In our first presentation, I really enjoyed the interesting and informative presentation. They presented really well, and I can get lot of things of cultures especially about South Korea. It is much more interesting for me, because I am Korean who lived there whole my life. Listening some Korean American or international student who is even not a Korean at all, is kind of new experience for me. It was fun. Actually I think I am quite familiar the topics they presented, but I also can get something new about it.
Mukbang is kind of very trendy one not an old traditional things in Korea now, so I was surprised to see the subjects. Actually personal broadcasting industry is getting bigger and bigger in Korea and one of the most famous one is about foods. I saw some video and it looks a little bit fool but fun. I do not enjoy that kind of broadcasting when I was in there, but some of my friends really liked to watch when they were really hungry. They said it is quite a good help to watch somebody eating when they are hungry..I still cannot agree with that but many many people now are watching it, so I think it is one of the evidence of that.
The cemetery presentation also impressive. Surely there are kind of strict hierarchy among Koreans, and we respect elderly people. For me I never been to the cemetery before, and I really want to visit there some day after I go back to Korea. The presenter said every Korean really respect the sacrifice who died for Korean War, and I agree with that. However, I think it is not as much as American respect the soldiers and sacrifice. Like most of Korean, I also did my military service for 2 years, and I actually worked in U.S Army in Seoul. What that I feel working there is that these American people really respect soldiers and the people died during their service. They treated US soldier very well and I heard about the well fare system for soldier which is really good. When I ate in the dining facilities, I always saw some short TV program to cherish the memory of deceased person. I think Korean also should learn this kind of behavior and thinking. The presentation reminded me of my old days in the Army.
They also presented about drinking culture in Korea. It was really furn and everything they showed us are 100 % true. Sometimes I do not like the strict drinking atmosphere, but I think it is also one of the ways that make people more closer each other. I like their role playing explanation. And now I really missed my old friends and some drinking food and traditional drinks!
About Basque presentation, it was really informative. I do not have much information about the region so it was a little hard to understand for me but still good to know the information I never knew before. There are complicated dialects there which is similar to Korea. I also lived southern part of Korea we also used kind of same but different languages. It is impressive that Basque is kind of small area but they also have several different languages.
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