Sunday, March 07, 2004
Night Fever
So my mate gets woken up at about 2am by all sorts of banging and smashing sounds coming from his apartment (my old one) and goes down two flights of stairs to see what all the fuss is about.
He comes upon three adult women sledge-hammering a door handle and trying to use a pair of bolt cutters to um.....well who knows! Now this is kind of strange (read: COMPLETELY NUTS), as any locksmith could get in much easier, and what the hell were they doing in possession of such things? I mean, I can't think of any reason to own any of those things in Korea. Although due to a shortage of scrap metal on the international market, metal sign boards, fence railings and school gates have been going missing in Korea recently!
So he stands there un-noticed whilst scarcely believing his eyes. Eventually they spied him and apologised profusely.
Then the same night the school kids who are living in one of the apartments on the 2nd floor (without their parents) come home screaming and yelling as they often do in the middle of the night. Another friend of mine went out and told them at the top of his lungs something I can't repeat here. These guys are students at a nearby drama/music school and so are a little.....um......sure of themselves. This school looks totally nondescript yet has produced a massive number of Korean television stars and famous singers and musicians. It's like a little concrete star making factory........weird man. Here's one of them named "sea" (or "pada" in Korean). She likes Oranges and I just ate two. Wow. But I must ask, is it common for 24 year old women to weigh 47 kilograms?
Then of course there was the guy who was playing a xylophone which stretched right across his room at all hours, until aforementioned guy had a word with him.
It's just one of those buildings really. Though sums up the attitude of Koreans towards their neighbours in many respects.
Meanwhile in the world of sport we have this , this (accompanied with comments like this) and this.
What's with these guys?
I mean even if it all turns out to be a string of false allegations it seems that the general behaviour of so many pro athletes is bordering on inhuman. Lets save the gang-banging for porn-stars shall we guys?
I have to give the NRL some credit though. They never dodge negative issues in their sport. The official NRL website always covers all aspects of their sport including the scandals and criticism of the organisation, judiciary etc. Whereas another similar code I know does it's best to avoid all contact with the public and is the only club sport in the world which does not release it's crowd figures (more on that another time).
Right, I'm off to watch Ireland play England on the tellie. Could have gone to watch it in our local bar with my Irish mates but after being there until 4am last night I think I'll give it a miss. I mean it does kickoff 1am local time and I've watched England win enough on the big screen there in the last year. There's only so much a man can take. They are a mighty team though dammit.
He comes upon three adult women sledge-hammering a door handle and trying to use a pair of bolt cutters to um.....well who knows! Now this is kind of strange (read: COMPLETELY NUTS), as any locksmith could get in much easier, and what the hell were they doing in possession of such things? I mean, I can't think of any reason to own any of those things in Korea. Although due to a shortage of scrap metal on the international market, metal sign boards, fence railings and school gates have been going missing in Korea recently!
So he stands there un-noticed whilst scarcely believing his eyes. Eventually they spied him and apologised profusely.
Then the same night the school kids who are living in one of the apartments on the 2nd floor (without their parents) come home screaming and yelling as they often do in the middle of the night. Another friend of mine went out and told them at the top of his lungs something I can't repeat here. These guys are students at a nearby drama/music school and so are a little.....um......sure of themselves. This school looks totally nondescript yet has produced a massive number of Korean television stars and famous singers and musicians. It's like a little concrete star making factory........weird man. Here's one of them named "sea" (or "pada" in Korean). She likes Oranges and I just ate two. Wow. But I must ask, is it common for 24 year old women to weigh 47 kilograms?
Then of course there was the guy who was playing a xylophone which stretched right across his room at all hours, until aforementioned guy had a word with him.
It's just one of those buildings really. Though sums up the attitude of Koreans towards their neighbours in many respects.
Meanwhile in the world of sport we have this , this (accompanied with comments like this) and this.
What's with these guys?
I mean even if it all turns out to be a string of false allegations it seems that the general behaviour of so many pro athletes is bordering on inhuman. Lets save the gang-banging for porn-stars shall we guys?
I have to give the NRL some credit though. They never dodge negative issues in their sport. The official NRL website always covers all aspects of their sport including the scandals and criticism of the organisation, judiciary etc. Whereas another similar code I know does it's best to avoid all contact with the public and is the only club sport in the world which does not release it's crowd figures (more on that another time).
Right, I'm off to watch Ireland play England on the tellie. Could have gone to watch it in our local bar with my Irish mates but after being there until 4am last night I think I'll give it a miss. I mean it does kickoff 1am local time and I've watched England win enough on the big screen there in the last year. There's only so much a man can take. They are a mighty team though dammit.
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