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 On Monday, Jan 21st, I met up with Mubarak, as well as his friends Mahdi and Mohammed, at FSU's student union to go bowling at Crenshaw Lanes. Unfortunately, I didn't realize that the bowling alley would be closed as it was a holiday (even though Chili's was open), so instead we decided to play pool at Zingale's, stopping at Starbucks on the way. We all crammed into my girlfriend's tiny VW Beetle for the ride. I found out that, like Mubarak and Anwar, Mahdi and Mohammed are also planning on studying engineering; Kuwait has a high demand for engineers to develop technology for the oil business.

 After Mahdi graciously bought Hayley and I some hot chocolate, we sat outside Starbucks talking for a while and then walked to Zingale's. We played 4 games of pool, rotating players through teams so everyone got a chance to play on a team with everyone else. I ran into a friend that I used to work with playing pool next to us, and found out my girlfriend knew him and his buddies from high school - small town! After our fourth game, our Kuwaiti friends decided it was time for them to head home. Though I offered to give them a ride, they chose to walk. I think the brisk January air would be more pleasant than a stuffy and cramped backseat car ride. I had an awesome time making new friends with Mahdi and Mohammed - they are incredibly nice - and I'm excited to show them more fun things to do in Tally! Hopefully I will be meeting up with the 3 M's again this weekend; perhaps I will take them to a nice park such as the Miccosukee or Pedrick Greenway or Wakulla Springs.