Eugene...frm ROME...

Hello, it's another post from me again...once again, this is going to be a VERY LONG POST...YES...a long one...one that talks about me in ROME...ROME?? YES, ROME...the city where the Champions League Final will be held...who against who??? Who else but Manchester United against Barcelona...so without further ado, let me give u the whole story so far...

26th May 2009, 8:20 am, English College, 6 Atas Etika

Went to see my Economics teacher Mr. Yong. Told him i wasn't going to be sitting for the Makroeconomics paper on Wednesday.
Mr. Yong : "WHY? You didn't study is it? Not prepare ah?"

Me : "No lah Sir, relax. Of course i did study. It's just that i will be going to Rome to watch the Champions League Final on Wednesday."

Mr. Yong : "Wah, your football so important, my Makro paper not lah?"

Me : "No lah Sir. Important. Makro important. But i already bought tickets mah, so have to go"

Mr. Yong : "Sigh...ok, go lor go lor. Enjoy yourself. Have fun. But don't come crying to me when you fail Econs for your STPM. Make sure you take the paper after the holidays"

Me : "Thank you Sir. Don't worry, will pass Econs for STPM. Will take the paper on Friday affternoon"


27th May 2009, 4:00 am, Singapore, Changi Airport

All set to go. Did a light packing last night. Packed a few shirts, jeans, undies...etc...of course, all the shirts were RED...2 of them were Man-Utd jersey...dad sent me to Changi Airport at 3.00 am...flight was at 6.00 am...boy, it sure was dark...will be taking Singapore Airways...according to the booking, it will be an Airbus...the 1st time i'll be taking an airbus...dad sent me as far as the depature hall...from there onwards...i was...ALONE...ALL ALONE...FREE...haha...as i had about 1 1/2 hours to spare, i stopped by the Sony shop...Sony shop? for what? well, to play PS3 of course...there, was 2 PS3 for people to demo...and 1 of the demo game was FIFA 09...played Man-Utd v.s Barca...preview of the Champions League Final...beat them soundly 3-0...Rooney, Ronaldo(freekick) & Scholes...left for my departure gate...Gate E10...on the airplane, much time was spent watching movies...from this, i realised that each airplane will cater to it's destination...ex. my flight...since it's destination is rome, italy, it has quite some italian movies, football matches, italian drama's...all in english of course...watched X-Men The Origins : Wolverine, 300, Don't Mess With The Zohan & Terminator : Salvation(not yet premier in S'pore & M'sia...but oledi in Italy)...had breakfast...sausage, rosted red pepper & spinach torta rustica with italian coffee(beats M'sian ones)...for lunch, i had lasagna della casa(some kind of italian cheese with chicken meat) with italian salad(rocket, baby tomatoes, crusted bread with olive oil dressing...after 13 hours & 40 mins on the plane...i finally heard the captain's voice again. "Welcome to Roma, Italia. It's 29˚C, 1:40 pm. Please adjust your watch to match the time. Thank You"...Fiumicino Airport or better known as the Leonardo da Vinci Airport...in Italian, it's called the Aeroporto Leonardo da Vinci di Fiumicino...it is also Italy's largest airport & second largest international gateway according to the Airport Imformation...busy like all airports, i really felt like a stranger...all around me, people was utterring Italian...btw, i landed in terminal c...after checking in, went straight to the Info Center to ask how was i going to get to my motel, Accomodation Bed In Rome...the lady at the counter said i could either take the Metro(train) or the taxi...as i was carrying luggage, she suggested the taxi, which would cost around 5 euros(RM 24+)...expensive man...next, had to check in...dad said it would cost 37 euroes(RM 182+)...room was a 1 person room...but the bed was a queen size...the man at the motel said all motels in italy do not have single beds...anyway, put my stuff down & went sightseing in Rome...oso had a quick walk to go and get the papers. I bought the Mirror, printed today in Rome and costing 2 euros, and La Gazzetta della Sport. The renowned Italian paper describes the final as Lo Show di Roma, the show of Rome.

My next post will be about the Match itself...wait for it...