Summer Weekend in Daegu

This weekend was not especially amazing, as in some ways nothing really happened, and yet it was eventful.

Friday night I was down on the Sangin Strip with Kris and Mike. We were getting dinner and stayed out for a few drinks. It was starting to get late so we were getting ready to head home when across the street in a place called Beer Kaiser a full blown brawl erupted. I'm not totally sure what happened but at one point the kitchen staff were involved. By the end it seemed that one girl was in hysterics (Kris pointed out that she would have been taken to a mental hospital in Australia, like childish tantrum. The police showed up but were amazingly relaxed (we all agreed that if a brawl like that had broken out in Tampa/Melbourne/Vancouver there would have been mass arrests and clubs out). Eventually the girl, after kicking one officer, was forcefully taken by three who tried to put her in the van. Her hysterics were something that I can only describe as the worst temper tantrum I had ever seen, and we all agreed that back in Canada/USA/Australia she'd be off for a psych evaluation. Anyway the boyfriend decided that this was the time to stop the officers from man handling his psycho girlfriend. Thirty seconds later he had a boot on his neck and was being cuffed. The two of them were driven away and that was it. The other friends, one of whom had been involved in the brawl SAT DOWN AND RESUMED DRINKING. I couldn't believe that they weren't all being dragged away. Talk about not being held responsible for your actions. We then walked home chatting about how different it would be if you behaved like that in the west. Actually I thought it was shameful that there were simply no consequences for that sort of behaviour. I'm sure that girl will be out this weekend doing the same thing.

Saturday was more low key. The three of us again headed out to Anjirang, where there is a whole row of bbq tables (from Korea at its worst to Korea at its best in a day). The meal of choice was Gop Chang. Spicy organ meat. I can only do so much of it but for what it is it's actually quite tasty. We then proceeded to hit up WaBar and a small hof in the Sondangmot area.

Sunday I got up and met Geoff for coffee and to do a test run of Civilization 4. I maintain it is better than 5 but Geoff seemed unconvinced of this. After he left I met Mike for dinner and we discussed a trip to Fukuoka for our summer break.

Monday after the gym we booked that trip.