I've been pretty busy lately. You all must be wondering what will i be busy about, since my korean class is just 4 hours, and my japanese class is 1 hour. Last time, i though i would have a hell lot of time for myself, but it turn out the opposite. Instead, i felt like i'm having more time in SABS though schooling time is double. Maybe that's how a life away from family felt like .
Well, recently, i came back from UNESCO camp. Its a joint cultural awareness camp where bout 13 foreigners are invited to mixed with some local kids from middle and high school.
Overall its fun but very tiring ^^. But it gave me a chance, to view another part of korea, where i can know how the life as a school student there, how they act, how they interact.
And i would say their eagerness to participate and being all sporting about it amused me. Unlike in malaysia, do you remember those times we need to dig out volenteers to perform, or to do something interesting on stage? Either we use positition or respoinsibility as a threat, or else, nobody will perform anything. Well, there's a part in the camp where we need to teach our group member how to sing foreign song. Since my group, i have another partner from India, we choose to sing indian song ( cz malay song is being handled by my another friend from another group) . Instead teaching them, they themselves being very proactive, memorized the lyrics themselves, and even create dance steps for that. ( even my indian friend dont even know how to dance indian dance)
But there's something very strange. Their camp fire. Well, they do name it as camp fire, they have fire but strangely we dont circle the bon fire. instead, their camp fire end up like a performance nite. there's a stage, and all school represantative performed and they held some mini contest from time to time . Well, korean arent be famous for being entertainer for nothing rite? even those kids in middle school are dancing the same beat to those appeared on tv. Well and their teacher are very supportive at it ( in malaysia, i think the teacher will blow their heads out and banned us from doing anything so outragous )
Well , there's a difference in culture i think , they even have this game where guy must held a girl as long as possible, while doing various task ( like jumping on 1 leg) . Hahaha too bad my group cant last to the end..><~
Well, since its summer, there's always something related to water ^^ Pool time. Well, it started with some competition where 3 guys below need to carry 1 person up there. And the person being carried need to snatch a cap from another group. Its a very violent game to watch , fun nevertheless .
On 1 nite, they we having this folk dance. Hahaha, Everyone gather in a circle. Then while dancing, they will change partner. Hahaha its fun, i like how they chorograph the dance until everyone can change and change partner . But then, its too long ><~ Doing that for bout 1-2 hours, i'm already starting to to soak in sweat.
There's also cultural educaion going on .From there, they told us things about bowing, how to put own hand on what occasion etc. The most troublesome thing is, their degree of bowing. they have ranges from 90 degree , 45 ,30,15 ,10, 5 degree bow. T.T They also have a short marriage ceremony act. Well,hanbok wored by foreigners, the bride ended up looking very pretty ( she's from mongolia) . and the bridgeroom from china XD. and his girlfriend is somewhere among those spectators. XD
There's also another event where we brought our traditional clothes and let those kids wear. haha, then they need to performe some short act in that, followed by proprosal . Very entertaining. And my group won ^^. Girl wearing kebaya shirt, and the guy ( imposed by a girl) wearing a dhoti. XD
Ohya, own country introduction . haha, we and maza( my roommate) was trying our best to intro our country in Korean.
Though this camp is only 3 days 2 nites, we really got along well with them , my groupmates exspecially. Thinking to resume my daily routine life makes me dont feel like going home either. Thats all for now ^^
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