So for those of you that have facebook you already know that im in love with korean pop music or k pop. For the rest of you it is basically like Britney Spears/Nsync in Korean. It is incredibly addicting even though i dont understand most of what the hell they are singing about. My 2 favorite groups are Big Bang and Girls Generation. Girls Generation is 9 hot Korean chicks that sing incredibly addicting music that I listen to all day at work. Heres a sample of what is my new crack...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q_gfD3nvh-8&feature=BF&list=PLBA050A2DCABDDFE1&index=8
Thursday, December 30, 2010
I wish you a drunk Christmas
Last weekend was Christmas, obvi, but it was the first time I had been away from my family for it. Lemme first tell you that xmas is nowhere near as big in Korea as it is in America. America has the xmas season while Korea has xmas day. A very BIG difference. Meaning that it did not feel like xmas until xmas day.
So anyway me and a big group of people, say 25 or so, went to this Irish bar in Seoul where they would be serving us a buffet style xmas meal. And not just any buffet style but a 3 course meal. It was absolutely uhhhmazing. They first had like 3 diff types of soup, appetizers, and various bread. Pretty good. Then they brought us a meal which we had preordered before. I got turkey and ham. It was soooo good. They also put out like 3 types of potatoes and had gravy. Again it was awesome. Then finally when I thought I couldnt eat anymore they brought us cookies, cheese cake, and ice cream.
We arrived at the bar around like 2 or 3pm and of course started to drink at the time, I mean I hang out with Irish people what do you expect. We ended up leavin the bar around 9ish or so, not totally sure. But anyway we headed to a hookah bar for a lil bit which was pretty fun. Finally we ended up goin to a club for the end of the nite. There was a cover but they had free, yes FREE, mixed drinks for an hour, and that hour happened to start right when we got there. Not saying it was fate, but it was. Needless to say we took great advantage of this. Literally double fisting mixed drinks for an hour straight. I was not sober by midnite.
When we first got there they had some local bands playing some music which was pretty good. Then around like 1 or 2am, I really have no idea when, the djs started up. I ended up at the clubs til like 530 or so, again I think. Literally time just disappears here.
In conclusion, this was the most different type of Christmas I have ever experienced but it was absolutely amazing and my new group of friends helped make it that way.
With love
Brady
So anyway me and a big group of people, say 25 or so, went to this Irish bar in Seoul where they would be serving us a buffet style xmas meal. And not just any buffet style but a 3 course meal. It was absolutely uhhhmazing. They first had like 3 diff types of soup, appetizers, and various bread. Pretty good. Then they brought us a meal which we had preordered before. I got turkey and ham. It was soooo good. They also put out like 3 types of potatoes and had gravy. Again it was awesome. Then finally when I thought I couldnt eat anymore they brought us cookies, cheese cake, and ice cream.
We arrived at the bar around like 2 or 3pm and of course started to drink at the time, I mean I hang out with Irish people what do you expect. We ended up leavin the bar around 9ish or so, not totally sure. But anyway we headed to a hookah bar for a lil bit which was pretty fun. Finally we ended up goin to a club for the end of the nite. There was a cover but they had free, yes FREE, mixed drinks for an hour, and that hour happened to start right when we got there. Not saying it was fate, but it was. Needless to say we took great advantage of this. Literally double fisting mixed drinks for an hour straight. I was not sober by midnite.
When we first got there they had some local bands playing some music which was pretty good. Then around like 1 or 2am, I really have no idea when, the djs started up. I ended up at the clubs til like 530 or so, again I think. Literally time just disappears here.
In conclusion, this was the most different type of Christmas I have ever experienced but it was absolutely amazing and my new group of friends helped make it that way.
With love
Brady
Wait you want me to do what??
Deskwarming, its a term that all English teachers in Korea know. Im about to become a pro at it. What is deskwarming you ask. Well lemme tell you. I show up to work at 830, do whatever the hell I want for 8 hrs, then head home at 430. Wait what? The week before Christmas I was deskwarming from Monday-Thursday because my students were taking finals. Im doing it this week on Wednesday-Friday because the school year just ended here in Korea. I have around 5-10 more deskwarming days in January.
Why do I have to come to school and literally just dick around on my computer for 8 hrs a day? Good question! Its basically because I am only allowed a certain amount of vacation/sick days a year and every other day I have to be at school. Sounds dumb I know, but whatev if they wanna pay me to sit and do nothing thats cool with me. During this time I am supposed to be planning my future lessons...so the lessons I will have when the school year starts back up at the need of February. Not likely thats gonna happen.
The part that actually sucks is that most of the other teachers do not have to be at school during that time, so I dont have many people to talk to while Im there. (Brady why dont you complain about your awesome job some more) Your right I have nothing to complain about. But anyway now if you ever here me mention deskwarming you will understand what im talking about because im literally getting paid to warm a desk. Damn you Korea, your making it waaaaaay to hard to only be here a year.
Why do I have to come to school and literally just dick around on my computer for 8 hrs a day? Good question! Its basically because I am only allowed a certain amount of vacation/sick days a year and every other day I have to be at school. Sounds dumb I know, but whatev if they wanna pay me to sit and do nothing thats cool with me. During this time I am supposed to be planning my future lessons...so the lessons I will have when the school year starts back up at the need of February. Not likely thats gonna happen.
The part that actually sucks is that most of the other teachers do not have to be at school during that time, so I dont have many people to talk to while Im there. (Brady why dont you complain about your awesome job some more) Your right I have nothing to complain about. But anyway now if you ever here me mention deskwarming you will understand what im talking about because im literally getting paid to warm a desk. Damn you Korea, your making it waaaaaay to hard to only be here a year.
holler
So I realized its been too long since ive blogged because my grandma even said something to me about it. The time keeps flying by here. Ive been here for over 2 months now...I cant believe it. I think there are 2 reasons for this. 1st my job can be classified under easiest and best job ive ever had. Because of this it makes the weekdays fly by. I teach 22 classes a week and enjoy most of the classes that I have. The 2nd reason is that the weekends go by even faster here than back home. I swear its Friday nite and then the next thing I know Im heading to work Monday morning. I guess what Im trying to say is that if anyone has ever ever thought about doing something like this, DO IT!!! It is by far the best choice i have ever made so far in my life (other than living in pod 76 for a year of course)
I obvi miss my friends and fam from time to time but mostly im too busy with this or that, its hard to focus on people back home.
I obvi miss my friends and fam from time to time but mostly im too busy with this or that, its hard to focus on people back home.
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