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students, originally uploaded by briancolella.

The week following the airshow, I knew we had an all-school festival but I had no idea just how ridiculous it would be. I guess since Korean kids spend so much time studying that when they have a chance to have fun they go all out. The first thing I noticed when I got to school is the costumes. Each class of each grade had a class costume/uniform, in the photo above you can see 3-10 class is in pajamas, 3-9 is dressed like old women, etc.

The morning was taken up with physical activities. There was a relay race, tug-of-war, a race wearing scuba fins, jump-rope with giant ropes, and so on. Around lunchtime a whole heap of Lotteria burgers were delivered, which, by the way, are terrible, and then after lunch we moved into the gym for a talent show featuring a little talent and a lot of ridiculosity.

Supersonic, originally uploaded by brainiac7.

Once we arrived at the stadium, we discovered a pretty solid crowd outside and we got in line for tickets. Unlike America, baseball tickets in Korea are actually affordable, so we got the seats you see in the pictures for 6,000W. Also outside the stadium were a bunch of people selling packaged rice cake treats and other stuff, but Graham preferred to get the tickets and get in and sit (first come first served) and then worry about food.

Also unlike America, inside the baseball stadium you aren't getting a $4.00 hot dog and fries for $3.00 and a coke for $3.00. You can just go to KFC or Burger King and get a meal from them for about 6,500W (I got a Whopper with cheese set is why it was so pricey). Also, when you want a beer, instead of buying it from the walking keg you can just go to the convenience mart and get a tall-boy of Hite for 3,000W. Which means that for a total of about 15,000W you can get in the stadium, eat a full BK meal and have a beer. Whereas in America, you probably aren't getting in the stadium for less than $20.