Dance and D.J. Performance at Club Tool in Hongdae (Photos courtesy Lee Ji Yeon)
Last night we went out to Club Tool in Hongdae for House Rulez, Vol. 2 and it was a lot of fun. One of the dancers was the brother of a friend of ours so we got a chance to see him perform. Afterwards, we hitched a lift home in the same friend's sister's boyfriend's Tico (that link is to a Czech webpage but after my recent binge-listening of Falco, I love the background music). It was a bit of a tight fit but did the job quite well. Ji Yeon brought her new digital camera (the same model to which I am being encouraged to invest in) so I was able to get these shots from her today and post them. You'll also notice a new pic of me over at www.ianross.com/ca.
I noticed some signs up around Hongdae that gave notice the local clubs are no longer serving "GIs" but I don't think it was being enforced at any of the main bars. I don't remember seeing the signs last time I was there but that doesn't necessarily mean they are new. Lotsa troops were out on the streets. Club Tool was a bit smaller though and there were only a couple other foreigners in the bar most of the night. Outside, it seems like the Hongdae crowd has died down a bit since the last time I went there. Maybe the cold weather is keeping people in. Last night, the weather forecast reported snow for somewhere in Korea (we didn't catch where). For the first time this season, I broke out my leather jacket though I've still be wearing a T-shirt to class to enjoy the nice, crisp, chill. After surviving the summer, I will fully embrace temperatures down to -10 degrees Celsius as being nothing short of Heaven.
Tonight I went grocery shopping. I only mention this because it was absolutely stupid. Remembering that I am Korea, you'd think it'd take less than half an hour to find rice!. Turns out that the store next door doesn't even sell it directly (only the prepackaged microwave-able stuff). I asked three helpers where I might find it ("¹ä ¾îµð ÀÖ¾î¿ä?" -- Bap uhdeessuhyo? -- Where is the rice?). I kept getting pointed to the restaurants. Finally after I had given up, I decided to go up the escalator (most Korean department stores keep their grocery stores in the basement) and lo and behold, the rice was being sold by an independant dealer in a stall beside the escalator. I suppose it all makes sense since a big bag of rice might be something that people only want to pick up and carry on their way out... but man... you'd think Korea would have rice on every store shelf or something. When I get home, I found out part of the problem. The word ¹ä (Bap) refers only to cooked rice. If you want uncooked rice, you have to ask for ½Ò (Ssal). While I was wandering around lost however, a nice old lady at the ¶± (Dduk) counter sold me some sweet, seed cakes (ÀÎÀý¹Ì -- Injuhlmee) and then threw in a bag of fresh, hot, delicious ¶± for free.
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