Go Bluewings!
Today, March 18th, was a day that started off rather strange. Apparently Koreans feel that 9:00am on a Saturday morning is a great time to do some construction on a dorm full of sleeping students, so there it began...the drills and the saws droning from that point on. I tried to fall in and out of sleep as best as I could but I finally got out of bed around noon. At this point the construction had stopped for the day and it was time to get ready to go out. Today, as the title hints at, I went to my first Korean soccer game between Suwon Bluewings and Gangwon FC. The Bluewings are the local team here and they are one of the best in Korea. They have won the championship 4 times in the last 17 years and have one of the largest fan-bases; they are owned by Samsung. They stadium is literally directly next to my university and to get there was a quick walk. Called "Big Bird" stadium, it was built specifically for the 2002 World Cup here in Korea, when I update my photo album later I will post pictures. We met as a group at the Ajou front gate with 10 exchange students and 2 AGA members. The tickets were cheap, only 12,000won and we sat in the big supporter and cheering section. The game was good and weather turned out to be great and sunny. All the fans in our section were standing the whole time and there were constantly cheers and songs they were singing. Also, you could bring your own beer and food into the stadium no problem which was a big plus. Suwon won the game 3-0, and this was the 3rd game of the season and Suwon is currently in 1st place. Because I had such a good time I want to go again to more games and the next one is a big rivalry match between Seoul and Suwon (I've been told it's the Real Madrid vs. Barcelona of Korea haha) and that game is April 1st. After the game everyone went our separate ways and I had dinner at Suwon Station with Evgeniya.