Hey!

I hope you're doing well!

Today I'm going to tell you about my experience talking with a Russian guy who I met a few days ago.

It was on my birthday. I had to work late, and the tv channel where I work at is almost 2 hours away from my house. I didn't have any place where I could spend the night, so I phoned a good friend of mine hoping she would let me crash at her place until dawn . Luckily she told me that she didn't have any problem, but that there was a little detail that I had to know. Obviously, I asked her about that detail, and she told me that two Russians had just arrived and she had invited them to her house to have dinner. Having said that I supposed that her house would be packed, because she lives with 3 roommates and her mom. So there would be 4 people (the Russian guys, my brother and I) apart from the 5 who live there, and importantly, the house was not that large.

She offered me to go sleep a few hours at the apartment of a Korean friend that we have in common while the Russian guys had dinner, but suddenly she said: "Unless you want to practice your English speaking with them. One of them is the official translator for the Russian embassy and he speaks a lot of languages. If you want to use your English, then come over".

I was shocked, rather I was a little bit antsy about speaking with them, "what if I say something wrong?" I thought, but finally I encouraged myself by saying: "You know what? It'd be a shame waste this chance, this opportunity to use my skills... so I'll get after it!"

As soon as I arrived at my friend's home, I saw two simpatic guys, who looked pretty kind, so I approached to say hello. To begin with, they weren't as tall as I thought, actually I was taller than them. Also they weren't tough guys, in fact they were completely kind and funny.

And probably you would be wondering where was my fear, did I just talk just like that? Surprisingly for me the words just came out. I didn't realize that I was talking with them in English until Anna, my friend, told me that I had great speaking skills. Then was when I realized that I had sustained a complex conversation with people who were from another country and I wasn't thinking about neither grammar rules, connectors words or that stuff. I was just enjoying the conversation, telling them about me and my country and having a good time after a long day of hard work.

One of the funniest moments of the conversation was when they asked me how much time I had spent in courses and studying the language, and when I respond that I had learned English by my own, and that that October was my first anniversary learning the language, they just stared at me and claimed "No way! For real? You must be a prodigy" (I don't know if they were trying to be ironic or something), and I was like, "no dude, I'm just a simple guy that was depressed by the lockdown and the quarantine, and started learning English in order to try to come through it".

So that's it!

Oh! Before I forget, here's some advice:

If you feel that your knowledge isn't growing up or your English skills aren't going anywhere, just keep at it and be patient, sooner or later when you need to communicate something, the words will came up.

Thanks for reading! See you soon!