There was a big party going down in Beomgye and we watched some singers perform on a stage in the downtown area. We went to the bar after that and sat down for beer, but when the beer came I was too tired and didn't feel like drinking anymore, so I went home. Also, I had to meet my brother because he was coming to stay the night at my place BECAUSE we were going to meet my friends at Suwon Station at 8AM Saturday BECAUSSSE we were all going to go to EVERLAND!Saturday, I dragged my self and a half hour later, my brother, out of bed and went to Suwon Station to meet my chingoos. I thought were were taking a bus, but we rode in a van to Everland, one of three popular amusement parks in Korea. This was my second time to go to Everland. We arrived at about 930.
(Ko's Friend Mi Nae(??), Ko, Yeni, and Me)Everyone wanted to ride the T Express first. It has the title of 'The steepest wooden roller coaster in the WORLD.' I was scared because I don't like roller coasters or high places, but I was too tired to care too much, so I walked my death walk to through cute animal areas where skunks and meerkats slept near each other and lions had morning 'relations'.
We got to the T Express and it wasn't running! I felt the day get better and we went to ride the 'Amazon' instead, which is like the rapids at six flags. Circular raft that goes through a river and splash splash. I'd done it before, you don't get that wet. But that's alright cuz it was morning and the fall air is a little chilly these days. We went back over to T Express and surprise surprise! It opened at 1030, so it was now running. Well, ****. Anyway, I did it. We waited in line and found a good place to take pictures. There was even a bag on the ground so we could look fashionable.
Ko and Me in line for T Express 
The ladies, looking cute.
And Ryan being crazy...Oh yeah, I forgot to mention that everyone but Ko go animal ears after the Amazon ride. This is us being our animals.
Man, blogger is giving me trouble. Anyway, we rode T Experess and I closed my eyes during those 77 degree drops, but overall it wasn't bad, but I did duck down for fear of losing my giraffe head.
After that we rode bumper cars and smashed then we ate some hamburgers. It was good and bad to ride T Express first. Good because it was morning and the line wait wasn't long, and there wasn't time to build up stress about it but bad because after it, nothing was quite as exciting. There's one other roller coaster in Everland, but it was down for repairs. But we did the Hurricane which is kind of a cross between a Tilt A Whirl and the rocking pirate boat. Oh and we did some lame haunted house rides that were for Halloween. Haunted house wasn't scary at all and there was a thing called a rotating house that was just silly. You barely even move. And we went through the "Global Village" which was rife with stereotypes and to my friend Katie's dismay did not mention Canada. It's like the spelunker or now yosemite sam ride at six flags where you ride a little boat through a cave. And Africans are savages and Americans are football players or they wear stars and strips forever costumes and oh joy! After that we rode the log ride, which was short but sweet. While waiting in line, I saw a girl with giraffe ears and my friends got her attention so we could take a picture together.
We rode the Safari because Ryan really wanted to see the Liger
OH yeah, and another Ryan joined our group. He got there a little later than us, but here he is not looking very happy.
He told us that 90% of American say ain't. Yeah, right...Well, so yeah, there were a lot of fun rides and we rode them. Haha. After the Safari we had to hurry over to the Magic Cat Show, that's right. Magic. Cat. Show. I wish I could have taken home one of the posters for it. It had a black and white cat wearing a bow tie and top hat and holding a cane and dancing. Ameowzing. Well, we got to the cat show about fifteen minutes early and Ryan and me went to the bathroom. We get back and the thing is roped off. I try to tell the guy at the rope that our friends are inside, but he just kind of yells at me and won't let us back in. I get really angry and call my friends to come help us out. They come and tell the dude, but the guy is being a dick and I see my day being ruined before my eyes. It was really a ridiculous policy because there were families where a husband or wife was showing up a little late and being kept from going in. It was like the Berlin Wall all over again. Really, it was. But most Koreans were just ducking under the rope and the guy wasn't saying anything or stopping them. It was frustrating because we couldn't do anything because we're white and kind of stand out, ya know. Finally, more of my friends came out and talked to they guy. He was still being an ***hole, but my friends told me that he said we should wait and they would let us in the back. So, we got let in the back. Yesterday I went onto the Everland site to complain about this incident, but there was no contact email or anything. Bastards! I was livid, but as the magic cat show music came on, which was like the music you'd hear before a basketball game mixed with intermittent strangled meows, I couldn't help but crack up and laugh all the BS away. The cat show was short and sort of thrown together, but who am I to complain about a Magic Cat Show. It was less magic and more show and cats jumped high and went through obstacles, and a couple of the cats were like, screw this, and just ran away, so the people on stage were visibly nervous, but that made it even better. They brought out a monkey at one point and the show finished with a dog. A DOG! That was pretty ridiculous. If you're gonna call it Magic Cat Show. Stick with cats. Dogs do tricks all the time. If anything just let the kitties hang out on stage. We want to see kitties!
After the cat show, we ate a lackluster dinner and ran over to the Viking Boat to ride it. I wanted to stay on it all night, but we wanted to see the fireworks, so our tired feet ran to the fireworks locale. After fireworks we dragged ourselves to the buses and went to Suwon station then home. Ryan and I got home around midnight.Sunday, we slept in and went to get donuts. Then, I saw Ryan off because I had a date. I met my girl and we went to a movie, dinner, hang out on a bench ^.~
It was a great weekend. Now I'm back at school. No classes today and fun classes tomorrow and Wednesday because the kids need to loosen up before exams next week. We'll sing and play a game and talk. Chuseok is this weekend and I get a four day holiday, I think. Maybe five? I'm not sure yet. I'll go visit Ryan and maybe go to another theme park next weekend. I'll try to bring my camera this time, because all these pictures are mooched off my friends' facebook pages.
