SO! World Cup Finals are in an hour’s time, more or less. And hence marks the end of a pretty exciting past 4 weeks. Except when Brazil was not playing Tonight also marks the last time I wake up at an ungodly 230am just to watch 22 sweaty men running all over green grass chasing [...]
Archive for the ‘World Cup 2010’ Category
10 Jul
Poor Octopus
This World Cup thing is really getting to me. I’ve never really been much into it before. It’s strange how I stalk the Yahoo! sports page now just to read through any new reports. I’m turning into a dude. So anyway, latest reports on Octopus Paul: ‘Oracle Octopus’ gets death/dinner threats And YEEESSSS!!!! My prediction came [...]
8 Jul
Awww Germany
Here I am, blogging at 447am because Germany lost. I predicted it wrongly. Paul the Octopus, you win. Clearly that smelly blue sweater lucky charm ain’t working for the Germans. Best to get it washed soon because it looks a little gross (yes, even from the TV) or better still, chuck it out. Well, looks [...]
5 Jul
I want to play football
Maybe it’s World Cup fever, but I’ve been feeling the itch to play football. Nevermind the fact that I’d probably trip over the ball. Still want to play football though. On a proper pitch, with proper players, with proper shoes and a proper ball. Kicking my water polo ball around the house with my cat chasing [...]
4 Jul
World Cup predictions
I have no more vested interest in the World Cup since Brazil’s gone, but I’m going to go out on a limb and make some predictions here: Germany has just won their match with Argentina, as expected. If Spain wins their match with Paraguay, Germany and Spain would duke it out with Germany coming out [...]
3 Jul
Saudades
Sad Kaka makes me sad “Saudades” [Portuguese]: to painfully enjoy longing, to recognize and cherish the ache of someone or something that is beyond one’s grasp. Brazil’s exit from the World Cup yesterday is still depressing me. I cannot even begin to imagine what the players are going through when watching the match from the [...]
3 Jul
Nooooooooooooooo Brazil :(
Noooooooooooooo Brazil I’ve never been so heartbroken over a football match. Heck, I’ve never been so heartbroken in my 26 years of existence, period. I’ve loved the Brazil football team since the 2002 World Cup, and even though most of the old players have gone, I still love the Brazil team and the Brazilian way [...]
