Monday, September 7, 2009

You're All Winners


Day 28: Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Well the Asian Champs are long gone and a great time was had by all. Not sure if I have gone into any sort of detail on the who's and why's of the AFL in Asia, so first it bears explaining that their are alot of Australian expatriates working in Asia. Alot. Not entirely sure of the whole story behind how it all got started and once again I find myself pressed for time so lets just say that at some point in time a few Aussies put a social team together (Singapore maybe?) which spread from city to city and now there are teams in Malaysia, Singapore, Japan, Thailand, Laos, Vietnam (2 here), Dubai, Bali, Jakarta and Cambodia. So every year one country will host the championships and all teh teams will converge on their town for the tournament and general shenanigans that follow having so many expats in one place. Needless to say this year was no different.
As I mentioned in the last post I was horribly sick on Friday and Saturday so missed the whole bloody game, really disappointed but still managed to make it out on Sunday for the Sunday session at Criib Club in KL. A very messy day by all concerned, margaritas flowing and tall tales of the weekend from all parties, you could almost hear the sigh of relief from the city as the players eventually made their ways to the airport and back to their jobs, wives, families and reality. Serously though, seeing 500 footy players descend on a bar is a sight to behold, bouncers panic, barmaids tense up and duty managers take point at the bar, luckily though everyone was behaved for the most part so the worst inconvenience suffered by anyone was a sore back from the owner carrying the money made at the bar to his car at the end of the night. Good times.
Had a dream on Saturday night that I was on a plane that crashed in the water, not exactly the best thing to be thinking about when you are due for a long plane ride over the ocean. But what can you do? We've all heard the stories of similar situations where the party concerned has cancelled their flight or boat or whatever only to see the worst happen but I simply couldn't waste a ticket, not in these tough economic times....
On the plus side, Canon replaced my camera which was very nice of them, fresh with a printed set of instructions on how to take care of your waterproof camera.
Haha

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