Travelling at the speed of light or 60 km/hr...

Per my usual, I have been slacking on the blog front. I thought it overdue to update everyone on what has been going on in the good ole ROK. Last weekend I had the opportunity to play in my first darts tournament. It was a team tournament, three players and their rankings had to be below 18 total. My team consisted of V-- at B6, I-- at B5 and me at CC4 (low man on the totem pole). We came in with no expectations and despite a late arrival by yours truly, which lost us the first match due to a substandard stand-in, we proceeded to wipe the competition up. There were 19 teams in the tournament and after 4 hours we found ourselves in the final round! We won our first game against them and then lost our second by a single dart, which left us disheartened and the wind was stolen from our sails as we went into the tie-breaker and got slaughtered. Nonetheless, we took second place and won 150,000 won. (approx 150 bucks), not too shabby for never having played in a darts tournament. Which brings me to this upcoming weekend, after hearing about my play last Sunday, I was asked to go to Seoul to play in another darts tournament! I'll let you know how that turns out.

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Today winter has finally reared its head in Busan, if only to briefly announce its arrival, snow fell for about 15 minutes this morning and although it didn't stay, it is now cold. It seems a long time since I was in the desert now! Brrrrrr.

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And on to the final piece of relevant information, I have procured employment and am making my trip to Japan for my new visa sometime next week and begin teaching at a haegwon again December 15. That's all the news from this corner of the world, where the men are pretty, the women are strong and the children are above average. (hehe)