Speaker 1
I like people. I try to be helpful. I like art. I want to be a painter. I love fast cars.
Speaker 2
I like singing. I am a person who enjoys running. My parents met when they were in high school. I have been to 20 different countries. My favorite color is turquoise.
Speaker 1
I love art and music. I love to paint. I have favourite cars. I had a good upbringing. I volunteer in the community.
Speaker 2
I go running. I want to sing. I love the paint colour turquoise. I've visited 20 countries. I've been to Italy.
Speaker 1
Hi! I hope you're having a great day. How are you feeling?.
Speaker 2
I'm good thanks. Great day. Just finished a run. Now I want to sing.
Speaker 1
Oh nice! I love art and music. Kind of similar to you, I love to paint!
Speaker 2
That's awesome. I love the paint colour turquoise. It reminds me of sea water.
Speaker 1
That's a beautiful color. I prefer red, because it reminds me of my favorite cars.
Speaker 2
Nice. I saw nice sports cars in italy. I've visited 20 countries.
Speaker 1
That's so cool. It's so awesome to travel and meet new people.
Speaker 2
Exactly. My parents are high school sweet hearts. So I'm lucky they support me. Whatever I do.
Speaker 1
That's really cool. I also had a fortunate upbringing so I love to help people.
Speaker 2
That's great. What do you do to help people?
Speaker 1
I volunteer for various service projects around the community.
Speaker 2
Fantastic. Doing volunteer work is very honorable. Do you enjoy it?
Speaker 1
I do! It gives me meaning and fulfillment.
Speaker 2
Well you're very lucky to have found that in life. It isn't always easy.
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Speaker 1
I love art and music. I love to paint. I have favourite cars. I had a good upbringing. I volunteer in the community.
Speaker 2
I go running. I want to sing. I love the paint colour turquoise. I've visited 20 countries. I've been to Italy.
Speaker 1
Did you go for a long run today?
Speaker 2
No, I decided to take the day off. I'm planning to go on long runs the next two days though. Did you have a chance to paint today?
Speaker 1
No, like you I have been too busy.  The weather has been beautiful so I worked in the garden today.  Tomorrow I will be volunteering at the hospital so it will be next week before I can paint again.
Speaker 2
That's great that you're finding time to volunteer though! Do you have much growing in the garden yet?
Speaker 1
A few things are started but not producing yet.  How about you...do you like to garden?
Speaker 2
Not much. Sometimes I get too busy with traveling to feel like I garden much. That said, some of the gardens I've visited across the world have been beautiful. Have you ever worked at a community garden?
Speaker 1
No I haven't worked in any community gardens.  By the way, you mentioned your favorite color is turquoise...mine too.  I am in my craft room right now and that's the color it is painted.
Speaker 2
I'm a huge fan of turquoise! The outside of my house is painted that color. What are you working on in the craft room?
Speaker 1
I just have a few things I am painting.  Need to get them finished up next week.
Speaker 2
Cool. I would love to get a studio room in my house where I could practice my singing, but I can't afford it yet. Speaking of which, have you looked at any new cars?
Speaker 1
Heck no!  The way prices are right now, I'll be lucky to ever get a new car.  You?
Speaker 2
Not really, I might get a car for some situations but I'm trying to do as much as I can just with running and biking. 
3 days
Speaker 1
I love art and music. I love to paint. I have favourite cars. I had a good upbringing. I volunteer in the community. I volunteer at the hospital. My favorite color is turquoise. I have a craft room.
Speaker 2
I go running. I want to sing. I like to sing. I've visited 20 countries. I've been to Italy. I do not like to garden. I travel a lot. My favorite color is turquoise.
Speaker 1
How was volunteering at the hospital?
Speaker 2
It was good! I'm glad you recommended I try it. Have you made any new crafts lately?
Speaker 1
Yeah I did! I actually made some really nice origami. I made a 3D modular swan! It needed a bit of glue, but it looks really nice! 
Speaker 2
Oh cool! I have never tried origami but I saw it when I was abroad. Do you think you will try to make more shapes? 
Speaker 1
Yeah for sure! I don't know what I'm gonna make next yet, but I'll let you know! Did you seem them in Japan?
Speaker 2
Yes I did! A small shop was selling pieces of origami. I bought a turquoise lotus and was actually able to get it home on the plane intact. I keep it on my desk. Maybe you can try making a lotus next!
Speaker 1
Oh wow that sounds nice! For sure, I'll see what I can do, haha. Do you have a favorite country you've visited?
Speaker 2
Ooh that's a tough question. I really enjoyed Italy. I spent a lot of time there visiting museums. If you are ever able to visit I think you would love it. There are artists everywhere selling one of a kind pieces of work. 
Speaker 1
Wow, I'm sure it must have been a great experience! I would love to visit there someday. I met someone at the hospital I volunteer at who visited Italy, and they sound they visited some really nice art museums and restaurants. Did you go to any nice restaurants while you were there? 
Speaker 2
Oh yes. I love Italian food so I was in heaven. My favorite restaurants were small family owned places with fresh homemade pasta. It seems like you meet a lot of really interesting people at the hospital. Hopefully I can volunteer there again soon, too! 
Speaker 1
Oh yeah, I've met a ton of interesting people volunteering! I'm sure you've met quite a few interesting people too from all the countries you've visited?
