I love Hanbok.

I think I could live in Hanbok. Everyday. Our Korea Day ended 3 hours ago, and I'm still wearing my Hanbok.
Maybe I should consider getting a job where wearing Hanbok is one of the requirements...  I'm sure such a place exists.  Like in one of those village-museums...  I'll have to brainstorm about this. For now, I'll make a list of the pros and cons to wearing hanbok (in my so-far, limited experience):

Pros:

• It's so comfortable! Very easy to wear, too, especially once you've seen a tutorial or two.
• Once again, considering you have chosen age-appropriate colors and event-appropriate styles, complete with appropriate accessories, you will receive several hundred compliments by surrounding 아줌마 and 아저씨. 
• You feel much closer to Korean culture when wearing Hanbok, and you can finally put all those drama-learned Korean mannerisms into action.
• Oddly enough, Hanbok seems to regulate your body temperature to the perfect degree. Even in stuffy rooms and windy outdoor weather.
• Hanbok looks flattering on nearly everyone and is beautiful to look at
• People seem to understand that you are interested in more than just Kpop and that you value traditional Korean culture enough to make an effort. Again, a definite plus and a way to make good impressions.
• You will impress your Korean in-laws (Or so I've heard. If I ever experience this, you can bet I will let you know how the Hanbok thing goes.)

Cons:

• People (note: your fellow countrymen) will stare at you. Like you're from another planet. Really, American college students? You've never seen a hanbok before? You should get out of the country more often. I recommend starting with a trip to Korea. You might not want to come back!
• Unless you are in above Hanbok-necessary environment, you WILL get funny looks from surrounding event-goers.
• Sometimes, even if you are in said Hanbok-necessary environment, you will still get funny looks from surrounding people. However, this tends to be directed from Korean-Americans alone, and once the initial shock has worn off, you're good to go!
• It's a bit cumbersome, especially in winter wind. And no, I didn't find that out the hard way... 

In short, if you do a little research and know some Korean mannerisms, you can't really go wrong. (Also, please read the above list with a grain of salt. ^^)

The Korea Day event was wonderful. We all had a great time, and twice as many people showed up as we planned for. Thank goodness we had a ton of food!
All of our contestants did well and the crowd was thoroughly entertained.

I didn't think it was possible, but Korea Day made me even more excited to finally live in Korea. I am so looking forward to the Spring. And I'm also looking forward to actually being forced to use my Korean. The sounds of the language have become familiar enough to be endearing and inviting to me, and hearing so many people speaking in Korean around me made me wish that I studied 10+ hours a day. Now that I think about it, studying 10+ hours in a day really isn't a bad idea. Perhaps I should consider adding that to my schedule.

I'll try to update at some point this weekend/early next week with photos from Korea Day.
Until then, have a great week and God bless!