This afternoon I had met with Mohammed Aloutaibi, and thoroughly enjoyed his hospitality. Upon arriving I was greeted by both him and his roommate, Saud, who had made me Arabic tea and cappuccino. Both drinks were pleasantly sweet, something that Mohammed told me was quite normal from his home, Kuwait. He explained to me how his country regularly eats desserts with their drinks, as we had also shared some very sweet dried palm dates. His English was quite excellent for being in the U.S. for only 10 months and he expressed a desire to gain fluency in speaking, to the effect that he doesn't make any pronunciation mistakes while speaking quickly like a native speaker. This shall set the tone for all of our future conversations, and so we left each other with something to either read or watch that we may discuss for next time. We also planned for him to teach me how to play 'kout', a Kuwaiti card game at Cafe Shisha. I'm really looking forward to making a new friend.
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