Saturday, September 21, 2013

Yeonsoo seo/ week 3 assignment/ tuesday 1pm

yeonsoo seo
 
I learned English and American culture since I was little, and I knew about what Halloween is too which is an important part of its culture. I thought Halloween is just a day when people get dressed in scary and special costumes. It was because Koreans do not celebrate Halloween, so I have not worn any costumes for Halloween, and I did not do trick o treat either. I just knew about Halloween through books or Internet. However, my thought about Halloween got completely changed after I went to America. I went to Warrensburg which is in Missouri as an exchange student last year. I was surprised that friends around me were so excited at Halloween even ahead of a month about preparing costumes, decorating their rooms with Halloween stuff, going to hunted house, and having a party showing off their costumes to others. Since I did not understand how much Halloween is a so exciting holiday, I was not doing anything related to Halloween. But, my friends told me we had to buy costumes, carve pumpkins and suggested me to go to Halloween party together.

First, I and my friends went to Walmart to buy pumpkins and candles. It was the first time for me to carve pumpkins, and I decided to make simple but scary looking pumpkin that had inverted triangle eyes and sharp teeth. Pumpkins that I and friends carved looked great with candles in them. After that, my Japanese friend, Keiko, told me that we should be in a hurry of buying costumes, so we looked around many websites. There were tons of costumes with diverse themes, but I was not used to pick and wear unique costumes to wear in front of others, so I just chose to wear simple Native American costume with feather hair band and brown boots. The next day, I went to Kansas City with my friends to go to hunted house. A giant ware wolf was greeting guests at the entrance. Actually, since I had not been to any hunted house before that time, I was really terrified at creepy monsters and threatening-looking ghosts. I had to stick to my friends until I got out of there. One funny thing was we got lost in the maze without any light in it, so we had to walk around the same place over and over again. Finally we could find a new route after asking for help to strangers through a tiny hold on the wall. I sweat a lot in the hunted house, but it was really fun. My friends told me I was stupidly hilarious because I kept screaming in weird voice until I came out of there.

We heard a huge Halloween party, so called “Terror party”, was going to be held in Union Station in Kansas City. We bought a ticket to get inside, and I could already feel excitement from everywhere even before the party got started. There were many kinds of drinks along the corner, and loud music made everyone dance to the beat of DJ there. What was the most amazing was how creative everyone about their costumes. All the people who came to enjoy terror party turned into totally different person from who they were. Guys and girls disguised into astronauts with a big bag sparkling with various colors of lights, presidents with neat suits and grey color hair, pilots, Peter Pan, Johnny Depp of scissor hands and Pirates of Carribean, Greek god and goddess, Kate Perry, sexy police officers, Wally from “where is Wally’, Shower machine, Quidditch and Hermione of Harry Potter, nerd with broken eyeglasses and bunch of pens in the pocket of shirt, Americans in medieval age. I was so excited taking pictures with people there, drinking, dancing on the floor, talking and shouting with them.

I still can talk more about what costumes people wore at Terror party or how Halloween was like that I experienced. I had a blast on the Halloween last year. Carving candles, ordering costumes with friends, going to hunted house before Halloween, and going to a “Terror Party” on the day of Halloween was the most memorable things that I have ever done for Halloween or any other holidays. I could truly feel to my skin what Halloween spirit was. I wish I can enjoy Halloween like last year again.

