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Published: December 2nd 2007
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This was my first weekend in Daegu and I have to admit it was a lot of fun. On Friday I met with my boss and recruiter to talk about my situation and I told them at that I was frustrated and unhappy. He seemed somewhat willing to work with me to makes things better. I told them that my number one reason for being miserable and the reason that I’d leave was that I wasn’t happy about the location of where I was living. I didn’t sign up to live in the country. They said that they would be ok with me moving to Daegu but that my commute to work would be about an hour. I said I was ok with commuting. So it looks like I’m moving to downtown Daegu. After meeting for about an hour, we finally came to terms that I would give it a chance.
Friday at work was a very busy day for everyone so my co-workers and I all decided to go out for dinner and drinks. Betty's boyfriend was in town for the night and he doesn't speak any English, so I told them taht I needed to practice my Korean so
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Don't you just love the cheesy decoration that we would only speak Korean. They told me that it's really cute when I speak Korean and that It's actually really good. We started out at a Korean restaurant drinking soju then migrated to a Japanese bar and had sake. I showed them how to do sake bombs and they loved it. We made a huge mess drinking so Rick grabbed a mop and started mopping the bar. After sake bombs we decided to go YoungNam for more drinks. We went to a sweet bar and I tried to order a vodka soda only it turned out to be some weird concoction that tasted like a vodka press. Whatever. We all sat around talking about Rick’s love life and trying to help him figure out how he would propose to his girlfriend. I was trying to learn more about the dating rituals in the Korean culture. It’s kind of confusing. And parental acceptance is a HUGE deal. At about 4 in the morning we decided to call it a night and went home.
At 10 in the morning I was woken up by construction that was going on around my apartment. I wanted to scream. I couldn’t go back
to bed so I tried to figure out my internet banking which took in about 3 hours to get set up. I have a headache thinking about it right now. Betty picked me up and we went to E-Mart to get a few things for my apartment. E-Mart is a big deal in Korea. It has multiple floors and carries just about everything and anything you would want. I still needed a few things so Betty took me to a traditional market and we bartered with some ladies to get a book shelf for my apartment. We made a pit stop at a food stand and stood there and had some snacks. It was yummy! We were both so exhausted from the previous night that we decided to go home and rest before heading out to downtown Daegu that night.
Downtown Daegu is so much fun. We went to a “bar” with live music. Some foreigners sang some American songs, we danced and met some American soldiers. Baru closed at 1 so we headed to Rodeo (a popular street with clubs) and tried to find a club with American music. Betty didn’t know of any clubs so I asked some random Americans on the street where there was a good place to go. They took us to Old Skool, a ghetto bar with foreigners and Hip Hop music. The atmosphere was cool but the crowd was dead. At around 3:30 we decided to head out to see if there was somewhere with more people. The random Americans said that Frog was a good place to go. We started walking that way but couldn’t find it so I once again asked some white boys where Frog was and they said that it would be lame and to come to Monkey (I’m not even making the names up) with them. Betty and I were up for anything so we went and it turned out to be pretty sweet. I met some cool people and exchanged some digits. At 5:30 we decided to call it a night and drove home, back to the country. I think Koreans could party for 24 hours straight. I on the other hand, need a full 24 hours to recover from going out.
It was interesting to spend this weekend with Betty, she is an amazing person. So dedicated to learning about life outside of Korea. She told me that since moving here from Pohang, that she didn't have many friends and that its been nice to have me around and someone to actually go out with. She has been a blessing, I'm not sure what I would have done without her. She's always willing to help me out if I ever need anything. Funny thing is that when I first met all the teachers, I thought she would be that last person that would be willing to help out and wasn't quite sure what I thought about her. Proves that first impressions aren't everything, and that we should take the time to get to know people for who they really are. So maybe things here aren't that bad.
Peace and love.
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kalpesh
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sweeeet!
oh oh, I enjoyed this installment. The ending was very doogie howser show like, if you ever saw it. cause the end of the show he would always type up some moral of the story. Sounds like betty's cool, can't wait to read more! keep the pics coming, oh and i think the club names are hilarious!