The Boxer

This evening I met up with several of my co-workers to go out for some food after they were done with work. After some Korean pizza and beer several of us decided that we were not ready to go to bed and stopped at a grocery store around the corner from my flat. We bought some beer and other Korean beverages and headed to a park near there. We sat around and talked about all kinds of nothing, just enjoying the night. At about 1:30 am it was down to Ben, Ian and myself sitting around getting ready to head home. All of a sudden a Korean man walks up to us and starts talking, in a Korean-English lingo, to Ben as if they are friends. Ben realizes who the man is and starts talking back. Ben explains to us that he knows this Korean man from the market around the corner. The man introduces himself to all of us and insists on giving us a kiss on the cheek. Another man approaches, who we found out is the brother of the first, and starts talking to us as well. Luckily I have Ben and Ian there to help translate because the second of the two men insisted on talking to me only in Korean, occasionally he would mumble the word “Obmama.” Ben thought he was talking the United States’ president, but I am not entirely sure. Needless to say there was a lot of smiling and nodding on my part. After a few minutes the second man tells us that he is a boxer and could take on Muhammad Ali. He showed us some of his shadow boxing moves, which we all applauded him on because he really put on quite a show. The boxer also showed us some of his dance moves.

After a show of push-ups, shadow boxing and dancing Ben decides that we should probably do something as well. This included: Ben hanging upside down and then crossing his legs and lifting himself up off the ground, Ian doing something similar, and a series of pull ups from myself. I also tried to juggle several glass bottles with little success. The Boxer decided to drop his pants as a finally to the series of stupid human tricks. Eventually, Ian, Ben and I excuse ourselves and head back to our flats. What a night.