you must talk to strangers

I've calmed from my crashout, as the youth say. After seeing a roach, sleeping with the lights on to deter said roaches, and probably getting chewed up by bed bugs (I can't be bothered to leave, I'll steam my clothes later), I posted on reddit and threads about landing in the country. I did not want to feel alone with anxiety in a foreign country. Off of reddit, I met a Canadian going to the same school. We met up, walked around the campus, and had lunch. It was my first proper meal in the country and it was so good. I thought I said I'll stop using reddit but I'm a big fat liar. Bracelets from the jade market. Two days later, a woman on threads offered to take me to brunch and a Jade market, where I spent $100USD on overpriced stones, then had dinner. She taught me how to ride the busses and Metro. Then, this past Saturday night, while waiting to meet a date near Formosa Boulevard ("already?" - yes, i'll write about it later) an Indonesian woman struck up a conversation with me in…