We said goodbye to RP today the best way we could: Korean BBQ. RP told us that back home beef is a rare commodity since land is limited and cows take up too much grazing space. So imagine our surprise when everybody stuffed themselves with steak and briskets. I asked RP if this stuff reminded him of home and not to my surprise he said it didn't. Well regardless the food was amazing and I ate more meat than I should have. I was even feeling daring and tried out cow intestine, which was chewy and had an aftertaste that reminded me of something you normally expel in the bathroom. We split the bill among ourselves but we covered RP's part. Everybody loves the little guy and having him leave us two days too soon was just hard.
The lunch lasted two hours with everybody eating up more food than they normally have eaten. The topic of conversation fluidly changed each five minutes and in the end it was about the freakiest Asian cuisine out there. One guy said that he once ate at a restaurant where they serve live baby octopuses. They float in your bowl and you just need to pick one up and stick it in your mouth but you need to chew it carefully unless you want it alive inside you. God forbid it tries to crawl out. I was visibly disgusted by it and one guy said that if I thought that was disgusting I should try eating live squid. He pulled out a video on his phone and showed it to everyone. I didn't see it but saw everybody disturbed. VT was sitting between us and when the guy turned to show it to me I burped simultaneously. VT thought I was going to throw up from the video and jumped up the table screaming. Everybody broke down and started laughing except me. I would have joined in on the laughter but I was disturbed by the one second of video I saw of what appears to be a squid trying to escape a bowl. It was like something you'd see from an alien movie.
During lunch a friend from college texted me asking if we could meet tonight so I could help him with a web development problem, which I agreed to do. I also needed to go to the car dealership to deal with a maintenance issue. RP also asked me to drive him to the place he was renting so he could pick up his stuff and then drive him to the Caltrain station so he could go to San Francisco where he'll crash at a friend's place and be near enough to the airport to make it there on time. So I had my day scheduled and it wasn't looking like I'd have any quality time at the dojo.
RP said his goodbye and everybody hugged and wished him the best of luck. At his place he gave me his spare travel bag and accessories he wouldn't be needing that including Korean facial cream. At the Santa Clara Caltrain station we hugged and said we'd see each other again.
After dropping him off I drove to the dealership and they said that my car needed to stay with them and gave me a loaner car. I was emptying out my car when I noticed RP's water bottle that he had forgotten. He loved that bottle and emphasized that he couldn't leave it behind. I have to remember to bring it with me when I go to Korea.
After getting the loaner car I drove home to rest for an hour before heading back to school to see my friend. He was working on a project that was very similar to Rails and I helped him the best I could. Afterwards he took me out to dinner at a Chinese restaurant. That's two times today I had Asian.
Am home now. Super exhausted. Eyes are barely open. Need to sleep. Just two days left. Oh my god, how things are just winding down when I don't want them to.
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