Happy Halloween!

It's already November 2 in Korea, but since I had a pretty good Halloween this year, I still wanted to write a quick post about it.

Just the night before Halloween, I got this urge to make something for the office. I quickly looked up some ideas online and decided to make evil pumpkin faces. The cookie recipe turned out fabulous, except it would've turned out tastier if I had better butter. The only available butter in the store downstairs was Seoul Dairy's butter (not that I would've spent 22 dollars on The Organic Valley's sweet cream -- taxes suck) and it smelled nothing like butter. The most fun part was "carving" the pumpkins. Just a quick baker's tip here: after you cut out the cookies, stick them in the freezer for a few minutes before sending them into the oven to prevent them from melting too quickly and losing the shape. It was a big hit at work! I baked a few dozens and they were gone in less than ten minutes :D

Our team dressed up for the costume contest on Friday. We just bought those Scream masks and a few other weapons, like axes and scythes, and won the best group costume. For the evening, I didn't do anything Halloweeny but went out to see Bank Job and had a few beers afterwards. The place was all fancily decorated with pumpkins and cobwebs, so that took care a bit of my craving for America-style, overboard festivities.

Then there was a big party on Saturday. In general, no Korean-Korean people dress up for Halloween but there are an increasing number of these costume parties as more foreigners are traveling to Korea to live and teach. I had a lot of fun with hanging out with Keith, Theresa, and Zach, seeing some crazy costumes, and meeting new people. I actually met some software engineers working in Korea/Singapore, which was great because all the foreigners I've met have been English-ee teachers. The night didn't end on the best note as we were all too tired to get ourselves into partying in Itaewon, but it felt good to celebrate Halloween. Oh, what was my costume? Just a plain, boring witch :-P

More pictures here!