1st night out

Well my friend David Brodie convinced me to go out last night. I met him and his friend at the subway station and we hopped on to go to his friends apartment. This was my first ride on a subway and I realized I was going to have to pay close attention when I ride by myself in the future because I may have to transfer trains and they only say the stops in English once. When we got to his friends house we had some Maki (Beer), Makali (rice wine), and soju (Vodka... which is cheaper than water here $1.00 for a small bottle). After awhile we all went to a hookah bar in Hongdae and then a "foreign" bar/club. It had American music and everyone spoke pretty good English, which made me feel right at home! Downstairs of the bar there was a Korean band playing so I had no clue what they were singing about but I danced anyway! It was a lot of fun and I'm really glad I went out. I meeting friends that I see myself hanging out with for the year, which is a good sign. A lot of the people I met are on their 2nd or 3rd year and a few went home for a few months after their contract and missed South Korea too much and ended up back here. This is good sign that I will enjoy my experience here, but don't get worried I am too much of a homebody to spend multiple years here. I'm already missing my niece being born so I think I will be ready to come home after a year! Today I just kind of hung out in my room. I walked to the mall and got some lunch and just got back from the mart where I got my dinner, noodles that kind of look like ramen noodles, so we will see how this tastes. I start training tomorrow and have someone coming to pick me up to show me how to get to the school. I'll update y'all tomorrow on how my first day of work goes. We don't get the kids until March 1st but we should be shadowing a teacher to see how the classroom functions! Good night everyone and I'll let ya know how my day goes!