Monday, July 10, 2006

World Chup

Yup, fnally, after a month long rollercoaster ride of ecstasy, agony, joy, sorrow, and skimpily attired female fans who gave rise to myriad other emotions that transcended geographical boundaries, the world has awakened to a day after the world cup... its exactly like the day after any mela, when all the crowds and the small shopkeepers have left, and the grounds are empty, not yet ready to start the countdown for the next show...
for a month now, a lot of people across the world have been glued to their television screens, watching the drama unfold.. a lot of people, not all, because there were some like me.. i watched only the england - portugal match just in time to see Rooney being shown a redcard for kicking a ball (actually, two, thats why he got sent off).. and while the world was chanting ZZ, i was going ZZZZ... but yes, most of the world ate,drank slept football..
the newspapers were writing about the social impact also, as old friends who had no interest in football were forsaken, new friendships forged, and loads of other games were played all in one big frenzy thats the FIFA world cup...in a sense, its the story of our lives, because if we get down to the nuts and bolts, all of us are living our lives in anticipation of something, it could be as simple as going home in the evening, a good dinner, the release of a music album or film, or an F1 race or as complex as getting a new job, getting married, having a kid..
and when the moment passes, theres a feeling thats quite like the empty grounds.. an eerie silence that says that the free kick is over, and its time to move on... and we move, and wait for the next one, hoping that it will be as good as or better than the last one..

until next time, hope, skip and jump, thats the way forward...

7 comments:

Stone said...

Isn't everything all abt..'what next?'

Aqua said...

awesome post...summed up the post world cup blues so well :) no more turning up at work late with trite excuses when everyone knows you were up watching the match.

and here's a joke for you for writing this nice football post:
Q: Why did matarazzi say to Zidane before he got head butted by him?
Q: Bhaiyaa, log Chloromint Kyo khaate hain?

:)

sandy said...

Was it all worthy enough?

anyway, until next time...

:)

silverine said...

With three men in the house I know what you are talking about. Depression in the air, talks of making it an Annual affair etc lol

That was nicely summed up :)

manuscrypts said...

stone: yup it is..

aqua: got that one as an sms.. in fact wanted to write a post on all possible headlines, but gave up :)

manuscrypts said...

sandy: for some it was, for some it wasnt

silverine: i guess its the 4 year wait that makes it so interesting.. but cant say, maybe economics might prevail over evrything else..

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