in the space of 24 hours i just completed 3 football games, 2 of which were 11-a-side matches.
on saturday morning:
woke up had breakfast and went out to play street soccer with my secondary school friends. energy level = 100%
it rained when i reached, but after that the sun re-took the skies and beat down upon us without mercy and our opponents forced us to work hard. our string of wins came then, after losses during the downpour. i joked that we were solar powered. energy level = 50%
saturday afternoon:
went off to have lunch and decided on a whim to order ice kachang since it was so hot and also because i haven't had it since forever. headed to tuition after that and was served green tea (the real kind, not the pokka ones). energy level = 70%
saturday evening:
walked for about 40 minutes from my student's house to dunearn secondary school, i ended tuition at about 4 and since the game was at 5 (everyone would be late anyway) and also, i had an idea where the school was, i decided to walk there. notwithstanding the misleading or erroneous directions given when i decided to check if i was heading in the right direction, i stuck to my guns and was proven right in the end. turned out to be a wonderful warm up for the game. energy level = 65%
played for about 70 minutes and was on the receiving end of a few hard knocks, with a bugger collecting a yellow card for hacking me down for the umpteenth time. thus, i was feeling a little sore and worn out after the game. rick offered to drive me home and i was thankful. energy level = 10%
sunday morning: woke up with a mildly aching body and had breakfast before rushing out to meet thomas as i was running late. energy level = 70%
the sun again, was unforgiving, inexorably beating down upon us but it was a total mismatch and we routed our opponents and i helped myself to 2 goals. quite pleasing all in all. energy level = 10%
and i spent the rest of the day recovering at home. thought about going out for a run, or playing football (again) with my church friends in the evening, but in the end laziness and plain weariness overrode the heart.
sometimes, it's not that i do not enjoy being out late, or just plain pointless staring at the computer screen into the wee hours of morn, having a ball of a time. it's just that i'd much rather, i'd enjoy playing football so much more.
boring yes, but hey, if its good enough for a certain mr giggs, mr scholes and mr zola (one of my favourite players ever) its cool with me.
oh and i met a 61 year old, still playing football.