Redeu Sakseu-ga igyeotda!

Although this is not, strictly-speaking, Korea-related, I would like to note here that the Boston Red Sox (Boseuteon Redeu Sakseu 보스턴 레드삭스) this morning (Korea time) won the 2007 World Series. To a Red Sox fan with a memory of any length, the idea that one could be lucky enough to see not one but TWO Boston championships in one's lifetime would have, until recently, seemed utterly ludicrous and magical. And yet, following on the team's 2004 triumph, that is exactly what has happened.

All the games were played in the morning here in Korea. Most started at 9:30 and ended around 1:00, coinciding almost exactly with my class time at the Language Institute. Aside from the one game I was able to watch at Erma's parents' this past weekend, I had to follow most of the games by checking the score on the internet during hourly class breaks.

Here I am celebrating with a shot of soju (소주), while the victorious Boston team celebrates on the computer screen behind me.


And here they are, looking almost as happy despite their lack of soju: