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Hot in the City

This is about the life of Miss Mo, a 30-something gal who recently moved back to Singapore from the US.

 

Can you hear the Kallang Roar?


Last Saturday, Miss Mo and Swedish Meatballs went to the Asean Cup semi-finals at the National Stadium. Since it was going to be the last game to be played at the stadium and there has been so much rivalry between Singapore and Malaysia teams, Miss Mo didn't want to miss this golden opportunity to watch a live game. She asked around but only Swedish Meatballs could make it.

I had known about it happening on Saturday but procrastinated, thinking that it'd be pretty easy to get tickets. However, by Thursday, when I finally decided to go irregardless, the grandstand tickets were all sold out and the gallery tickets were selling like hot cakes. On Friday, I quickly summoned my dad to go all the way to Jalan Besar stadium to get 2 tickets. Kekeke! Sure enough, it was reported on the radio early afternoon that all tickets were all sold out prior to the game. Phew!

The traffic to the stadium was really bad. I was late for 10 minutes but it was alright. The atmosphere was great. The stadium was filled up with sea of red! We managed to find 2 seats behind one side of the field. The spectators were mainly families so the mood was really good. When the players were playing badly, the spectators scolded them. We even did the kallang waves and roars. It was really nice!

Malaysia scored first in the 2nd half but at the near end of the match, Singapore came back with an equalizer. Even during extra time, Singapore failed to score. Alas, the Singapore goalie blocked the final penalty during the penalty shootout and Singapore finally won the semi-final! The whole stadium was electrified! It was so good to be there.

To avoid the traffic getting out of the stadium area, we decided to stop for a drink before leaving. We came upon Cosy Bay, which Swedish Meatball said his friend claimed to be romantic. No lah, it wasn't romantic at all. It was just a very laid back bar with pool tables and it served beer and finger food. We (or rather he) had a jug of beer with soccer on the tv screens. It was quite nice there since it was on the water. Nice apartments there too. We then decided to go to George's tavern at Siglap since it was near his place. It was a also very laid back bar, like those neighborhood bars. We talked some more.

It was past 2am and we both agreed that it didn't feel like it. It felt like it was still before midnight. LOL!

 

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