Sunday, June 1, 2008

Paintballs and Birthday Balls





Yesterday, Lucas, Neal and I went paintballing with some of the Korean teachers at Bummeo 1. Turns out, we were the only foreigners going. We ended up paying a lot more than I was expecting, but oh well, just go do it. We were heading the Gyeong Ju, where Jae Won took us with Diana and Mike. It was a hot hot day, and when you're paintballing, you have to wear full coveralls, and they happen to be black. This place was a little different than the one in Pohang that we went to in March. You could do head or body shots, and it was in quite an open space. The losing team had to buy everyone's lunch, that was the bet of the day. But thanks to ME, our team won! That's right. Some of the teachers were cheaters though. I hit some in the head a couple times, and they just wiped it away, pretending like they weren't hit. I just had to hit them again, or three times before they gave up. It was a good time with the teachers, even though they were speaking mostly Korean, and we had no idea what was going on.


Then we came home to shower (which was desperately needed, phew!) before heading out to our next social event, Tyler's Birthday. We were going to a restaurant called Dijon, which is a french place that was supposed to be very delicious. We got there, and the atmosphere is so great, and one of the waiters looked like Guy Pierce, Korean style. His hair was peanut butter coloured, and there was just something odd about him. Anyways, I ordered sirloin (it would be my first steak in 6 months, i had been dreaming of it all day) and a margarita. I got my margarita (8$) and it came in a liqueur glass. Like two sips of margarita for 8$? I was a little sad. It better have been some mighty fine tequila in that dinky little drink I tell ya. Then I got my steak. It was a watery looking steak with a grilled bit of zucchini, mushroom, and tomato. That was it. The steak wasn't anything special either. i could have just gone to outback and had a waaaaaaay better one for cheaper! I was somewhat saddened by this. I should have just ordered the pasta which would have been more than half the price. *sigh* It was an experience anyway, right? The night in the end was pretty fun, we headed to a jazz bar, and a live band was playing when we came in. THen to another bar just to chill out. It was lovely.

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