hooked on rugby

no, not the one that gets you "high" though it can do the same to you. the sports kind of rugby.

i have always been a sports fan. i remember when we were young, we used to pester our dad to buy us tickets to the PBA. we so wanted to watch the games in araneta coliseum and cheer for our favorite team. back then, we were rooting for tanduay and mon fernandez was our favorite player. that was, until purefoods was born in 1988 (if i remember correctly). we then became huge fans of alvin patrimonio, jerry codinera and jojo lastimosa. that was the reason why our brother was named alvin joseph instead of christian joseph.

swimming, being my absolute favorite sport, is one of the events i never fail to watch during the SEA games. back then, i wanted to be like akiko thomson. or ryan papa. or eric buhain. one of my childhood dreams was to be an olympic swimmer... compete with these people and for the nation. of course, that never happened.

i also enjoyed watching volleyball and have come to love it. i was watching the men's world cup and was actually intent on cheering against team japan. that was until i saw yoichi kato. i thought he was the best player in the team... and the most good looking one at that. i was hooked! from that time, i believe i became the biggest fan of team japan. i even bought a magazine even when i hadn't got the slightest idea what it was saying because all the articles were in japanese. and so i am absolutely jealous of irish and alvin who'll be watching the japan team LIVE!

for the past few weeks now, i am into watching rugby. australia is in the semi-finals of the world cup, going against the new zealand. i don't know the names of the players nor do i know the rules of the game. nevertheless, i am looking forward to an exciting game this saturday. i will be back to the hotel early, same with probably the whole of australia, rooting for the home team. go wallabies!!!