Yesterday was an extremely busy day, that much like the Energizer Bunny, kept going and going and…well you get the idea. So this week my schedule at work changed, no more finishing at 7:00pm WOOHOO! However, I had to move around my outside schedule as well. So yesterday morning at 11:30 I headed off to my calligraphy class. On the way there I was without the protection offered to me by an mp3 player, and therefore some random dude started to talk to me. He’s artist in Hongdae and asked me what my hobbies were. I told him playing guitar and some other crap, and he got really excited. He asked if I had a band, which I don’t and then said some crap about getting a band together or some nonsense. We exchanged phone numbers so I’ll see what happens. Anyhow in the subway, because I had no headphones, and I was an able bodied male, so grandma asked me to lift some huge box so that she could balance it on her head. I obliged the grandma, and she trotted off with some crate of something atop he cranium.
When I finally arrived at me calligraphy class, there was a room full of middle aged and up women. They all got their stare on at me…I take it not too many twenty-something white dudes take up calligraphy while in Korea (most do take up drinking, and a liking to Korean vagina however). So I’m getting my calligraphy on, and the ladies keep checkin’ my calligraphy out….WTF? I mean c’mon ladies you gots to like me for more than my consumate brush strokes…check out bod! Anyhow those ladies chatted it up with me a bit, so it’s all good…I had to use Korean that didn’t use the phrase “재 수 없어…” (jae su opso…[it sucks]), so I got some serious practice. Best occurace while in class…some lady took a nap while writing a scroll in Chinese characters…on top of her work!
I then when to work. Work was work. I got on the bus and headed off to tutor my students in Soongshildae. I got there early so I wandered around on the street and had an uncomfortable encounter with some aged white dude. He clearly was here due to his inability to function in his home land. I tutored and then headed home to meet up with my honey.
Once reunited, we head for Beer Campus for a drink. Beer Campus is our favorite beer (or school) related establishment. It’s cheap, not noisy, clean, and the owner is a good dude. Since it’s mid-terms right now, the place was virtually empty. We chatted with the owner about spicy food, and mountain climbing, and my knowledge of obscure Korean vocabulary. Additionally we ate some extremely spicy chicken dish known as 닭갈비 (dalk kalbi). After that it was time for sleep.
