Ha! The world cup is through and as predicted Germany are the world champs!
I am not too fond of giving up my few precious hours of sleep to watch matches and movies given that my early mornings are busier than the rest of the day. I don't want to wake up like a zombie, feeling crappy.. the tone for the day cannot be set this way. However, a bit of the enthusiasm from around did rub itself on me. I loved watching Arjen Robben sprinting around. I felt he was almost everywhere always. My nephew kind of educated me on the different teams, their strengths leaving me wondering how he managed to get so many names right. My daughter, my nephew and me listened to PitBull and JLo and the kids kept comparing Shakira's recent album and Waka Waka.. It was family night. We had a lot to laugh about, listen and talk. That was the solid outcome of this season. I miss my nephew's presence because we chatted for hours together. By the way I love Waka Waka over the noise that is called Anthem this year. May be it is because I look for lyrics and good music too along with sensible video. Or may be this does not fit into my definition of 'good music'.
In the midst of all this, at the end of a saturated day I picked up Asterix at the Olympic games. They have a way of cheering me up - those Gauls.
Gaius Veriambitius chooses Gluteus Maximus to represent the Romans in the Olympic Games. He believes if Gluteus wins, he can work out his 'promotion' with Ceaser. Special arrangements are made for Gluteus so that he remains cheerful, trains happily and wins. Glueteus is pampered with many luxuries, special diet etc. This reminds me of the German training center Campo Bahia that was exclusively built for the team in Brazil, centrally located so that they needn't travel much yet got their training. The pampering is ultimate. Eventually it is expected that this place will be turned into a luxury holiday village. The parallel just can't be missed. Sport Crazy species we are, aren't we?
Anyway, all is well that ends well.
May be it is worthwhile to take up the exercise of creating a list of all the names in Asterix and Obelix.
PS: The origin of 'Pot Luck' is cute... check for it.
