Story Three: OUCH

I called this post OUCH because thats how my body feels. I had the longest most physically exhausting weekend. It starts on the HELL day, I call Friday, which is my worst day of the week. So I am definitely ready for beers after work and drank for about four hours before going for a late night stroll that lasted 'god knows how long.' Then went to bed, and woke up to Loren saying he's going up to a nearby mountain. I jumped at the chance, and then we were on our way. The mountain was beautiful but a steep, steep climb. Some rather scary bridges to cross but we make it to the peak. When we reached the peak, I can't describe how beautiful it is. Pictures will be posted soon. On the peak, we meet up with two foreigners down from Seoul, chat them up for awhile until we realize that ifwe are going tomake the last bus were gonna have to bust ass down this mountain. After a wrong turn, One of the new guys and I climb a loose dirt hillside to get to the cable car to get to bottom. While everyone else took the path we didn't see. So while we are waiting for the gondala, I realize how exhausting the climb was. My legs were shaking so bad and I almost fell over when I bent both my knees at the same time. We struggle our way back then its time for a shower, and then back out for Tim's Birthday. 20000 won all you can drink till 3 am. We certainly got our money's worth, but while we were drinking away the captain of a local soccer team comes up. Ask the table if we got any players in our group, so a few of us say we played back home. He invites us to try out and in our drunken stupors we agree. The next day however we were not so enthusiatic, being hungover to the point of almost vomiting. Three of us still decide to play anyway. WE GET SCHOOLED!!!!! These guys are collegiate level players if not semi pro. They have us running all over the field and falling for every move these guys got. I am a dead man walking when they call the game. I scored three times but they were all pretty chessy and I wasn't playing much defense to speak of. Mike and I decide to the Jin Ja Bong, (spa) which we needed badly. After cleaning up I head to a festival concert and I cant find a seat so Im standing watching this amazing show and I can barely stand. After the show I go home and crash hard.