after spending much of the afternoon in the cold at the amusement park everyone split up to "play games or whatever" with the kids. my group ended up singing some kids songs - the muffin man, humpty dumpty, if you're happy and you know it - i knew all of them from my childhood, and these kids were really great at singing them. they were in four groups and i had to choose the 'winner' (the group that sang the best) of every song - the teams had names: peace, surprise, excalibur, and chicken! i excalibur won this game. (yes, excalibur, they couldn't tell us what it was, but they chose that as their name anyway)
after that we played a "hugging game" where the kids all held hands in a circle and then i yelled out a number - say 13 - and they had to get into groups of that number. whoever was left out at the end was out of the game. the ten students left at the end were the winners. did i mention that if they won we showered them with lollies and chocolate? ya, that's a good idea, sugar 'em up!!!
our last game was a spelling contest where they chose five students to one-by-one run up to me, then i showed them a letter of thee alphabet, then they ran back to their team to come up with a word, ran back to me to say the word and spell it correctly. the team with the most points won...can't remember which one it was. it was fun.
then we all had dinner at the cafeteria. after that there was a show, or as the koreans put it, "recreation time". some of the kids had prepared dances or songs - yes, i spent my friday night at a middle school talent show! hahaha! it was pretty boring, but cute. here are some shots:
some of the kids i spent the afternoon with dressed in their pajamas dancing around the stage...
more of the same... you get the idea...
the coolest part was the professional dancing group. they were up there break dancing for quite a while. i took some video, but with no sound it's pretty boring... plus i never got the really cool bits of dancing, so i'll leave it to your imagination...
after the show we headed back into the sub-zero night for a bonfire. woohoo. can you tell i was excited? it was just so cold out... and a bunch of these kids had no jacket, no scarf, mittens, hats or any kind of warm clothing on. it was ridiculous. and, of course, this being korea, everything has to be all ceremonial, so it took a while for the fire to get lit. they had these people running around the circle with a torch - sort of like the olympics - and then one lady did one final lap to "we are the champions" and finally the stack of wood covered in gasoline was lit.
not like any bonfire i've ever been to before... what's it sitting on? a strange metal tray. i guess it's easier to clean up.
anyway, emma and i decided it was too cold and snuck away back to the log cabin we were staying in. this was the strangest and most surreal part of the whole trip. not only was this an amusement park, but they had all these dorm style houses and little mini houses all over for people to sleep in. apparently we were the lucky ones staying in the main cabin.
this was taken in the morning... doesn't it look like it belongs in canada? (almost anyway)
a shot inside the cabin... loft style and all. there were a bunch of rooms on the second floor - we, the foreign ladies, got one to ourselves:
eileen, me, and emma in our room. there wer eno beds, just mats, pillows, and blankets. it was okay since the floors were heated.
i took this shot of the little sleeping houses the next morning:
they're not much bigger than your average back yard shed in canada, but families sleep in them. it was just so weird that people would go and stay at a place like this. i suppose that it was built with events like ours in mind, but i just couldn't get over how odd it was. like a little village, sort of like a ski resort but not as cool...
all in all though, it was a good time... more to come on the events of the next day (saturday) so stay tuned!
after that we played a "hugging game" where the kids all held hands in a circle and then i yelled out a number - say 13 - and they had to get into groups of that number. whoever was left out at the end was out of the game. the ten students left at the end were the winners. did i mention that if they won we showered them with lollies and chocolate? ya, that's a good idea, sugar 'em up!!!
our last game was a spelling contest where they chose five students to one-by-one run up to me, then i showed them a letter of thee alphabet, then they ran back to their team to come up with a word, ran back to me to say the word and spell it correctly. the team with the most points won...can't remember which one it was. it was fun.
then we all had dinner at the cafeteria. after that there was a show, or as the koreans put it, "recreation time". some of the kids had prepared dances or songs - yes, i spent my friday night at a middle school talent show! hahaha! it was pretty boring, but cute. here are some shots:
some of the kids i spent the afternoon with dressed in their pajamas dancing around the stage...
more of the same... you get the idea...the coolest part was the professional dancing group. they were up there break dancing for quite a while. i took some video, but with no sound it's pretty boring... plus i never got the really cool bits of dancing, so i'll leave it to your imagination...
after the show we headed back into the sub-zero night for a bonfire. woohoo. can you tell i was excited? it was just so cold out... and a bunch of these kids had no jacket, no scarf, mittens, hats or any kind of warm clothing on. it was ridiculous. and, of course, this being korea, everything has to be all ceremonial, so it took a while for the fire to get lit. they had these people running around the circle with a torch - sort of like the olympics - and then one lady did one final lap to "we are the champions" and finally the stack of wood covered in gasoline was lit.
not like any bonfire i've ever been to before... what's it sitting on? a strange metal tray. i guess it's easier to clean up.anyway, emma and i decided it was too cold and snuck away back to the log cabin we were staying in. this was the strangest and most surreal part of the whole trip. not only was this an amusement park, but they had all these dorm style houses and little mini houses all over for people to sleep in. apparently we were the lucky ones staying in the main cabin.
this was taken in the morning... doesn't it look like it belongs in canada? (almost anyway)
a shot inside the cabin... loft style and all. there were a bunch of rooms on the second floor - we, the foreign ladies, got one to ourselves:
eileen, me, and emma in our room. there wer eno beds, just mats, pillows, and blankets. it was okay since the floors were heated.i took this shot of the little sleeping houses the next morning:
they're not much bigger than your average back yard shed in canada, but families sleep in them. it was just so weird that people would go and stay at a place like this. i suppose that it was built with events like ours in mind, but i just couldn't get over how odd it was. like a little village, sort of like a ski resort but not as cool...all in all though, it was a good time... more to come on the events of the next day (saturday) so stay tuned!
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