David_CP#3 Hamad

Well today there was really nothing going on, so we decided just to meet at the front door at CIES, and just enjoy the cool weather. Hamad being from Kuwait, instantly started talking about the weather and started asking if this was normal. I had to explain to him, that even though we were in Florida, it still could get cold this far north… I mean, not really cold, but colder than he was expecting. That got us talking about different places in American, and how the cultured differed. I explained that when you mix a country that has the size of America with the amount of people here, different subcultures develop. He started telling me about the places he has been (Orlando.) Upon hearing that I didn’t like south Florida, he laughed and though I was joking… he has a serious live for Orlando. I drew him a map of the States ( a very poor one) and told him about the different kinds of people and cultures that are perceived in these areas. Having a love for Orlando, California was obviously the next step, but he had a lot of questions about New York. He liked the idea of many different races and peoples living in the same city. I talked a little about what to expect, and the things he could do in his English studies if he wanted to prepare for going up there. I have him some names of some actors that had Northeast accents, and told him it might be a good idea to work on listening to that dialect.