Special Holiday

I found out last week that we would have no school today, as it was a "Special Holiday" called by the principal. In reality, what happened is that Saturday was (school) Founder's Day, and taking a half-day vacation wasn't suitably festive, so he decreed it moved to today. Apparently, school principals have about four such days at their discretion, but this is the first one our leader has ever used. Couldn't say what's up with that.

So, what did I do on my Special Holiday? Washed a load of clothes, got a haircut, did a bit of shopping. Nothing special, then.

School will also be closed on Friday, as it is Buddha's Birthday--same as Christmas, one of my students explained to me.

Saturday, I went to Mokdong to watch the Heroes--whose fortunes have been on the upswing of late--lose to the Samsung Lions 0 -5, after beating them 18 - 5 on Friday. Still, the Heroes won the series by taking Sunday's game 9 - 8. They don't play at home again until the 28th through 30th vs. LG. But I'll be ready, as I found a Heroes cap (only one left) in the cap bin at E-Mart for 18000 W. That's half the price they want in the stadium.

Finally, I watched Korea face off with Ecuador last night from my chicken hof. True, the game was live just a few miles away across the river, but I was all stadiumed out. As expected, the Reds won 2 - 0, in the second half; Ecuador didn't make the final round in South Africa starting in about three weeks--what did they expect?