world cup fever

i suddenly got a call over the weekend. it was shanks and he was probably and totally overcome with the world cup fever. he wanted to start playing football again, after a 3 years break. this was of course quite a surprise but i was always game for a football. unfortunately it rained heavily on sunday and it was called off. oh well, better luck this weekend, i hope.

my knees are still aching and i have a constant 'clicking' sound from my right ankle. the results of one too many sprains from my younger days. the body just seemed to take much longer to recover. some parts of the body just don't recover though.

i was watching a replay of a world cup match and my mum happened to be in the hall with me. she saw a foul being committed where a guy brought another down. she then commented that football was a very violent game. this was one of those attempts to stop me from playing football. no thanks to all the sprains and bruises that i came back with after a game. i just dismissed her comments. then another player went down and he was rolling on the ground and clutching his ankle, after anther tackle. my mum started again. i dismissed her again, telling her that the player on the floor was acting. bluff one lah. she did not believe. the player, stood right up after the ref gave a free kick. he should have gone on and become an actor than a footballer.