Ganem CP-5

On June 2^nd was the Thursday I met up with Mustafa. He had just gotten out of class and it was an hour before my TEFL class. We met at the Circle K and greeted each other. I asked him how he had been. He replied he was doing well, but was busy running errands for his aunt and uncle, who he was staying with for the summer in Tallahassee. We then walked up to the balcony connecting the Eppes and Kellog building. There were other students from the CIES hanging out there as well.

We started talking about music. I asked him what kind of music he liked. He told me he liked a lot of rock and heavy metal music. I was into the same kind of music as well. We talked about different bands and got on the subject of concerts we’ve seen live. I told him I saw Slayer, Alice Cooper, and Gwar live so far and he recognized these names. He saw shows in Turkey, but he did see the heavy metal band Accept when visiting Orlando. I asked him what concerts were like in Turkey and he started talk about concerts in the southern coastal cities.

I had my laptop with me, and he went on Google images to show me a concert that he went to on the beach. It was part of a music festival and people were attending the concert on the beach; the stage itself was near the water so people were swimming and listening to the music. He said it was a lot of fun and missed being back home.

I asked what he was doing this weekend. He replied he had to help his aunt and uncle move into a new house. They were moving from the neighborhood he was staying with them in into the opposite part of town. It was already 4:00PM and I had to go to class. He said he wouldn’t be able to meet the next week because he and some Turkish students were having a social gathering and he was going to the beach at Saint George Islands with the CIES students. We then concluded our conversation session.