broken hearts and broken sleep

i’m nursing my first heartbreak at the world cup. yes korea’s out of the finals now, and i’m sad. i can only imagine what the thousands of korean fans must be feeling back in south korea, having to trudge their way back to sleep knowing that all their hopes have been dashed.

it’s ok if the team has been playing badly. defeat would have been more palatable then. but they’ve performed well dammit. winning against togo, drawing with france (with france!)…expectations were high that they could move on to the next round. they’re the only real chance asia’s got to having the continent represented in the second round. but more than that, it’d have been nice seeing the korean fans with all their fevererish antics, heating up the scene in germany. they must be the most loyal, die-hard, organized, colourful group of supporters around in germany right now. it’s a shame that they have to leave so soon.

ah well

the world cup’s wreaking havoc on my sleep. the 9pm matches are ok (a bit too early for my liking, but still manageable), the 12am ones are fine too. but the 3am matches are a challenge. so i’ve done the wise thing by choosing my matches carefully. those that i think are not worth losing sleep over, i skip. now that we’re moving to the second round, chances of me skipping matches is close to zero. i’m salivating at the very prospects of the games, so how can i even afford to miss one of them??

looks like it’ll be more coffee for me. already the amount of coffee i’ve taken in june has more than surpassed the total amount i’ve taken for the whole of last year. i’m no coffee drinker mind you. but my café nova’s 3-in-1 coffee with cinnamon (bought early this year for the office on a whim and kept in storage because it tasted kinda weird) is suddenly my favourite companion in the office these days. and i’ve resorted to ordering kopi, or kopi ais, with my meals of late.

but hey..i got to wake up late today. and tomorrow. so thank god for the weekends!!