It has been a week of play , anticipation and celebration. It was a week where I had a futsal game on turf, ktv session, buffet meal and no tuition class in midweek. Couple that with a long weekend , wedding anniversary, birthday and most of all, the coming of Arsenal into Singapore!
Am I dreaming? In fact i had a bad nightmare on one of the nights. But well, it aint anything to mention about when you can have the above all in a week.
This week was always going to be special anyway; the 4th wedding anniversary of us and my own birthday and Arsenal, who had touched down on Singapore on Monday and has also just left Singapore , back for London immediately after the game held at the Sports Hub.
Not to be boastful, but I have always felt that Arsenal would visit Singapore when our stadium is ready. If they can visit even Malaysia whose old and broken Bukit Jalil stadium is, they have no reason not to visit Singapore where we have a state of the art stadium and tip top cleanliness to follow.
Months of anticipation had ended finally today. Even till now, hours since they last kicked the ball in Singapore, I cannot fathom or digest that they are finally here and I have seen for myself their play in Singpapore. How much it would take me to reach London to watch them i do not know. I have just seen my favourite soccer team, the club which i have gone through thick and thin for the past decades.
Very quickly, 4 months have passed by. While there have been bad times, this week has indeed been a great week. It was also nice to have been back to Novotel Hotel where we had our dinner.
4 years ago, we had hardly anytime to eat during our wedding, I remember. Likewise, back then that week was also a week of anticipation and excitement. This year, I was expecting another thing; Arsenal , together with Everton and Stoke were to play in Singapore. Thankfully, both game days did not fall on my birthday (also aka anniversary day).
It was funny watching so many Arsenal fans who wore jerseys come together as one in the stadium. Be it bandwagon fans or real fans who have been waiting for so long to see them in the flesh, it was day for fans to behold. Maybe they were after all secret fans of Arsenal who had held shy in fear of being ridiculed by other peers as Arsenal struggled in the past. Being Fa Cup champions for 2 years in a row had perhaps changed some of them to be more daring in their profession of love for the club.
I did not leave the stadium immediately after the game. I sat for a while to let everything that has happened for this week to sink in. There were great memories from 4 years ago and I am glad to be able to add in more beautiful ones 4 years later. Arsenal to coincide with the anniversary of the Ussenal Couple.
I do not know how else to really express how i feel right now. Perhaps you can look at the pictures and imagine. Perhaps you have had similar great days like mine. I hope to be able to experience them again.
