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Sunday Tea Club was founded in Daejeon in 2023. Created as a quiet alternative to Korea’s typical drinking and nightlife culture, the club offers a calm, meaningful way to spend your Sunday afternoons. If you’ve ever wished for a slower, more mindful space to enjoy afternoon tea and gentle conversation — you’re more than welcome to join us! Participant fee 15,000won+order 1drink(The participation fee is only paid once — at your first visit. All fees are collected and reinvested into the club to purchase new teaware, high-quality teas, or ingredients for future gatherings.)

**What to Expect at Our Events** * Weekly in-person language exchange meetups * Casual, café-style atmosphere There’s always someone new to meet and talk to. **Who Comes to These Meetups?** * Both locals and internationals **How It Works** * Choose an event time * Book a spot * Show up and join the conversation That’s it. You can come alone or with friends. Running late? No problem. Join when you can, leave when you want. *Please note:* To keep conversations balanced, **walk-in registration may be denied depending on group balance**. We strongly recommend booking in advance. **Why People Like This Group** **1\. Smart Group Matching** Participants are grouped to create balanced conversations based on language level and background with optimised algorithm. **2\. Personalized AI Feedback** Gain insights into your progress! Receive **AI-driven feedback** after the session to help you refine your language skills and track your growth. **3\. Meet New People Each Round** Groups rotate every session, so you don’t get stuck talking to the same people all night. **4\. Beginner\-Friendly** Beginners are always welcome. You’ll never be forced into conversations beyond your comfort level. **FAQs** **1\. My target language isn’t very good\. Can I still join?** Yes. Beginners are welcome and grouped with others at a similar level. **2\. Can I arrive late or leave early?** Yes. The meetup is casual and flexible. **3\. Do I need to come every week?** No. Join whenever it fits your schedule. **Community Standards** We strive to maintain a high-quality environment for all participants. 1. Positive Vibes Only: We welcome people who contribute to a better experience for everyone. 2. Accountability: To ensure a safe and friendly space, if a member receives three separate complaints, they will be asked to withdraw from all future events. 3. Your Voice Matters: If you have a negative experience, you will be given the opportunity to provide feedback after every event. **How to Join** * Book your spot: [https://nurio.kr/events](https://nurio.kr/events) * Questions or help: [http://pf.kakao.com/_xmzbQn/chat](http://pf.kakao.com/_xmzbQn/chat) \-\-\- **모임에서는 무엇을 하나요?** * **주 1회 오프라인 언어 교환:** 카페처럼 편안한 분위기에서 정기적으로 만납니다. * **새로운 만남:** 매번 새로운 사람들을 만나고 다양한 주제로 대화할 수 있습니다. **누가 참여하나요?** 한국인과 외국인 멤버들이 함께 모여 언어와 문화를 공유합니다. **참여 방법** 1. **일정 선택:** 원하는 시간과 장소를 확인하세요. 2. **참가 신청:** 온라인으로 간편하게 예약합니다. 3. **대화 참여:** 현장에 오셔서 자유롭게 대화를 시작하세요! > **Tip:** 혼자 오셔도 좋고 친구와 함께 오셔도 됩니다. 늦게 오거나 일찍 나가는 것도 전혀 문제없는 자유로운 모임입니다. **안내 사항:** 원활한 그룹 구성과 대화 밸런스를 위해, **현장 참여(워크인)는 인원 및 그룹 구성 상황에 따라 제한될 수 있습니다.** 참여를 원하시는 경우 **사전 예약을 권장드립니다** **이 모임이 특별한 이유** 1. **스마트 그룹 매칭:** 최적화된 알고리즘을 통해 언어 수준과 배경을 고려하여 대화가 가장 잘 통하는 그룹을 구성해 드립니다. 2. **AI 실력 향상 피드백:** 모임 참여 후, 여러분의 언어 실력을 분석하고 성장을 돕는 **개인별 AI 피드백**이 제공됩니다. 3. **매 라운드 로테이션:** 세션마다 그룹이 바뀌기 때문에 한 번의 모임에서 최대한 다양한 사람들과 교류할 수 있습니다. 4. **초보자 맞춤형:** 초보자도 안심하고 참여하세요. 본인의 수준에 맞는 그룹에서 부담 없이 대화를 시작할 수 있습니다. **자주 묻는 질문 (FAQs)** * **목표 언어를 잘 못하는데 괜찮을까요?** 네, 당연합니다. 비슷한 수준의 멤버들과 그룹이 배정되므로 걱정하지 않으셔도 됩니다. * **늦게 가거나 일찍 나가도 되나요?** 네, 모임은 캐주얼하고 유연하게 운영되므로 본인의 일정에 맞춰 편하게 이용하세요. * **매주 꼭 참여해야 하나요?** 아니요. 원하시는 일정이 있을 때만 선택해서 참여하시면 됩니다. **운영 원칙** 우리는 모두에게 즐거운 언어 교환 경험을 선사하기 위해 긍정적인 에너지를 가진 분들과 함께합니다. * **매너 있는 커뮤니티:** 타인에게 불쾌감을 주는 행동을 지양하며, 서로 존중하는 분들만 참여를 허용합니다. * **피드백 시스템:** 이벤트 종료 후 불편했던 점을 자유롭게 전달하실 수 있습니다. * **참여 제한:** 쾌적한 환경 유지를 위해 3회 이상의 불만이 접수된 멤버는 모든 이벤트 참여가 제한될 수 있습니다. **신청 및 문의** * **참가 신청하기:** [https://nurio.kr/events](https://nurio.kr/events) * **문의 사항:** [카카오톡 채널 상담](http://pf.kakao.com/_xmzbQn/chat)

