[모임공지] Minutes of the last meeting & announcement for the study 3/24 (a reply must to be given to participate)

[TiaA]

 Minutes of the meeting of 3/17    

  We had 15 English talkaholics, me, Jay, Alyssa, 지은, Sean, Rich, Kevin, Danny, Stella, Sancho, Natalie and 4 new members  Mike, Gary, James and Rachel. (Welcome so much!!^__^)    

  Our meeting is getting bigger and bigger which makes me feel sooooooo happy and honored as a leader, but in the same time it gives me worries that I might not be able to manage this kind of big group. The perfect number of participants in the meeting is 8 people for me, which allows us to have enough time to get to know each other in the class, and enables me to handle the whole gruop as one. But thanks to the great members, I think the meeting went beautifully in memeber's devouted support. 

I'm so exctited to have a new member all the time and feel sad if anyone misses the class, which means that the expansion of the group is unavoidable?ㅎㅎ It's a blessing for me that we have such fantastic memebers!

  I want to memtion as well that I'm always taken aback by how well new members speak in English let alone the great English-speaking skills of old members. If you have a mandatory interview with me, you'd notice that I'm not really testing anybody. If anybody tries enough to call me, she/he'd be automatically qualified to join. But again, I'm always impressed by the members great speaking skills, and this time was no exception! Mike, Gary, James, Rachel all were such great English speakers! What an honor!  

  I had so much fun as always, I might loose some weight on my belly happened by a fit of laughter. I guess Saturday is the happiest day in a week for me. I can't get enough sleep every Friday because I get so excited coming to see you guys!!ㅋㅋㅋSend my appriciation to all the members for making this meeting worth coming. I hope you guys had fun as much as I did.

  Danny, Jieun and I went hiking and you wouldn't know how lovely it was. I was sincerely glad that I came. The weather was perfect. It was 2 hour-course but took us 3 hours because we were just slow walkers enjoying the beauty of nature.

  I guess rest of memebers went for lunch together and I bet you guys had a lot of fun there as well.

  I'm already missing you guys, hope to see you all next!! 

 Debate group1.

From left, Mike, James, 지은, Danny, Jay, Natalie, Gary

Debate group2

from left, Rachel, Kevin, Rich, Sancho

 To participate the study for 3/24 

 If you're already a member..

     please leave your name as a reply to this post if you want to join for the next class.

     (Example; 1st/ Tia/ I'm in!!) 

 If you're new and wish to join..

     Step1. Please leave your name(Korean/English), your reason why you wish to join this group and phone number, as a reply to this post. 

    Step2. Call me on my cell 010-2206-0957, you'll have a brief interview.  

 I'm really looking forward to meeting you all. :)Let's play together in English!!  

  Itinerary (every Saturday afternoon)

<PART1>

  11:00 ~ 11:30  Introduction and grouping.  Each group will consist of no more than four English Talkaholics

  11:30 ~ 12:30  Each English Talkaholic to present their article, and have a discussion

  12:30 ~ 12:40  Time for a break!

<PART2>

  12:40 ~ 13:00  Time for Vocabulary check relating to the debate topic (in two opposing subgroups)

  13:00 ~ 13:20  Each subgroup to prepare for battle, i.e. build up their strategy for a debate

  13:20 ~ 13:50  Let the fun begin - time for a bloody debate between the subgroups!!

  13:50 ~ 14:00  Final comments by each member

  14:00 ~             Dealing with the aftermath - time for coffee and/or alcohol to unwind and relax 

 What you have to do before taking part in the study?

  Prepare one article together with one issue that you wish to discuss in relation to the article. 

     It doesn't matter what the article is about as long as it is in English. It is as simple as that!  Whatever you want to talk about, find one English on it and share it with us.

   We will discuss on it in the first class.

 Prepare for debate topic and check the vocabularies.

    Decide which side you'll be on and prepare your reasoning and cases.  

    Decide which side of the debate your views lie in preparation for the bloody debate!!  The more prepared you are beforehand, the greater your chance of winning the debate!

 Please be on time.

   Due to the nature of this group, PUNCTUALITY MATTERS.  The late arrival may mean a group may consist of more than four people, in which case an hour will not be sufficient to complete the discussion within an hour.  So, please be on time and If you're late, please join during the break.  

