No Time for Later: Korean Baseball and New Friends

One of the pieces of advice I received when coming to Korea was 'I ABSOLUTELY HAD to go to a baseball game in Seoul'. They are apparently a site to see, and a wild, fun time. Therefore, I kept my eyes and ears alert for any mention of a baseball game and if anyone was going. Luckily, one day at work a co-worker of mine sent me an invitiation for a baseball game via Facebook. She wasn't going, but a bunch of her friends were and so she sent me the link. So I messaged the event creater on Facebook and introduced myself and asked if there were more tickets available. It's not easy to throw yourself out there and try new things, especially if you don't know anyone. I wasn't going to let that stop me though, because I wanted to go watch baseball! I received word that tickets were still left and so I got '1 ticket' and was ready to go. My co-worker Mia told me her friend Charlotte was going to the game and she was so nice and messaged her for me and asked if I could go with her so I could find the stadium and everything as it was a ways into Seoul. Charlotte was so great and said of course I could go with her, and she was actually leaving a bit early to meet up with a few of her friends for lunch beforehand. Awesome, I'm finally going to a baseball game and am going to meet tons of new people! At the game there were about 15 other foreigners from the area of Korea I live in, Bundang. It was so cool to meet them, because some of them had been friends with a guy named Stephen Sessions who is Jenna Sessions brother and Jenna is a girl I used to work with at Moss Adams. Wow...yeah follow that one, but basically it's a small world of foreigners out here and it felt good to meet people that new Stephen and he had actually messaged them to tell them I was coming to Korea. They were all so welcoming and fun, it made me feel really comforted and excited also for the rest of my time in Korea.

Me and Charlotte. She is from the Carolinas back home and has the best southern accent.

It's hard to see, but there are cheerleaders up on the box part. Yes...they have cheerleaders for baseball in Korea! They dance to KPOP songs and everything during the breaks.

They have jumbo screens and all...even in Korea.

These teenage girls were so funny. They were all dressed in their school uniforms and had cell phones and were taking tons of pictures of themselves (Koreans are very vain and take pictures of themselves all the time and everywhere)