1st Day of School & Band Festival

On Friday night we went to the Wonju Marching Band Festival; a show that attracts military marching bands from all over the world. We got fairly good seats and watched the opening show; got to see bands from Korea, USA, Canada, and Thailand (they had the best performance). The MC was a well-known actress, and some special guests included 2 Korean Olympic Medalists. To end the show, a Korean girls pop group came and sang 3 of their most famous songs. It was a good night!
Yesterday we got up super early (5am) and headed off to our 1st day of graduate school in Seoul. We picked up our books from the bookstore on-campus and were happy to learn that each book was only $35!!
In class, we met a lot of nice people (some used to live in our city) and made it through our 1st day of classes. This term we'll be taking Quantitative Business Analysis (stats) and Mgmt of Organization. We end this term in November, and then we'll be taking 2 different classes that will end in January. It's going to be a lot of work, but it'll be worth it in the end.
In the evening we went to the Seoul Film Festival, where we had won 2 free tickets from an internet contest. We watched a French film called "Rivals" which was decent. At least the tix were free!
This week we've got a 4-day work week, as it's Korean Thanksgiving already! We wanted to go
to Japan but we were mis-quoted and the tix are too spendy. So, we'll most likely hang out in Wonju and relax.

All of the bands performing Friday night joined in on the opening ceremony.

The Thai High School Marching band was amazing; they passed the flags thru the audience seconds after this shot was taken.

Chomps loves his new toy; our friend helped us order from the internet.