Vacation Experience

During the Christmas break, I went back to China and spent lots time with my relatives and friends. Although I had not interacted with them face to face for four months already, I could feel that the link between us became stronger. However, after I had lunch with my friends from Chinese middle school, I got a strong sense of alienation which made me feel kind of sad.
I had lunch with them at September 31th. Originally, we planned to have dinner together, but because one of my best friends had a schedule conflict, we decided to have lunch instead.
At that day, we gathered at a metro station and went to the Japanese restaurant where we would have lunch. On the way, everyone except me and one of my friends who went to Australia for high school was talking about their Chinese high school lives, and I could hardly ever participate in their conversation: when I tried to participate and tell them about my life in an American high school, they were usually indifferent about what I said.
I invited the girl who I longed for to the lunch, but there were nearly no conversation between us on the way we went to the restaurant, which made me feel dismal.
After we arrived at the restaurant, I started to order meals, but when I asked my friends what they wanted to eat, they asked me to decide for them and kelp to talk about their schools. Because we seated in a private room, the food we ordered needed to be at least 450 dollars. Therefore, I ordered something that were really expensive, such as Australian beef and a kind of huge Japanese crab.
I asked the friend who went Australia for high school several questions about his school, and found that the disciplines in his school were even stricter than the disciplines in the Webb School. He was not familiar with the others I invited, because he was quiet in middle school.
After the meal, we went back home separately. Because the place that I lived was far away from the downtown, I went back home alone.
Although the experience of hanging out with my classmates in middle school was not good, I will still ask them to eat something or watch movies together next time I go back to China.  

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  1. mRs. BeRZinSkASJanuary 18, 2018 at 11:24 AM

    Sometimes it is a challenge reconnecting with old friends when having different experiences. I am sure they weren't indifferent to hearing about your life abroad, they just couldn't picture or understand it. Sorry you were bummed out, but I guarantee that everyone was so happy to see you! I was also happy to see you when you got back! PROOFREAD! 14/20

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    1. Leo_ChenJanuary 26, 2018 at 12:00 PM

      During Christmas break, I went back to China and spent lots of time with my relatives and friends. Although I had not interacted with them face to face for four months already, I could feel that the link between us had became stronger. However, after I had lunch with my friends, I got a strong sense of alienation which made me feel kind of sad. I had lunch with them on December 31th. Originally, we planned to have dinner together. However, because one of my best friends had a schedule conflict, we decided to have lunch instead. On that day, we gathered at a metro station and went to a Japanese restaurant where we would have lunch. On the way, everyone except me and one of my friends who went to Australia for high school talked about their Chinese high school lives, and I could hardly ever join in their conversation: when I tried to participate and tell them about my life in an American high school, they were usually indifferent about what I said.
      I invited the girl who I longed for to the lunch, but there was nearly no conversation between us on the way to the restaurant, and that made me feel dismal. Agter we arrived at the restaurant, I started to look through the menu. When I asked my friends what they wanted to eat, they asked me to decide for them and kept talking about their schools. Because we were seated in a private room, the meal needed to be at least 450 dollars. Therefore, I ordered something that was really expansive, such as Australian beef and a huge Japanese crab.
      I asked the friend who went Australia for high school several questions about his school and found that the discilines in his school were even stricter than the diciplines in The Webb School. He was not familiar with the others I invited because he was quiet in middle school.
      After the meal, we went back home separately. Because the place where I live is far from downtown, I went back home alone.
      Although the experience of hanging out with my classmates in middle school was not good, I will still ask them to eat something or watch moves together next time I go back to China.

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