Yesterday we had our Chuseok party at school. Chuseok is basically the Korean Thanksgiving. All of the kids got to wear their homboks, which are the traditional outfits that they wear for special events. They were so adorable! We had a wonderful day of games and activities for the kids. First they got to make Seongpyeon. Seongpyeong is a kind of like a ball of squished rice, filled with sugar and sesame. The kids had fun making the dok (squished rice stuff) into little bowls, then filling it and closing it up. Of course, the most fun was eating it. The next thing they did was decorate some masks. After they finished, I brought them on a prade around the floor to let them show off their masks to the other classes (and to let them get out of the classroom and have some fun). Next we made jaegis, which are basically a korean style hackysack. We also played a game with sticks and a board that you move your players around. Of course, I ended up with one crying student because her team didn't win. The last thing that we did was go out to the park to take pictures. It was really hot, so of course the kids were sweating like crazy in thier homboks, and complaining the whole time. We had to be out there for a pretty long time because they had to take individual class pictures, and a picture of the whole school. Overall it was a great day, where everyone had fun.
I leave tonight to go to Nepal. I will be there until the morning of the 27th. We will encounter some pretty harsh conditions, but I am extremely excited. I tried my best to pack really light since I will be carrying everything on my back, but my pack is still pretty full even after I removed a lot of stuff. Hopefully I will return safely in 9 days!
Yesterday we had our Chuseok party at school. Chuseok is basically the Korean Thanksgiving. All of the kids got to wear their homboks, which are the traditional outfits that they wear for special events. They were so adorable! We had a wonderful day of games and activities for the kids. First they got to make Seongpyeon. Seongpyeong is a kind of like a ball of squished rice, filled with sugar and sesame. The kids had fun making the dok (squished rice stuff) into little bowls, then filling it and closing it up. Of course, the most fun was eating it. The next thing they did was decorate some masks. After they finished, I brought them on a prade around the floor to let them show off their masks to the other classes (and to let them get out of the classroom and have some fun). Next we made jaegis, which are basically a korean style hackysack. We also played a game with sticks and a board that you move your players around. Of course, I ended up with one crying student because her team didn't win. The last thing that we did was go out to the park to take pictures. It was really hot, so of course the kids were sweating like crazy in thier homboks, and complaining the whole time. We had to be out there for a pretty long time because they had to take individual class pictures, and a picture of the whole school. Overall it was a great day, where everyone had fun.
I leave tonight to go to Nepal. I will be there until the morning of the 27th. We will encounter some pretty harsh conditions, but I am extremely excited. I tried my best to pack really light since I will be carrying everything on my back, but my pack is still pretty full even after I removed a lot of stuff. Hopefully I will return safely in 9 days!
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