Posts Tagged ‘Football’

A Football Fan? Not Quite

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 [...]

Who Would Have Sex With Anyone for £1million or World Cup Tickets?

Apparently, a third of British population! Durex British Sex Survey 2010, which gathered 12,000 respondents, has revealed some interesting facts about Britons’ bedroom activities. For example, according to the tabloid The Sun, the average Brit now has sex three to four times a week and has slept with between two and five people. A promiscuous [...]

I Don't Understand…

… that football is such a big deal in UK, even the prime minister must get involved in it. You might have noticed that UK didn’t participate in football at the Beijing 2008 Olympics, because England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland compete in all other international competitions, including the World Cup and European Championships individually. [...]

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 [...]

Every Little Thing He Does is Magic: Comments from A Football Junkie!

I‘ve just checked my blog just now and found out someone, who puts a screen name as Jakarta Casual, has left a comment about my post “Every Little Thing He Does is Magic” in early October. The writing was talking about football, about how I never understand why men in general are so crazy about [...]

Every Litte Thing He Does Is Magic

Sunday. Is. The. Holy. Day. For. Mr.Mck. Because football is on. So for the entire day he will sit on the sofa watching the game, sometimes flicking the channel to see F-1 and rugby matches, sometimes golf competition, but football is the main menu. Last weekend I was sitting with him, not paying attention because [...]