A Rabbit's Life II

Watched the Germany-Italy match with a bunch of other OCF-ers.

A couple of them played Winning Eleven before the match started - they played through all the semifinals (with the same teams) up to the finals.

Funnily enough, the score was 2-0 after playing the Germany-Italy match - with Italy winning.

And ironically enough, in the real match a couple of hours later, Italy won the match to proceed to the final, 2-0, beating Germany in the dying minutes of extra time, scoring the two goals (which were a minute apart). Noooo! I think we slept through most of the second half anyway - 5 a.m. match in the morning... *looks in the mirror at a panda-eyed reflection* We can never seem to watch these matches at sane hours (excepting the 2002 World Cup, where it was the other way round).

As for the France-Portugal match, the game result was 5-0 (to France), but the real match saw Zidane scoring the only goal from the penalty to bring France to the finals. Haha, it would have been weird if France had really scored 5-0 last night!

However, if the game proves right, Italy would win the World Cup... Nooooo!! Thank goodness that was only a game... right... right?!

An Italy-France final. Sigggh. It should have been a Germany-France final!!! *continues mourning over Germany's loss*

Anyway, Allez Les Bleus!!

France for the World Cup!!

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Football (or soccer) aside, I have around two weeks left before second semester starts. It has been a looooong holiday, and I am, frankly speaking, quite bored and I almost can't wait for uni to begin.

And yay, Jerry updated!! ^_^

And I went for a concert last Sunday by Eminence Symphony Orchestra at Melbourne Town Hall. The program was A Night in Fantasia. They perform music from Japanese animation films and video game soundtracks... YES, it was a night of my favourite music from Final Fantasy, and many of Hayao Miyazaki's works from Studio Ghibli (including Spirited Away, My Neighbour Totoro, Howl's Moving Castle, etc.) Aside from the music, footage from the films and the games were shown in the background on a high-def screen as well, making the experience not only an aural one, but a visual one as well! Music from Final Fantasy XII was premiered, by accompanying footage (the graphics look really good). But I think my expectations were too high (considering that I'm a huge fan of FF music and Joe Hisaishi's music), and the acoustics at Melbourne Town Hall weren't very good, so I was slightly let down. But it was still a wonderful concert.

And yesterday, I went with Samuel to see the play Fiddler on the Roof at Her Majesty's Theatre. The play is highly acclaimed, starring also a highly acclaimed actor, Chaim Topol in the lead role as Tevye. The songs are beautiful, the actors were brilliant, and overall, a truly memorable play! The play is running in its last week in Melbourne. I think the company is on a world tour or something. An amazing production!

And...


Well, that's what I have been up to this past week.

When are you going back to the States, Jerry?