Went to the tribute to the stadium just now with Sulaiman and Denis. It hosted the Singapore Lao Ah Peh VS Malaysia Lao Ah Peh and Singapore VS Australia international match before the closing ceremony before the party thingy. I didn't go for the party thingy of course!!! Not when I am hot and sweaty.

Ok let's call them them the "Ex-International" instead of the Lao Ah Peh. They deserve our respect ok. They are EX-INTERNATIONAL ok!!!(Meaning:OLD) Though I don't even know most of them. Some of them can still ran and throw a tackle I say. Well I can say much for Malaysia No.5 though. He was comical. He was classic Zidane. Standing there and pass the ball around ONLY. We drew but Singapore Lao Ah Peh won on Coin Toss after that. Coin Toss? Ya as Daniel Ong has said, it was a Coin Toss. Too bad it was hot hot hot. I sweat like crap and ended up smelling like one as well.

Dida Dada Tata.........................

One hour later and wohoo...Singapore VS Australia. Yupz the match was good. Singapore was able to held the onslaught of the Socceroos attack and create a few chance to score a goal against them in the first half. Singapore should SCORE man!!! Too bad they either hit the post or the aussie goalie save it.

Papa Mama Dardar.........................

15 mins later and play resume. Singapore create chance as well and defended good until Mustafic Farudin was injured and was sub off. In came HH. Tats the initial of his name cause I dun noe hw to spell-.-He was only 16 year old. What was I doing when I was 16? Oh never mind. Then...BANG BANG BANG!!! The socceroos scored three and we lost 3-0. What a way to end of the stadium last match before tearing it down. Viduka two and Harry one. Thats why I say: "No Individual Make Up The Whole Team" but "One Individual Might Be The Difference Maker"

After which the players receive their medallion along with the aussie from our minister and the Singapore Lions did the round of honour. When they came along to where we are seating tat guy seating next to me manage to conjure Baihakki and Lionel Lewis to throw their shirt and glove away as momento but too bad I didn't manage to get it.

Then came the closing ceremony. It was emotional to some of the moments in the stadium and the fireworks was good. I had my special moment there too...

Remember the various National Day ceremony that I had attended at the stadium.
Remember the Combine School Sports Meet during the primary school days. Tao Nan, Ai Tong, Guang Hua, Chong Fu and Nan Qiao if I am not wrong. The Hokien Hui Kuan five school combine sports meet. FYI I am from TNS.
Remember the first time I was at the stadium to watch a soccer match.
Remember the Asean Football Championship that I went to which was held in Singapore.

Well some of the soccer match was memorable. Including the one versus Malaysia where we won on penalties and versus Thailand where the Thais walk off the pitch when we got a penalty. The "referee kayu" chant was memorable too. Ahhh...not forgetting the classic "beepbeep beepbeepbeep beepbeepbeepbeep:Bodoh". By the way "Bodoh" means dickhead if you don't know.

Well the stadium holds many memories for many and I sure have my there too. Too bad it will be torn down soon to make way for the new Sports Hub. It is always sad when they tear down my homeground. The National Stadium is actually the closest stadium to my house u know. Too bad too bad. U need to change to improve and change is not always the happiest of all thing.

Well until the next time...