Sleeping, Softball and Sunday Traditions

#40. Koreans sleep any chance they get. In small restaurants without alot of foot traffic it's not uncommon to see the owners asleep on cots by the door.  On the buses it's common to see Koreans sleep from the moment they sit down to their stop.  It's like somehow they instinctivly know when their stop is.

#41.  The bus system is amazing (as I know #29 already said) but the comment of the day is how Koreans get ON and OFF the bus.  Sounds simple.  You get on the bus and you get off.  Remember how I have said repeatedly that Koreans run everywhere and are constantly in a hurry?  Getting on and off the bus is no exception.  You make it to the door and get halfway out but the door shuts?  Too bad.  You're too slow.  People literally run as fast as they can to get off the bus.  They jump. Sprint.  Skip.  Anything to get them away from the slamming doors.  Not being quick is how people get hurt.  Koreans know this.  Americans don't. 

This weekend was crazy.  Crazy in the best way. 

We had our 2nd softball game of the year and it was even better than the first.  The combination of aluminum bats, softballs and alcohol always creates an interesting outcome.  Once again we had no major injuries.  My team ended up WINNING this time so that was huge success.  My hit actually brought in the winning run.  I'm a firm believer that it was the glove that gave us luck.  *Thanks Mom and Dad for sending it!* 

After the epic softball game we made our way to TILT (foreign bar) for food, drinks and dancing.  Every popular American song was played and we sang/danced into the night.  Songs I will never think of the same way again include 500 miles, piano man, amerian pie and tiny dancer.  Just try to imagine the smallest bar you have at home and pack it full of tipsy college-aged people from all over the world singing as loud as humanly possible and dancing like they actually have rhythm.  It's a pity I didn't think to do more video.

I have started a Sunday afternoon tradition with a friend of mine named Tim.  We are two of the newest Pohang additions so we feel that we need to learn more about where we live so...Sunday is our exploration day.  Today we went to Jukdo market, downtown and to Homeplus.  It started off to be a GORGEOUS day and here is a picturefor those of you wanting to know a bit more what Pohang looks like.

This week looks like it has the potential to be an amazing week.  First soccer game Monday (say a prayer), group outing on Wednesday, big theme birthday party on Saturday.  Stay tuned for more shananigans.