East Asia Games
The buzz and excitement in town this last week in Hong Kong has been about the East Asia Games which is like a mini annual Olympics for countries of East Asia. There was a HUGE fireworks that kicked off the opening ceremony last week and finale fireworks carried on for thirty minutes - pretty darn impressive display.
We managed to score tickets for the final of the football between Japan and Hong Kong but showed up a wee bit early i.e. 2pm for a 5pm kick-off so I snapped a few snaps out of boredom.
Here's the missus posing with the mascot / emblem. It's a 40,000 seat stadium and eventually filled up to capacity. Although this guy below had a whole section to himself to read his paper!
I'm a self confessed geek but this guy below wins the Gold Medal for geek of the year!
I managed to capture the first goal on video which went to Japan as the locals 'booed' non stop.
We managed to score tickets for the final of the football between Japan and Hong Kong but showed up a wee bit early i.e. 2pm for a 5pm kick-off so I snapped a few snaps out of boredom.
Here's the missus posing with the mascot / emblem. It's a 40,000 seat stadium and eventually filled up to capacity. Although this guy below had a whole section to himself to read his paper!
I'm a self confessed geek but this guy below wins the Gold Medal for geek of the year!
I managed to capture the first goal on video which went to Japan as the locals 'booed' non stop.
Hong Kong eventually won 2-1 in extra time so 'they' all lived happily ever after!
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11 comments:
Grin, that must have been an awesome experience :D
Love the guy with the newspaper and the Geek :)
Haha love the guy on his laptop. I wonder if he's watching the soccer on it!
@ NicoleB: It was great. Couldn't resist taking the geek shot!
@ Baino: maybe he's Twittering the game!
The video is cool - must've been a thrill! Love the geek photo!
Fun photos!! Looks like a good time was had by all.
Footie just ain't my thing, man. I totally missed out on the sports gene. I would probably be the geek with the laptop, checking out air conditioning engineers.
That lonely guy must have been there pretty early - ha, and with a Newspaper - he must be a soulmate of mine - lol.
Looks like lots of fun. Nice capture there on the video ^_^
@ Totally Spain: Thanks - The geek is my fav too
@ Maya: Thnx- yeah it was a blast
@ Nick: lOL - I'm no sports fanatic either - A/C engineers can be quite fascinating ;-)
@ Fida: He was there for 2 hours solo!
@ Fili: Thanks - I just had a feeling sonething would come of that corner
Nice one..looks like fun..What kind of weather are you experiencing there now?
@ Diarmuid: Unusually cold spell due to a monsoon off the south coast - I'm wearing a fleece and Pj's in the hoooose - normally I'm free loadin' sin ropa!
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