Travel Log Korea from the begining and onward
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| It has been slowing down a bit in Korea. I went
out Saturday and watched as Korea was sadly defeated
in it's final game of the world cup. They finish the
season with 4th in the World, which ain't to damn bad
when you get right down to it. Turkey won in a rather
slow game. Scoring 3 points in twenty minutes, to Korea's
one, and only manage to hold Korea off for the rest of
the game. Korea made a rally in the end and scored a
point about a minute before the final bell. It is
interesting to note that Korea would have tied accept for
a small soccer technicality called off sides. Korea
scored but apparently was off sides (if the defense is
farther away from the goal then the offense) so the point
didn't count. I heard that they may be doing away with
that rule next year, so who knows. Anyway, so much
excitement, it was really a shame they lost, it was
really very interesting to watch all the people coming
together to talk about and cheer on the soccer team. The
last game was played in Daegu and downtown was very very
crowded. I did not bother trying to get down there, what
with more then a million people in the streets, instead I
watched the game at Tokyo house with Micha, had a beer
some french fries, and went home and slept, which I have
been, yet again, neglecting to do. Aside from all the excitement several small, unusual,
perhaps interesting things have happened. Working late on
Saturday, just to get caught up with a few things, and
Mr. Kim stopped by unexpectedly. We talked for a bit and
I learned that he was headed to Seoul to get some
American Chinese food. Now, it's about a thirty minute
flight from Daegu to Seoul, so it's really not much of a
commute, however it still seems odd to me that jumping on
a plane for a quick flight to Seoul for dinner is just a
fun thing to do. I'm sure I will eventually get over this
after I have taken a couple of flights around myself,
most notably I'd like to go to Cheju Island, right off
the cost, about a 40 minute flight, and eventually back
to Seoul where I only spent a few hours my first night
here. I get paid Friday and that should be very exciting.
Last night I went out for a movie in Korea. My first
in the theater experience here. Micha and
I caught a very late film (Panic Room, not bad) and
I had the fun of realizing that I could not read the
tickets that were given to me, and had no idea where to
go after getting them. Turns out our movie was on the 9
floor of the theater. The seats are usually assigned but
for some unusual reason our seats were not assigned to
us, so we got to choose where we wanted to sit which was
very nice. The sell popcorn and drinks, but unlike
American theaters, are not militaristic about bringing in
outside stuffs, and did not complain about my bottle of
water. The popcorn was actually boxed popcorn, not made
fresh in the theater, and did not cost one fingers and
toes. They also sell fruit at the theater, which I
thought was a nice touch. We caught and elevator to the
top floor, and then found someone to point out the
direction in which to head to catch the movie. The movie
itself was fun, just a little violent, but otherwise a
good time. After that we caught a cab and went back to Micha's
place where I had the fun I putting highlights in his
hair. Today, we will see if it actually worked (hard to
tell when the hair is wet). Anyway, that is a fairly good breakdown of my time. My
classes are all going very well, and I'm looking forward
to the beginning of the summer sessions. I've already
been offered a raise, but at the moment I'm more worried
about the air conditioner I was offered but have still
not seen in my apartment. The weather here has been
surprisingly and unseasonable cool (low to mid 70's
(22-25c) and is expected to head towards the 30 c's this
week, with the rain and humidity it should get really
interesting. More soon, and write to me people, my email last week
consisted only of spam and an occasional hello. |