My Photo Essay

I am at GLPS camp. In one of the projects for the writing class, we had to write a photo essay. I like taking photos, so I think it would be fun and memorable. Let it begin!



#Day 1 {August 7th, 2013} (Wednesday) 


I took this picture in front of the Korean Minjok Leadership Academy in Wonju. This is the Minjok Building. I had a lot of fun this day because it was the start of the photo essay and we got to go out in the middle of the class and take pictures.
I was with Rosa, Ji Hae and most of my classmates. I chose this picture for my photo essay because KMLA is the only school that is built with Han Ok, which is a type of Korean traditional house. When I first saw this building, I thought it was a museum because I had never though of a school that would ever look like this. It was really unique and that is why I wanted to post it on my photo essay.




#Day 2 {August 8th, 2013} (Thursday) 

Today was my roommate Ga Won(Catherine)'s birthday. So we had my other roommates keeping her in the cafeteria longer at dinner time so that this cake could be a surprise. We were celebrating her birthday with all of our roommates. We were taking a lot of pictures and it was really fun. The supplies were Choco Pie, White Chocolate Cracker, Potato Chips, Chocolate covered Cracker and Mentos. Catherine was smiling the whole time so I think she was surprised and happy. It was really interesting that we could actually make it because when we first though of the idea of opening a birthday party for her, I didn't think we would make that happen, but after actually doing it I felt proud and happy that we had an opportunity to do this kind of thing. 




#Day 3 {August 9th, 2013} (Friday)

I found out something interesting today. When I was walking back to our dorm to eat lunch with my friends, I saw this and found it really interesting because in our school in Gang Neung, it has a 'right side only policy' so we have to walk on the right side of the hallway. But this picture is saying that KMLA has a 'left side only policy'. I realize that it was because on the right side, there was an archery place, but I was really surprised that there could be a place that encourage us to walk on the right side. I am having a hard time keeping this rule because my teacher in our school always tells us to walk on the right side of the hallway.



#Day 4 {August 10th, 2013} (Saturday)

Today was Saturday so we had to clean our rooms. I had to clean the floor and clean my friends desks. My roommates don't like cleaning so we talked and ate snacks most of the time. We had a lot of snacks because two of my friends got their parents to send us a lot of snacks. The PAs are really strict on cleaning because they said that crumbs can attract bugs or something. When we first cleaned our rooms, we really had a hard time because we didn't have the cleaning tools. We had to clean with our hands again but I kind of got used to it. I was having fun because we didn't really have much to do so we mostly played. I like organizing things so it was really fun organizing the desks. I was also kind of sad because this would be the last cleaning in GLPS. 

#Day 5 {August 11th, 2013} (Sunday)

Today when we were doing our Club Activities, Su Yeon (Bella) who is one of our roommates went out with her familly. We watched 'Happy Feet' for my movie CA. When we came back, Bella was waiting for us in the front of the dorm building with snacks. We saw her familly and they looked really kind and nice. She had two big bags of snacks in our dorm. We ran to her as soon as we heard that she had snacks so I think she was kind of mad at us for only thinking about the snacks. As soon as we got back to the dorm, we started taking out the things in the shopping bag. The first thing we took out was Margaret and Jelly. Bella was really kind and didn't mind to share all of the snacks with us. I had a lot of fun today because  as we ate most of her snacks at night, we were laughing so hard when we were talking about our funniest experiment in our lives. My roommates all had a very funny experience especially Chan Song (Clara). We ate more than half of her snacks in one day. I think this day will also be memorable because we were having so much fun.

Day 6 {August 12th, 2013} (Monday)

It was really sunny today. This picture is a shadow of me and I was on the hill to move to my next class which was Mr. Cox's class. I was holding a lot of things like a jacket because I didn't know it would be this hot today. Actually it was kind of cold when I first woke up today. I was really tired from all the cleaning I did yesterday and also because it was Monday. It was the beginning of the weekdays which meant the beginning of studying. It was only ten o'clock when I took this picture so it was burning hot when I was climbing the hill to get lunch. Today was mostly tiring because I had to go up and down the hills to get to classes. Also, today was a very difficult day to get stressed out so that was also kind of tiring. 


#Day 7 {August 13th, 2013} (Tuesday)

I took this picture on the way to Mr. Cox's class. Even though it was eight in the morning, it was really sunny. It was also a windy day so it didn't really feel like it was that hot. This is the C-building. This picture is memorable because this building was also built as Han Ok. There are lots of trees and grass here so I think KMLA is pro-environment. I was with Ji Hae. I like this building because it has air conditioners, drinking fountains and vending machines. I love the vending machine because it has Cocopalm which is really good! We have a lot of studying today so we have to go outside a lot, but I kind of got used to going up and down the hill. Yesterday's dinner was Ramen so I was really excited but it wasn't that good. I like the idea of giving Ramen for dinner though. I am wondering what's going to be for dinner today. 


It was fun to take pictures everyday and writing about it. Writing a photo essay would be really helpful on remembering what I did that day so I would recommend writing photo essays for people that want to remember their everyday life.