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	<title>Back in Seoul &#187; Sports</title>
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		<title>Baseball Game</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 01 May 2011 13:20:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Manolo</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Baseball]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jamsil]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[LG Twins]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Lotte Giants]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Seoul]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s funny that after all this time in Seoul I had not been to a game of the most popular sport in South Korea: baseball. We went to Jamsil Stadium to watch a game between LG Twins and Lotte Giants. Right before the game started there were so many people nearby the entrance that the [...]<h3>Related Posts</h3>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>It&#8217;s funny that after all this time in Seoul I had not been to a game of the most popular sport in South Korea: baseball.</p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a title="DSC_8734 by cholonam, on Flickr" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/cholonam/5649691690/"><img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5026/5649691690_1a442e7c8f.jpg" alt="DSC_8734" width="500" height="333" /></a><br />
We went to Jamsil Stadium to watch a game between LG Twins and Lotte Giants. Right before the game started there were so many people nearby the entrance that the mobile network was collapsed and it was absolutely impossible to make a phone call any closer than a block from the stadium.</p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a title="DSC_8740 by cholonam, on Flickr" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/cholonam/5649134547/"><img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5107/5649134547_a862abfaba.jpg" alt="DSC_8740" width="500" height="333" /></a><br />
Finally inside the stadium. I must admit that even though I am not familiar with baseball rules, the game was quite fun. Maybe because you can drink beer during the game, time went really fast. In fact, Koreans usually watch the game while drinking beer and eating fried chicken.</p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a title="DSC_8744 by cholonam, on Flickr" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/cholonam/5649138483/"><img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5181/5649138483_91b8ac3595.jpg" alt="DSC_8744" width="500" height="333" /></a><br />
The stadium was completely crowded and over half of the capacity of the stadium was for Lotte supporters (including us), who came all the way from Busan. Lotte Giants is known for having the most active supporters in the Korean league. Besides, they have one of the best Korean players, Dae-Ho Lee (이대호).</p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a title="DSC_8746 by cholonam, on Flickr" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/cholonam/5649139913/"><img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5229/5649139913_a044493de4.jpg" alt="DSC_8746" width="500" height="333" /></a><br />
Also quite funny the way people support their team: with these plastic bags on their heads.</p>
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Being used to the soccer scoreboard, this one was quite a complicated one for me. It took me over an hour to get to understand each and every one of those numbers&#8230;</p>
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Already in the subway on our way home. We could not get the victory but still you can say by our smiles we had a great time watching the game. No doubt we will go again to watch Lotte winning the game!</p>
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		<title>Hiking with Mr. Han</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 04 Nov 2008 06:58:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Manolo</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Hiking]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bukhansan]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mr. Han]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Last weekend we went hiking with Mr. Han, the driver in our office. What we thought would be an easy hike in Bukhansan (북한산) with some ajossies and ajummas turned into a quite hard climbing and at some points even dangerous I would say. Anyway we had a fun day and the scenery was just [...]<h3>Related Posts</h3>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Last weekend we went hiking with Mr. Han, the driver in our office. What we thought would be an easy hike in <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bukhan_Mountain">Bukhansan</a> (북한산) with some <a href="http://endic.naver.com/endic.nhn?docid=2525270&amp;rd=s"><em>ajossies</em></a> and <a href="http://endic.naver.com/endic.nhn?docid=2525400&amp;rd=s"><em>ajummas</em></a> turned into a quite hard climbing and at some points even dangerous I would say. Anyway we had a fun day and the scenery was just awesome. The good thing of Seoul is that being a city surrounded by mountains, as soon as you get away from the high buildings you can find yourself at places like this:</p>
<p align="center"><a title="DSC_3189 by cholonam, on Flickr" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/cholonam/2956132637/"><img class="wp-smiley" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3204/2956132637_7e6c1a22a0.jpg" alt="DSC_3189" width="500" height="333" /></a><br />
Pablo with Mr. Han, right before starting the hike.</p>
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Koreans were so well equipped. That&#8217;s so common here. Anything they do (hiking, soccer, cycling&#8230;), they dress like real professionals. Nothing to do with easy-going Spanish people <img src='http://seoul.manuelhc.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_razz.gif' alt=':P' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
<p align="center"><a title="DSC_3195 by cholonam, on Flickr" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/cholonam/2956159133/"><img class="wp-smiley" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3156/2956159133_b1b5232b75.jpg" alt="DSC_3195" width="333" height="500" /></a><br />
This days are perfect for hiking. It&#8217;s not so cold yet, but you can already see red leaves everywhere in the mountain.</p>
