Single traveler

Friday, May 12, 2006

My brain is fried!!!!

I am mentally exhausted!!!! I teach all day, and then I try to go out all night. I really want to make the most of my time here and experience everything I can. For the first time in my life I feel like an over acheiver. But I am probably just at par with everyone else, in the world. I have never worked so hard in life, but I feel very satisfied at the end of each day.

Thursday night Sok Hyun(Martin) invited me to get out of Seoul and visit him at his University in Yongin. He attends Myoung Ji university, and they were having there yearly spring festival. It took me over 2 hours by bus to get there, but it was well worth it. The festival was basically a concert. There was a professional breakdancing group called "Da boys", a famous comedy act called gecens concert or something like that, and then Kim Jang Hoon ( a very famous singer). All of the performances were amazing. Even though the comedy act was all in Korean, I still found it extremely funny. Also, I would just laugh whenever anyone else laughed. Sok Hyun tried to translate as best as he could, but it was difficult. The singer Kim Jang Hoon was really entertaining. He drank beer and soju on stage and then began pouring the alcohol into peoples mouths. I had to work the next day, so we left the concert a little early and headed over to the Soju tents. I think I was the only foreigner on campus, so everyone was really staring at me. This does not bother Sok Hyun at all, unlike H (it really makes H uncomfortable when people look at us). I met one of Sok Hyuns friends at the soju tent. She was this teeney tiny girl and she was very cute and nice. We drank a little and ate a little, we also got free peaches as a service, because I am a foreigner. Usually in Korea, I either get free stuff because I am or a foreigner or I totally get screwed over. Overall though I think its pretty balanced. Sok Hyun walked me to the bus at about 11:30 for my long trip back to the city. I fell asleep on the bus and woke up right before I was supposed to get up. I was pretty lucky for that!!!!!! It was one of the best things I have done in Korea. I am truly lucky to have met Sok Hyun.

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