Animal Kingdom

Whilst in the midst of the rain forest, a sloth crossed my path and began to speak in a foreign tongue. One which I spoke well. "Why is the orangutan a nomad of the trees?" He is smart beyond his years, I replied.

Friday, June 10, 2005

And you thought the Byron Nelson was about golf...

While dining with my brother and Annie Marie yesterday at the wonderful I Fratelli Italian Restaurant, I began telling a story which afterwards, Sean encouraged me to blog. So, this begins my story. About 3 weeks ago I was attending the Byron Nelson golf tournament at the Four Seasons Resort in Las Colinas. I was with my boyfriend who is a golf pro and manager of the bag room at this particular hotel, meaning he knows several members who live on the course. One man, Mr. Yu, invited us in for a korean bar-b-que. Now, I have neither been to nor heard of a korean bar-b-que but it was HOT outside and I was definitely in the mood for a nice cold one. When we entered the backyard, we were greated by a koi pond and about 4 coolers full of ice cold beer. As we began eating and drinking to our hearts content, Mr. Yu continuously brings us more food, and to my pleasure, more beer, urging us to drink and eat! After about the 4th beer or so, I have an urge to use the restroom. Mrs. Yu tells me it is right inside the door and to the right. I enter the restroom, thinking nothing of it, sit down, only to feel the toilet has a warming sensation. I then look over to notice a control panel on the side of the toilet. That's right, it's all in Korean. I don't have a clue what these buttons mean. I'm getting a little nervous at this point. So, I finish, stand up and stare for about a minute. Pondering whether or not I should start pushing buttons. There is a big bright yellow button at the top, I only assumed that was the flush button. So I push, I was wrong. Water began spraying out of the toilet and onto my clothes. Luckily, it was very little. I push a few more buttons, some did nothing, or at least seemed to do nothing. Finally, I am thinking people are probably wondering just what the heck I am doing in that restroom for so long. It is then I realize that the toilet flushed just like any other. Oops. At least it made for a good story.
When I get back outside, Mr. Yu brings out the good stuff. He continues to serve us korean liquor, one was rasberry whiskey, I don't know what the others were but needless to say, the walk home was rather amusing. And, I got to use the bathroom about 4 more times before I left. It was a memorable day.

2 Comments:

At 12:06 PM, Blogger Adam said...

Oh my gosh Ashley that is so funny...you had Carolyn and me laughing out loud.
classic.

 
At 4:13 PM, Anonymous Anonymous said...

Cool blog Ash. Glad to hear everything's going well. I miss you a lot!!!!
-Adrienne

 

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