For 4 weeks PE buzzed. There were people everywhere and everyone was acting as though there had never been a recession. Strangers chatted to each other in the streets and everyone became an instant soccer guru. It feels as though we have gone back to being sleey hollow at the coast. Dont get me wrong sleepy hollow is good. I like living in a "5 minutes to anywhere" town and never having to worry about getting a table at a restaurant but for a while it was fun. So much fun in fact that I cannot bring myself to remove the mirror socks from my car.
Funny how after 4 weeks of the press being all positive they went back to the norm. The day after the final they posted about how the stadium was destined to go the rack and ruin and to cost the tax payers a fortune. Couldn't they have just left us in our purple haze for a little while longer. Let's not become the profits of our own doom. While we cant hide from the issues out there we can occasionally see the glass as half full. Maybe if we keep seeing it that way it will stay that way.
I really enjoyed the World Cup, but is kinda glad its over. Perhaps because it effected my work as we had so much more to do with it going on. But I wouldn't take off my mirror socks till they are ready to fall off. Neither will I stop wearing my Bafana shirts. As for the media. That is local media for you. Always looking for the negative. Their glasses always seem to be half empty, otherwise their papers may not sell as well.
ReplyDeletei enjoyed it, but normal life has to resume, otherwise how do you appreciate a break from reality now and then?
ReplyDeleteWorld Cup was an excuse to be lazy - many will not admit to it. Probably a good reason why one country does not host it every four years and it rotates.
ReplyDeleteI enjoyed the football and beer, but must admit being having more enthusiasm during the earlier stages as there was more to watch on tv.
Interesting pictures of football patrons - who said they were all hooligans!