LIFE: me, myself and I

let's get this straight.. i'm not a big football fan.. and its not just because i'm a girl because i do know lots of girls who are way more fanatic than boys can be... maybe because i don't really get the point of the whole game...

i mean, i get the kicking the ball from one side to the other, the goaling and basics but i mean i could never understand the craziness and obsession people have about a ball... blame it on the no brothers i guess.. even abah only watches a game or two sometimes (he's more of a badminton and sepak takraw fan)

i think everyone around me knows how not 'sportsy' i am...and i'm using the term very lightly... one of my biggest fears are balls.. literally balls... be it netball, basketball, football, handball.. name any game that has the suffix ball at the end and i'm officially scared.. u must be thinking, wow she must have had a really bad experience with balls... sadly... i don't have any such experience to share.. i'm just scared of them, no reason...

but last night.. last night i did watch the match Malaysia vs Indonesia.. and i have to admit it was spectacular... seeing my country boys beating the Indonesian 3-0...that was just a crazy.. i mean again i have to admit i didn't know that they had it in them... getting beaten in the preliminary rounds 5-1 doesn't give someone like me that much confidence to support the boys...

alas they have proven...the patriotic side in me (which i guess forms a big part of me) was jumping we joy... at each three goals i shouted 'Goal' and 'yes' and 'cantek' just like an avid football fan would... well honestly according to my sister i was actually shouting throughout the whole game... not shouting curses though, rather shouting in fear everytime the ball was near our goalpost...and everytime that Khairul Fahmi (our goalkeeper) did an awesome job of protecting it...

just one thing that actually shook my patriotic streak.. unfortunate to say there was some Malaysian fans that using abah's term 'tak sekolah punya orang'... the incident of lasering Indonesian players... i mean how much more stupid could you get... have you no confidence at all for the boys... at least give our boys a chance to play with pride...not with the help of stupid lasers...gosh... balik sekolah belajar sivik ajelah org macam ni...

i wouldn't say now i'm a convert... but i have fallen in love with the boys (it does help that there are some really handsome and cute ones)... i now 'partly' understand the obsession behind the game... each single goal was worth more than money could buy because that pride and joy that the boys gave us, i can't even put that into words... they've made the country proud... i know its too early to judge.. there's still the second leg in Indonesia and I really hope they do well over there...

on a personal note, i've added "a good sportsman or at least can play good football" on my potential husband-to-be list... i mean, reiterating the fact that i'm not a good sportswoman (a totally lame one if u ask me) i think i'll be needing a good one by my side.. if only to teach my kids to play :)

p/s off to holiday.. nak pi utara na...