Hello people! How's the World Cup going for you? So far so good, right? :-) Well, I'm really enjoying the games, especially because Slovenia won against Algeria 1:0! Yay! Feeling a bit patriotic, I must say, although I seldom do when it comes to my country. And I have to admit, the game was boring and unattractive, comparable to the one between France and Uruguay. Nevertheless, for such a small country like us, winning a game at the World Cup is an amazing thing. Heck, we even have the chance to qualify to the round of 16, if we beat USA this Friday. So please please please support Slovenia in the upcoming game. If we win, it will be a sensation. If we don't lose, it will be one, too. And then on June 23rd, we're playing against England, one of the top contenders. That will be a game I am really looking forward to, even though I'm a bit afraid, that England will beat us big time. But we'll see, anything's possible. We may be a small country, but we have a big heart and appreciate every moment in South Africa.WORLD CUP PREDICTIONS: I don't think we will come very far. From what I saw, Germany is now for me the best team at the World Cup. They played amazingly well, scored 4 goals and made almost zero mistakes. It was a perfect game and if they keep this pace, they will be unbeatable. Of course, I must see Spain, Italy, Netherlands and Brazil playing their first game to really make a good prediction of the final winner. Argentina impressed me, too. But then again, I think there will be quite many surprises at this World Cup. Maybe a small team will beat a big one, come far, maybe even to the finals? Can that be Slovenia? I highly doubt so, although I would love to see that with all my heart. And I still wouldn't count out England and France, although they haven't played very impressive. I'd like to see England beat Germany in the quarter finals, preferably in a penalty shootout. Imagine Robert Green saving a penalty kick from Lukas Podolski and England wins the game? Whole England would go haywire, I guess :-P
VUVUZELAS: Are you annoyed by vuvuzelas? :-P It's funny, my previous blog post about this plastic trumpet has become hot on the Internets. Even the most popular Slovenian blogger Had has linked to my post and I'm finally getting some Slovenians here. Also over 100 people voted on whether the vuvuzela should be banned. If you haven't voted yet, do so here. People are still googling vuvuzela related stuff a lot (usually connected with shit and fuck, pardon my French). A lot of peeps are upset and that goes for folks all over the world, not just Europe. I guess the vuvuzela won't be banned by FIFA. It's sad, that extremists inserted themselves in the debate, on the one hand white racists abusing the issue to let out their hate towards Africans, on the other hand overly proud Africans, who inserted slavery into the debate. I think both are totally wrong and misleading. It's about a friggin trumpet and an annoying noise, that's driving the rest of the world crazy! Nothing else! The German national TV station ZDF filed an official protest note to FIFA, on the other hand the South African national team is encouraging their people to buy more vuvuzelas and make more noise. O.o Is that the African hospitality everyone's praising so much? I mean, can't there be a middle way like toning it down a little? Looks like the the extremes on both sides are becoming too loud recently, which is not good. I think most of people around the world would be happy, if the sound from the vuvuzelas would have some kind of melody other than the 90min long ear-wrenching beehive sound. It's definitely going kookies and sadly, those who view games from home, who are not in South Africa, will not enjoy the World Cup as much as those who went there and get drunk, party with the vuvuzela. It's a whole different thing and both have their right to enjoy the games. But please, find a middle way. Everyday outside South Africa the vuvuzela is the no 1 topic of discussion. I thought the games should be in the center of a World Cup, not a plastic trumpet.
FUNNY SLOVENIA T-SHIRTS: My girlfriend found these tees (see below and more photos here) on zazzle.com, a website where people can design their own. Actually, she was joking, that she'll buy the I Love My Slovenian Boyfriend tee and wear it, when she'll visit my home country Slovenia one day, haha. I think I would be a bit embarrassed with that, because as an interracial couple, we would already be very obvious, but a T-shirt like that would give us more attention, possibly some people taking photos and uploading on FB or blogs :-P What do you think about wearing such T-shirts? Since Slovenia has become more known due to the World Cup, I'm sure there's many of you out there who would like to show some love or affinity for my country. You can do that by getting a tee from the collection here. I'm not getting paid for promoting these T-shirts, I just think it's a great idea. Don't you think?
- What's your favorite T-shirt? Which one would you wear? See more pics here>>
- And what do you think about Slovenia's chances at the World Cup?
- Which team do you support? Do you watch the games?
[Slovenia T-shirts source here][Chinese girl from a video, source here]
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