Matt Gates had arrived in the late evening last night and had booked a hostel in Hongik University. Somehow I managed to multi task having a shower and being hungover at the same time so that I could go meet him and his Korean friends.
Matt and Josh arrived at Iteawan and we enjoyed a Korean BBQ together. It was nice catching up and exchanging stories about our adventure through Asia.
Josh is an Australian civil engineer that Matt made friends with on his last visit to Korea over a year ago. Josh graduated from engineering, tried working as an engineer for a year, decided he didn't like the working hours and work environment, then decided to quit everything and come to Korea to teach English for a year. Is that inspiring?! You decide! Either way, he's a really interesting and intelligent guy.
After eating food, we all decided unanimously to watch the latest star wars movie! We couldn't understand the website for the GVC cinema (since they said their start times were at 28:00 or at 36:00) so we decided to just train it to Gangnam and see if we could find seats.
Just as we arrived, a Korean lady came up to us and said in broken English "hey guys, do you want 3 free tickets to see starwars in 3D?" She had purchased 3 tickets for her son and a few of his friends, but apparently they coudlnt make it so she was giving the tickets away for free. We tried desperately to pay her for the tickets but she wouldn't accept it, so we thanked her heaps and waddled our way towards the cinema. Star Wars Free-D !! Wohoo!
After the movie, we met up with another one if Matt's friends, Woosung, who is half Korean, half Aussie. We enjoyed another Korean BBQ together and then went walking around hongik university.
So much was happening around hongik! Food, lights, performances, protests etc. It was great.
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