Last week, I served as master of ceremonies for my school’s kindergarten graduation ceremony. I spent plenty of awkward time at the podium, basically just uttering random English phrases and words in order to fill the time and space needed for each Kindergarten class enough to set up for the performance they had prepared for the evening. Fortunately, as my audience was largely Korean only speakers, I think not many in attendance either understood or cared much for what I was saying in my capacity as host.
Aside: I am hoping that the photos from the ceremony come my way soon (there is also a DVD being produced, no joke) and those will be promptly posted.
The most difficult part of the night though, came when I had to announce the names of the graduating Kindergarteners and faced my demise with the name Hyuck.
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