Going to Euro 2012!!

Croatia vs Spain. 18th of June. 20:45. Category 1. Yep, it is happening, for my first top level football match (not counting the Mozambique vs Benin match I saw back in Maputo) I am going to be watching the likes of Xavi, Iniesta, Fabregas, Modric, and Casillas grace the pitch. I am actually in a state of disbelief at this fact.
Getting tickets was quite a pain I must admit, and the fact that the Euro's happen right during exam session doesn't make it easier either (I have Chem final exam on the morning of the 18th for example).
So how did I get the ticket? Well...I had heard from a friend of a friend that there was maybe a possibility to get a ticket to Croatia vs Spain, so I made sure I was free that evening and the following morning, and offered a fee I thought reasonable. 600 PLN. Ticket prices inflate at a whopping rate though, and it was not long before the buyer in question had received a higher offer, and that ticket was lost to the world. I despaired a little, but I wasn't surprised, I had actually given up hope of gettting a ticket for the Euros long before that in any case.
Then I got an email from UEFA, saying that the Ticket Portal had opened up again, and that one could buy the remaining tickets that had not got sold during the first Ticket Portal opening back in December. I logged in, but the website was lagging due to the massive amounts of people with the same idea as myself, and it was taking forever to order the tickets. My friend Peter also tried to log in, and after several attempts he managed to select the tickets, and buy them as well. Going to the Euro 2012 was suddenly not a dream, but an approaching reality.
It was pretty incredible that we actually got the tickets, because later on that day I heard from another friend that she had also tried to get tickets to that match online, but that they were now sold out.
It is also nice that I have actually been to the stadium where the match is taking place (Album on facebook page). I went there with my friend Muhammad Husain when we went to Gdansk for some sightseeing. It will be remarkable to see it now  packed with 40 thousand people. Can't Wait!
But now it is all work and no play up until that day, exams are coming and they always manage to sneak up around the corner and catch you by surprise.

Pz.

Btw, if you want to order tickets for the Euro 2012, they are still some left, book them at https://ticketing.uefa.com/euro2012/default.aspx

Kortowiada Clips and Pics

Medical Division excited to be in the Kortowiada Parade

Medical Division's Kortowiada Shirt: A Doctor's Prescription.

Spartans at the Parade 

Walking past the City Hall

In Old Town

Alex Photobombing my pic of those beauties in white =P

Afterparty and Celebrating Peter's B-Day

The sponsor of the event: Lech Beer.

Tempted to make a "Datass" meme out of this one, lol.

Snotty Tuesday!

You know it, *Sniffles*, something is certainly going around, everyone, including myself, seems to have a mild case of the runny nose. This makes life difficult and rather uncomfortable, especially at all and every public place. Take the library, for example, where btw they have like doubled the guard (lol) since some radio station came for a visit or something. I think it is safe to say that the library director or whatever is suffering from a severe case of paranoia, but that is old news of course. Anyway, the library, where everyone is bent over trying to read something makes for quite a hilarious place to have a runny nose. I am sitting there, seriously contemplating my options, go to the bathroom for the up-tenth time to blow my nose at risk of looking like I have other less noble intentions, or stay and join the orchestra of sniffles. The latter option is not too bad at the early stage, when one's part in said orchestra is like the flute, soft and not very noticeable, but when it evolves into something like the tuba, its less pleasant. So there I am, stuck in the snotty dilemma (excuse the image) whilst trying to bend my head down to read about, ironically, the nose's function in the respiratory system while not letting the Niagra fall lose from my nares. Oh the troubles of this world...
On a lighter note, the worst seems to be over, and I can go to bed gladly knowing that tomorrow I will be faced with one less difficulty. Oh, and a bunch of fellas who have had a little bit too much of something are outside my window at this moment happily singing "Koko Euro Spoko" (what did I tell you!)

Night All.

Pz.

T.I.P. #4 Koko Euro Spoko?!?!

Unless you happen to dwell under a rock, or insist that a game played with the skin of a pig should be termed football, you know this summer is the Euros in Poland/Ukraine. As the event draws ever closer, Poland has prepared itself well for the summer spectacle, building fancy stadiums, expanding airports, revamping the infrastructure, all to make sure that the Euro 2012 is the best it can be. Then it came to that little detail of choosing a anthem for the Euro. In 2008 Enrique Iglesias got everyone moving with "Can You Hear Me", and before that Nelly Furtado pumped it up with "Forca". So when Poland chose a song to represent the Euro, surely they would choose a Polish superstar to deliver the goods. Hahaha, oh no. The ones entrusted were a band called Jarzebina, made up of a group of Polish women aged between 32 and 82(!) dressed up as grannies in a traditional custom.
At first glance this seemed like utter and complete madness, like, beyond insanity madness, but on a second thought, maybe its a genius move? The phrase, "So bad, that it is actually kinda good" comes to mind.
I mean, the song is awfully catchy, as in when you walk around you sorta bob your head to "Kokokoko Euro Spoko, piłka leci hen wysoko!" and on top of that, it is awfully original. You've not heard much like it.
I recall for at the World Cup in 2010, when shakira released her "Waka Waka", not many
people liked it at first, everyone wanted K'naan's "Waving Flag" to be the sole anthem of the
world cup. 2 years later, its Waka Waka thats still playing at clubs and football stadiums around
the world, not Waving Flag. Sure, Shakira's fantastic hips may have something to do with this
remarkable turn of events, but don't hang these grannies out to dry yet, I feel that the world will
warm up to this song. You heard it here first, "Koko Euro Spoko" will be a huge hit.

Don't let me down now grannies!

Tourist In My Town

Ok, so I guess it is fair to say that Olsztyn is "my town" now. I don't know, it is always weird for a TCK like myself to try to belong to a place, and that funny feeling of home sickness when I see an airport on an episode of Grey's Anatomy is just one of those things I have to try to suppress. So, for the time being at least, this is my town. Anywho, to get back on topic, my family visited this last week, so I got to show them around Olsztyn. Not that there is a whole lot to see, and many interesting things I have yet to come across, but I showed them what I knew. Interesting thing it is, touristing a town where one has lived for about 7 months, but I definitely came across some new places, and it just goes to show that there are always novelties wherever one goes. The break has been good, but now it is time to get back to real life and finish school well before summer. Work Hard, Play Hard. =)

On a side note, This good weather has really got me itching to play some more futa... gotta find time to get on that. My feet are itching for some action.