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thedeadhaji *
Profile Blog Joined January 2006
39489 Posts
December 30 2014 21:53 GMT
#21
Lol well Sacramento is a pretty sleepy town so it's not too surprising that life can be a bit boring there
Disregard
Profile Blog Joined March 2007
China10252 Posts
December 31 2014 01:46 GMT
#22
Well it seems like your written English is better than most Americans and frankly majority of Americans cannot speak English correctly either. At least international and second-language students do not use "like" and some other adjective constantly in their vernacular, it annoys me.
"If I had to take a drug in order to be free, I'm screwed. Freedom exists in the mind, otherwise it doesn't exist."
R1CH
Profile Blog Joined May 2007
Netherlands10342 Posts
December 31 2014 03:34 GMT
#23
Looking through your blog history it's surprising how fast you've made everything happen, from retiring to deciding to study in the US, getting a visa, choosing a school, finding an apartment and now finishing your first year. Keep it up!
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andrewlt
Profile Joined August 2009
United States7702 Posts
December 31 2014 03:41 GMT
#24
Unfortunately, Sacramento is a pretty small town. You're going to find more artistic and outdoorsy types there. And I guess more rural types.

If you can, take advantage of the national park system. Yosemite is an awesome place and it is pretty close by. If you want a taste of the big city, you can head to the San Francisco area.
nobodywonder
Profile Blog Joined July 2012
United States848 Posts
December 31 2014 05:37 GMT
#25
Hey Rain! What's good I'm also around Sacramento. Let's hang out haha before winter break ends!

Enjoy your stay in Cowtown. I have to say that Sacramento is a fairly boring city, but there's some cool stuff.

Sacramento Kings, our basketball team, used to be really good back in the early 2000's with Chris Webber, Vlade Divac, Doug Christie, Peja and Mike Bibby. It sucks in recent history, but maybe there's hope this season. Unfortunately Cousins, our star, has been out and injured.

There's Old Sac, don't know if you have been there, but it's a nice place to explore for a while. There's some railroad museums and tons of candy stores to get some taffy.

Over the summer, definitely would recommend to go rafting on the American River to cool off. Other ways to cool off are at the water park Raging Waters in Sac. Or water guns.

I don't know if you have tried any Korean restaurants in Norcal. Oz is sadly the only ayce kbbq around Sacramento, I think. Definitely go to LA Koreatown for kbbq in the US.

Have a good time in Sac and in America, Rain. xD
Shoot me a PM if you want to know anything else bout Sac and other stuff
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Centerfold
Profile Joined December 2014
Canada45 Posts
December 31 2014 12:48 GMT
#26
Hey dude I'm located in Sacramento at the moment, going to be heading back to Canada pretty soon though.
Capped
Profile Blog Joined June 2011
United Kingdom7236 Posts
December 31 2014 16:41 GMT
#27
On December 30 2014 05:43 Zealously wrote:
Your English is better than 25% of the Americans I've talked to


That sounds so weird lol.
Useless wet fish.
sertman
Profile Blog Joined February 2011
United States540 Posts
Last Edited: 2014-12-31 22:42:12
December 31 2014 22:34 GMT
#28
great blog rain! keep it up man. try to find a conversation partners project on your campus - many of the international students at the school i graduated from didn't have that many English speakers to speak to since they just hung out in their own little clique, so i helped coordinate a project where we paired Americans in my Cross-Cultural Psychology class i was a TA for with the international students and just talk culture, and it was really awesome!

On December 31 2014 10:46 Disregard wrote:
Well it seems like your written English is better than most Americans and frankly majority of Americans cannot speak English correctly either. At least international and second-language students do not use "like" and some other adjective constantly in their vernacular, it annoys me.


this is ridiculous and i have no idea how you're equating cultural vernacular and slang with "not knowing how to speak english" , and i also don't know how you think that ELC/INTL students don't use filler words such as like and um because in my direct experience, they absolutely do. writing is WAY different than reading as well, nobody knows how good of a conversationalist rain is yet

it's such a vapid and circlejerky thing to say i'm really surprised even the admins get in on it. it's extremely subjective and if you want to compare it to professional/graduate level english, everyone here has horrible, absolutely unimaginative english.
usedtocare
Profile Joined August 2013
United States243 Posts
January 01 2015 00:04 GMT
#29
I'll give you some honesty here.