 비용 & 참여가능 Pass

  Monthly pass (4회 이용권) or 10 Time pass(10회 이용권/한달) 사용 가능 

[TiaA]

1st/ Tia/ can't miss even once!

[Rachel♥]

2nd/Rachel/I came to check in the Thursday class! wow what an early notice! "fit of laughter" haha I can see you got that from "To kill a mockingbird" !! Awesome Tia =D

[TiaA]

What an early notice, too! ㅋㅋ
You got me about "a fit/fits of laughter". ㅎㅎ
I also wanted to use 'This study meeting keeps me in fits (of laughter)."
Happy you're joing MT and happy you're coming next!!

Hmm... I just found out you are a year away from 띠동갑 with me...........Jesus...
Why do I feel that you're just my friend?
Is it becuase of my being childish or your being mature?
I guess both of them..ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ

[Rachel♥]

LOL Oh my Tia, Tia, Tia, Awesome Tia, You keep me in fits!! XD

Me? Mature? I don't know about that. Maybe.. it's because of you.. being.....I'm not gonna use the "C" word but maybe "YOUNG"? lol U know I'm kidding right? XP
I am super happy that you feel that way!! I love whenever I hear that from MyZoners who are nearly ㄸㄷㄱ.. with me! Dude, I can't even say the word LOL

[TiaA]

ㅎㅎㅎㅎㅎ
Dear, Rachel, the youngest member in our group,
it's an honor for me if you take me as A FRIEND ㅎㅎㅎㅎ
I didn't even realize there're ppl who were born in 1990s....ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ

[Rachel♥]

ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ

[JayC]

3rd/ SUPER EXCITED for both the study and book club XD

[TiaA]

same here! 끼악~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

[andy2011]

4th/Andy/lo~~~ve to reserve earlier..ㅋㅋ..getting busy with my work..흑흑..hope nothing happen on sat...M I behaving as child??

[TiaA]

Welcome back!! We all missed you!!
How's your business trip?
But plz stop working on weekend!!!!! (I know you didn't want to..ㅠ.ㅠ)
My wishes with you, nothing's gonna happen, you will make it to join this time!!

[Helena 01]

5th/ Heejung ^^

[TiaA]

How's your trip, Heejung? I bet you had wonderful time since it was such a lovely day!!
See you soon~^^

[Helena 01]

It was great~ But I missed you guys ;)

[Kate1008]

6th/ Kate/ 김진희/ 01094787450/ It's been really long time for me to read an article and talk about it. I get really lazy on Saturdays so I'd like to get up early and make the best use of Saturday afternoon ;) - hopely.

[TiaA]

Hello, Kate, Thank you for your interests!
Please call me for a brief interview. hope to see you soon!^^

[Alyssa Y.]

Wish I could join 힝힝ㅜㅜ I will be finished by 4 시 반 If you guys are still there, I will pop in :-) Miss you already♥

[TiaA]

I'm missing you even more, lovely!
I don't know how I can handle not to see you for almost 2 weeks!! ㅠ,ㅠ

[Alyssa Y.]

Me 2 !! Its going to be a less exciting week for me 뉴뉴 by the way lets go to 한강when its sunny and breezy to see 벛꽃♥ Lovely

[TiaA]

We must! I'm waiting for full-blown spring!!!

[ChrisLEE]

Lucky 7th Chris! see u soon:-)

[TiaA]

Hello, Chris! How did your volunteer work go? See you soon!!^____^

[Rich-]

8th/Rich/No more wedding to go on this weekend^^;;

[TiaA]

No more wedding!! Could you please stop them from getting married until I do? kkk

[Seokjun]

9th/ Seokjun/ see u on Sat

[TiaA]

Did you enjoy golfing last Saturday?! See you soon! ^______^

[Mike Kim]

10th/Mike/C ya all on Sat

[TiaA]

Hello, Mike, how was your week?^^ See you tomorrow! ^^

[wonsup]

11th/WAAAASSSUP/ I will, would, must, shoud, have to go

[Ahram]

12,13th / Ahram, Emily / See you tomorrow :)

[James03]

14th / James / See you

[Sean Han]

15th/Sean/Sorry for the most lazy reply~!!

[Sanchotic]

16th/Sancho/Your writing.....I got surprised always.....good skill....:)
Anyway, wow, 16 members for this week. We should somehow manage the group...how and who will be the matter.