(BEDA #17) KCC and Running Man

Today I participated in the Running Man Challenge held by the Korean Culture Club on campus. I have literally just join the Korean Culture Club two weeks ago and got thrown into this whole Running Man thing without a clue to what it is. Basically we held this event today based off a Korean variety show based off of mini games and bigger ultimate game. Our goal was to raise money for LINK, with stand for Liberty in North Korea and helps North Korean citizens escape and create new lives in places where they won't be persecuted. I loved the idea immediatly so even though I only just started with the KCC I was more than happy to participate, because I don't think any one should have to live a life in opression.

Yesterday, before the challange today, the KCC basically met up and prepared for everything that we needed to get done. This basically involved folding a lot of origami (paper cranes for me), baking goods to sell, and just in general preparing for the event today. We met up at 4pm and boy it took a lot longer than we expected. I abanoned ship around 1am on the account of need of sleep but other members stayed until 3am. One thing you should know is that the entire KCC is made up of girls (we love the oppas too much) and that i reall regret not learning about this club sooner. The girls in there, they are all really cool and nice, and even when I though I was being socially awkward or obnoxious they were still nice. Basically all of my day off yesterday was dedicated to help with Running Man today but I really didn't mind. Yes, there was stuff I needed to do, and yes I was sore this morning from the constant leaning over to fold cranes, but it was worth it. I got to talk to people and feel comfortable for once. I talked to them about things, about how we came to Montevallo and friends and everything. I watched some silly Youtube videos they have made and just in general got to know them better. It was fun, pretty amazinf, actually.

And then today, today was a lot better. Part of the event was the KCC and the other part was a group of strangers, random people who signed up in teams to partcipate in the event. And it was the first time in a long that tha tI didn't get my crowd anxiety that has seemed to dominate my life for the past year or so. In part it was to do with the games we were playing and how all my concentration was on them, but it was also in part that I was actually able to be comfortable around people, and for the longest time in forever, confidence. There was this one game where we essentially had to fuck with the other teams mind and lie to them, and going in I thought okay. "I should be nervous and scared," but I wasn't. In fact I feel like I came off as one of the most confident on my team. And it was just good because it was lvoely, lovely to feel like I can do things with people and not end up in my room later a sobbing mess. And so I enjoyed today. I hope there are more  days like it to come.

Fin.
-Keshia