Guam, finally!

So I have heard from some people that there has been no post on my blog for a while! Guess you are right... I will try and get the Guam trip out in one blast, so I don't lose steam like I did for my Japan trip.

So we flew out on the first Friday of the month, at around 9:30 at night. I knew the trip had begun when we cracked some beers in Incheon Int'l Airport while waiting for the rest of our party to arrive, and continued to carry them in through check-in.

Anyways, we touched down in Guam around 3:30 am, and boy was it nice to step into the mildy humid, warm night. (When we left Seoul it was around -10 Celcius!).

We got into our rooms, and crashed, finally, around 5 am. When I got up, I looked out my window and the first sights to hit my eyes were the beautiful turquoise sea, white sand beaches, flowers, palm trees and butterflies flitting around. Hmm... I think I am going to like Guam!

We headed off to the field, where our first game wasn't until the afternoon, so we had the morning to lounge around on the sidelines under palm trees, listening to Bob Marley on the loudspeakers. Could life get any better?

Anyways to make a long story short, we played rugby during the day (and it was fun ;) )

That night we had the dance - our team went as cave women, so we all made our costumes out of leopard print and had paper mache clubs, and our manager dressed as Barney Rubble... how cool!! We went to an all you can eat and drink surf and turf buffet - I think I have never eaten so much in my life! After the 3rd plate, I can recall saying "I think I am going to blow up..." And then came plates 4 and 5. Yeah, you do NOT make money off a rugby player at a buffet (have I mentioned, though, that I've lost about 25 pounds (I think??) in the time I've been in Seoul?). Later we walked down the street to go to some other clubs. On the way, we met some police officers and convinced them to take a picture with us in mock arrest... Hahahaha. You will see!!

For those of you that don't know, Guam is an American territory, or something like that - there's a lot of army posted on Guam. So going out to the bar was like being in an army base. And believe me there were some intelligent comments that came along with it... my favorite was a guy walking by leans over and says to his friend, "What is it, leopard print night or something?" Hahaha. Yeah. Leopard print night.

Anyways, the next day we got up and played some (sub-par) rugby but ended up winning the women's half of the tourney (in sudden death overtime, whoops!). Later we ate some more Tony Roma's ribs (they were sponsoring the tourney - never eaten so many ribs in my life!!) and watched some really cool Guamian (huh?) dancing with fire and hulas and the works!

After, we had our kangaroo court under the goal posts - I was the president so I got to fine people (myself included) for doing stupid stuff all weekend, got to shoot the boot for scoring my first try with the Seoul Sisters, and of course did my rendition of the Haka, Canadian style.

We went out Sun. night, and flew back around 3:30 am... rolled back into Seoul at 6:45 am, dashed home, and caught 30 minutes of sleep before I had to get up and get ready to teach - then taught all day. REAL cool. Actually, really NOT cool, I would not recommend this!!

But on the whole, I loved Guam. It was exactly what I needed, to get away from the cold, smogginess that is Seoul. It also made me realize that I really dislike teaching here and need to get a move on... so I don't know how much longer I will stay. Hopefully I can last out my 6 months so I don't have to pay back my flight!!