Celebration Time!

I passed the midterm!

And I forgot to bring my camera to the celebration party at a local restaurant Friday night.

So this picture is from the internet - but our food and drink looked pretty much like this. There were 11 of us students from the class and 2 instructors.

Here's what you do at this kind of gathering: you grill the meat at the table and attempt to pick it up with chopsticks (more on that in another post!) and put it in a lettuce leaf and pick up more stuff that's all over the table (kim chi and all kinds of sauces and side dishes) and put bits of things on the meat and roll it up and eat. Then you pick up more stuff from the table with chopsticks and pop it directly in your mouth - there's no individual plate at your place. Then you pour beer and soju (the ubiquitous Korean cheap alcoholic drink) rounds continuously and talk and laugh really loudly and just have a good time.

And you try to do it all in Korean.

Ah, the midterm is over. Don't have to start studying for the final exam for 3 more weeks!