had always been a Mancherster United fan. i still remembered vividly that night when they won the champion's league final in 1999. i was watching it in my mom's room. it was the only room with Mega TV (bet you cant even remember what the hell that is). what a night. just when you thought all hope was gone and then the come back equaliser and that deep into injury time goal that won them the Big Ears for the first time in since 1968. i was screaming so loudly that my mom threw the tv controllers at me.
i've missed the subsequent finals in 2008 and 2009 because i was on call on those days. so when Man Utd qualified for the finals against barcelona for this year's edition i was bloody determined not to miss it.
the morning of may 28th was spend stocking my fridge with beers and cabinet with keropok. had my Man Utd jersey (the one when they won the treble) out and all ready. two 18,000 watt speakers (borrowed from the clinic) were installed to my tv...if you cant go to Wembley, bring Wembley to you. i even skipped my jogging routine that day cause i didnt want to tire myself out for the 330am game.
so i was all set for the big finals. and then my phone rang at 8pm....with the "Bad Day" tune by Daniel Powter....which means my MA is looking for me. fucking cibai.... it had to happen. it had too...
40+ year old lady suddenly collapsed at a family function. GCS was only 7. so had to intubate her and i had to escort her to Sibu.
but all is not lost....i had a sudden flash of genius (doesn't happen very often). i can still bring my Astro card with me and watch it at Sangeetha's place (where i usually bunk when im in Sibu). she has an Astro decoder at her place. i felt like a genius. crisis averted.
so there i went.....night cruise along the rejang river then followed by a spine breaking bumpy ride from kanowit to sibu hospital. by the time i had settled everything at sibu hospital, it was nearly 12am.
rushed back to sangee's place all excited with my moment of genius. got into her house and....WHERE THE FUCK IS THE ASTRO DECODER!?!?!?!?!? well, maybe she kept it somewhere after cleaning the house (no harm being an optimist). so i called her.
me: sangee, where is the ASTRO decoder?
sangee: oh, ivy took it back to kl when she got transferred.
me: WHAT!!!!
sangee: aiyah, dont worry. im getting it installed. they say will come next month.
me: NEXT MONTH!!!!!
sangee: yeah. dont worry.
this woman obviously doesn't know there is a final going that night. so i called john.
me: john, sleeping ah.
john: no dei.
me: you watching the game tonight? are you on call tmrw?
john: im on call tmrw but you can come over and watch the game if you want. what time isit?
me: 330am.
john: ahhhh...you come only la. can can....
so took a power nap. woke up at 300am and msg john. no reply. buggar must be still sleeping. didnt want to call and disturb him since he was on call after the game. so i resigned to watching the replay at 1pm. if cannot watch live at least the replay pun jadi la...
at 830 my good friend andrew tan messaged me. now andrew is a liverpool supporter. if he sms me at 830am on a sunday morning, it has to be something to do with the final.
so i purposely ignored the sms and replied him, "did not read ur msg cause i haven't watch the fnal yet and i dont want to know the score. got emergency last night. planning to watch the replay at 1pm."
send....
there, now he knows and wont tell me anything bout the score. 2 minutes later i got a reply from him. i clicked on his msg and there it was written "barca 3, man utd 1."
........speechless........
when i go back to melaka in June, with God as my witness, someone is gonna get real hurt.
SOMEONE.....
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