So as I mentioned before, Si and I were desperate to ease our minds of our unfortunate Easter weekend. Two fashion shows, two showers, one quick email to Emilie, and two kettles later, we were ready to make the trip to Hongdae. Feeling incomplete without our third and most fabulous Diva, we took a detour on the way to the bus stop to try and convince Pauly to come with us. To our disappointment, she wasn't home. So with heads held low, we hopped onto the 5100 Bus and headed to Gangnam. Now I should mention that Sionna has "a bladder the size of a raisin", and after our two kettles and a travel drink, we soon realized that she was in trouble. Stuck in a little unexpected traffic, Si began to dance around in pain. At last, the bus pulled over and Sionna pushed her way off the bus as the two Korean guys next to us said, "run, run!"
Unfortunately for us, it was already midnight and the subway was closed down for the night. We asked several cabs to take us to Hongik University, but to our dismay, the drivers shooed us away. Then out of nowhere, this Korean guy says, "Can I help you? Do you remember me? I was sitting on the bus in front of you on the way here. I heard you had a problem"
Us: "LOL, yes we had a little problem. But yes PLEASE!"
Him: "Okay. Just let me finish." (his mandu)
Phewf! Around 20 mins or so later, we arrived at our exact destination. The cab driver was the best we've had so far. He even prompted us to touch up our hair and make up as we were almost there. He even gave us what we thought was a breath mint. But it turns out it was a menthol halls cough drop. (Eww.) We exited the cab and tipped the driver 5,00o won (which you never do) but we ran away too quickly for him to give it back. We surprisingly found exactly where we wanted to be within a few minutes and jumped up and down proudly for our un-sober accomplishment. Soon after, we walked into two clubs and then quickly out of them in search for a short bathroom line. I bought some street meat off my favorite vendor and then out of no where we hear the following:
Some black guy: "Yo that girl looks familiar! I know here from somewhere."
Us: (We keep walking, uninterested)
Some black guy: "New Paltz?"
Us: (We stopped dead in our tracks, looked at each other as we both swung around with our jaws to the ground in shock.) "Did you say New Paltz?"
It turns out he was a basketball player from NP who recognized Sionna from Kickline. We took a snapshot and learned that he'd been here for four months now. Si and I instantaneously new this was going to be one of those all out "random nights".
We walked into another club, used the restroom, and as we walked out, were malled by men like they've never seen a chick before. We both were actually uncomfortable at the line of 7 guys trying to get our attention. All I could say was that we just got here and needed a drink. As some white guy is trying to drag us to the dance floor, this Korean guy (Jimmy) comes over and says, "Come with me, I'll get you your drinks." Si and I shrugged our shoulders and followed the man to the VIP section of the club where we sat down with two other Korean guys (Joon and Sean) and one girl (Young Ju). We were each given a Jack and Coke and then the dumb guy who was trying to persuade us to dance earlier invited himself in. Nobody wanted him there as he was uninvited and he was continually kicked out again, and again, and again.
Jimmy: "I just said Hi. I don't understand! Why won't he stay away?!?"
We made friends with the table and to our surprise, they spoke better English than us!
Now Young Ju is the cutest little Korean you've ever seen and we became instant friends. She is super shy about her English (as she is still learning and getting confident with her skills) but her and Sionna established that they would be each others teachers. So for the rest of the evening, she called Sionna either Beyonce or Teacher. She also couldn't stop telling us how beautiful we were because we had curves, breasts, and big eyes. That's Korean culture for you! We were eventually invited out for 2:30 am galbi and soju. Sionna and I agreed and off we went with our new found Korean friends. We sat down, had three more bottles of soju, some pork galbi (Sionna finally gave into pork - it's everywhere), and then Joon, Jimmy, Si, and myself all hopped into a cab to Incheon where we would go to the bar that Jimmy owned.
As the cab pulled over to let us out at our destination point, standing on the same corner was Aaron (our other friend from New Paltz). Seriously, out of all the places we could have gone, especially in Incheon, there was Aaron, drunk as a skunk, and on his way to McDonalds for some late night food. We hugged and kissed, parted ways, and then proceeded to the bar for some more drinks. Eventually our night ended at a motel at around 6am. 8:30am rolled around and Sionna and I picked ourselves up to go to home (we couldn't be late for the cherry blossom festival with Pauly). Sionna took the obvious souvenirs: a hand towel and two porcelain figurines, and we stumbled out of the motel together. We got a few looks as we tried to figure out where we were in our "club clothes" from the night before. Eventually we crossed paths with a Dunkin Donuts and Sionna ran for doors. See, she gave up Dunkin Donuts for Lent and it was officially Sunday. Need I say more.
