Hello to all my NY/NJ Peeps back home (Happy Halloween)

So how is life back home in the Big Apple? Still plugging away as the city that never sleeps? I'm so excited b/c I just download the Best of Frank Sinatra from the web which contains 43 AMAZING songs from Frankie Blue Eyes, or as my new friend from Scotland refers to him simply as "the voice." That's right, I was down visiting friends in Changwon this past Sat. night Oct 27th wearing a BIG Curly Blonde wig (which I borrowed from the school's teacher's lounge). Had my Hawaiian shirt on over my "Hoboken, NJ" tee shirt, wore my friend Lisa's swim goggle's, put white toothpaste on my nose, borrowed my friends beach ball & went as an 80's surfer dude!!! While we were outside hanging out on the sidewalk of the local "Family Mart" (that's really the actual name) I met this coolest Scottish lad (or is it chap) named Keith; I don't know the different terms these other English speaking folk use....but this guy blew me away with stuff he knew about my hometown. Like he KNEW that Hoboken was the birthplace of "the voice" (Sinatra). He also is a Miami Dolphins fan and he knew of the most famous shootout in Jets/Dolphins history. Yup, I'm talking about the O'Brien vs. Marino 400+ yards passing day in 1986 in the Meadowlands!!!! I was actually at that game with my dad & my brother when we left early b/c the Dolphins had such a big lead at the end of the guy & my dad wanted to beat the traffic home. To our surprise, the Jets made a MIRACULOUS comeback, tied it up at 45 - 45 and won in overtime 51-45. He even knew that Wesley Walker (who caught the game-winning pass) was blind in one eye!!!!! Needless to say, I was most impressed with the random encounter we had hanging on the sidewalk outside of a mini-mart. He even knew which Jets player was nicknamed, "the GREEN Lantern". Does anyone know who he is talking about??? I had forgotten myself because it was not very widely talked about. He was actually referring to one of my favorite Jets of ALL TIME, Wayne Chrebet!!! WOW, how impressive it that?? He told of the 2 best Westerner bars in Changwon (IP Bar & O'Brien's Bar). He informed us of the 15,000 Won, all you can drink from 9pm-12am (which they extended until 1am) b/c everyone was having such a good time!!! Many English teachers dressed up as Elvis Presley, Homer Simpson, Miss Australia, Beetlejuice, and my favorite was "Whitetrash Man" (this guy wrapped himself up in garbage bags, painted his face white, and asked everyone to stick garbage in his plastic poach. I took the liberty to use his costume and stuck my beer can in there. That's another cultural difference among North American and the Brits & Aussies. They don't call it a "costume"party when you get dressed up in silly outfits.... they call it a "fancy dress" party. Well good, huh? As my friend Kim from London would say. Needless to say, we had a blast that night!!! Spent the night at the Hotel Diana for 40,000 Won, and treated myself to another AMAZING massage at the sauna/spa at the Olympic Hotel. For 5,000 Won, I showered, bathed, used the sauna, steamroom, Hot Baths, etc. Then I went to the Barber Shop which is joined to the spa to get a shave, and I wound up enjoying the most vigorous, intense, full service massage ever. It started out with 3 Korean women massaging me at once. One on my head, neck, and shoulders....and one on each of my legs (hamstrings). I think there were probably 4-5 different women that rotated on & off for close to two hours!!! It was one of the longest shave/massages that I've ever gotten. It just kept on going & going, flipping me back & forth, front to back, with pillow, w/o pillow, with hot steam towel, etc. The best was when she finished shaving me, she pulled out these freezing cold, thinly sliced cucumber pieces and applied apprx. 10-15 strips all over my face!!! And she left it there for well over 25 minutes while another woman massaged my legs, feet, and hips for the second or third time. No joke, this massage was PHENOMENAL!!!! And it only cost $70. No tip needed either.... WOW, what a deal!!!!! That was a great end to a fun fun weekend. I treated myself to nice, juicy Bacon Cheeseburger with french fries & a LOADED baked potato at TGI Friday's for lunch earlier that day (which was such a treat b/c we don't have any of these "luxurious" Westerner restaurant in my small town. I was in super-slow motion the entire day, trying to recover from all the drinking the night before. I slept until 1pm, tried to drag, and peel myself out of bed and get moving. just slowly wandered around all day. It was great. I was so slow, in fact, that I missed all the final buses that go back to Miryang and was considering staying over night and taking the bus at 6am the next day. But I got a Taxi driver to drive me 40 minutes home for $40. It was a good deal considering it would have cost me that to stay in a hotel over night.