Monday, July 05, 2004
More Nightlife
Yesterday, KiSook called me and told me that she and SeokHyee were hanging out. Having been inside for 2 straight days, I went to go meet them. We had a few beers and some food (including chicken feet ... strange texture) and went to NoRaeBang and then split up. I went back home, nearly falling asleep on the subway.
I had been home for 5 minutes and hadn't even checked my email when Katrina called. She was going out dancing and inviting me along. I put my shoes back on and headed out again and 45 minutes later I was at the Seoul Plaza Hotel. We loaded up 2 taxis with Katrina, one of her friends from the show, the Korean guy that runs the lights, one of his friends, and James, the translator. I'm not sure where we went, but we had some food and soju at a little bar and then went to the nightclub at 1:30am.
It wasn't too full, so we pretty much took over the dancefloor for the rest of the night. There was us and then about 6 groups of Korean girls there for the rest of the night. They would come and dance with us for a while and then get embarrassed and then go off somewhere else. It was a good time, but it was too loud to talk to anyone, really. They played mostly hip hop, but we got about an hour and a half of some good club house music from the US.
They served tons of Budweiser, and several of our group went to the bathroom to throw up throughout the night (soju can do that to you).
The club shut down at 5am, so we went back to the Hotel and hung out for a while. I crashed with Katrina, but I was supposed to meet SeokHyee at 11am. There was no way that I was going to be in any kind of shape to study, so I figured that I would wake up at 9:30 (that was the plan, as that's when breakfast at the hotel is) and send her a text message.
Well, at 10:52am, my phone beeped when SeokHyee text messaged me saying she'd be 20 minutes late. I put my shoes on and staggered out into the daylight and caught a cab back to Mokdong. The guy spoke no English, so I had to give him all the directions in Korean. I don't know how to say "go straight" so I had to say, "go this direction some more".
All-in-all the best night so far in Korea.
I had been home for 5 minutes and hadn't even checked my email when Katrina called. She was going out dancing and inviting me along. I put my shoes back on and headed out again and 45 minutes later I was at the Seoul Plaza Hotel. We loaded up 2 taxis with Katrina, one of her friends from the show, the Korean guy that runs the lights, one of his friends, and James, the translator. I'm not sure where we went, but we had some food and soju at a little bar and then went to the nightclub at 1:30am.
It wasn't too full, so we pretty much took over the dancefloor for the rest of the night. There was us and then about 6 groups of Korean girls there for the rest of the night. They would come and dance with us for a while and then get embarrassed and then go off somewhere else. It was a good time, but it was too loud to talk to anyone, really. They played mostly hip hop, but we got about an hour and a half of some good club house music from the US.
They served tons of Budweiser, and several of our group went to the bathroom to throw up throughout the night (soju can do that to you).
The club shut down at 5am, so we went back to the Hotel and hung out for a while. I crashed with Katrina, but I was supposed to meet SeokHyee at 11am. There was no way that I was going to be in any kind of shape to study, so I figured that I would wake up at 9:30 (that was the plan, as that's when breakfast at the hotel is) and send her a text message.
Well, at 10:52am, my phone beeped when SeokHyee text messaged me saying she'd be 20 minutes late. I put my shoes on and staggered out into the daylight and caught a cab back to Mokdong. The guy spoke no English, so I had to give him all the directions in Korean. I don't know how to say "go straight" so I had to say, "go this direction some more".
All-in-all the best night so far in Korea.
