70) New Year’s Weekend

We had a long weekend due to the Chinese New Years. Friday night I met up with Chip and we ended up meeting up with Hoon and Gloria. Hoon is a Korean American, and Gloria is Korean. We went to a Hof in Kangnam, I ended up drinking too much Soju, and then practicing a new Korean phrase I just learned. I practiced it on nearly every Korean I saw- and there are a lot of Koreans in Korea. I learned how to say “I like ____”. I ended up using “I like to dance” a lot, but also mixed it up with random foods that I know. It was probably one of those nights that had Koreans slightly amused, and mostly annoyed with foreigners. After the Hof and enough Soju, Chip and I thought it would be a good idea to head out to Hongdae to meet up with some friends of mine at M2 (a dance club). James and Nate are some guys I met while doing Surprise- they are from Oregon. By the time we had gotten there, one of the guys had already disappeared- but the three of us had a great night anyway. At the moment I cannot recall any details, but I remember it was a good night and we were out until the subways started running again (so at least 5:30).

On Saturday I met up with Chip again, and celebrated round two of his birthday and New Years (I missed his birthday during the week). Chip was in the mood to go to a club, but by the time I had gotten into Kangnam, Seoul seemed like a ghost town. He convinced me to check out Apgujeong (a pretty expensive and trendy part of Kangnam) and see if a club was happening there. Apgujeong was dead- and we couldn’t even find the club. So we went back Kangnam and met up with James and Nate (the American guys from the other night). They were at a hip hop club called NB, and it was the place to be. It seemed like it was the only place in the whole city that had people there- and there were tons of them. The club was so packed when we got in we could hardly move on the dance floor. We got a lot of dancing done, and had a lot of fun. We walked a couple girls we met at the club to the subs at the end of the night, and got back to Chips around 6:00, and then just hung out and talked for a while.

Also, as a side note, Chip has finally updated his blog again (after about 2 months of nothing) and Billy has a new blog, as his old one has been busted. The links to the right should take you to their sites.