Birthday Leyla
had a blast last night. a group of us went into Hondae, Seoul, to party up for the birthday girl, Leyla, and managed to make a big night of it.
the night really started at the subway station where i met some Chinese ladies and spoke to them a little. through a mixture of broken Korean, Chinese and English, we talked about their hometown, Harbin (near Mongolia), and about teaching english. they were quite relaxed and we had a good ol' laugh at my expense. to be honest, i couldn't tell they were Chinese. maybe because they're from the north.
after a few interchanges on the trains, we managed to get to a sitting down Japanese Restaurant for what we thought would be a meal, but it felt like a snack. think of a sushi roll being divided up between 8 people. well, we did that numerous times and made plans to hit the street food tents outside. as we talked about eating, Andy taught me how to tie a cherry stem into a knot with my tongue. a very useful skill indeed.
next, we were in a bar called Tin Pan 2 (named after Tin Pan, directly across the road, which we patroned a little later) dancing and having a great laugh. Dee (used to work with us) is now teaching in Busan and came up for the Leyla's partay. we had a great time dispersing the previously shoulder to shoulder crowd on the dance floor as she led the way with, well, less than choreographed moves.
at around 4am, Andy, Heidi, me, and some nameless soul we'd procured, went looking for food and ended up in a batting cage (baseball batting) in which i was relatively crap, only hitting one with any power (i played cricket, badly, so that's my excuse). Andy was excellent, as was our new friend, but they were soon humbled by a Korean girl wearing a belt for a skirt and thigh high pink leather boots. she hit every ball, scored a bunch of points and walked out nodding her head in self admiration.
at 6am, a few of us went for some food then the long subway train rides home, finally getting home at around 8am. great laugh, great times.
quite frankly, i've been a little more serious than normal for a while and a night with absolutely nothing important happening was great.
the night really started at the subway station where i met some Chinese ladies and spoke to them a little. through a mixture of broken Korean, Chinese and English, we talked about their hometown, Harbin (near Mongolia), and about teaching english. they were quite relaxed and we had a good ol' laugh at my expense. to be honest, i couldn't tell they were Chinese. maybe because they're from the north.
after a few interchanges on the trains, we managed to get to a sitting down Japanese Restaurant for what we thought would be a meal, but it felt like a snack. think of a sushi roll being divided up between 8 people. well, we did that numerous times and made plans to hit the street food tents outside. as we talked about eating, Andy taught me how to tie a cherry stem into a knot with my tongue. a very useful skill indeed.
next, we were in a bar called Tin Pan 2 (named after Tin Pan, directly across the road, which we patroned a little later) dancing and having a great laugh. Dee (used to work with us) is now teaching in Busan and came up for the Leyla's partay. we had a great time dispersing the previously shoulder to shoulder crowd on the dance floor as she led the way with, well, less than choreographed moves.
at around 4am, Andy, Heidi, me, and some nameless soul we'd procured, went looking for food and ended up in a batting cage (baseball batting) in which i was relatively crap, only hitting one with any power (i played cricket, badly, so that's my excuse). Andy was excellent, as was our new friend, but they were soon humbled by a Korean girl wearing a belt for a skirt and thigh high pink leather boots. she hit every ball, scored a bunch of points and walked out nodding her head in self admiration.
at 6am, a few of us went for some food then the long subway train rides home, finally getting home at around 8am. great laugh, great times.
quite frankly, i've been a little more serious than normal for a while and a night with absolutely nothing important happening was great.
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