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The next morning on new years day, the males in the family had to perform ancestral rites in honor of their grandparents and parents who passed away. After we ate a hearty breakfast, I went to Hanaro, the North Korean church, where they were going to had a New Years get-together. Many North Koreans came to Seoul w/o their families so it’s nice that they can spend the holiday at church.

A few people from my church came as well and we had an awesome time with the Hanaro folks. The food was great and we played yoot, a traditional Korean game. It was fun to play with the Hanaro members because they are competitive and animated. They’re enjoyable to play with b/c they’re young at heart. I guess it was equally funny for them to see people from my church (brazilian, canadian and a south african included) throw good plays with the sticks 4,5, or 6 times in a row when it is difficult to throw a 4 or 5 pointer even twice in a row.

in the end, my team won. that’s all that needs to be said, even though everyone actually ended up getting 10,000 (about $10) each too.

After Hanaro I went to my aunts where I practiced playing hymns on one of her 3 pianos and of course I ate again, and was given a generous gift, again. So in summary, I have been getting a lot of money and getting really fat.

Tomorrow I’ll be going to my other aunt’s place where I’m looking forward to going to the public bath house and sauna and perhaps some snowboarding on saturday.

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