So Asher in response to your comments as to Hollands "loss" against Korea on Saturday.... Jon Plantinga and I heard late Friday that the game was happening and so after a long afternoon walk around Olympic park and the river we grabbed the train for the hour ride to the World cup stadium avoided the mayhem of train lines by jumping cabs and taking backtrack routes to get ahead of the crowds. The river of red jerseys flowing out of the station was only interrupted by the odd flash of orange. We got $50 dollar seats for $30 off a scalper and bought a bunch of beer and Kimbop (korean sushi- kinda weird food to eat at a sports event) from a guy with a ice bin outside and headed up to our upper deck midfield seats. We were the only two white boys (jon in orange) in a sea of black hair and red jerseys. The game was excellent. It was an even match for the first half with the dutch avoiding a deficit on a penalty kick through an amazing diving save. Rafeal VanderVaart scored on a penalty kick with no wall because of an inner crease slidetackle by the Koreans.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BtCYPy79WkY
And then got his second of the night http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aeD8hCHtnwQ&mode=related&search=
After that we started hoping the Koreans would score because 60 000 depressed Koreans is no fun. But the Dutch dominated from then on with Hanguk only turning it on for a couple chances in the final minutes.
All in all it was so sweet to be there.
On Sunday afternoon I headed out to Jamsil and watched the FiVB womens Beach Volleyball world tour Seoul Open Final match between China and Australia. Where the Aussies won. It was a scorching day and perfect for sitting in the sun in the sand.
Oh yeah the kids that you all want to hear about. They're great. This morning we did phonics and read "Mouse Soup;" I read one page and they read the next. They're brilliant. Then we did workbooks and studied the magic "E" which changes vowels.. you know cake instead of cak. And then we listened to The Beatles "Magical Mystery Tour" and coloured.
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4 comments:
josh
someone told me that holland had lost so I assumed that was the result. That is soooooo sweet. Good to be there. I knew I had heard something about Vandervaart, I guess it only makes sense he would have made the news with some big plays.
I know what you mean being the odd one out. SL lost to Togo last night 1-0. After the game the Togolese minister of sport was killed along with 21 other people in a helicopter crash at Lungi Airport. I know which way I am going to get to the airport!
hi joshua. i just stumbled across your blog and thought i'd say hi. so "hi"! i guess i'll try to understand your ramblings...but i think i'm kind of out of the loop. anyway, where do you live...what are you up to? are you married? do you have kids? what else is new in your life?
leanne
weird. i watched that game on tv. shoulda looked for the two white boys in the crowd...
ok, so sidenote, my sister-in-law is going to some christian rally type thing in korea in a few short weeks. that was it. random... i'm well aware of that.
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