Goosebumps

I saw the 2007 world cup opening ceremony today. It was long boring and like Reggae music. Once u have heard one song, u have heard it all. And the only thing u recognize is Bob Marley. Having played with West Indian players for the past few yrs in WMCB, we have come to recognize some of the traits of people from the Caribbeans. First of all they are chilled and as Viren aptly pointed out, they like to blow their own horns a lot. And they like to talk.. oh Man, do they love to talk?

So it was not surprising that the ceremony was long.. full of reggae music in which all u could hear was "Put your hands up", "clap", "peace", "friendship", "together"... All the songs had it. I mean this was kind of country music w/o the reference to a pick-up truck or barn. The crowd was going crazy though. That was the only good part about it. Those guys enjoy to party and chill out.

And then there were the players walking out to the middle. It was funny to see the Bermuda players walk out in pink shorts. I mean come on! Fine, u gave the Bermuda shorts and all but this might be your only stint in the World cup and to be dressed like that is awful. A lot of players like Lara acted serious and all and then there were a few players like Sachin grinning like a schoolboy about to play in his first world cup and that gave me the shivers. Here is a guy who is playing in his 5th world cup (yeah 5th), has played in more ODIs than any, scored most runs in ODIs, most runs in world cups, what not... and still he is excited like a kid getting his first chance. I hope he gets the tag of World cup champion as he truly deserves for the spirit and love he shows for the game.