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Cabbage Pitch Kid

Remember Cabbage Patch Kids ?  Well, get ready to catch 'Cabbage Pitch' Kids!  This is bound to go over better than my 'Good-Bye Kitty' idea.

I decided to start practicing translating Korean into English today by using the Dong-A Ilbo's English news site.  They offer most of the articles in Korean text, so I am going to choose one article a week to work on.

Anyhoo, the article I chose was 'Park Myung-hwan's Controversial "Cabbage Pitch".

Putting aside the fact that I'm having a lot of trouble with the translation so far, the story is hilarious.  A pitcher in the Korean pro leagues decided that the best way to keep cool during the game was to put a cabbage leaf under his cap. 

Trouble, is his cap fell off a couple times, revealing the cabbage.  That is against rule article 8.02(b) stipulating: “a pitcher is immediately ejected from the game if he wears or carries a foreign substance”, but the officials did nothing about the cabbage.

Today's forecast was for partly sunny skies, a high temp of 28C (81F), and a 10% chance of precipitation.  The reality was:  no clouds, no rain, and, according to my school's principal, 31.6C (87 F).  Humidity was way too high for comfort. 

If there had been a cabbage leaf anywhere in the vicinity, I would have plopped it on my head in a heartbeat.

No Soup For You!

I was excited when I saw this headline in the JoonAng Daily

KBS-TV adds subtitles for classic dramas

but the feeling died quickly when I read

Although the programs won't be able to be viewed in Korea unless you have a special satellite box, the shows will be aired in places such as the United States, Europe, Japan and others where KBS World TV broadcasts.

That's just not right.  That was my one and only possible excuse to sit on the couch all day... "But honey, I'm studying Korean..."

Buddah's Birthday

Today was Buddah's birthday.  Every year I go to Beomeosa the biggest and most famous temple in Busan to light candles and see the thousands of lanterns.

In the afternoon, we went to JH's mother's usual temple.  It's a one-monk show and it's waaaaaay up a hill in the southern end of the city.  There was a great view of Pusan Tower and the old market place.

Above the temple, on the hillside, there are about a thousand Buddah statues.