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Go Go Corea

Sunday, June 04, 2006
Go Go Corea, this is what their World Cup shirts say. And no I didn't spell that wrong. They have shirts that have a K instead of a C, but that not as interesting.(not like this is anyway) Well, I had a BIG post typed up Sat afternoon,but my comp froze, so now I am typing in Word then saving then posting. I did in fact manage to sleep most of the flight to Tokyo. I remember waking up to eat, then waking up again to eat a snack(sandwich), then waking up again for breakfast(What! you no want breakfast), well ok, so I did want breakfast. The first time dinner came around, an asian boy hit me in the shoulder to wake me up, then in my oh my god who just woke me up haze, he had to show me out to setup my tray. It was in the arm rest. Also, this kids mom traded seats with another asian girl so she could sit with her children, so seeing this, I did the only thing possible, I acted like I was asleep so she wouldn't ask me for the same type of thing. Well, that didn't stop her. She tapped me on the arm and said, could my husband trade seats with you so he can sit with family. Being the regular a$$hole American, I said no, I need the extra legroom that my seat provides. Then I acted like I was alseep again. But wait, there is more. On the 2 hour flight to Busan(Pusan) I end up with a whole row of seats(3) to myself. How awesome was that! I look across the aisle from me and who do you think was sitting there? The husband. I figure he would ask me to trade with his family(3 seats, 3 people) but he did not. For the record, I would have traded him seats because it was only a 2 hour flight. Gina, thanks for showing me around Minneapolis. That looks like it will definitely be a destination when I get back to visit. Hmmm, geez there is so much to say and show you all. I am hoping to get my camera tommorrow(Monday) so I will have pics soon. Some of my previous info was incorrect. I am living in Masan, a city of 500,000. I will be working 9-10 hour days for the first month because there are only 2 foreigners(non asians/english speakers) at my school currently. 1 will be back in a month. I was not ready for that at all. my first day was very mentally taxing, but at least I will get paid more for it. I was not happy with my decision at all when I got off work. Then, Courtney and Nabo come walking around the corner to meet me at the school and my mood changed very quickly seeing familiar faces. Hopefully Monday will be better at school. The weekend was "legendary"--NPH. Everything is so bright at night and people are everywhere. We went bar hopping and met some great people. I have met: australians, canadiens, british, irish, koreans, Americans and new zealanders. I have so many great ideas for bars in America now too. Some things are just very hard to explain without pics. They have girls dancing on trucks that drive through the street advertising things. They also have them on the street dancing in front of their stores. They are always in front of the cinema. I will post pics of them soon. I am learning some Korean already. Very useful to be able to say thank you(comsamida) I have found McDonalds, Pizza Hut, Popeyes, Dunkin Donuts and Baskin Robbin all withing a 5 minute walk of my apt. I am on the 1st floor of a 20 story building. The shower is the bathroom. The whole bathroom. Toilet, sink, shower, cabinets, its all one thing. Makes it very easy to keep bathroom clean though. My gosh, I know this is a ridiculously long post, but their is so much to write. The Irish bar Joyce's that we went to Friday and Saturday was a lot of fun. They play lots of games and it is just a loud and rowdy place. Not rowdy in a bad way though. Sat night was the welcome party, and it started of great. We went to a bar on the 5th floor of a building overlooking the plaza, and they had a great thing going for them. They had a beer glass called the Ace that is about 3 feet tall, and it is only 4,000 won(4.00-4.50 american) Then we went to Joyce's for the party. I beat some little Korean dude in pool and his friend gave me a go go Korea towel. They are so World Cup crazy I can't even describe it. We went home around 3 because our Korean baseball friend was picking us up in 5 hours for the game. I didn't get to play because they didn't have a uniform for me. They have them fitted. they are sweet unis too. The hats are brutal though. The Korean guy(Alex) was taking me around and showing me off to everybody. When I met the team, they starting chanting K1, which is similar to Ultimate Fighting in USA. We then ate lunch and then had a practice. I think they wanted me and Nathan to hit. Nathan didn't pitch too well today either, but we will fix that by playing catch more often. I pitched in the bullpen also, and I have to say I did a damn good job. For those in the baseball know, Nabo caught me and said I was about mid 80's. Not too shabby I think. Alex had two professional players in Korea catch for me also, and they were very impressed as well. The main starting pitcher looked at me and Nabo and said, "1-2 punch", and the coach said we would be like Randy Johnson and Curt Schilling for the teams. Obviously they are impressed very easily. I know I am leaving out so much, but I think this post is more than long enough. I hope everybody is doing well. Good day.
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