Intermediate English Writing (1) Monday 7-8
200801224 DIS
Park, Sunghee
Types of Friends I have
I am a senior. It seems that I rarely met my friends after I became a senior. I was busy doing my work alone or I spent time with my boyfriend. One day, I realized that I did not contact my friends quite long, and called friends who are on my lists. After the callings were over, I felt that what we mainly talked about was considerably different among friends. I tried to think about what is the difference. Then I found the answer. My friends can be classified according to main interest we discuss.
First, I have friends who mainly talk about our future. Recently, I meet this type of friends most frequently. When we meet each other, we usually share information about jobs and discuss how to prepare to get a job. I have never thought that I will talk about these boring topics with my friends until senior; however, job and study are the main interest I have these days. After meeting this type of friends, I feel it was a fruitful talk and I try to study hard. So I prefer to meet these helpful friends lately.
Second, there are friends who really love to do gossip. Most of my university friends are sophomore and junior yet because they had leave of absence in order to do military service or study abroad. Since we have different problems in different situations, we usually talk not about ourselves but about others. They tell me what is going on in our department such as love affairs, conflictions, and troubles. The gossip is interesting and makes us feel closer. When I want to get out of the reality that I face, I meet them and chat all day long in order to relieve stress.
The last type of friends usually shares the past memories. This type belongs to friends who I met in the past such as in elementary, middle and high school. Since we have no common now, we try to find the topic which can be shared. That is the childhood memories we have. We chat about what we did after skipping class, how sad when I broke up with my ex-boyfriend, and where we usually drop by after school. By having the chance to talk memories, I can look back on the past and it makes me feel refreshed. Even though we do not meet frequently, I try to make time with them at least twice a year.
In summary, I make appointments with my friends depends on what I want to talk about: future, gossip and memories. Though the main interests are various, I can feel relaxed through the meetings. All of them are important and precious friends to me. I hope our friendship last forever and they get satisfied with talks we shared as I got from them.
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ReplyDeleteI am a senior. It seems that I rarely met my friends after I became a senior. Instead of meeting friends, I was busy doing my work alone or I spent time with my boyfriend. One day, I realized that I had not contacted with my friends quite long time, and called friends who are on my lists. After the callings were over, I felt that what we mainly talked about was considerably different among friends. I tried to think about what is the difference. Then I found the answer. My friends can be classified into three categories according to main interest we discuss.
First, I have friends who mainly talk about our future. Recently, I meet this type of friends most frequently. When we meet each other, we usually share information about job offerings and discuss how to prepare to get a job. I have never thought that I will talk about such boring topics with my friends until senior; however, job and study are the main interest I have these days. After meeting this type of friends, I feel it is a fruitful talk and I try to study hard. So I prefer to meet these helpful friends lately.
Second, there are friends who really love to do gossip. Most of my university friends are sophomore and junior yet because they had leave of absence in order to do military service or study abroad. Since we have different problems in different situations according to the grades we are in, we usually talk not about ourselves but about others. They tell me what is going on in our department such as love affairs, conflictions, and troubles. The gossip is interesting and makes us feel closer. When I want to get out of the reality that I face, I meet them and chat all day long in order to relieve stress.
The last type of friends usually shares the past memories. This type belongs to friends who I met in the past such as in elementary, middle and high school. Since we have no common now, we try to find the topic which can be shared. That is the childhood memories we have. We recall what we did after skipping class, how sad when I broke up with my ex-boyfriend, and where we usually dropped by after school. By having the chance to talk memories, I can look back on the past and it makes me feel refreshed. Even though we do not meet frequently, I try to make time for them at least twice a year.
In summary, I make appointments with my friends depending on what I want to talk about: future, gossip and memories. Though the main interests are various, I can feel relaxed through the meetings. All of them are important and precious friends to me. I hope our friendship last forever and they get satisfied with our relationship as I felt from them.