It's been a while since I've posted. Have you missed me? haha I suppose its past time for an update.
It's World Cup season, and while I've never really cared about it before, its a huge deal in Korea. Korea's team is the Red Devils. All the little kids show up at school in their red t-shirts, devil horns, and face tattoos. They have tvs set up outside all the restaurants, and when there's a game on, people of all ages show up to cheer. 2 Saturdays ago was Korea's first game. Although none of us are big into sports, Abby, Kristina, and I weren't about to miss out on all the excitement. After a day of shopping in Seoul, we put on our red t-shirts, devil horns, and face tattoos and headed to the Park to watch the game.

There were so many people there, both foreigners and koreans. All night we were cheering DAEHAN MINGUK! (Republic of Korea) We didn't quite last to see the US play. I think that game started at 3am. It was a fun night, and Korea beat Greece 2-0! The next game was thurs against Argentina. I had open class that day (when the parents come and sit in on the class). It went well, but I was exhausted when I got home, so I decided against going to watch that game. We lost anyway.
So, Abby, Kristina, and I were asked to write a top 10 only in korea article for the new bucheon magazine for foreigners. Of course we weren't going to turn down the chance to be in a magazine! haha so Friday night we had our photo shoot. We were supposed to be men in suits on the exercise equipment....cause they do that. I haven't seen the pictures, but supposedly they turned out really cute. The magazine will be published next week.
Our friend Ashley's sister is here visiting. We were supposed to take her to hongdae after the photo shoot, but she was still jet-lagged, so we stayed in bucheon and took her to noraebang. Then we ended up having a sleepover at Ashley's house complete with mcdonalds delivery the next morning (thanks to abby). Saturday evening, we went to a baseball game. We had been wanting to go to one for a while. like i said, i'm not a big sports person, but it was a lot of fun.

The whole game they were singing, dancing, and cheering. A lot of the songs were to the same tunes as english songs so we got to sing along:) (B-I-N-G-O!) I took some videos, but all my baseball pictures, along with a lot from friday night got deleted:(
Sunday, we had another adventure. We woke up early to meet at the subway at 7:30. we took the subway across seoul, followed by a 1.5 hour bus ride to go river rafting! Sooooo much fun. The guides didn't speak a lot of english. we asked to go on a course that was fun and easy. we were assured that the course would be funny (often used interchangeably with fun in korea) and easy. After a picnic, we got our life jackets, helmets, and paddles and were given a quick training session. Then we were informed that we would have to know the commands in korean...that made me a little nervous. The course had some slightly scary points, but it was pretty easy. Abby did fall out 3 times, but only once was at a scary part with rocks. we got to take a break and go swimming and jump off a little cliff thing. That was a lot of fun.
After a weekend of almost no rest, Korea had another soccer game last night/this morning at 3am. we decided to go to sleep early and then wake up for the game. There weren't nearly as many people there as before, but for being a weeknight, there were still quite a few. When we went to the Park, it was dark outside. When we left, the sun was up. It was weird. Korea and Nigeria tied, allowing Korea to move on to the next level or round or whatever. Go Korea! Fighting!!
I'm glad i watched the game, but i've felt like i was going to fall asleep teaching several times today. i can't believe i'm actually doing this blog! haha
the plan for this weekend: busan! so excited to be at the beach! yay!