I feel like a freshman in college all over again. There are people of all college levels here, so sometimes I forget I'm a junior and I have stuff to do. I keep piling my books beside me in an attempt to make myself do some thesis research, but so far it isn't working. It's because there is rarely a moment of doing nothing around here. Even my "lazy day" was fun and eventful. But the past few days I've been stupidly anxious and anti-social (I hate this), so I'm making myself sit here in the lounge and really accomplish SOMETHING.
In terms of things I've been up to, this last Friday was Vianney's birthday (She's one of the people here on exchange too but this is her second semester), so almost all of us foreigners went to our favorite little bar called EZ's. It was so much fun actually. I mean we drink A LOT here.... For real, Koreans, Brits, and Mexicans can really hold their alcohol! I've learned a lot of fun Korean drinking games and stuff too, so needless to say I had a great time. To make my blog a little more educational than just me talking about my drunken nights, I'll include some drinking culture info! In Korea, almost everyone drinks. And it isn't illegal to drink in public! In fact, I've drank in a subway terminal and outside of a convenient store already. It's just a big social thing, and you can find soju (a Korean alcohol that people down like water here) EVERYWHERE. Everyone likes a good time, but there are still some things that are unique to Korean (and maybe other Asian countries) culture. For example, you never pour your own drink. If a bottle of beer is set down at your table, it's not yours to just drink. It's for your table and you never let your company's cup stay empty. And when you pour, you use two hands to be polite. Also 노래방 (i.e. karaoke) is extremely popular here. Like just outside of the school gates there are I think maybe three karaoke places. So usually you get drunk and then go get more drunk at the karaoke place. There's also something called the birthday drink. When it's your birthday, a glass or bowl or pitcher is passed around to each person at the party, and they get to put whatever they want in it. So sometimes it'll be someone's shot or entire beer or it'll be like a cheeto or spit or something nasty like that. And then the birthday person has to drink the whole thing. Poor Vianney lol.
So needless to say, Friday night I was very drunk. Then Saturday I didn't want to leave the dorms. My very good friend Francisco and I sat in the study lounge ALL DAY. We went out and bought snacks and stuff. Actually here's a pic of our fatness:
Anyway, we watched a movie I've wanted to see since I saw it advertised: Now You See Me. It. Was. Awesome! Francisco and I loved the movie soooo much, and it was hilarious when we forgot to get our friend's laundry because of the movie... We also watched Kevin Hart for a bit, and then got a burrito. All in all it wasn't productive, but was very fun.
Then Sunday I just woke up on the wrong side of the bed or something. We went to Asan in an attempt to eat pizza and watch a movie, but we did neither. So we ate Italian food instead.
Then we came back to Global Village just to go out again. Ryan (good friend from California), Siobhan (from Texas), Francisco (good friend from Mexico), Matt (from England), and I went to Cheonan to eat Indian food. It was soooo good!
Then we had the great idea to drink. So we bought some pop and drank a little bit of Fanta/soju in the subway terminal before proceeding to drink in the lounge after midnight. We all got pretty drunk but since I was having a bad day, I actually got kind of mean.... I felt bad, but Matt and Ryan were incredibly understanding and comforting, so I didn't feel as bad~ Indian food plus alcohol wasn't a great combo for me though....
So yeah. Now we're here today. I had class at 11am, which wasn't bad considering I went to sleep around 3 am.... Now I'm sitting in the lobby trying to do thesis research and Korean homework. Maybe something fun will happen tonight. It usually does.
Cheers for now,
Sam~
(Left to right: Siobhan, Ryan, Francisco, me, Matt, and Woomi)
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