Speaker 2
That's true, but unfortunately it is a bit hard to keep in touch with people from my travels. I would imagine that volunteering at the hospital helps you meet a lot of local people. I travel so often that I don't really know too many people in town!
6 days
Speaker 1
I love art and music. I love to paint. I have favourite cars. I had a good upbringing. I volunteer in the community. I volunteer at the hospital. My favorite color is turquoise. I have a craft room. I made origami and a 3d swan. Interested in origami. I want to try more origami patterns. I want to travel to Italy. Enjoys meeting new people.
Speaker 2
I go running. I want to sing. I like to sing. I've visited 20 countries. I've been to Italy. I Enjoyed museums. Like the local color. Likes Italian food. Likes to go to small family restaurants. I do not like to garden. I travel a lot. My favorite color is turquoise. I want to volunteer at a hospital. I have not tried origami. I have been to Japan. bought local crafts and likes to display them. Likes to travel. has trouble keeping in touch with people they meet.
Speaker 1
I tried the origami Lotus that you suggested. It turned it out great.
Speaker 2
That's awesome! Where did you learn how to do it?
Speaker 1
I learned it by myself in my craft room, I made it our fav color. I wish I could visit where they were originally created.
Speaker 2
Oh, nice. Do you mean you want to go to Japan? What's stopping you?
Speaker 1
Well my first plan is to go to italy, did you have any trouble with japans customs?
Speaker 2
I didn't have much trouble, but the visa wasn't cheap. Still, I think it was worth it. Japan is an amazing country with a lot to offer.
Speaker 1
When are you going to try origami? I could teach you.
Speaker 2
In a few weeks I'll have more time. Maybe we could try then. What's the easiest thing to start with?
Speaker 1
Well something like a cup is super easy, other things require cutting the paper.I haven't tried that many, but we can try some together
Speaker 2
That sounds like a great idea. I would really like to make origami animals. It think it'd be cute. Are those hard to make?
Speaker 1
Well it depend on if you're talking about just their heads or if you want to make their whole body, I think the heads are easier.
Speaker 2
I would prefer to make their whole bodies, just a head seems a bit weird. Do you think it'd be too advanced for me?
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Speaker 1
I love art and music. I love to paint. I have favourite cars. I had a good upbringing. I volunteer in the community. I volunteer at the hospital. My favorite color is turquoise. I have a craft room. I made origami and a 3d swan. I want to try more origami patterns. I have enjoyed trying origami Lotus. I want to travel to Italy. Enjoys meeting new people. I'd like to visit the place where origami Lotus was originated. I'd like to travel to Italy before Japan. I'm not very knowledgeable about advanced origami techniques, but I'd like to try some.
Speaker 2
I go running. I want to sing. I like to sing. I've visited 20 countries. I've been to Italy. I Enjoyed museums. Like the local color. Likes Italian food. Likes to go to small family restaurants. I do not like to garden. I travel a lot. My favorite color is turquoise. I want to volunteer at a hospital. I have not tried origami. I have been to Japan. bought local crafts and likes to display them. Likes to travel. has trouble keeping in touch with people they meet. I'm open to learning origami from Speaker 1 in a few weeks when I have more spare time.
Speaker 1
I won a 3rd Place prize in an origami contest!! It's just a ribbon and $25 gift certificate, but I'm excited that I can add this to my CV/resume.
Speaker 2
Wow, that's amazing! Congratulations! Yes, prize amount aside, that's still an amazing accomplishment. 
Speaker 1
Yea, I'm upset that I didn't get 1st Place but 3rd Place is still good! Do you plan on trying origami soon?
Speaker 2
Yes, I'd love for you to teach me when we have a little more time to get together. I'm impressed by people who can just take a piece of paper or cloth and turn it into a masterpiece just by folding it. I've heard people say it's easier than it looks and I've heard people say it's harder than it looks. What do you think?
Speaker 1
It depends on what you are trying to make out of origami, you can make some super complicated stuff, there's actually special paper that you can get for it! You may have seen origami be used in the hospital for some breathing aperatus!
Speaker 2
That's amazing. I had no idea, but that totally makes sense. Do you have to practice a lot -- sort of a use it or lose it kind of thing?
Speaker 1
Yea, I think for the more complicated origami it's kind of a use it or lose it but for the simple stuff you can usually take a couple months of and still remember to do it! Did you see origami in Japan?
Speaker 2
Not up close, but I noticed a lot in shop windows in certain areas. I love Japan -- they're so welcoming. One of our acquaintances GAVE me a kimono. She said it's customary to try to share their culture. Kind of different from America in my opinion.  
Speaker 1
Oh, that sounds wonderful. It's impressive how much things that came from there and how giving a culture they are. America is definetly a lot different from them, have you visted different states in America?
Speaker 2
Oh yes. I live in North Carolina, but I've been to almost every state. Alaska was by far my favorite, but I'm kind of a loner and it feels like a lot of people there are, so maybe I just relate. But the scenery and landscapes are unbelievably beautiful. What's your favorite place you've been to?
Speaker 1
I just visited Italy recently, it was much better than I had first anticipated, similar to Alaska with all the landscapes and scenery! Now I'm planning to go to Japan, do you have any recommendations on what to do there?
Speaker 2
The Italian countryside is so incredible! In Japan I'd say to definitely get one of those guides so you can narrow down what you'd like to see. There's so much history and art there. I can let you borrow my guide book if you like!
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