Dawna, Alex and I are currently at a movie theater here waiting in the lobby and soon to watch Cloverfield. Anyway there's really no purpose to this post aside from me wanting to tell the world that I'm writing this from my brand new iPod touch. Its like a little portable computer... its incredible.
- Gilad
Sunday, January 27, 2008
Wednesday, January 23, 2008
An end to the harassment
So I don't blog. Anyone who knows me, realizes that I'm not one to freely talk about emotions, nor am I one to be patient enough to download all those pictures/videos. My lack of emotion and patience makes me who I am.
Anyways through all the pressure I thought I would add my own two cents. I do believe Gilad and I have been having a bit of a rough time as of late. Neither of us are drawn to the idea of routine, so the Monday - Friday 9-5 (or rather 1-9 for us)thing, really isn't...our thing. Also, the dogs have been a ton of work and so we have found that we have become a boring old couple as of late and that is just totally depressing. We are young and now is the time to enjoy life, but instead we just want to go home and watch t.v. Really, its just sad.
I have never been through so many ups and downs, in such a short time. I feel as if I can never be consistently happy or consistently unhappy, which can be good or bad depending. Either way it can be totally exhausting. Sometimes I just wish we either totally liked it or totally disliked it here. What I keep telling myself is that just because this is an amazing experience that doesn't mean that it has to be an easy experience. Gilad and I have been challenged in so many ways in our short time in Korea. I don't think we ever expected to miss our friends and family as much as we do. Not to say that we didn't think we'd miss everyone, but the feelings are much stronger than we anticipated. Gilad put it best when he said that while we might make friends here they can never replace the ones we have back home. This has made it difficult for us to meet people who can compare but on the flipside we now recognize how important our friends and family are to us. Saying all this we have met some incredible people here who we have shared many good experiences with, foreigners and Koreans alike. People come and go so quick here, but the simple fact that we are sharing new experiences in a new country amplifies each memory.
As Gilad and I are both passionate people, we find it very important to do the things in life that are meaningful rather the ones that are the easiest or reap the most benefit. That has been another barrier we have had to face. Not being passionate. We are not passionate to teach kids and in addition to that we have no outside source to contribute to. We cannot volunteer and so we go to work, come home, go to work, go out with friends, repeat. This has made me very excited to be able to go home and choose a job that I think would really interest me now that I know what it is like to work a job just for the money. Money is not important enough to me to sacrifice my spirit.
P.s. Just a little sidenote. Since I have become an English teacher I have noticed my English skills retract. I can no longer spell simple words such as doctor (once spelled docter) and I have a limited vocabulary that makes me sound less than smart.
Anyways that is my input for now. We can have such difficult days, but then when you step back and look at the big picture, you see all the things you have learned about yourself and all of the opportunities you wouldn't otherwise get. I must say that going to Tokyo and the Philippines is keeping me motivated. I get to see two other places and enjoy another culture, even if it is just for a short while. Oh and while having dogs can be time consuming, frustrating, tiring and expensive, it pretty much is the best thing ever. They are ridiculously cute(so much so that sometimes we forget that they are actually real) and just such good companions. We will be posting some more videos and pictures of them sometime soon!
- DAWNA DAWNA DAWNA DAWNA DAWNA (just incase Gilad didn't see my name)
Anyways through all the pressure I thought I would add my own two cents. I do believe Gilad and I have been having a bit of a rough time as of late. Neither of us are drawn to the idea of routine, so the Monday - Friday 9-5 (or rather 1-9 for us)thing, really isn't...our thing. Also, the dogs have been a ton of work and so we have found that we have become a boring old couple as of late and that is just totally depressing. We are young and now is the time to enjoy life, but instead we just want to go home and watch t.v. Really, its just sad.
