Happy Halloween from Gwangju!

     Even though Korean's don't really celebrate Halloween, there were plenty of festivities going on for us for the last couple of days. On Saturday we went downtown with a large group of foreigners (mostly other teachers) for a big night out. We started at someone's tiny apartment, went for some amazing and cheap Thai food, and then downtown to 3 different foreign bars. Costumes were difficult to make here, as there aren't any second hand stores or many party stores, so creativity was the key. Cam went out as a tacky tourist and I went as Cleopatra. Some people went all out for their costumes, and we even managed to run into Kim-Jong Il. 




     Today at school we had a Halloween party for all of the kids. All of the teachers made a haunted house in two of the classrooms where I was fortunate enough to act as one of the ghosts who got to jump out at the kids as they went through. I think it was a lot more fun for the teachers as many of the kids left crying in fear. The rest of the day was filled with face-painting, lots of candy, and watching Charlie Brown and the Great Pumpkin. Not quite as good as a true Canadian Halloween, but enjoyable to say the least.