Thursday 8 March 2012

David Beckham


So I got the chance to hit the Rogers Centre yesterday for the TFC game - Toronto FC vs the L.A. Galaxy.  I'm a soccer fan and I've been to a few TFC games before so I was just excited for the game itself...but then of course, this was the big one - David Beckham in town.

Seeing the Rogers Centre (I'll always know it as the skydome, btw!) sold out was awesome!  That only happens for Jays home openers now.  But the difference was the energy.  I've been to Jays home openers, and while it's cool that there are so many people, it can still be moderately quiet when not much is happening.  Last night however, was completely different...  There was a buzz the entire night.  The crowd was cheering, booing, engaged and entertained all night. The energy and atmosphere was like very few games I've been to in the past in any sport.  Oh, and the dozen or so paper airplanes that were thrown from the 500 level and that floated for about a minute before landing on the field...immature I know...but really quite amusing.  The crowd went crazy for every one of them.  I may have cheered along.

David Beckham was of course the target, a relentless crowd not letting up the entire game.  And in my opinion, he rose to the occasion.  Some may say that Beckham has lost his touch.  I beg to differ.  While he may not be the player he once was, it was clearly evident that he is still great.  Every pass, every corner kick, dead on target.  Very cool to see him - quite literally - curve the ball, live.  He kept his composure despite 47,000 crazy (and usually booing) fans, streamers being thrown at him, even a beer can.  (The beer can was not cool - there's cheering/booing and being a fan, and then there's disprect.  Know the line people!)

Overall, one of the most electric environments I have ever watched any game in.  The constant energy the whole night, the engaged crowd, the teams rising to the occasion and delivering a very entertaining game, and seeing one of the greast players ever to hit the pitch...the 47,000 in attendance were treated to a special occurance yesterday.

I wish I took more pictures, but I was too engaged in the game!  Here's a couple:






 

Thursday 1 March 2012

Help!

I need your help!  I just recently got a smartphone (Samsung), exactly one week ago actually...as Steve Jones told me, "Welcome to 2005".  So I'm behind the times.

But I'm not a technologically savy kind of guy.  I have no idea what apps to download.  And when I do know what app I want, there are so many options.  I looked up 'Bible' to have the Bible on my phone - I got 3,767 results!  How do you know which one to choose??

So seriously, please help me out, what are the best apps out there?  What apps should I download?  It can be anything - games, helpful apps, organizational apps, tip calculators, history or french lessons, silly apps...whatever!

Let me know!  Thanks!