Manager's Birthday

Everyone at work decided to go out to celebrate my manager's birthday. We went to a galbi (Korean barbecue) place near work. I don't care much for pork, but one of the teachers ordered some delicious beef for me. I'm always impressed by how many dishes fill the table when eating Korean-style. As with most Korean gatherings, soju and drinking games were the main event, after all that pesky food got out of the way. :) I'm glad I don't drink, or I'd be dead. They're troopers, and my manager's the Queen.

Preparing the meat. Using scissors to cut long strips of half-cooked meat is ingenious.




The Jaeshi (retest/detention) teachers.


My partner teacher Eun Kyung on the left, overseeing the cooking.


Andrew, a floater, is trying to decide what to eat next.


That's a lot of candles! No wonder Koreans usually only use one tall one for each decade. Us "foreign folk" didn't know, and bought too many.


Much better.

Happy birthday, Gramps!

Today was my Grandfather's birthday. He's been gone a long time, but still missed. Happy birthday, Gramps!

Birthday Dinner at Cepheus

Jazmin and I planned a wonderful dinner at a swanky rooftop restaurant downtown. Cepheus is expensive, but delicious. The view from the roof, which they opened just for us (it's a bit early in the season to eat outside here), was well worth it. My birthday was amazing.


We had a mask theme.


The view of downtown.


Overlooking 2.28 park.


Most of the gang.


Waiting for the others.






I got a call from Tyler, who wasn't sure where we were. When this photo was taken, I had just found him, across the street on the 11th floor of Novotel.


Kayla got all decked out for the occasion.




Jaz.


Meghan.






Opening my fantastic gifts.






Sergio really enjoyed trying on everyone's masks. :)






The gang's all here! (From left: Sergio, Josh, Meghan, Korean friend of Sergio's, me, Jazmin, Tyler, Kayla)


We went to get ice cream for dessert. A perfect evening!

Asha's Birthday and Gladiators

My first day out after returning to Korea was for my friend Asha's birthday. We went to Gogo Party, my favorite dance club. We had a wonderful surprise, GLADIATORS! :D

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