I am not going to give you any advice but I can tell you my experience. You can decide if there is anything meaningful you can get out of it. I was in a similar

I am not going to give you any advice but I can tell you my experience. You can decide if there is anything meaningful you can get out of it. I was in a similar situation as yours for several years (new to the country and culture). However my English was very fluent. Never had any problem with holding a good conversation with anybody. However, it didn't matter. Friendships are formed based on what you have in common with the other person. The commonality comes from growing up in the same country and culture - having watched the same movies and TV shows, having same childhood heroes etc. No matter how hard you try you can't overcome these limitations because you can't change the past. Once I figured this out, I began to realize that I would effortlessly form friendships with people who are most similar to me (education, background, culture, nationality etc.). And with people who I didn't have much in common with - no matter how hard I tried, we could not be friends. So I stopped trying too hard and stopped being needy. My closest friends are still the ones I formed back in my own country who now live here. You seem like a smart guy, I don't think you will have any problems in making Asian friends with whom you have most in common. Anybody else is a bonus.