figure skating & weekend plans
There's like 40 mph winds outside, so I decided to not go to practice at the gymnastics gym tonight. Instead, I stayed at home, worked on a few things, and watched Kim Yu-Na in the Olympics figure skating. I was having Korean pride during her entire performance, and I'm not even Korean! (I'm Chinese, btw) But I think having lived in Korea for a year was good enough of a reason to cheer. Almost like my second home.
Kim Yu-Na's family is from the Gunpo district of Seoul, which was where I lived last year. You won't believe the number of students that would come up to me, "Daniel teacher! You know Kim Yu-Na? She went to my school!"
But anyways, could you imagine the pressure Kim Yu-Na had to go through to win this? Not only was she the reigning world champion, she was also the most popular athlete in Korea, and...her closest rival was a Japanese girl. Losing would suck, obviously, but to have the possibility to lose to Japan? After living amongst Koreans, I've learned that coming second place to Japan borderlines on being unacceptable. Oh, the pressure! But now that she's won gold, that's another 4 more years of TV ads for all of us in South Korea to watch. **cha ching**
My friend Monica Chang took these photos from Unbreakable.
If Kim Yu-Na is the Korean figure skating queen, then Monica Chang is the Korean b-boy photographing queen.
There's a big party tomorrow at club Modern, in D.C.
Lionz of Zion Party Squad in full effect.
Knowing how these guys party, I probably won't go to sleep until 9 am the next morning.
Korean Song of the Day:
there's a sequel to the original Lollipop song
Big Bang - Lollipop Pt. 2
Kim Yu-Na's family is from the Gunpo district of Seoul, which was where I lived last year. You won't believe the number of students that would come up to me, "Daniel teacher! You know Kim Yu-Na? She went to my school!"
But anyways, could you imagine the pressure Kim Yu-Na had to go through to win this? Not only was she the reigning world champion, she was also the most popular athlete in Korea, and...her closest rival was a Japanese girl. Losing would suck, obviously, but to have the possibility to lose to Japan? After living amongst Koreans, I've learned that coming second place to Japan borderlines on being unacceptable. Oh, the pressure! But now that she's won gold, that's another 4 more years of TV ads for all of us in South Korea to watch. **cha ching**
My friend Monica Chang took these photos from Unbreakable.
If Kim Yu-Na is the Korean figure skating queen, then Monica Chang is the Korean b-boy photographing queen.
There's a big party tomorrow at club Modern, in D.C.
Lionz of Zion Party Squad in full effect.
Knowing how these guys party, I probably won't go to sleep until 9 am the next morning.
Korean Song of the Day:
there's a sequel to the original Lollipop song
Big Bang - Lollipop Pt. 2