Seems like 11 June 2010 is a first for more than one thing. Other than the tooth filling, it is also the first time my boys are aware of the World Cup. We were all excited as early as the opening ceremony. The excitement builded up when the match between South Africa and Mexico started. The boys supported South Africa since it is the host, so dad decided to support Mexico and mom said that it would be a draw.
Mexico had most of the ball possession during the first half of the match. The boys were very anxious that Mexico will score the first goal. Shoutings can be heard, especially when there were near goals. This was despite the fact that we were approaching midnight. Well, we reached a goalless half-time. The boys were reluctant to leave the TV set even though we explained that 15 minutes are for everyone to have a break.
The second half started with not much fanfare and it made mom almost fall asleep. The boys went all excited again when South Africa scored an unexpected goal from a somewhat boring game. From that minute onwards, the game picked up and it was dad's turn to be anxious as we approached full-time. Then, Mexico equalized the score and dad was hopeful that Mexico would finally win the match.
However, we reached the end of the match with mom as the winner as both country scored one goal each. The boys were reluctant to go to sleep and wanted to watch the match between France and Uruguay. After much persuasion, they resolved to wake up two hours later to catch the live match.
They ended up waking up at 830am to catch the rerun of the match. And both boys were as excited as when they watched the first match. They watched the whole match and recorded the score on the poster that we put up. Tonight, we are going to watch the match between South Korea and Greece together with our Korean friend. And, for today's activity, they are playing football in the bedroom instead of fighting crime.
We hope that the interest in football will last beyond World Cup and beyond their childhood. Go, boys, go!
Wow...they even watch world cup.Sometimes i am wondering is there something wrong with me?because i don't even feel slightest excitement in myself when talking about world cup.
ReplyDeleteShould everyone watch world cup so that we won't be left out when we are in a group of ppl talking about world cup?For me i can sit and watch but there won't be any excitement inside me and i won't be waking up middle of the night to watch world cup.haha...
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Not everyone is into World Cup. It's not surprising that you are not interested since it doesn't run in the family. Normally interest in football are introduced by the father. There are a lot of people who are not interested in football. No worries!
ReplyDeletehow come i'm so interested in it? btw, papa din introduce it to me
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