Fili’s world

A week ago I got an e-mail titled - "I am glad to be your receptionist~!!!".

Hello !

My Chinese name is <removed>. English name is <removed>.

I’m your receptionist. <personal information removed>

I ‘m a junior student majoring in Account. If you want to visit anywhere in NCKU or have questions you want to ask, you can contact me!

I was confused for a few seconds, till I figured out what "receptionist" means. So I wrote and got this back:

I interpret receptionist as a voluntary student who help foreign students out when you start a new semester in NCKU. (usually 1 voluntary student to 2 foreign students). <…>

Please write some questions you want to know so that I can prepare what to talk to you and where we should visit~! <…>

Nice to meet you, too.

This is really nice and all, but a few weeks ago I already got a different e-mail:

Hi : I am the one to volunteer to help foreign students,and my name’s <removed>. I am also study in MBA degree in NCKU. I was selected to be the person serving you. Thus, just let me know if you have any problem. My number is <removed>

So it turns out that the NCKU foreign students affairs and the IMBA school have both assigned students to help me out with my arrival here.

So, today we sat down for lunch and I got a short tour of the very nice NCKU library and computer center. It’s nice to have someone to help you figure out things. Hmmm… come to think of it, I should have joined something like that to help foreign students when I was in Israel.