Friday, January 19, 2007
I didn't win Speech Craft, but my favourite snoopy-stud got it. I couldn't think of anyone else that deserve it as much as Bala did. The dude just deserved it after giving us all tons of laughter. It was all fun and no thank you Ngee Ann for the LKY biography. Couldn't you get me David Beckham's instead? Sheesh.
Now that aside, two days ago was like heaven raining on Earth.
It's as though i'm brought back to some kind of outdoor Display Band competition. Except it's much more violent, much more noisy, much more crazy and a little bit less packed. But the patriotism is always there. Even as i walked out of the stadium, the ringing of Kurt Angle's infamous
"Oh Oh Oh Oh Hey Hey Hey GOODBYEEEEE GOODBYEEEE" is still ringing in my ears.
WOOO.
Baihakki, you rock lah kae dude.
Er, okay. And to think he wasn't even in the match. Bet Raddy's regretting resting my dearest defender. Atleast
Ridhuan played, now THAT totally compensates everything. But the defend is still not strong enough. They let Indo get possession too easily and made Lewis yelled at them like a mad man. Sometimes we wonder who's the captain. Aide must be wondering too.
And though it started not so well (what's with the rain and the big blue irritating umbrella whom the owner is just as irritating), it ended brilliantly. However proud i am of our great Lions, i'm even more proud of the supporters; my fellow Singaporeans. They never fail to stand up in anticipation everytime the ball gets near the opponent's goalpost. They never fail to go
"BOOOOO" whenever the ball gets to a feet of a Indo, which they all then clap as soon as Singapore grabbed it back. They never fail to yell
"REFEREEEE KAYUUUUUUUU. GOBLOK! REF SUB WITH ME AH REF! CONTACT LENSE KARAT AH REF! BAEK LIONEL! INDON BALEK BATAM AH!" every single minute i think.
=) Mane nye tak. The Thai ref actually allowed 12 Indo players on the pitch at one point time. The guys infront of me counted the heads conveniently for everyone around to hear, so we knew something was wrong. Tsk tsk tsk. Baihakki and Ismail Yunus should just run in and play as well.
*IMPORTANT. Ronaldo was here in Spore. YES. Ronaldo, Manchester United, Jersey number 7.
CRISTIANO RONALDO SANTOS AVEIRO. He was a Singapore supporter at the match. I shall post the picture i took of him when my sis has decided to upload the pic into the comp. I'M NOT KIDDING. Okay, maybe i am. My Cris is in England, Old Trafford working his feet off for the showdown against Arsenal, and yet he managed to fly to Spore to see Aide and the boys play? HAHAHA. Wateva. Wait til you see the picture. Probably his late dad married a Spore woman and produced this boy or something. Cris dear, i just found your step-brother, will you marry me now?
Woots. Back to my LIONS. Alam Shah scored his 8th goal through a penalty which Indra got, and everybody started going "Ole ole ole oleee..." And there was this constant mini kallang wave. We drew 2-2 after the final whistle, but we got into the finals while Indo, true to the fan's words, "balek batam." That's when they all started chanting the
"Oh Oh Oh Oh Hey Hey Hey GOODBYEEEEE GOODBYEEEE" towards the Indonesian supporters. I feel so proud to be a Singporean at the moment.
That was until i went to the mrt toilet after the match and overheard a conversation between two Indonesian girls.
"Orang nya Singapore lucu bangat. Semuanya jerit "ole ole ole". Kami di sini semuanya berselawat."
OUCH.
I still love my Lions. My Baihakki, Ridhuan, Indra, Shahril, Lewis, Fahrudin, Aide and even Coach Raddy. But sometimes we need to remind ourselves who it was that made it all possible in the end.
So together everybody, shout "LIONS ROAR" and "SINGAPORE ROCKS".
But let's not forget the
'Allah Hu Akhbar' and
'Alhamdullilah'.
11:04 AM
