Archive for the ‘Sports’ Category
A Football Fan? Not Quite
I used to be a football fan. Back when I was in primary school, I picked up football as something I would follow diligently on the news. I remember I watched Maradona‘s infamous “hand of God” live, I remember I collected Marco van Basten‘s pictures from the newspapers, and I remember I was a big [...]
Celebrating Valentine’s Day… At The Football Stadium
When the chairman of the West Sumatra branch of the Indonesian Clerics’ Council (Majelis Ulama Indonesia, MUI), Buya Mas’oed Abidin, urged people to stop the Valentine’s Day celebration and accused it as a part of capitalist-Jewish conspiracy (see Indonesia Matter’s Jewish Conspiracy), 12,000 km away from my home country I get to see how Aberdonian [...]
You’ve Done Us Proud!
I can’t believe that I’m actually writing about football here. Not what I think about football like my previous posts (see Every Little Thing He Does Is Magic). Not tips for guys how to make peace with their partner when they want to watch football. But really, I’m talking about the biggest game happened in [...]

















