A little B & E in the R.O.K.

This month's little story...

So me and Wayne had yet to find a sport that we are in the same ballpark in. We had attempted basketball and soccer, both with disastrous results. It usually ended with one individual feeling like the king of the world and the other like the guy who wants to kill the king of the world.

We were walking back from an attempt at soccer which quickly turned to ping-pong at the Gwayngmyeong rec center, when we came across a massive field with a footbal pitch, volleyball, basketball, and... tucked away in the back corner, a tennis court. This got to brainstorming, and I quickly shelled out a couple bucks at the local sports shop for a tennis racket and we were at the races. There was one problem though, the court was (and still is) quite securely locked up, to keep us crazy waygooks (korean word for foreigners) from having any fun, no doubt.

It's kind of obvious what the next course of action was. If they didn't lock it up, maybe we never would have been inspired to see what all the fuss was about. But inspired we were, and now we had a mission. After we hopped the fence and under the net, we gave the court a full inspection. To be fair, the 'fuss' was probably that anyone who is actually good at tennis would mark the place 'condemned' as soon as they realized it more resembles a beach volleyball court. But we're not good at tennis, so it's ok.

After the tennis game, we were walking back and heard music coming from the little city center of Cheolsan. We followed the tune and there was a dance performance in the middle, starting with some belly dancing and moving on to some hip-hop and some other kinds. Just another random korean moment. That also reminds me, there was a massive music festival in Gwangmyeong about 2 weeks ago that I went to as well that was really cool. Some good bands, both western and korean, and totally out of the blue. Twas fun. Good fireworks display at the end too. Oh, and I did the Terry Fox Run out here as well... Also good fun.

This week is Chusok, which I'm kind of ignorant of why it's a holiday, but we get tuesday to friday off. I really let this holiday sneak up on me, and while most other people are off making the most of their precious time off, I have no plans. At the same time, I haven't had actual 'plans' for a weekend since I got here, and there has never been a dull moment, so I should be able to postpone the craziness for a couple extra days. I might go on a trip to some mountain with a friend or something, but who knows...

Anyhow, that's the month of September in a nutshell. 2 months till I go home for Christmas!