the weekend

Well the weekend is over again...time just seems to fly by here. On Friday night, Louise, Amanda and myself realized we've been here one month as of this weekend. Unbelievable. I can't believe one month has passed by already. When we first got here reaching the one month point seemed light years in the future. And now it's gone! I hope time keeps moving in this fashion, it makes the work week seem so much shorter and the weekends so much more fun! The girls and I spent Friday night at a bar called Rocky Mountain Tavern (henceforth known as RMT..it's easier that way). It's a Canadian bar in the foreigners district, Itaewon, and is owned by Canadian guys and decked out in all things Canadian. Including: a Canadian flag, all the Canadian NHL jerseys, Tim Hortons paraphenilia, Canadian license plates, yada yada yada. It's the biggest taste of home one could get here and we just LOVE that place. They serve cheap beer and relatively tasty pub food and the best part is...they replay NHL hockey games!!! So on Friday night we watched the Sens crush the Leafs (the game originally played on Thursday night at home). And as disheartening as the game was it was just amazing to be watching a hockey game again. My first of the season. Not only that but they had Canadian commercials during breaks and periods of the game. Couldn't ask for anything more fulfilling.
Saturday was spent lounging around and making pumpkin seeds! We carved a pumpkin on Friday at school with the kindergarten kids and I made them save the seeds for Amy Teacher. I fried them up on my frying pan on Saturday and brought them over to Amanda and Louise's house. They were so delicious. The girls just showed up so I must start dinner! I'll write more later!!
Okay now dinner (pasta and veggies mmmm) and Lost is finished and the girls have just left. So back to Saturday night. We went out for Lou's friends birthday (Kerry) and spent 1 hour and 1/2 on the subway getting to the restaurant, Carnie Station. The subway was crammed full for most of the ride and that mixed in with my high heels did not leave me feeling to good when we finally got to the restaurant. But after a couple glasses on red wine and some food I felt a lot better. We spent the night drinking with a great group of teachers from Suji. That's where Kerry and her friends all work. We ended up going from Suji back to the foreigners district but not before stopping at a bar that serves buckets of alcohol, that you proceed to drink with straws in the bucket. Koreans are definitely workaholics but know how to have a great time on the weekend, I mean...buckets? I stayed at Lou and Manz's place that night. When Lou and I got back from the bar (Manz stayed later) we gave our good friend Johnny a call and that was the first time we've talked since I came here. It's incredible how a good phone call home to someone you know and care about makes all the difference in the world. So Gouvis family, expect a phone call from your darling sister and aunt soon okay?? Let me know a good time to call and I'll figure something out.
So that was a typical weekend I guess and the rest will be along those lines mixed in with some hiking (we want to go next weekend!) and other tourist type things like palace visits and other landmark visits. I miss everyone and was a little homesick this weekend.

Alex: I heard you got glasses! I have glasses too! I got my first pair of glasses when I was 12 years old and I think they're pretty cool. I miss you Alex!!!
Calista: Hope you had a really fun Hallowe'en and ate lots of yummy candy! I miss you Calista!!!