Today marked the opening of FIFA World Cup 2010. It seems like everyone has already chosen their teams. But why are people getting excited over the ties today?!
I guess I'm not quite as excited as a lot of the people around me. I don't know anything about the teams or players, so I'm not gonna pick at this point.
But seeing all the hype around this reminds me of things.....
The first time I ever watched World Cup soccer was in 1990, twenty years ago, at the age of four. I would assume that I really did not understand what was going on at that time. The reason that I was watching it was because my grandfather was. He was a big soccer fan and World Cup was a big thing for him. So little old me sat down with him and enjoyed the excitement.
Twenty years later, he's no longer here. Now that I think about it, next year will be the tenth year.
World Cup 1994 and 1998. I don't have too much memory about it. The only thing I remember is my mom and aunt betting on who would win the final match.
2002. For some reason, I have absolutely no recollection of this whatsoever.
2006. I didn't actually watch any of the games. But X did. In fact, quite a few times she accompanied me on my commute to the place where I volunteered at the time. While I went to volunteer, she went to a nearby food court and watched the games to wait for me. Other than that, no recollection.
2010. I guess I'll be watching some games if time permits.
To be honest, I like watching sports. But it seems that none of the people that I enjoy hanging out with like to watch. I guess it's pretty hard to pull together a group to watch games when most of my friends are asian girls.
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