I can still hear the vuvuzelas ringing in my ear. That low-pitched drone that doesn't seem to end, even if I had turned off the TV. The Lukas Podolski song is constantly playing in mind; so I try to counter it with the Jogi Loew song. Atleast Jogi's has a melody that a granny could listen to while Poldi's song has an aggressive ryhthm that just compounds the headache I have since the semi-finals. The last time I watched the poldi song in youtube was two days ago but its still the first thing I hear when I wake up. Watching TV now is painful, since I find all the other programs that doesn't feature 22 guys kicking the ball back and forth boring. During the last week, I watched CNN to get world cup news as well other cable news channels including the ones in languages I don't understand. I think I had read every countless blog entries about the world cup and I could not seem to stop myself from googling those players and gawked at their pictures. (I dare you to look at pictures of Jesus Naves and not stop breathing.) I am now fond of Germany, everything Germany.(This World Cup made me realize I know so little about other countries.I'm reading some Germany and Netherlands info and their social and economic situation made me die of envy.)A month ago the only Germans I know was Hitler and Heidi Klum and it was such a delight to see that modern Germans are more like Heidi than Hitler. I just love the German fans. They are so creative and passionate. They just seems so happy; I want to be like them. This is what I love about this game, you get to see real, raw emotions.
What am I going to do with myself? I am finding my self waking up at 2:30 in the morning?
Tuesday, July 13, 2010
Thursday, July 08, 2010
The Beautiful Game
It must have been 1996 or 1997, my Kuya and I are staying up late (when 10pm was still considered late)watching Manchester United vs. Juventus. Our bet: 1.5L bottle of coke. I picked Manchester, he picked Juventus. I don't remember the score but I remember winning. That was my first football game; David Beckham still wasn't the global superstar that he was, he probably haven't met Posh. So, everytime we can afford to stay up late and there is a game on, we watched and took bets, until I got tired of losing. Picking the team with the better uniform isn't always the best way to go.
Fast forward to this year's world cup, I found football again. Thank God for cable and for those rich kids' schools which promote soccer, for the first time all world cup games are televised here. You know how good these games are? My mom willingly missed her telenovelas to watch the games. My mom doesn't watch sports, not even Manny Pacquiao's bouts, but there she was totally engrossed and thrilled with everything on the screen. I did not even have to explain the game because its objective is pretty obvious. So for the first time in a long while, we are watching something that we all enjoy. It had been known how much this game brings different people together.
That is one thing great about football, the rules are simple so it is easy to get and its simplicity makes it so attractive to the whole world. And watching the world watch football just fills me with good vibes. Seeing so many people with different ethnicity dancing, singing blowing the vuvuzuela and doing the wave just make so happy. The stadiums are like big melting pot and everyone is having a good time. Even when the game is getting tense and hearts and dreams are broken after the final minute, it's still good because a beautiful game was seen by all.
Speaking about heartbreaks,wow, I never thought I would feel so much for a team that I'm only watching for the first time. Watching Japan lose to Paraguay was so disappointing, I felt like crying. Maybe because they are the last asian team in the tournament and that I feel like they just can't catch a break,plus there are like two yellow cards I don't agree with the referee. Paraguay also did not play that well to deserve to win the game. With this loss, I also realized that none of the teams I picked to win had won. (Good thing there are no bets.)But with this Japan team, I really wanted them to win; the others were just for fun. I guess not having your country in the world cup has an advantage, you can switch allegiance any time.
That's what I did during during the England-Germany. I cheered for England but the Germans were so impressive and cute! I think they are the cutest team in this world cup because they matched their good looks with fantastic game. Spain is gorgeous too but I like the youthful charm of this German team.
I'm watching the semi-final match of of Spain and Germany and it doesn't look good for the Germans. I'll be so bummed if they lose and it seems like they will. They don't have the same energy they had on their previous games. Nevertheless, what is good about this team is they have so much promise for 2014. I'm so looking forward to that.
Fast forward to this year's world cup, I found football again. Thank God for cable and for those rich kids' schools which promote soccer, for the first time all world cup games are televised here. You know how good these games are? My mom willingly missed her telenovelas to watch the games. My mom doesn't watch sports, not even Manny Pacquiao's bouts, but there she was totally engrossed and thrilled with everything on the screen. I did not even have to explain the game because its objective is pretty obvious. So for the first time in a long while, we are watching something that we all enjoy. It had been known how much this game brings different people together.
That is one thing great about football, the rules are simple so it is easy to get and its simplicity makes it so attractive to the whole world. And watching the world watch football just fills me with good vibes. Seeing so many people with different ethnicity dancing, singing blowing the vuvuzuela and doing the wave just make so happy. The stadiums are like big melting pot and everyone is having a good time. Even when the game is getting tense and hearts and dreams are broken after the final minute, it's still good because a beautiful game was seen by all.
Speaking about heartbreaks,wow, I never thought I would feel so much for a team that I'm only watching for the first time. Watching Japan lose to Paraguay was so disappointing, I felt like crying. Maybe because they are the last asian team in the tournament and that I feel like they just can't catch a break,plus there are like two yellow cards I don't agree with the referee. Paraguay also did not play that well to deserve to win the game. With this loss, I also realized that none of the teams I picked to win had won. (Good thing there are no bets.)But with this Japan team, I really wanted them to win; the others were just for fun. I guess not having your country in the world cup has an advantage, you can switch allegiance any time.
That's what I did during during the England-Germany. I cheered for England but the Germans were so impressive and cute! I think they are the cutest team in this world cup because they matched their good looks with fantastic game. Spain is gorgeous too but I like the youthful charm of this German team.
I'm watching the semi-final match of of Spain and Germany and it doesn't look good for the Germans. I'll be so bummed if they lose and it seems like they will. They don't have the same energy they had on their previous games. Nevertheless, what is good about this team is they have so much promise for 2014. I'm so looking forward to that.
