Euro Cup 2008

Ah ha. Those who knows me well knows I hate hate hate hate despise football(NOT SOCCER!) don't watch a single match. I don't makan bola and tidur bola. NEVER. There is no way I would wake up 2 a.m for just 1 stupid lousy match. Even the world cup I did once and that was it. It was very disappointing too that Brazil match. Pui!!!

Anyway, there was one occasion in 2004 when the league started. I was proud to say I have watched every single match. Up to the finals. Hah. Even I could name all the goals though without much technical terms like that stupid Beckham should tackle that dude etc, that ref was lousy etc etc. All were impressed with my broad information about every match.

So, today would be the first match, Switzerland vs Czech Republic. We shall see we shall. Though poor England tak masuk and the manager kena piak. Sometimes can't blame the manager but the lousy players mah.

Clash of Times

Ah ha. This is another sport entry for me to write and it's on tennis again. Clash of Times as they promoted it. Pete Sampras vs Roger Federer. Very rare they play like this. So, I bought the tickets when I was in London and the seats given to us were not too bad though I was slightly disappointed that I didn't get to choose the seats. Going to write in to complain about it.

Anyway, the match was good and of course Federer, the world champion won. The game was 7-6, 7-6 which was better than the previous match in Shanghai. The crowd were certainly noisy before, during and after each game and set. Not to mention crying babies. If you know me, I would have killed all of them. Hehehe.

However, I felt that I didn't have the same adrenaline like in Wimbeldon. This was just an exhibition game afterall where the players didn't seem to go all out. I know Sampras did his best but oh well. Old already kua. :)

Overall, a good outing with the family before everyone starts making their long journey back to USA and UK.

Mahatir Lokman. He has slimmed down man. :P

Drummers. Hmmmmmmmm. Not too bad actually.

Jacklyn Victor gave a little song or two.

Traditional dances.

Pete Sampras!!!

I'm waiting!!! Hehehe. Roger Federer enters.

Warming surf by Sampras. But very good.

And Federer. So fast!!!

My whole family. :)

Me and my sister.

Other sister with Costas.

It was here!!! Sampras was not too happy about that!!!

Pui!!!

And the winner is Roger.

Sports Mania

There were so many major sporting events happening today in UK. This is like overdose of sporting events.

The first sporting event which started for the day was Formula One in Silverstone. The starting was good as usual but the pit-stops made the whole difference. In the end, Kimi Raikkonen won. Yay!!! Hamilton from the UK obviously got a big cheer when he got onto the podium. British, what to do.

Kimi Raikkonen. The promising Finn. :)

Then it was Wimbledon. The most famous grass court tennis tournament in the world. As I told you all, Changyong and I went for it and it was great. Today's singles men match was great. It was between Federer and Naval. The next match in Centre Court was the mix doubles. It was just wow. This was the first time I'm seeing a match where it was really enjoyable instead of being so stressed. :)

Roger Federer winning for the 5th time in a row.

Jamie Murray and Jelena Jankovic. The underdogs. Good game and entertaining. Oh yea, Murray is the first British to win a Wimbledon title in 20 years. Oh wow.

The Tour de France, the second most watched sporting event after the World Cup. Did you know that? I wished I could have seen a bit of it since it was around Hyde Park. I would have joined about 500,000 people. But I decided not to because it would be havoc and I wanted to watch tennis.

I was flipping channels furiously between these 3 sports. Poor remote control.

Wimbledon

FINALLY!!! After being in this country for 6 years, I managed to watch the most prestigious tennis tournament in the world. It was really a spontaneous trip to go down to Wimbledon and watch tennis. I would say this would be my first time watching a live game sport. I'm naturally a lazy person not doing any sports. But hey, I do enjoy watching GOOD sports. :)

So, basically Changyong wanted to do this before he heads back to Singapore for good and since the event was around the corner, we said let's go. Our journey to Wimbledon was short and to my amazement, it was very well organised. They have bus services to the courts and taxis too at a flat rate. Well, since I'm still young I think it would be wise to use the youth in me to walk. :P

The queue for the tickets weren't existent and after a debate we decided to buy tickets for Court 2 seating tickets. It was 31 pounds. I know it sounds a bit expensive but hey, it is once in a life time to watch it.

So our first match was Ana Ivanovic versus Nadia Petrova. We were slightly late as we missed out 5 sets but it was all good. The next 2 games were spectacular. I couldn't believe the difference watching a tennis game at home compared watching it live. My heart was beating so fast and the adrenaline as a spectator was just intense.

Well, if you watched that match, I was on TV. Just look out for a person in grey jacket with a blue t-shirt. :)

Centre Court. They don't have a roof this year.

Court 2. But then it rained a lot which disrupted play. :(

Ana Ivanovic serves. Cantik!!! :P

Changyong and I at Court 2. Our seats were the second row from the court. So good. :P

Ana Ivanovic which I supported won. :P

The second match was Nicolas Kiefer against Novak Djokovic. There is big difference when the gentlemen play. The ball goes much faster and the strength they have. Waaaaaaaaaaah!

Nicolas Kiefer.

Novak Djokovic.

Everyone finding for shelter as there was thunder and lighting. :)

Inflated balloon to keep the grass dry. I didn't know they had this feature.

Pee ka booo. :P

We were suppose to watch this match but it was cancelled to the shit weather. So close yet so far. :(

We at Court 3 now. Hated the stupid French kids behind us.

Double rainbow if you can see if it. But to my surprise, I didn't know rainbow can have 2 types of colour series'. Like the rainbow on the left is from Blue to Red and the right is from Red to Blue. Cool. :P

And our day ended. Though it was just for only than 2 hours. :(

Oh yea, I had Cornish Pasty and a Pimp while I had fish and chips for dinner. All in all, this trip or outing was very nice. I spent it with a good buddy and the games were nice to watch. So, I think this is one of the things I would have watch before I die and I did. :P