Staff Christmas Party

The directions were clear. Friday morning Stella wrote the following on the whiteboard in the staff room: "Staff Christmas Party, 6:30pm, the Korean Restaraunt". Ohhhhhhhh, the Korean restaraunt. Obviously. If I look out my bedroom window I can see about 25 Korean restaraunts. Regardless, we were all quite excited about a night out on the company's dollar.

First up was performance and graduation. These were my kids from this week and they did an amazing performance of "Mud Puddle". At graduation we were all rock stars again, signing autographs until the carpel tunnel kicked in. We all went back to our apartments for a quick change and then headed back out to the Korean restaraunt.

This is us on the road, lost, looking for the restaraunt. One of the Korean teachers called "114", (the Korean "411") and got directions for us.

We went to a galbi place, which is Korean BBQ. You can kind of tell from the picture above that the meat is bbq-ed right at your table, and there's a vent that sucks up all the smoke. Usually you flip the meat yourself, but in this case the waiter took pity on us and cooked it for us. It was the most tender beef I have ever, ever eaten. Delicious! Superb! Please note that the table is full of side dishes, which is customary at a any korean restaraunt, and once you've finished a side dish, more is promptly brought out. Please note we are also sitting on the floor. We got a private room, but out in the main area of the restaraunt everone was sitting in chairs...

There is a drinking tradition in Korea which involves one person pouring a shot for another person, and then vice vera... uh, something like that. Anyway, a lot of shots were had, but mostly by the koreans who were pouring them. One of the evenings highlights was definately getting our boss, Stella, to do some shots. The proof is in the video above.

Mel and Cavin. Later in the night Cavin admitted that his hair is "imitation".

Shawn, Bruce and Cavin's glasses

Of course, there was no other way for the evening to end but at a norebang, where Mel promptly found the stash of tambourines. It was a mix of familiar pop songs and obscure Korean music, but everyone was singing and dancing around. Listening to a group of Korean male adults sing "The Greatest Love of All" is priceless. By the end of the night the floor was soaking wet and covered in glass, but Jeannie really wanted to sing "What's Up" with me... and judging by the video it kind of looks like I really wanted to sing "What's Up" with her too...

When we were done at the norebang we headed back to Jo's apartment with a small group. We ordered pig's feet and chatted a little bit before heading to bed. Unfortunately for Jo, her bed was kind of "being used" at the end of the night.

Is this what your staff christmas party was like?