"You look like Chris Paul"

The way class schedules work in Korea is a bit different from the way they work in the States. Instead of having a class two or three times a week, you just have that class one time a week for a really long time. Almost like a block schedule college style. So today I had my class with Don Kinder. I was pretty excited for the simple fact that this was my first and only class that has more than one student. The name of the class is New Testament Church Backgrounds and from the introduction I think I’m really going to enjoy it. After class one of the girls who sat in front of me gave me a piece of chocolate in front of all her friends. Koreans give so much that sometimes you’re not in the right “giving scenario” so it kind of makes you feel weird. For example, I was in the lobby earlier this evening talking with a group of friends I just met and in the midst of our conversation I decided to grab a drink from the machine that was behind me. One of the guys who spoke the best English told me, “She wants to buy drink for you.” I told her that it was ok, but by this time she was already beside me with money in her hand. So I just put my money in the machine first and kind of looked in the opposite direction. She hit the return button put her money in the machine and asked me what beverage I wanted. It was so awkward. This girl that I barely knew was insisting on buying my drink.
Anyway, on a different note, one of my friends in the dorms took me to go buy a phone. Well actually another guy in the dorm gave me his old cell phone and we just had to go get it turned on. So now I have a Korean cell phone! By the time we got back to the school one of the guys asked me to play basketball, so we played till it almost turned dark. While out there the guys figured I could play well solely because I "look like Chris Paul." How wrong they were. Supposedly they play every day at 5:30. I think I’m going to add that to my daily schedule.