Buddhas Birthday!

Just a quick update today.

The week has been pretty uneventful - Kevin's sweet-16 birthday was Wednesday evening so we went to the Outback Restaurant and had steak and beer, afterwards we hit a bar and then the beach. The next day, after only a few beers I felt quite hungover and useless but I had the day off as it was Buddhas birthday! (What is he, like 38 years old now?)

So I stayed in and did a whole lot of nothing until about 4pm when I ventured outside and stood aimlessly on a street corner trying to think of something to do. Just as I had turned around to go get an umbrella (and maybe grab another nap) I heard 2 of my co-workers across the street yelling my name, so I ended up grabbing some food with them and spending about 3 hours in one of Busans happiest places: SfunZ (sounds just like how you would attempt to pronounce it).

SfunZ is an 8-story building devoted to making Koreans and the occasional whitey happy. There is a movie theater on the top 3 floors (with 7 of 10 theaters showing Pirates 3) restaurants and clothing stores and bookstores on the remaining floors and the 4th floor is this place called UPara which is a big games place. Basically you buy a card for either an hour, 3-hours or the whole day and after having to high-five the clerk on the way in (everyone has to) you can go bowling, play ping-pong, shoot pool, play arcade games (stupid ones), or enjoy one of the dozens of super-massage chairs. We did all of this and enjoyed our 3 hours throughly. I was dripping sweat though as it was insanely hot inside, and ping pong was more difficult than I remembered, but the massage chairs turned this 'sore' loser into a relaxed one.

Afterwards I went home and thought about you.

So today is Friday and I have the whole weekend! I wish it could be Buddhas birthday every week.