The World Cup Is Over! Time To Get Back To Normal Living Now

The World Cup is over and I am actually quite relieved as now I can get some sleep!
I have stayed up many early mornings to watch the games here in Korea due to the time difference.



The usual start times were 12 midnight and then 2am or as later on in the tournament, 2am and 4am. That meant that most games at 4am got finished at around 6am. I watched almost all of the games in the knockout phases, so sleep deprivation was abundant in this body for the whole month!!!!



I am going to give a very brief synopsis of what my thoughts about the the quality and entertainment value of this 2006 World Cup tournament.

The refereeing was very inconsistent and they should have named this tournament the 'Christimas tournament' because there were so many cards handed out!!!!!

Some of the games were fantastic to watch, others had more action than Mother Theresa watching a porno movie.

The golden goal should be brought back just like the last World Cup. Penalties is no way to settle any game of high calibre football especially at this type of tournament.




My opinion of FIFA now has dropped to zero after having awarded Zidane the Golden Ball after his despicable actions in the biggest final of any sport in the world and in front of billions, yes that is right, billions of people. They have disgraced themselves as an organization and governing body. Their credability before was limited, but in my opinion, it is now a big fat zero.

The World Cup final was a snore bore at best and was not a showcase for the sport at all. The only exciting part of it was the penalties, which as I said before, should be the last resort after the golden goal. It was a bad ending to what I otherwise found a very entertaining although somewhat controversial World Cup.



I will be at the next World Cup for the whole month in South Africa. I am saving for that adventure now. Dave and I have both agreed that we will be there no matter what in 2010.

I will make no more comments about England's deploring performance and only wish that for Euro 2008, we will see a completely different chemisty from both manger and players.

During the World Cup there were many places that I went to, always with Dave of course and there were a few pictures taken along the way. Some of them are included in this blog and I will let the pics speak for themselves. I am not going to explain each one. Suffice to say that they are mostly at bars or pubs, where the big screen tvs were and one the way to the places too..... subway stations and bus stations etc.



Taken at my apartment before the 4am Korea vs France game. We watched it at a Korean bar and it was a great atmosphere. We ended up being very happy when Korea snatched a victory out of the arms of defeat..... way to go Young Pyo and Ji Song!!!!!



Below is a pic of Chris, a friend of Dave's and I who is from Los Angeles. He had become a good friend of ours now and I refer to us now as the 'Three Muskuteers.' Dave met Chris first and then introduced him to me and we have hung out a lot together over the last month during the World Cup. The girl that he is with is gone now, she was his girlfriend for a short time. She actually went home that night while the game was still on!!! She didn't have to work the next day either. Very unusual as Korean spirit for their football team is unbelievable. So, Chris is single now. I am single again and so is Dave....... coooooooooool!

I love taking pictures of cultural things like phone booths and drinking machines and the sort. This one is of the biggest phone company for public telephones in Korea, KT Telecom.

This is a picture of one of the popular drinks in Korea. It is called 'Amino Up.' It is supposed to have amino acids in it to replenish your system after a good workout. Regardless, it tastes good and I have it quite often. I guess you could compare it to 'Powerade.' This is a machine that only sells Amino Up.

Another pic of a bag stand in one of the subway stations. They sell everything in the subway stations and sometimes some really good stuff. They have cd shops and jewellery shops and bakeries and any other type of stuff that is good to flog.