Blimey! The Kaizer Chiefs beat Manchester United today 4-3 on penalties (0-0 full-time.) The Chiefs are a South African soccer team (not the band) from my home province. Well done lads!
Archive for the ‘South Africa’ Category
The Kazier Chiefs rock the stadium
Saturday, July 22nd, 2006Happy Birthday Madiba
Wednesday, July 19th, 2006
Soccer
Monday, June 12th, 2006I know this won’t happen but I do wish the world would call it soccer. Back home in South Africa we call it soccer, not football. The USA does it, Australia do too and so does much of Ireland. In Ireland if you asked about the football you would be quickly regaled by a bunch of GAA (pronounced “Gaah!”, not “Gee Ay Ay”) fans. Gaelic football is very popular in Ireland. Ask for football in the States and you’ll get yardages. Down under football will get you Aussie “no” Rules which makes any other sport look tame.
By the way; Google has a handy feature where you can search for “football Argentina” and the first “result” is a summary of the games. Try any team.
Living abroad and my mum
Monday, May 8th, 2006The coming 14th of May is Mother’s Day. At least it is in South Africa. It has already past in Ireland and the U.K. and is a simple example of the extra things you have to keep track of when living abroad. My dad alerted me to this one.
