I'm not a total lunatic crazy over the World Cup, however I'd be more than happy if I can catch as many matches within my schedule (with sufficient beauty sleep) and outside my working hours. Though it seems that later the week, one of the matches seem to clash with my work timing unless I make a sacrifice or a change to cater to it!
The last time Germany played against Sweden, I decided to pop down to Mc Donald's, I couldn't stand not having it on TV and hearing the whole world screaming without me. Especially someone opposite my block whom screamed "GOAL" everytime someone scored!
It was actually quite a good atmosphere at Mc Donald's. It was a young crowd with some uncles... and generally everyone is cooperative watching the game. No unnecesary talking or shouting... Everybody is so carried away with the game. The first night I went with my sister and we sat beside this "uncle", he isn't that old but should be years older than me. We spoke a bit about the upcoming Germany's match as we are supporting quite a few same teams for the World Cup - cool!
Germany played surprisingly well this World Cup, with their two polish borned players!
"Uncle" told us he hasn't missed a single match and only slept an hour per night - how crazy is that! Football drives you men insane... Anyway, he's a pretty funny guy and very entertaining. So I told him I'd see him the following day for the England's match. He actually "chopped" some seats for us, if you call that "reserved" in english!
England's match is actually quite a hot one, as we do have lots of England supporters in Singapore. So it was quite full-house in Mc Donald's. It was about 90mins ago when I was still there, the crowd today was quite a rowdy one, with a couple of teenage girls screaming over Beckham. "Oh my god, oh my god" - this annoying phrase repeated for umpteen times whenever the camera was on Beckham.
Rooney was a bit of a disappointment but everyone seem happy that at least Beckham scored with that free-kick. Nice one! "Uncle" also provided me with some insights about the match when someone was replaced or why Peter Crouch didn't get to play the second half... It does make a huge difference from watching alone and just cheering after a goal ;)))
At the same time, having watched two earlier England games among the English (with the English)... somehow I can imagine my friend A cursing at Rooney for missing quite a few chances, calling him names... and then jumping up in joy and screaming when England scored! It's funny but it's in my head...
Mc Donald's does seem like a good place to catch the next few matches :)))))))))))
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