I have never been through so many ups and downs, in such a short time. I feel as if I can never be consistently happy or consistently unhappy, which can be good or bad depending. Either way it can be totally exhausting. Sometimes I just wish we either totally liked it or totally disliked it here. What I keep telling myself is that just because this is an amazing experience that doesn't mean that it has to be an easy experience. Gilad and I have been challenged in so many ways in our short time in Korea. I don't think we ever expected to miss our friends and family as much as we do. Not to say that we didn't think we'd miss everyone, but the feelings are much stronger than we anticipated. Gilad put it best when he said that while we might make friends here they can never replace the ones we have back home. This has made it difficult for us to meet people who can compare but on the flipside we now recognize how important our friends and family are to us. Saying all this we have met some incredible people here who we have shared many good experiences with, foreigners and Koreans alike. People come and go so quick here, but the simple fact that we are sharing new experiences in a new country amplifies each memory.
As Gilad and I are both passionate people, we find it very important to do the things in life that are meaningful rather the ones that are the easiest or reap the most benefit. That has been another barrier we have had to face. Not being passionate. We are not passionate to teach kids and in addition to that we have no outside source to contribute to. We cannot volunteer and so we go to work, come home, go to work, go out with friends, repeat. This has made me very excited to be able to go home and choose a job that I think would really interest me now that I know what it is like to work a job just for the money. Money is not important enough to me to sacrifice my spirit.
P.s. Just a little sidenote. Since I have become an English teacher I have noticed my English skills retract. I can no longer spell simple words such as doctor (once spelled docter) and I have a limited vocabulary that makes me sound less than smart.
Anyways that is my input for now. We can have such difficult days, but then when you step back and look at the big picture, you see all the things you have learned about yourself and all of the opportunities you wouldn't otherwise get. I must say that going to Tokyo and the Philippines is keeping me motivated. I get to see two other places and enjoy another culture, even if it is just for a short while. Oh and while having dogs can be time consuming, frustrating, tiring and expensive, it pretty much is the best thing ever. They are ridiculously cute(so much so that sometimes we forget that they are actually real) and just such good companions. We will be posting some more videos and pictures of them sometime soon!
- DAWNA DAWNA DAWNA DAWNA DAWNA (just incase Gilad didn't see my name)
Friday, January 18, 2008
So we've all heard the things we do like...
After living in a foreign country for five months and having several mixed-up feelings about the whole experience, I feel like it's finally time to share the not-so-peachy emotions/feelings I have about South Korea. Now, I've been wrestling with whether or not I should even bother putting up this post as it might offend Koreans who read it. I just want you to know that this isn't a post meant to knock the country... or the people... I'm just simply stating the things that bother me as a Canadian who has grown up in Canada for nearly all my life.
Now, on with it... the things that happen here... that are different in Canada... and bother me... sometimes.
1. The lack of public trash cans.
I don't know what it is, there's trash everywhere. Well, everywhere is a bit of an exaggeration but I dare anybody to find a 5 foot radius that doesn't have litter on it. Well, I guess that does mean it's everywhere. It's not only dirty and unpretty (which is a much nicer nonword than the one I really want to use) but it's especially annoying when you have two dogs. While walking the dogs you're often avoiding the bits of scrap everywhere... from paper, plastic, food, fish bits (i.e. heads), cigarette buds and the most common - broken glass. It's awful seeing the dogs pick the stuff up and having to rush over every few minutes to make sure to get it out of their mouths so they don't swallow it. It's rare and I mean EXTREMELY rare to come across a public trash can. It's almost like a celebration of sorts. And I don't exaggerate that in any way. Also, without any public trash cans, most kids (and adults too, I'm sure) are just used to throwing their trash anywhere. There is a garbage can in every classroom at my school but I guarantee you won't find one classroom at the end of the day that isn't littered with garbage. Most kids simply just don't dump their garbage where it's supposed to go. A few months ago, a student of mine was drinking something out of a can and when he was done, he opened up the window and just tossed it outside.
