tsunami
why in the world is there a t in front of 'tsunami'? causes confusion among the masses as to whether or not to pronounce the t. of course, i know that it's supposed to be a silent t, but not many are as smart as me.
like mr. bok who pronounces it as taisumi, no silent t. yes, taisumi. then he got smarter and said taisunami. no silent t again. and he said it at the stadium during the singapore - myanmar match. loudly. actually he shouted it out. after we did the kallang wave, he shouted taisunami wave. many people laughed at him but he didn't know why, since we, his dear friends, did not tell him that his pronounciation was wrong.
since it's a silent t, why even bother putting it in? maybe i should call myself tryan, with a silent t. makes me cool. oh, but i already am...
by the way, the match was great, but the fighting was better. i was really wishing that it would escalate into a full riot, but unfortunately, no such luck as singaporeans are pussies. now let me tell you the story of what i saw in the stadium, or more like what i think caused the fights.
after singapore scored the goal, 2 sad-ass myanmar fans somehow found themselves in the singapore-dominant section of the stadium, which just happened to be in front of me. random fans then started throwing random stuff like cups and cans at them. then there was a malay teen who 'threatened' to throw his cup while moving closer to the 2 guys, probably for a better shot. one of the sad-asses challenged the malay guy, telling him something like 'come here if you dare' by waving his hands at him.
of course, being a malay 'punk', who are only brave when they have strength in numbers, the guy did not dare approach sad-ass. however, there was another malay dude in a camo jacket standing rather innocently beside sad-asses. being extremely pissed and frightened, sad-asses tried to make a hasty escape, only to bump into camo jacket wearing guy. somehow, in all his fright, sad-ass took offence in this bump and challenged camo to a fight, resulting in them pushing each other. seeing this, fellow singaporeans moved forward in waves to catch the action, since we are all busy-bodies, me included.
sad-ass again saw this as a threat and signalled for help from his fellow country-men who were sitting not too far away, and all of a sudden, the myanmarese too started moving over to rescue their compatriot. unfortunately for them, sad-asses were stuck in the middle of the singapore section and thus they had to push through quite a large mass of singaporeans to reach them. after all the pushing and shoving, neither sides managed to gain any ground and so started to throw things at each other. security forces soon arrived to bring calm and the aforementioned sad-asses finally ran away.
unfortunately for me, the main action was on the other side of the myanmar-singapore section, where there were flying dustbins, umbrellas and shoes. for the confused, the seating arrangement as seen from the grandstand is as such: singapore [me], myanmar, [main action], singapore, with the main action going on at the second singapore and myanmar section while i was seated in the first section.
there were also other random skirmishes outside the stadium with a myanmar fan getting beaten up by a group of skinheads as reported in the news, but not witnessed by me. by the way, i do not condone the skinheads beating up said myanmarese, for i believe that skinheads are losers who find bravery in numbers, just like most malay 'punks', but more on that on monday.
anyway, i promised that i would blog 'the next day' on monday. and it's friday. i'm a lying bastard, kill me. but i wasn't at home on tuesday and wednesday, and my cousin was here on thursday, so it's not really my fault. really.
like mr. bok who pronounces it as taisumi, no silent t. yes, taisumi. then he got smarter and said taisunami. no silent t again. and he said it at the stadium during the singapore - myanmar match. loudly. actually he shouted it out. after we did the kallang wave, he shouted taisunami wave. many people laughed at him but he didn't know why, since we, his dear friends, did not tell him that his pronounciation was wrong.
since it's a silent t, why even bother putting it in? maybe i should call myself tryan, with a silent t. makes me cool. oh, but i already am...
by the way, the match was great, but the fighting was better. i was really wishing that it would escalate into a full riot, but unfortunately, no such luck as singaporeans are pussies. now let me tell you the story of what i saw in the stadium, or more like what i think caused the fights.
after singapore scored the goal, 2 sad-ass myanmar fans somehow found themselves in the singapore-dominant section of the stadium, which just happened to be in front of me. random fans then started throwing random stuff like cups and cans at them. then there was a malay teen who 'threatened' to throw his cup while moving closer to the 2 guys, probably for a better shot. one of the sad-asses challenged the malay guy, telling him something like 'come here if you dare' by waving his hands at him.
of course, being a malay 'punk', who are only brave when they have strength in numbers, the guy did not dare approach sad-ass. however, there was another malay dude in a camo jacket standing rather innocently beside sad-asses. being extremely pissed and frightened, sad-asses tried to make a hasty escape, only to bump into camo jacket wearing guy. somehow, in all his fright, sad-ass took offence in this bump and challenged camo to a fight, resulting in them pushing each other. seeing this, fellow singaporeans moved forward in waves to catch the action, since we are all busy-bodies, me included.
sad-ass again saw this as a threat and signalled for help from his fellow country-men who were sitting not too far away, and all of a sudden, the myanmarese too started moving over to rescue their compatriot. unfortunately for them, sad-asses were stuck in the middle of the singapore section and thus they had to push through quite a large mass of singaporeans to reach them. after all the pushing and shoving, neither sides managed to gain any ground and so started to throw things at each other. security forces soon arrived to bring calm and the aforementioned sad-asses finally ran away.
unfortunately for me, the main action was on the other side of the myanmar-singapore section, where there were flying dustbins, umbrellas and shoes. for the confused, the seating arrangement as seen from the grandstand is as such: singapore [me], myanmar, [main action], singapore, with the main action going on at the second singapore and myanmar section while i was seated in the first section.
there were also other random skirmishes outside the stadium with a myanmar fan getting beaten up by a group of skinheads as reported in the news, but not witnessed by me. by the way, i do not condone the skinheads beating up said myanmarese, for i believe that skinheads are losers who find bravery in numbers, just like most malay 'punks', but more on that on monday.
anyway, i promised that i would blog 'the next day' on monday. and it's friday. i'm a lying bastard, kill me. but i wasn't at home on tuesday and wednesday, and my cousin was here on thursday, so it's not really my fault. really.
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