토요일의 모임에

It has been months since we completed our advanced level Korean language class. Finally, our class met for the first time at our teacher's apartment. It is not easy to have a gathering with our teacher as she is always so busy. Korean language learning is becoming so popular these days that she has to work extra hard to meet the market demand.

There was food aplenty at the gathering. There were Japchae (잡채, my teacher's signature dish), kimbap (김밥, seaweed roll), chapssalddeok (찹쌀떡, mochi), ddeokbokkgi (떡볶기, spicy rice cake), beef, curry chicken, durian puff and water melon. Of all the dishes, I thought that the Japchae was the most delicious. Like all good Korean host, our teacher kept telling me, 더 드세요 (please eat more) though I kept telling her, 배가 불러요 (my stomach is full). At the end of the feasting there was still quite a lot of food left. The amount of food prepared could feed 30 or more people but there were only about 15 people eating.

음식 중에서 떡볶기 가장 매워요. 저한테 빨리 물을 주세요.

It is always a nice feeling to meet up with old classmates. Though it was a short gathering, the atmosphere was good. Recent adventures were exchanged, laughter was heard and everyone was enjoying one another company. Though this may the first gathering of our class, it may well be the last. So enjoy it before it is gone. I took some photographs for the memory, hope that everyone will keep them well.

토요일의 모임에 . . . 기분이 좋다. 분위기가 좋다.