Painted Hands and Korean Smiles: A Day of Culture and Connection

Hola! Hivers!! It is me again and i just want to share about what happened during our MICE ( Meetings, Incentives, Conferences, and exhibitions) Culmination. Before the said event they assigned us on what are our position so that we are organized and know what are the things that we need to do. In my case i was assigned to be a logistics so i have to carry chairs that we need to get in the centrum. after that Me and my classmates agreed to be at the school 7AM so that we could start early and get ready before the event will start. Which i did and the moment everyone is arrive we go to our respective group and do the task that are assigned to us. we go to the centrum and get the chairs and bring it in our kadasig gym. When every chair is in the gym already, we started arranging it. Right after we prepared everything and just waited for the event to start me and my friend gather and took a photo together. We just talk for a bit and share some jokes with each other because the event is about to start.  When the event started we are just watching the contestant how to make a PUSO it is made out of a young coconut tree leaf and when it is assembled you can put rice on it to cook. So while watching them we are amazed and gained idea on how to do it. They are also making clay pot and kasahus.  I got hungry and asked my friend Angel to go with me in the canteen and she said yes and we go there to buy snacks so that we can eat we won't get hungry while watching the contenstant. I bought two Binangkal and a water while she buy water and chips. when we are done buying we passed by in the mirror and took a photo lol.  Right after that we go to the gym to watch again. Our other friend is looking for us and they said that there is an event in the 4th floor of our building and she asked us to go with them because they are heading there so we agreed. The moment we arrived we saw koreans, i don't know what event did they have but they let some of the students to wear their traditional attire called hanbok if i am not mistaken. There is a lot of student and one of my friend wants to try it so we patiently wait, the foreigns are so welcoming and nice they accommodate us even we are so many. They also make a painting in hands and making balloons into flowers, dogs, and many more. We are so amazed by what we saw and wanted our hands to be painted by them even though it is just a simple drawings but it is so much for me because i appreciate what they did. There's a lot of people who fall in line and we fall in line patiently so that they could draw in our hands or wherever area we want to be painted. It is almost 10 minutes when it is my turn to be painted and i put my hands in the table and they show us a book full of a design that i could choose so that they will paint it in my skin. I choses the design the one is flower and the other one is panda so i chose two one for my wrist and one for the back of my hands. While they were painting my hands they started a conversation, she asked my name and she asked how am i doing i respond in a low tune because i am a bit shy. After that we fall in line to the one who is making balloons so i waited for a bit longer again til it is my turn. When it is my turn already they let me choose color and a design that i want for my balloon so i choses pink and flower for the design. They told me to wait for a while because they will just work on it and the entire making of the balloon i was just watching because it is fun to watch and i might do it in our house. After me it was my friends turn and she choses green. After how many minutes my other friend finally has the chance to wear the traditional clothing of korea so the korean assisted them on how to wear and she is so polite, kind and approachable she always smile and you can feel that she is really a good person. As usual she asked our names and we responded shyly too and we laugh for a bit because we are trying hard to speak korean so that she will be happy that we also know how to speak their language but unfortunately it is so hard even though we have a FOLA subject which focuses about korean language. When she already wear the cloth we took a photo together which include the balloon and the cute little drawings that we got from them. it was such a great experience to be able to interact with the different nationality. Me and my friends were so happy that time and after we tried what they offer to us me and my friends stayed for a bit and took photo in the inside and before leaving we said thank you and bowed our head a bit to show respect and bid them our goodbyes, they thanked us as well for participating they even gave us a candies as for their gratitude i think and the moment we left the hall my and my friends excitedly taking photos to capture the moment we've experience that day.  We head to the kadasig gym right after to see the contestant on what they were making and that time they are already making kasahus it is one of the traditional dish in danao city. We saw them marinating it and when they are done marinating they lit it dry in the sunlight, when it is dry already they fried it.