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.
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!
Hong Kong eventually won 2-1 in extra time so 'they' all lived happily ever after!
Tags: ..football, East Asia Games..
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Grin, that must have been an awesome experience :D
ReplyDeleteLove 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!
ReplyDelete@ NicoleB: It was great. Couldn't resist taking the geek shot!
ReplyDelete@ Baino: maybe he's Twittering the game!
The video is cool - must've been a thrill! Love the geek photo!
ReplyDeleteFun photos!! Looks like a good time was had by all.
ReplyDeleteFootie 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.
ReplyDeleteThat lonely guy must have been there pretty early - ha, and with a Newspaper - he must be a soulmate of mine - lol.
ReplyDeleteLooks like lots of fun. Nice capture there on the video ^_^
ReplyDelete@ Totally Spain: Thanks - The geek is my fav too
ReplyDelete@ 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?
ReplyDelete@ 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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