Booking Clubs

So, this is actually from a while ago but I've been too busy to type anything into my computer. Sorry about that.

Anyways.................................

In Korea what they call their nightclubs are actually booking clubs. So, you pay your basic fees for the table that includes a fruit platter and the amount of alcohol you want. I went with my Korean friend Gail and we went to a wiskey table and that's very expensive. It's the first level down from the VIP private rooms. So, for the bottle fo wiskey, 3 beers, 3 cans of tee, and the giant fruit platter it was $260. But, it was totally worth it. Since we were at an expensive table, we were brought to the rich boys' tables. Oh, I should probably explain a little better.

So, once you get your alcohol and have a drink all of a sudden a waiter comes up and grabs you by the arm and leads you to another table full of guys. You are then poured a drink by the guys and talk to them. If you like them you can stay, if you don't you can leave. So, it's kinda like speed dating.

Even though this club supposedly doesn't allow foreigners, which it said right on the door, I was immediately grabbed by the waiter guys so I quickly grabbed Gails arm as we were drug up past the hour long waiting line. I totally felt like a celebrity. Then we were brought to the awesome table. After that, because I was a white, light-skinned foreign girl I was really popular. I was brought to table after table, even though I can't speak Korean and they can barely speak any English. I still had the time of my life. We danced, drank, talked, watched the shows they had playing, and made merry!

At like 3:30am, which is very early for leaving the club we decided to make like a baby and head out. When we got to my area, we both got phone calls from two of the guys. So, they came to my area and we then went to another bar that was still open at 4am. We drank more soju, ate food, and ate some bugs. Actually, it's a deep fried silk worm called bundeggi. It just tasted like wet cardboard.

After we got kicked out of there at like 7am we went to my apartment and kept drinking. These Koreans are freaking champions!! I totally fit in with this crowd. So, it was a sleepover of 4 in my one room apartment. I was on the floor with one Korean and Gail stole the bed with the other Korean.

The funniest thing was that I was supposed to go to my coworkers wedding the next day at 11 but I totally missed it. I lied and said I was sick. Because I was actually full on drunk until 3pm the next day. Good thing that I only do this once every 4 months or so. It's a totaly marathon. You drink before you go to the club, where you start at like 8pm with dinner, then you go to a few bars, hit the club at 12am, and then drink until about 8am! That's 12 hours of drinking soju! Between Gail and I, we went through 6 bottles of soju and a bottle of whiskey in one night, well a half a day ;-)!

But, the point of the story is that it's a fun new experience and I'm meeting great people.