Growing up, I had a Snow White dress that I LOVED. I spent 2 Halloweens as a kid being Snow White because I thought I looked the most like her (out of the original 5). I looked up a video on youtube of how to do my makeup like her. I went to Kandee Johnson's site. She does AMAZING work and I LOVE watching her videos. She's always so happy, upbeat and entertaining! Anyway, after seeing what I'd need to get the makeup look right, I watched her hair video. She made both of these videos to look like the Snow White we first met in the original animated movie.. from the 30s. Holy crap.. I had no idea it was that old!!! Then I watched the hair video for the second or third time and tried to mimic that look. Let me just say.. she makes it look SOOOO easy! haha I ended up using my straightener to curl my hair and pin and hairspray the crap out of it. I was getting so very frustrated but I think it all actually turned out pretty well, except I had wayyyy more flyaways than Snow White (or Kandee) ever did! Here's a picture with me and one of Kate's students. She had on the same exact costume as me, except in a much smaller size :)
The party was a lot of fun. As the kids came in, they tried to guess which of the foreigners was Kate and which was me. We do not look that alike, so it was pretty funny when kids asked me if I was Kate and vise versa. Once most of our kids were there, they sent the teachers and students off into different areas. Kate and I were sent to the 7 year old classroom to face paint. That was fun. I was way faster than Kate who completely doubted any skill she had. haha Angelina was in another classroom doing the same thing. Brian, Ivy and a few others were carving pumpkins with another group of kids in the Cooking Room. Then we swapped to give all the kids a chance to do both.
After an hour or so, everyone went outside so we could start our walk around town trick-or-treating. They tried to have it organized, but overall, it was very stressful and chaotic. Not for me. I just did as I was told but Big Mama and Ivy were running around the kids trying to sort out where they were all supposed to be. They were organized into groups by grade and each group had one place they would sing the trick-or-treat tune to before getting candy from them. They mostly went to stores, but a few restaurants and a hospital were part of the tour. This is obviously very different from how we trick-or-treat at home. The kids had very small containers to hold candy because they got next to nothing, compared to how we do it.
When we got back to iSponge, parents were cooking bulgogi (meat or beef). They sent kids upstairs to go through our "haunted house." This year's haunted house was much bigger than last years, but I was too scared to go in it. :) After they had their turn upstairs, they were sent to get food. Then we had to pose for way too many pictures, and we finally got home around 8:30 or 9.
Friday night was a very relaxed one for me. I wasn't feeling great. I was coming down with a cold and it was worst that day, which I wasn't excited about because I didn't want it to mess up my other weekend plans. So I spent my night watching TV, taking a nice long shower, reading, and getting plenty of sleep. I woke up to a few cute texts from Dan telling me he was on his way to Gwangyang! Yay! :) We spent the day relaxing. Then we went out for Korean BBQ for dinner, because we were both being way too lazy to do dishes or cook. Then we came back, changed into our costumes and met up with people in Suncheon, at San An's.
The Halloween party out here was serving as a going away party for a few girls too. :( Katherine, who I never got the chance to get close to, and Diviya, who is an AWESOME friend and who has been featured on here at least one other time. I'm sad she's gone and that it took us so long to get close, but I'm very grateful for her! Here is a pic of her and I form the night. She was Medusa.
They did a great job of making it a fun Halloween party with traditions we share from our home country's. They had games and candy and carving jack o' lanterns. It was definitely a fun sendoff party. Oh yeah, here's a picture of Dan in I in our couple costumes. So Korean of us. haha It's funny because in Korea, you see couples wearing the same shirt, accessory or outfit all the time. It shows that they are together. Dan and I have said how we'd never want to do that, but then we wore themed costumes. Hilarious. It could be worse.. For more pictures from both nights, look at my Facebook page!
As for plans this month, I don't think I have many. I'm going to Daegu this weekend, where Dan lives. I'll get my fill of Western food. He promised me Taco Bell, Subway and fish and chips. I think I'm most excited about those, or maybe a Double Decker taco. Or... haha I love food! Then he has two 4 day weekends in a row! Lucky me! :) Now we just need to figure out if he can come home for Christmas.... :)
Remember that time we were in the elevator and I said out loud with that Korean couple in there, "We will never dress like that." And they ended up speaking English.....
ReplyDelete