Korean Kareoke and Boiling Bath Water!

So, in Korea, they have these things called bongs.  "Bong" is the Korean term for "room".  They have all sorts of bongs, including Wii bong, Pool bong, TV bong, PC bong, Screen Golf bong, and Norebong, literally meaning, singing room.  When you want to do kareoke, there is always a Norebong around every corner.  When you walk in, it's like a hotel sort of, where many different rooms contain kareoke setups.  You pay for your room and you and your friends sit on comfy couches, order food and drinks, and sing kareoke as loud and obnoxiously to your heart's content.  There's no waiting in line for your turn, everyone just sings every song because there's enough microphones to go around.  Bad dancing is also encouraged.  Amazingly, they are filled with American songs that you would sing at typical kareoke! They have Michael Buble and the Aladin theme song, so I was happy :) There are also black lights and disco lights to accompany all of the wonderful performances.  This is how I spent my Friday evening, after a wonderful dinner of the spiciest thing I've ever put into my mouth. It was just fried chicken, but the sauce was like fire.  It was good after you realized you were indeed going to live through the experience.  I got to meet some new friends and enjoy a traditional Korean evening of fun.  Needless to say, Saturday I was worthless, having stayed out until the wee hours of the morning.  That's ok though because it rained most of the day.  I went to lunch with some Korean friends at an awesome noodle shop, and then we had coffee at an interesting cafe close to Hanyang University.  It's where the students mostly hang out.  Let's just say, I had a life altering latte at that cafe.  It was the most amazing coffee I've ever had, and I've had a lot of coffee.  It was even better than Italian or Costa Rican coffee, and you know how I raved about those! I will most definitely be going back there! Sunday was laid back as well, going to church in the morning and then exploring Ansan some more with Jaclyn.  We went to a Bar B Q place for lunch and ordered all by ourselves! It was quite an accomplishment.  Then we bought groceries and I had an early night in, baking cookies in my toaster oven and using nutella as frosting, also experimenting with Dove chocolate on top that melted all gooey... um, yum..  Also during that evening, it was discovered that there was no hot water to speak of, and that made me a little bit angry.  Apparently, no names mentioned, someone in charge of these things neglected to pay certain portions of said gas bill for a while and the heat got shut off in our building.  Bummer.  I, being the princess that I am, was not about to take a cold shower, so I got to work boiling water on the stove and transferring it into the kitchen sink.  Once I had a sink full, my lovely friend and neighbor came over to help me wash my hair.  (There's video footage of this because I'm basically complaining the whole time about how Korea is turning into a third world country) . Then I made her leave so I could attempt to wash the rest of my body with the hot water that I had boiled on the stove.  (sorry no video footage of this).  hah.  Hot water is now restored, which is good because I thought I was going to have to go all ranger on someone soon.  I am loving talking to my handsome ranger boyfriend on skype and facetime now that he's out of rangerland and back in the real world! :) The days are flying by, I'm not evacuating yet, but I have developed an escape plan for all those that are concerned! I love you a million!