What do Chinese girls do when they meet up? 中国女生聚会的时候喜欢做些什么？

和世界上其他国家的女生不一样，中国的女生很喜欢只有女生们的聚会，
Chinese girls are a little different to girls from other countries, we actually like to have girl only gatherings.
比如说我，非常喜欢把我身边的女朋友介绍互相认识，这样我女生的朋友圈就会越来越大，大家可以一起去吃饭，吃下午茶，去KTV。
对了，文章里所有的照片都是我自己照得。
At these gatherings, it's quite normal for us to introduce un-acquainted girls to each other thus making our circle of friends larger and larger. This usually happens around dinner, afternoon tea or even at Karaoke.
PS：All the photos are my own.

在你们看来，一些漂亮的女生，学历很高的女生，自身和家里条件很好的女生在生活中是很高冷，不喜欢主动跟人交流的。
From an outsider's view, a group of attractive girls with good education and good family background may seem dis-interested in socialising with unfamiliar people.

其实错了，他们在陌生的男生面前是会冷冻自己，隐藏自己的内心，让人觉得他们很高冷，当你想跟他们说话的时候，他们会很忙的回复手机上不停闪动的微信提示，偶尔开始接别人的电话，让你感觉她并不愿意留出时间来和你沟通，就算你就在她身边，她也只愿意和网络上手机上的熟人交流。
Infact, this is not true at all. When around guys they don't know, the default action is to freeze up and hide their real feelings. It would appear that they are being cold. When you attempt to communicate with them, they will start appearing busy replying to messages on their phone, and even take phone calls. It's as if they are happy to spend endless time with their online friends than make any time to speak with you.

其实不用担心，只要你有耐心的慢慢熟悉她的生活，你也许会发现女生们“不高冷”。
In reality, you needn't worry because as long as you have patience and gradually make effort to understand their lives, you'll realise that girls are not as passive "cold" as you first think.

当我把周围的女生朋友互相介绍认识的时候，陌生的女生和女生见面，其实是这样一番场景。害羞地偷玩手机的情景基本不会发生的。相反地，平时高冷很女神的女生开始主动的和别人说活，态度是非常热情的。
What happens when I introduce my girlfriends to each other? You would think that the shy girls would shy away to their phones and avoid socialising but you are wrong. Quite the opposite. The cold goddess like girls of old become extremely social and take any opportunity given to befriend new acquaintances.

她们会聊天说地，不管是聊化妆品，聊好吃的餐厅还是聊喜欢的明星，什么都可以聊的很火热。我的经验是，陌生的女生见面时，从来都是可以一秒钟便成超级熟悉的朋友的感觉，因为他们下一秒就会约改天一起去哪里逛街，去哪里做头发了。
Whether they talk about make up, what restaurants to eat at, or what movie stars they like, they all socialise with passion. In my experience, strangers can meet and within a blink of an eye become like best friends.. How do I know that? Well, because they already start discussing their next opportunities to meet to go shopping or get their hair done.

现在说说在女生的聚会上，我们都在做什么呢？不可否认，中国女生的一大特色就是喜欢拍照，就像上面说的，和新认识的朋友火热的聊聊天之后，我们会进入下一个很重要的环节，就是自拍。
So lets talk about what girls actually do when they are together? Well, I can't deny that Chinese girls love to take pictures, like I mentioned above, after spending time speaking to each other it then becomes that important time of taking pictures.

就拿聚会是喝下午茶来说，我们坐在位置上之后的第一件事不是看菜单或者点餐，而是问问身边的朋友，你带自拍神器或者美图手机了吗？
Lets take a gathering at afternoon tea for example, we sit down and order our food, then the most important and immediate question next is whether anybody brought their Casio Exilim selfie cameras or the Meitu camera phones.

为什么我们总能和今天新认识朋友自拍的很火热，然后传到朋友圈，facebook等各种社交平台。
So why is it that girls who meet each other for the first time can take pictures and and post them to all the main social networks？

在我看来，可能女生的朋友圈对一个女生是很重要的，当然大概是很想告诉大家，我的女生朋友很多，所以这是为什么我们不是只和非常要好的朋友才会自拍，而是和每一个刚认识的新朋友自拍。
I think it's because a girls friendship circle is very important. Perhaps part of the reason is we want to let everyone know that our friendship circle is large, and I have many friends. This is why we don't just take pictures with our closest friends, instead we take them with every new acquaintance.

所以对于我们女生来说，自拍是新朋友见面需要慢慢建立感情的重要仪式。
To a girl, this is a very important step in developing a bond with new friends.

在点完餐之后，大家会开始继续聊天模式，我们也有很上进的一面，我们会聊课程聊学校，已经工作了的女生还会聊聊工作的事，自己的目标，抱怨下自己的薪水，在炒股票的朋友也会聊聊股票，大概在女生眼里，没有什么事情不能聊得，所以女生们的亲密真的是非常亲密。
After ordering our food, we'll naturally enter our chatting phase. Here we can talk about absolutely anything, it isn't all gossip. Some of us will talk about our school work, others will talk about their jobs. If some are into stocks, then they'll chat about those. In a girls eyes, there's nothing we can't talk about with each other, so that's why the meaning of close in girl friendships is particularly strong. We really are very close.

点的餐上来之后，女生也很喜欢拍吃的，我有一个很夸张的朋友，和她吃饭的时候，总要等所有菜上完了拍完美美的照片，才能开吃。这就是中国女生的聚会风格，是不是很特别，其实还有更多有趣的故事，就下次再写吧。
Once the food is served, we love to take pictures of the food. I have one friend who loves taking pictures of the food to the point that we have to wait for every single dish to come and for her to take a complete picture before we can start to eat.

And that pretty much what it's like when chinese girls meet, isn't it unique? Actually there's so much more to it but i'll post more in the future.