11th Anniversary Party

Yesterday was the 11th anniversary of the school. There was a company wide party which I didn't really want to go to. It included watching our boss play soccer for four hours against a team which he paid to lose. It was freezing outside, and everyone was not impressed with the chill. Many people had brought hot chocolate with Baileys or coffee and Kahlua to pass the time. Luc and I have neither thermos, coffee, hot chocolate, or liquor. After that, we went to EXCO (exhibition and convention centre) for a dinner. The dinner was pretty good, a lot of different food. Luc tried Octopus, they were just sitting there on a platter, all the tenticles. Purple ones. No thank you. There was a talent show, where the winner would win 1million won. Our friend Melanie did a fire dance which she learned in New Zealand. I'll put up pictures and maybe a video. IT was amazing. But she didn't win! Mel came in 5th! But then the WHOLE EVENING was in Korean. All the announcers, presentations, everything was in Korean. All the foreign teachers didn't know what was going on.

After soccer and dinner, we went home for a quick change before heading downtown. This was the first time Luc has come out to a bar on his own free will. I was very impressed! We went to a place called Old Skool. THe whole bar was foreigners, which was nice. The music though was pretty much all rap. *sigh* I really don't like rap, but i made it work. Everyone smokes in Korea, and you can smoke inside. So within an hour, the bar was so smokey, my eyes were watering and I had to go outside for a few to actually breathe. Now all my things smell like smoke. It was pretty nasty. I don't understand how anyone can do that! *hint hint* It made me miss the smoke0free restaurants and bars in Canada. Not that I'm a bar person. Everyone was tanked last night, I was the only sober person. I'm not much of a drinker, I don't like the feeling of being drunk or the feeling the next morning. I had fun nevertheless. We left the bar at 3, though apparently, that's really early, usually you leave at 5. I wouldn't be able to do that, that's a little too much for me. I like sleeping at night :D We went for galbi afterward (Korean BBQ). Mom, Dad, Diana, and Mike, we're going to be taking you to one of those when you are here!

So now, today is laundry day, and Luc is heading out to play hockey again. He is planning on posting every Sunday, and I'm allowed to yell at him with no retributions until he does!