FOOTBALL!!
It's been so long since I blogged!
But then dun think anybody reads here anymore.
Blogging becomes irritating when you are busy,
but becomes essiential when you can't
find anyone to talk to (esp something interesting)
Anyway, just for awhile,
I dun really want to defame JCU or anything,
(my prev post was pretty negative)
Would like to apologize,
(but that doesn't take away how I feel about it).
Either way,
it's not really right for me to post such stuff, I think.
I was just too upset not to post it, haha!
Back to the headlines of today,
(man got so much stuff to say since I last blogged!)
Its someone's bdae today.
A very special someone indeed.
He kind of introduced me to the world of
FOOTBALL
Some call it soccer, but I prefer FOOTBALL.
I never really supported any 1 team,
coz I only sat there for 90mins to enjoy
in the company of my dad,
and whoever was watching the matches.
One must note:
there seems to be lesser and lesser TV programmes
esp on the weekends.
In our house,
the weekends is about football.
( Although not as much before,
but since I got hooked,
the TV is practically used for football matches
EVERY SINGLE day, even repeat matches)
My dad supports Liverpool,
my bro used to watch alot of his team ARSENAL,
but nowadays couldn't be bothered to watch.
(He found new love in his laptop)
Sometimes I find it a little annoyed that
when my dad and bro speak football terms,
I dun get anything.
Somehow, I manage to watch a few games,
really watch how the game is played,
(ball-watching, not MAN-watching,
but still do so sometimes...)
the skills, the football terms,
started to work out who is who as well.
Oh, forgot to mention,
I secretly supported Arsenal even before all this,
might be due to the fact my bro supports them too,
but I was never open with it till recently.
My dad will ask who I supported,
but I never really gave an 'Arsenal' answer,
all I said was ''depend on each match,
I don't really have 1 team etc"
Not till I got so caught up in it
that I finally was able to tell everyone:
I SUPPORT ARSENAL.
I didn't know when exactly did I snap,
but I'm sure the topic of this article helped in some way.
It was probably the Arsenal vs Man Utd match
back last year that kick started everything.
I watched that 'epic' match,
was so hyper that Arsenal had won.
Soon after, I started watching out for them,
in news, their website,
started to know who is playing where etc.
But that one person made me committed.
It's CESC FABREGAS 22nd birthday today.
Needless to say how much I like him,
not only as, well, a man,
but also as an ARSENAL player.
The moment he got the captaincy,
I was totally 'enchanted'.
I really followed their every details everyday,
Watched his interviews on utube,
watched other players' ones as well.
Then I realise,
they are, afterall human just like us.
They laugh at jokes, they make jokes,
they have fun, even on the pitch.
They are ordinary humans,
probably with 'extra-ordinary' football skills.
They are normal humans,
not as high-profile as celebrities who sing and dance,
yet every football fans 'worship' them.
It's really amazing.
Anyway Cesc's good captaincy days were short-lived
when he got injured in the Liverpool game.
He was out like forever,
before he came back with a bang.
Assists here and there, even scoring 2 goals himself.
There were some negative stuff though,
but I choose not to let that define
whether I support him or not.
He is clearly not affected by it,
so why should I?
He played part in letting me
subscribe to the Arsenal TV Online
that costs 3.99 pounds per month (about S$9),
He (or Arsenal) made me not to be lazy
to go down to buy my lunch etc.
(I used to hate going out to buy lunch/dinner,
probably due to my laziness)
When I do go down to buy something,
its 100% for the newpaper.
I would GLADLY go down and buy the newpaper myself,
even if I had nothing else to buy.
Because the first thing I will see,
is the sports section.
I would look for any Arsenal articles,
If I do, I would be happy,
if I dun, I still see the other sports news.
It sort of motivated me to go down and buy.
My parents weren't around for quite a few times
in the past months,
so I had to take care of the house and everything.
If it was the past me,
I would rather eat maggie for 3 days straight
then go down and buy food.
But now,
I'm even willingly to go all the way to J8,
just to buy KFC,
and at the same time, the newpaper.
How powerful is that?!
Recently my mum forgot to buy 1 edition of the newpaper,
I panicked, and smsed every close friends
if they had bought that edition.
(Amazingly, NONE of them do buy Newpaper,
starting to wonder if I really should
have friends who reads newspaper...haha!)
I later found it at my Aunt's place
(we happen to go there for lunch,
I did not go there to find the newpaper!)
read through it,
and luckily there wasn't anything much in it.
If not I would have asked for permission to bring home the paper.
Long post, I can keep going on forever,
but the important thing is,
Cesc keeps me up with all things Arsenal.
I did thought about what would happen if he left,
would I still be as enthusiastic?
I know the whole support thing will continue,
coz Arsenal and the EPL will never fold.
It continues every single year,
thus the excitment is always there.
Unlike when you support a singing group,
if they do not have any activities,
you tend to forget about them.
(haven't been too loyal to SJ!!)
But football never dies in Britain.
Or even in any other countries.
Sure, some players may have retired 10 years down the road,
but the clubs will still be there,
the cups still left to be won each year,
the excitment never really dies.
Not when you are an avid football fan.
I really envisage myself to continue to be a fan
in 10, 20 years, or even till I die.
I know it sounds weird coming from me,
but believe me,
it feels SOOO good when your dad asks you
football questions,
and you can give him a direct answer,
because you did your 'research'.
Its like I can speak footballing terms
anywhere, anytime with my dad.
Hey, when you have an extra topic to talk with your parents,
why wouldn't you take it?
PS: Im low on supply on EVERYTHING!
Handphone pouch (yup, my hp is NAKED.),
iPod pouch (my iPod is shedding its cover away),
even my bags are wearing out.
I keep wearing the same clothes
(no complaints here, I only chose to wear those few,
when I have a closet full of clothes),
even platform shoes.
(Both my white and black covered shoes
allows water in somewhere, no kidding.)
I need a new laptop
(my 1st laptop is lasting 4 yrs 5 months,
seems to be getting slower by 1 second everyday,
imagine that accumulated over 4 years!)
oh, this is something not high on the list YET,
but surely needed at a point of time -
someone to love, a companion.
(me getting too bold le, haha!)
Other than that,
Im pretty fine.
Cesc, Happy Birthday~~!!
I wish you help Arsenal lift MANY trophies~!
GOOD LUCK!
