Rousing cheers. Rambunctious jeers.
Packed, sweaty bodies violently gesticulating away.
Massive crowds standing and stomping on their feet.
Banners. Whistles. Horns. Drums.
A whole kaleidoscope of cacophony, elation, chaos, disappointment.
And no - I am not talking about a rock concert (although the whole ambience felt like one!). Instead, the girls and us were at a Singapore versus Malaysia AFF Suzuki Cup match. Crowds were boisterous and all decked out in red. The atmosphere was electrifying. And the girls were shocked at how rude and rowdy football fans were, especially when they started chanting "boo" when players from Malaysia doubled over in pain during more aggressive tackles. Haha, not the best place to inculcate sportsmanship to the girls!
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| The girls decked out in their father's favourite soccer team shirts! |
Hubby and I thought it would be a good experience to bring the Bees to a roaring football match - and we knew the Singapore versus Malaysia match would be raucous enough!
It was an excellent experience, and brought me back to those days in the early 1990s when we were all attending football matches with the Singapore "dream team" soccer team. Best of all, the match was played in the new National Stadium, and I was impressed by the huge infrastructure of a stylish, state-of-the-art stadium!
The entire stadium was almost filled, and everyone did the Kallang Wave deliriously, much to the Bees' amusement. The Kallang Roar was loud and clear. And the spirit was high. Everyone smiled at each other, and much encouragement was shown to the small but zealous supporters of the Malaysian team.
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| Little Bee brought along her pom-poms to cheer for the Lions! |
Alas, we did not win, but I thought this was a wonderful experience for the girls (although they started reading their books halfway through the match!). We will be back for more matches!
2 comments:
so funny the girls started reading their books in the midst of the game!!
Jaime: Yes! They read through the Singapore goal! So when everyone was going crazy around them, they were looking bewildered for one second...and then went back to reading again. Tsk!
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