Marcus, Maleri, and Livia became best friends at EXPLO. Although they are have many different interests, they're bonding over shared experiences and learning from one another.
Maleri: My favorite moment at EXPLO was the trip to the Blue Man Group show yesterday. We went to New York City, and it was really nice out. We went to Washington Square Park; there were a bunch of dogs and music. It was such a nice day. We saw the Blue Man Group performance later and it was really cool. Everything was just so nice and perfect.
Marcus: One of my favorite moments was when we had Carnival Night. I was with my good friend, Liv. We did all the stuff like the bouncy houses, the tricycle cars, and we got cotton candy. That was also the first night I met her, and we just had such a fun time.
Livia: I guess Marcus stole my favorite moment. So I guess my other favorite moment was in songwriting class. Once, we were at the class before the teacher arrived, so me and my other classmates just gathered around the piano and sang all the songs we could think of. It was really cool being surrounded by so many talented people. It was just so fun and there was such good energy.
Maleri: We three are not at all similar — we're very different actually. It's just nice to meet people with different interests. There's a bunch of diversity in what we talk about.
Marcus: We kind of came together in the way that we just saw each other and we were like, "hey, wanna hangout with us?" That's how it happened.
Livia: Yeah, we are so different that we can bond over different things. Everything we talk about has underlying themes and tones that we can all relate to. It's nice to have be different but enjoy similar experiences.
Sige Zheng