january 30th marked the day of birth of our good friend and co-worker maddie. we celebrated on friday evening with a large galbi dinner party and many shots of soju, followed by some 맥주 at our favourite local hangout, beer ocean. if you'll recall, we spent another birthday here back in may. thankfully, we didn't have any vomit do-overs this time around. (at least not by me, madeline will have to speak for herself ...)
all in all, a great time was had, and we capped the night off with several late night hours in the noraebang (노래방, or singing room). nothing like belting a few tunes to commemorate the birthday girl. while the noraebang usually has a wide variety of english/western songs to choose from, we foreigners can sometimes be limited in viable selections - the specific song you're looking for never seems to be available, and there are often a ton of really hit-or-miss options. on top of that, anything too slow is boring (and risks being "next"-ed by your drunk friends) and anything too fast proves impossible to keep up (think, outkast's bombs over baghdad - hello, challenge!). while weezer's say it ain't so, the cranberries' zombie, and oasis's don't look back in anger have become our group's go-tos, it's always awesome to find a diamond in the rough. or rather, a goodie amongst the many unknown and/or random tracks (it also doesn't help that songs are listed by title, and not by artist). friday's gems included blondie's heart of glass, no doubt's cover of talk talk's it's my life, and kelly clarkson's since u been gone. eugh, i also vaguely recall doing a solo performance of britney's overprotected ... yikes.
regardless, it was a successful birthday spent, dangler-touching* and all. happy birthday!
* a method of reducing nausea, as passed down to young grasshopper madeline from wise (and much experienced) alex teacher
4 comments:
A) Wow! My own entry. I am so special!
B)That is a terrifying photo of me.
C) It's ok that you asked me about my camera--the invaluable advice you gave me about uvulas makes up for it. Your tip shall never be forgotten
"eugh, i also vaguely recall doing a solo performance of britney's overprotected ... yikes."
I recall this rather vividly. ;)
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dangler-touching? that sounds oddly poo-related...lol. miss you!
xo
keyne
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