Thursday, August 31, 2006

My "Virgin" footy game: St Kilda vs Western Bulldogs
Melbourne is one of the cities in Australia that is extremely passionate about sports. Being adventurous, my aim in my short 2 year stint in Melbourne is to try out whatever is popular or phenomenal in Melbourne. To put it in simple terms, to embrace the life of a Melbournian!


Here we are, at the Telstra Dome stadium, all ready to enter the gates to watch a footy game [DA game in winter in Melbourne is footy!]!



Ha, just look at how cheesy one of the team name is. Western Bulldogs. My goodness, do all their players look like bulldogs?



Darren and his 5 minute stardom experience. He was picked to be interviewed by a radio station from Perth. Why? Because the radio guy is desperate! No one wanted to be interviewed when there is a footy game around, everybody wanted to be in the stadium! But Darren, being attention seeking, was all game for being heard on national radio! ;p



Basically, footy is quite similar to rugby, except that the guys wear the shortest shorts and are less bulky. Look at the field, they are so tidy they look like ants!



Ha, of course, when you are watching a footy game, you can't walk in without a cuppa beer! It's DA tradition! Realised that the cups are plastic? That's to protect the shorty shorts kiddos from being assaulted when they play like crap! Lucky for them!



See how attention seeking Aussie blokes are! This guy totally ruined the picture!


More boost time! Cheers mate!


Now, doesn't this picture look much better without any Aussie eyesore around? Tsk tsk..


The game ended with Western Bulldogs suffering a shameful defeat. Come on, how far do they think they will go with that kind of team name? Haha, so this is the train station where everybody awaits their train to get home after the game. Trust me, the crowd is like that of the Malaysia cup final. But only on a weekly basis. That's how passionate Melbournians are about sports. Crazy man.

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