"Morning of Owl" is a dance crew of b-boys that we have all befriended through a super awesome co-worker of Nick's, Seungju. MoO consists of around 12-15 guys (I can't tell an exact number yet) that all are ridiculous at breakdancing. They are all professionals and simply dance for a living. I would love to get more into the description of these guys but I will leave that to Nick who has known them a bit longer than I as of now. All you need to know for the moment is that they are all great guys.
Anyways, three of the guys were representing the crew at a small competition in Suwon. So they invited us to come watch. When we arrived at the arena, there was an expo going on with some toys like this writable TV as seen in the pic below. The drawings are Seungju's depictions of both Nick and I. Apparently we say "cool cool" a lot. Notice the spelling of Kyle by the way.
I came to Korea expecting a remote controlled robot soccer game and I found it.
The craziest part about all of these guys of MoO is that they could all in their own right be total assholes, but instead they are the exact opposite. They are all really talented, they win nearly every competition they enter, they are like family within themselves, and they are all pretty good looking dudes. In the states, that sounds like a recipe for disaster when it comes to ego and open-mindedness.The boys of MoO took us under their wing and had us sit up on stage while the battle went down. All the boys have English nicknames so its easy for Nick and I to remember who's who. Here is "Rocket"....
Here is "KickAss"..... this guy somehow only dances on his hands.
During the battle, the boys pull some individual maneuvers along with some team stuff like this...
This is a pic of KickAss and another guy from the opposing team squaring off. For this competition, the other team took first and MoO took second. Nobody in the crew was bummed because it was a small competition and the money pot matched. Also, they had just beaten this same crew a week before in a much larger battle and for a lot more money.
After the battle we rolled back to Seungju's house and began our night. First, we headed to a park nearby where we drank Makju (beer) and ate Chinese food. The Chinese food was delivered to us right there in the park. Next we headed back to the house and played some odd Korean drinking games. This picture is of me taking some type of bomb that consisted of 1 pint of beer, 1 shot of soju, and 1 shot of Coke.....surprisingly good. You have to use a chopstick to hold both shots in place which makes it fairly awkward to drink though.
Here is a photo of "KickAss" (left) and "Please" (right). Please is an up and comer for MoO and hangs with the group a lot. He is still one of the youngest so he has to do everything for everyone. And when he drinks, he has to look away from everyone. Korea is very hierarchical by age. When you drink together, it's always the guests first and then oldest to youngest.
Here is a super-cute photo of Seungju and his girlfriend "Coco." She is a professional fortune teller.
Wall-sittin....
1 comment:
remote controlled soccer game. that has to be the pinacle. it´s all down hill from there.
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