fighting korea!!!

the team

deery-lou.
everywhere i look its a sea of red. the people on the streets, shopkeepers, banners, etc., red! red!red! yes, korea is in full world cup mode to support their team: the red devils. the build up has been coming for months. at first shops had a few soccer tees here and there. and now its in full bloom. tees, bandanas, stickers, tatoos, devil horns, etc. you name it they got it. no where is safe. i've even seen a soccer ball with the teammates pictures on it. the team is also on every known piece of advertisement from chicken to cell phone. koreans sure do go all out. i'm surprised they don't have wheaties here. confession: i do have a "let's go korea" devil tee. whats next for me face painting? only time will tell. the students are in rare form today. the excitement is everywhere. most of them are sporting tees. the others have their face painting. in the hallway i can hear them sing the "korea fight" song. its all quite cute. tonight is actually the first match for korea. they're playing togo. the country has gone crazy. restaurants are busting out giant tvs, make-shift restaurants are appearing everywhere, in the park by my school they are having singers, dancers, etc. they definitely aren't holding back. its fun to see all the excitment building up. which makes it hard not to become a part of it. i can feel myself being drawn into the excitment like a fly to a web. it has actually given me a whole new outlook on sports, especially soccer. who knew it could be so fun. plus it doesn't hurt that the korean soccer team is full of hotties. the question is will i be watching tonight? there's acutally a slight chance i will. does this mean i've turned into a jock? far from it. but sometimes its fun to pretend.

here are the players i'll be watching [in order of preference]:

lee chun soo

park ji sung

cho won hee

ahn jung hwan

be the reds…