A Weekend of Shopping and Hiking!

I have been very behind on my blogs lately and it has not been on purpose. My computer has been acting up and I have been busy with other things. Anyways, last weekend, started off with a chill Friday night. Holly and I went for dinner together. Then we headed to the only DVD room in Yeonsu where you can go watch a movie in your own private room and buy snack, etc. They are mostly used for couples who need time away from their houses (where their parents live) to get a little one on one/loving time alone. When we finished with the movie we headed to Mad Max for some cola's and a fruit platter. Saturday, Carolina and I headed to Myeong-dong, which is the shopping district of Seoul. We spent a good portion of the afternoon there shopping, bsaically, until we dropped. When we had enough we headed back to Incheon and meet up with Holly, Nicole and others for a night out in Guwol-dong. We started at King Kong, which is a lot of fun. I wasn't drinking, so playing drinking games sober was funny. We stayed at King Kong a while before heading outside, so Nicole could play the soccer machine, which ended with her on her ass and a scraped knee and toe. Then majority ruled to go to Garten Bier, so we headed there. However, I didn't stay because I was exhausted and sober and wanted to be up early Sunday. Sunday, I ended up sleeping in, but it was nice to actually get some sleep. When I finally got motivated, I cleaned my house, and then I headed to climb the mountain in my area. This mountain is not huge or anything, but it can be a rough climb, so it was a great work-out. It took me about 90 minutes to climb to the top and back down. When I finished I met Holly at Lotte Mart and we did some grocery shopping. Then we had dinner together and came back to my place to have a games night. We played Clue, while watching High School musical. It was a god weekend. I always hate Mondays because it's back to school and Mondays are never fun for anyone. The school week went by like any other week. I really enjoy working with Mrs. Kim because she is easy to talk to and the students seem to respect her quite a bit. The grade 6's don't seem as out of control this year as they did last year. Monday and Wednesday I was at Inha taking my usual weekly Korean lessons. Once, I actually start studying the language more than I do now I know I can become more fluent in it. It is a really tough language to learn though once you see how it breaks down, bit by bit. However, it is really making me want to learn more languages, so I'm thinking of picking French back up and re-learning Spanish. If I can manage to learn those languages, I might start to learn even more, but I'm getting ahead of myself.. This weekend was a little busier and less relaxing. Friday night, Nicole, Holly and I had ribs for dinner at the delicious rib place in our area. Afterward, we headed to Mad Max for a few drinks and to hang out. A few drinks turned into shots, which then turned into dancing for a table of Korean guys (one of which we had met another time at MM). Then eventually, we ended up sitting with the table of Korean guys for a while before they split and we headed to Jumbo nightclub. It is seriously the worst nightclub in Incheon, full of ajusshi's (old men) working there and attending it. We stayed for maybe 30 minutes before heading to US66 at which point I called it a night. Saturday I headed to Suwon with Nicole for my friend Heidi's birthday party. We left Incheon at 4:00PM and it took us 3 hours to get to her house because we could not time the trains right at all. We waited for half an hour at Gurp station for the rapid train to Suwon, which then literally took us 15 minutes to Suwon. It was my first time seeing Heidi since we were in Bali together, so it was great to see her and finally see her house. I also, got to see Rudy and Marco as well. We didn't stay later than 10:00PM because we wanted to be back in Incheon by the last train. However, when we got off the bus from Heidi's house to Suwon station Nicole found a bus that went straight to Incheon, so we hopped on it and were home in an hour, which definitely beats our 3 hour trip to Suwon. Sunday I was up early because I wanted to climb the mountain again. This time Nicole joined me for the hike, so it was a bit more exciting to have company. We climbed one side of the mountain and went down the other. We stumbled upon some construction on our way down the mountain, which was quite entertaining. We also wondered what would happen if one of us injured ourselves while hiking the mountain. I didn't bring my cell phone with me, but thankfully Nicole did, so her phone could have been used to call 119. *The things we think of while hiking.* Nicole and I parted ways at her place and I walked home alone. Then I just chilled out for a bit, showered and headed back Nicole's way to check out rooftop patio we stumbled upon earlier in the week. It wasn't opened when Holly, Mike, Nicole and I met, so we headed to a nearby middle school to chill out with some drinks and snacks. We went back to check if it was open later and it was. We enjoyed some cold beverages and food and we played some Euchre and Asshole card games. I wasn't very good at Euchre, but I was distracted at the time of playing. I think I could be really good at it with a better lesson on how to play. I think I will get that lesson from my dad since he is a die hard Euchre player. Holly and I headed home together around 9:00PM because it was Sunday night and I wanted to make sure I had a good nights sleep before Monday teaching started again.