Wednesday, July 13, 2011

May 25, 2011 인제 축제 Inje University Festival

Today was the university's festival.  They had a lot of activities and things going on.  We had class and studied in the morning and then in the afternoon we went to the university to attend the activities.  We met up with some of the students and explored what they had over there.  Many of them ran the booths there.



There was a booth that you could have your fortune told.  It only costed about a dollar and so we thought why not.  Michelle got the best fortune told.  We all decided to do love life because those are really interesting and sometimes really funny.  Kenwood helped translate for everyone.  I believe it was just me, Kenwood, and Michelle that got our fortunes told.  The tarot card reader first asked me if I was interested in American or Korean men.  I told him American men because we thought just for fun that we would take it more "seriously" since we don't believe in fortune telling or tarot cards or anything.  He then told me that he would have to get out another deck for American men.  Hahaha, that right there made me laugh really hard.  So I said Korean men.  Well, what other choice do I have to choose from??  Haha oh this just cracked me up.  He had me draw 6 cards and then he told me my fortune.  He said that I have a lot of self confidence and a high self-esteem.  He told me that I was looking for someone tall who had a lot of talents.  He said that I wouldn't be able to find that in Korea at least for 3 months.  He said that if I do find someone, it won't work out until down the road because he's not ready.  Hahaha we just laughed at the fortunes because we knew they were bogus.





We walked around the university and we spent most of the time hanging out with 심태용 Tae Yong! 
They had food booths, balloon artists, makeup and nail beauticians, someone giving free hugs, and a singing contest. 


So I was really bummed.  We had to rotate again to go to members' houses and so Rachael, Steve, and I went to a lady in the branch's house.  The reason that I was bummed was that K.Will was performing at the festival!  I really wanted to see because I heard he's popular.  So, yay............  But the lady was so nice and it was great Korean practice.  She served delicious food and was so kind to us.  Steve ended up talking the whole time and so Rachael and I mostly ate and made light conversation.  I felt really bad because we didn't have a house/thank you gift for her.  In Korean culture, whenever you are invited to someone's house or are visiting, it's considered proper ettiquete to bring a gift.  However, we didn't have any time to get her family one so we will get one tomorrow and then visit her on Sunday. 


안 자매님의 가족 Sister Ahn and her family

Derek bought us a router and so now we have internet!  Woo-hoo!  When we all got home, it was a laptop party.  Now that we have internet, life is good.  We feel like we can talk to people now.