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RokofKangnam · Posted: Tue Jul 17, 2012 6:18 pm Post subject:

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RokofKangnam · Posted: Tue Jul 17, 2012 6:18 pm Post subject:

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PatrickGHBusan · Posted: Wed Jul 18, 2012 3:58 am Post subject:

Yup, we lived in Busan and attended some games. It was a great time as the country was wild for its team. However, when you attended some of the other games, the stadiums were not full which was too bad.

The vibe was however quite amazing!

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PatrickGHBusan · Posted: Thu Jul 19, 2012 3:51 am Post subject:

Some of the non-Korea matches may not have had sellout crowds but Korea did a bang up job with organisation.

skinhead · Joined: 11 Jun 2004

Just missed it. We'd been back in Oz a few months by then, but my in-laws posted us the requisite tiger motif T-shirts and Taegukgis for car windows. When Korea beat Spain, we drove drunk with those flags hanging off our datsun and mrs skinny squeaking mansay at the neighbourhood for a half hour. Seems like yesterday.

Wonder where Mina Shin is today...

Ya-ta Boy · Joined: 16 Jan 2003 Location: Established in 1994

What I remember...

First, and most emotional, I was teaching at a navy school at the time. A year or so later, the topic came up (one way or another) and a student told how he and his unit were sitting in some base watching a game and the siren went off. They grumbled and went out to their ship and went out to sea and pulled dead bodies of their comrades out of the bloody water. His eyes were streaming tears while he told us the story. Tears were streaming out of ours as we listened.

Second, each time but one all the students in my class and I went downtown to a sports bar and drank beer and had a heck of a time watching Korea beat each opponent. It was fabulous.

The one time we didn't was the day the US played SK in Taejon, I excused myself, as did the other teachers, and we went home and watched--or not--as the teams played to a tie. We just didn't feel it was safe. Looking back, I don't think it would have been a problem. At the time...

hack · Joined: 24 Jan 2003

Yeah remember it well for a few reasons :
Got laid in Daegu because she thought I was a referee (well I guess that's what I told her)Compared to everything else this was the highlight.
Got in a great fight in Busan when the guy I was with went into one of those booze tents and started crapping on the Korean team which actually was pretty decent. Spent the night in emergency drinking soju with a security guard while my friend got his knee operated on.
Got in another fight with a bunch of Russian sailors in Busan-different night from above. I hate Russkis-they keep fighting until they are unconcious.
Got arrested in Busan for taking a motorcycle left running in front of a bar for a joy ride and spent the night in jail-an unforgettable experience on so many different levels especially the gay Korean who had a johnson the size of a Ford 150 tailpipe.
Stayed at a hotel in Seoul (I think either the Westin or the Intercontinental? It's all a bit hazy) and when I checked out the bill was about $700k won-300 for the room and 400 for the minibar.
When I returned to my uni the dept head asked me why I was absent for 3 days of teaching and I told her I had been hired by the US team to assist them with their travel in Korea. I even had pics to prove it-they were buddies wearing US jersies and she bought it especially since the US and Korea tied in their game which was like a moral victory for Korea.

lemak · Joined: 02 Jan 2011