Monday, July 12, 2010

Silly reason to choose WC 2010 Finalist!

Hi there everyone! Right now, right when I'm typing this blog, one of the most spectacular event this year is being on. World Cup 2010 South Africa, Spain plays against Holland. Yay!!!

My room has no telly and I couldn't be bothered to get out of my cosy sanctuary, therefore, I'm not gonna report about the awesomeness of the closing ceremony. However, my twitter timeline said that it was great, awesome, spectacular, Shakira and other singers were lip-syncing.

Well, back to Spain and Holland. Both are big, big football countries. Spain beat German 1-0 to get to the final while Holland beat Uruguay the day earlier (somehow the score slipped my mind!).

Where I come from, both are worshiped. Both my twitter and facebook friends chose either Holland or Spain (or both!) as their champ from the go. It's okay to choose whichever team. We have right to choose, especially that Indonesia is not part of the competing teams. Hehe.

What I can't understand is the way some people tease other people's choices and think that their choice is superior to others. Because seriously, when it comes to preference, relativity really takes matter!

During the semi (or octo-final, can't remember), my friend complained on his twitter status that his newsfeed were being filled with news about Spain, and it was quite tedious to him. I had to like that status. Not that I hate Spain, I have nothing against them, but it's just so boring having them hailed that.

Now that Spain is against Holland, some people are trying to say they pick Spain because Holland was one of our colonists. Well, talk about double-standard!

So, let's look back at the history of Indonesia's complete colonization (sorry I I get it wrong, this is out my memory, can't be bothered to open my history book or google it)

1. Portugal was the first country to colonize Indonesia. Alfonso D Albuquerque led the colonization.

2. Spain came next. Who led them? I couldn't care less. They fought against Portugal. Or did they team up with Portugal to fight Holland ft England? Again, I couldn't care less.

3. Holland came. They arrived at Banten under the lead of Cornelis de Houtman in order to get spices. They met hospitable locals and prolonged their visit. Then they got too greedy and the colonization started. 3,5 century under their colonization was a bad thing, but in some way it was also good. Without them, instead of Republic Indonesia, you could only see different islands going their different way.

4. England also colonized Indonesia although only for a short time. To be honest, I kinda like them as a colonist. Many discovery were found, one of them being the famous Rafflesia Arnoldi by Sir Thomas Raffles. Maybe if they colonized us longer than Holland, we'd all be speaking in English, not Bahasa Indonesia!

5. Japan was the last country to colonize Indonesia. They were here only 3 years compared to Hollands 3,5 century! History said that they were crueler than Holland. But since I didn't experience this first hand, I cannot agree, neither could I object. Thankfully Japan was also busy with World War and the atom bombing, so the Indonesian heroes could prepare the declaration of independence. Ironically, it was achieved with the help of a Japanese military man!

Wow, turns out to be a longer rant than I expected!!! (stop sidetracking, Ath!) Anyway, point is, all of these countries that colonized Indonesia participated in the three latest World Cups: 2002, 2006, and 2010.

It didn't stop people from admiring Portugal's Ronaldo and friends, Villa and friends, Van Persie-Sneijder and friends, Rooney and friends, and Captain Tsubasa (LOL. A football manganime, but more famous than the real footie players).

So, personally speaking, it's silly to pick one team from the other just because of the one that we don't like was a colonist. It's even sillier that if both the teams were colonists.

Love football because of the game. Not because of long time ago history!

I'm off. Gonna watch the game while having midnite snack.

Whichever team wins, there's an Arsenal player lifting the trophy. Whichever team lose, there's still an Arsenal player being the World Cup 2010 runner-up.
Arsenal FTW! (stop sidetracking and watch the final!)

5 comments:

  1. huwahahaa...1st post and bout final WC....
    :D
    dilligent-dilligent write on ur blog dude(rajin2 nulis di blog-mksdnya)
    hahaha

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  2. aq follow ya, ath...
    hope u'l follow back mine...
    keep writing...sayang punya blog, ga diisi...

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  3. Keliatan banget moody-nya nih orang kalo lagi nulis Blog..
    oke...here's my comment

    my twitter timeline said that it was great, awesome, spectacular, Shakira and other singers were lip-syncing...==> lip-sync for a singer is like artificial intelligence for a proffessor..it can kill their carier..

    jadi menurutku lip-sync itu ga termasuk great-nya ahh...malah cenderung jelek..

    What I can't understand is the way some people tease other people's choices and think that their choice is superior to others ===> sama kan waktu halnya kamu membela Arsenal ketika melawan Barcelona atau Chelsea....you're typing something that you don't like but you are a part of it..hehe..it's just funny for me...not complaining...:)

    haha...aku kok jadi kritikus gini yah??padahal tulisanku ga lebih bagus juga..haha..

    kalo aku ngritik (boleh yaa...pleasee..) judulnya itu agak kurang pas sama isinya. Kan isinya utamanya tentang "alasan penjagoan tim di piala dunia"..jadinya agak aneh aja kalo ditulis WC Final..hehe

    tapi ga masalah lah...namanya juga blog..tulisan jujur..kalo dipengaruhi sama ini-itu malah jadi ga jujur lagi..
    lebih asyik mbaca tulisan yang jujur daripada yang palsu (di luar konteks bagus atau nggak..karena itu relatif).


    maafkan saya kalo jadi cerewet..tapi saya menantikan tulisan selanjutnya dari kamu, Thrib..mayan..saya juga jadi pengen nge-blog juga..daripada cuma ditulis di sehelai kertas tanpa ujung..siapa tahu bisa bagi PoV juga..

    hoho
    salam hangat dari saya..
    Med

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  4. AKHIRNYAAAAAAAAAA........... *diucapkan dengan emosi seorang suami seusai menunggui proses persalinan sang istri*

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  5. Haha. Ya, judulnya emang ga pas (makanya skripsiku g jadi, jadi, hehe). Tapi sudahlah. Dan iya, aku emang double standard juga. Manusia mana yang enggak? :D

    Everyone, thank you for the comments! I hope there's something else interesting for me to write! :)

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