So Euro 2008 is going on now. Not that I'm overly fanatical about it to the point of watching every single game; just from the quarterfinals and maybe a few of the better group stages will do it for me. From the look of things Portugal and Holland have a good chance, Spain have been playing well (and Valencia steadily raising David Villa's price tag) but their defence looks shaky at times. Doesn't help that they are meeting Italy, and everyone knows that the Spanish hate the Italians. Not only on the international front, but at club level as well.

Back here in Kuching, David actually tried playing football last Sunday. 6 months of McDonalds, mamak and DotA has taken its toll. Poor first touch, wayward passing, lack of awareness, huffing and puffing after 15 mins, etc etc... Enough said. And it's only futsal.

Anyway, some interesting trivia: if you're a Dutch player and you're late for training, the next day you have to tell a joke at breakfast. If its not funny, you tell another. If that isn't funny either you tell yet another. And of course to help you out your teammates try to hold their giggles for as long as possible. Apparently most of the team brought a joke book along to the competition. Maybe that's why they're playing so well.