Having read the media coverage of fan violence, I was pleasantly surprised by the very different atmosphere at centre court where spectators, it appeared, had planned sketches and prepared cheers for the Aussie players in the tournament.
At one point, there was a tribute to Susan Boyle by a cross-dressing baritone, an "adopt a ball boy" campaign and surprisingly, a 'Where's Wally' hunt across the stadium (they managed to find 16 people dressed up as Wally scattered all around the stadium). I was expecting a thrilling sporting spectacle, but ended the day throughly amused by my fellow audience members instead.
Sadly, in the other Aussie challenge, Alicia Molik wasn't roused up enough to defeat her french opponent. Apparently in a post-match interview, she admitted there were times where she 'spaced out' and lost her concentration.
Speaking of losing concentration, I didn't seem to notice much fanfare in the opening of the IR at Sentosa (or maybe I'm just not in the loop enough?).
What I did find amusing though, was the unconventionally named Hotel Michael. I mean, there're quite a few Michaels around so it surprised me to learn that it was named after an architect named Michael Graves. Not Jackson, J Fox, or Jordan, or even Bolton.
At last count, there are SEVEN michaels working in my office. I mean, I hope this architect guy won a naming contest or something, because I would've thought it was fairly risky to name a luxury hotel after the dude that inspired the designs. Does that mean this guy has to oversee the renovation as well?
In the little blurb on their webpage, it states "a stay at Hotel Michael is for those who see beauty in design and dare to be different."
Oooohhh.. "dare to be different", such a unique phrase that it garners only 13.4 million hits on google.
No comments:
Post a Comment