Today we returned to Seoul once again. We started at the Korean Military Academy, which is the university for soldiers. We had a brief tour of the area, watched a couple of slideshows, and saw the campus from the sky in the observation tower. We also visited the museum of Korean military history which is located at the school. The museum featured everything from Bronze Age bows to present day formal clothing of an officer.
This is the observation tower we went up in.
After KMA, we met up with Sunghee’s cousin who showed us around Dongdaemon, which is an area of Seoul that comes to life at night. We walked around a few malls, then ventured the streets for a while. While walking, we noticed a crowd of people watching a performance of sorts so we decided to take a look. A guy with a microphone would play a song, and if you guessed it right, you got to go up in front of the crowd and wait to find out happens next. Sunghee’s cousin guessed a song right, and Sunghee forced me to go up with her.
We stood in front of about 200 people, looking stupid as they all stared at the white girl, (me). When about 12 people were up, we played a game to eliminate some of the people. Basically, when the music stopped, you had to count up as a group, with no one speaking at the same time. If two people said the same number, you played rock paper scissors and the loser was out. Of course, it’s much harder when you’re doing it in a foreign language. Luckily, I can count to ten in Korean so I looked pretty impressive.
Sunghee got eliminated quickly, and I was stuck up there sticking out like a sore thumb, with no idea what was going on. Finally, I found out that we had to sing if we were to go back into the crowd and receive a special prize. Naturally, I did not know any of the songs, so I didn’t have to sing. Sunghee’s cousin came up from the crowd and sang, saving me from my extreme embarrassment. He gave me the prize, which was a set of plates, but it will never consulate for the embarrassment! After that adventure, we roamed the streets some more until we couldn’t walk any further.
Sunghee's cousin singing, with me looking foolish in the background.
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