Awesome Jae Bong

The Jim Jae Bong was sweet. People go there "for relaxing" as my co-teacher put it. There are a bunch of different rooms all different temperatures. One of the rooms is a pool full of warm rocks that you lay in. This was by far my favorite room. Somehow laying in the rocks was really comfortable. There are massage chairs and machines all over too, although they cost about $1 for 10 minutes. It is $6 to get in and you can stay there as long as they're open. There are people sleeping everywhere. I think this is where Koreans go to cure their hangovers. I went on a Saturday and it was pretty full.

So that was the co-ed part, in the men only bath area it got weird. Running around naked with your buddy and a bunch of Koreans can be a little overwhelming. There are a ton of hot tubs in there although none of them are really that hot. There is one really hot Sauna though. Koreans love to practice their English with foreigners, even if you're naked. I was sitting in a tub and this elderly gent came up and sat uncomfortably close next to me. he started asking where I'm from etc. It was interesting.

So that was last weekend, last night we went to check out the local baseball team: the Lotte Giants. Korean baseball fans are like English soccer fans but gentler. They cheer for everything and there are at least 3 songs about "Lotte" (pronounced like Latte) that the whole crowd knows. Everyone had origami pom- poms made from newspaper. At first I though it was the best baseball game I had ever been to until I realized that we had been there for 1 hour and it was only the 2nd inning. OSU's college team could probably beat these guys. The crowd was fun though. They cheer like crazy for balls and walks!!!!

Time to teach family trees!!!

Tony