New Acquaintance

Today was an interesting day. I tried to put my schedule together and I think I have done a good job. The only problem I have is that I might not get the classes I want to. If this happens, everything is messed up. I wanted to leave home around 10 or 10:30 but then I started doing little things here and there and I ended up leaving for the 11:30 train, which I found out did not exist. So I had to wait another half hour until I could get on a train. In the meantime a black guy asked me for the next train. I explained him, there is none and we started talking. His name is Murphy and he is going to call me or write me a SMS (text message). The funny thing was, he was from Nigeria and there they all speak English so we ended up talking English the whole time. Sometimes I had difficulties understanding him, because his accent is strange but we got along nicely. I still don’t know what to think of him he is advancing too fast in my opinion. He asked me lots of questions about my preferences, wants to show me his friends, cook for me etc. For me it seems like he is searching for a new girlfriend, because he got a divorce and hasn’t had one in a while, so I really don’t know what to think now. I am not used to people this outgoing but something inside me warns me, so I will think of a way to cut this contact – maybe I will invite him to church or something ;)
One of our topics was Africans treating their wives and how he learned how to do it right in Germany. He said, he NOW does everything for them and he can’t stand when his friends treat their girls or wives or whatever in a disrespectful manner, but at the end of the conversation he said, his wife loved him so much, she did everything for him and towards the end it changed. This is a contradiction to what he said before – also the way he talked about it was a make-believe way. I am not that ignorant and naïve. It is hard to describe but this was a situation I had problems dealing with. This is why I am sitting here at the train station writing to clear my thoughts about this man (after getting off too early and then getting lost).

Now I think it is time to continue my post from yesterday. The only bad thing is, I don’t remember where I left of J I got quite some things done, but I didn’t get everything done I wanted to. Wireless is working, which allows me to chat every now and then. My semester ticket is bought, so I don’t have to worry about spending extra money on public transportation. I got acquainted with some of the buildings, but that is only a very small part of the university. Today I want to figure out a way from the Bio section to the English section and this turns out to be harder than I thought it would be. Oh yeah, yesterday I also activated my student ID Card and opened an account for the library. I still haven’t figured out where to turn to to enrol in an orchestra but I will find that out ASAP.