"Guy's Night"

Shortly after starting my job here as a foreign English teacher, I decided that Brandon and I should host a monthy "guy's night" get-together with the male Korean teachers at our school in order to get to know them a little better and experience an insider's view of South Korea. Last Friday after work we joined up with Sam, Jay, Phil, and Young June (all Korean teachers at KJC Academy) for a night of recreation. They took us to a nearby bowling alley which was intelligently positioned on the 7th floor of a mini-skyrise. Imagine what it sounds like on the 6th floor! :-) Anyway, we formed teams and bowled a couple games. My team won and the losing team had to pay, so the night was off to a good start. Phil is a hilarious bowler (actually he's pretty funny doing just about anything). He's not athletically gifted at all. I think his average bowling score was around his age (30). When he rolled a gutter-ball, which happened a lot, he always had a funny response (falling on the floor, staring blankly-disappointingly down the lane for several seconds, or my personal favorite...taking of his shoe and acting like he was going to throw it at the remaining pins). We had so much fun bowling that nobody wanted to call it a night, so they then took us to a pool-hall for some Korean-style billiards. Just like everything else in this country, Korean pool is a little different. Okay, it's a lot different. Korean pool consists of only 4 balls... oh yeah, and the table has NO HOLES. None. Nada. Zip. Zero holes. The object is to hit one of two "cue balls" and find a way to make that ball hit both of the other balls in one stroke. It's harder than it sounds but our Korean buddies had a really good time teaching us to play. As luck would have it, my team won again so I played for free. We had so much fun bowling, and had so much fun playing pool that nobody wanted to call it a night, so they took us to a bar called "The Basement". We met up with the female Korean teachers from our school and spent the next couple hours dancing and sharing some drinks. Looking forward to the next edition of "Guy's Night".