This weekend, overall, has been a great weekend.
Friday night was POLY's semi-semi-(insert many semi's here)-annual dinner goodness. Our school directors took us out to dinner, and then, as is Korean custom, we ended up at a norae-bang. For those of you not in the know, a norae-bang is a karaeoke room. You pay X amount of dollars and rent a room with a screen, a karaeoke machine of types, and assorted percussion instruments for Y amount of time. Yes, it was amazing. Yes, I sang karaeoke (in a group). And yes, I laughed for unknown amounts of time while my two directors (Michael and Philip) wowed us all with their Korean rap skills. To sum up their performances in a word? INCREDIBLE.
Saturday started at noon - I met up with Heidi, Angela, Hannah, and Brian and the five of us went on an adventure to Insadong. After meandering through the streets for a while, we all came to the conclusion that we were hungry (minus Angela because she had to leave early) and that the apple candy I had, as delicious as it was, just wasn't going to cut it. So we kept on a'walkin' until we made it to Myeongdong (which, as we all know, is Marcie's very favorite place in all of Seoul). Found a restaurant called Pho Bay and ... oh goodness ... it was great. Not AWESOME, no. But it was still great. "Awesome" would have meant that each table was graced with a bottle of the sriracha (that fire-engine red hot paste) sauce instead of the weird gochujang concoction we were presented with. But still. PHO! :)
Then we wandered around Myeongdong for untold amounts of time, before eating AGAIN (don't worry, there was at least five hours between meal times) at a great restaurant with awesome chicken ANNNND a flat screen TV posted next to us so we could watch the gold medal baseball game (Cuba vs. Korea). We had to leave at the end of the eighth inning, but don't worry! Korean cell phone to the rescue!!! I whipped out my phone, and Brian and I could watch the game on the screen. It was awesome - when the Korea team made that final double play, the ENTIRE street cheered because EVERYONE was watching it on their cell phones. GREAT game by the way. :)
PS - Lotte Anytime mints are AMAZING. Just for future reference.
Sunday began at 11 - met up with the four PLUS Evan, and we headed towards the Express Bus Terminal and Shinsegae. Spent a few hours there with everyone - bought a new cd (YAY, Utada Hikaru!!!), and then returned to Beomgye. Spent an hour in Beomgye, and then hopped the airport limosine (not an actual limosine, but a really nice bus) to Incheon to meet Nico! The bus ride was only forty minutes - I was planning on an hour and a half - so I arrived early. Buuuut that was good because her flight was early too!
So now Nico is in Korea. That's pretty exciting, if I do say so myself. During the ride back to my apartment, I was trying to remember what it felt like to be in Korea for the first (or even the second) time. All I remember about it (arriving to work) was sitting in the back of Philip's car, answering the occasional question and being too shell-shocked to really say anything. Oh, and almost falling asleep. But that's normal, haha.
After getting back to my apartment and getting Nico settled (aka after she changed and then went to bed, haha), my phone rang. The number displayed was 000-0-0000, so I didn't know who it was and when I answered I was pleasantly surprised to hear from someone who I haven't talked to in FOREVER. Okay, "pleasantly surprised" is an HUUUUGE understatement for EXCITED OUT OF MY FREAKIN' MIND!
Needless to say, it was the best 23 minutes and 51 seconds (yes, I just checked the call log) of my entire week. :) So, thank you (in case you read this). It truly, truly, truly was a pleasure to talk with you again and hear your voice.
School starts this week for all of my friends back at good ol' Saint Martins. I'm a little bit sad, to be honest, that I won't be there. This is the first time in a LOOONG time that I will NOT be starting school in the fall. I can't believe that I've made it to this point in my life. I miss everyone dearly (as always) ... but I know that it's not for forever and we WILL meet again (starting with Hannah in December).
So yeah, that's all I've got pretty much. I have to get to work semi-early tomorrow (and by early I mean like, an hour) so I can make sure to finish all of my grading. No worries - I'm a trooper, haha.
PS - Good luck in your baseball game!!! :) Ganbattene!!! (please forgive my poor sounding-out skills when it comes to my limited Japanese, haha)
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