I met In-hwa for coffee on Monday
afternoon at the Starbucks across from CIES. In-hwa likes more involved drinks,
whereas I'm more of a black house coffee guy myself.
Although we spent
quite a bit of time together for tutoring sessions, it was nice to just spend some time chatting with her instead of tutoring and helping her do work for classes. In-hwa has been away from home for a very long time and she shared with me that even though she has had a good time in Tallahassee and has a boyfriend here, she is ready to go back to Korea and be with her family and friends. CIES seems like a very good program but also appears to be very demanding for students, academically and emotionally, and I'm sure if I was in her shoes I would be ready to return home as well. When she mentioned to me that she had a boyfriend, I was a bit surprised because I had never heard anything about him before; In-hwa met him at her church and he seems to be a very intelligent and driven Korean man who is doing post-doc research at FSU. I didn't feel like it was appropriate to ask, but I wonder if they will continue their relationship when she leaves.
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