{"id":287,"date":"2018-08-31T18:43:52","date_gmt":"2018-08-31T09:43:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lexhongkong.com\/?p=287"},"modified":"2021-06-13T15:29:06","modified_gmt":"2021-06-13T06:29:06","slug":"story-how-i-first-joined-language-exchange","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lexhongkong.com\/blog\/story-how-i-first-joined-language-exchange\/","title":{"rendered":"Story: How I first joined Language Exchange"},"content":{"rendered":"

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I can still remember hearing the muffled laughter when I walked through the entrance. I was a little nervous. I didn\u2019t know what to expect, and who to meet cause didn\u2019t know anybody. It was my first time venturing into an unknown environment\u2014an international environment where people spoke a different language. I kept walking towards the main door entrance, still debating whether I should keep going or head back. Then somebody had just come out of the rest room smiling at me.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cHi,\u201d He said, \u201cis it your first time here?\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cYeah I saw it on the internet\u2014I googled it.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cGreat! Wanna go inside together? Come on. I\u2019ll introduce you to my friends.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

And the next was history. I remember meeting great people that night\u2014people who I\u2019m still friends with, and see on a weekly basis.<\/span><\/p>\n

I want to invite you to come along to Language Exchange. It\u2019s fun and it\u2019s very easy to make friends.<\/span><\/p>\n

Find a language exchange near me.<\/strong><\/em><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I can still remember hearing the muffled laughter when I walked through the entrance. I was a little nervous. I didn\u2019t know what to expect, and who to meet cause didn\u2019t know anybody. It was my first time venturing into an unknown environment\u2014an international environment where people spoke a different language. I kept walking towards the main door entrance, still … <\/p>\n

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