Saturday, January 17

District 7750's GSE team met on January 17 at Day and Zimmerman for language and culture training. Father Ken stopped by Saturday morning to go over some official business - passports, medical forms, and proof of insurance. Next, we discussed uniforms and where to buy them. With 5 team members of varied sizes, this wasn't as easy as it sounded. Varying shades of gray, pleated vs. flat-front, and the ultimate question: Seersucker. Talks are ongoing, but a resolution is forthcoming.

After lunch at 5 Guys (Ed, Michelle, and Jaime) and Atlanta Bread (Babette), Sara arrived with lesson 5. She also brought a guest with her, Dr. Peter Yun, an economics professor formerly of the University of Virginia's College at Wise, currently of Handong Global University in South Korea. She patiently covered the Korean number system--there are two systems for those of you who are curious. Pure-Korean is for counting, Sino-Korean is for measuring quantities. We also reviewed some expressions and pieces of our presentation.

We will meet next on January 31. (These snazzy pictures are from my cell phone and are the first I've taken since getting the phone--a Samsung Sway. For a cell phone, they're not too bad.)

Quick Update

So, what's new with District 7750's GSE team to South Korea?

Here's a quick run down of some of our recent activities post-Clemson:

• Language and culture training have continued with the Yoon's (Sara and Inho.) They have been wonderful instructors and patient with us as we make our stabs at learning Hangul. We enjoyed a lovely dinner at their home in November, which included a number of delicious Korean dishes and many bottles of 포도주.



• Last weekend, our group, along with District Governor Carol Burdette and Ken Tucker, traveled to High Point, NC for an orientation of GSE and Rotary Scholars in our zone. It was a great time to catch up with everyone and meet some of the other GSE teams. (Plus, we got to stop at Trader Joe's in Charlotte on the way home and Sylvia treated us to Mochi ice cream. Great stuff.)



• Michelle, Travis, Sylvia, Ed, and I continue to work on our presentation. Our goal is to effectively communicate with our Korean hosts in their language. We're thinking of some ways to share information about our district that will be interesting to them and cover our bases should we find ourselves without projector's or encounter computer problems, etc.

Regular blog posts and pictures are forthcoming!

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