black day

so there are 3 traditions that i know about thus far in korea, it being such a relationship oriented country i wouldn't be surprised. you're like a leper if you're not in one. but anyway...of course 2/14 - valentine's day, 3/14 - white day, and now i learned about 4/14 - black day.

so just like in japan, vday is the time when girls give the guys they like chocolate. on white day, if the guy accepts the girl's chocolate (love) then he'll give her chocolates/candy back, finally on black day 4/14 the ones who didn't receive anything on 2/14, 3/14 will go and eat chajunmyeun (which is a black food) and wear all black that day.

so the question is...who did i give chocolates to on vday....dun dun dun. is this the story i am going to tell? heh...first i'll tell you my korean name. they use chinese characters here too so they've just pronounced my chinese characters in korean. anyway...my korean name is: 손여종 (son yeo jeong) so they call me yeo jeong-i :P i gave chocolates to 4 guys on vday. one of which was married. oh shame on me :P but the question is...why isn't he spending it with his wife?!?! lol but i gave the chocolate to them all at the same time i didn't want anyone to feel left out. this single awareness day is probably one of the most memorable ones. i had an apt. party and 4 guys came over to drink soju and eat after work. (they're all musicians...too bad only one is good looking) i should have just drank only soju...i mixed it drank beer and wine too. my stomach beat the crap out of me later.

so let me tell you a little about my week. it started sunday with a casual invite out to drink. i went and 3 of the 4 that were at the party went on sunday. that's actually how the party got started in the first place. 2 restaurant bars, 1 live music lounge, and karaoke bar. somewhere in those 4 places i had agreed to have an apartment party. today we're going snowboarding with the same gang and some other students. it should be interesting. to say the least. that's all. everything else shall remain in korea until i sort things out. korean men can cause so much drama. i thought i'd learned from berkeley. apparently drama just seeks me out.