Speaker 1
I am a college student. I will be taking summer courses. I like martial arts. I teach jiu-jitsu. I am allergic to dairy.
Speaker 2
I am an immigrant. I came here from europe in 2004. I am in the tech industry and work on software solutions. I love dogs and have fostered several of them. I run in half marathons.
Speaker 1
im lactose intolerant. I teach jiu-jitsu. I am active. I love martial arts. I am a student.
Speaker 2
I am a software engineer. I work from home. I am in America. I love ice cream.I am from England. I moved to the usa from england in 2004. I run half marathons. I studied martial arts. I used to have dogs.
Speaker 1
Hello! How are you doing tonight?
Speaker 2
I am fine I am just working from home on some software solutions you?
Speaker 1
Not too good. Regretting eating ice cream just now. (im lactose intolerant).
Speaker 2
Oh no! I love ice cream the best is here in america.
Speaker 1
What kind of work do you do? I teach jiu-jitsu!
Speaker 2
Cool job. I am a software tech from england..
Speaker 1
I am also a college student. Im going to be takin summer courses soon :|.
Speaker 2
Good for you! I like to run a lot. I run marathons half ones.
Speaker 1
Sounds like something I would love. I am very active- I love martial arts!
Speaker 2
I took classes when I first came to the us in 2004.
Speaker 1
Oh wow- that is awesome! So do you prefer where you live now? Over where your from?
Speaker 2
I love america but I miss my dogs. I runs a foster home for dogs.
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Speaker 1
im lactose intolerant. I teach jiu-jitsu. I am active. I love martial arts. I am a student.
Speaker 2
I am a software engineer. I work from home. I am in America. I love ice cream.I am from England. I moved to the usa from england in 2004. I run half marathons. I studied martial arts. I used to have dogs.
Speaker 1
I enrolled in a new class
Speaker 2
Good for you.  What is the class?
Speaker 1
It's a class on the history of martial arts. It was an elective but I think I'll really enjoy it. 
Speaker 2
That sounds fascinating, and definitely fits your love of martial arts.  What are you majoring in?
Speaker 1
I want to get an athletic training degree. I think that would fit in with my lifestyle and beliefs. How is your job going?
Speaker 2
I've been very busy the last few days.  I'm debugging some software and it's taking a lot longer than I'd hoped.  I haven't been able to run as much as I would like because of it.
Speaker 1
That stinks. Hopefully you can finish the project soon so you can get back to your training. I think I saw posted where they is a half marathon coming up in a couple of months.
Speaker 2
Yes, I saw that, too.  I'd love to run it but only if I've been training pretty consistently heading into it.  I also might be traveling at the time--we'll see.
Speaker 1
Oh, where do you plan to travel? Any place fun?
Speaker 2
When I have some free time I'm going to go back to England to visit family and friends, as well as all my dogs.
Speaker 1
Awesome. I've never been out of the United States so England sounds fun. Good for you to get back home and visit family. I know it must be hard to be so far away. Have you thought about adopting a dog here in the states?
Speaker 2
Yes, I have thought about it.  To be honest, I haven't done it because I sort of feel like it would be disloyal to my dogs back in England, as weird as that might sound.
5 days
Speaker 1
im lactose intolerant. I teach jiu-jitsu. I am active. I love martial arts. I am a student. I signed up for a new class. I enrolled in an elective for history of martial arts. I want to major in an athletic training degree. I have never left the US.  I would like to go to England.
Speaker 2
I am a software engineer. I work from home. My work is busy.  I work with computers and have been debugging software. I am in America. I love ice cream.I am from England. I moved to the usa from england in 2004. I run half marathons. I studied martial arts.  I have not been training as much as I would like.  I want to travel. I used to have dogs. I want a dog but feel bad my dogs are in England. I want to go back to England to visit.  I have family and friends and dogs in England.
Speaker 1
I started my class for history of martial arts and really love it 
Speaker 2
Oh really? Is it an easy elective?
Speaker 1
It's pretty complicated, but really interesting - I think you'd enjoy it!
Speaker 2
Sounds like it! Work has had me pretty busy lately, so I really haven't had time to do much.
Speaker 1
That's a shame, do you have any holiday booked soon?
Speaker 2
Unfortunately no. I really want to go back to England to see everyone, so I might consider planning something soon.
Speaker 1
Ah that would be nice - whereabouts in England are you from?
Speaker 2
I'm from London! Have you ever been there before?
Speaker 1
No, I've never left the US but I'd love to visit England one day! Do you miss London?
Speaker 2
Yeah, very much so. My friends and family have been asking me when I plan on coming back.
Speaker 1
Ahh, hopefully you can visit them soon! What are your favourite places to visit in England?
