Two Dozen Years

Despite being slightly under the weather this past week (I have bronchitis), I was still able to celebrate my 24th birthday, not once, but twice. I am incredibly lucky to have such amazing friends and people I work with who helped me make my birthday very special. On my actual birthday (June 10), my school threw me a little birthday party, just before lunch time. After my 11:00 class, I walked into my classroom to find a "Congratulation" banner and a beautiful cake. Shortly after, all 24 kindergarteners walked in and started singing "Happy Birthday." When they were finished they presented me a book filled with birthday wishes. Later that day, I met up with Loren, Ashley and Dani at On the Border for a fantastic birthday dinner.

On Saturday, after my visit to the International Clinic in Itaewon, a step test and H1N1 test (both of which I tested negative for) I got ready and met Loren, Ashley and Dani at Mad for Garlic in Gangnam. Mad for Garlic uses loads of garlic in their array of dishes and of course this made for some tough decisions on what to order. We started with a garlic tower, which is just bread with garlic puree that they prepare at the table, delicious! Ashley and I split a Margarita pizza and a Mexican pasta. Loren opted for the calzone and Dani a mixed cheese pizza. Everything was fantastic. After dinner, we had an amazing rich chocolate cake (that Dani and Ashley bought for me) and cookies that Loren got from Costco. Dinner was not only delicious, but fun! After dinner we headed to Hongdae where we went to a noraebang and sang for 2.5 hours! After noraebang we went to a few bars, ate Burger King and finally came home around 4am! It was such a great night and I had a fabulous birthday. I am so thankful for my friends here because without them, I'd be completely miserable!

Loren caught me off guard ^.^