Having dinner with student from grade12

This is Nancy and I standing in front of Tacos.
I went to Tacos with Angel Lu, Nancy He, Kevin Ye, Miki Ge on the 31st December. We had the last meal of 2008 together there.
The surroundings in Tacos is comfortable and pleased. Our five sat around a round table which is surrounded by dark beer buckets. We chose dishes from the menu in turn. I ordered a plate of pasta.
Angel, the student from 12 grade organized our dinner. She told us common dinner in Western is not very serious; people chose the way they prefer to eat. However, some big occasions are, such as weddings, etiquettes of eating are very important. There are different size of forks and knives, and it is complex to grasp all the skills about standard eating method.
We talk a lot during the dinner till almost 7:30p.m. Nancy and I asked Angel many questions of study methods (especially Social Studies, and planning). She told us that doing with homework and projects carefully every time is the most useful skill. We should try our best to finish them totally because common time is rather important.