Candice in Korea
 
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Today is the first day that I wasn't woken by the noise of campainers. For the past month Korea has been promoting the upcoming National Elections and the streets of Korea have been invaded by enthusiastic campaigners. There are about eight different parties and they stand in their groups along side the road, singing and dancing, waving posters and the typical two-finger peace symbol, and bowing to every car that passes by. It's campaigning like you've never seen before! Each party also has a minivan that patrols the streets at any hour either with the sound of blaring music or someone giving a speech from a platform on the minivan. 
Yesterday was a public holiday (I had to contain my laughter when one of my co-teachers told me that there would be no school on June 2nd because it's National Erection Day. Oh, how I love the mispronunciation of the r and l sounds) and I was woken at 7am with an announcement from the local street lamp post speaker. I didn't understand it, but I'm guessing it said something along the lines of "Wake up, it's time to vote!" Today the streets are back to normality and all foreigners will be able to sleep in a little longer on the weekends again..