World Cup Whirlwind

Hola amigos. Last weekend, Gina Ahn and I went to Coex and watched the Korea vs. Greece world cup match! It was pretty freakin awesome aside from the fact that it was raining. Honestly though, I think it just added to the excitement because it made us just that much more hardcore. We sat on the concrete on top of magazines and drank a Cass/soju cocktail. Essentially, a pretty ghetto situation. Oh, and we were wearing red ponchos. Very stylish. Some pics (Gina's):

It was a really unique experience and it was interesting sharing that moment with the Koreans, even if it's not my country. I was also really taken aback by how into soccer the Koreans are, which is another reason why it was rewarding. I'm not used to soccer being a sport people care about, having grown up in America and all. It was always lame since I actually love soccer and have played it for many years. That being said, I joined a women's soccer league in Itaewon, Seoul! Woo! I e-mailed everything to the coaches and it should be all set soon I hopeee.



Anywho, after the game I was exhausted but Gina made me go to the USA vs. UK game that was being shown at foreigner bars in Itaewon. I'm glad she dragged me out though because it ended up being really fun! The bar was essentially 2/3 USA fans and 1/3 UK so that was cool. I got really into it and felt a strange solidarity for my country that one can only feel after being abroad for an extended period of time. Even though America sucks at soccer and everything I said was totally out of jest, it was one of my "America is my home and I love it" moments. That sounds incredibly cheesy and patriotic but oh well.

I really love rooting for Korea though in all other instances and I have my I <3 Korea soccer jersey that I hung up in my classroom during the Korea vs. Argentina game yesterday. Our director let us end the lesson early to let the kids watch the game which was awesome! It was kind of a cute bonding moment with my kids though. Aww, having to leaving these kids at some point, for as much as they piss me off, will be sad :(:(. I don't even like having to say goodbye to my classes end of term! Actually, scratch that. I like saying goodbye to most. haha. I think the only class I miss are my cute mega kids who were geniuses. The girls still come to my room sometimes during break to say hi though, which is adorable.

I should update so much more. The kids say the funniest stuff, which I am going to start writing down.

In other news, my rabbit is mad at me because I successfully blocked him from eating the pipes. He's pissed. He won't even hang out in the room with me right now and part of why I stayed home for a bit was to hang with him. We're sharing a carrot, but he won't even eat with me.

Pooper.

ALSO. Big news= My schedule was re-arranged and now I only have one half day and it is on Friday NIGHTS, which is sweeeeeeeeeeeeeet.