Fun with Friends

One of the great things about Cheongju is the thriving foreigner community. I have made some fabulous friends here who I will definitely miss. So this is a fairly random collection of get-togethers we have had recently. First we have pictures from Frances' going away dongdongju night.From left to right it is me, Rosario and Willow. Not quite sure why Rosario looks so evil in this picture, but what can you do?
We have gone to this place so many times, I think we are putting their kids through college.
From left to right: Sueji, Rosario, Liz and Mike. You can see Kayla's body in the back but I chopped off her head, sorry hun!
Next we have photos from Maggie's visit to Cheongju. We miss her so much now that she is gone. We ate at a random little galbi place, it was delicious.
From left to right: Maggie, Willow and me. We always get along so well.
It was a crazy night, and it was like a Tuesday or something I think. This was the night we drank the place out of beer. That is quite and accomplishment in Korea.
Sean and Rosario hamming it up after a few drinks! And they weren't the only ones.
James and I had to take the cute pictures too. Definitely served to remind me how much I miss hanging with Maggie.
Speaking of people leaving, next up are the pictures from Mark's going away night. The normal staff party grew to include some other friends as well.
From left to right: Mr. Ahn, Mark, Matteo and Bryce. I don't think Bryce realized he was having his picture taken. It is always interesting when we have the bi-cultural outings.
Lina and Alice doing the traditional peace sign pose. All Koreans do this in pictures. My kids tell me it is cause the celebrities do it.
And then we have Hoang and Joanne. Hoang left about two weeks after this. So many goodbyes. That is the hard thing about the overseas working.
After the staff to-do we headed out to the Road King to finish out the evening.
I thought this was a pretty cute picture of Mark and I.
So the night before Valentine's Day. We were a bit bored so James, Hoang and I went on a picture taking adventure around town at night. Interesting trying to get good pictures in that low of lighting.
This is my emo picture, very dark and contemplative. Yes it was staged. Has to be cause they had to hold that pose for like a minute to get enough light for the picture. Hoang decided to climb the tree.
I thought it was a nifty angle, taken from below and all. James was sitting for a minute for no particular reason and I took this picture of him.
If he ever puts out an emo, punk or hip-hop album, this would be a great cover. I am totally willing to let him use it, for a fee of course... The churches are usually lit up with some major neon, especially the crosses, looks really cool in the long exposure.
So we had a random great time running around taking pictures at night. This is more or less what we do for fun. That and a lot of movies, video games, and general hanging out. Not so different from back home really.