it seems my last week has been full of activities related to germany and the germans. first of all, a very close friend left last thursday:
so I tried to spend as much time as possible with and for her - arranging for her farewell, going to the airport, etc. we prepared a nice slideshow, watched the euro semifinals (so close turkey!) together, and had quite a fair amount of fun. I was obviously (?) rooting for turkey, which didn't make her all too happy, but germany won in the end, so it was good. me and another friend also resorted to calling each other up screaming "GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOL!" and then instantly hanging up when turkey (me) or germany (him) scored. good fun. finally on thursday a bunch of us went to the airport with her to say good bye. she will definitely be missed.
and then there was obviously the finals last night, and once again I was on the other side of the german fence. we were quite a group of people, and there were some cheering for spain, others for germany, and it was quite a nice atmosphere. and I must say it got all the better thanks to spain winning. although a word of thought must go out to michael ballack, whom I can't feel more than sorry for. he if anyone understands what it means to be close, but not really there. just look at his 2002 and 2006:
2002: runner up in the world cup (suspended in the final due to getting his second yellow card in the semifinal), champions league, bundesliga (on the very last day), german cup.
2008: runner up in the european championships (played the final half-injured), champions league (on penalties - the last one hit the inside of the post), premier league (again, on the last day), league cup.
on top of that, he finished 3rd in the world cup 2006 (lost the semifinal in extra time) and runner up in the premier league 2007. ouch.
so I tried to spend as much time as possible with and for her - arranging for her farewell, going to the airport, etc. we prepared a nice slideshow, watched the euro semifinals (so close turkey!) together, and had quite a fair amount of fun. I was obviously (?) rooting for turkey, which didn't make her all too happy, but germany won in the end, so it was good. me and another friend also resorted to calling each other up screaming "GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOL!" and then instantly hanging up when turkey (me) or germany (him) scored. good fun. finally on thursday a bunch of us went to the airport with her to say good bye. she will definitely be missed.
and then there was obviously the finals last night, and once again I was on the other side of the german fence. we were quite a group of people, and there were some cheering for spain, others for germany, and it was quite a nice atmosphere. and I must say it got all the better thanks to spain winning. although a word of thought must go out to michael ballack, whom I can't feel more than sorry for. he if anyone understands what it means to be close, but not really there. just look at his 2002 and 2006:
2002: runner up in the world cup (suspended in the final due to getting his second yellow card in the semifinal), champions league, bundesliga (on the very last day), german cup.
2008: runner up in the european championships (played the final half-injured), champions league (on penalties - the last one hit the inside of the post), premier league (again, on the last day), league cup.
on top of that, he finished 3rd in the world cup 2006 (lost the semifinal in extra time) and runner up in the premier league 2007. ouch.
you finally got your hair done??? nice! :)
ReplyDeleteyes, and no. I actually did get my hair done yesterday, but this pic is slightly old - a month or so :)
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