Champions.

The last week was pretty busy for me. After returning from Taiwan, I found that I had a truckload of things to do, and staying in office until late suddenly became the norm! That said, it was enjoyable.

On Wednesday night (or more accurately, Thursday morning) I headed to Mong Kok to join a big bunch of fellow Manchester United fans to watch the Champions League final. I know I would have tried to get myself to Moscow to watch the final, but with a big event in school on the next day, that just wouldn’t be possible, so the next best thing to do was to watch in Hong Kong with fellow Reds. I actually contemplated not going, but the lure of watching United lift the trophy was too big, so I still headed out anyway. Everyone was on a high throughout the whole night. There was non stop singing, non stop screaming and non stop cheering, and when Cristiano Ronaldo put United up the whole place erupted! When Chelsea got their (undeserved) equalizer, the whole place was still buzzing as everyone was cheering United on. Then of course came the dreaded penalties, and everybody was stunned into silence when Cristiano Ronaldo missed his kick. As we all thought we would witness Chelsea being crowned Champions of Europe when John Terry stepped up, suddenly the whole place erupted again when Terry slipped and blasted his shot wide! Everyone was hugging one another as if the trohpy has been won – we hadn’t yet, but we knew we were in with a good chance.

So then it was Van Der Sar vs Anelka. The French Sulker placed his shot right into Van Der Sar’s palms, and United are European Champions! We almost tore the whole place down with our cheers, and it was truly memorable. The last win in 99 was extraordinary, but this win was just as dramatic. We thought we’d lost it, but somehow we won it again. These are stuffs that great memories are made of.

The moment…

The lot who witnessed United crown European Champions.

When I left the place it was already 6.30 in the morning, and when I got home it was about 6.45 – I had about one hour of sleep before having to go to work! As it turned out, I had to rely on whatever remaining bits of my excitement in the morning to endure the entire day, and true enough, by the time my day ended in office, I went into full concussion mode when I got on the bus! But then again, you don’t get to see Manchester United crown European Champions everyday, do you?

I still haven’t got my Taichung travelogue up – I promise I’ll get it up tomorrow when I have a day off!