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Thursday, June 01, 2006 , 8:23 PM

Took half day leave on Wednesday. Left work at about 3pm, shopped around for farewell gifts then headed to Kallang to wait for Peiru. Haha Shirley pulled out of the soccer match at the last minute. Met at 5pm and had dinner at MacDs. LOL. We were spotting potential people who're going to watch the Causeway Challenge like us. I really regret my decision to wear that FREE Tiger Cup T-shirt, it was so bright red and so 'ulu'. Aargh. Ru wore pink and didn't inform me about her change in color choice! Haha. It was kinda embarrassing in the office cuz many of my colleagues were reading my Tee and go" What does 'Behind every lion is a Tiger' mean?" LOL.

So it's the two of us going to the national stadium to catch Singapore Lions in action again. Haha and we chose to walk to the stadium yet AGAIN. I think we went there too early, so there were only a few people walking with us. There was this group of malay guys who were crossing the road by climbing over those metal dividers, haha and one of them was stuck cuz of heavy traffic. Reached there like 10mins later, there were lesser people compared to the Tiger Cup, and nobody was selling Singapore headbands this year. Peiru had to dispose her plastic water bottle cuz it was a potential weapon( imagine that!). So both of us stood there gulping water from our bottles. WhenI was finishing nearly half of my water bottle, one of the staff there told me my SP orientation bottle is allowed! Shucks. Now we need to get a toilet!

Went around looking for a toilet, lol we did find toilets, but let's just say that the odor in there is less than appealing. There was this acidic and soury stench in there, and I guess our bladders got the message to close the 'floodgates' until the match was over.

Yay! We got in FREE OF CHARGE! But the view was just superb. Why would people wanna buy Grandstand tix? In no time, the crowd was flooding in, but no Msian fan was in sight. By kick off, the stadium was 1/4 filled, which is pretty good for a local tournament and a friendly match at that. LOL. The Msians wore yellow jerseys so Peiru said they look like Goreng Pisangs. LOL.

The entire match was just hilarious! Many of our local fans were yelling at OUR players taunting them scolding them and whatnot, lol no wonder people say that Sporean fans are very punishing towards our own soccer players. But to be fair, the new young Lions (most of the Tiger Cup squad weren't present cept for Aide Ishkandar, Noh Alam Shah and Lionel Lewis) played really badly, their passing was horrible, they had no speed against the more aggressive Msians, and they kept playing it back when they had a good chance to score. It was so frustrating to watch. And most of the time we were yelling" Go! Go! GO! GO! Just shoot don't pass back!" Haha. I bet they were on reverse gear or something. They missed so many chances! There were several brilliant set-ups but we kept playing back. Hais remind me of the negative football Liverpool USED to play. Our young Lions played like they were intimidated by the Msians.

LOL. So we finally got to a goaless draw. And many local fans were leaving the stadium (disappointed and frustrated) when the final whistle was blown, but then the commentator told us there would be a penalty shootout to decide the winner. Haha. And everybody rushed back in again. So one by one players stepped up to take the penalty, and Singapore finally won 5-4! It was so freaking close! But I have to say we didn't really deserve the win. But hey, Msia is not much better, most of their players were diving and falling all over the place, the medics were called in like more than 10 times? 3 of our goals were disallowed.

Haha. But the atmosphere there was really good, when all of us were jeering and stuff. The mascot was kinda skinny this year. And they actually flashed the wrong name on the big screen, it was supposed to be "Tiger FC Causeway Challenge" but it became "Selangor Sultan Cup" during the penalty shootout! LOL. For God's sakes! No wonder World Cup 2010 was scrapped! It'll prolly take a miracle for me to see Singapore in the World Cup in this lifetime! Either that or we can attract more foreign talent into the squad. Becks, Gerrard, Owen care to come over here for a tryout?

After the match, we were sticky and sweaty all over! It was simply YUCKs! Haha and we had to trek back to where we came from. It's amazing how we always manage to walk back in the dark! LOL. Overall, it was still fun fun fun. Hmmm and I think Spore played badly on purpose, that way our opponents will belittle us and we can thrash them in the following tournament! What a strategy!

This picture is just brilliant ! It makes the stadium looks packed to the brim when it's in fact only like 1/4 filled?

This picture above is pretty awesome too cuz it makes us look like we have the upperhand when in fact the Msians were playing much better than us.

Though I'm a lil disappointed in the newly unveiled Spore squad based on yesterday's match alone I'll still support Singapore football! I'm proud of you guys no matter what! I guess with a new squad, it'll take some time to get used to the feel of each other's strength, playing style and stuff. As fans, time, patience and our encouragement/criticsims are our only gifts to you guys!

Thursday:

Today's my 2nd last day in UOB. I gotta go prepare my farewell gifts for my colleagues and friends! AND SY's card! Haha. She'll be in for a shock! : )

I wonder what they'll be getting for me?

Hmm. Haha Yi Lin and I treat our clique to a farewell treat at LJS. LOL a pity Lychee and Ziqin didn'tcome for lunch!

Haha. Tata for now! Laters~