Halloween Weekend :)

On Friday night, I stayed at my place instead of going to Shannon's house. We didn't have any plans figured out quite yet, and I just wanted a night-in before the weekend craziness started. :)

On Saturday morning, I woke up, packed my bookbag, and headed to the subway station. I got to Shannon's place around lunchtime. We met up with Reuel, and the three of us got food at three different places! :) We were all wanting something different. We took our food to-go and headed up to Shannon's. We ate lunch and chatted for a bit. At 2pm, Reuel left to meet up with some friends, and Johnny and Tommy came over. The boys brought movies with them, so we just hung out, ate snacks, and watched a movie. It was fun. After the movie, Reuel came over, and the five of us headed to Osan. It ended up taking us FOREVER to get there!! Like two hours. It should've only taken about an hour. We took three different forms of transportation to get there...

We got on the bus to head to the subway station, and a bunch of older Korean ladies got on the bus a few stops after us. They couldn't stop staring at us! Johnny and Tommy gave up their seats so the ladies could sit down, and they were just staring. The lady sitting behind me kept grabbing my curls and yanking on them....It was pretty entertaining actually. :) We're used to Korean people staring at us because we look so different, but they were not being subtle about it at all. They were pointing and saying things really loudly. It was funny. :)

When we got to the subway station, we got off the bus and headed downstairs. We caught the subway after a few minutes and were finally on our way! Apparently, at some point, we missed our stop and ended up traveling WAY out of our way. We had to get off the subway and catch one going back the other direction! Because it was Saturday night and it was Halloween weekend, the subways were PACKED!! I've never seen so many people on a subway at once! When we got into the subway, it was standing-room only. All the hand hooks were taken, so we had nothing to hang on to. Reuel was practically hugging me to hold me up, and I didn't have room to put both my feet down! I was standing on one leg for the first few minutes until people shuffled around a bit!! Sheesh! It was crazy, but we couldn't help but laugh at how ridiculous it was.

When we FINALLY got off the subway, we took a taxi to the Main Gate at Osan. There's a military base there, so we knew there would be good food in the area. Johnny and Tommy took us to a Mexican restaurant they'd been to before. It was authentic Mexican food, and it was delicious! Reuel and I got tacos which weren't that tasty, but Johnny, Tommy, and Shannon all got yummy food! And the chips and salsa were the real deal! :) It was good. When we finished dinner, we walked around the area for a bit to see what kind of stores and restaurants they had. We ended up going to a place a few stories up and played Pool. At the end of the night, we caught taxis back to the subway station. We rode the subway for a bit, and the boys hopped off to head home. Shannon, Reuel, and I continued on for awhile. When we got to our stop, the buses had stopped working since it was so late, so we had to take a taxi home. It was a great night, but we were exhausted.

On Sunday morning, we woke up and headed to the bus stop to catch a ride to church. We called Reuel three times, but she didn't answer, so we hopped on the bus and headed to Gangnam without her. A little while later, she texted saying she had slept through her alarm. She took the subway and met us in Gangnam. We went to Dos Tacos, our usual Sunday lunch place, and met our friend Mi-Yeon. Yes, we had Mexican food two days in a row. :) Yummy! We went to church (which was awesome as usual!). After church, Shannon went to her small group and Reuel and I got coffee, and then went shopping!! We went to the Underground Shopping area in Gangnam and walked around for a bit. We found a few things here and there, so that was exciting! We eventually found a locker because my bookbag was getting really heavy. We put our stuff in a locker, and then got sodas and sat and talked.

At 4pm, we both left to go to our small groups. We promised to meet up afterwards to make a plan for the night. When our groups were over at 6pm, we met up in the Underground Shopping area to make a plan. I called up Johnny to find out what the boys were doing and see if they wanted to meet up for dinner. They were headed to Yeongtong to have dinner with a few of their friends, and he invited us to join. Reuel and I took the subway. Along the way, Reuel invited Shannon to meet up with us. We all three convened at Suwon Station where we caught a taxi together to the restaurant. We met the boys at an all-you-can-eat barbecue place. It was so good!! You go through this meat buffet type-thing and choose all the raw meat you want. Then, you take it back to your table and cook it on your barbecue. There were sides (as usual) and lettuce to wrap the meat in. SO GOOD.

After dinner, we walked around a bit and ended up at The Playground. It's a bar-type place, with a Pool table, darts, TVs, video games, tons of stuff to do. It's basically a playground for grown-ups. :) We played Pool for a little bit and then decided to head home. It was a tiring weekend, but lots of fun! :)