one man's sorrow, another's fortune

          I don't really know if the saying up there is accurate but its definitely what it is for the English and the German football teams last night. There's a German term called "Schadenfreude" which means pleasure derived from others' misfortunes and how apt is that for the German team? The English may as well drop this piece of German word from their dictionary before their opponents realize that its in there, that they understand its meaning and that they can hurl the word at them and laugh. And laugh they certainly can because they deserved to win, they played "a little" better. My "better half" was in a foul mood last night as goal after goal shot into the English nets, i could have sworn i saw a speck of tear hastily wiped away from his cheek, well, that's an exaggeration but he was definitely at the point of bawling and crying his lungs out after the fourth goal...'

        Speaking of guys and crying, i cant understand why its so important for guys to conceal their vulnerability. I think, and i dont want to make the mistake of generalizing here but...some girls prefer men who dont betray their emotions and show a little sensitivity and weakness. We dont expect our boyfriends to uproot gigantic trees nor wear stretchy pants and save helpless people, hell, we would never ask them to wear their panties outside their tights. We, I, never expect them to perform superhuman feats, all i want is for him to hold my hands as i wail over a tragi-romantic movie, show a genuine feeling of concern when i lost one of my earrings, console me when the scale reveals bad news, spend an entire day without sulking in a shopping mall with me. Of course, there's always a favour to repay for every act of tenderness. I would probably have to make extra cups of tea, watch matches with him irrespective of the ticking clock, watch uninteresting kungfu movies, etc. etc. But that's how it is, you give and take in a relationship. Isaac newton should have been given the nobel prize for excellence in romance theory for his "to every action, there's an equal and opposite reaction". Not applicable to many relationships  i assume, but to mine, it deserves an honour. 

         Coming back to WC, I'll be rooting for Brazil from here on and when i see Lucio holding the WC  Trophy for the world to see, I'd know they have avenged the English's defeat and my devastated bf's. Seems like FIFA has officially affirmed that Adidas' Jabulani is faulty which, in my opinion, is pointless at this stage because it will continue to be used during the rest of the WC matches. Brazil's match against Chile was easy to predict tonight, 2-0 in first half makes me think Brazil would walk away triumphant,so, there's no need for me to see the 2nd half . So here i am....