Beaches

Right now I am writing my blog from a PC zone. It is an internet Cafe here in Korea. There is one right by my house. They are HUGE here... lots of people come here for hours and hours and play their video games here. You will honestly see these things on just about every corner.

So this last few days have been eventful! There was a holiday on Friday. It is a memorial day here, so I got to sleep in!!! That made me very happy, since I never had time to let my body really adjust.
So... my Friday started on the beach (oh I loveeeeeee living near the beach!) We all met at this American bar on the beach for everyone, and drank pitchers of beer while we waited.. well why not right? It is a holiday, why not celebrate. Once we got everyone together we went to the beach and sat outside with a beer just taking in the scene. There is a beautiful bridge that has neon lights attachted to it over the water on the beach. Once we got out thoughts together and the weather was cooling down a little more we went to a bar in another area of town that had a live band. This was my favourite place! We stayed for a while and enjoyed the music, however the people playing were from the West. I would really like to see some Korean live music (well at the beach they have a band that plays! Last night they played jingle bells!)
After the live band we went to a Keroke bar. That is HUGE here. The looked somewhat like a hotel. You book time and they take you to your room. The rooms are filled with flashing lights and sofas with a huge tv. I guess my body hadn't adjusted to the time difference and I fell asleep admits the loud music! As soon as I woke up everyone was like well hello sleepy head! They didn't want to wake me since they knew that I was really tired still from my trip!

Saturday was a fun day too, when we were on the beach the previous night we met up with a friend of ours who told us about a sand and surf at the haeundae beach which is only a 20 min subway ride away... (BEAUTIFUL BEACH! GOOGLE IT!) So I wake up and head over with my friends Rick and Chris to the event. It was the first day, so all I see is some of the sand sculptures, which are BEAUTIFUL! One made me really homesick because I swear they must have met my roomie Laura before! The sculpture in the sand was of a woman playing the violin! It even looked like a sand Laura! haha :)
Later that night we went to the beach in our area, the one that is 5 min away from my house (jealous?) and just hung out since it was my friend Chris's last day (I am going to miss him.. he is a great teacher and a great mentor!) I got tired around 10 and it was cold so I walked home with my friend and her beautiful dog to meet my friend Heather. We looked through Busan books for a little while and made a list of sights to see. I can't wait to do it all!!
Today (Saturday) we went back to the festival to see our friend, who is going to teach us surfing.. and we missed the event, but got there just in time for the awards! She won first place! We saw her as she was doing this sand wrestling thing and said oh! There is our friend, and a Korean guy was like she is your friend? She is a celebrity! haha She won last year too and was defending her title, so I think he was just impressed that our friend was the girl who won!

Well.. I also went to the mini mart today and bought a card reader... so I have that until I get my camera cord. I will try to upload some photos soon. However I need a cord soon before my camera dies. My area is beautiful and all the markets are wonderful!

Ohhh.. lastly, the night on the beach where I was just talking with friends and saying teary goodbyes to my mentor.. that night for supper I tried pig intestine, and then also some kind of bug. I think it was silk worm. They have them along the beach kinda like street meat!

I love it here.. and still waiting for culture shock to set in.. it hasn't yet. Coming here has been oddly smooth!