World Cup - my cup runneth over

I tried my best to follow this year's World Cup in Brazil. But I was only able to get excited when I was somehow connected to the team. I did, however, catch the last game between Argentina and Germany.

What is there to say? It was a good game. Everything in "futbal" is defense.

Germany won and the celebration was amazing!!

See the pics below.

Oh, why the heck do they give a "best player award" to the guy from the losing team.

LOL, not cool at all.

Nothing in life is "free"

I had heard about a few "free" text apps.

The most popular one here is Kakao Talk. You can text and talk to people domestically and internationally for "free". When I was downloading it into my new (new to me) samsung phone, there was a long list of personal items that I had to give Kakao Talk access to and ACCEPT before I could have "free" access to the app's wonderful features.

We all know that "free" apps are not free, but I have NEVER seen it laid out so blatantly. After I read the list, I felt a clunk on my head. Ouch. "What was it?" you ask. It was a rock being thrown at my head from 1984. The note on the rock said "WAKE UP PEOPLE".

Take a look.

Run run as fast as you can

I went running this morning at 5:30am. There were still people out there! LOL!

It felt good to feel the track beneath my feet and feeling my breathing increase as I turned the bend.

A runner's pleasure is when the track curves into the next bend.

It feels like flying.

Action Packed

Hung out with Tom Cruise last night. POSCO, a big steel plant company here, hosts a free movie every other week at their cultural arts center.  We got there just as the movie was about to start. Spoiler alert, it was an action thriller combined with Final Destination.

Cruise ALWAYS brings the ACTION!

Children of the Corn

Some of the staff at the school share a portable cooker. They have boiled potatoes and corn during the school day. I have been able to share in these lovely snacks. Small potatoes in the morning and sweet corn in the afternoon.

Does it get any better? 

Eating sweet corn on a sunny Friday afternoon.

UPS What can BROWN do for you?

Guess who got a package from back home?!?!?!?

Dis girl!!!

My first anything from home! I was sooo excited!

I felt like a kid on Christmas day.

13 pounds. It was filled with bedsheets (pure awe) food, a headset to replace my broken one and of course the most essential thing.

LOVE!!!!

Happy dance!!

Happy 4th of July! Dude, where's my hotdog?

4th of July this year was different than any that I have ever had. For instance, I had to go to work today. There was no day off, no fireworks, no hamburgers or hotdogs. So a few of us wanted to celebrate the US's and Canada's Independence days with a potluck dinner. I picked up a delicious cake from one of the franchise bakeries downtown on Thursday and hopped the bus to Gwangyang-si to another newbie's house after work on Friday.

I had only been to her house by car before and got off of the bus near the blue and white overpass (per her instructions).  I called her after getting off the bus and she walked down to a blue and white overpass. It was almost like playing Marco Polo. Yup, it was the wrong blue and white overpass, lol.  Who knew there were so many overpasses painted blue and white? I hopped a taxi, the driver called the translation service (#1330) and I  made it to her house.

There ended up being five of us there, 4 newbies and one teacher on her second year here. There was beer, cheap wine and wine grapes (loved it!).  The experienced teacher had worked as a chef in her previous life and she made us miniature hamburgers with little condiments. Our host made a pasta dish. Another teacher bought a vegetable dish and watermelon.  We vented, bragged about our students and laughed at some of our sillier experiences in Korea.  I missed the last bus and ended up sleeping in one of the teacher's empty apartment overnight. It was a sweet evening, filled with a good meal, funny stories and good people enjoying what life brings.