A Japanese and Chinese Major

Archive for September, 2008

This is finally my first entry about living in Korea after I’ve been here a little over a month.

The first time all of my coworkers and I went out to party was awesome and I wanted to repeat that by getting everyone to go out again this last Friday, since it was a three-day weekend and all.  Well I don’t really talk to many of my coworkers very much, and so it was kind of awkward trying to get people together and inviting them to hang out this last Thursday night.  They were all unsure about going because I had no specific place planned, but they all wanted to do something.  I could hear them walking around asking like “So, where are we going? I don’t know, it was his idea..” and things like that.  I brought extra clothes with me to change in but I decided not to at the last minute since I realized I would have been the only one that changed and that would have just made me look like a douchebag.  So we decided to go to that one place where Julie and I go to drink with her best friend that has the flavored beers area.  We’re walking around down the alleys and trying to find a cool place to go.  They pick this place that has trees and lights that look like snow on the second floor and really expensive.  I didn’t want to go to it, I more wanted to go to a bar but that’s what they wanted.  I was there only a minute and I excused myself to go get Julie.  When I saw her she had her hair tied up, and I was really dissapointed and mad that she didn’t think to do her hair before meeting my friends.  When I told her that, she got sad and was almost about to cry but I told her just take it off and you can go into the bathroom for awhile to try to fix it.  She came out looking better, but the coat she had on and the lipstick she had on I didn’t like.  Well I was really nervous bringing her back.  I didn’t really do a proper introduction for her, just came back and said “This is Julie” and sat her down pretty much.  I was afraid what the other girls might think of her.  I noticed Christina was kind of acting like the oldest one, passing around food and drinks and what not.  Julie later told me afterwards that she first thought Christina was a bitch but then later while we hanged out she liked her and thought she was nice.  Anyways we hung out for awhile there and I started drinking at a fast pace. Sam had made a comment knowing something was going to get spilled on his paints that night either sauce or the beer, and sure enought Josh spilled water all over Sam’s pants.  Kind of got me a bit wet too and I was feeling a little more drunk so I decided to go and change in the bathroom.  I came back and they were already talking about leaving, and I was kinda angry/sad about that.  It seemed like everyone wanted to go home.  The new girl Lyn already went home with the other one, so there about six or seven of us left.  Outside in front of the restaurant when everyone was about to go home somehow out of sheer luck and surprise Josh still wanted to go for a drink somewhere even though he was still in his dress clothes.  I kept saying, “yeah, yeah, let’s go!!” and we went to the Mike’s Cabin bar place that Josh was talking about earlier, which was right across from where we were standing.  Christina said she wanted to go too, and I was so happy she did because without her I knew the night would have been over.  So as the other group was walking away they sort of stopped to look back to say goodbye to us and stuff and I was just ready to go in and ditch them.  It looked like Edward was looking eagerly at me the whole time, like he was waiting for me to invite him to the party or something, to throw him a lifesaver from a sinking ship.  I didn’t do it.  I didn’t ask if he wanted to go.  I decided, and I was thinking about it earlier, that he would be out of place with us young people at a bar or club.  He would hold us down, is what I thought.  So, I didn’t ask him to go.  If he would have just tagged along with us or asked to, I would have said sure.  But I wasn’t going to ask him and hold his hand to come over to our side and hang out with us.

So I walk into Mike’s Cabin and all I see are foreigners, and I think aww man do I really want to be here?  But then when we were walking through some girl bumped into the back of me hard enough for me to look around and when she saw me she looked into my eyes with one of those deep puppy-dawg face stares and I knew this place was gonna be sweet.  It was then it hit me.  Duh, of course I want to be at a bar where alot of westerners are at because the Korean chicks that go here like Western guys, and I’m a young and pretty good looking western guy compared to all the others.  I think I surprised her too because I was around her age and so young, compared to the older guys that frequent Korea.  When I was at the bar ordering vodka and Jeiggermiester I got another one of those puppy-dawg deep eye stares from a girl sitting a few seats down.  I always fall for those damn stares because I like Asian girls too and when I see those eyes directed right at me I can’t help but give the same puppy-dog stare back.  They can get pretty bad.  I swear they at least last a full second or more, of us just standing there looking directly into each others’ eyes, and not saying anything.  Just raw starage and desire for the other person.  Those are the kinda stares I wanted in the streets when I got here, so it feels so good to finally get them, bar or whatever.

Anyways I noticed Christina really liked talking to Julie alot.  I was really really happy about that because it shows that she must really like me.  We didn’t dance there even though there was good music like applebottom jeans and damaged and things like that because we weren’t drunk enough, so we stood around a picnic table on the left of the room.  Christina and I started trying to play the darts that were hanging on the wall.  She was making fun of me because every time I threw the dart it wouldn’t land, and everytime hers would.

After that we were all feeling pretty good and we decided to go to a club, and one that Josh went to before.  We saw the ad for it on the sidewalk and went it, we could go to three clubs for ten dollars.  We went in and the place was pretty packed.  Julie and I ordered drink and they danced.  Julie and I danced a couple of times too but not that good.  Before going in we bought a locker and Christina was able to stuff all the things we had into one, which I was really impressed and surprised.

We then went to karoake.  Christina had a really great voice, the rest of us not so good.  I sung fly me to the moon and she said she loved that song.  Well after that we decided to stop and get something to eat at a street vendor’s.  I said I wasn’t tired at all and so did she, but we had to go home anyways.  Julie later told me that Christina said that all of the girl students ask about me and if I have a girlfriend, so that was cool to find out.

Edit: Not sure if this is the correct date for this entry or not.

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