2018 FIFA World Cup Russia Qualifiers (Japan VS Afghanistan)

Last week March 24,2016 (Oo 'Teh. 'Di ka namamalikmata. Last week lang nangyari. Andami ko na kasing time para mag-update ng blog.), we watched the Japan versus Afghanistan qualifying game at Saitama Stadium 2002 for the 2018 FIFA World Cup Russia. I am not really a very big fan of soccer (onti lang. dahil lang kay papa Hasebe ganern) but watching Jaan's national soccer team play live is not a bad experience right?

We traveled around 80 minutes by train to reach Saitama Stadium. Nakarating kami ng Urawa Misono Station ng around 6:10pm. 7:30pm ang start ng game. Alam na alam mo pag may game. Sobrang dami ng tao sa train station tapos karamihan sa kanila naka-shirt na same with the team's uniform.

There were so many people but there were no long lines. Ang organized lang kasi sa stadium. Your entrance gate depends on your seat number. And after entering the stadium meron ulit entrance kung saan pinakamalapit ang seat mo. Bawal nga pala magdala ng pet bottles na hindi affiliated sa sponsor nung game. And pedeng magdala not more than 600ml. May dala kasi kaming bottled water and onigiri in case na magutuman kami. Yung pet bottle ni Madam e inallow pero pinatanggal yung takip. Yung sa akin hindi napansin ni Kuya (na hindi ko naman ininom kasi baka maihi lang ako).

(L-R) Junko-san, Hayakawa-san, Madam, and Mey

Sobrang overwhelming ng pakiramdam pagpasok na pagpasok namin sa mismong stadium (papunta sa aming designated seats). First time ko nga palang makapasok sa isang stadium dito sa Japan. 'Di pa man kasi nag-uumpisa e nagcha-chant na ang supporters ng Japan team. Alam mo yung ansaya-saya ng pakiramdam na nakangiti lang ako pero kapag tinanong mo ako kung bakit ako masaya e isasagot ko sayo na "Hindi ko alam.". Iba pala talaga pag manonood ka ng live game. Sabi ko nga sa IG post ko sobrang nakakaproud ng pakiramdam kahit hindi ako Hapon.

Medyo pinaghandaan ko nga pala ang game na ito bilang medyo may kalamigan pa rin ang panahon kaya bukod sa patong-patong na suot at boots (at feeling ko ako lang naka-boots) e may baon akong maliit na kumot na fleece, gloves at bonnet. Di bale ng maraming bitbit kesa naman mamatay ako sa lamig.

Selfie time :)

I had to wear my bonnet kasi nilamig nako. Malamig promise!

Sobrang grabe ang supporters and fans ng Japan team. Ay kung andun lang kayo matutuwa rin kayo. Hindi sila tumitigil sa pagsigaw, pagtalon at pagchi-cheer. Effort sa pagchant, pagsuot ng uniform, at pagdala at pagwagayway ng towels and big-sized banners. Astig!

The screen near our seats. Goal! Hi moon :)
 

During halftime break ay nagbanyo si Madam tapos ako naman pumila para bumili ng hot cocoa. Ang sarap lang naman kasing humigop ng something mainit dahil anlamig. Buti nga hindi umulan e. Kasi kahit umulan ay tuloy pa rin ang game. Baka by that time mamatay nako. Anyhoo nung kami na ang bibili e ubos na lahat ng hot drinks except for coffee. Sayang ang pagpila. Ayaw naman namin mag-kape kasi gabi na and baka hindi kami makatulog e may pasok pa kinabukasan.

Japan won with a score of 6-0

Sabi nung announcer more than 48,000 people ang nasa stadium. Natakot ako. Kasi pano kami uuwi ng sabay-sabay. Yung more than 48,000 katao na yun.

Nahiwalay ng upuan yung kasama naming 2 Hapon. So after the game pinuntahan nila kami para sabay-sabay na kami lumbas. By the way nanalo nga pala ang Japan with a score of 6-0. Kinda nagmamadali kaming bumaba and I was thinking kung bakit. Yun pala nasa harapan na namin yung Japan players. As in umikot sila sa gilid para kawayan yung mga tao. Kung alam ko lang e di kanina pako pumwesto. Ay iba talaga pag nakita mo yung players sa TV and sa personal. Hindi ko lang naaninag masiyado si Hasebe kaya hindi ako nakasigaw ng 'I love you Hasebe!'. Kumaway na lang ako. ^_^ Ansaya lang and nakakakilig at the same time. Landeh.