2. The recycling program
Now, from what I've gathered, all apartments in Korea have different recycling programs. There's not one standard method such as leaving your recycling out in a bin at a certain time and having it get collected by the recycling people... whoever they are. I'm not going to focus on the other apartments since I'm not so sure about their policies but I'll discuss our apartment's ridiculous system. Essentially, we have to save up all our recycling for an entire month. There's also no standard bin, so we keep it all in grocery bags or old laundry hampers. You'd be surprised how much gathers up in a month with the two of us... nearly 6-7 full grocery bags (and I do believe the grocery bags here are a bit bigger than the ones home). It looks awful just sitting out there on our balcony. Anyway, here's the annoying part... the recycling only gets collected ONCE A MONTH... always on the 15th (doesn't matter if it's a Monday, Friday, Saturday... whatever) between the hours of 7-8am. Keep in mind that we don't have to work until 1pm four-out-of-five days and having to get up at 7am to bring our recycling outside is very annoying. Not only that, but once you're downstairs, you have to crush all your bottles and sort through all the junk. There's literally 10 different places your recycling can go and sorting it all out at 7am with one eye shut is ridiculous. The whole process can take up to 20 minutes sometimes.
3. Spitting and horking
I will be the first to admit that I will occasionally spit while I'm outside. I agree, it's not the most gentlemen of acts, but Korean men (and occasionally women) take it one step further. There's spit everywhere. Outside, inside, in class rooms, in elevators, in the hallways, in malls, etc. Again, it's not a pretty sight and again, it's frustrating with two dogs. Just last night, I took Deva and Lincoln out at night and while in the elevator on the way out, there was a giant amount of spit in the corner of the lift. On our way back up, I caught Lincoln licking up the last bits of all that spit. Also, if you're going to be walking outside... even for just 10 minutes, you are absolutely bound to hear somebody horking their brains out. Constantly. About a month ago I went nuts on a kid of mine who spat inside the classroom. There was a washroom just a few feet away.
4. Driving
The driving here is not at all like it is in Canada. Amy put it best a few months ago when she said traffic lights are mainly just suggestions, not rules. Cars frequently (and I really mean usually) run red lights. Doesn't matter if you're walking through the crosswalk and you've got the light to do so... cars will still run the light whether or not you are in their way. Just last night Dawna and I were trying to cross the street (again, we had the light to do so) and nearly got hit by a bus. It was a matter of feet. There have been several times where this happened to me. It's quite frustrating and dangerous. Also, buses here seem to drive twice as fast as cars and cars definitely drive faster than they're legally allowed to I'm sure. Cabs are also dangerous. And most cars/cabs/buses I've been in all have a very jerky-style of driving. There's really no such thing as easing into the breaks or gas.
5. Street Etiquette
Again, I hope this isn't offensive and I'm not trying to insult any Koreans here but the street etiquette is simply just different from the way it is back in Canada. I don't want to draw any comparisons but I can't help it. Living in Korea, you should get used to people cutting into line, people disregarding queues sometimes (like when you're trying to board a bus or a buy a ticket), people not saying 'Thank You' when you hold doors open for them. It can be frustrating, but I have to try my best to remember that this isn't Canada when it comes to this aspect. Also, with the gym, if I put my water bottle on a machine and quickly get up to stretch, I am not surprised anymore if/when my water bottle is removed and my machine is being used by somebody else.
6. Animal Treatment
To put this in a very nice way, many pets here are treated as toys. I've heard several stories of Korean pet owners not taking the best care of their dogs. There are lots of dogs outside just tied up to a posts and the only thing they can access on their 5-foot chain is their dog food, some water and sometimes their dog house. Also, with the lack of grass, these dogs are even lucky if they have a clean area of pavement to rest on. It's quite sad. There's also TONS of homeless dogs in this country and a lot of them are doomed to their lives because of the locals not wanting to pay their vet bill or just getting tired of the responsibilities associated with owning a pet. What do they do? Well, they take their pet in their car, drive off to the next city and just dump the dog outside. Now, not all pet owners are like that, but I've heard enough stories to know it's not an isolated individual doing it. And also, it's NOT strange to see dogs dyed in all sorts of different colors... like white dogs with pink ears and green tails. And also, with fish... and even though some may just consider them fish, I know they're not always treated in the best of ways either. I have seen some fish markets with eels just lying on a rag, still alive, and completely skinned... entirely.
7. Soap
What a weird thing to mention, but there's lots of times where public washrooms aren't equipped with soap. Now, I know this is a result of the infrastructure, so I won't complain about that. But, and I hope this doesn't offend anybody (as it is a reality), but I'd honestly say that nearly 80-90% of people who use the washroom (for a number one or two) do NOT wash their hands when soap is provided. With my students, I'd say that the figure is somewhere near the 95% range.
