I was crushed, confused, and then empowered when I heard about the lack of celebration that Kiwis attributed to one of my most favorite of holidays: halloween. Failing to celebrate just wouldn't suffice so me and all the other internationals [mostly of the American variety] decided to ensure that the holiday would be had. Thoughts of flat trick or treating emerged, which would mean going flat to flat in the complex in costume, getting a cup of a weird concoction and candy. Though we were the only flat with a concoction, and only some random stragglers had candy, parties went on.
The concoction:
So, as a tribute to bubble tea and my failed attempt at making a sago pudding right before, we decided to put together a massive punch bowl, filled with tapioca pearls, and random beverages. In went tequila, blue food colouring, raro [juice powder that people here love... it's obnoxiously sweet and if you read the label you'd notice that there's somehow more sugar in it than the package weighs. some eat it right out of the package instead of adding it to water... this can be coupled with pouring it on your tongue and then taking a shot. It comes in tons of fun flavours]some mixer sodas, and other unidentifiable finds. It wasn't bad, and got everyone silly.
Costumes:
Liam and I went as Pebbles and Bam Bam which required trips to a thriftstore and some thoughtful placements of electrical tape, as well as painted cardboard bones. A bat played the role of his club. Jake, another flatmate, went as another international student, copying his style, hair, moustache, and even recorder usage. Jessie and Tess were sheep, which looked hilarious and was so perfect. Unfortunately most of the people at the party weren't quite as dressed up as we had been, though our guest Green Man helped balance it out.
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