Halloween weekend outcome

October 31, 2016November 1, 2016Leave a comment

As you know we had our Halloween party this weekend at our school.

Entrance

Games Room

Hall

Every year we have a mini ghost house at our academy along with snacks, movies, and games. The kids always love being scared and a lot of kids show up for the event. My husband had a witch-cottage room and I had an Oogie boogie room. As promised here are some picture of how our rooms turned out.

Witch Cottage

Oogie Boogie Room

For the Oogie Boogie room we used neon blacklight reactive paints and 2 black lights but unfortunately the black lights didn’t last for the full 4 hours of the event.

We had a lot of fun during our weekend event but we’re glad that its over with for now and we can take it easy, until next year….

Witchy Business

October 17, 2016October 16, 2016Leave a comment

As an English teacher in Korea, one of our key responsibilities is Halloween. Coming from South Africa we don’t really celebrate Halloween except for the odd dress up party at the malls or theme park.

Last year was our first year in charge of Halloween. This year we’re having a Ghost house that span’s over 2 classrooms. My husband opted to be the witch as that confuses the children. If they know that it’s only their teacher in a costume then they aren’t as scared. When they are scared they usually say your name, if you respond then they know its you but if you stay mute then you freak them out a bit more.

For my husband’s Witch room we had to make some props which included a witch house, a scary tree and some books and bottles. We’re not finished with everything yet but here is what we’ve done so far.

This was the initial tree, my husband built a cute little house out of boxes and stick on bricks. We built the tree out of a refrigerator box and some paper mache arms. I later decided that we had to make the tree look a little scarier

And this was the result.

For his entrance I also tried to make a tree looking door, which didn’t come out as I had hoped , but it looks OK for the purpose. It’s not done yet… but I used newspaper, liquid glue and some polystyrene balls cut in half to make the eyes.

For props I remembered ‘THE BOOK’ from Hocus Pocus

I made this from a box using a small rectangular box, tissues, tissue paper, liquid glue and some salt-dough clay and cream ribbed paper for the pages. I used this tutorial

…..and this one too

I’ll share some more of our decorations as soon as we’re done 🙂

Hard Rock Cafe, Busan – Review

September 6, 2016September 27, 2016Leave a comment

When we went to Busan for the first time we tried to do some research of places to go and see. We were particularly looking for a place where we can eat a western or american style meal, as those are so rare in Korea. We found a website that had some suggestions and we went out of our way to find the place. We even had a meal at one of the restaurants suggested. Although the meal was nice it wasn’t nearly as nice as what we found on our own.

On our 2nd day in Busan we were walking around to find a restaurant that sells breakfast and came across the Hard Rock Cafe. Although they only open at 11 am we immediately decided to go there for dinner. We are not familiar with Hard Rock but I’m sure I’ve heard the name somewhere before. Therefore dinner it was.

We decided on burgers and some cocktails.

The atmosphere was amazing. They had a live band ( I don’t know if they have this in all the Hard Rock cafe’s :p ) and the waiters were really friendly and helpful. All their staff speaks English which always helps when you’re in a foreign country. Personally I think that the food is truly worth the price. Usually all Western style restaurants are expensive but Hard Rock was reasonable compared to other restaurants and the food was much better than said restaurants.

We loved it so much that we took my brother and his wife there the next time we went to Busan and I heard from my brother that he’s been there again a few times afterwards.

P.S A meal cost us about 80,000 won per couple, including drinks. Burgers range from 23,000 -29,000 won. Fillet mignon was around 46,000 won. Ribs were less than 40,000 won and it was a lot of ribs. T-bone steak is 76,000 won and the Large cocktails are 13,000

Map

Phone number: +82-51-742-7625

Open Daily 11:00AM-12:00AM

Guide to surviving in humid weather

August 17, 2016October 23, 20162 Comments

Living in Korea we often deal with temperature between 29-33 degrees in summer with approximate humidity between 60-90%. This means that as soon as you step outside an air conditioned area you will begin to sweat. Your hair is constantly glued to your forehead and all your dresses stick to your bum when you stand up after sitting.

To survive in the humid weather firstly I rely heavily on braids. I love my long hair and my husband doesn’t like it when I tie my hair away from my face so I tend to go for a single braid to one side. My favourites are the reverse fishtail braid ( from luxyhair), and the Boho braid a la Blake Lively.

Dresses are the easiest thing for summer but be careful of anything silk. Silk sticks to anything wet and in humid weather that will most likely be your thighs. It can be very embarrassing when standing up and fishing your dress out your bum crease. Another must have item for humid weather is a slip dress but go for nylon or cotton instead of silk

I’m not a huge fan of foundation and in humid weather its more of a nuisance than anything else. When the sweat start to drip down your face, so does your foundation. I found an amazing “men’s beauty” product here in Korea. It is a face cream but it has a tinge of foundation worked into it. It therefore gives you a little coverage and won’t drip down your face when you’re sweating, in addition it has 35 spf to protect you from the sun. A must have makeup product for humid weather is primer. It helps to keep ‘most’ of the makeup on your face in humid weather. Since I’m such a fan of urban decay I usually use their eye primer.

The best makeup looks for humid weather would include anything that would stick to your face when you sweat a lot. Stay away from eye pencils and rather use eye shadow to define your eyebrows. Koreans use tint for their lips. Its like a liquid stain that lasts for hours. It doesn’t smear or smudge, which is great because when we sweat a lot we tend to try and wipe the sweat from our faces and it often results in us smearing our lipstick on the rest of our faces.

And last but not least. When working in humid weather or planning on being away from home for more than two hours you will need some body mist, face mist and a handkerchief or tissues to dry your face and make you look fresh again.

Summer time in Korea

August 3, 2016October 23, 2016Leave a comment

Its summer time in Korea. Although the temperatures here seldom rise above 30 degrees Celsius it is HOT AS HELL. Our rainy season is in winter and therefore the humidity is extremely hot. Notwithstanding the extreme heat, summer is one of the most beautiful seasons in Korea.

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