FIFA Mania
Well Football Fever has descended on Dubai. I've been reading reports of hotels for "Football Widows", divorces over football and tips in Emirates Today on how to survive the World Cup. I myself am not that crazy over all this football thing. I mean, I play football but I don't obsess over it. All my classmates and friends have been talking only about the World Cup. And now my dad. I was so shocked when he refused to change the radio channel (he had put on the channel which was giving football commentary). Even more shocking was that he had downloaded the matches schedule and was keeping a list with the scores.
The worst bit was when he made us watch Japan vs. Brazil in the Lamcy Plaza food court 'till 1 am! And it was unbelievable when he gave me Dh. 20 for buying fries during the match (he usually just tells me fries are ridiculously expensive and fattening). Though it was interesting seeing Lamcy Plaza all closed down and dark at 1 am.
Most people would be wondering what kind of person I am, not liking football. The truth is I would be probably very excited if I could see the matches on TV, but since the subcription is unfairly expensive, I can't. So now I've decided not too obsess over the World Cup too much. It'll be a waste of time making scorecards and why bother when it really doesn't affect me. I would like to see the final match, but for now I find it quite pointless to stand outside cafés trying to catch a minute or two of a match.
For now I'm trying to avoid Lamcy Plaza and cafés which show the world cup, because I don't want to end up amidst roaring crowds till 1 am. I've also downloaded this excel file with all the match schedules. The file updates itself with all the current scores when I connect to the internet, so I don't need to keep making scorecards and reading through newspapers for my father.
Thank God the world cup happens only once in four years (or was it two? - I don't remember).
posted by DubaiTeen @ 4:11 PM
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