Pop Song Contest Day!

So Thursday and Friday were amazing days here at ECC! It was the Pop Song Contest!!! :)
It was for the older kids that I teach. Over the last few months they have been practicing songs and dancing to perform for us and we got to vote on the best class.
I am proud to say that my Carnival 5 class came in 1st place for the 3-4:30 grouping show! :) I was a proud teacher!!! :) I am going to make them little cards that say "yay, you're the best" haha or something just as corny! :)
This is how the contest was organized. Thursday there was one showing of 4 or 5 songs for the classes of that time.. then on Friday it was the huge event.
From 3-4:30 we listened to 12 classes
from 4:30-6 we listened to 12 classes
and then from 6-7:30 we listened to 10 classes

it was a long day...
here were some of the highlights:
My class came in 1st at the first showing for "Superstar"
my other class came in second in the second showing for "Way Back into Love"

One class, who came in first during the second showing sang a song from Annie... they were so cute and the dance was perfect and they all wore little scarfs around their necks as they sang "tomorrow"

The language barrier was funny for a few things. A class sang the song "Itsy bitsy Teeny Weeny"... but accidentally wrote Itchy Bitchy on the contest form...
Another class sang a song with lyrics that read change the world, but Koreans have a hard time with that word and sang "Change the Word"... I know it is terrible, but Steph and I laughed because yes... they were changing the words!!! hahaah

This weekend was a pretty relax weekend. I got a few hilarious phone calls from home... I made travel plans for Jeju (my trip at the end of July) and wrote out sooo many of my monthly report cards!

Jeju is going to be a lot of fun. The trip is only going to cost me about $300!! And with that we have the boat, a car rented with a driver and a hotel for three nights, my spending money and money to feed myself!
These are a few places we want to visit
-The national park
-Sunrise peak (I only wish we could see this at the sunrise... but it is beautiful regardless) You take this hike and you see the land which is amazingly beautiful and if you get there early enough you can see the women divers swimming in the water (even when freezing cold) with no gear just catching the fish for their matriarchal community!
-a folk village
-a folk museam
-some statues made from lava rock
-and a hilarious museam called "loveland"
http://www.jejuloveland.com/
http://www.jejuloveland.com/html/eng.html
http://www.jejuloveland.com/html/intro04.html

I am pretty excited for my trip to say the least! It will be four foreign friends and two Korean friends as the Korean teachers write as we plan our trip! haha Our first night together they are cooking Korean BBQ, then the second night we are in charge of supper... ingredients are hard to find here.. so I think we have decided on spaghetti and garlic toast! haha

Well.. today is activity day for my classes who have not been tested already, so I better get started on the activities I have planned!
Toodles!