Language Barriers? 6PM-5AM!

This will be the super-incredibly long post. Went out to Sinchon last night and met some great people. Tom/myself set out to meet Yuri in front of Evan records. Then we accidently ran into Tom/Yuri's friend Jinjin and her bf Sunny 형. Languages.

Sunny 형: Korean, good English
Jinjin 누나: Chinese, good english, good Korean
유리 누나: Japanese, good korean
Tom: English, good japanese, decent korean
Me: English, good korean, horrible-so-awful japanese

Tom's apt revealed at last! Basically a one room studio and he air dries his laundry in here..

At this super famous(expensive) 삼겹살 place. This is where we ran into Sunny 형 and Jinjin.

As we ate, Jinjin and Sunny 형 offered to take us out to this super famous ice cream shop that sold apple pie. We gladly accepted and got a ride to some mysterious location(srsly, we had no idea where we were subway station-wise)

This is the ice cream place. THEY HAD WAFFLES IN KOREA. OMGZ. We didn't get the apple pie in the end, but it was all good nonetheless. The ambiance here was stellaaar.

A blurry pic, but the first group pic so it deserves its due. Tom, me, Yuri, Jinjin.


Some clarity. Jinjin(Chinese) and Sunny 형(Korean) have been dating for 5 years. You would think that two people who don't communicate in the same language fluently would have some problems, but alas, I am too naive. I must grow more in the ways of love. Mm mm yes. *strokes non-existant beard

The ice cream place is called Cafe 다. As in, "that's a cafe!" Yuri is from Kobe, Japan. Of course I immediately locked into the Kobe beef conversation with her. Speaking our non-fluent Korean to each other was tough at first but we soon broke through. Plus, I had Tom translate some of the harder vocabulary into Japanese and Yuri did vice-versa.

In the back of Sunny 형's car on the way back to Sinchon. Our favorite song to sing together in the car was 동방신기's 풍선. 지나가버린~, 어린 시절엔~~!


At OB Park! They ran out of maeshil soju, so decided to get apple. Thats our greasy 안주, some form of bacon with vegetables.


Tom getting his red-face on. This was around like 9:30PM; 8 more hours to go Tom!


Wait! You're telling me we have to speak each of our sentences twice in a different language for a mutual understand-ation? Sounds good to me! (ok that only happened on the harder story-tellings)

Putting my best foot foward and making an effort to learn some Japanese. Yuri was also very thoughtful and began to right down the words that I kept asking about. The list grows from here.


아~~! 이나!!

I guess you could call this 4차? The Chicken Hof place called TwoTwo. More soju, beer, and most importantly fried chicken!

This is where all the alcohol began to catch up to us. Yuri has this penchant for sticking her tongue out. Me? I just like doing the peace sign.


Outside on the streets of Sinchon after TwoTwo. May I be honest? I seriously don't remember taking this picture. And I'm sure I used my long arm for this shot.


We stopped by the GS mart to get some snacks. Why is Tom so happy while eating that ice cream bar!? A true lover of food.


We just out here to have a good time~! La la la~(can't add anything more descriptive because it escapes me)


Ok my memory returns. We went to this baseball place to win some prizes. Had to throw an x amount of strikes to get something. I remember that the guy gave Yuri like 20 balls to throw and the guys 8. We all eventually won something. There's a video(s) of this...but its so embarassing that I want to destroy my dika. My first pitch clanged off that white sign up there.


We went to the 노래방, but Yuri began to get a bit sleepy. That's the monkey I won at the baseball place around her neck.


It's noraebang and this time they're not gonna cheat us out of our minutes! (They made 60min=45min, bastards). Gen, gen, GENGHIS KHAHAAAAN!


That's the pillow she won. During the waning minutes of our noraebang time. We kept on trying to leave so Yuri could get sleep back home but she wouldn't have it. We tried tricking her, telling her that the minutes were up. She would then check the timer and tell us to keep going or give us the stare of death. Then we tried telling her that we were bored and wanted to go home. Stare of death again. She would sleep a bit, sing a song, then sleep again.


