So on Friday of this week, had a bit of a special day. Took a small break from I guess what I was supposed to be doing (work) and had a bit of fun. The two instructors for my sport law class had scored some free tickets to a Sydney Roosters game through some of their contacts. Roosters are the Rugby League team (as opposed to the swans that are the AFL and the wallabies that are Rugby Union...try to keep up).
As most of the people I know aren't in my sport law class, it was a bit of a solo adventure but it was good. We met David and Tony (instructors) at the Olympic Hotel right next to the stadium where we all had a few beers before heading in. Got to know a few others in my class as well as some people studying abroad at a different exchange program (Tony taught over there once a week).
The night itself was rainy and a bit cold, but no worries. We went to the game and everything was wet, but we sat under the large awning so we didn't get soaked. The game was really low scoring, final score was 10-0, but no one scored till the second half. The highlight of the night was probably cold beer, warm chips and a picture with the mascot.
After the game ended we all disbanded and the Coogee residents tried to hail a cab back but MY GOD, ever cab was full. After about 30 min of trying to get a cab we decided to head to the bus stop. Adventures galore! So navigating to the nearest stop turned into a challenge. We headed over to where the bus road was but couldn't head down the road (no sidewalk), but almost did before we were stopped (totally could have walked down it). Instead we walked on the other side of the fence, but we eventually hit a dead end on the fence that either made us walk back through the stadium to get to it...oooor, we could hop the fence and head down that bus lane. Now, not the most climbing friendly fence in the world. I went second....
Picture if you will...wade standing on top of a small metal fence (more black metal bars, not chain linked) balancing precariously. The dismount was something you might imagine the 9yr old Chinese acrobatic team to do, just less graceful. That and I my landing was perfectly stuck right into a muddy puddle! I gave it a 10.
We got on the bus eventually after way to long walking, wandering, hoping fences and generally getting wet and made it safely home.
So we rushed down in the rain to take a picture with this rooster. We may or may not have punted some small children out of the way to get our picture. ....whoops. But it was fun. Don't remember any of these guys names though.
As most of the people I know aren't in my sport law class, it was a bit of a solo adventure but it was good. We met David and Tony (instructors) at the Olympic Hotel right next to the stadium where we all had a few beers before heading in. Got to know a few others in my class as well as some people studying abroad at a different exchange program (Tony taught over there once a week).
The night itself was rainy and a bit cold, but no worries. We went to the game and everything was wet, but we sat under the large awning so we didn't get soaked. The game was really low scoring, final score was 10-0, but no one scored till the second half. The highlight of the night was probably cold beer, warm chips and a picture with the mascot.
After the game ended we all disbanded and the Coogee residents tried to hail a cab back but MY GOD, ever cab was full. After about 30 min of trying to get a cab we decided to head to the bus stop. Adventures galore! So navigating to the nearest stop turned into a challenge. We headed over to where the bus road was but couldn't head down the road (no sidewalk), but almost did before we were stopped (totally could have walked down it). Instead we walked on the other side of the fence, but we eventually hit a dead end on the fence that either made us walk back through the stadium to get to it...oooor, we could hop the fence and head down that bus lane. Now, not the most climbing friendly fence in the world. I went second....
Picture if you will...wade standing on top of a small metal fence (more black metal bars, not chain linked) balancing precariously. The dismount was something you might imagine the 9yr old Chinese acrobatic team to do, just less graceful. That and I my landing was perfectly stuck right into a muddy puddle! I gave it a 10.
We got on the bus eventually after way to long walking, wandering, hoping fences and generally getting wet and made it safely home.
So we rushed down in the rain to take a picture with this rooster. We may or may not have punted some small children out of the way to get our picture. ....whoops. But it was fun. Don't remember any of these guys names though.
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