Basukettoboru

Yesterday I found out that I have the dexterity and vitality of a crippled 90-year-old pregnant blue whale. After class, some korean classmates suggested that we'd go to a park (read: ghetto) area of Shin-Okubo and play some hoops. So there we went, with a team of 6 people and 2 cheerleaders (korean girls from class). When we got there, the courts were already taken up by other people, so we had to play against them. The first team we were up against were a chinese group of people, who were clearly better than us... although we did survive for a long time, they ultimately defeated us.

Next up were a japanese team. Now, this team was quite interesting... two of them were dressed as women (bear with me; we're in Japan after all) and the rest dressed in US rock 'n roll leather from the 60's, complete with the boots and all. We actually ended up defeating them! Then we lost to the chinese triad guys again... From now on, we will be going to this court after school at least once a week to play, so we get some sort of exercise - and it's a lot of fun!

The team we manages to assemble was pretty cool, too! It consists of the following people: Me (duh), Jin (Self-proclaimed best drinker in the world) Opa (Complains that he hasn't moved a muscle in ten years) Lee Tetsu (Chinese guy who complains that we should play ping-pong instead) Markus (Fellow Swede, just as poor physique as me) Kang Chan-Su (The only guy with decent skills in our group) and of course the korean girls who sat under a tree cheering for us.

I've missed basketball so much... you guys playing basketball at home?

Our shooting-guard; Kang Chan-Su

With our bodies destroyed, but spirits soaring high, we went to a korean place nearby and had some beers and korean BBQ. I swear to God, I'm in love with korean food! It's a beautiful mix of meat, vedgetables and whatever ultra-spicy sauce they can mix up to go with it. I'd say it surpasses the japanese cuisine, with the notable exception of sushi... and maybe curry rice (which isn't really Japanese, but, still they think it is). Anyway, the korean place we went to was sweet. Great atmosphere, awesome food... but I think koreans always tend to overdo the drinking... I mean, wow, even the girls outdrink us poorly-trained europeans! Say what you will about koreans, but comparing western drinking to theirs is like... well I can't think of a clever analogy right now but let's just say you don't want to dismiss "asians" as weak drinkers.



Ah, and I notice the Swedish currency is still experiencing some serious ass suckage. Come oooooon! You don't really want me to get a part-time job, do you? Why didn't I go to China or India instead... that way - if I were still alive at this moment from bombings, acid rain and food poisoning - I'd be so much better off, money-wise. So, time for me to get my clothes off the roof, but I'm too lazy to mooooveee... my entire body hurts after yesterday =(