Kaway-kaway!

Nagka-calculate na kami kung makakaabot ba kami sa last trip ng trains. And we were already thinking of riding a taxi na lang kung hanggang train station kami aabot. Andami naming naglalakad pero tuloy-tuloy lang. Mabagal pero hindi humhinto. At walang nagsisigawan. Hanggang makarating kami ng train station. Hanggang train staion organized ang mga tao. Hindi nila pinapapasok lahat. May cut-off. Ang galing lang talaga. Sobrang nakakabilib.

Sa itsura ng picture na yan hindi niyo iisipin na nakasakay kami ng train. Pero nakasakay kami and sakto kami sa last trip ng huling train na nilipatan namin.

A memorable Japan experience indeed. Olrayt!

Bow.

bagong kaalaman

ang grapefruit pala ay kamag-anak ng pomelo. hindi ko nga lang alam kung sino ang mas matanda.

remember this?

ang singaw sa ingles ay...

inuubo

inaantok

may 2 malaking singaw sa dila

nakng....

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kada 1 minuto yata naiidlip ako. mejo late na rin ako nakatulog kagabi pero sobra naman yung antok na nararamdaman ko. maghapon non-stop. siguro may epekto din yung gamot na iniinom ko. habang sinusulat ko ang entry na itey e 100x yata ako naidlip. ano bang meron sa araw na ito. buti na lang tapos ko na yung trabaho ko. kaya siguro inaantok ako dahil wala na akong gagawin. arrrrrrrrgh...

balik na naman muna sa paggawa ng manual. mas lalong nakakaantok :(

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sa sobrang pagkairita ko sa mga singaw ko e nakuha kong tanungin si pareng google kung ano ba sa ingles ang singaw. ang alam ko mouth sore. pero pakiramdam ko meron pang ibang tawag e. according to mareng wikipedia ang singaw sa ingles ay...

aphthous ulcer (pronounced /ˈæpθəs/) also known as a canker sore.

girl 1: why are you cranky and can't speak ng maayos?
girl 2: kasi i have canker sore. go away!

naisip ko lang yung word na cranky nung narinig ko yung canker sore. lam ko corny. yada yada yada...

hindi talaga kaya ng powers ko ang 2 singaw (sa dila pa! powtek!) na magkasabay tapos may ubo pako. kahapon nga diko naramdaman na tumulo na pala laway ko. yak!

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Spain emerged as the champion in FIFA World Cup 2010.

Ang galing mo Paul!



ano naman kaya susunod niyang ipe-predict? hmmmmm... abangan!

oyasumi nasai!

FIFA + Mcdo

luckily i had my fries and drinks upsized....

i am a big sucker for freebies! hee!

libre na yung meal may libre pang baso. san ka pa? ^_^

*bigmac meal courtesy of ninong kim.

Headline

my blog will be turning 2 yrs.old this august. i started blogging when the cavemen discovered fire. matanda nako mashado nako makakalimutin. after a year of blogging in blog-city i had to revert to other sites offering free blogging because blog-city will already terminate its free blogging service. i was already writing for 1 year when it happened. so i tried multiply. but before multiply there was friendster's blogs. i also had a few posts in a livejournal account and myspace. i was already ok with multiply until something personal happened that i had to stop posting entries. blog is some kind of an emotional outlet to me so i had to create one after my multiply account. behold! sikoletlover.blogspot.com was born!

yun lang ^_^

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FIFA fever is here! Last June 11 was the official kick-off of 2010 FIFA World Cup South Africa. Last Tuesday (June 15) Japan won over Cameroon with a score of 1-0. Japan had its first FIFA World Cup win in a foreign soil. It was really good for the team to win its opening game. Even my colleagues went home early for the game. This Saturday (June 19) Japan will be battling against Netherlands. Madami na naman mapupuyat! ^0^

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(in random order....)

fire in Bangkok



earthquake in Haiti and Mexico

Haiti's presidential palace

giant sinkhole in Guatemala

 flash flood Ondoy in the Philippines

flood in Jeddah

endless war in Iraq

and today Singapore had its taste of mother nature's wrath



s-c-a-r-y

let us pray for the everyday safety of our loved ones including also ourselves. we don't know what will happen tomorrow or the day after tomorrow.

God bless the world. Amen