Don't listen to people saying "well this stuff still happens around town, you're just unaware". No. You will forever be lonely in the US compared to how things were back home for you. It's just something you need to get used to.

People are so fucking weird here. Weird and insecure. No one has real guy friends either, unless they are acting out as "bros", which is disgustingly artificial and won't work for too long unless you're retarded. This nation is all about being an individual. You can start a family here or succeed at something or fuck people etc. - but no workplace will be hitting restaurants/bars on a regular, people secretly hate each other.

I don't remember truly sharing with someone in my 12 years in the US. I've met a few people that I could talk to, but it was not the same. You sure can shoot about holidays, weather and Obama - always the same conversation though.

Just do what's good for you. You need a plan here.
Phailol
Profile Blog Joined July 2011
United States84 Posts
Last Edited: 2015-01-01 01:28:43
January 01 2015 01:27 GMT
#30
Good job making your way through your first year in the US! Its nice to see that you are finding success in a new environment.

Truth be told, people are rather reclusive for the most part, sticking to close circles of few friends (think no more than 5 at the most). Although I am surprised as to how many TLers are infact in or around the Sacramento area. Would a TL Sacramento meetup be a good idea?
With every great victory, many failures preceded it.
iseefor
Profile Joined September 2010
United States162 Posts
January 01 2015 04:32 GMT
#31
On January 01 2015 10:27 Phailol wrote:

Truth be told, people are rather reclusive for the most part, sticking to close circles of few friends (think no more than 5 at the most). Although I am surprised as to how many TLers are infact in or around the Sacramento area. Would a TL Sacramento meetup be a good idea?


can we make this a thing? i have no idea where but it would be really cool to meet other TLers.
.CJ.herO lifer.
Phailol
Profile Blog Joined July 2011
United States84 Posts
January 01 2015 05:26 GMT
#32
On January 01 2015 13:32 iseefor wrote:
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On January 01 2015 10:27 Phailol wrote:

Truth be told, people are rather reclusive for the most part, sticking to close circles of few friends (think no more than 5 at the most). Although I am surprised as to how many TLers are infact in or around the Sacramento area. Would a TL Sacramento meetup be a good idea?


can we make this a thing? i have no idea where but it would be really cool to meet other TLers.


I would LOVE for this to become a thing. There are about two weeks of winter break left for students, so I don't see why not. It would be great to have some sort of day in downtown, or even pack a house for a LAN party or something for a grand old time. All that is needed is a time or a place!
With every great victory, many failures preceded it.
Rain
Profile Blog Joined July 2011
120 Posts
January 03 2015 03:58 GMT
#33
Thank you guys!! =]
Life is not easy, sometimes you need to realize you gotta pack your bags and go back to the real world before you're old and broke with no education.
ZenithM
Profile Joined February 2011
France15952 Posts
Last Edited: 2015-01-04 12:34:01
January 04 2015 12:33 GMT
#34
On January 01 2015 01:41 Capped wrote:
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On December 30 2014 05:43 Zealously wrote:
Your English is better than 25% of the Americans I've talked to


That sounds so weird lol.

Haha yeah ;D
That was meant as a compliment, I guess, but I wouldn't go for the "5% of people I met are dumber than you" type of compliment every day.

Oh and Rain, nice to read about you bro :D
mrRoflpwn
Profile Blog Joined February 2011
United States2618 Posts
January 07 2015 05:29 GMT
#35
I thought you used to go to university in New York?
What are you studying in California?
Thanks for the blog!
Long live the Boss Toss!
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