We divided the room in half by putting tape on the floor to create two sides: one for "Yes (O)" and one for "No (X)." Then, a Yonsei Global student presented a slideshow of statements such as "The Great Wall of China is visible from outer space" or "The brain is on the left side of the chest." We had to choose a side of the line to stand on depending on whether we thought the statement was true or false. The goal of this game was to have as many of your team members left in the game as possible. When only five people were left in the game, the teams the people belonged to received points.
After the XO game ended, we took another break so the students could prepare dinner. Throughout the day, we got to try traditional Korean snacks, including 뻥튀기 (ppong-twi-gi), which is a crispy puffed rice cracker. We also had 마카로니 스낵 (ma-ka-ro-ni seu-naek), which is a savory and delicious macaroni-shaped snack. My favorite snack was 앵두콘 (aeng-du-kon), which translates to cherry corn. This was a fruit-flavored puffed corn snack that tasted a lot like cereal to me!
For dinner, we had Korean barbeque (KBBQ)—grilled pork, rice, perilla leaves, kimchi, and gochujang (spicy chili paste) as a sauce. The top two teams with the most points from the first half of the games won an extra dish for dinner. My team placed second, so we got to eat 비빔냉면 (bi-bim-naeng-myon), which are cold, spicy, chewy noodles!
We picked back up with 둥글게 둥글게 (dung-geul-ge dung-geul-ge), which means round and round. Otherwise known as the game of Mingle from Squid Game, this game was very similar to musical chairs. We walked in circles around the room while the "Round and Round" song played.
