So this week is a good one! We had a holiday! It was the
national founding day for Korea and my sister’s birthday! Shout out to you sis!
I miss you!
Now back to business, the week was short. We did our usual
eating, hanging out, and chillin. Next thing I know, it’s the holidays (October
3, 2013) and we took a trip to the famous Korean pancake (pajun) place, which
is about 40 minutes from where we live! Korean pancakes are not your typical
breakfast delights. They are more line pizza with out the tomato sauce. It is
the crust with all sorts of seafood and vegetable inside. It’s really good. We
ate like kings that morning with Korean rice wine, spicy rice cakes, and
chicken soup, and be hold, we were drunk before 12pm that Thursday. After the
delicious meal, we proceeded to a festival in city hall. There we saw the guard
exchange ceremony (uneventful), spinning plates (Badly), and drumming
(Awesome)! We were pretty much done with that day and wanted to cap it off with
something delicious for desert, so we went and got macaroons (Delicious). As a
group, we always have a hard time making decisions about our night out. Do we
want to dance? Do we want to chill? Are we drinking heavily? Who is all going?
Questions we really don’t need to know the answers to, but we know the answers
too already. That night we went to Hongdae. We went to the unlimited Korean
rice wine place and got plastered… We were in search of a club with no cover to
go to and dance around in, but unfortunately there was no such luck. So we took
our drunken asses home.
Friday (October 4, 2013), Eljay, Brian, Yujin and I went out
to shop in Meung-Dong, which is like a famous place in Seoul! I loved it! We
shopped early in the morning for some clothes here and there. Everyone bought
something that morning. Wow I don’t know what we did after shopping… Most
likely a nap to recharge for Sheimay’s birthday! Yay! We got all dressed up for
Octagon that night. Everyone looked so nice. Well of course, we are about to
head over to Gangnam for a party. After a cab ride and the free entry bracelet
was on our wrist, we bolted back upstairs to the Mini Stop to get our cheap
alcohol, Soju, to get us to a more dance appropriate mood. Loving life and
having so much fun dancing around while the Korean national people were looking
at us like “Look at those foreigners”. After couple minutes of bitchy looks,
they started getting a little loose and dancing with us. By this time, I
sobered up a little so Yujin and I headed upstairs for couple more drinks at
the Mini Stop, and slowly but surely, our people started coming out… Let’s
change locations… Oh lord… We did. I swear we are the only people who party
this hard on our program. We went from Octagon to Ellui at 3am; it was the same
thing, but more packed and different people. It was nuts. We danced some more
got more drinks and next thing I know the club is closing, and we managed to
stay at a Korean club till it closes. Death… I cannot believe we went to two
clubs that night… What is my life?
I woke up the next day, and I died again. I hoped for an unproductive day, but one friend, whom shall not be named, asked me to come to Angok, which is the traditional/renovated part of seoul. We walk around the area and climbed to see a view and the traditional houses on the sides of the roads! It was gorgeous. What a shame that it became so touristy that people started moving out of the area, and it is becoming more commericalized with cafes and restaurants, not that korea has enough. We walked to the Gyeongbokgung, but we didnt go in. No palaces are worth seeing after Beijing;s Forbidden City. My friend and I parted ways after a cup of coffee. It was dinnertime. We went
out for dinner at our favorite all-you-can-eat Korean BBQ place like we do for
everyone’s birthday. We, once again, ate like kings and had cake. From there
people wanted to different things that night, some wanted to go to Hongdae
again, and Mason and I wanted to go to Itaewon. What it seemed like for the
first time, the group separated! I was on my way to Itaewon with Kenny, Oskar,
and Brandon. Mason would kind of join us later. We started our drinking at the
7/11 as usual as we waited for the Homo Hill to start getting crowded. It was
around 1am, and now, it is packed! We went in to Queen and Why Not to go in to
dance our a$$e$ off! Oskar and Kenny were telling me that they were felt up,
and they were too fucked up too care! Brandon and I danced and when I felt too
drunk. We decided to leave Kenny and Oskar to go home at around 4am. In
Itaewon, it can be very difficult to catch a cab, especially if you don’t speak
the language. I managed to get a cab and these foreigners were going to the
same place and they offered to pay for the cab if they ride with us! I gladly
took up the offer! We both won! Haha
I woke up the next morning (October 6, 2013) with a raging
headache, but I had to swim. I have to be strong and go to swim practice. I got
there an hour late, but it’s not bad because majority of the team was an hour
late… haha
After a hard practice later, we got something to eat at a
local restaurant around the pool, and the same guy (who showed me around Seoul
last week) and a new guy from the swim team decided to show me around town yet
again! This time we went to Bugaksan Skyway, where we got to see the amazing
view from the top and enjoy a cup of coffee! We came down the mountain and
enjoyed a couple beers and fries around the mountain. We separated after
hanging out and discussing the difference in LGBT communities of Atlanta and
Seoul. I got to learn a lot from both of them!
Then I came home and had some street food and went to bed… I
was exhausted…
Oh don't have pho before swim practice....
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