Tuesday, July 13, 2010

"World Cup" Lag*

What to do after World Cup 2010? As I found myself missing the games badly, I've captured these after-match trivia:


- Iker Casillas kissed Sara Carbonero openly on an interview held after the Spaniards received their first star. Sara is a sport reporter for Telecinco, who was the subject of blame for (the only) lost of La Roja against Swiss. By el beso, this emotional goal keeper wanted to express his feeling and kinda "mocked" the media for all those bad publicity about them. Well, bueno! Good for them :)
- Thomas Muller, David Villa, Wesley Sneijder, and Diego Forlan are all entitled to get The Golden Boot. They are the top scorer with five goals each. Muller was named the best youngster of this World Cup, and Diego Forlan got Adidas golden ball.
- Iker Casillas won Adidas Golden Glove, and now is demanded to fulfill his oath, either to marry his girl friend Sara, or to shave his hair. Let's see the result.
- Paul the psychic Octopus became the hottest octopus ever in the history of mankind. He was able to predict Spain's victory over Holland, and who knows what people would ask him to predict in the future? Hopefully they keep feeding him well in Oberhausen, Germany.
- South Africa felt the lost of harmony already. It is a common knowledge that racism is still a big issue in the region. The white and the black live in their own territory separately. Next, they hope to become the host of Summer Olympic. 


Here's a quotation taken from Jakarta Globe, written by Katrin Figge:
"...But then again, every time a World Cup ends, it leaves behind quite a gap.

My personal retrospect of the 2010 World Cup: a horrendous lack of sleep resulting in weight loss (two kilograms, to be exact)**, three near heart attacks, an increased consumption of alcohol and thus an empty wallet, a devastating, hard-to-recover-from heartbreak, some deep frustration, boredom and out-of-control anger, but most of all, a lot of excitement, joy and happiness.

So, was it worth it? Yes!"


* Lag: fail to keep up or to fall behind. 
** In my case the result was weight gain, due to midnight snacking & alcohol consumption -__-

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