Yesterday was St. Patrick’s day. I was the only one in class who bothered to wear green. I was surprised and at the same time disappointed.
Mike and I went to the London Bar (a western bar) where they had a special for St. Patrick’s day. If you drink four Guinnesses then you will get a free St. Patrick’s day Guinness t-shirt. We arrived at about 7pm, and got our t-shirts about an hour and a half later. We played some shuffle board with some other folks we knew there. A group of us then went to Itaewon which is the area of Seoul where there is a lot of Americans because of the nearby military base. There they have an Irish bar. We went there for another beer, then grabbed a sandwich at KFC and went home.
In other news I now have another roommate. My roommate’s buddy moved in Monday, so he is sleeping on a little pad in between the two beds. He is here until next Monday. So it feels like it’s back to normal having three of us share the same room like when Bojan was here in the beginning.
Monday night’s football practice we got to put on pads and helmets. I was a little surprised to see that the gear looks to be several decades old. Not only did I find a helmet that fits me, but It’s actually tight on my head. Who plays this sport with a head smaller than me? My shoulder pads are also incomplete, they don’t have the attachment pads that hang over your shoulder, just the pads on top of the shoulder. My face mask is a little bent and has some rust on it. So far that’s the only equipment I have. I am hoping we’ll get the leggings. One guy told me last semester he had to take a sock and roll it up and put it in his knee pad pocket. In some way’s its kind of funny playing with some scrappy equipment and we don’t have a coach, we just seem to work together. I ordered some football cleats online, along with a pair of gloves like that of Deion Branch for receiving. My buddy Matt from Seattle will be bringing them with him when he comes here on Saturday.
