In Da Club

Justin met another foreigner on the elevator yesterday morning and we ended up going out with her and a group of her teacher-friends to a club called Slang in Beomgye.  Beomgye is very close to where Justin and I work and we were surprised to find that there are some pretty awesome bars and dance clubs there.

At said dance club, we discovered the crowd listening to Jay-Z, 50 Cent, and loads of other American hip-hop artist favorites.  It’s funny seeing Koreans mouth the words to the raps, but not know how to speak a lick of English unless they rap along to these types of ghetto tunes.

Electric Boogaloo

It wasn’t very long until Justin and I found out dancing is not the same in Korea as it is in America.  Guys can dance with guys and girls can dance with girls, but it’s not considered gay.  When guys dance with girls, there is no touching.  This makes most of the Asian and American white men look like fools.  Trying to get sexy with the 2-3 feet of space between a woman is super awkward.  It kind of defeats the purpose of dancing in a club because clubs are so loud, you can’t hear what anyone is saying unless you are pretty much in the act of intercourse.  So, in effect, Justin and my night was spent silently humping the air between us and a bunch of unknown hotties who continually tried to get us to grind on a pole while screaming things at us in Korean.

On a side note, I really wish I had my camera with me last night because seeing Justin dance around, essentially dancing with no one, was one of the most ridiculous, hilarious things I have ever seen in my life.  I am sure I looked just as bad, too.  Anyways, I hope to have a girlfriend to go to these kinds of places with sometime in the near future.  It would make these kinds of situations much more bearable.

Justin and I left after about 2 hours at the club.  Some of the songs were quite raunchy.  We left to the tune “Pussy Poppin’”, which happened to be the raunchiest song I have ever heard in my entire life.  I wonder if most of the Koreans at the club even knew what the words meant.

Kings, Queens, and Jacks Don’t Like Smoke, Fool!

Beauty Queen turned old hag

You better not smoke in the mall in Korea or else there will be some super pissed off playing cards.

King needs a cough drop

Roses smell like boo-boo

The Best Creation Ever

Sugar baby

I must stop and thank God for cows.  Without them, there would be no butter.  Without butter, there would be no such thing as Tom and Tom’s Buttertoast.  You see, Tom and Tom’s Buttertoast is slathered with butter, whipped cream, cinnamon, caramel, and powered sugar.  It is like french toast had a baby with a caramel sundae and then I ate it.  It is frackin’ good!

Bored At Work

I got a little bored at work and I had this idea for a poem in my head, so I wrote it down:

Set Me Aflame
By Tim Young
2/25/09

I sometimes forget God
But he never forgets me
I sometime forge fire
I sometimes lose my tongue
But he is water
And sent His only Son

I enter the water
I enter the gates
I submerge my mind
I fulfill the fates

I will never deserve
The price You paid for me
I am not worth much
But my eyes are like Yours
And You saw me for more than I am
I just hope that one day
I will see what You see
I hope to breath what You breath

I have had more than enough nerve
To think I can set myself free
I forget that You can touch
To drink the wine You pour
And I don’t see You for what You are
Trying hard to throw it all away
But I will never be
Forgotten and left to death

For I am alive
I am whole
I have Spirit
In my soul
I am holy
In his glory
I cry fire
Set me aflame

You’ve Got One of Two Choices

Daewoo

I have been told that it is very expensive to own any brand of car that is not made in South Korea.  The price of parts is astronomical.  Therefore, most individuals in Korea have one of two choices when it comes to the brand of cars they can purchase,  Daewoo or Hyundai.  It seems to me that 99.9% of the cars on the road are constructed by those two brands.

Hyundai

1st Groceries

Hulk smash!

Who knew getting groceries would require the strength of the Hulk?  I decided it was about time I started not eating out for every meal and making my own food for some of the meals to save money.  However, without a vehicle, it is quite difficult to carry $50 worth of groceries home in just two bags and a backpack.  I had to stop about every 50 yards to take a breather because the bags were full of cans and liquids.  Next time, I will definitely take a taxi home.  (On a side note:  Justin bought a 12-pack of longneck beers and dropped them in E-Mart after purchasing them and the beer exploded all over the places.  He tried to tell an employee, but no one did anything about it.  Soon, the beer had formed streams of beer and lakes of beer all over the front foyer area.  Of course, I couldn’t help but laugh.  No beer for you, son!)

Get Crunky

Justin noticed the most ludicrously named candy of all time and therefore, I had to take a picture of it.  The candy itself is exactly like Nestle Crunch, but has been dubbed “Crunky”.

Mini Crunky (so you get only a little bit drunk)

Maybe they add some Jager or Rum to the chocolate and you can get wasted eating this stuff (though, I doubt that and think something was lost in translation.

경찰 (Police!)

Ready for action.

Policio!

On my trip to Seoul to visit the Gyeongbokgung Palace, I noticed that there were hundreds upon hundreds of police men around, all of them in bullet proof vests and with a shield that said POLICE in large letters across it.  Of course, I had no idea why and still can’t figure out why there were so many policemen and women lining the streets.  However, the further I walked away from the Gyeonbokgung Palace, the less police forces I saw.  In the areas where the policemen were, there were lines of them, organized and apparently waiting for something.  Not only were there police on the streets, but along the streets were charter buses full of them and I even took a picture of an armored truck.

Armored truck

Too Hot!

CoEx Mall

Today, everywhere that I went, it was ridiculously hot.  I went to the CoEx Mall, which is the biggest mall I have ever visited.  I thought that around each corner would be the end of the mall, but alas, I would be proven wrong by yet another long corridor full of stores.  This mall even had a large aquarium.  Needless to say, each store was piping hot.   They their heat set to sauna or in some places, Hades.  Ironically, the hottest place of them all was a Coldstone Creamery where I got myself a Turtle Sundae.  This reminded me of a great Eddie Murphy Sketch.

Seoul Tower

Not even the birds can fly higher.

It is hard to describe the awesomeness that is Seoul Tower with words.  At night, the Tower is lit with ever changing lights.  Projectors display video on the side of the Tower as soundtracks accompany the visuals.  Below, an entire mountainside away, lies Seoul.  Lit up with hundreds of millions of neon lights, the city is a wonder to see.  After an elevator ride up to the observation tower, dozens of windows display a 360 degree view of the city and mountains mixed within the array of buildings.  Towers are seen blinking red and hundreds of churches are topped with red crosses.  This place is a vision.

The Tower