A lot of my friends here and the people that I work with are all in their late 20s or early to mid 30s. They are a bit more mature and have a somewhat different mindset than the people I am used to hanging out with back home. I think because I know that they are all in their 30s I feel like I should be too. So when I had my 24th birthday, all I could think was...I'm too young, I should be at least 30 by now. It was a weird birthday...maybe I thought too much than one should when they turn a year older. Contemplating life is interesting. Especially now since coming to Korea. For the first time in my whole life, I don't have a plan. Me, the master planner, now doesn't have a plan. I'm not sure how I feel about that either. I guess it's good because this way I truly live each day for what it is. But it's also bad, because I have no clue of what I want or what I will do with myself... I guess right now I am just floating along the river of life waiting for a current to sweep me this way or that way. While reminding myself that I'm only 24, and even though I feel older I'm not.
So my Birthday was good. My new roomates are amazing, they make my life now!! I came home from work Friday night to Josaphine (the British roomie) telling me that I needed to get ready because we were going out to bring in the first hours of my Birthday. So thats what we did. :) We went to a local bar and at midnight the DJ played a happy birthday song and Josaphine bought me a wonderful fruity, girly, frou-frou drink called 'alice in wonderland'. All night long I met new people, had great conversations, danced and truly enjoyed myself. Finally at about 5am I walked home and stopped on an overpass walk-way. I stood there for about an hour watching the cars whisp by and thinking about life. It was exactly what I needed. :)
The next day I met Heather at a waffle shop in my neighborhood for brunch. I ordered a cinnamon waffle piled high with cinnamon apples, whipped cream, and ice-cream. It was an amazing Birthday breakfast! It was also great to spend some time with Heather since we now life in separate parts of the city. We discussed life, adventures, birthdays, books and families. The conversation was perfect and long overdue. I spent the rest of the day by myself wandering the Itaewon neighborhood that I life near. I window shopped, tried on fun/crazy dresses and outfits, people watched, and just enjoyed the nice day by myself. :)
The night of my birthday I met the wonderful friends that I have made here so far at an Italian restaurant. We ordered dinner and enjoyed the company of each other over pasta and wine. It was fun to eat something other than Korean food for a day. Afterwards we went to a nice bar where I met a few more friends. Then later, the roomates and I headed to a different part of the city for a dj concert by the British group Artful Dodger. Rachel (my Ausie roomate) was able to get free tickets for us from her Korean friend. So we went to the club, inched our way to the front and danced to the Artful Dodger. At one point Rachel grabbed the singer when he walked by us on the stage. She yelled at him that it was my birthday, so he stopped the show and said happy birthday to me, haha it was great! So we danced and danced and finally it was 4am. By that time it was only Josaphine and me because we had lost Rachel and our other friend Charlotte. So Jos and I headed out into the street crowded with the youth of Korea and bought street food. Then we settled into the sidewalk along with all the Koreans enjoying our street food and bringing in the morning of the next day. Finally we got home and crashed.
It was a grand Birthday!! :)
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