Wimbledon

Wimbledon, today is just SIMPLY SIMPLY SPLENDIDLY TREMENDOUSLY MAGNIFICENT!!! It was a lot of fun, although the sun was scorching down on us. So, the day started with us queueing for almost 4 hours to get the tickets. And we ended up with only Court No.1 and not Centre Court. Sigh. I had to get up at 5 am to do all the breakfast and all. And the sister who is supposed to be doing it is nicely snoozing away on the floor. Eh heh. Until I told her it was 5.50 am and we have to get there as early as possible to get good tickets!! The night before Wimbledon was really fun. We were totally crazy.We went out to get frankfurters for tomorrow's lunch and sunscreen. I forgot to bring from home. And unfortunately, the local store near Camden was closed due to power failure. So, we hopped on a bus and went straight to Tottenham Court road which is about 10 minutes bus ride away. Without our parents' knowledge. Only to find that Boots pharmacy JUST closed and Sainsbury is on the verge of closing. Nope. We didn't get any sunscreen in the end. But during the 4 hours queue, we got lucky!!! Not only did we get bottles of Evian we got free sunscreen and picnic covers as well!! Well, thank God or we'll have to waste 11 pounds for a bloody sunscreen for a bloody day. The matches were awesome!!! Venus Williams is totally an amazon queen. Her war-battle cries reverberates off the stadium and her stomps and sudden surges shakes the earth. Her serve can kill a person. The velocity and power it has is really intimidating and almost frightening.We were lucky to be sitting 6 rows from the court to witness everything. It was a beautiful seat which was extremely near the court and behind the players and the umpire. I give credit to our South-east Asian player, Tamarine Tanasugarn of Thailand for such a great match against Venus. She was really consistent and she never gave up. In fact, all the players never gave up. When all hope seems lost to have a comeback they will suddenly break their opponent's serve and bring the game up to a deuce. I really salute these people and hope to be such a fighter. Enough of words said. Let's look at the pictures!!!

The court before the game

Venus and Tanasugarn... see the difference in height!!! Tanasugarn is 5' 7" btw. Venus is 6'1"

Venus

Tanasugarn

A very cute Italian boy who looks like an Angel

That's all the cloud that we've got

Nicole Vaidisova. My sis loves her.

Vaidisova serving. Love her long legs.

Miss Zheng Jie who won the match

Their beautiful uniforms exclusively by Ralph Lauren. Love their blazers.

Philip Petzschner. German player who serves lotsa awesome aces.

And the weather suddenly changes!!

The end of the doubles match. Petzschner lost. Sheesh.

The game was almost 4 hours.

At the end of the day, my eyes can practically pop out. I was there for 12 hours!!!

A tiring but awesome day nonetheless.

For more pictures, see it from my Facebook, which will be uploaded later.