Washed out weekend

After school Friday, my co-workers and I took the bus to Seoul. We didn’t have much of a plan but Natalie’s brother and his girlfriend were visiting so we wanted to have a night out. After looking forever for a place to eat but everything was closed we all went and grabbed something quick like Taco Bell. After eating we all went to a Hookah lounge called Rainbow. It was really cool there. Everyone sat down on floor and just hung out. Then as we were leaving, it was down pouring outside so we just ran across the street to a noribang (karaoke). There was about 7 of us there and about 30 min in..our friend Melissa was way too drunk so I left early with her to take her home because she lives in Seoul. When we left it was a huge rain storm. There was thunder and lighting and torrential rain. We had no umbrellas and no choice but to face mother nature head on. We ran down the streets trying to get a cab but nobody would stop and the ones that would said no because it was too close and they wouldn’t make a lot of money. After trying for about 40 minutes, we are drenched. Finally, a cab says he will take us. We get dropped of somewhat near her house and then just run all the way to her house. Eventually we made it back. Our shoes were like ponds and our clothes could have been rung out for days they were so wet. Melissa passed out and I did some wordsearches until I was tired. Apparently, when our friends decided to leave karaoke…the same cab problem happen to them too and they had to walk really far back to their hotel in the rain too. The next morning, we all were supposed to go shopping and look at some cites but AGAIN it was raining, it was midday and the sky was black. It felt like the end of the world was coming…the weather was so strange. We had tickets to go on a boat cruise in the evening and they were not going to cancel it due to rain. We didn’t want to go because it took over an hour on a train to get to the Incheon port but we decided since we paid already we should go. We made the journey there in the rain and by this time it was just drizzling out. So many people turned up for the cruise, we were really surprised because of how bad the weather was. I got a little nauseous on the boat so I didn’t drink, I just kind of hung out. The cruise was pretty crappy. It was windy and cold and nobody really enjoyed themselves…but it was only 3 hours. Now we know not to go on one again. That night was pretty much a washout as well. Everyone was tired and we kept going to different places trying to find our other friends but it never worked out. Eventually, we gave up and just went home to bed. Sunday morning we went shopping and had Mexican food before we took the bus back to Dangjin. 

sleeping all the way to Seoul

the lighter part of the rainstorm

Dom and I at Rainbow

Rainbow Hookah Lounge

Monday was the last day I went to yoga at the studio. I decided Im going to do it at my house for this month to save money. I just bought a mat and its been nice doing it at home. When it gets a little nicer out, I will do it on the roof. This week we have no school on Thursday because it is a holiday. It is Children’s Day which is like mother’s day. It is really big here though and nobody works and families buy their children presents and usually do something family related. Thursday is also Dominic’s 28th birthday so tonight we are having a BBQ at Nick and Nat’s to celebrate his birthday since we have no school tomorrow. Our boss got Dom a really cute Winnie the Pooh cake and we all sang happy birthday. We gave all the kindergarten kids ice cream and umbrellas for Children’s Day presents!