Very Funny Experience from one of our Teachers
Hello Jason,
I'm fine, thank you! How are you? I'm trying to teach my students other words besides "fine" such as, good, great, ok, fantastic, so-so, doing well, fabulous, not good, terrible, terrific.............ANYTHING besides "fine". "I'm fine, thank you" seems to be hard wired into their brains. However, I was able to teach one student to respond with " I'm absolutely fabulous!"
I didn't go site-seeing very much in the winter, so I don't have that many pictures. I do have some interesting stories though..........
For example, in my early experiments with soju back in January, I met with some friends and had one bottle too many, but felt ok. So, rode the subway (made it just fine), then rode the bus, and missed my stop by a couple. I went ahead and got off the bus, and thought I would just walk the rest of the way home. During my walk is when the soju really hit me and I fell down in the snow a couple of times, then I passed a place with a big, fancy, and bright neon sign. It looked magical because, as you know, there are not very many big bright neon signs in Seoul. Anyway, it looked like a bar, so for some reason I thought if I stopped and had a beer it might sober me up. I have no idea why I thought having a beer would sober me up.
Well, I went into the place at about 12:30 am and didn't see a bar just a desk and a hallway. But there were many beer signs and bottles of alcohol. So, I asked for a beer and they laughed at me, but I didn't understand why they were laughing. They finally agreed to give me a beer and took me to a room with a large sectional sofa, a big table, a giant tv, and a giant remote control! I remember thinking "how cool my own private tv and sofa to sit and drink my one beer." I also remember playing with the remote and asking if they had The History Channel.......unfortunately they didn't. Then they asked if I wanted a girl to keep me company........I thought "sure, why not?" Then they asked if I wanted two......again I thought "sure, why not?".
After that I had a few more beers and only remember bit's and pieces, like talking away to the girls as if they understood everything I was saying, and then stumbling around town trying to find my way home. The last thing I remember was seeing the sunrise as I finally found my apartment. The next morning I woke up on the floor in the kitchen with a receipt for 175,000 Won and a headache. As you may have guessed by now, the place wasn't a bar. It was a singing room. I didn't even know singing room places existed.
Anyway, I learned two lessons:
1. Don't drink more than 3 full bottles of soju.
2. If you do drink more than 3 bottles of soju, don't explore new places without a guide.
I'm fine, thank you! How are you? I'm trying to teach my students other words besides "fine" such as, good, great, ok, fantastic, so-so, doing well, fabulous, not good, terrible, terrific.............ANYTHING besides "fine". "I'm fine, thank you" seems to be hard wired into their brains. However, I was able to teach one student to respond with " I'm absolutely fabulous!"
I didn't go site-seeing very much in the winter, so I don't have that many pictures. I do have some interesting stories though..........
For example, in my early experiments with soju back in January, I met with some friends and had one bottle too many, but felt ok. So, rode the subway (made it just fine), then rode the bus, and missed my stop by a couple. I went ahead and got off the bus, and thought I would just walk the rest of the way home. During my walk is when the soju really hit me and I fell down in the snow a couple of times, then I passed a place with a big, fancy, and bright neon sign. It looked magical because, as you know, there are not very many big bright neon signs in Seoul. Anyway, it looked like a bar, so for some reason I thought if I stopped and had a beer it might sober me up. I have no idea why I thought having a beer would sober me up.
Well, I went into the place at about 12:30 am and didn't see a bar just a desk and a hallway. But there were many beer signs and bottles of alcohol. So, I asked for a beer and they laughed at me, but I didn't understand why they were laughing. They finally agreed to give me a beer and took me to a room with a large sectional sofa, a big table, a giant tv, and a giant remote control! I remember thinking "how cool my own private tv and sofa to sit and drink my one beer." I also remember playing with the remote and asking if they had The History Channel.......unfortunately they didn't. Then they asked if I wanted a girl to keep me company........I thought "sure, why not?" Then they asked if I wanted two......again I thought "sure, why not?".
After that I had a few more beers and only remember bit's and pieces, like talking away to the girls as if they understood everything I was saying, and then stumbling around town trying to find my way home. The last thing I remember was seeing the sunrise as I finally found my apartment. The next morning I woke up on the floor in the kitchen with a receipt for 175,000 Won and a headache. As you may have guessed by now, the place wasn't a bar. It was a singing room. I didn't even know singing room places existed.
Anyway, I learned two lessons:
1. Don't drink more than 3 full bottles of soju.
2. If you do drink more than 3 bottles of soju, don't explore new places without a guide.
Jason W.
posted by Access South Korea Now @ 11:13 PM
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