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I'm starting to like my Saturdays eventhough I have to be up at 5 in the morning to catch a train to Aachen for German class. Perhaps the informal teaching style makes it a fun class to attend. It feels like a bunch of friends hanging out together just chatting. And when we need words, the teacher will help. For the first half of today's class, we talked about what we do during weekends. During the second half, we talked about food and drinks.

Some of use went for lunch together after class today; a Spanish, a French, a Nigerian, a Japanese and a Malaysian. It's just fascinating to learn about other cultures. Found out that in Spain, Santa Claus is called Papa Noel but he's not famous. They have their own "Santa"s which they call the Three Kings. They leave food in the window for the camels to eat and when the camels stop for food, the Three Kings will leave a present or three for you. Interesting! I'm amazed that the French guy have not even heard of the words "Santa Claus". I guess they really don't get much chance to learn things not French. Then, there's the Genghis Khan story which explains Mongolian descendants in Spain!

Oh! And I got to know a North Korean in class last week. All these while we thought he's from South Korea. Hehe. Well, we didn't think North Korean get to travel out of the country.