Sunday, July 01, 2007

Goodbye National Stadium

Went to National Stadium to immerse myself with the closing down ceremony with my sec sch buddy and some of his and his' friends. Reached there at around 4+ pm. Waited for people to arrive and shortly after that we were settled down at the stadium.

With the "spotlight" (best known as Sun) shining directly to my grp of friends, we are enjoying the hot weather as well as cursing it. Entertainment kick-off with the veteran players from both countries coming together. It was a indeed a very slow-pace match, as expected, but how can we blame them. It's a special feeling for even a spectator when ex-international players turn up for the match. What's more, I finally can see my goalkeeper idol, David Lee (other than Peter Schmeichel) playing right in front of me.


The veteran match

Went to buy drink at half-time, the queue was so long that shanhe and I didn't realise that we queued for 30+ mins and in the end, we were just in time to see the veteran match finished. -.-"

We were waiting eagerly for the aussie match and in the meantime we were in for a pre NDP 07 celebration state where we were greeted by:


F16


Chinhook (i think)

from the nearby NDP 07 rehearsal ground.


The floodlight that never fails us. (Applicable for the matches that i turned up)


My buddy


The group.

Last kick-off of the match in Kallang National Stadium is:


7.26 pm. Singapore VS Australia


Everyone on the pitch took up their position.

Singapore lost to Australia 3-0 with a couple of bad lucks and bad refeering (again). Hit the post twice, given offside when it is not and of course not for me to play. I always believe that Lionel Lewis can't even play for Singapore, err, if not that i am short. (ok, that's a crap)

Off-the-pitch, we were also enjoying ourselves with an Australian supporters rallied the crowd.



The atmosphere was great but it was sad that Australia won the game by 3-0

Left the National Stadium and headed down to Orchard to meet up with Shirong for a late-night movie.

That ends my sat nite and sun morning...