Days 8 and 9 - My first full weekend

Woke up on Saturday and did not have any plans for the day, so I was ready to go with the flow.  Started my morning with a couple episode of the new season of House of Cards.  Then, I headed off to lunch by my apartment with some friends at an authentic Korean restaurant (sitting on the floor again which is absolutely painful for someone my size).  For my entree, I ordered Bulgogi Soup (which is pork and vegetables in a chicken broth).  Everyone at the table shares the same sides which were rice, salted seaweed, kimchi, steamed vegetables, and a spicy garlic sauce.  The main way I ate my meal was put some rice on the seaweed, add meat and veggies, and then eat it like a mini sushi roll.  Then finished my meal by eating the broth.  After lunch, we headed out to the E-mart down the street from our apartment to get some groceries.  I was able to get through the store pretty easily and was able to find everything I wanted.  A fun part of this shopping experience is that I was able to buy my first bottle of alcohol in the store.  The drinking age in Korea is 20, but age is determined by the year you were born not buy the month. So, anyone born in 1995 is the same age (legally).  Also in Korea, people are not born at 0 they are born at 1, so my Korean age is 21 even though my US age is 19.  After this nostalgic experience, I headed to checkout.  I made my self a to go box of sushi but at checkout something went wrong.  Apparently you have to go to a special counter to get the box priced even if the individually wrapped pieces have their own price tags.  So the cashier (who only speaks Korean) is trying to explain this to me while all I am doing is shrugging my shoulders and looking at my friend who was next to me.  After about 2 minutes of not talking and looking at each other, she finally just gave me the box free of charge (so it was kind of a win for me).  However, things got even worse after checkout.  To get bags to put your groceries in you have to ask at checkout, but since I did not know bag in Korean and the cashier did not know bag in English, I was left without any bags.  So, I find this box station and am able to make a box with the tape they provide.  I packed up all my groceries in my box (my friends were doing the same thing).  We were walking out of the store boxes in hand, and we saw this guy walking out who made handles for his box with tape.  Some of my floormates decide to go back in and make handles for their boxes, but I decided to just carry my thing myself.  They come back out with the most messed up looking, tape covered boxes I have ever seen (the handles worked for half of the trip before breaking off). After this adventure, we decided to just go get some dinner and relax for the night (most of our prides hurt from our shopping experience).  For dinner, we went back to the 24 hour shop from 2 nights ago and I ended up ordering the same thing I had then.  After this, we just relaxed at the apartment before going off to sleep.  

Sunday started exactly like Saturday did.  However for lunch, we all made food we had gotten the day before.  Then, Johaness, Stuart, Lei, and I decided to go play basketball at the outdoor courts on campus.  We were planning on just shooting around until a group of 4 middle-aged Korean men challenged us to a game.  I don't know if they always play like this or if they did because they knew they were playing against two Americans, but I have never been fouled ever in my life like I was in this game.  I drove in the lane once, and I swear (trying to be racist in anyway) this guy straight judo chopped me right in the chest.  Some of the other things they would do is literally stiff arm us while they would drive or post up.  We somehow won after they messed up the score at "halftime" (we played to 20 and when one team gets to 10 points they take a 30 second break).  They said the score was 10-3 them, but I was actually 10-8.  Somehow we compromised at 10-4 (they spoke no English).  We eventually came back after we figured out their game.  For dinner, we went to a bibimbop shop near the apartment because none of us felt like going anywhere too far.  After dinner, we headed back to the apartment, chilled, and then went off to bed.