19/March/2007

And that’s the way it was
Posted by: John McCrarey @ 7:12 pm | Filed under: Life in Korea    

No darts tonight, Jeckles from Gecko’s asked for a postponement because they were short players this week. Will have to schedule a make-up match, but it will be in a couple of weeks. One of our players is a soldier involved in the annual RSOI exercise.

Saturday night I wanted to avoid the St. Paddy’s day crowd in Itaewon so I went to a Sojo house in Hannam-dong with a friend. Had a couple of bottles of soju and and a shell soup (little crabs in broth). Tasty enough, but my limited chopsticks skills were severly taxed trying to pull those little suckers from the shell. Then we did the norebang and later wound up closing Dolce at 0330.

Yesterday I finally did the pedicure thing on post. My heals were severely callused, with these huge fissures, cracks, and chasms that sometimes bleed and make walking difficult. The poor girl assigned to me was quite shocked at the condition of my feet but her limited English skills prevented her from fully articulating her obvious disgust. She did say “you should pay double”. I guess she was kidding because I just paid the regular price ($20). An hour later my feet looked much better and I was amazed at the pile of dead skin on the floor. They told me I need to come back next week for further work, and then come on a regular basis thereafter. I felt so ashamed that I gave the pedicure girl a W20,000 tip.

And that was the extent of my exciting weekend.

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4 Comments »
  1. Ha ha ha! I can’t believe you actually pulled those things out in public. A 20 dollar tip only seems fair for the poor girl who got to do that. Hope all is well. Keep slayin’em in darts!

    Comment by Nolan — 21/March/2007 @ 5:41 am


  2. Thanks, Nolan. Glad you are keeping up with things here by reading this blog. Maybe something interesting will happen one day soon.

    Comment by John McCrarey — 21/March/2007 @ 6:57 am


  3. Actually…that’s a fungal condition. You need a dermatologist who will prescribe medication.

    Comment by jim — 21/March/2007 @ 2:03 pm


  4. Surprise!! I almost was going to visit you guys on Monday but good..I didn’t. Anyway..Good Luck!!

    Comment by Ji Young — 21/March/2007 @ 4:42 pm


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