Happy Thanksgiving

11.26.06

I'm a few days off for wishing anyone 'Happy Thanksgiving', but we didn't even have the meal until last night, so i guess it fits. The dinner was delicious! I didn't think a Korean Thanksgiving would be good, but the cooks did a spectacular job. Kudos to them. I pulled my usual stint of hovering directly over the turkey, dressing and rolls, devouring anything and everything i was allowed to.

I realize the picture above isn't really Thanksgiving appropriate, but i like it. That's my Boston roommate, Rob. Also, i didn't end up taking many thanksgiving pictures. I was too food oriented. Sad to see my Brittish roommate leave this week, but he'll be coming back to Seoul to teach more (at some other school) in a few months.

I have a video of several of us in the street the other night kicking a soccer ball. I'm in the middle of trying to get Youtube.com to send me a confirmation email so I can upload it... Wierd game, though. There was a machine on the street with a soccer ball attached to it. For the equivalent of a dollar, you would get about 10 kicks and after each kick it would rank the strength of your kick in points. They should have these machines in every bar district. Incredibly fun.

kc

November ECC Retreat

11.12.06

This weekend we had an ECC retreat somewhere North East of Seoul. About two hours away by bus. We played soccer, tug-0f-war, kick ball, had a jump rope contest and a team vs team chicken fight. The food was great. Saturday night, the boss provided copious amounts of alcohol, as is apparantly Korean culture, and everyone loosened up a bit. {retty good group of people, I work with. Today we rode ATVs. It would've been fun but we had to follow guides and never really got to let loose. After that, we drove back and had a very nice meal in Seoul that the boss covered (roughly $32 per person). I'm incredibly sore and tired, but very glad i went. Successful weekend, to be sure.

Winter is starting to settle in. I've already gotten to wear a scarf several days. Nice. My britt roomy moves out in half a month and then we're inheriting someone else. We're trying to have that someone else be a guy already here named David who currently lives alone. Another Monday tomorrow, but the weeks are all starting to truck along a little faster. By December I'll have been here 3 months. A fourth of my tenure. All for now,

kc

ps - posted some new pics