This Saturday morning kind of sucked because I had to work for several hours.  Once that was complete, it was time to get a late lunch and I really wanted some hot chicken.  I went on the journey for it and searched for over an hour.  The real story is within the last 7 minutes though.  I was now fully starving at this time.

I took a right when I should have probably taken a left.  I went by this one place when 2 ladies pulled me into their shop.  I thought it was a store, so I was kinda like whatever because this does happen here, and I might find something neat.  I was in a highly foreign populated area, so they were trying to pull you in at every other shop to buy something…so no biggie, right?  I didn’t see the name of the shop, but then the kewt girl pulls me into a small room while she’s trying to speak broken English.  I wasn’t really paying attention to her because I was trying to assess the situation.  This was like no shop that I’d ever seen in Korea.  Then, they start to close a sliding door on me with me and her in a little room.  

Hold up…I’ve seen this before.  I wedge my foot in the doorway and say ‘NO!’ in Korean.  She’s telling me how much she likes me…it only makes sense, I’m me after all.  Part of me (about 100%) thinks that she’s just saying that and doesn’t really mean it.  At this point, I’m just trying to get out of this shop, because before I went on my way I grabbed several hundred dollars at the ATM and I didn’t feel like getting rolled this early in the day.  I escape, but with some of her makeup on my shirt…she was a hugger :)  I saw on my way out that the name of the place was called ‘Peach Phuzz’.  Fascinating stuff.  She asks me to promise to come back, because food was my excuse to leave.  I say OK without much intention of coming back.

Now off on my chicken mission again wondering what just happened and thinking what would have happened if I stayed.  I get to the next corner and I think this guy starts asking me for money to help him get to school.  I play dumb and speak Spanish, so situation averted…I think.  As he’s about to give up, a little old lady comes up to me asking for money too.  I’m way starving and in no mood, so I just keep doing my fluent Spanish and broken English thing.  As little old lady gives up, she starts talking to the Korean guy next to me.  Turns out he wasn’t actually Korean, and the light turns green to walk.  Now the supposedly Korean dude starts speaking to me in Spanish.  WHAT THE FUCK BUFFALO BILL?!?  Who speaks Spanish in Korea?  He’s ok though.  I found out he was from Brazil and only knew a little Spanish.  He was here for school.  Yay.

All the above was much too much for me in 7 minutes, so I gave up and stopped at Outback.  My first western food in 2 weeks.  I was now eating alone and had time to contemplate what just happened over some beer. 

During lunch, curiosity was now getting the best of me, and I felt as though I had to go back to ‘Peach Phuzz’ to see what her spiel was.  I did ‘promise’ after all.  Before I did that though, I wanted to go back to the hotel, empty my pockets, and have a liter of beer (just under a 40 oz).  I figured this was worth $30 to me to see what would happen next. 

As I write this I'm finishing my beer.  Here is my plan…I will now walk by the Peach Phuzz and test my fate.  I figure that she must have pulled me in for a reason, and I must find out why.  When I walk by, if she pulls me in, I will go in and see what happens.  If she doesn’t pull me back in when I walk by, fate says it was a mistake.  2 times is something real, once is not.

My beer is now finished, so now with empty pockets, except for 30,000 won (about 30 bucks), a cell phone for emergency, and a hotel key, I shall walk by the Peach Phuzz and see my fate.  Part of me wants me to get pulled back in.  The other part is saying that i'm hella dumb for even thinking about going back...that's why I had the beer first :)  The angel and devil play funny games.  I'm just a mere pawn in this world of good and evil.  Please God, guide me in the correct direction. 

Please tune in to see what my fate was…