First Meeting with Ricardo

This past weekend, I had my first meeting with Ricardo Marchi. It was a romantic man date at Market Square. Over mediocre lunch food, we got to know each other a little. Ricardo is a 23 year old from Brazil. His native language is Brazilian Portuguese, but his English speaking was pretty good. He had an impressive vocabulary, and it was always pretty easy to understand him. He still wants to improve his English, which is why he came to Texas after already earning a degree in Business Administration in Brazil.

Ricardo came to Texas in March to study English, and he actually first started out at the University of Texas at Arlington.  This wasn’t his first time in the United States, however. He vacationed in America at least once a year. Ricardo has visited more places in America than me, including New York, Miami, Orlando, San Francisco, and San Diego. At UTA, he didn’t have a great experience because of his roommate situation. According to Ricardo, he lived in an apartment with three other guys that despised him. They wouldn’t even acknowledge him when he walked in, but they still would eat his food and drink his beer. After being at UTA for a few months, he moved to Fort Worth and started studying at TCU. This time he decided to live in an apartment by himself. He takes English classes every week day from 9 am to 12 pm. The classes mostly consist of grammar, which he doesn’t enjoy too much. Like most people, he finds grammar for any language a little boring. He plans to study here until November, when he will go back to Brazil to pursue Business Interests.

Ricardo’s favorite hobby is calf roping. He began calf roping when he was 14 years old, but sold his horse because he didn’t have time once he started college. Now that he’s in Texas, he decided to start up his hobby again. He calf ropes a few times a week at his friends ranch, and he even competes a little.

After an hour long of getting to know the basic information about each other, Ricardo and I decided to part ways. We plan on meeting again this week.