World Cup - Time to Represent

America lost (badly) their first game in the World Cup to the Czech Republic. That's okay, America doesn't care about soccer. But wow, Korea sure does. Almost the entire country watched the game last night, with malls and stores closing early.

To watch the game, I went to our city hall with my host brother and some old students. It was nuts. During halftime and before the game, music so loud you couldn't really talk was playing. There was a weird dance team with middle aged women and children. Anytime there was a lull in the game, cheer leaders would start one of the three Korean cheers. During inappropriate times, such as the Togo anthem and the time when a Togo player got hurt and had to be taken off the field on a stretcher, the DAE HAN MIN GUK (Korea in Korean) cheer would start. It would also start at any other quiet moment. Korea won, 2-1. For now, the dream stays alive.

Min Gyu, Ji Hyun (my host brother), Seung Li, and me. We are ready to rock

Me with Mrs. E. She wanted to turn sideways so we would look very thin in the picture. Only 4 teachers wore Korean red tshirts to express their "Fighting Korea!" attitude. I was one of them. This only increased my legend status with the first grade.