Good Day-Studying, Markets, and Korean BBQ

Although I didn't wake up until noon, I made the most of it! Went to my favorite place (with exception to the BIF), the library of course! Studied for my quiz on Tuesday in the class that actually counts for a grade! Anyway, I was returning to my dorm with a sense of accomplishment when

First words out of Cyril's mouth,"Hey! Come to Ladies Market with us!" Now here I am with a backpack, sweat pants, and [Ponder for moment] "Ok, sure. I'm in!."

Ending up going to Temple Market where I bought 5 pairs of socks including Pumas!! and a couple classy Armani and Ralph Lauren Polo dress socks, a mountain climbing clip(which I need to clip my shoulder strap onto my duffle bag because it broke off) then off to Ladies Market where I haggled my way down from $20 USD for one Armani belt to a 2 for 1 deal. Tip: You must go into the markets with budget cap, otherwise things can get out of hand.

From the market's to Causeway Bay's all you can eat Korean BBQ Buffet, where you cook your own meat in front of you. Now, I do realize how unsanitary these places specially around the time that I'm putting loads of raw meat onto my plate, but none the less the variety of crab, fish, chicken, pork, and steak was all delicious (the ox tongue was a bit chewy)

In the beginning, there were two of us and we helped ourselves to a couple small sized plates, but then two of our other companions joined us, Ole and Larz, (whose real names will not be revealed for confidentiality purpose). We were given a warning that the meat would be taken away in 15 minutes, so as any hungry college student would do, we loaded up 6 plates with mountains of meat. The management and staff gave us looks of doubt and warned us to take only what we could eat, but we knew or at least thought we could handle it, we'll show them. The place closed at 1 a.m., and it was already 12:15 a.m. It became a race against time.

By 1 a.m. we devoured 4 of the 6 plates. We owned the place, as the only people still in the restaurant. I hit a wall. A very big wall, that made me sick to my stomach. The most meat I've every eaten. The staff laughed and talked Canto with Ole, saying, "Your friend looks a bit sick over there." I still managed to eat 4 more watermelon slices and 3 more orange slices to finish off the meal. We left them a nice tip(which you're "not supposed") for staying past 1 a.m. for us. The hard part was standing up. Thoughts of sickness clouded my mind, but I was able to make my way outside and into the cab.

This morning I woke up with the taste of pork in my mouth. Ugh..I didn't think these words would every come out of my mouth, but I don't want to think about, look at, smell, or taste one piece of meat right now... maybe in another 4-8 hours. That meal covered late night dinner, breakfast, and perhaps today's lunch as well. I'm not doing that again; I prefer to enjoy my food. Korean BBQ, I will be back, just give me a week or two. It's just too good of a deal not to go back; I can promise you that I will enjoy my food next time and eat at leisure.

First morning in a long while that I woke up and wasn't cold! Yahoo! Good start to a great day!

Random Quote- "WHEN A PERSON WITH EXPERIENCE MEETS A PERSON WITH MONEY, THE PERSON WITH THE EXPERIENCE WILL GET THE MONEY AND THE PERSON WITH THE MONEY WILL GET THE EXPERIENCE."