Feb 7th 2010, it was a Sunday. A much awaited one. More so, because of the fact that I was pretty occupied on Saturday, Thanks to the stupid ticket I got for not yielding to a cop car when driving on a highway.
I got up around 8 am in the morning to see the London derby between Arsenal and Chelsea. Apparently the match was at 10 am, I was 2 hours early for the match.Morning was one of the calmest I ever had in the recent past. I did not feel cranky, as i had a good night sleep. Since i was up early, i thought of taking a walk to the near by Bagel shop to get myself a nice breakfast and a hot coffee. Bagel and coffee on a Sunday morning was surprisingly refreshing.
There was time left for the game to start, so i called my mom and had a nice talk with her. We were discussing the usual stuff, to be honest, these days we talk a lot about me getting married :-). When I was done talking to my mom, the clock hit 9 55 am. I was getting ready to see a soccer match, which i expected to be a cracker of a game. After Liverpool, Arsenal is the team I support. I really like some of the young players out there. I wanted Arsenal to win this game. But Drogba and Cech had other thoughts. For the second time this season, Drogba scored a brace against the Gunners. Apart from Fabregas and to some extent Nasri, others in the Arsenal team were less than ordinary. It was again a "Reality bite" for Arsene Wenger's men or rather boys. Arsenal did not have a clue on what to do against Drogba. Whats more apalling about this Arsenal performance was, they did the same mistake again, again and again.
I was pretty disappointed to see Arsenal lose. But Chelsea deserved their win and they will be on top again. More importantly ahead of Manchester united. As a staunch Liverpool fan, I would hate to see Manchester united taking the title this season. More so, because, if they win it, they will knock us off from the top in winning the most league titles table.
As the match ended, I did not have anything to do, so i decided to take a nap. I got up around 1 30, took my bath and did my zuhr salah around 1 45 pm and was getting ready for the super bowl. A showdown between the 2 best teams from their respective conferences. Super bowl 44 was contested between the American Football Conference(AFC) champions Indianapolis Colts and the National Football Conference champions New Orleans Saints. Most of my friends, work mates, the media etc. were gunning for colts to win the super bowl. They were tagged favorites for this tie. Since I have this tendency to support an under dog, I was supporting the Saints.
So me and my friend decided to see the super bowl at a sports pub nearby. The game was broad casted live in a huge screen. Since Saints were from NFC, the conference to which Dallas Cowboys belong to, people in Dallas supported the Saints. So we had a huge bunch of people cheering for saints. To our delight Saints stunned the Colts with a fantastic performance on the field. The much hyped Colts team and their quarter back Peyton Manning was humbled by some terrific defending, amazing tactics and the MVP of SB 44 Drew Brees, the quarter back of Saints. The return touch down by Porter off Manning was the highlight of the game. I was happy to see Saints win and I can now brag about Saints with all those who said "Colts will thrash Saints".After the game I had to run back to my apartment, thanks to the rain. I thoroughly enjoyed my first super bowl and so did the Saints, who won the super bowl on their first appearance.
After I came home, I saw a tamil movie "Kutti", which i thought was a good time pass. Overall a Sunday started refreshingly, Arsenal disappointed , Saints and Kutty did not. Looking forward to the week after a nice Sunday.
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