**First Gathering: Love as Transformation** Reading: **The Forty Rules of Love** by **Elif Shafak** We begin Men, Meaning, and Madness with a novel that treats love not as sentiment, but as a force that disrupts, humbles, and reshapes the self. The Forty Rules of Love explores love as discipline, surrender, and moral risk. It asks what happens when certainty breaks, when the ego is wounded, and when meaning is found not through control, but through transformation. This gathering is for men interested in serious literature and honest inquiry into how love shapes character, responsibility, and the inner life. Discussion will be guided by questions rather than summaries. The aim is depth, not debate. Come having read the book or engaged with it seriously.

This is an in-person meeting. At this meeting you will get answers to depression and anxiety. Find out the source of them and how to get rid of them. Did you know that unwanted emotions like anxiety, depression, unhappiness, loneliness, hopelessness, anger, fear, or feelings of irritation don’t just fall on you for no reason. They are not random occurrences that simply happen to people's minds. They are definitely not due to a chemical imbalance in your brain from some nebulous chemical reaction "by chance". Your negative emotions are the symptoms of the painful experiences that you have which are not healed, and which are still affecting you. The effects of these painful experiences are exacerbated by the pressures or difficulties of the other problems in your life. Come to our Meetup, where we can introduce you to some of the knowledge, tools and techniques of the breakthroughs in the field of the mind that we can apply to this ever important area of life. Be sure to click on the red "Attend" button below to come to this local event. We look forward to seeing you there. This group is created by the Hubbard Dianetics Foundation of Central Ohio and Church of Scientology of Central Ohio.

As you may or may not know--I didn't until late last year--Aristotle wrote extensively on "friendship" in the Nicomachean Ethics. After 69 years the concept of friendship still creates questions and uncertainty. I had close friends in high school and for a few years after high school but our interests diverged and people moved all over the country so it was hard to maintain connections. * So if I/you haven't talked with a friend for several years, are you still friends? Are we friends who meet at Drunken Philosophy or Omnipresent Atheists? * Can you be friends with someone with whom you have virulently divergent political views? Sartre and Camus could not. * Aristotle regarded friendship as essential to a good life, not merely an added "bonus." Do you agree? * In the Nicomachean Ethics (Books VIII and IX), he claims that wealth and power are meaningless without friends. Trump has wealth and power but seems to have no real friends, but wealth and power seem meaningful to him in perverted ways. Can you have meaning in your life without friends? * Do men and women view and maintain friendships in different ways? * Aristotle categorizes friendship into three types, based on what forms the bond: * **Utility**: Based on mutual benefit, but this type is fragile and ends when the usefulness ceases. * **Pleasure**: Based on shared enjoyment (e.g., humor, hobbies). Common among youth but fades as interests change. * **Virtue (The "Complete" Friendship)**: Based on mutual respect for each other's character and goodness. You wish good for the other for their sake, not yours. * **Key Principles of "True" (Virtuous) Friendship:** * **Permanence**: Virtuous friendships last a lifetime whereas those based on utility and pleasure are fleeting. * **Reciprocity**: Requires mutual goodwill; secret or unreciprocated affection does not qualify. * **The "Second Self"**: A true friend is "another self"—their virtue helps you understand and improve yourself. * **Time and Intimacy**: Deep ("complete") friendships are few, built on time and shared experiences. * **Self-Love and Friendship:** * Good friendship starts with being a friend to yourself. * They distinguish shallow egoism (chasing honors) from real self-love (pursuing virtue). * A virtuous person’s pleasant self-company allows them to be a stable, good friend to others. * Aristotle argues that one's social circle ultimately reflects one's character—a view with striking relevance today. Well--the Drunken Philosophy social circle certainly reflects good character!

