reached airport at 1030 pm and was a bit shocked to see so many people. one big group of 32 students dressed in pink. and the students' family members + friends.
so we checked in our luggage and got our boarding passes. took a group photo before we went into the departure transit area.
total number of students travelling is 32. total number of teachers is 4. so it is a 1:8 teacher to student ratio.
the 4 teachers are:
joel - my pe/cca hod
liyana - teaches mother tongue, and band teacher in-charge
eudora - teaches music, and choir teacher in-charge
myself - teaches pe and chemistry, performing arts coordinator
the 32 students are:
- 8 from band
- 12 from choir
- 12 from others, and we call them the 'special' ones
basically the criteria for selecting the students to go for this trip are based on two aspects: they are on FAS (financial assistance scheme) and they are from performing arts. performing arts we are looking at band and choir as the majority because the two different korean schools that we are going to has a strong niche in this two areas.
and hor, out of the 32 students, there are 26 girls and only 6 boys. hahahaha. 1 boy in band. 1 boy in choir. and 4 boys in the 'special' ones.
- desmond from my wushu team. the one who can do a back flip. he can do b-boy too.
- dzulhairi. he does b-boy and has his own b-boy crew. got take part in competitions.
- zulfikar. very daring and has the strong desire to perform.
- asyraf. also very daring and loves to perform.
we are taking korean air. the movies that they show on the in-flight entertainment system are quite recent. the students were very thrilled about the in-flight entertain system because this was their first time sitting on the plane.
the breakfast on the plane:
ok we reached incheon airport! the tour guide was already at the airport waiting for us. the tour bus was already there too.
and we took a 5 hour ride to busan. zzzzzzzzzzz. on the way got toilet stops and a lunch stop for us. for our first lunch in korea, we were given 8000 won per pax to buy food at a food court.
this is what i bought:
the first attraction that we visited for the day is APEC House. it is the place where world leaders gathered and held the APEC leaders' meeting.
after APEC house we went to check in at our hotel - diamond hotel. if you remembered, the diamond hotel has the largest night club in asia. hahahaha.
we had our dinner at a restaurant just outside the hotel. traditional korean restaurant where we sit on the floor to eat dinner. with the usual dosage of kimchi and a large steamboat of mushrooms and pork slices. i like!!! :)
after dinner we practised for the performance which we will be showcasing to the students of weolsan middle sch on day 2. after the practise we brought the students to a nearby convenience stall to buy groceries. the muslim students were quite hungry and they bought cup noodles and had their cup noodle party in the room. -.-'''
ok this is our room! the rooms were really big!
