DVD Bong

This past weekend has been the week of the DVD bong. Before I can jump in and start telling you all about my experiences it is first important to understand the term bong.

Bong- In Korean it simply means room. This word is very common and is used to describe all sorts of places. Some of the most popular are Nori bongs (Karaoke) and DVD Bongs.

DVD Bong- Is a genius concept on an alternative to watching a movie at the theater or at your house. They are small places where they have a respectably large selection of DVD's, Korean and foreign alike. After you pick your movie you are taken to a small room which has a large bed/couch that can fit about 4 people maybe 5 if you squeeze in. There is also a projector above that creates the felling of being in a small theater. The genius of the DVD bong is the privacy of it. Most Koreans bring they girl or boyfriend to the place and have a private place to watch a movie and hook up. However, you can also bring your own alcohol and snack to the place so you can drink and either hook up with someone or kick it with your friends.

So, my first experience was last Saturday where Eben, Christina and myself went downtown to buy a few things before the night started. I bought a pair of glasses for about 100,000 won (90$) and a Peja Stokavich jersey...... Still can't fucking believe that. After this we had a few hours to kill so we decided to check out a movie at the DVD bong. We ended watching Role Models while drinking some mekju and soju while also enjoying some popcorn. We had and interesting night downtown... lets just say the glasses changed up the dynamic of the night in a very positive way.

Anyway, we ended up meting some girls from Chicago, Briana and Julie. The next day they gave us a call and we ended up making plans to go to the DVD Bong again. First, We grabbed some beers at Oregon bar (the cool music bar) then we began the night of endless films. We bought a bunch of mekju, soju and some assorted snacks (FYI dried octopus is a good snack which they actual sell at the movies theaters over here). We all decided to watch some horror movies so we started with the Descent which I had previously seen once in IV, I think with Perry. It was a good choice but retrospectively it might have been a little to good... About 20 minutes in where they introduce the villains of the film (their a cross between Gollum from LOTR and an albino I would say) it startled the girls so much that they literally jumped which sent beer flying out of Briana's cup, spilling all over herself and myself. After this movie we watched Battle Royal which if you haven't seen it is an amazing Japanese film about a deathmatch between school kids who are trapped on an Island and must kill each other (with an assortment of weapons given to students based on their strength and intelligence) to live and escape the island.After this film I thought we would call it a night considering it was around 2am but the girls wanted to continue watching some films so we stayed for another film. After this film we ran out of drinks so Eben and I left the Bong to grab some more mekju and on the way back Eben eyed a large Homer Simpson Dangle.

Dangle- something that hangs off of the end of your cellphone which are extremely popular over here. Almost every Korean has some sort of dangle which is used as most commonly phone bling or some practical purpose.

After we returned I picked out 28 Days Latter which we watched without any further spilling instance. We then packed up are stuff and left the DVD Bang making our way to the cab area. However, when we got there it was decided that we in fact were not ready to call it a night and decided to head back to a DVD Bong and watch one final movie. At this point in the night I was rather tired but I was more interested to see how long we could continue to go on before the DVD Bong would either would close or politely say Fuck off. This time we watched The Grudge but after about 20 minutes all of us, I think, ended up passing out and I remember waking up to the credits. We left and this time it was official we said our farewells to the girls and we made for the home right as the sun was rising.

In total we went to 2 different DVD Bong's and spent about 8 hours total watching movies. Quite a successful night/adventure if I do say so myself.

One more thing I forgot to tell you all that this was a Thursday night so we all had to go to work the following day which lets just say was sloooooooooooow and looooooooong, in other words a load of lethargic shit.