This week, me and my friends held a Hawaii booth during the International Student Festival. Held every semester at Korea University by KUBA (Korea University Buddy Assistants), exchange students have the opportunity to be able to sign up and display the culture of their country at this festival. Even though Hawaii is not its own country, I was able to persuade the people in charge about how Hawaii has their own unique culture, despite being a state of the US. At the booth, we were not able to introduce any traditional Hawaiian food, but instead offered local favorites like spam musubi, Kona coffee, and other snacks. Our booth grabbed a lot of attention and many people were actually interested in learning about Hawaii. Most of their preconceptions of Hawaii was just beaches and sand and not much else. Thankfully, we were able to break this misconception that they had about Hawaii and were able to introduce the culture of Hawaii to some degree. Also, to our surprise, our booth won best booth of the day and we took home the first place prize of $100! Even though it was hard work serving food and operating the booth, in the end, it was worth it since I was able to spend time with friends and also because we were able to win first place. I also felt that this helped people learn more about Hawaii as there was some people who thought that people living in Hawaii did noting but surf and swim at the beach. A few people even thought that we lived in huts....
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