It was Donald's "not real" going away party yesterday, so the Four Square crew showed up to have some good eats and a couple of drinks. Everyone took it easy because it was Monday and they had to work the next day. Me on the other hand, I am jobless and treat everyday like Friday.
Plus, Cinderella had to go back home before 12 am (Inside joke)
We first started our night at a German beer house, which was fine but for some reason I really like Korean beer so I was just waiting until we started drinking Hite.
German Beer House
Then we went to go eat Gam Jang Tang (Pork Bone Soup) at this place by Bang Bang intersection. However something really interesting happened over dinner. When I ordered the alcohol I ordered all 3 large bottles of beer and 2 bottles of Soju at once.
Then Sandra asked, "Why did you order all the alcohol all at once, don't you like your drinks cold?"
She had to remind me that this was Korea and you can actually bother the servers and order your drinks one at a time. Back at home the waitress rarely ever come by your table and if you bother them with a bunch off small orders they get pissed off and start to give you even shittier service.
Pork Bone Soup Rest
So the night carried on to this wicked Chicken place by Nambu bus terminal and this is where I went into 5th gear with my drinking. Peter and Sandra recommended this place and so far they have been 3 for 3 when it comes to choosing places to eat.
After a fair amount of drinking I "casually" tried to find a place to crash at, as the subways were already closed and I could not make it back to my Hyung's house. And by the word "casually" I really mean "awkwardly". Then someone made a suggestion that I stay at Jim Jim Bang (Sauna House) for the night. For you people that don't know Jim Jil Bangs act as simple motel as well as sauna house. I figured it would be a Korean experience that I would need to try at least once, so that night seemed as good of night as any. So I didn't know what to expect so I kept telling myself "When in Rome, do as the Romans do". I figured I would get the full Korean sauna house experience and kept an open mind.
First things first, you get butt naked with a bunch of other dudes around you and you go into this room with varying degrees of hot and cold water pools. I first went into a luke warm pool and gradually moved up to the semi hot tub, I then tried to go into the really HOT tub and I thought I was being boiled alive. So I quickly went back to the semi hot tub. I relaxed in that tub for about 20 mins. I didn't know what to do next so I looked around and saw people taking a shower so I figured I would do the same. As I walked by the shower area I saw everyone vigorously using these scrub cloths so I figured, "When in Rome..." so I grabbed the nearest scrubbing cloth and went away at my body. I was a little weirded out that other people had used this cloth but I looked to the guy next to me and he didn't seem to care so I said, "When in Rome..". As I was leaving the shower stall I saw a huge stack of brand new scrub towels that I was suppose to use and not some random cloth that I found in the stall. It would have been funny if I didn't feel so gross. I blame not seeing those new scrub cloths on being drunk and with out glasses. So I quickly grabbed a new scrub cloth and gave my self another shower.
So I left the shower area feeling better due to my second shower and decided I would check the rest of the Jim Jim Bang out. I walked into the large room that had everyone sleeping on the floor. The funny thing is having that many drunk men passed out in one room, the snoring was so loud it was almost funny. I first checked out the Sauna and sat in it for about 5 mins until I felt being drunk and passing out in a sauna might not be the best bet. I left that room and decided to go to the refreshing cold room. Let me tell you something, I was drunk before I entered the cold room, but the cold was so rejuvenating that it sobered me right up. I was walking around some more and kept telling myself, "When in Rome..." I finally walked by the massage area and I figured I might try my first massage. (And for all you people with a dirty mind, it was an actual massage!!) As I walked in there was only a dude massuse but I kept saying, "When in Rome..."
Let me first start off by saying, "OH MY GOD". The massage was unbelievable!!! The massage was over 1 hour and I never knew a MAN'S hand could bring me to a state of Nirvana (Sounds gay doesn't it? Well if you got a massage from him you would have said the same thing).
There was one thing I learned about myself as I experienced my first massage, I make animal like growl noises and I fart when in compete relaxation. In hindsight I must have been the worst customer ever. After the massage I was so relaxed I found a spot on the floor took a wooden block pillow and passed out. I usually have a hard time sleeping on the floor but this was the first time since university that I slept for more the 8 hours straight.
Well that was my experience at a Jim Jil Bang. By far one of the best things I have done in Korea. Oh by the way the Jim Jil Bang is only $8. (The massage was extra)
CAN YOU BELIVE IT!! 8 FUCKING DOLLARS. I've had pints of beer cost me more.
About to get NAKED
PS. Hair Cut turned out fine. Still a bit of a mullet
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