aftermath
a relationship is aplace you go to give; not a place you go to get
With that in mind, it's not rocket science to figure out why attempting to really get into the soccer last night was doomed for failure. If you just ain't that interested in the game, or people's emotions about it, it's not really possible to enjoy it on the anything approaching the same level that they do.
That's not to say that I wasn't awed by the spectacle of the massive crowd of red tshirts and chanting; roman candles and flashing red horns; just the sheer amount of person! It was pretty full on.
I was quite lucky that after my little nap yesterday I ran into Jade, one of the office girls, and her friend. Together we tried to find a suitable position to watch the game from, but there was no room on the road, and no way to even scope a space. We were trapped on tree covered traffic island for 10 minutes before Jade suggested we climb the stairs at school and join some of the bosses up there.
While the view of the screen was pretty scrawny (it's that white square in the middle of the photo), the view of the people was pretty fantastic!
It sure would have been nice if the boss had invited us teachers there to see the game, but we were told that the building would be closed from 7pm (and with good reason - people would probably wander into any place in the building with a vantage point.) The invitation would have ben especially welcome, due to the cancellation of classes this evening effectively ruining the vacation day scheduled for Friday 30 June. No problem for me, as I'll be in a jet plane. Of course, Wayne wants me to try and arrange some other time to teach the class, but I confess to being a little beligerent about that idea. If YBM wants to cancel a day of classes, they had better first TELL the teachers (most of us found out when our students told us). Even better would be to ask!
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With that in mind, it's not rocket science to figure out why attempting to really get into the soccer last night was doomed for failure. If you just ain't that interested in the game, or people's emotions about it, it's not really possible to enjoy it on the anything approaching the same level that they do.
That's not to say that I wasn't awed by the spectacle of the massive crowd of red tshirts and chanting; roman candles and flashing red horns; just the sheer amount of person! It was pretty full on.
I was quite lucky that after my little nap yesterday I ran into Jade, one of the office girls, and her friend. Together we tried to find a suitable position to watch the game from, but there was no room on the road, and no way to even scope a space. We were trapped on tree covered traffic island for 10 minutes before Jade suggested we climb the stairs at school and join some of the bosses up there.
While the view of the screen was pretty scrawny (it's that white square in the middle of the photo), the view of the people was pretty fantastic!
It sure would have been nice if the boss had invited us teachers there to see the game, but we were told that the building would be closed from 7pm (and with good reason - people would probably wander into any place in the building with a vantage point.) The invitation would have ben especially welcome, due to the cancellation of classes this evening effectively ruining the vacation day scheduled for Friday 30 June. No problem for me, as I'll be in a jet plane. Of course, Wayne wants me to try and arrange some other time to teach the class, but I confess to being a little beligerent about that idea. If YBM wants to cancel a day of classes, they had better first TELL the teachers (most of us found out when our students told us). Even better would be to ask!
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