Maybe I'm not used to the division between staff and students here. In Australia, my teachers are more like friends and advisers than teachers. Respected, but never distant. But I've learnt to adjust. Among the students, it couldn't be more different.
Australian students take a long time to grow close to each another.
Here, students bond in an instant, especially those at the School of Communication Studies, where I study. People offer to take me all over the place. They invite me on trips to Malaysia and Indonesia. The other exchange students are particularly easy to bond with, and I could easily socialise exclusively with them. But I don't see the point.