first weekend out

I had a real Friday night out with my coteacher Michael and boss’ son, Dex. Dex is the English name Michael and I gave him. A lot of Koreans want English names. Dex gave me a Korean name, JinShil, which means "truth." Alicia means truthful and honest, so I thought the Korean equivalent was fitting. Our night started with all you can drink Hof beer with two orders of appetizers at "South Street," a Philly inspired restaurant. After we were stuffed and tipsy, we went to a nore bang, which is a singing room. Along with singing Bon Jovi and Backstreet Boys songs, we had several shots of soju, which is like Korean rice vodka (bleh). The next morning, I hovered over the toilet seat (twice) thinking “this is not what I’m going to be doing here…you are too old to drink like that…but you’re only 23 and it’s only you’re first week in Korea.” After I was somewhat recovered from the night before, I went to a soccer game with Robin to watch her British boyfriend play soccer with his adult students. I met some Korean girls at the soccer game and munched on Korean snacks, which were a mix of sweet and seafood flavored. I'm not enjoying the seafood flavored snacks.