8. Sales People
Again, different from Canada, so I have to respect it, but that doesn't mean I can't be annoyed by it. Sales people here are VERY aggressive. They always (and again, not an exaggeration) follow you in the store and it makes for a very uncomfortable experience. And also, if you're in the change room and you've tried on something new (i.e. pants) and come out to check it in the mirror, don't be surprised if somebody goes past you and into the change room... while your old pants are still on the floor and you still haven't changed back into your original clothes.
Okay, I think I'm done. I feel better now. There you have it, my honest take on some of the things that do happen to annoy me. Dawna will release her own list, equipped with 300 things. 295 of them are sure to be about me.
- Gilad
Now, on with it... the things that happen here... that are different in Canada... and bother me... sometimes.
1. The lack of public trash cans.
I don't know what it is, there's trash everywhere. Well, everywhere is a bit of an exaggeration but I dare anybody to find a 5 foot radius that doesn't have litter on it. Well, I guess that does mean it's everywhere. It's not only dirty and unpretty (which is a much nicer nonword than the one I really want to use) but it's especially annoying when you have two dogs. While walking the dogs you're often avoiding the bits of scrap everywhere... from paper, plastic, food, fish bits (i.e. heads), cigarette buds and the most common - broken glass. It's awful seeing the dogs pick the stuff up and having to rush over every few minutes to make sure to get it out of their mouths so they don't swallow it. It's rare and I mean EXTREMELY rare to come across a public trash can. It's almost like a celebration of sorts. And I don't exaggerate that in any way. Also, without any public trash cans, most kids (and adults too, I'm sure) are just used to throwing their trash anywhere. There is a garbage can in every classroom at my school but I guarantee you won't find one classroom at the end of the day that isn't littered with garbage. Most kids simply just don't dump their garbage where it's supposed to go. A few months ago, a student of mine was drinking something out of a can and when he was done, he opened up the window and just tossed it outside.
2. The recycling program
Now, from what I've gathered, all apartments in Korea have different recycling programs. There's not one standard method such as leaving your recycling out in a bin at a certain time and having it get collected by the recycling people... whoever they are. I'm not going to focus on the other apartments since I'm not so sure about their policies but I'll discuss our apartment's ridiculous system. Essentially, we have to save up all our recycling for an entire month. There's also no standard bin, so we keep it all in grocery bags or old laundry hampers. You'd be surprised how much gathers up in a month with the two of us... nearly 6-7 full grocery bags (and I do believe the grocery bags here are a bit bigger than the ones home). It looks awful just sitting out there on our balcony. Anyway, here's the annoying part... the recycling only gets collected ONCE A MONTH... always on the 15th (doesn't matter if it's a Monday, Friday, Saturday... whatever) between the hours of 7-8am. Keep in mind that we don't have to work until 1pm four-out-of-five days and having to get up at 7am to bring our recycling outside is very annoying. Not only that, but once you're downstairs, you have to crush all your bottles and sort through all the junk. There's literally 10 different places your recycling can go and sorting it all out at 7am with one eye shut is ridiculous. The whole process can take up to 20 minutes sometimes.
3. Spitting and horking
I will be the first to admit that I will occasionally spit while I'm outside. I agree, it's not the most gentlemen of acts, but Korean men (and occasionally women) take it one step further. There's spit everywhere. Outside, inside, in class rooms, in elevators, in the hallways, in malls, etc. Again, it's not a pretty sight and again, it's frustrating with two dogs. Just last night, I took Deva and Lincoln out at night and while in the elevator on the way out, there was a giant amount of spit in the corner of the lift. On our way back up, I caught Lincoln licking up the last bits of all that spit. Also, if you're going to be walking outside... even for just 10 minutes, you are absolutely bound to hear somebody horking their brains out. Constantly. About a month ago I went nuts on a kid of mine who spat inside the classroom. There was a washroom just a few feet away.
