bringing sexy back

Great night out in Kwangwhamun tonight.

There is a statue of a Korean Admiral who overturned the Japanese invasion with 1/10th of the ships. Japan had landed troops and steamrolled the mainland, but this admiral took on the japanese navy and dominated through guerrilla tactics and "home court advantage." Much like Thermopylae, he lured the Japanese troops into a choke point where the tides mixed, and if you didn't know how to navigate the pass, you'd be dead in the water. This Korean admiral regained power on the mainland from the sea with 30 ships vs. the Japanese 300 ships. BUT HE WAS A BAD STUDENT.
[all information comes from co-worker, Billy]

The area we were in had statues and theaters and art galleries and sky scrapers and huge intersections, and was only 1 stop away from City Hall and the the snazziest hotel i've seen in the whole country. It was so exciting to even walk around, amidst thousands of people getting off work and hanging out, going to bars, getting chicken like us, drinking beer like us, catching cabs like us, and enjoying the end of the week like we were.

I guess i should mention who i was with. Billy is an ex-marine who seems as cynical as i am about Korea, except he has been here for over a year and has several Korean friends, and can speak practically fluent Korean (among the 8 other languages he knows). Varrick is a black guy from Chicago, and the only reason i mention his skin color is because he gets a lot of attention from Koreans at bars, on the subway, street, in McDonalds, 7-Eleven... you get the point. He's really fun and went to see G.I. Joe with me. We applauded when the line "Yo Joe!" occurred, really nice guy. And Chloe was with us, she is a Korean teacher at our school who is not only funny and helpful at work, but dances with us and shows us around town after work. My new job is awesome.

So we missed seeing a movie, but instead went to "Table Bar" for a couple hours dancing and drinking REAL BEER. (Picture the bar as 3 big bar-height tables with piles of ice and beer in the middle) They had a live DJ too, which makes the night so much more enjoyable.

As Omar and Rodort put it:
"I'm really happy to hear you're enjoying yourself over there."

Couldn't have put it better myself :D