“Expectations”
Jersey City, NJ
May 8, 2010
“Jon" (My study buddy)
From far away I could see the top of the Empire State building… and suddenly I got scared.
I have several friends who are living in New York. I made plans to stay with Jon, who had an apartment in the upper east area of Manhattan.
I haven’t seen Jon in years… I met Jon in Brigham Young University when I was trying to learn English for two years. He was Jon my "study buddy" (That's how the program at BYU called us.
He went to Chile for a couple weeks and I insisted that he must go visit Buenos Aires. He stayed with my family for a couple days and according to him, he loved it.
But we didn’t really keep in touch until I asked him if I could stay with him when I visit New York.
I got spoiled by my friends in Washington DC, so I got used to everybody being generous and nice to me. So I was a little scared that Jon wasn’t going to be as nice as everybody else so far.
I texted him the location where the bus was going to drop me off, and since this was my first t in the city I was expecting him to come pick me up. (I guess I had a lot of expectations, and at the same time I didn’t know what to expect)
He texted me back telling me what subway to take and how many blocks walk to his apartment.
May 8, 2010
“Jon" (My study buddy)
From far away I could see the top of the Empire State building… and suddenly I got scared.
I have several friends who are living in New York. I made plans to stay with Jon, who had an apartment in the upper east area of Manhattan.
I haven’t seen Jon in years… I met Jon in Brigham Young University when I was trying to learn English for two years. He was Jon my "study buddy" (That's how the program at BYU called us.
He went to Chile for a couple weeks and I insisted that he must go visit Buenos Aires. He stayed with my family for a couple days and according to him, he loved it.But we didn’t really keep in touch until I asked him if I could stay with him when I visit New York.
I got spoiled by my friends in Washington DC, so I got used to everybody being generous and nice to me. So I was a little scared that Jon wasn’t going to be as nice as everybody else so far.
I texted him the location where the bus was going to drop me off, and since this was my first t in the city I was expecting him to come pick me up. (I guess I had a lot of expectations, and at the same time I didn’t know what to expect)
He texted me back telling me what subway to take and how many blocks walk to his apartment.
