Randomness...

Our friend had a birthday dinner with pumpkin duck! it was so delicious...but i kind of tasted like ham..either way, it was the best ham-tasting-duck baked in a pumpkin i've ever had!!

N8 was the only blond on the subway!

Hey all! Sorr for being so lazy about the blog...but we finally have something to talk about.

We have had our ups and downs this weekend. First off we have some bad news, after coming home from school on friday afternoon N8 and I realized that our motorbike was gone! A few days before we realized that the door to the battery box on the motorbike was tampered with which was a clear sign that someone was trying to hotwire it. So with the help of a young high school student, we called the police and made a report. We are both really bummed about our loss, but its not the end of the world. I dont think that it will be returned because its probably already been sold to someone else. oh well...it was fun while it lasted.

Even though that was a major downer for our Friday night, we were busy getting ready to go out to Seoul on Saturday for our friend's birthday party. A bus to Seoul only takes 3 hours from Gangneung and we arrived at our hostel at 6pm. We brought our friend Marta a small cake and sang happy birthday and started getting ready for the evening. We went out to Itewon, which is the forgeiner hotspot because it has lots of shopping, a forgein food market, and forgein food restaurants. We ended up going to a Thai restaurant which was amazing! It took me back to my time spent in Chaingmai, and it reminded me how easy it was to gain 20 lbs in 4 months. Delicious! Afterwards we walked over to a hukabar called Bricx and it was pretty nice. The small dance floor was totally dark with little streams of green and red lights that would put small dots on everyone in the room. We met up with quite of few people there and we also had some korean friends with us, which made things seem more normal. We had more cake and drank, danced and smoked huka. Afterwards we walked over to a 'noribong' which is a karaoke room. Yes, just ONE room where you go with your friends and sing to one another. Everyone was pretty drunk at this point so we were singing some MJ, Abba, Madonna, and such. We were kicked out after an hour, because thats all we paid for, and we ended up in another bar called Bungalow and created the best dance party ever. Most of us just ended up on the smal sand dancefloor and started movin' and groovin' and had the whole place dancing in like 30 mins! it was very fun.

The next day we were dying for some hangover food and landed this AWESOME burger place. This was the first time in a long time that we have been able to have a big hunk of juicy meat on our plates! The burgers were 100% australian beef, which smelled amazing, and they had all different kinds of burgers. I've been dying for cheese lately so I ordered the Cheesy Cheese Burger, our friend Brett ordered the Ambulance ( Hashbrown, burger, bacon and a sunny side up egg) and Nathan got the Islander that came with a thick slice of pineapple. We also splurged on some chilli cheese fries.. I WAS IN HEAVEN!

You know you eat too much when it hurts to breathe..and believe I was in pain, there was no more room for my lungs to expand. The meal was pretty amazing and much needed. We walked around Itewon looking at shops and small vendor stands and finally made our way to the forgein market and What The Book. The forgein market is comparable to the mexican markets in Pittsburgh, where it's a small store with maybe 3 or 4 isles of random food and treats. I got a small glass bottle of maple syrup for a friend, because she has been wanting pancakes so badly, and it cost $9! For ourselves, we bought some cilantro and 4lbs of cheese! I've been so happy with the cheese lately. We made some quesadillas with flour tortillas that someone gave me and i've been making cheese sandwiches and everything. Next we'll have to make some cheesey spaghetti. I also made a killer veggi soup with a hot pepper and dumplings. It had the perfect punch to it!

So now we are back to the grind and enjoying working at school. Now we have Halloween to look forward to because we are hosting a pregame- halloween party. FUN!