It was a torrential weekend in Namyangju but we jues made the most of it. It started out with watching a little boy on the sidewalk play with his newly purchased toy gun. Though guns are illegal here, they certainly try to make up for that with their children's toys. This 5 year old's gun was hardly a hot pink, plastic water pistol. Instead, it was AK-47 replica, just shy of his height, that had rather realistic sound effects. Little did I know at that time that I would soon be pulling the trigger on my own firearm.
We spent that night jumping around a Nori Bang. In Korea you have the delightful option of renting your own private room with your friends to sing karaoke for hours and hours. They take it very seriously...as did we.
The next day we went to an imitation Disney theme park called Lotte World. All of the girls (and a sizable number of guys) were wearing animal ears or big sparkly bow headbands which we immediately adopted. Korean girls really seem to love super sparkly, pretty, silky little outfits and accessories. I can't wait to see what my wardrobe looks like at the end of the year.
We spent the day going on rides, eating whipped cream and honey waffle sandwiches, going through a haunted house where I ran into some Korean Texans, and exploring the world's largest indoor theme park.
We stumbled into an area which appeared to be some sort of exploration center for the kids. There were aquariums filled with ugly fish, a tank full of crickets and only crickets, a few sticks covered with giant beetles, a pit where the kids could play with giant maggots, and (what, by that point, seemed very out of place) a cage with baby bunnies and ducklings. The gift shop was primarily filled giant beetles for purchase.
We ended the day at the Lotte World shooting range where I got to shoot my first hand gun, a revolver, ten times with 90% accuracy. Ow ow!
Now it's time to start planning my trip to Japan....that I leave for in six days.... What this is really about is me just trying to live up to my senior favorites title of "Most Spontaneous."
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