If you haven't been keeping up with group B, then let me tell you a thing or two. Korea needs a win to assure itself a seat at the next round (being #2 in their group rating) because.. we all know that Big Dog Argentina won't let the Greeks score on them. Even Coach Otto said that the Greeks are planning to play "Defensive." Well, tough luck for them since they need a Miraculous win of a 2-goal difference with Argentina. It's not in Greece's favor, considering that they don't have a good World Cup history. I mean, c'mon their first world cup win EVER was against Nigeria with a 2-1 win! Sorry Greece, but not this time.
The next 3 hours need to roll on faster. Meanwhile, I suppose I will tell more about the little trips here and there that I have forgotten to mention.
The Catholic Church 10 minutes away from KAIST DOES exist!
Tiara and I walked to the International Zone after working in the lab to get some lunch, well mostly for me. I eat at random hours-- too late or too early. We were strolling around the Korean-named streets, passing by the famous Santa Claus Bar, looking at many Cafe places until we found a nice Italian restaurant. The food was very good. The most interesting part was that the chefs cooked with large, wooden chopsticks on a huge metal pan! I'm not complaining, in fact I was definitely admiring!
For some reason we decided to go a different way. We walked past a huge sign that read "THE CHOCOLATE with Bloody Marys" -- a cafe that also served alcoholic beverages. To our surprise we saw something white that looked like a statue. "Hey look, that might be Catholic!" Curiosity turned to exploration, walking became jogging, squinting became awing ... yes it was the Catholic Church we had been told about. Ah, so at last we found it!
We entered, yes, and I took a picture of the inside. I also learned about the first priest in South Korea. I took a picture of that too. Now I have a place to go if I can spare some time during my day for some silent prayer. Thank you God.
"When is Mating Season?"
Annika and I have some great conversations, but they usually rise up before we go to bed while we are waiting for our bodies to collapse after a long day. Lately there have been some very annoying frogs outside of our building that make noises that fill our ears with disgust. Yesterday, unaware of the time, date or place, I asked Anniked (hoping she would have an answer) "when is mating season?" She began to laugh as I was dead-dog serious because it might answer as to why the frogs would croak so frequently for a week. If you, sir or madam, have any information please let the world hear you say it because I am really thinking about buying a shotgun and blowing the croaks out of these frogs.
A trip to GyungJua
The grad student JingYeo (which I always forget who's name that belongs to) has planned a two-day trip to this place for us, beginning Friday and ending Saturday night. He sent an itinerary today. I'm going to see the inside of a power plant! (Sorry, can't take any photos). And, a lot more temples. Guess my camera will be charging for a while on Thursday.
"Toodles"
-Allie R.
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