St. Patrick's Day 2014 - 신도림 [Sindorim]

St. Patty's Day
2014/03/15 @ 신도림 [Sindorim]

I missed the Saint Patrick's Day celebration last year, but I went in 2011 & 2012. It was nice to get out an see some old friends and meet some new ones. I actually had plans after the event, so I remained sober and took some photos. It's a fun time, because there are people dancing and musicians playing fun dancy music.

( The area is a big amphitheater. ) 

( The dance crowd started out pretty darn small. )

( A lot of people were all decked out for the holiday. )

( An Irish dinosaur )

( One of the musicians )

( PINWHEELS )

( Another one dressed up )

( Some more musicians )

( I ran into Calvin & got to meet Matt and his daughter. )

( I hadn't seen Danny in nearly a year. )

( I also ran into Jake, one of Drew's frat brothers. )

( His friends were all pretty hilarious. )

( Derek decided that we were best friends. )

( I like how all the pictures morphed from photos of two people to four people... )

( ...to seven people. )

( This guy was harassed a great deal, but he was a good sport. )

( See! He's in the background posing. )

( Another group photo. I'm sorry everyone, I don't remember all your names. You'll have to help me out with those next time we run into each other. )

( HA. This picture started with two people as well. )

( Matt posed with somebody's pizza fail. )

( I'm not entirely sure how a bird and giraffe related to St. Patty's, but I liked it. )

( This dude hung around for quite awhile. )

( Derek and... I think her name was Nicola. )

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      St. Patty's 2011                St. Patty's 2012               Scavenger Hunt               아침고요 Garden

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Sindorim Station [신도림역] (Seoul Subway Lines 1 & 2) - Exit 9 / Exit 8

Walk out exit 1, and you'll be in the plaza.

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JC's Birthday & St. Patrick's Day

( Happy Birthday, Pal )

JC's Birthday
03/16~17/2012 @ 수원 [Suwon]

JC didn't want us doing anything crazy for his birthday, so we kept it local. After work, we went home to change into normal people clothes, then the CHAMP gang met up at a local 갈비 [galbi] restaurant. We ate, drank & moved the party to my apartment: Wii Party. It was wonderfully entertaining. I managed to stay relatively sober, because everyone else was so messed up. I was protecting my possessions from being drunkenly destroyed or vomited on. In the end, two people where walked and/or carried out of my apartment after having puked in the bathroom. The night was great, and my apartment was in tact. Come to think of it, we repeated this event the following Saturday for Josh's birthday. Happy birthday to Josh, too!

( Parham and his visitor, Charles )

( Katrina )

( JC )

( Harry )

( JC was giving Harry the tutorial... Like always. )

( Drew, as the sketch artist )

( Charles was flying, I think. )

( Harry was plastered. )

( JC & Katrina, in the rain )

( Parham was focused. )

( so was Tom )

( Katrina, in a blur )

( Katrina's gifts for JC )

( He got a memory card for his new camera. )

( The trash )

St. Patty's Day
3/17/2012 @ 신도림 [Sindorim]

Most of my friends opted out of celebrations for this holiday, but I was still able to meet Drew and some of his old friends in Sindorim for St. Patty's Day. We had some drinks at the big gathering, then went out to 이태원 [Itaewon] for dinner where we met up with Lina. After dinner, we called it a night and headed home. It was a pretty mild St. Patty's Day, but it was still nice.

( Drew & Myself )

( The festivities )

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