Meeting number 5 with Harry

Well, Harry and I have really discovered that our schedules really have not matched well this semester. We met this past Thursday and decided then and there that we would hammer out the rest of our meetings this coming week. I thought, "Oh, wow. What will have to talk about if our meetings are so close to one another." Surprisingly though, meeting so many times in a short amount of time really forced us to stray from the usual, "how was your week?" and "what are your plans for the day?" type of questions.

Harry and I met at our usual Starbucks spot inside and had a bit of an interesting conversation about our usual weekend activities. We talked heavily about what we do socially, our life outside of the academic world. We chatted about our usual routine and I briefly explained what event I was going to this coming, I think it was a mixer I was telling him. I had to explain to him how fraternity and sorority events pan out; We have to board buses and transport to a location that nobody knows the whereabouts of (to prevent drunk driving). He thought it was a really interesting that we plan events like this for just one night out. I laughed and told him that's not all we do, that sometimes I just stay in or go to a friends house to relax after a long week or rough day.

He began to tell me that one of the things he missed the most about China was the small amount of regulation there is when it comes to going to bars and alcohol. While he's 20, in China he has the ability to go to any bar or any type of establishment where alcohol is served which is one of the most appealing aspects of China that he finds to be better than the United States. Most of his weekends spent in China are spent gathering at a local bar and just chatting and drinking with his high school friends. In Fort Worth, he enjoys that he still gathers at friends' houses but he finds the social scene lacking a bit here due to the fact the legal drinking age is 21 and most bars are 21 and up. He can't wait to get home and finally have a large drink after this semester. We both started cracking up.

We wrapped up the conversation and said our good byes and went our separate ways.