It was a BIG night. It all started with….
……a wonderful dinner at Zen - me and my usual makan kakis (and a new addition to the group, Popeye). Mamma Mia did the ordering and all of them were yummy, except for 1 dish that we wanted to try out. It was the eel with egg and some sweet gravy. The beef slices were perfectly done – medium rare. (Thank you, Popeye, for dinner.)
We chatted till about 9ish and made a move for the BIG night; the BIG game.
We settled ourselves at a café with flat screen TVs.
There were 2 games tonight. The first one was Liverpool vs Bolton; and the second was the game between the giants – MU vs Arsenal.
Well, me who is someone who never liked football – thinking that it is a game of wasting time and energy for 20 men to run from one end to the other, getting kicked in the legs, falling down and scratching their legs on those grass….for what?! Over 1 ball. ONE ball!
But, I kinda have a slightly different perception towards this now. I can’t believe (and still am amazed) that I actually sat through both games and I enjoyed it. Well, it is not easy to be a great football player; to “snatch” the ball and defending it from rolling or flying in between the goal post and the goal keeper.
Honestly, (and I am not siding any club here, I am a football “illiterate” here; a “Football for Idiot Fans” would do me good), after watching both matches, MU plays rather more “excitingly” as compared to Liverpool. Maybe it was because of MU was playing against the other giant – Arsenal.
Well, in between the games, Mrs G (previously known as Dino in my blog entries), Arrow and Popeye educated me on football and the respective teams that they support. Mrs G was so happy when Giggs was in playing game till last 6 minutes. She was practically drooling….(I wonder how do they know who is who in the field running up and down? Those men there are just too small on screen, like little red ants) So, somewhere in our conversation, Popeye made a comment that MU’s new jersey is the red one with a black “V” line in front. I looked at him; feeling blur as I couldn’t imagine how does it look it. He explained using Ultraman – the design on his chest (Indirectly teasing Mrs G and Arrow that MU is “autaman” – meaning not the greatest team because he is a Liverpool fan). Hahaa….that was funny!
Mrs G was very kind to introduce me to few “core” players in MU. Being a die hard MU fan, she and Arrow know most of the background and information of the players and matches. Nevertheless, she highlighted Sagna from Arsenal to me also as the team is their big time opponent. He is one black guy with blonde plaits. Well, to me, the first thing that came to mind was “Predator”.
So, now you know how Ultraman vs Predator came about?
We sat till 2am. What a waste that the café was closing. The score was 2-1. So we managed to only watch till a remaining of 4 minutes injury time. Later, when we were on the way home, Mrs G sent me a text saying MU won. The winning score was still 2-1.
So, Ultraman did win the battle at the end. Ultraman always do. Hahaha….Even a Predator couldn’t win the battle with Ultraman. (FYI, Arsenal won 1 point in the beginning)
It was an educational night for me. =) At least I now know what does “Injury Time” means. And Ecuador broke his ankle – and it was really serious. The bone was sticking out! OOohhhh….how painful was that?!
I guess sometimes one wouldn’t know how fun something could be in life if the person has never experienced it with a great, right group of people. So, don’t be so narrow minded sometimes!
……a wonderful dinner at Zen - me and my usual makan kakis (and a new addition to the group, Popeye). Mamma Mia did the ordering and all of them were yummy, except for 1 dish that we wanted to try out. It was the eel with egg and some sweet gravy. The beef slices were perfectly done – medium rare. (Thank you, Popeye, for dinner.)
We chatted till about 9ish and made a move for the BIG night; the BIG game.
We settled ourselves at a café with flat screen TVs.
There were 2 games tonight. The first one was Liverpool vs Bolton; and the second was the game between the giants – MU vs Arsenal.
Well, me who is someone who never liked football – thinking that it is a game of wasting time and energy for 20 men to run from one end to the other, getting kicked in the legs, falling down and scratching their legs on those grass….for what?! Over 1 ball. ONE ball!
But, I kinda have a slightly different perception towards this now. I can’t believe (and still am amazed) that I actually sat through both games and I enjoyed it. Well, it is not easy to be a great football player; to “snatch” the ball and defending it from rolling or flying in between the goal post and the goal keeper.
Honestly, (and I am not siding any club here, I am a football “illiterate” here; a “Football for Idiot Fans” would do me good), after watching both matches, MU plays rather more “excitingly” as compared to Liverpool. Maybe it was because of MU was playing against the other giant – Arsenal.
Well, in between the games, Mrs G (previously known as Dino in my blog entries), Arrow and Popeye educated me on football and the respective teams that they support. Mrs G was so happy when Giggs was in playing game till last 6 minutes. She was practically drooling….(I wonder how do they know who is who in the field running up and down? Those men there are just too small on screen, like little red ants) So, somewhere in our conversation, Popeye made a comment that MU’s new jersey is the red one with a black “V” line in front. I looked at him; feeling blur as I couldn’t imagine how does it look it. He explained using Ultraman – the design on his chest (Indirectly teasing Mrs G and Arrow that MU is “autaman” – meaning not the greatest team because he is a Liverpool fan). Hahaa….that was funny!
Mrs G was very kind to introduce me to few “core” players in MU. Being a die hard MU fan, she and Arrow know most of the background and information of the players and matches. Nevertheless, she highlighted Sagna from Arsenal to me also as the team is their big time opponent. He is one black guy with blonde plaits. Well, to me, the first thing that came to mind was “Predator”.
So, now you know how Ultraman vs Predator came about?
We sat till 2am. What a waste that the café was closing. The score was 2-1. So we managed to only watch till a remaining of 4 minutes injury time. Later, when we were on the way home, Mrs G sent me a text saying MU won. The winning score was still 2-1.
So, Ultraman did win the battle at the end. Ultraman always do. Hahaha….Even a Predator couldn’t win the battle with Ultraman. (FYI, Arsenal won 1 point in the beginning)
It was an educational night for me. =) At least I now know what does “Injury Time” means. And Ecuador broke his ankle – and it was really serious. The bone was sticking out! OOohhhh….how painful was that?!
I guess sometimes one wouldn’t know how fun something could be in life if the person has never experienced it with a great, right group of people. So, don’t be so narrow minded sometimes!
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