A Korean Halloween

As it turns out, Halloween is pretty awesome over here. The day started out somewhat poorly, with the weather being rainy, cold, and windy (not to mention my having a headache). But things progressively got better and better. The morning was spent pretty much just setting up all of the booths, to get ready for our Halloween Party (where we were expecting a couple of thousand people). The activities available were almost the same as the ones we typically do at the 'Hello GEC' school events (a Ring Toss, a Dizzy Race, a Taste Test, Face Painting, Flag Painting, etc), except on a much larger scale.

There was a stage installed in the front yard of the school, where some teachers entertained a bit (Talking to kids, Juggling, Singing). Mareli and Katie, two fellow teachers, asked me to be in the final part of their performance (where they lip synced to the song from A Nightmare before Christmas), by being the 'Pumpkin King'. Basically, they bowed to me as I tossed some candy out to the kids from the stage. I'm a sucker for any events that lead to people bowing down to me. Later during the day, there was also a 'Costume Fashion Show', where all the teachers competed for claps in order to win a Gift Certificate. Shockingly, I didn't come out of it victorious. Ah well.

The booth I manned was the 'Blind Test', where people had to guess what flavour was the juice that I poured them (in English of course!). It wasn't bad, but kind of a hectic thing to do for an event like this. The total turn out, from what I can tell, was probably around what was anticipated.

As a 'thank you', all of teachers were taken out to a nearby Galbi (Korean BBQ) restaurant afterwards, where copious amounts of Beer and Soju were purchased. Steven, the director, made sure that everyone drank as much as they wanted - before making us drink even more.










The next logical step to take, after drinking more than one should, is obviously to go to a Bar - followed by another go to Noraebang, the always-awesome singing rooms. Sadly, I didn't manage to find the theme to Ghostbusters to cap off the night, but t'was still a pretty great start to the weekend.

Hope everyone had a great Halloween - Have a good weekend