The 2010 World Cup

So the 2010 World Cup at South Africa drew its closing curtains yesterday. Amidst the display of fireworks which gloriously sparkled the African night sky, it took its final bow to the 1 billion viewers across the globe with a rendezvous appointment scheduled 4 years down the road in Brazil.


Just like its predecessors, this WC has its fair share of controversies, bloopers, let-downs bla bla bla. No reason for me to try to sum up the tournament in my own words since a quick sneak into soccernet.com would get the job done.

What I want to add are my own takes on my observations to all things related to the World Cup.


So Spain can finally call themselves worthy champions to bring the golden trophy back to the land of Sangria but by my reckoning, the biggest winner of the tournament is none other than an eight-tentacled mollusc known to the whole world as Paul.


Paul successfully prophesied the outcomes of eight matches and has now made itself an international sensation of sorts. Spanish businessmen offered its owner to sell it for a hefty 30,000 Euros. That's an equivalent of not one but TWO Mini Coopers yo! The Azzuris are staking claim that Paul is actually a 'Paolo' instead since it was fished out of Italian waters. The Germans are issuing it death threats ... the list goes on. Part and parcel of what an octo has to go through nowadays I guess to snag itself a tasty mussel *sheesh*.


Whenever a group of guys get together to watch a match ... suddenly, EVERY SINGLE ONE OF EM' is an expert. From how a goal should be scored, how a yellow card is uncalled for, how 'kayu' the referee was, how the coachs' strategies were wide of the mark ... you name it ... every fella will have his two cents worth of 'the right thing to do'.

Facebook is virtually overflowing with status updates and comments associated with the World Cup. Everyone's trying to showcase their 'superior know-how' of the beautiful game ... from the waiter at your regular mamak joint to the nosy 60 year old ah ma next door ... you'll find them religiously updating their FB with match predictions, 'live' updates from an on-going match, results from last night's match etc. Like I said earlier, if I wanna read about the World Cup, I could simply Bing it or head on to soccernet.com ... I really don't need to read from FB that a tween bimbo is rooting for ... get this ... Manchester United to win the 2010 World Cup finals *epic FAIL*


The people I work with ... be it colleagues, the consultants, the clients ... most of em' look 'good' enough to attend a Holloween costume party and everyone are coming as zombies. Bloodshot eyes, droopy eye bags, unshaven beard, ruffled hair, loose neck ties ... pretty much zombified alright!


So as far as the World Cup is concerned, that's pretty much it for me ... until 2014 that is. Ole Ole Ole!!!