New friends
By Denise
@petatonicsca (7070)
Japan
July 26, 2022 7:20pm CST
I was out for a walk/bicycle in the evening yesterday, because it was cool. Suddenly, I saw a family of foreigners (to Japan) and they saw me. I know most of the foreigners around here because I teach their kids, so I stopped and we all said hello to each other. They are from India and have worked in Japan for a long time, but their little girl is starting school so they moved to be close to our school. They were a delightful family and since they don't know people here yet and most of my friends have gone back to their home countries for the summer, we decided to get together sometime soon. Their little girl is very charming and intelligent, and when I talked about going to a volcano, she was very excited. She loves rocks and science and so we kept having great conversations.
I am looking forward to having them visit my home to see my rock collection and meet my cats, and they will bring the snacks! Perfect for everyone.
How do you meet new friends?
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@JudyEv (342105)
• Rockingham, Australia
31 Jul 22
@petatonicsca I'm sure it will encourage this little girl especially if you keep up contact from time to time.
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@petatonicsca (7070)
• Japan
29 Jul 22
I hope to encourage more little girls to grow up to be women in science.
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@petatonicsca (7070)
• Japan
31 Jul 22
@JudyEv We are all going to meet in the park on Monday evening at 6:30, hoping it will be cooler. I'm not yet up for having extra people in my house because we are in the middle of a "wave".
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@youless (112586)
• Guangzhou, China
30 Jul 22
@petatonicsca Most are common rocks from special places, such as Stanford
@toniganzon (72535)
• Philippines
27 Jul 22
These days I meet new friends online. I don't have the time to really chat outside of my home or when I visit the work site. Fortunately, a few of the people I met online are close by and I have met some of them in person. There's one person though that I've been meaning to meet but our schedules don't match. I know someday we'll have that. moment.
@toniganzon (72535)
• Philippines
29 Jul 22
@petatonicsca depends on one's expectations. I didn't have any when I met them. And I was happy about that. WE still keep in touch and meet each other once in awhile.
@petatonicsca (7070)
• Japan
29 Jul 22
That would be fun, but sometimes meeting online friends in person can be a shock or disappointment, and other times an excellent friendship. I've had both happen.
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@RasmaSandra (80748)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
27 Jul 22
That sounds delightful and glad you met some new friends, I have no place here to meet anyone and keep to myself,
@petatonicsca (7070)
• Japan
29 Jul 22
Do you like keeping to yourself? Mostly, I do, but just recently it was too much.
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@RasmaSandra (80748)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
29 Jul 22
@petatonicsca actually I do there is no one to upset me or anything else and my kittens keep me busy and on my toes,
@cabuyogty (3061)
• Philippines
28 Jul 22
Right now , i have friends online . I hope i can meet more friends in the future .
@petatonicsca (7070)
• Japan
29 Jul 22
It's good to have online friends and real life ones too.
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