"Games"

It was a pretty uneventful weekend. I was going to take a trip into Sinchon to see the Stanley Cup replay of the game with Jordan, but he ended up having a date, so that got nixed. Today I was going to go to see the Changdeokegung palace in Anguk and walk around town visiting some sites but the weather called for rain and thunderstorms. It only showered once. Weather.com obviously doesn't know as much about Seoul as it does Providence. I used to be able to view the radar back in the States, and have yet to find a suitable website replacement.

Instead I just did some more exploring of the downtown Sanbon area, got some more groceries at a shopping center closer to me called Kim's Club - located underneath the train station. Its a little smaller than E-Mart and WAY less crowded. I also think it has a better selection and the prices are similar. It's also right across the street. (They also have a Popeye's, coffee place, and an Italian restaurant - the first I've seen in Korea).

This morning I woke up in time to be on Skype to play our semi-monthly game of Mexican Train dominoes. (addicting). We have a system set up with the webcam so I can arrange and place tiles based on a grid. It worked remarkably well, and I actually ended up winning a couple hands.

In recent news there has been more crap about "dear leader Kim Jung Il" and his push for weaponizing plutonium and threatening nuclear war with the South. *yawn* This stuff is getting old...he's a pest. However, thanks to Mike R, I did get to catch Kim Jung spying on me taking a photo with a group of school girls at the local train station. (apparently they caught me on a day that I dressed like Michael Jackson!)

(Photoshop is amazing - and also could get me in a lot of trouble when someone as good as Mike gets creative)

Tonight, Jordan and I went and got some tofu soup. I've never been a fan, but this was decent. It had beef dumplings in it, and was served with (what else but) rice. 'Twas spicy as well. (no surprise there either).

Afterward we entertained ourselves by shooting Airsoft pellet guns in an arcade at targets, went to some batting cages (where I was just like Big Papi until the 3rd round), and did some more Airsoft style shooting games.

It was a pretty fun weekend, but next weekend will be better. We're planning on going into Sinchon Friday night to a language exchange club where you can sit down and talk with people who want to learn English and get to know you as well. I'm looking forward to meeting some new people. (Maybe I'll invite some of the nurses as well)