Tonight my buddy Wilson took me to watch a football match in town- Manchester United vs Chelsea. There was no electricity (as usual), but the TVs at the bar were running on a generator.
I discovered that I enjoy watching soccer last year during the World Cup. But last night took it to a whole new level. The bar was dark except for the few TV screens and the room was packed with chairs and about a hundred people staring intently at the game. There was such a great energy in the room, a breathless anticipation every time the players neared the goal, communal sighs and cheers and protests. Language barriers were gone, nobody in there seemed to care that I was white. It was great.
Man U won 3-1. Technically I don't support them, but I dared not cheer for Chelsea in that crowd.
It was a pretty boring weekend apart from that. Electricity has been extra bad lately, we've only been getting it for about an hour per day. Hanging out in the dark with the cat is not my ideal way to spend an evening, but it seems to happen more often than not. So needless to say, it was great to get out and do something social and non-clinic related last night.
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