Well I had this great post up, and it was gonna be called "When Rock, Paper, Scissors Rules the World," but I tried to type something in Korean at the end and the fucking computer erased everything instead and then saved immediately.
Grrrr... So lemme go ahead and recap my first post. Kawi, bawi, bo (usually pronounced fast to sound something like 'cally, bally, bow') is the Korean rock, scissors, paper (in that order). My students play it all the time, but its not so much playing as it is settling minor classroom disputes. They do it for everything. Who goes first, lining up, ect...
Also, I watched an older gentleman and a teenage boy play in Japan to decide who would break in a game of pool. And, I recently used it to pick teams for a soccer game. So its rampant here in Asia; I'm betting that ajumans and adoshis (ah-jew-mahns = old women, ah-doe-shis = old men) play as well. It's probably how they decide how to pass laws in Congress too. In fact, I think Lee Myung Bak (Korea's President) should challenge Kim Jong Il to a match for dominance of the peninsula, end this war once and for all. Lee would definately win; that's how he became President in the first place.
So a bit about me. I have been extremely busy: going into Seoul and meeting new people and finding new bars, playing soccer, going out clubbing in Bundang, and working extra hard this month due to 'Intesive' classes. (We have more students during the Winter break) So I've been keeping busy and having a really good time. I have plans to do a lot more when the weather gets nicer, including getting season tickets for local soccer and baseball teams and taking trips to volcanic Jeju Island and the DMZ.
또 뵙겠슴니다 (Do bekesumnida; d/t oe-beck-a-soom-ni-da) See you later!
