Lunch With Amy

Amy is one of the students that have been attending class with us, she lives an amazing life. Amy's nationality is Korean, but she was born and raised in China. She has relatives in Korea, China, and Japan; and she is fluent in four languages: English, Chinese, Korean, and Japanese. The first thing she says after telling me about being multilingual, "I am the interpreter for my family. Not everyone knows the same language so I have to translate for all of my family members." Along with her fluency in four languages, she also has four names, one for each language. When we learned that about her we all asked her if she could give us Chinese names. Amy responded "I will make a list of Chinese names for you and you can choose what you want your name to be." I am super excited to receive my Chinese name from her! Amy is probably one of the smartest people I know. During lunch, Amy shared with Samantha and I that next year, she will be spending a few months in Quebec, Canada and then make it to New York City to attend college; only three students from Nankai University are given that opportunity. I am so glad I met Amy, she is so friendly and loves to hang out with foreigners. She also shared how she is friends with Germans and French students here at Nankai University and is actually introducing us to them tonight at Hellen's! China has been amazing to me, I have been making new friendships everyday and hope to keep in touch with every single one. :)