Justin, I didn't get a chance to eat here! This is 5AM in front of the place Justin/I vow to eat at, but never do. I was gonna crash at Tom's place and go home later, but when we left the noraebang it was already 5AM and time to catch the first train back home!

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im sure yong will have photos and descriptions galore, but he kept me out until 5 am last night now im teaching a new term at cdi... while dieing.

Fiesta~ Fiesta~

Coming hot off the dika.


To Tom's place. See the missing numbers!? I climbed 7 floors before I found the hidden elevator. Seven isn't bad, but climbing 7 thinking you have 5 more to go is torture. (7+5=12 Tom lives on 12th floor :D)


일차! 1st round was 매운 닭갈비. The noodles were spaghetti noodles, they spread a bit of marinera on it, pretty good. Only bad thing was that this place was so f'in loud. The workers would scream their orders at each other and shout their greetings at customers. If you ask for one bottle of soju, they would reply, "소주 한벼~어~엉!!!"


2차. At an outdoor 삼겹살 place. Tom's "I WANT A COOKIE~!"pose. Actually he was explaining something to me(can't remember what though).


3차. At the famous 파전/막걸이 place in Sinchon. That's an egg souffle? It's just egg in a cool bamboo cup. The owner lady(late 30's?) asked us if we weren't gonna eat this weird tofu gelatin thing. Said no, then she bent down a bit, touched my shoulder and told me to eat the kimchee, its good, since its homemade. After that, all I could see was her. (ok let me explain more of this later)


JAWS BARRR!! My childhood treat. Brings back memories whenever I eat it. Sooo delicious. Justin, mission accomplished! Now I must eat at that pasta place(chances don't look good though).


At Buy The Way! You see Starbucks coffee in the background? I saw the ghetto fob version of it. It was called, "STARBONGS."

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Dropshots wouldn't allow me to upload videos over 10MB or something and I hate youtube so just DL the file please~. After a couple of bottles of soju and that ice cold 막길이, you get a bit buzzed. I learned alot about Shu(I peppered tom with incessant questions) and then the alcohol brings the loneliness out. Told Tom how I was filling my days. Met family yesterday at 명동(couple heaven) and going to that place single sometimes even brings the mightiest lumberjack down.

After watching the video, you see how skillyfully they cook the 파전. The owner lady(after she told me to eat kimchee) rolled up her sleeves and started cooking up a storm as well. Told Tom that any female that can cook brings her up to astronomical proportions in my eyes. After that the little (quite foolish) inside joke was that the lady owner was the dream of my life. Then Tom skillyfully translated, "내 꿈의 여자" or something along those lines. Oh yea, we did ask for a second order of kimchee btw.

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I thought I wouldn't be going to 노래방 on this trip. But Tom had my back! We had a great time. We snuck in some soju but it got confiscated midway. Quite reverse-ively, Tom started off with a korean song and me an English song.

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Keeping the Tumbleweed Moving

Busy time in korea so far. I don't know if I can technically term this a vacation. I've been in a medium of transportation for roughly 50% of my time here. Car, minivan, taxi, train, subway etc. You name it, i've rode in it or on it. Time for some hawt pics.

HELLLLOO BEEFCAKE.


The appetizer meal. 불닭. Hotter than anything. I even ate the pickles on the side to cool my mouth. For those who don't know, I really really hate pickles. Not in hamburgers, h.dogs or in anything. I was that desperate.


This is the 꽃 samgyupsal. Or the "flower." It's about 1k won more expensive than the normal. To me, it tastes a bit softer and more flavorful. But after 5-6 servings the lines tend to get blurred.


The 참이슬 has changed. It's "fresh" now. Tastes a bit smoother and doesn't have that horse kick to your mouth when you drink it, ya know that kind of cough syrup aftermath taste.


It was only 3 bottles of soju between us; so I don't know if it was drunkiness or major jet lag. I only landed in korea about 16-18 hours before this shot was taken.

I think i'm gonna update on my other blog for a non-jeesh related part of my stay here in korea. Chekkit out.

thanks

brenden's funny video blog. thanks for taking another 20 minutes of my life. i didnt even get to see the end of the game. looks like another jeesh blog died. maybe we're all just busy. i know i am.