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Friday, September 17, 2004

Why Not Football?!

I didn't think that there would be much fuss about some 'young priests' playing football on their usual 3rd Thursday outing/recreation. You would think that priests don't play any game at all, least of all football! Well then, here is one reason why football can be an influence to anyone whether in cassock or not!

The field at the SFX Retreat Centre that morning was graced by several distinguished footballers that gave the game a name never ever experienced before! It was an epic challenge in a 4-a-side team play that saw several brilliant footwork and scoring moments that will bedazzle even Maradona himself. What made this all the more interesting was that, apart from the two teens who joined us for the game, the rest of us were hopelessly disproportionate in age, body mass and health. One was a little on the plump side. The other almost got blown away by the strong wind, while another recently survived death by heart attack - six times! Another would break out in a Bob Marley song 'No Woman, No Cry' everytime he misses a shot at the goalpost. The other two seems to be made for each other: he would hurl insults and verbal diarrhoe at the other and the other would take all these calmly knowing that he can get at him back in lessons at Latin (for the other teaches Latin). For the 6 priests who actually played on the field that morning, it was an exercise in wheezing and panting and the realisation that we have reached an age where we don't bother to count white hairs anymore!

Here was how we stacked against each other:
A little on the plump side, one who almost got blown away by the strong wind, the two who were made for each other versus 'No Woman, No Cry', death by heart attack and the two teens (altar boys who joined in the carnage!)

By the way the scoreline was 6 - 4 to my team's favour.

Now, you have a go at this game! Nowadays women are getting into the scene. So, what's really wrong with priests doing the same?

5 comments:

Holy Drummer said...

Guess who was 'almost blown away by the strong wind'! =D

And no, sorry. We Altar Servers just have that upper edge. =p

I reckon the 6 goals were a double hat-trick by the two Servers =p

Try harder Father... try re-enacting Fr. John Bosco - I heard he dribbled past each and every Altar Server in an underdog match when he was still in Holy Family, while reciting something. At his last word, he scored.

The secret?

"Our Father in Heaven..."

Anonymous said...

Z tries to blow Fr Aloy with a strong wind :P

Let me guess...the one tat can be blown away is Fr Alex...he is one of the smaller ones in the lot..

Death by heart attack? Fr Mike?

Any prizes for guessing the correct winner?

Anonymous said...

Fr Stephen Yim likes soccer i tink...if u watched the video about his priestly vocation...u get wat i mean..

Fr Alex is tall lar (tat time Chrism Mass put Fr Aloy between Fr Alex and Fr Luke, Fr Aloy very jia lat)but Fr Alex quite skinny rite...? No?

Z

sousuke said...

@Holydrummer

Well it maybe a double hat-trick...of own goals???
Fr Aloy was not in the same team as the 2 servers. Anyway you should not look down on senior people, Mc Stammer did score 2 goals againts the younger servers in the last soccer match of the camp.

@Jude gal

Try playing a sports or do some really stranious excercise, it would hurt alot if you have not been excercising for a long time. Cut him some slack ok, watching football and playing it is totally different. Besides his team won. (unless it was really 6 own goals by the 2 altar servers)

Anonymous said...

Heya,

Yups it's over and done with.

Slipper ah...some guy best ah...wear slipper at this event :PPPP

 

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