the throphy has been lifted by the most deserving... espanyol! it pains me because i have been a german fan for the last 20 years and naturally, i really wanted germany to raise to the world championship's victory again...i have been a football fan only for the last 20 years though i grew up with the boys at home watching football. i knew the likes of pele, maradona (i'm sure everyone knows them), ruud gullit, van basten, platini, zico and gary lineker in my growing up years. when i developed passion for football, i fancied the likes of jurgen klinsmann, loather mathaeus, oliver kahn and zinedin zidane (i loved his name more than the football that he played....i even would have named my son by this name if my husband had agreed. it could be the reason why my son is a natural footballer at the age of 2).
i subscribed to the sports channel for the entire month... my husband and i was having the same conversation as we both are german supporters, waited for the game, stayed up together on some nights while other times, he kept me updated of the scores... i found out that my brother in law (whom i didn't think was interested in any game was also a german fan).... my sister had stayed up to wake my brother in law and nephew (and me who lives 200 km away) to watch germany play.... i also discovered that my other sister is also a german fan.... runs in the family, i guess... not to mention, all of us and our friends even talk about world cup on facebook.
now that it is over.... i feel like the huge and month long get together is over and now, it is the morning after... we will have to look for something else to keep the spirit going!
what amazes me about this game is that it has the power to unite the world, something nelson mandela had capitalised on when he looked for a recipe to unite his country. this country was entrenched in racism by law where the black and the white had no ways of being united. with the release of nelson mandela in 1990, the world had witnessed the slow but a sure evolution so much so that today, the whites are able to paint their faces with the colours of Ghana's flag. the true hero of south africa is nelson mandela, the man who showed the africans what the malaysian would say... malaysia boleh, hmmm.... well, in a greater sense! football was a tool for nation building and social cohesion.... something the superpowers of the world need to be educated to do instead of finding ways to outdo each other while destroying the emerging nations....
well.... at 92 years old, nelson mandela has proven to be a secular saint and a living legend who has a legacy to leave to this world. i am proud to have lived in the same era and pray that my children will grow up to follow the footsteps of legends like him...
what amazes me about this game is that it has the power to unite the world, something nelson mandela had capitalised on when he looked for a recipe to unite his country. this country was entrenched in racism by law where the black and the white had no ways of being united. with the release of nelson mandela in 1990, the world had witnessed the slow but a sure evolution so much so that today, the whites are able to paint their faces with the colours of Ghana's flag. the true hero of south africa is nelson mandela, the man who showed the africans what the malaysian would say... malaysia boleh, hmmm.... well, in a greater sense! football was a tool for nation building and social cohesion.... something the superpowers of the world need to be educated to do instead of finding ways to outdo each other while destroying the emerging nations....
well.... at 92 years old, nelson mandela has proven to be a secular saint and a living legend who has a legacy to leave to this world. i am proud to have lived in the same era and pray that my children will grow up to follow the footsteps of legends like him...
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