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I'm so proud of our Singapore Lions...i didnt think that they would win..but hey, they did...arent they great? actually frankly speaking, they are not as good as the Thais...hahaha! but anyhow, who cares...WE ARE THE CHAMPIONS!!

THE FIRST LEG IN SINGAPORE:

anyway, this ASEAN championship...i actually went to watch it at our very own National Stadium..a few of us, all Singaporean soccer fans (ya right! haha) decided to give our team the greatest support they could get...so one of us went to get tickets for 8 of us...pretty exiting..on the day itself...01/31/07, we were all clad in red and white..all ready to support our very own soccer team...we left office almost on the dot and were all prepared with our "sumptous" dinner of KFC...took a train there...thank God if not we would be stuck in a heavy traffic jam..and oh my goodness...Kallang MRT station was soooooo packed..almost the whole of singapore was there...hahahahaha! everyone was cladded in red and white...so patriotic ya? *winks* walked our way to the stadium...not sure if i'm a fast walker or my colleagues are just slow..i have to kept slowing down to make sure i dont lose them in the crowd...hahaha! but hey, if not for my fast walking..we wouldnt be able to get good seats in the stadium... *smilez* took this picture with my V3...



and let me tell you..it's amazingly crazy....everyone was in such high spirits...that even before the match began..the kallang wave and cheers have started... i was kinda saving my energy for the REAL match...haha! and whenever the photographer walked near the crowd..everyone just started screaming and flashing whatever red and white thing they have just to be on the coverpage of some newspaper...hahaha! amazing people...

anyway, i must say..it was a pretty interesting match...although when compared to EPL or world cup, the game seemed a little slow..but the atmospher is simply amazing..everyone's so patriotic and everyone's so hyped up about the whole game...somehow, it will stirred up the rowdy and violent self in everyone...whenever there's a foul called against Singapore, the whole, and i mean whole stadium will start to protest with all sorts of vulgarities...hahahaha! even my colleague, who has always been kinda demure started to shout all kinds of vulgarities...from english to malay to hokkien...hahahaha..was soooooo shocked!! in fact, i enjoyed his show as much as i enjoyed the soccer match... and i learnt a new malay word: "BUTOK" which means "pussies" hahahaha!

am not going into the details of the match as am sure every single local newspaper is splashed with news and comments on that...but here is a picture i took when the Thai walked out of the field after the really bad call from the referee...very dramatic and classic!

actually, i was kinda blur...because i dont really watch local soccer and the only singapore player i know if Fandi Ahmad and he's always in red, i thought we were the red team...so when the match began, i was kinda confused as to why everyone's cheering the blue team..hahaha..and so i asked rather loudly:" hey, wait! are we the red or blue team?" hahahaha...basically people around me gave me that "what the fuck are you doing here" look..and one even asked my colleague.." your friend here first time watch soccer? " so embarassing...but then again, i'm kinda glad that number 8 - Shah Alam scored the goal...so that i can tell everyone..he's wearing blue and 8...so he's riding on my Lampard good skills...hahaha!

I have a thai colleague who was at the match as well..but of course..he sat with the Thais...and he was just telling us...how safe we were...initially, when the match began, there were 2 policemen standing in their area...when Singapore scored the first goal....there were 4 policemen...after the Thais scored, there were 8 policemen...and when the penalty was awarded to Singapore..there were 16 policemen...hahahahahaha! guess we were really very safety-conscious???

THE SECOND LEG IN THAILAND:

hahahaha..no, i didnt make a trip to Thailand to watch the match..even if i want..i think my mum would put her life down to protest...given all the safety and securities reasons...actually, the same group of colleagues wanna gather at someone's house to watch the match together..but it was cancelled at the very last minute as it seemed some of them couldnt make it..was kinda disappointed..as i was looking forward to that gathering...so in the end, i watched the game at my granny's house with my primary 4 cousin..hahaha!

basically, we were just sitting in the living room..and whenever there's a goal or an almost goal..i would start screaming...just screaming, no vulgarities...must maintain a good image in front of my cousin and granny..hahaha! and my primary 4 cousin was so amazed by my sudden outbreak that whenever i screamed, he laughed..hahaha..and my 3 year old cousin will tell me.." i scared " hahahaha..and my granny said i'm mad...however, i must say the Thais played really well...but we Singaporeans pulled up our socks in the 2nd half and that unsung hero saved the day...

am very very happy and proud of our Singapore Lions!!

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