This is a free, in person meeting. Burdened by a stressful relationship? Unhealthy relationships can trigger feelings of anger, despair or self-doubt. They can create dwindling spirals of fights and seeking to make-up, or trying to “pin the blame” on someone or something. If you don’t find the RIGHT reasons, or select the correct sources of the problem, the problem can just get worse and worse. Whether in love or personal ties, with friends or at work, our life really IS affected by the quality of our relationships. Good ones can promote pleasure and survival while less optimum ones can lead to annoyance, anger, self-doubt, stress, or even affect our health and ability to survive well. Whether you are suffering from a divorce, or a painful break-up, don’t know who to trust (or who to CHOOSE) as a partner, friend, boss or employee - the anxiety of relationship troubles can really make a mess of things. Maybe you’ve suffered a betrayal, or are dealing with hostility or criticalness or invalidation. Dwindling relationships can involve destructive behavior, where we hurt those we love, or start succumbing to self-destructive thoughts, attitudes or behaviors that spiral out of control and affect much more than our immediate relationship. Past losses in love or life can affect how we act or react to new people and situations and hold us back from even starting to create new, possibly great relationships! How can one get back onto a saner course of action? Come to our Meetup, where we can introduce you to some of the knowledge, tools and techniques of the breakthroughs in the field of the mind that we can apply to this ever important area of life: human relationships! Break free from self imposed limitations Here we will discuss: • How to “erase” the trauma of past hurts and betrayals so that one isn’t always repeating past mistakes. • Why and how do the negative emotions of others affect you? • Why is my partner withdrawing and what can I do about it? • Why do we sometimes feel compelled to hurt the ones we love? • Fights & arguments - what's really behind them? • What underlies “corrosive criticism” or the need to invalidate self or others? • How one can stably change one’s outlook on life so they can affect positive change? • Where do compulsive destructive behaviors come from and what can be done about them? • How to form closer bonds & keep growing the relationships with the people you care about? • How to enhance one’s own ability to survive and create positive healthy relationships whether in love, family & friendships or in work, business or one’s career? Relationships can be hard and life itself IS challenging. Why not arm yourself with the knowledge and breakthroughs that have been made about the mind, mental reactions & interpersonal relationships, so that one has better awareness and control over themselves and life in general. Learn where painful experiences are “stored” and how they can unknowingly affect us. You will also find out how one can “erase” those past painful experiences so that one is free to move forward without being tripped up by the past. Learn too, about what can lead some people to become “toxic” personalities and how to identify those traits in others so you won’t be tripped up trusting the wrong person. Our free Meet-ups occur in a safe environment where one can learn, without fear of judgment or criticism, and without the recommendation of harmful mental techniques or therapies, just how YOU can get yourself onto a happier & more successful path: in love & in life. We look forward to having you join us! This class is sponsored by the Dianetics & Scientology Life Improvement Center of Central Ohio.

**Our February novel is: Julia by Sandra Newman** **This month is a classic, dystopian, fiction, literary fiction, women’s fiction, and science fiction novel. The book is 394 pages in print and 14 hours and 20 minutes on audiobook.** **An imaginative, feminist, and brilliantly relevant-to-today retelling of Orwell’s 1984, from the point of view of Winston Smith’s lover, Julia, by critically acclaimed novelist Sandra Newman.** Julia Worthing is a mechanic, working in the Fiction Department at the Ministry of Truth. It’s 1984, and Britain (now called Airstrip One) has long been absorbed into the larger trans-Atlantic nation of Oceania. Oceania has been at war for as long as anyone can remember, and is ruled by an ultra-totalitarian Party, whose leader is a quasi-mythical figure called Big Brother. In short, everything about this world is as it is in Orwell’s 1984. All her life, Julia has known only Oceania, and, until she meets Winston Smith, she has never imagined anything else. She is an ideal citizen: cheerfully cynical, always ready with a bribe, piously repeating every political slogan while believing in nothing. She routinely breaks the rules, but also collaborates with the regime when necessary. Everyone likes Julia. Then one day she finds herself walking toward Winston Smith in a corridor and impulsively slips him a note, setting in motion the devastating, unforgettable events of the classic story. Julia takes us on a surprising journey through Orwell’s now-iconic dystopia, with twists that reveal unexpected sides not only to Julia, but to other familiar figures in the 1984 universe. This unique perspective lays bare our own world in haunting and provocative ways, just as the original did almost seventy-five years ago.

Join us for a casual chat over coffee & tea at Grandview Grind! Come out and meet some new people, enjoy your favorite drink, and make some new friends!

Inspired by the successful events like "Pot Luck in the Park" and "Saturday Mornings @ East Market," this meetup promises a fun and engaging atmosphere where like-minded individuals can connect over a shared love for languages and cultures. Whether you're a language learner, ESL student, or simply passionate about exploring new cultures, this event is perfect for anyone looking to immerse themselves in a diverse and welcoming community. Come join us for an enlightening afternoon of language, culture, food, of course, and connections! (Everyone will individually choose from the buffet and pay for their own meal, by weight.)