All April's Fools

Again another long time in between posts, I apologize for that again.  I've been caught up between frisbee and GRE studying and haven't had a good opportunity to sit down and collect all my thoughts until right now.  Anyways, the guys on the left are MGMT and I saw them in concert on April 1st in Seoul.  Another good concert, but probably not worth the 100,000 won it cost to see them live.  I'd already seen them before at Bonaroo in 2009 and that was a much better show than this last one, but maybe that was partly due to them being at the end of a long tour this time around.  Overall still enjoyable, just probably would've been much more enjoyable for say 30,000 won.  In addition to seeing another concert, it seems late March/April is prime birthday time.  Nate's birthday was March 25th and we celebrated that weekend by going to a authentic Memphis BBQ restaurant for some ribs and a night out in Gangnam.  Needless to say a good time was had by all.  The following weekend was Keith's birthday and this time we went to a Brazilian steakhouse in Gangnam area (actually closer to Apgujeong) called Mercado for some meat and then some more meat followed by another serving of you guessed it, meat.  This meat was extraordinary.  I think the last time I went to a Brazilian steakhouse was November 2008, Thanksgiving break at Fogo de Chao with the family.  I had meat overkill that night and I literally couldn't eat meat for a few weeks afterwards.  Even the smell of meat cooking was enough to set me off.  Luckily that didn't happen this time, just enjoyed the high quality beef without overdoing it. 

Meanwhile, frisbee has been picking up a lot as we edge closer to the Jeju tournament and coincidentally, the weather has also begun to be spring like, with temperatures in the low 60s recently which is great!  I'm really looking forward to the tournament; we just got our jerseys in and they look great. 

School wise not too much is going on, just making it through week to week.  Last Friday afternoon, most of the teachers took a little hiking trip to a mountain on the border between Suwon and Yongin, which was enjoyable.  Afterwards we had a great dinner, also always enjoyable. 

Not quite sure what's on tap for this weekend.  Potentially seeing the Suwon Bluewings play some soccer on Friday or maybe an LG Twins baseball game.  Also more birthdays, really it's out of control how many April birthdays there are!  Oh, and how could I forget the most important news of all.  Most of you remember the fiasco I wrote about in dealing with getting a Chinese travel visa in Korea.  Well, at least I'm putting it to good use.  I'm heading to China for a quick trip the first weekend in May (May 6-10).  We have a long weekend because of Buddha's birthday (see, even more birthdays!) so I have the following Monday and Tuesday off of school.  Unfortunately I can't go for longer, but I'm going to get in 4 days in Beijing, which I heard is plenty of time.  I'm planning on going to Great Wall one day and figure out the rest in the next few weeks.  I also found a pretty cool hostel located in one of the older neighborhoods that is surrounded with little tea houses and markets, so that should be pretty interesting.

That's pretty much all from this end right now.  I have to get my racquet restrung, but then I'll try and get out and play some tennis, hopefully soon.

What I'm listening to: "The Plains/Bitter Dancer" by Fleet Foxes (really really good, the entire album is!  Thanks Yoda!)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_jbXOz7PXEg
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wwXsvwklvfA&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=puqnxPGwpo4