On Sunday we went to another Dongbu Promy game. We only showed up about 15 minutes before the game this time. That way we thought we would avoid being singled out. We were wrong. We picked a spot in the corner underneath the jumbo screen, and wore the jerseys we purchased a few weeks before. A little while after sitting down a guy wearing a jersey came over and waved for us to follow him. We thought "Oh no. Here we go again." He lead us to some seats near center court and handed us some towels to wave. I found out later from a student of mine that was at the game that the towels said "Champion Dongbu" in Korean. That's us in the picture i took off the Dongbu Promy website up above. Everyone in our section wore jerseys, and people in the first few rows had towels or signs to wave. We felt really out of place because everyone around us seemed more into doing the cheers and waving the towels for the cameras than watching the game. It probably hampered our enjoyment a bit. Right before the game i was checking out the towel when i looked up and a basketball was flying straight toward us. I was going to reach for it, but it seemed to be heading straight for C. It looked like she had it for a second, but it slipped through her grasp and into the lap of an ajuma (older woman) behind us. That was okay with me since she probably had some grandkids she could give it to. Later during the game the same woman shoved some oranges at us out of nowhere. I felt kind of bad because i only said thank you in English and took the orange with one hand. I always forget that when giving or receiving something it's polite to use both hands. The game ending up all right, even though Dongbu's passing was horrible throughout. The crowd held their collective breath when #32 Kim Ju Sung, one of the Promy's top players, went down hard early in the first half. He was okay and was back by the start of the second half. The team went on to victory once again with us in the stands.

We went to Seoul on Saturday and finally picked up our tickets for Christmas/New Years in Japan. We also finally got around to checking out the aquarium at the COEX Mall. Last time we tried to go the line must have been a good kilometer long at least. This time there was no hold-up, and though it was overpriced it was good to do some tourist stuff. We even picked up a few souvenirs. On the way back we actually got a decent dumping of snow that's managed to stay around all week. I'm sure there's no way that Wonju will ever rival home for snowfall and cold.
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