Week 9: Randomness

Originally today's event was supposed to be telling stories with wacky, random pictures, but we decided to let it go... Hahaha!

Instead, we spent some time making a list of simple, useful/slangy phrases in various languages: Japanese, Chinese, Korean, Spanish, German, and Italian!

The rest of the time was kind of an open conversation, but most of us were gathered around one member who was learning the Korean alphabet.

We also talked about some cultural differences in going out and paying. Like, when a group of friends go out to dinner for someone's birthday, who pays the bill? Do the friends pay for the birthday person's meal? Or does the birthday person treat all his/her friends? Or does everyone just pay for his/her own share? Of course, this also led to the question about who pays when a couple goes on a date.
We learned that for weddings in China, the groom's parents generally pay for everything!

Week 7: Early Turkey Feast

...without the turkey. But we did have a lot of other yummy food at the potluck tonight! Homemade pumpkin pie, pad thai, mashed potatoes, fruit, "healthful" cookies, etc.~

We ate and talked, talked, and ate some more. Although there were probably enough seats for everybody to sit (despite having to use several as tables for the food), everyone mostly stood in groups and chatted.

We had a guest from the International Peer Group program come check us out tonight, so maybe we'll see more international students at our future meetings!

Thanks for coming out tonight!
There will be no meeting next week due to the Thanksgiving break. See you week 9!

Week 6: Game Night

After we all gathered around and doted on Michael's cute kitten, people started breaking into their own conversation groups. One by one, the groups broke out the games. We had a table in the corner for bright pink mahjong. Jenga moved from one group to another, and the other main game being played was Uno!

Hope everyone had fun tonight! Maybe you learned something new too?