S-A-T-U-R-D-A-Y Night!

I went from having no plans this evening to dinner and a movie. I was bored so I decided to make mini cupcakes. I was planning on taking some down to the apartment of the guys in our FHE family (I'm sure you can guess why). The last batch was in the oven and I checked my phone for the time. I noticed I had a text from a number I didn't recognize. It was Matt! Remember him? His text said (and I quote), "Hey this is Matt. I made some Korean food if you want to come down and try it." Obviously I did. I was expecting the Dukbokki he promised me, but instead I got Budae Jjigae. He wanted to try making it himself since he hasn't been able to find a place that makes it as good as it is in Korea. It was way better than the restaurant's (no bias here, really). His roommates agree.

While we were eating he asked if I had seen any Korean movies, but I haven't really. They aren't as good as the dramas so I tend to avoid them. He then asked if I wanted to stay and watch one if I had nothing else to do. What a silly question! Of course I'd LOVE to stay, even if I had plans (consider them CANCELLED). So Matt, Joe and I watched Matt's favorite Korean movie (out of the few he's seen). It's called 200 Pounds Beauty.

It's about this fat girl who has a great voice, but because of her looks she sings behind stage for someone that looks great and cant sing. She ends up getting a complete body make over (Isn't Asia the plastic surgery capital of the world? If not, it's certainly getting there.) and gets her chance to shine. Along the way she loses her best friend and pretends not to know her father (he's mentally ill). She realizes she's lost herself and misses the way she was before (not being fat, but happy with her personality). It was a pretty good movie. After the movie I ran back up to my apartment to frost the cupcakes and I took a plate to Matt. They aren't as fancy as I usually try to make them, but they were still cute and delicious.

Here's what they looked like:

For scale:

The baking cups:

It was a fun night and I was glad to hang out with Matt for the second time this week. I also noticed that we're decreasing in numbers each time. For dinner on Monday there were two other guys. Tonight's dinner was the same (one was a different guy, he's from Nepal and knows my roommate - all the Nepali's [not sure if this is the correct term, but I'm going with it] know each other), but for the movie there was only one extra. If the pattern continues, I'm looking forward to next time. Actually, I'm looking forward to next time no matter the circumstances. I'm still looking forward to the Dukbokki he promised me. I think I might actually ask him to teach me how to make it (I really do want to learn). How cute would we be cooking together? Practice for the future? I think so. Just kidding. Or am I? It's BYU, you never know.

Oh, another thing I'm looking forward to is our ward dance that we are having next Saturday. We are most likely combining with another neighboring ward. It should be fun. Look forward to reading all about it.