October craziness...

[alyssainkorea]

Ok so I'm miserably bad at updating. Things have just been really busy here. We had 3 extra days off the first week of October for one of Korea's biggest holidays. It was really nice to have a break from school. I really didn't much that weekend...mostly relaxed. We did go to an amusement park one day which was a lot of fun. Drinking beer at a

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Halloween

[hwolfe]

After talking with you on the phone about the DMZ trip, I totally wasn't expecting to read a post about celebrating Halloween in Korea. What a strange US custom to adopt at the school. Is there anything comparable at all in Korea? As to you tripping - nothing like a little humour to lighten up the fright. ~Mom

Re: Halloween

[alyssainkorea]

There's nothing to like Halloween in Korea...at least not on a large scale. I think a lot of schools include it (and other American holidays) as part of their English curriculum. Kind of a cultural experience for the kids. Some of the stores here have a limited selection of Halloween stuff...wigs, masks, etc. It should be fun though.

[anonymous]

Hmm... Alyssa triping on a halloween cape... sounds a bit too much like college stories. Alyssa falling down the stairs (sober), Alyssa drops her cell phone in the river... basically we can all conclude that Alyssa is clumsy.

Sounds like you're having fun over there! Send me an email sometime.

Heidi