a group, they were actually finding opportunity to know people from other countries. But to them, everyone was chatting with their friends in groups so they dare not go and intterupt.
So, through this experiece, I guess I'll have to take the initiative to know others when I attend such a party next time.
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