am finally getting my rest after 2 and half hectic, long days. friday was hiking, satuday was travelling and today church. just got my 1 and half hour nap, a bit better now. was having running nose and feeling warm inside. so il start blogging about the 2 events ive yet to blog.
***** *****
MY FIRST TIME WATCHING FOOTBALL LIVE IN STADIUM
date : 18.07.2009 (saturday)
venue : stadium bukit jalil, kuala lumpur
took a 11am bus to kl. reached pudu 3plus, took lrt. the lrt was packed with red humans. ya, most of the passengers were ManUtd supporters. met with a family (mum, a daughter, 2sons) in lrt. so as soon as i reached stadium, i asked them can i tag along since im alone. the mum said ok. she was surprised i came all the way from taiping and all by myself. she said what a great fan i am. but we had to part ways because we got different entrance gate. they violet gate, i red gate. so i was walking all the way to red gate. got there, got into the queue then got checked by security guard. was asked to dispose all the bottles i had in bag! damn! stupid! but i was smart enough to hide one small bottle in my jacket. lucky for my brains, if not i would have die dehydrated.
so got in, looked for the seat. the rm58 part was packed, so i saw people climbing over railing to get seats. so i climbed too. after sitting awhile, i realised i was at a higher price seat - rm68. haha! was so scared that il be kicked out of the stadium if they find out. had quite a good seat, full view of the field, though players looked like termites.
was a good match. rooney opened the scoring, followed by nani. then right before half-time, amri yahya scored, a volley. the whole stadium roared! i got up from my seat too, so did all those nearby me! i think sir fergie decided to substitute van der sar after that shocking goal. yet, the replacement, ben foster did a blunder, allowing amri to score again. he sped past foster and tugged the ball into the goal. and again, all of us got up from our seats!! right after that, fergie brought owen in. the whole stadium had been waiting for his appearance. its indeed sweet as its owen's debut, whatmore in our country's stadium! owen impressed his manager and fergie did the right move when owen scored the winning goal! yeah! and again....yes, we got up from our seats! so thats the match.
got out from the stadium at 8pm, went to lrt station. tonnes of people! everyone pushing here and there! i felt like a sardine! could feel myself being squashed! reached pudu at 9.30pm, just in time to hop in the 9.30pm bus. lucky its not full. if not i had to wait for 10.30pm bus. reached home, washed up and headed for bed. got to get up before 8am the next day for church.
the crowd outside stadium
entrance of red gate
the stadium - packed with red humans!
team malaysia warming up
manutd team warming up
the crowds doing the mexican wave
the starting line-up for ManUtd on the scoreboard
the players lining up before the match
players shaking hands
captains of both teams with referees and linesmen
the scoreboard says it all - ManUtd won 3-2 with the man who scored the winning goal on the score board - Michael Owen
players and officials shaking hands after the match
players of ManUtd warming down after match before receiving medals, something that team malaysia didnt do
players of ManUtd waiting to go up stage to receive medals
ManUtd going round the field, acknowledging the crowd. disappointed they didnt throw their jerseys to me! so selfish of them!
the pitch after match
the queue in lrt station. not forgetting the aromaand finally....... (a horrible picture to conclude this event, taken during halftime by a girl who sat behind me, whom i helped to take picture for earlier)
me signing off from the theater of dreams of malaysia, certainly. not the one at old trafford. i hope one day il be there! not-clear-pictures and miniature players, but i shall not complain. be grateful i get to witness this match and have a functioning camera to capture the moments
*i not happy with 3 things :
a)a guy got nani's jersey! dang!
b)i dont understand why they dont allow bottled drinks in. so lame. you know why im not happy? because i saw some people with canned tiger beer! shiet! a can can do more harm than plastic bottles! i think the organisers must have kept their brains where the sun never shines!
c)people smoking. urgh. i hate this. they should ban smoking in stadiums!
***** *****
date : 19.07.2009 (sunday)
venue : st.louis church, taiping
its confirmation day for the form 5 students. its considered graduation day for them, from sunday school. its a considered a big event, bishop celebrating the mass. its called confirmation because the confirmants are confirmed on this very day as an adult christian, renewing their baptismal vows. mass started at 9am. being the busybody taking photos like nobody's business. after that makan at joanne's house.
its confirmation day for the form 5 students. its considered graduation day for them, from sunday school. its a considered a big event, bishop celebrating the mass. its called confirmation because the confirmants are confirmed on this very day as an adult christian, renewing their baptismal vows. mass started at 9am. being the busybody taking photos like nobody's business. after that makan at joanne's house.
bishop celebrating mass
annointed with chrism oil
receiving holy communion (body of Christ) dipped in wine (blood of Christ)
receiving lighted candle and certificate of confirmation from bishop and priest respectively
the confirmants and bishop*those who appeared in my blog, sorry for not asking permission 1st, but hey! feel lucky and blessed that you appeared in my blog! golden opportunity! free advertising!
thats all for today. will be taking full rest and be a couch potato. tomorrow will be having an event, hopefully not tiring. need to be back full force, lots to be done.
and today's sherwin's birthday, happy 10th birthday, boy (though he wouldnt be reading). hope the tshirt fits him. will post up picture when he wears it.
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