Well, England has just won its match against Croatia in Euro 2004 by a 4-2 margin. It’s currently 4.45am in the morning out here, but I’m glad I woke up to watch the match down at the Champs bar in the basement of my hotel. And my fantasy football team didn’t do too badly this evening…
My flight to HK wasn’t very eventful (some might say thankfully). I flew with an airline whose advert for ‘Upper Class’ showed ugly people getting on the plane and beautiful people getting off. Well my first impression when waiting in the departure lounge with my fellow passengers was certainly that I hoped the adverts were true…
But anyway, it was one of the most pleasant flights I’ve taken, especially with ‘V’s entertainment on demand. A chance to see The Last Samurai in amongst the sleepless attempts at sleep was certainly one of my highlights.
Anyway, after landing and meeting up with Teddy, I’m now happy at 5am in the morning that my team won. And that Paul Scholes scored. And that Thierry Henry scored twice. My fantasy football team is in dreamland…
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- 21 June, 2004 – 9:59 pm UTC
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Well, this is my first post on Blogger. Whilst I have my own website (http://www.lestmak.com/), this will now be the main store for my blogs, as it is a little easier to update than my own website. Nonetheless, I’ll be continually updating my main site once in a while and I’ll make sure you hear about it here. But in the meantime a few comments:
Today marks the 5th anniversary of the founding of the Oxford University Asia-Pacific Society, and that is the reason for my impending departure to Hong Kong. As well as meeting up with some old mates, some of whom I’ve missed for the last 3 years, I’m looking forward to catching up with most of them. But the APS 5th Anniversary Boat Party in Hong Kong Harbour will be the epitome of the celebrations. I look forward to it!
However, going to Hong Kong does put me in a slightly awkward position. With Euro 2004 happening right now, I’m going to either stay up late or miss England’s matches altogether. Mind you, if England do make the quarter-finals, I will join the ex-pats in the bars and cheering my team on. Of course.
But it will be a fun packed 10 days out there. I plan to see friends paddling away in the Dragonboat Festival (22 June), and catch up on some HK movies. Ah, the fun!
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- 19 June, 2004 – 1:56 pm UTC
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