A half dozen donuts later, we jumped into yet another cab for Youngton Homeplusaaaahhhh. It wasn't long before we figured out our cab driver had no idea where he was going. We stopped for directions a few times and he found a homeplus in Suwon. ("You can't just find a random Homeplus in Suwon and expect it to be ours!") A few highways and a dead-end later, we finally had arrived home.
Mission Random Night of Distraction Complete!!
Unfortunately for us, it was already midnight and the subway was closed down for the night. We asked several cabs to take us to Hongik University, but to our dismay, the drivers shooed us away. Then out of nowhere, this Korean guy says, "Can I help you? Do you remember me? I was sitting on the bus in front of you on the way here. I heard you had a problem"
Us: "LOL, yes we had a little problem. But yes PLEASE!"
Him: "Okay. Just let me finish." (his mandu)
Phewf! Around 20 mins or so later, we arrived at our exact destination. The cab driver was the best we've had so far. He even prompted us to touch up our hair and make up as we were almost there. He even gave us what we thought was a breath mint. But it turns out it was a menthol halls cough drop. (Eww.) We exited the cab and tipped the driver 5,00o won (which you never do) but we ran away too quickly for him to give it back. We surprisingly found exactly where we wanted to be within a few minutes and jumped up and down proudly for our un-sober accomplishment. Soon after, we walked into two clubs and then quickly out of them in search for a short bathroom line. I bought some street meat off my favorite vendor and then out of no where we hear the following:
Some black guy: "Yo that girl looks familiar! I know here from somewhere."
Us: (We keep walking, uninterested)
Some black guy: "New Paltz?"
Us: (We stopped dead in our tracks, looked at each other as we both swung around with our jaws to the ground in shock.) "Did you say New Paltz?"
It turns out he was a basketball player from NP who recognized Sionna from Kickline. We took a snapshot and learned that he'd been here for four months now. Si and I instantaneously new this was going to be one of those all out "random nights".
We walked into another club, used the restroom, and as we walked out, were malled by men like they've never seen a chick before. We both were actually uncomfortable at the line of 7 guys trying to get our attention. All I could say was that we just got here and needed a drink. As some white guy is trying to drag us to the dance floor, this Korean guy (Jimmy) comes over and says, "Come with me, I'll get you your drinks." Si and I shrugged our shoulders and followed the man to the VIP section of the club where we sat down with two other Korean guys (Joon and Sean) and one girl (Young Ju). We were each given a Jack and Coke and then the dumb guy who was trying to persuade us to dance earlier invited himself in. Nobody wanted him there as he was uninvited and he was continually kicked out again, and again, and again.
Jimmy: "I just said Hi. I don't understand! Why won't he stay away?!?"
We made friends with the table and to our surprise, they spoke better English than us!
Now Young Ju is the cutest little Korean you've ever seen and we became instant friends. She is super shy about her English (as she is still learning and getting confident with her skills) but her and Sionna established that they would be each others teachers. So for the rest of the evening, she called Sionna either Beyonce or Teacher. She also couldn't stop telling us how beautiful we were because we had curves, breasts, and big eyes. That's Korean culture for you! We were eventually invited out for 2:30 am galbi and soju. Sionna and I agreed and off we went with our new found Korean friends. We sat down, had three more bottles of soju, some pork galbi (Sionna finally gave into pork - it's everywhere), and then Joon, Jimmy, Si, and myself all hopped into a cab to Incheon where we would go to the bar that Jimmy owned.
As the cab pulled over to let us out at our destination point, standing on the same corner was Aaron (our other friend from New Paltz). Seriously, out of all the places we could have gone, especially in Incheon, there was Aaron, drunk as a skunk, and on his way to McDonalds for some late night food. We hugged and kissed, parted ways, and then proceeded to the bar for some more drinks. Eventually our night ended at a motel at around 6am. 8:30am rolled around and Sionna and I picked ourselves up to go to home (we couldn't be late for the cherry blossom festival with Pauly). Sionna took the obvious souvenirs: a hand towel and two porcelain figurines, and we stumbled out of the motel together. We got a few looks as we tried to figure out where we were in our "club clothes" from the night before. Eventually we crossed paths with a Dunkin Donuts and Sionna ran for doors. See, she gave up Dunkin Donuts for Lent and it was officially Sunday. Need I say more. A half dozen donuts later, we jumped into yet another cab for Youngton Homeplusaaaahhhh. It wasn't long before we figured out our cab driver had no idea where he was going. We stopped for directions a few times and he found a homeplus in Suwon. ("You can't just find a random Homeplus in Suwon and expect it to be ours!") A few highways and a dead-end later, we finally had arrived home.
Mission Random Night of Distraction Complete!!
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