KASCON XXV at Yale University

For its 25th anniversary, the Korean American Students Conference will return to Yale! Thanks to everyone who made our bid successful, from the bid team, to Dean Dhall, to everyone who signed our petition and/or attended KASCON 24 earlier this month.

More information on KASCON XXV will come shortly.

- Yale KASCON Bid Team

Days 2-4... check

Quote(s) of the Day(s):

"Oww my caLf muscle!" [emphasis on the L] - John Pyun
"That better be a gnome wearing a party hat." - Baby James

Saturday was way too eventful to capture in coherent sentences and paragraphs, so a chronological outline will have to do.

7:00 - Wake up. It's early. Gah.
8:30 - Head to Kinkos to print out four copies of our sixty-page bid packet.
9:00 - This Kinkos doesn't exist anymore?? Let's go find another one.
9:30 - WHY ISN'T THE FILE ON THE FLASH DRIVE? AND IT'S RAINING? Panic mode sets in.
10:30 - Bid packet downloaded and printed. Frantic drive to Malibu.
11:30 - Arrive at Pepperdine. Catch the last half of seminar 2.
12:00 - Lunch. Comfort food. Review for bid presentation.
13:00 - Seminar 3.
14:00 - Bid presentation with Rutgers. Simultaneously fun and exhausting.
16:00 - Closing ceremony. Trouble staying awake. Keynote speaker is a baller though.
17:45 - Drive to nearest In N Out. Yum.
19:00 - Arrive at the legendary Shrine Auditorium for Kollaboration X. Bump into friends from middle school(!)
23:00 - The night begins.

Fortunately, Sunday and Monday were much chiller. I'll let the pictures below speak for themselves. This will probably also be the last post from LA, since KASCON is now officially over, but hope you guys enjoyed the updates while they lasted!

Climbing stuff.

Santa Monica yayuhh

Dong and Allen share a churro.

Allen reenacts the Titanic scene.

Frozen yogurt, LA-style

Flexing at Muscle Beach.

LAN party in the loft

KARAOKE

Group karaoke

Telepictionary (best game ever)

Day 1... check

Quote of the Day:

"Does California even have paved roads?" - Baby James Kim

Today was a crazy ("cray cray") blur of driving, sightseeing, and conferencing. After picking up four people from LAX at 12:30 pm (and leaving two others stranded... temporarily), we headed over to K-town for some last minute bid packet adjustments and the prospect of food. We bumped into some technical difficulties but managed to make it to Pepperdine in time for... wait for it... social speed dating! Yeah, not awkward at all.

Then, dinnertime! We hit up a little Mexican restaurant near Pepperdine, where I ordered the Pepperdine burrito (probably the SoCal analog of naming sushi rolls after Yale and New Haven). The owner came out to greet us, give us free cookies, and congratulate us for being Yalies. Good times.

The day wrapped up with a keynote address by the eminent K. W. Lee, which was intense and emotional and sort of awesome, and an evening of coffeehouse entertainment, including an act by Danny Cho (hilarious). I drove Eliot and Allen back to my house afterwards, but I don't know where everyone else went. Interesting updates tomorrow, I expect.

Playing around in front of some fountain.

(Almost) everyone.

Nerds.

Yeahh bid team, sans Andrea =[

the journey is more important than the destination

The Friday morning group is not yet in California but due to the luxuries of Virgin America, we can in flight provide updates.

Dong is awake. John not so much.

John's famous pose right back at him.

Eunju sleeps.

Spring break! Malibu! KASCON!

What up KASY? It's your friendly neighborhood president here, reporting live from my hometown of Los Angeles, CA. In case you've been living under a rock (or in Bass) for the past few weeks, spring break has finally begun! And of course, with spring break comes the Korean American Students Conference, being held this year at Pepperdine University in Malibu. We have a huge Yale contingent this year--18 people--and I thought it'd be fun to keep a record of our adventures this weekend on this blog. Check back often for updates, especially on Saturday afternoon to hear how our bid for KASCON XXV goes.

Oh, and one last thing:

SoCal beaches are the best, muaha.

Have a good spring break everyone!