Nooribang.

After work on Friday night, Amanda and I went to Suwon Station to see a movie. We saw "In Time." I actually hadn't even heard of the movie, so I didn't know anything about it. Amanda and I needed to relax and de-stress after a pretty long week, so she suggested a movie. If you haven't heard of it or seen it, it's the new Justin Timberlake movie. It was decent, but nothing outstanding. It did give us something to think about when we left though.

Because I didn't get home from the movie until 2am, I slept in until 11am on Saturday morning. I didn't have any official plans lined up yet, so I just took it easy. When I woke up, I stayed in my pjs, and just caught up on TV shows and did a bunch of nothing. Between 11am when I got up, and 6pm when I left my house, I took two naps. I know. SO LAZY. :) So, around 5:15pm, I left my house and headed for the subway station. I was meeting up with Johnny to go to Songtan, near one of the military bases. We met at Suwon Station, and then took a few subways to get to our final destination. We went to a Mexican place nearby and had some dinner, which was quite good. (I hadn't eaten all day, because I had been too busy napping, so this meal was especially delightful.) :)

After dinner, we met up with Shannon, Reuel, Michelle, and Jen. We walked around a bit, and looked in some of the stores. There wasn't much going on since it was fairly late, but we had a nice walk. After that, Shannon, Reuel, Johnny, and I went to a bar and hung out for a bit. They have darts and a pool table, so we just relaxed and enjoyed ourselves. At around 11pm, we headed back to the station. Shannon and Reuel headed home, and Johnny and I headed to Suwon Station. We met up with Tommy and two of their coworkers, who were at a restaurant near the station. By the time we got there, it was midnight...which meant it was officially Johnny's birthday. Woohoo! To celebrate, we went next door to a nooribang. This was my first experience, and it was really fun!

A nooribang is basically a singing/karaoke room. You pay a fee to "rent out" a room for a certain amount of time. Inside your room is a TV, microphones, some tambourines, and a few couches. You just sing karaoke and hang out with your friends in your room...without anyone else seeing you make a complete fool of yourself :) It was great fun! They had a pretty decent collection of songs to choose from, so that was great. After we finished our hour, we weren't quite finished yet. So, Tommy added on more time, which ended up being AN HOUR!! At 3:30am, when our time had expired, we left the nooribang and headed home. It was going to be a short night of sleep for me because I had church in the morning...

After 4 1/2 hours of wonderful sleep, I woke up and caught the bus to Gangnam. Johnny was supposed to meet me at Suwon Station, but after calling him multiple times, he finally answered with a sleepy voice. He had slept through his alarm!! Wonderful. I headed to Gangnam and met up with Shannon, Reuel, and Mi-yeon for some Dos Tacos. We went to church, and then hung out at the coffee shop for a few hours. :) It's our usual Sunday routine, but we love it.

After Shannon got out of her small group, Johnny met us in Gangnam. We wanted to take him out to dinner to celebrate his birthday...after a little bit of resistance, he finally let us spoil him a little bit. :) We went to Butcher's Cut for some cheeseburgers. Delicious as usual. Then, we went to Baskin Robbins, where we all got different flavors of ice cream! Even though it was freezing cold out, it totally hit the spot. After we finished, we went across the street to CGV, the movie theater. We were going to see "Real Steel." Since we were at the movie theater, we OBVIOUSLY had to get popcorn. Duh. And Korea is famous for their caramel flavored movie theater popcorn, so there was no question about it! We were getting popcorn! :)

After the movie, everyone parted ways and headed home. Johnny and I took the subway back to Suwon together since we live really close, and the other three caught buses home. I think I did fairly well, considering I was running on 4 1/2 hours of sleep today! I had a great weekend, so the lack of sleep was definitely worth it! And...because my job is so wonderful, I don't have to be at work until 2pm, so I can sleep in as late as I want. Perfect. :)

It's getting SO COLD!! This week, the temperatures are going to be in the 30's!! :( Send happy WARM thoughts my way!