4. Driving
The driving here is not at all like it is in Canada. Amy put it best a few months ago when she said traffic lights are mainly just suggestions, not rules. Cars frequently (and I really mean usually) run red lights. Doesn't matter if you're walking through the crosswalk and you've got the light to do so... cars will still run the light whether or not you are in their way. Just last night Dawna and I were trying to cross the street (again, we had the light to do so) and nearly got hit by a bus. It was a matter of feet. There have been several times where this happened to me. It's quite frustrating and dangerous. Also, buses here seem to drive twice as fast as cars and cars definitely drive faster than they're legally allowed to I'm sure. Cabs are also dangerous. And most cars/cabs/buses I've been in all have a very jerky-style of driving. There's really no such thing as easing into the breaks or gas.
5. Street Etiquette
Again, I hope this isn't offensive and I'm not trying to insult any Koreans here but the street etiquette is simply just different from the way it is back in Canada. I don't want to draw any comparisons but I can't help it. Living in Korea, you should get used to people cutting into line, people disregarding queues sometimes (like when you're trying to board a bus or a buy a ticket), people not saying 'Thank You' when you hold doors open for them. It can be frustrating, but I have to try my best to remember that this isn't Canada when it comes to this aspect. Also, with the gym, if I put my water bottle on a machine and quickly get up to stretch, I am not surprised anymore if/when my water bottle is removed and my machine is being used by somebody else.
6. Animal Treatment
To put this in a very nice way, many pets here are treated as toys. I've heard several stories of Korean pet owners not taking the best care of their dogs. There are lots of dogs outside just tied up to a posts and the only thing they can access on their 5-foot chain is their dog food, some water and sometimes their dog house. Also, with the lack of grass, these dogs are even lucky if they have a clean area of pavement to rest on. It's quite sad. There's also TONS of homeless dogs in this country and a lot of them are doomed to their lives because of the locals not wanting to pay their vet bill or just getting tired of the responsibilities associated with owning a pet. What do they do? Well, they take their pet in their car, drive off to the next city and just dump the dog outside. Now, not all pet owners are like that, but I've heard enough stories to know it's not an isolated individual doing it. And also, it's NOT strange to see dogs dyed in all sorts of different colors... like white dogs with pink ears and green tails. And also, with fish... and even though some may just consider them fish, I know they're not always treated in the best of ways either. I have seen some fish markets with eels just lying on a rag, still alive, and completely skinned... entirely.
7. Soap
What a weird thing to mention, but there's lots of times where public washrooms aren't equipped with soap. Now, I know this is a result of the infrastructure, so I won't complain about that. But, and I hope this doesn't offend anybody (as it is a reality), but I'd honestly say that nearly 80-90% of people who use the washroom (for a number one or two) do NOT wash their hands when soap is provided. With my students, I'd say that the figure is somewhere near the 95% range.
8. Sales People
Again, different from Canada, so I have to respect it, but that doesn't mean I can't be annoyed by it. Sales people here are VERY aggressive. They always (and again, not an exaggeration) follow you in the store and it makes for a very uncomfortable experience. And also, if you're in the change room and you've tried on something new (i.e. pants) and come out to check it in the mirror, don't be surprised if somebody goes past you and into the change room... while your old pants are still on the floor and you still haven't changed back into your original clothes.
Okay, I think I'm done. I feel better now. There you have it, my honest take on some of the things that do happen to annoy me. Dawna will release her own list, equipped with 300 things. 295 of them are sure to be about me.
- Gilad
Slow Blogging Times
Hey everyone,
Again, sorry for the lack of updates. It gets tough trying to muster up new ideas or things to post about when life becomes quite redundant. I post this at 3:45am on a Friday night (thank G-d) right before bed. I *promise* a new post will be up by weekends end stuffed full of thoughts from myself. A lot of the stuff I'm going to write has been bottled up for quite some time but I figure that since this blog is mine (and probably 3% Dawnas... solely based on post totals by each person hah), i'm entitled to posting my thoughts and feelings about everything. Anyway, look forward to that sometime soon.
