It's that wonderful time again that only happens every four years, World Cup time! Though I'm still bitter as hell at those cheese-eating surrender monkies (aka France) at least living here in Korea, I have adopted a surrogate team to support (no, not Mexico....well, maybe Mexico a bit). Though both Koreas are in the World Cup, I think I'll choose the safe option and shout for the South, though I'm sure the DPRK will do just fine, I mean, they've a pretty easy group after all. I arrived at city hall yesterday in my Korean jersey with every intention of watching the game there. Only one small problem. Yes, it was raining but I was slightly more put off by the fact that in the plaza in front of city hall, there were about a million people (no exaggeration) so I went to a bar instead. Koreans....sigh...it's all or nothing with these people. In case you're wondering, in the picture below, I'm the western guy wearing the red.
So a couple of weeks ago I had the Friday off due to a wonderful holiday called childrens day. The idea behind this holiday is that parents don't spend enough time with their children so this is one day a year dedicated to parents spending quality time with their children, and more importantly, keeping the little bastards away from me for a day. I decided to go back to Muuido island with a few friends. Only one small problem. Yes, you've guessed it. The place was mobbed by the time we got there but this did mean for a great night with lots of mingling, drinking and generally having the craic by bonfire with all the other foreigners who decided to spend their weekend in the same fashion as we did.
As for the soccer team, Lokomotiv Goyang are only one game away from vicory. We have a game this Sunday, the last of the season against a mediocre club we've already beaten 3 - 1. We're ahead of the league by 2 points and if we win this game, well, it's not really rocket science is is?
I've also booked my holidays for the end of July so anyone in the locality of any of the below places, gimme a call and we'll go for a beer:
23rd July Manila
24th & 25th July Boracay
26th - 29th July Kota Kinabalu
30th July Kuala Lumpur
31st July Siem Reap
As some of you may have read, there has been quite a bit of tension between the two Koreas recently. No, it's not because of a World Cup rivalry. You may have read that about the Cheonan, a warship that was sunk on the 26th of March off the coast of Korea, with a loss of 46 South Korean sailor's lives. An inquiry was launched and (suprise, suprise) it turns out the North Koreans were to blame. Pyongyang denied these outragous alligations and said that if the south imposed any sanctions, they'd go to war. Then the south imposed sanctions. Then the DPRK said "Right, that's it!".Then they did nothing. That was about two or three weeks ago and since then, unsuprisingly, absolutely nothing has happened. So in case any of you were concerned, that's basically a rundown of the Cheonan crisis.
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