World Cup in Korea

Last night D and I decided to head downtown to watch the Korea vs. Argentina World Cup match. Some of D's co-workers were going to join us to watch the game. D and I grabbed a cab and went to go to "The Golden Eagle" pub. Downtown as super busy with lots of people wearing red and flashing devil horns. The Korean fans are known as the "Red Devils" and the advertising all over Korea is for all the fans to be as loud as they can, and believe me they are following! We ended up at Bar9, a log cabin in the middle of new downtown. We had to choose a different bar as everywhere was so busy. Watching the game was so much fun as we had some local Koreans with us to help with ordering beer and food. Now I learned some important Korean rules at the bar and they are as follows:

1. Order very large pitchers of Hite beer

2. Serve the oldest person first, this person is known as a-bo-ji, or father. This was a Scottish expat that we were sitting with, I am not sure if he was happy to labeled the a-bo-ji.

3. After a-bo-ji has been served then others can be served, you never pour for yourself. You must pour with your right hand and you keep your left arm close to your chest, when having your cup filled you hold it with both hands

4. Once everyone has full glass of beers you raise up for "Kom Bai" or Cheers!

5. Food must be ordered with drinks, we made the mistake of eating before going out, but that is ok as most of you know I can always eat

6. During the soccer match you cheer for everything! Someone kicking the ball, blocking the ball, running, standing, and of course scoring!

7. Don't fill up on the food at the table as they bring out this little chips that I have named "ringalos" to the table and they are very addictive, I think I ate three bowls

It was a great game to watch even though the Korean team lost, everyone was in good spirits.

I thought I would write a little about our little Arnold as lots of people have been asking how he is doing here in Korea. Well Arnold has been a little trooper through this whole journey. First flying to Vancouver for a week to be attacked by Sawyer the new puppy, then getting back in his crate for a 11 hour journey across the ocean, getting a scary cab in Seoul, and then on another hour flight to Ulsan. It took him a couple of days to get back to normal but from the second we landed he was still ball crazy so we knew he was going to be just fine. He has found a perfect place on the sun deck for him and his girlfriend to lay and look out the window and smell all the smells. He is a bit confused by the people as they are all quite scared of him and usually has people yelling at him or dogs barking at him. But we have some great pathways by our apartment that we like to explore and he puts his nose into over drive. I think he is enjoying having me around all the time but he is becoming a bit of a baby wanting to sit on our laps all the time. We are so happy to have him here it makes being a lot easier and more like home.

Tonight is games night at the Foreigners Compound Clubhouse. Should be a good time. The teachers that teach at the school are in a band they will be performing for us after the quiz is done.

Have a great weekend

-J