Of SoccerNuts and Racism
Unless you’ve been hiding under a crevice inside a gorilla’s armpit - everyone knows that World Cup fever is on! *bangs tambourine with chopsticks*
This time it promises to be an entertaining affair (as it always is).. the record holders Brazil aren’t as superhot as they used to be but may still have it in them to lift the Cup. France must be quite ermm.. desperate if they have to call players out of retirement to play. Past footballing legends Argentina have a stronger unit this time round and are looking solid and South Korea, (previous semifinalists) will be out to prove that they aren’t one hit wonders. Can’t believe Figo is still playing for Portugal, when will the man retire?? Australia mauled Japan to bits.. well, let’s see if they can repeat it against Croatia AND Brazil (my guess is no).
Will England be able to march on towards despite Rooney the Bull’s absence? Will everyone in Group E beat the living crap out of each other because no one wants to meet Brazil in the next stage? Despite mixing up Trinidad &Tobago and Togo, (geography not my strong point) I can’t wait for exams to be over and to do nothing but breathe,eat,sleep, talk, dream football. :)
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On an entirely different note, here’s how to spot racism in action:-
1.Book a table at Movida 1 Hosier Ln for 12 people on a Friday night.
2.Turn up but with 3 people less. Watch the waiters face turn blacker than a kuali’s ass. Watch as they scurry into the kitchen to complain to the chef/owner.
3(a).Try to join both tables to make one smaller table but watch the waiters fobbing you off..and make a lame excuse of ‘max of 6 people per table’. WTH? Ran out of chairs or tables in Spain or something? Tables bolted to the floor because made of platinum or something? )(@*#)(@*#@(#*
3(b).Notice that they have already taken over your empty spots with more patrons.
4. Finally order and smile politely (all the while thinking if only I was in La Bodega *sigh*) at waiter who’s harassing you to ORDER MORE FOOD.MORE TAPAS! MORE ALCOHOL! NOW!
5. Get your meals dumped on table. Watch waiters stalk away with noses in the air, haughtier than Queen Elizabeth at her coronation.
6. Eat the food, reining in the urge to throw a sauteed mushroom or lamb leg at the waiters walking by.
7. Pay $40pp (120RM and that’s a heck of alot of tapas in La Bodega and even in Spain I am sure) and on the way out, Moronic Waiter mutters something about the restaurant losing money thanks to us. Grit teeth and resist urge to spray paint the walls with ‘Puta de Madre’ and instead settle for politely apologizing.
8. Repeat with a table of 8 white people. Watch waiters be more accommodating, the way the Food &Beverage industry is normally run here. They call it the hospitality industry too. I’ve seen prisons which are more hospitable.
A Living, breathing example of racism in the 21st century. No one likes to use the ‘R’ word but can’t deny it. Hospitality my A$$.
