HALLOWEEN

28^th October 2006

It was the annual HIRA’s Halloween event in Hach again. Never ever celebrated Halloween before back home so I really didn’t know what to expect of this event. Originally wanted to just wear an all-black outfit and cat’s eyes hairband on my head but luckily Q lent me her vampire costume in time. So yes, I dressed up as a vampire!

Went to the venue earlier to help set up the haunted house. It was real fun to see how some ALTs can transform so drastically into scary characters. Russell became a scary old woman, Claire was a pirate, Joel a hippie and Ricky a scarecrow! Soon loads of loads of children started streaming in… Many were dressed up too. Some as little witches, some as ghosts, some as bats etc. I was at the arts & crafts booth with Mandy and 2 helpful Japanese women. We taught children how to make little Jack O Lanterns and Bat clips. The few of us manning the booth were extremely busy coz many kids come to us before it was their turn to go on a “Trick or Treat” tour downtown.

I didn’t even have the time to go into the haunted house to see how scary it was… Well, judging from the constant screams fr the children, I guess the ALTs were pretty effective in their scary roles! Finally got to lead the last “Trick or Treat” tour of the day. Mandy, Erin and I led a group of children downtown and went into designated shops to say “Trick or Treat” and the shop assistants would give the children sweets in return. It was fun!