Was ich vorgestern nicht geschlafen hab, hab ich gestern nachgeholt. Am Heimweg hab ich das Noetigste (Brot, Milch, Kaese, was Suesses) eingekauft und zuhause angekommen hab ich zum ersten Mal den Staubsauger aktiviert, was eine sehr beruhigende Erfahrung war. Ich hatte halb damit gerechnet, dass sich unter den Teppichen Riesen-Asseln und andere Monster verbergen wuerde, aber ich stiess lediglich auf eine Spinne (die alsogleich expatriiert wurde) und auf die trockenen Reste von drei plattgetretenen Asseln. Welch angenehme Ueberraschung. Damit das so bleibt hab ich mich einmal mehr der daemmenden Funktion des Edmonton Journals bedient und den grossen Spalt im Badfenster verschlossen. Nun gilt zu testen, ob es damit getan ist...

Anschliessend, es war ungefaehr halb 8, begann ich im Bett liegend ein Sudoku (5 Sterne Schwierigkeitsgrad) und verspuerte den Drang ein kleines Schlaefchen zu machen. Sicherheitshalber, um ich nicht um 1 zu erwachen und die ganze Nacht nicht mehr schlafen zu koennen, stellte ich mir den Wecker auf halb 10. Als dieser schliesslich - viel zu frueh - klingelte, war ich zuversichtlich, dass ich noch muede genug war, um es bis in die frueh durchzuhalten klingelte - eine Einschaetzung die sich als richtig erwies: Um 10, halb 11 wurde ich langsam wach..

After having a nice semi-English breakfast (toast, egg, sausage, orange marmalade) I left to meet Eric und Paul (and a beer) in Elephant & Castle. On the way back we had an iced coffee and by chance Eric's friend Eddie who's from South Korea passed by and joined us. So we spent the afternoon chatting and, ehm, enjoying the view.

We talked about life in different countries and stuff like that and I learned an interesting thing about South Korea: You can't be a citizen unless you're of fully Korean decent. So foreigners who move to Korea and stay there all their life have no chance to obtain the citizenship (except from maybe being awarded an "honorary citizenship" such as Guus Hiddink who coached the soccer team). If Eddie would marry a Canadian woman, which he will try to avoid because his parent's would accept only a Korean daughter in law (reminds me of Lane in Gilmore Girls) and go back to Korea (which he intends to do) then not only she would be excluded from citizenship but also their children, because they’re not fully Korean! Isn't that extreme!? I don't know whether the citizenship law is only a result of the pure-blood-philosophy or whether it's also a bit the other way round. I mean somehow Korean parents' attitude towards’ their children’s choice of partners is more understandable given the fact that this decides whether their grandchildren will be able to be citizen of that country or not.. I haven't asked Eddie what happens if a full-Korean would marry a half-Korean and also I wonder: If two Canadian citizens of pure Korean decent marry, would their Canada-born children (third generation) still be eligible for Korean citizenship?

Plan for tomorrow: First Eric and I will meet at 11 for a little kamikaze-mission which is taking the bus downtown in order to find a nice Café in Little Italy where we’ll cheer for France. Well, at least I know a couple of Italian swearwords so I might be able to figure out when we better leave the Café in order to avoid being beaten up. And if the weather stays nice – and if we survive the match without broken legs - we’ll be playing soccer in the evening.