- Gilad
Again, sorry for the lack of updates. It gets tough trying to muster up new ideas or things to post about when life becomes quite redundant. I post this at 3:45am on a Friday night (thank G-d) right before bed. I *promise* a new post will be up by weekends end stuffed full of thoughts from myself. A lot of the stuff I'm going to write has been bottled up for quite some time but I figure that since this blog is mine (and probably 3% Dawnas... solely based on post totals by each person hah), i'm entitled to posting my thoughts and feelings about everything. Anyway, look forward to that sometime soon.
- Gilad
Saturday, January 12, 2008
Not Really Korea-Related But...
Found this on Youtube via Alex.
Pretty crazy. More specifically, Drew, what do you think?
- Gilad
Pretty crazy. More specifically, Drew, what do you think?
- Gilad
Monday, January 7, 2008
Happy New Years (and the beef patties, banana bread and puppy parties)
Apologies for the lack of updates. I don't know what's harder around these parts... teaching English to really low-level students or trying to get Dawna to put up a blog post. ANYWAY, Dawna and I have been super busy as of late. We've celebrated a birthday, booked tickets to Tokyo for the Lunar new year, took care of our dogs, worked and have generally had very little time/energy to throw up a blog post. In the wee hours of the night, I actually feel some motivation, so here's another picture/video update of the past few days.
So for New Years 2008, Dawna, Alex and I decided to venture off to Busan... home to South Korea's second biggest city and a place where there's generally more happening. We hit up Vinyl Underground as we've heard it's pretty popular with foreigners around New Years time. It was also nice that it was a dance club because the whole world knows how much I, Gilad Cohen, love to dance. All sarcasm aside, Dawna and Alex were feeling the dancing so we went there. Pretty cool place but we were under the impression that they'd be playing Hip Hop. It was all big-time house.. constantly. We got there around 11pm-ish and stayed till nearly 5am. We were cheap and didn't want to rent out a hotel/motel room so we had no choice but to party until the early hours of the morning until the bus station reopened and we could head back to Masan. Anyway, here's some pictures/videos of that night. Oh yea, before the club, we found a really nice Italian/pasta restaurant. The food was quite good... it was refreshing to have something that resembled authentic western/Italian food.
I had some fetuccini (Dave W will make a reference here, i'm sure), Dawna had a nice salad, and Alex had some seafood pasta. We were so happy to get the food that we forgot to take pictures of it. All we got a shot of was the garlic bread.
Alex awaiting the food.
We did manage to get shots of the empty plates though.
One of those pictures.
Dawna showing off that new haircut.
Walking the streets looking as GQ as possible... trying to find how the heck to get to the club.
In the Busan subway... Alex looking... well... Alex.
Dawna showing off the model poses.
At a bar, before the club.
Alex thinking about which drink to order.
Half an hour later, he decides .. Hite Beer (the only thing he ever drinks).
Dawna and Alex.
Now at Vinyl Underground.
Alex and Dawna.
Posing for the camera.
Gilad looking as much as The Killers as possible.
You know you look good on the dance flo.
Uh huh.
Paparazzi shot of Gidawnalad.
What the inside of Vinyl Underground sounded like.
... and then we celebrated Mikyoung's birthday. Went to Long Life (the place with the REALLY LARGE drinks) and followed that up by spending a few hours in the karaoke bar.
Dawna and the birthday girl.
Kosta striking a pose.
Chris and Mikyoung doing their coupley-heavy-metal-thing.
Us doing our Dani-California-thing.
Them doing their "we-scored-100-percent-on-this-song-and-have-to-remind-everyone-all-night-thing"
I. Am. Really. Tired.
Dawna and Alex taking it all in.
Chris making a tamborine seem so cool.
Gilad ponders, "crap, I hope our dogs are not destroying our apartment right now."
Dawna shows off new haircut as Gilad shows off his new sweater.
House of Glory, pay attention to the names of the James Brown songs.
And while we're on this giant picture frenzy, here's a few more. The other day, we took Lincoln out for his first ever walk. Here we are at the park.
Uh, me walking the dogs. Them sniffing the grass.
Dogs doing what dogs do when they're being walked.
...
And then there's our dogs being cute... this is obviously becoming a staple of every post.
