Regard the Sat. work days: we did end up having a meeting with Hosung our boss, in which he proceed to let him know how unhappy we were having to work Sat's and at the way in which the whole incident played out. We ended up getting somewhere, but not sure. Basically hoping that it wont happen again. WORKING 6 DAYS STRAIGHT SUCKS! It would have been fine most likely, but I and Adriana are sick and I can't seem to fall asleep. So basically now I am tired, grumpy and sick! And the kids are getting outta control. Sometimes they are so funny and motivated, working hard and just helping create a good atmoshpere, but then someone starts hitting, or being a dinosaur or just messing around and it all goes down hill. Milosh is the prime example of this behavior. He is really smart, just unmotivated, and always touching people, walking around, ignoring my rules and goading the other children. And of course they are children, so eventually ignore me and want to play! I am trying to have patience. trying...
So thats work... This past weekend we had an interesting adventure. As I have mentioned to some of you, its funny that now in Korea I realize how important soccer has gotten for me. I seriously miss watching games, talking stratagy, running around kicking a soccer ball, all of it. And it is compounded here because it is near impossible watching Liverpool games as they are at midnightish here, and people really dont do soccer, and girls DEFINITELY dont do soccer. So this weekend when we found ourselves at a Western Bar in Itaewon and Burnley vs. Sunderland was on (two teams I dont really care much for, but I must admit that Burnley really impressed me with thier performance) I became totally uninterested in meeting people or the beer in front of me. I sat there drinking it all in, totally realizing how much I love this silly sport! Dad, this is totally your fault! Hahha I really must be your daughter cause I am seriously obsessed! This weekend I am def gonna try and convince the girls to go out and see the Seoul FC game Sunday and stay out a little late to catch the Liverpool game. We shall see though.
So with that in mind (and because I always love thinking about next steps) I have been weighing a couple different plans for post-Korea. One is to do Right Of Play which is another year commitment coaching soccer for development and peace, probably in Francophone Africa, but I also found a program in Honduras where I could coach soccer and do some planning and admin stuff with an NGO for 2-3 months which is actually sounding really good. Get in touch in Honduras, practice my Spanish some more (especially as it is a skill that is really marketable in MLS) but I dont know much about it so would def have to do some more research. Of course try and find a job at an MLS team (wouldn't Vancouver be awesome, working with an expansion team and all!) but shall see...
That whole future thing is crazy! I keep trying to think about how I can turn my time in Korea into a time where I can learn skills that will be important in the future so if you have any ideas! Unfortunately youth soccer here is almost nonexistent so thats a non-starter and I still can't really find anywhere to play.. but I am planning on buying a ball and just going out kicking around hopefully the international language of soccer draws in a couple takers!
Oh! Rain! haha today was the first really rainy day so far. Its still quite warm oddly enough, but dang does it pour! Like I have never seen such hard or so much rain in one moment. Really weird!
Also another funny story from the weekend. So Sat night we went out to Itaewon to find a burger, never got one but after watching the game we were on our way out when a guy complemented Beks on her hat. We ended up chatting with these guys for a bit before they invited us to a beer pong party. After a quick girl consultation we decided to see whats up and ended up at a total American house party, complete with a keg of Cass (the Korean PBR, which is actually quite good, though def getting a little old, could use something more tasteful now but there really arent many choices here in Korea oddly enough)! Anyways, we ended up playing a game, which was weird, but fun. Definitely an interesting experience for sure. Dont know if I will ever wish to repeat it but hey!
Well I think thats generally it! As alway, I miss everyone dearly and hope that all is well with you and that life is treating you all wonderfully!
I guess you haven't lived if you haven't played beer pong in seoul.
ReplyDeleteSurely, you must be learning something in the classroom. Perhaps it will sneak up on you and one day you will realize that you own that classroom.
thanks for the new post!