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Ansan: A World Food Tour

Sarah, Matt, Franklin, Debbie and I went down to visit Rosly in Ansan (where he teaches at the university there) to have a food tour a couple weekends ago. Ansan is quite possibly the most international part of Seoul as the all the factories (and thus factory workers) are there. We had Pakastani/Indian food, Vietnamese, Mongolian and Filipino food. While it may not be the place to be at night (I can't lie, it was the first time I've ever felt even the slightest possibility of being mugged and was sufficiently ogled more than a few times), it has awesome food.

Assorted Shots from Busan

HAPPY BIRTHDAY YOUNGIN!

Haeundae Beach (Cross-Processed)

Lighthouse @ Haeundae in the rain

Sarah and Matt on the KTX

Seojeong Beach (서정), Busan + Jasmine/Buddha's Birthday

We went down to Busan for a 3-day weekend (for Buddha's Birthday....yes...Buddha has a birthday). Buddha's day of birth also coincided with one of my most favoritest people I've had the fortune of knowing this year, Ms. Jasmine LaRue Hagans. And what a better way to celebrate a day of birth than drinking on a beach and then eating pizza on another beach and then visiting a friend's new bar and then seeing live music? I got drunk not once, ladies and gentlemen, but twice on Friday!

Busan is a cool town but unfortunately for us, the next few days didn't have such beautiful weather. We spent most of Saturday in a TGIFridays and a mall, and the majority of Sunday in a Chinese Restaurant (albeit we spent Friday and Saturday there too) and a Starbucks. What the cuss Rain Gods?! I'll be back, Busan...and Scott...


AMUURICA, FUCK YEAH



We were the only people on the entire beach wearing swimsuits. Yes, Koreans swim in all their clothes.

Culture Exchange & Late Night Football

This Saturday we went back to the Culture Exchange party in Sinchon...a fun way to meet foreigners and Koreans who want to learn/know some English, get drunk and make new friends. This time we had a crew of about 20 people so I didn't meet as many Koreans as the last time. After the party, a few of us brave/die-hard college football fans ventured to a bar I coerced into playing the UT/OU game at 1am. The game wasn't the greatest - it lasted forever, we barely won but it was 5am in Seoul and OU still sucked.


I didn't feel like talking to this guy about my camera so Dave pretended it was his....gave him a bunch of fake model numbers and tried to sound like he knew about lenses/focal lengths/ISO, etc. He didn't but this guy totally bought it.

Rosly.

Dave was pissing me off all night, rooting for OU even though he wants to go to UT law school. Just wants Virginia Tech to advance, he says.


My homegirl, Jasmine.

Sad Hello Kitty. meow. James.

Dave. That guy in the background is Steve Buscemi's doppelganger from Oklahoma.