But seriously, the World Cup is a BIG deal here. Think about the Superbowl and just magnify that by 20 or so, and you're halfway there to how hype the World Cup is in Korea. At city hall alone, there were about 100,000 people watching the game against Uruguay. 100,000 people sat in the rain to cheer on the Korean team. Pretty awesome.
I went to a few bars to watch the game and pretty much everybody was sporting red in support of the beloved "Corea." I had never really been a big fan of soccer, but seeing how enthusiastic people were about the World Cup was really awesome. Korean girls would scream very loudly every time there was some sort of fast break...and when Korea scored that goal, the entire bar I was in just exploded. Beer was pounded and hugs exchanged by grown men and women alike. I could have told people that we had successfully landed someone on Mars and people probably would've shrugged...but when that ball went into the net it was like time stopped. Killer.
Well Korea ended up losing, end there were many sad Koreans that night. I myself was really hoping Korea would've won because I wanted to see the drunken hijinks of a nation high off of a World Cup win. Seriously, it would've been pure madness. I just know I would've seen that asian business man with a tie on his head at least once during the night. It's like seeing Sasquatch.
Oh well, nothing else to report other than difficult classes and England getting stomped by Germany. Next post will probably be about food here being totally awesome and cheap. Anyone think I should try live octopus?
Go for it!
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