  I was in Jecheon this weekend, to visit some friends. One was having a birthday, so everyone went out on Saturday night to celebrate by getting trashed. (I can see you all know where this is going...) As a matter of fact, I was really well behaved, and had maybe only four drinks over the course of the night. By the time we began splitting up and heading home, I was pretty much stone sober, and not feeling the quite the thing. It was maybe three o'clock when six of us decided to go out for Samgyupsal (Korean barbeque). By the time we made it into the restaurant, sat down, and had the food on the table, our little group had lost two people. It's really amazing how you can walk just two blocks, cross a street, and suddenly discover that one person is missing. Anyways, there ended up being four of us, sitting around the table, chatting and eating. At first I nibbled a bit, but I felt progressively worse until after a while I could barely stand the smell of the meat or the sight of it. I finally gave in and dragged the friend I was staying with out of there (or maybe she dragged me), and we started the short walk back to her place. As we were walking along the street, I thought, maybe I can make it all the way back to her house, it isn't really that far. Maybe. Possibly. Even though it feels like my stomach is climbing into my throat. Then, about two blocks away, I finally had to give in to my heaving stomach and, well, heave.
So I did my part to add to the Saturday night street pizzas littering the streets of Jecheon. The funny thing is, my friend says it was one of the strangest and tidiest times she's ever seen someone vomit. I stopped walking , said "I really don't feel good," bent over at the waist with my upper body horizontal to the ground, threw up in one heave, then stood up straight again, and kept on walking.
I didn't even get anything on my shoes. I think some higher power was watching out for me - they knew that I had to wear the same jeans home. I feel like shit today though. I think I may have food poisoning of some sort, because my stomach has been a ball of nausea and pain all freaking day. 
