Halloween Costumes ... in Seoul

 Image from Naver Maps

Let's face it.  This is another one of those things you're not going to find in Chuncheon - Halloween costumes for adults.  Since this is the case, the best bet is to go to a party store in Seoul, or more particularly Joy Party.  There were other places I read about elsewhere online, but this information I got from a friend who lives in Seoul.  I recommend checking this place out if you can because they have a good selection.  They not only have Halloween costumes, but pranks as well.  I would post pictures, but I forgot to bring my camera.  Instead, I have a screenshot from Street View from Naver Maps.

The name of this place is Joy Party.  It's in Gangnam-gu on Line 7, Exit 2.  You should check this place out.

As a side note, I would like to point out that on my way there, the bus had some trouble and had to pull over.  The bus driver was telling us that we had to wait for an empty bus to pick us up.  Meanwhile, an angry ajossi was yelling at the bus driver.  The bus driver told him to sit down. While he did sit down, he stood back up to continue yelling at him ... hilarious.

Catholic Mass Service in Myeong-dong, Seoul (nope, not Chuncheon)

                                             Image from Wikipedia


Sometimes you just can't find what you need, even in Chuncheon.  When all else fails, you must go to Seoul, because they have almost everything you need.  But the bright side of living in Chuncheon is the awesome bus schedule.  It's only one hour away, but not only that - it leaves every 15 minutes.

For those who need to have a church service completely in English, there are quite a number in Seoul, which you can find here.  If you live here simply because you I personally recommend building a community here in Chuncheon can have better fellowship with your church family.  However, for whatever reason you're in Seoul for the weekend it's always nice to have a backup alternative, such as Myeong-Dong Catholic Cathedral (명동성당).  This parish has is a Western, Gothic-style architecture building which is available in English at 9 AM.  The priest there gives warm-hearted homilies yet at the same encourages the Church to do the right thing.  If you want to get there, leave the subway and exit Myeong-dong (Line Number 4), Exit 9.

Solar System Model

This is perhaps one of my favorite lessons.  This is one of my last lessons at my rural school in Hwacheon County, about a month before I transferred to Chuncheon.  Normally, what is done in teaching at public schools is using curriculum which is made by the government, which limits what I want to teach, and gives me such a short amount of time.  The beauty with "camps" (which isn't necessarily camp, but more like a Summer School or English Vacation School) is that you are more free to use your creativity and have more free reign what you want to teach.

These solar system models were designed to be used in the classrooms to be hung from the ceiling so that other Korean teachers can teach them the names and order of the planets.  This was also intended as a farewell gift, so that I could be remembered.

While this is one of my last lessons at this school, this is only the beginning of teaching here in Korea.

If you want to use this lesson plan, I used this to guide me on how to make it:
http://www.enchantedlearning.com/crafts/astronomy/solarsystemmodel/

And I should mention, I used images for the planets and the Sun from here.  Although, it is worth mentioning, you should copy the images and paste them in a word processor, and re-size them accordingly.  I don't want to be too specific, I'd rather have you figure out the rest on your own to use your creativity.  This is a lot of prep work so that the students can finish it in a decent amount of time.  Even then, it took 2 class periods to finish it, but it was worth it.