Party Like a Rockstar (Mar 10)

(Thank God we're in Korea, otherwise I'd feel obligated to title this post "Party in the U.S.A.")

• I never throw parties (even for my birthday) because I’m honestly afraid no one will show up...but today was completely opposite! (Now I won’t throw any more because I’ll be afraid it won’t be as great as this one was!) I had a party at my apartment that was (I think) the first multi-city get-together for our province, and it was a total success. Woohoo!
• I started welcoming people around 2, and they just kept coming in groups for the next 4 hours (at its height, we had 30 people). It was so fun to have people just keep showing up – I never knew who was coming next! Ji Hyeon’s phone was bombarded with texts and calls (she was my contact person for the party...she’s awesome). Chanda just started cooking and people helped as they showed up.
• There was not much room in my apartment, but it was perfect: “old” friends (can we be considered that, after just meeting a month ago? I think so :)), new friends, hugs, talking, eating, and hardly any alcohol (which is something I hadn’t wanted to deal with).
• After a few hours, we decided to go out. Some went to a Western bar in Pohang and everyone else (me included) went to norebang in Mundeok. It was fun to be with everyone in a big group again (like during orientation) and Mundeok is so lively! Much livelier than my factory-surrounded street. Plus, it was up to Liz (who has lived in Mundeok for 1 week) and me (who has been there once) to lead us around – which was empowering and interesting!
• Both norebangs we went to were great – there was so much room, and of course, plenty of drinking and singing.
• I held hands with Jeanette as we walked (not uncommon in Korea), so that neither of us strayed away. Which was helpful when we met high school boys who told us we were very pretty.
• Christian, Joey, Deanna, Jeanette, Ruby, Olivia, Chanda, Kyle, Liz, Darryl and Tony came back to my apt after we departed (though Liz, Darryl and Tony went back to Liz’s apt anyways). Shortly after we returned, I fell asleep very comfortably :)