8. Just another night..

Last night after work i was invited to one of the public school teachers' place for a few quite drinks, conversation and some music. This couple Kyle and Kim from Arizona and Florida, are really great people! They plan on getting married in January in Thailand somewhere. So we went to their place and downed one or two quiet beers, then decided to head downtown. We headed for Garten Bier where we met another couple of people, by this time it was around 10pm and there were around 10 of us.

After a little bit of drinking, Kyle and i decided to go get some food. We went outside and to this 24hr "Diner" type place and he told me of all the things on there that i could eat. That was really good of him, so i took at take-out menu and started marking everything i could have. We had some noodles, which were pretty good! And then headed back for the beer garden for some more drinks.. By then a couple other foreigners had joined us. So we sat around and slowly but surely the crowd began to diminish until there was only three of us left. Myself, Mike, and Ray.

Mike got a call and had to leave with a huge smile on his face, and that left me and Ray. Now Ray is from Jersey (man i feel like i'm about break into a Billy Joel song here ".. and he gets me my drinks for free.."). I never really got to know him, you see he's Korean but born in the US so he's back here indulging himself back into the Korean culture. He speaks Korean, but with an accent. He's a strong person, by that i mean with a very opinionated personality. I mean that's not a bad thing either.. he seems to know when to voice them, and when to let things slide. I got to know him quite a bit last night.. slowly i'm getting to know everyone of these guys and girls. And they all have such amazing stories to share! There's only one person that kinda mystifies me, that's Susan.. she's one of those strong and silent types, which is usually not what you say about a girl. But she seems to have so much insight and experience, yet still she sits back and lets the others talk. But more about her when i learn more about her.. it as much about the people here as it is the place!

Anyway, Ray said he was hungry, so i went with him for some more food.. but then decided we could both do with another drink. I dont think i've ever talked that much American Politics in my life! He's a philosophy major, so i kept my own. But yeah, from Muslims to Big Brother, to Obama, to Miss Lewinsky! Then after a jug, we did actually get hungry, so we went down to this place and i ate this Sushi type thing called Kim Bap which was ok. To put it into perspective.. Mike left us at about 1am, and i ended up stumblin home at 5am.. Ray's a great guy, i just got to know it..

So what's next? I have no idea, i'll see where the tide takes me..