5 comments:

  1. I liked your writing since I didn't know what exactly halloween was like either.But now I realize it's totally exiciting with lots of funny costumes~ You sound like you really enjoyed your halloween,and I wish I had a chance to go to one of those parties too.
    The part that struck me powerful was when you listed various costumes of the party because I could imagine all the characters inside my head,which was fun. I think the only part that needs revising is grammer. I'm not great at grammer myself, but some of the sentences felt awkward. I guess we need to let professor helberg handle that^^

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  2. To. Yeonsoo Seo
    I really liked how you chose to write about your experience with Halloween. It is very interesting because not many people in Korea know about it so I thought it was very good that you decided to write about it. Your main point seems to be accentuated as you describe each detail very well so that the reader can understand what you are trying to say. I really like how.you accentuated "Terror Party" it makes.the reader curious about what this party is going to.be about and engages you to want to read more of.this writing. Thank.you for.your post! It was very entertaining!!!
    From. Soyoung Park

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  3. yeonsoo seo

    -Terror party

    I learned English and American culture since I was little, and I knew about what Halloween was through books or Internet. I thought Halloween was just a day when people got dressed in scary and special costumes. Since Koreans do not celebrate Halloween, I had no idea what should be done for Halloween except wearing costumes and doing trick o treat. However, my thought about Halloween got completely changed after I went to America. I went to Warrensburg which is in Missouri as an exchange student last year. I was surprised at how much all the friends around me were so excited about Halloween even ahead of a month preparing costumes to show off at parties, decorating their rooms with Halloween stuff and going to hunted house. Since I did not understand how much Halloween is a so exciting holiday, I was not doing anything related to Halloween. But, my friends told me we had to buy costumes, carve pumpkins, go to a Hunted house before Halloween, and we should go to a ‘Terror party’ as the grand finale of Halloween.

    First, I and my friends went to Walmart to buy pumpkins and candles. It was the first time for me to carve pumpkins, and I decided to make simple but scary looking pumpkin that had inverted triangle eyes and sharp teeth. Pumpkins that I and friends carved looked great with candles in them. After that, my Japanese friend, Keiko, told me that we should be in a hurry of buying costumes, so we looked around many websites. There were tons of costumes classified by diverse themes such as Disney, career, superhero or Greek costumes, but I was not used to pick and wear unique costumes in front of others, so I just chose simple Native American costume with feather hair band and brown boots. The next day, I went to Kansas City with my friends to go to hunted house. A giant ware wolf was greeting guests at the entrance. Actually, since I had not been to any hunted house before that time, I was really terrified at creepy monsters and threatening-looking ghosts. I had to stick to my friends until I got out of there. One funny thing was we got lost in the maze without any light in it, so we had to walk around the same place over and over again.
    Finally we could find a new route after asking for help to strangers through a tiny hole on the wall. I sweat a lot in the hunted house, but it was really fun. My friends told me I was stupidly hilarious because I kept screaming with weird voice until I came out of there.

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  4. Seo Yeonsoo Part 2

    On the day of Halloween, we heard a huge Halloween party, called “Terror party”, was going to be held in Union Station in Kansas City. We bought a ticket to get inside, and I could already feel excitement from everywhere even before the party got started. There were many kinds of drinks along the corner, and loud music made everyone dance to the beat of DJ there. What was the most amazing was how creative everyone was about their costumes. All the people who came to enjoy terror party turned into totally different person from who they were. Guys and girls disguised into astronauts with a big bag sparkling with various colors of lights, presidents with neat suits and grey color hair, pilots, Peter Pan, Johnny Depp of scissor hands and Pirates of Carribean, Greek god and goddess, Kate Perry, sexy police officers, Wally from “where is Wally’, Shower machine, Quidditch and Hermione of Harry Potter, nerd with broken eyeglasses and bunch of pens in the pocket of shirt, Americans in medieval age. I was so excited taking pictures with people there, drinking, dancing on the floor, talking and shouting with them.

    I had a blast on Halloween week last year. Carving pumpkins, ordering costumes with friends, going to hunted house before Halloween, and going to a “Terror Party” on the day of Halloween was the most memorable thing that I have ever done for Halloween or any other holidays. It was really a good experience to know how Americans celebrate Halloween regardless of age or gender. Halloween was not just a holiday, but it was an important part of American’s culture. I could truly feel to my skin what Halloween spirit was. I wish I can enjoy Halloween again wearing different kind of costumes, carving pumpkin that has a different face expression, going to more scary hunted house and more exciting party.

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