I've been here 2 weeks now, and I've noticed a lot of these things around. Usually during the night they are deflated, and then they plug them in in the morning and they fill with air. However, this particular one seems to be inflated all the time. I don't know if it's for a massage parlour or just a regular bar, or what the place is, but I'm sure it's a very classy place, and it's only 30 seconds from my front door.
On an unrelated side note, I was hit by my first Korean car the other day. I go for a jog every morning and I was running across a well-marked crosswalk at the junction of a side street and a main one. Apparently the idiot coming out of the side street either didn't bother to look or just decided that the rules of the road didn't apply to him. Fortunately he decided it would be a good idea to stop rather than have me go completely over his car, and so he only hit me hard enough to go half-way onto his hood. I was able to get my hand down onto the hood to stop my fall, and I cut it on the hood ornament. He then stopped and I continued running to get out from in front of the car. I was furious so I then turned to face the car, and started screaming profanities at him in English. I'm sure he didn't understand the words, but I'll bet he could figure out the tone. The driver, a middle-aged geek with glasses, then got out of the car wearing a stupid smile. I think he was scared and was trying to placate me. I then realized that I had no real injuries and that there was no way we could communicate, so I turned and started my run again.
After having watched how Koreans drive for the last couple of weeks, I'm quite certain that I'll be hit again. Stay tuned.
1 comment:
You're lucky he stopped as fast as he did Jas, the national game of Starcraft is not as focussed on hand-eye coordination as much as some are. Then again, maybe he thought you looked like a Zerg.
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