Blog Assignment#4 From 2 Years in the Melting Pot

Part one:
It is an common scene here to see a couple of international students hunging out with the peers from their own country. As I see, it is reasonable for some alien students to be fond of being with the friends who come from the same culture, but it is not a appropriate choice to dodge the difficulties rather than solve it.
Culture shock do exist to an international student. We have different culture, different language and different thought with American people, I think that's why Liu finaly choose to stay with other Chinese, the same reason as why majority of us make the same choise. Undeniable, people here are really friendly to us, that makes me haven't had the same feeling of loneliness as Liu had, they are always ready to help and always have a smile on the face. But I totally understand him, it is not enjoyable when we cannot join the group of people who are talking gleefully just because we cannot understand all of what they are talking about or don't know how to express our idea properly. But being with Chinese people, even if they are stangers we can always have something to say as we have the same culture and can use a language we are proficient when walking with each other. I also aware that I'm not good at remember names and faces, so sometimes it makes me feel embarrassed when someone greet me with my name on the street but I totally forget anything about him/her and can just reply them with a "Hi" without trying to continue any conversation.
I do want to make friends with the Americans here, I'm trying although I know it is hard. We flyed for about 20 hours oversea to study in another country for the reason that we want to experience another culture,so it is important to us to overcome the difficulties rather than trying to escape reality by staying with people who we are familiar about.