We hurried back from San Mateo, after attending the 10th Anniversary Work Dinner the night before, in order to get ready for the 11:30am kick-off of the England vs. USA World Cup match - the match that was supposed to re-affirm our dominance in the sport that we invented and which our American friends have found tough to figure out. But, given the resulting 1:1 draw, we're either not that good or the USA have gotten a lot better.
In spite of the final score, the party was a lot of fun - aided by the contents of the box that was delivered earlier in the week, following some covert communications between M and Mum & Dad, that contained not only some England plates, flags, noisy-trumpet-thingies, special World Cup edition Walker's Crisps, chocolate biscuits and several t-shirts - and saw some gold old friendly rivalry between the natives here in California and myself and my team of defectors.
After that - we waited the requisite 20 minutes - we headed outside and tried out the pool. The fact that it had only just finished filling up earlier that morning and was pretty cold didn't deter Mark Anthony from being the first in with an impressive Cannonball from the diving rock, followed shortly thereafter by myself with a technically perfect dive fashioned after Christopherson from Fantastic Mr Fox.
Thanks to everyone who joined in the fun. Please remember to keep your fingers crossed and put your thougths behind the England game on Friday - it seems we need all the help we can get!
For more details on the festivities check out Meleena's detailed write-up of her and her friend Rebekah's experience here. In addition, for the video of Marky's cannonball prowess click here.
For more details on the festivities check out Meleena's detailed write-up of her and her friend Rebekah's experience here. In addition, for the video of Marky's cannonball prowess click here.
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