Tuesday (5/4) there was a dinner party for the new teachers. My co teacher said I didn't have to go, but I thought it would look bad if I didn't go, and anyway, the person I had a date with that night had canceled. I had heard a lot about after work dinner parties and that there's a lot of drinking and if getting drunk is acceptable here, then I don't mind drinking. Wednesday we didn't have school (Children's Day), so there was no excuse not to drink.
They didn't waste any time getting the soju flowing. My co teacher sent me over to the principal to pour him a drink, then he poured one for me. Then I had to drink with every other old guy who was with the principal. Then it seemed like every other male teacher there wanted to have a drink with me, so I drank a lot more than I wanted to. Eventually me and a bunch of the other male teachers went to a noraebang. They got several women to hang out with us. I didn't really like it. I don't want some woman around who is only there cause she is being paid. I tried to sing a couple songs but I was too drunk, I had never been to a noraebang before, and I couldn't find anything I knew well.
After that a smaller group of us went to another bar and ate some more and drank some more. It was absolutely unnecessary to eat and drink more. I really don't remember much else about the night except that I got lost walking home.
I don't think i did or said anything too stupid and everyone else was pretty drunk too. I heard its ok to get drunk at these things, and Koreans like it, but still I was nervous about going to school Thursday. I was worried maybe I made a fool of myself or something. But just about everyone I was drinking with seemed to be friendlier. The only stressful thing is everyone knows my name and I can't remember anyones name. I was introduced to everyone my first days here, but I didn't remember most of them. Tuesday night I was too drunk to remember.
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