I attended the General Meeting for the club, UCLA. UCLA stands for United Chinese Language Association. My experience was great with this club. Everyone was super nice and loved talking about anything. Many freshmen were scared to join the club but the leaders were welcoming. There were a lot of people and the room we were in was too small. The leaders started introducing themselves and explaining what their roles were. They also showed us what events they host every year. After the introduction, we did icebreakers. We played many different games and laughed a lot. The first game we played was called “questions only.” In this game, people would need to talk to each others in question form only. If they say a statement and not a question, then they lose. The second game was about drawing. Each person is given a word or phrase to draw. The team that shouts the correct answer gets a point. Our team lost. The third game was called “the whisper challenge.” One person had to wear noise cancelling headphone. The other person had to say a sentence. The person with the headphone had to guess the sentence. This game was fun because they would always say some funny answer. After the games, everyone talked to each others. We asked questions regarding the club. The members were really cool. They would talk to everyone. If someone was lonely, they would go to them and talk to them. Since there were a lot of people, I could talk to anyone around me. I found out that I knew a lot of the people in the club. That means it was not that hard to make friends. We talked about our classes and what high school and middle school we were from. After all the talking, we started eating the food. The free food was amazing. We ate “Chinese” food. Even though it was not real chinese food, it was still good. I ate rice, sesame chicken, noodles and chicken. This club was not a waste of time. Since I am a freshman, this could be a great start to make more friends and start to build my networking. The first meeting was fun. I am planning to join this club in the future so I can gain more knowledge about the Chinese culture. Even though I am Chinese, I do not know a lot about the culture. This club is great because I can learn about my family’s culture and the history of China. This club is not only for Chinese people. Everyone is allowed to join this club. We can all learn about the history, the food, the dances, the teachings, the beauty, the poetry, the landscapes and many more. The thing that I liked about the club was that one of the members of UCLA befriend me on Facebook. She thanked me for joining the general meeting and she hoped to see me in the future. This was so nice of her because there were a lot of people that came to the general meeting and she stills remembers me after the meeting. Because of her, I would most likely come back and be part of the UCLA family.