Around Jeon Ju

Now that I have a bike, I'm able to go more places, and now that the weather has warmed up, I'm able to ride without freezing myself to death. Because of these two variables colliding, I present to you some pictures from around JeonJu!
These two pictures are from about a 20 min drive outside the city
This is the World Cup stadium. During the 2002 World Cup hosted by Japan, Korea held a few games including some in Jeonju. This stadium was built just for the World Cup. Now the Korean Soccer League plays some games in here.

These two pictures are at a water resevoir south of Korea. The Restaruant is designed to look like the ever popular Asian origami crane.

More pictures to come!

Another Weekend in Seoul

This past St. Paddy's Day I went up to Seoul for a little bit of a bash with some of my friends. It was a lot of fun, staying up 'till 5 both mornings, doing a little partying, and ofcourse finding good western food! I had probably the best meals there this weekend, with an absolutely delicious hamburger (you can barely find any non fastfood burgers in Korea) and western style breakfast with scrambled eggs, toast, bacon and hashbrowns. You don't realize how much you miss food like that until you have it again.
Also, I did some shopping around here and picked up a few hockey jerseys. Great prices on these too. Don't worry Eric, you have a present coming home to you :) hope you like it. It'll come in about 2 weeks.

The Urban Ninja

Check this out from YouTube.com. Absolutely incredible what this guy can do!

SI on the Leafs

(from SI.com)

Consider, for example, Toronto's situation. It's not often you can say that picking up two points hurts a club, but that's exactly the case with the Maple Leafs. Oh sure, everyone involved with the team had to be thrilled with the effort that led to the 5-3 win over Montreal on Tuesday night. But honestly, it was a one-step-forward-two-steps-back kind of victory.

With the win, the 10th-place Leafs moved within six points of the eighth-place Habs. And with 20 games to go, its not a stretch to call that striking distance.

But the reality is a little more bleak. Six points may not seem like much of an obstacle, but the Leafs' recent weak play (they were on a five-game skid prior to this win) and eight upcoming games against teams who are contending with them for the final spot, will make for tough sledding.

The smart thing for GM John Ferguson Jr. to do is move some desirable veterans -- Ed Belfour and Bryan McCabe -- and look to the future by acquiring prospects or solid picks for assets whose value is declining by the minute.

If they'd lost, the Leafs would have been 10 points back. But six -- six is too tantalizing, too close to raise the white flag now. As a result, the Leafs are likely to sit this one out. That means no deal of Belfour to Edmonton. McCabe is destined to test the market this summer after turning down a four-year, $16.5 million offer this week. It also means that the Leafs will miss a chance to advance the clock on their badly-needed youth movement. All because of two points.

My New Bike

Check out my new bike! I purchased this bad boy this past weekend from a freind of mine, Dave Van Minnen. This bike fills up for $4 and gets really good milage. I filled the tank up on saturday and went out to a near by mountain with Dave, travelled around my city, and then today just filled it up again. I' m glad that I got this bike, it will allow me to see more of the city and the surrounding area while I'm here. Also, I can sell it when I leave for close to the price I bought it at!
Gotta love the helmet. This one's on loan from Dave until I get one of my own.