<p align="center"><a title="DSC_3222 by cholonam, on Flickr" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/cholonam/2957119142/"><img class="wp-smiley" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3159/2957119142_2f41678c14.jpg" alt="DSC_3222" width="500" height="333" /></a><br />
With Pablo, almost at the top. At this point we were sweating all over and I couldn&#8217;t feel my legs anymore.</p>
<p align="center"><a title="DSC_3232 by cholonam, on Flickr" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/cholonam/2956303633/"><img class="wp-smiley" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3044/2956303633_87c9e7916c.jpg" alt="DSC_3232" width="500" height="333" /></a><br />
It&#8217;s unbelievable how many people you find at the mountain on weekends. Koreans really love hiking.</p>
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The scenery was so good. It was a pity it was cloudy and a little foggy but anyway I took some nice pictures.</p>
<p align="center"><a title="DSC_3251 by cholonam, on Flickr" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/cholonam/2956367899/"><img class="wp-smiley" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3235/2956367899_01537c113b.jpg" alt="DSC_3251" width="333" height="500" /></a><br />
King of the mountain <img src='http://seoul.manuelhc.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_razz.gif' alt=':P' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
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With Pablo and Mr. Han, taking a break.</p>
<p align="center"><a title="DSC_3300 by cholonam, on Flickr" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/cholonam/2956544107/"><img class="wp-smiley" src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2156/2956544107_1614674ec0.jpg" alt="DSC_3300" width="500" height="333" /></a><br />
While going down, we kept seeing a lot of people still going up to the top.</p>
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These piles of stones are made by monks that usualy go to the mountains to find a quiet place not so far away from the crowdy and busy Seoul.</p>
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		<title>Snowboarding</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Apr 2008 04:00:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Manolo</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Snowboard]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Namyangju]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[South Corea]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Another post with almost two months delay (I&#8217;m writing a post about snowboarding when it&#8217;s almost summer already!)&#8230; this time Alex and I went snowboarding with 주연 (Ju-Yun), a friend of 가영 (Ga-Young), to StarHill Resort, a resort with some artificial snow tracks only one hour and a half drive from Seoul. The place is [...]<h3>Related Posts</h3>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Another post with almost two months delay (I&#8217;m writing a post about snowboarding when it&#8217;s almost summer already!)&#8230; this time Alex and I went snowboarding with 주연 (Ju-Yun), a friend of <a href="http://jeehmm.net">가영 (Ga-Young)</a>, to <a href="http://www.starhillresort.com/">StarHill Resort</a>, a resort with some artificial snow tracks only one hour and a half drive from Seoul. The place is not so big, but for beginners like us, it was more than enough. Apart from not being able to sit down for one week (I fell down on my ass so many times, some of them really spectacularly), we had a blast, and everythig was quite cheap:D</p>
<p align="center"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/cholonam/2290937088/" title="IMG_2234 by cholonam, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2060/2290937088_c3ce4ea87b.jpg" class="wp-smiley" alt="IMG_2234" height="500" width="375" /></a><br />
At the rental, with 상표 (Mark), Ju-Yun&#8217;s friend.</p>
<p align="center"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/cholonam/2290145359/" title="IMG_2239 by cholonam, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2025/2290145359_05a5a537f5.jpg" class="wp-smiley" alt="IMG_2239" height="375" width="500" /></a><br />
Getting ready to&#8230; ¿fall?</p>
<p align="center"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/cholonam/2290151993/" title="IMG_2249 by cholonam, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2133/2290151993_e7723f93dc.jpg" class="wp-smiley" alt="IMG_2249" height="375" width="500" /></a><br />
From left to right, Ju-Yun, Alex, 은미 (Enice), and I.</p>
<p align="center"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/cholonam/2290153241/" title="IMG_2251 by cholonam, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3195/2290153241_3d682f0fbf.jpg" class="wp-smiley" alt="IMG_2251" height="375" width="500" /></a><br />
Alex, 정은 (Ellen), and I.</p>
<p align="center"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/cholonam/2290153887/" title="IMG_2252 by cholonam, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3177/2290153887_4e1cc06fa6.jpg" class="wp-smiley" alt="IMG_2252" height="500" width="375" /></a><br />
The kings of snoboarding, I think that I fell down more times than Alex, but my style was much better than his:P</p>
<p>So yes, we had a lot of fun. <em>Thanks a lot to Ju-Yun and her fiends!</em></p>
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		<title>Taekwondo</title>
		<link>http://seoul.manuelhc.com/taekwondo/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Oct 2007 11:32:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Manolo</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Taekwondo]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Yes, yesterday I signed up for taekwondo lessons at Yonsei University, the university in which I am also learning Korean. I&#8217;m gonna be taking these lessons on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays from 7 to 8:30 PM. First lesson was yesterday, and I really liked it! Seems like a great work out, lots of stretching, kicking, [...]<h3>Related Posts</h3>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Yes, yesterday I signed up for <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taekwondo">taekwondo</a> lessons at <a href="http://www.yonsei.ac.kr/eng/">Yonsei University</a>, the university in which I am also learning Korean. I&#8217;m gonna be taking these lessons on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays from 7 to 8:30 PM.</p>
<p>First lesson was yesterday, and I really liked it! Seems like a great work out, lots of stretching, kicking, defense, relaxing, etc. Much more fun than going to the gym or swimming pool:P</p>
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