2015년 07월 20일
On Monday, I started the day off right by grabbing a small brunch at The Tea Leaf and Coffee Bean on campus. Although it's expensive (I only go maybe once a week), it's the cutest cafe chain ever.
After my wonderful food, the day dragged on as per usual... until culture class, where we played traditional Korean games! For an hour, we learned the following games and, afterwards, competed against 2A and 2B in a tournament!
(1) 딱지 (Ddakji, a game where you fold paper materials into a tight square, place one on the ground, and try to smack it as hard a you can with another square in an attempt to flip the one on the floor over). This game was especially fun when the guys played because they would slam it so hard on the ground that it made a resounding "KKWAK" noise.
(2) 공기 (Gonggi, my personal favorite! -- a game similar to jacks... you toss one gonggi piece into the air, pick up one from the table until you have collected them all, toss two into the air and pick up groups of two, toss three into the air and pick up groups of three, etc.) SO much fun even though it is difficult!
(3) 제기차기 (Jegichagi, similar to "hackeysack" in America... you juggle the jegi with your feet and see how long you can keep it up!)
It was a fun class period and I learned a lot about Korean games.
*Sample videos of the games are below (not my own)!
After the competition, the results were in... 2A and 2B won in Ddakji and Gonggi, respectively... and 1B won in Jegichagi! Thanks to my classmates, we won the wonderful prize of A WATERMELON~!
I don't think I've mentioned this before, but fruit in Korea is EXPENSIVE. One watermelon is maybe... $15 USD? Needless to say, we were thrilled to have won such a prize! We split it open and each of us (8 total) took chunks for ourselves. Together, we finished half of the watermelon on the spot. One of my classmates, however, decided that he wanted to tease our TA with the watermelon (because our TA didn't want any), which resulted in the two men chasing each other down the hallways of Arrupe Hall and throwing watermelon at each other. The casualties mostly occurred outside of the building, where the antics were broadcasted to all of the local Korean students.
After culture class, we all wanted to spend Karen's last night out in Sinchon. So, we took another giant mirror selfie, ate at a delicious Korean-style Chinese restaurant, and then went to Mango Six for some late-night coffee and smoothies. It was, undoubtedly, a great night out with friends!
On Monday, I started the day off right by grabbing a small brunch at The Tea Leaf and Coffee Bean on campus. Although it's expensive (I only go maybe once a week), it's the cutest cafe chain ever.
After my wonderful food, the day dragged on as per usual... until culture class, where we played traditional Korean games! For an hour, we learned the following games and, afterwards, competed against 2A and 2B in a tournament!
(1) 딱지 (Ddakji, a game where you fold paper materials into a tight square, place one on the ground, and try to smack it as hard a you can with another square in an attempt to flip the one on the floor over). This game was especially fun when the guys played because they would slam it so hard on the ground that it made a resounding "KKWAK" noise.
(2) 공기 (Gonggi, my personal favorite! -- a game similar to jacks... you toss one gonggi piece into the air, pick up one from the table until you have collected them all, toss two into the air and pick up groups of two, toss three into the air and pick up groups of three, etc.) SO much fun even though it is difficult!
(3) 제기차기 (Jegichagi, similar to "hackeysack" in America... you juggle the jegi with your feet and see how long you can keep it up!)
It was a fun class period and I learned a lot about Korean games.
*Sample videos of the games are below (not my own)!
After the competition, the results were in... 2A and 2B won in Ddakji and Gonggi, respectively... and 1B won in Jegichagi! Thanks to my classmates, we won the wonderful prize of A WATERMELON~!
I don't think I've mentioned this before, but fruit in Korea is EXPENSIVE. One watermelon is maybe... $15 USD? Needless to say, we were thrilled to have won such a prize! We split it open and each of us (8 total) took chunks for ourselves. Together, we finished half of the watermelon on the spot. One of my classmates, however, decided that he wanted to tease our TA with the watermelon (because our TA didn't want any), which resulted in the two men chasing each other down the hallways of Arrupe Hall and throwing watermelon at each other. The casualties mostly occurred outside of the building, where the antics were broadcasted to all of the local Korean students.
After culture class, we all wanted to spend Karen's last night out in Sinchon. So, we took another giant mirror selfie, ate at a delicious Korean-style Chinese restaurant, and then went to Mango Six for some late-night coffee and smoothies. It was, undoubtedly, a great night out with friends!