I woke up at 9:00AM which is incredibly early for me. Hae In had left even earlier because she had to catch a bus to Seoul to see the production of CATS. SO jealous! She went with her boyfriend. She said that he didn't really want to see it, but she was making him go because he is uncultured. Ha! I told her that if he didn't want to go, I would gladly take his ticket. Somehow that didn't end up working out the way I would have liked it to.
I left around 11:00 or so after we had Ji Hee made us broccoli and cheese soup for lunch. I felt bad when I got home because my host family had gotten the message about me being in Wonju early this morning and had checked to see if I was home. Again whoops!
I hung out at home for a good majority of the day until Ethan (the Korean guy) came to pick me up. Apparently coffee was nowhere in the plan for today. We went to the Wonju gym to watch a Hapkido competition. While I'm sure it was interesting, Ethan and I spent the whole time talking instead of watching the hapkido. We then went to dinner at a Chinese restaurant. At first I was utterly shocked at the prices, but luckily, they had cheaper dishes. I had Chinese noodles. I still find it hard to eat Chinese food in Korea. It always seems odd to me for some reason. I've had Americanized Chinese food and I've had real Chinese food, but Koreanized Chinese food is still strange to me. It is closer to the real thing, however.
After dinner, we headed over to an area which has quite a few bars. We were specifically looking for the Hookah bar...yes there is one in Wonju! Can you believe it?! I couldn't at first. We walked around a LOT because the guys we asked in WA Bar sent us the complete opposite direction. We finally found it, had a beer, and smoked a hookah. It was his first time going to Aqua Vitae in Wonju.
There is something that I forgot to mention about Ethan. He has spent a lot of time with foreigners, he lived in Australia for half a year, and presumably because of these two things combined...he talks like a gangster. We actually call him and his friend Korean gangsters. Anyway, when he talks one on one, that style of talk almost entirely disappears. I also heard later, that he does not at all speak that way when he speaks Korean.
We also got into a big discussion about religion. He is Christian...a very strong Christian. It was an interesting conversation, but a little too high stress for a first date.
For a good majority of the "date" and before it even began, I was hoping that it was just as going out as friends. Somehow, that never seems to be the case in Korea. He's a nice guy...very sweet, tall, cute, incredible English, but I'm still not so much into the dating scene. We'll see if anything happens from here.
Anyway we were out from 5:30PM to 11:30PM. Yup...that's right. A 6 hour date...again how Korea works, but very fun!^^
Peace out.
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