Week 12: Leaving a man behind in Seoul, a broken jaw and a bit of samgyeopsal

As usual, Seoul Station was the meeting point early Saturday morning as we prepared to make the two and a half hour train trip to Ulsan for the second round of the Korean league.

Early starts have become commonplace on Seoul Gaels championship outings and today was no different, with most of us booked in for the 7am train. Yet, as we were about to make our way down to the platform, ten minutes before departure, we noticed that our treasurer Brian Keane was nowhere to be seen. One quick phone call revealed that Keano, the man who had made the booking and had the group ticket in his possession, had only just woken up at his home.

After a moment’s panic we decided we had no option but to jump on the train anyway. Keano could get the next one when he arrived. In any case, such is modern technology, he was able to send us a picture of the ticket so there was no problems.