Speaker 2
I really like visiting local restaurants. There's a lot of great places in London!
8 days
Speaker 1
im lactose intolerant. I teach jiu-jitsu. I am active. I love martial arts. I am a student. I signed up for a new class. I enrolled in an elective for history of martial arts. I want to major in an athletic training degree. I have never left the US.  I would like to go to England. My class on the history of martial arts is interesting, but not easy. I love my class.
Speaker 2
I am a software engineer. I work from home. My work is busy.  I work with computers and have been debugging software. I am in America. I love ice cream.I am from England. I moved to the usa from england in 2004. I run half marathons. I studied martial arts.  I have not been training as much as I would like.  I want to travel. I used to have dogs. I want a dog but feel bad my dogs are in England.  I think I would enjoy a class on the history of martial arts. I do not have a holiday planned soon. I am from London. I miss London. I have friends and family and dogs in London. I like visiting local restaurants in London.
Speaker 1
What is your favorite restaurant in London? Is the food a lot different there than it is in the US?
Speaker 2
My favorite restaurant in London is a place called Sufi. It's a bit fancy, but the food is soooo good haha. I haven't been in a while though
Speaker 1
Ahh my favorite restaurant is Taco Bell! A little less fancy lol.
Speaker 2
Oh wow, we really went there okay lol. I'm sure you have to jiu-jitsu the calories off haha. How has the martial arts teaching been?
Speaker 1
I love teaching! I also love learning and it's so much fun being a teacher and a student!
Speaker 2
I'm glad to hear! I recently signed up for a class which teaches the history of martial arts. It's online and its pretty fun and laidback.
Speaker 1
That's super cool, maybe we are taking the same class! Do you take classes often?
Speaker 2
Occasionally I do if I find the time haha. My software work has been keeping me quite busy lately though. We've been working on the same project for a while now. How's your athletic training degree going?
Speaker 1
I can imagine! College is hard but I imagine it will feel worthwhile when I get my degree!
Speaker 2
I'm sure it will! You should take breaks though when you can! Maybe you could try planning a trip for England? We could go together and try that restaurant I mentioned!
Speaker 1
That would be so much fun! Maybe over spring break I can get off work!
Speaker 2
That sounds like a plan in the making already! I want to seem my dogs in London so bad too lol. 
13 days
Speaker 1
im lactose intolerant. I teach jiu-jitsu. I am active. I love martial arts. I am a student. I signed up for a new class. I enrolled in an elective for history of martial arts. I want to major in an athletic training degree. I have never left the US.  I would like to go to England. My class on the history of martial arts is interesting, but not easy. I love my class. I am studying for an Athletic training degree in college.
Speaker 2
I am a software engineer. I work from home. My work is busy.  I work with computers and have been debugging software. I am in America. I love ice cream.I am from England. I moved to the usa from england in 2004. I run half marathons. I take martial arts classes.  I have not been training as much as I would like.  I want to travel. I used to have dogs. I want a dog but feel bad my dogs are in England.  I think I would enjoy a class on the history of martial arts. I do not have a holiday planned soon. I am from London. I miss London. I have friends and family and dogs in London. I like visiting local restaurants in London. My favorite restaurant is Sufi.
Speaker 1
I went to another martial arts class and had a blast.
Speaker 2
That's great, were there a lot of students today? I've been at home working on a project.
Speaker 1
Quite a few, but it wasn't too crowded. It was a nice change of scenery. What kind of project are you working on?
Speaker 2
I'm sure the student appreciate that. You teach as a group as apposed to one-on-one right? And one of the companies I work for had their system hit with a virus so I've been upgraded their software to debug the system.
Speaker 1
I teach group classes and one on one, but I was the student today. I specialize in jiu-jitsu but today I got to be the student in a taekwondo class. 
Speaker 2
That's even better, learning is a life-long journey. How are you class on martial art history? When you have time teach me too, I'd love to learn. 
Speaker 1
It's been a little stressful lately, because finals are coming up...but I'm confident in that class. I could've aced it before I even started! I'll definitely get started with you after finals.
Speaker 2
Ahaha we;; for someone who's so passionate about martial arts I'm not surprised. Great, I'll try to be the best student I can. I'm starving, think I should grab some take-out from Sufi?
Speaker 1
Of course! It's your favorite after all! Now you made me hungry! lol
Speaker 2
Sorry for the typos and correction there's a restaurant here similar to Sufi's in London. They sell delicious Donairs, you should definitely try them out sometime.
Speaker 1
Thanks for letting me know! I'll have to check that out soon!
Speaker 2
No problem. Do you have class today or just studying for finals?
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