Weekend Update

      This past weekend was pretty fun for me.  Friday night I went to the new location for Tequilaz.  It's a Mexican restaurant that moved from one part of Gwangju to downtown.  I met up with Darrell and Brooke.  They're the couple that organized the Gwangju FC soccer game TL and I went to in July.  Here's the link for that: 
http://livinginsouthkorea.blogspot.com/2011/07/gwangju-fc-soccer.html

      Also, James finished up his contract on Friday so the rugby guys came in from Suncheon, Saturday, to celebrate.  I met up with them at Yangdong Market to check out the foreigner flea market and then I went downtown to do some shopping with Dan and Gerry.  Following that we went back to their friends place so they could get ready.  We hung out for a bit and went to First Nepal to eat some Indian food and celebrate a birthday for a good friend of the rugby guys, Katherine.  I had the delicious mutton tikka, grilled Lamb, and then we went to one of the coolest places in Gwangju.  It's called Ethnic Bar and it's the last thing you would expect to find in Korea. You go underground and the whole place is stone, with a water pond in the center, candel's everywhere and no chairs.  Instead you lounge around on pillows.  It's a great change of pace from the traditional Korean and Western restaurants here. 

A margarita with no lime.

The flea market was on the roof at Yangdong Market.

Ethnic Bar.

My serious moment for the night.

Found this racquet on my way home. It's four feet tall and I looked for the huge tennis ball that went with it but couldn't find it. Very random, very Korea.

        Living in Korea is a great experience but you have to adjust to the fluidity of the job.  You'll get close to people but their contract will end before yours and they're gone. Some people think that you shouldn't get close to people because everyone leaves at different times.  I feel the whole point is to give 100% to what you're doing and who you're with.  Otherwise, you'll regret the moments that slip away because you didn't focus on that moment, its setting and the conversation that took place.

        Next time I'll talk about having Thanksgiving in Korea.