Lazy Sunday.
We had a puppy party the other day... Alex was dogsitting two dogs... we brought them over. Here I am buried in dog.
The dogs, especially Deva, having a good time.
And finally, I spent a few hours cooking yesterday. We were really craving beef patties but Korea doesn't sell them... so I made them from scratch. They actually turned out really nice.
Wishing there were more.
Really wishing there were more.
And while I was at it, I decided to bake some banana bread from scratch as well. Turned out really good too.
Alright, there you have it. An excuse to not have to blog again for a while. I bet the next blog post DOESN'T come from Dawna.
- Gilad
So for New Years 2008, Dawna, Alex and I decided to venture off to Busan... home to South Korea's second biggest city and a place where there's generally more happening. We hit up Vinyl Underground as we've heard it's pretty popular with foreigners around New Years time. It was also nice that it was a dance club because the whole world knows how much I, Gilad Cohen, love to dance. All sarcasm aside, Dawna and Alex were feeling the dancing so we went there. Pretty cool place but we were under the impression that they'd be playing Hip Hop. It was all big-time house.. constantly. We got there around 11pm-ish and stayed till nearly 5am. We were cheap and didn't want to rent out a hotel/motel room so we had no choice but to party until the early hours of the morning until the bus station reopened and we could head back to Masan. Anyway, here's some pictures/videos of that night. Oh yea, before the club, we found a really nice Italian/pasta restaurant. The food was quite good... it was refreshing to have something that resembled authentic western/Italian food.
I had some fetuccini (Dave W will make a reference here, i'm sure), Dawna had a nice salad, and Alex had some seafood pasta. We were so happy to get the food that we forgot to take pictures of it. All we got a shot of was the garlic bread.
Alex awaiting the food.
We did manage to get shots of the empty plates though.
One of those pictures.
Dawna showing off that new haircut.
Walking the streets looking as GQ as possible... trying to find how the heck to get to the club.
In the Busan subway... Alex looking... well... Alex.
Dawna showing off the model poses.
At a bar, before the club.
Alex thinking about which drink to order.
Half an hour later, he decides .. Hite Beer (the only thing he ever drinks).
Dawna and Alex.
Now at Vinyl Underground.
Alex and Dawna.
Posing for the camera.
Gilad looking as much as The Killers as possible.
You know you look good on the dance flo.
Uh huh.
Paparazzi shot of Gidawnalad.
What the inside of Vinyl Underground sounded like.
... and then we celebrated Mikyoung's birthday. Went to Long Life (the place with the REALLY LARGE drinks) and followed that up by spending a few hours in the karaoke bar.
Dawna and the birthday girl.
Kosta striking a pose.
Chris and Mikyoung doing their coupley-heavy-metal-thing.
Us doing our Dani-California-thing.
Them doing their "we-scored-100-percent-on-this-song-and-have-to-remind-everyone-all-night-thing"
I. Am. Really. Tired.
Dawna and Alex taking it all in.
Chris making a tamborine seem so cool.
Gilad ponders, "crap, I hope our dogs are not destroying our apartment right now."
Dawna shows off new haircut as Gilad shows off his new sweater.
House of Glory, pay attention to the names of the James Brown songs.
And while we're on this giant picture frenzy, here's a few more. The other day, we took Lincoln out for his first ever walk. Here we are at the park.
Uh, me walking the dogs. Them sniffing the grass.
Dogs doing what dogs do when they're being walked.
...
And then there's our dogs being cute... this is obviously becoming a staple of every post.
Lazy Sunday.
We had a puppy party the other day... Alex was dogsitting two dogs... we brought them over. Here I am buried in dog.
The dogs, especially Deva, having a good time.
And finally, I spent a few hours cooking yesterday. We were really craving beef patties but Korea doesn't sell them... so I made them from scratch. They actually turned out really nice.
Wishing there were more.
Really wishing there were more.
And while I was at it, I decided to bake some banana bread from scratch as well. Turned out really good too.
Alright, there you have it. An excuse to not have to blog again for a while. I bet the next blog post DOESN'T come from Dawna.
- Gilad
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