I was born a winner.

A few of the teachers who are leaving had a going away party at a bar one Saturday night. It was a photo/video scavenger hunt around the Kung-dong area. It was SO much fun and as I am sure you have guessed the team I was on won. We had a pretty solid team with outgoing and competitive people. Things we had to do included street performances that got people passing to clap for you, Me and my friend M.J. did a mime routine. It was pretty amazing and when I was in third grade I was one for Halloween, in other words... I had experience.  Other scavenger hunt activities included buying a beer from a convenient store and chugging it in the store, simultaneously feeding your teammates beverages (we did both this and the latter in one sitting, I finished first.. can you say champ!?), getting a number from a bar tender, doing cartwheels simultaneously, I am not gymnast but mine as pretty spot on, a pyramid picture in front of a sign and crawling into a blowup sign outside of a store. Those were only a few of the hilarious activities we had to do if we wanted to win. My competitive nature came out and only got stronger with the more drinks I had so I put my all into these events. It was worth it when team “SSS” (Hiss noise) came out victorious. Afterward we all hung out at a bar called Santa Claus, which is not at all Santa themed, but is named that because the owners name is Mr. Hoh. It is a laid back bar with that many foreigners go to, in fact when you go out to most bars you will run into others teaching abroad like you. It’s really cool!

The next week was filled with new people arriving and shadowing classes, along with final goodbyes to the teachers leaving. I felt it was necessary to give my friend Kyle from Cali. some nicknames which included Butter Mule as one of them. This name just seemed to have a certain ring to it that I was looking for. I’d like for you to experience this nickname rolling off your tongue so take a minute and say it...go on. Feels good right? Haha More or less it just makes me laugh. If your thinking that I am just a tad weird, you’re not wrong, everyone knows it but I always say I’d rather be weird than boring!