My debut with Zambezi FC was in the summer 2002. I never thought an end will come during those fun filled seasons that followed. But I guess there’s a huge difference between 23 and 28. I’m not as invincible as I thought I was. Over the years, many have come and gone. It seems this is the perfect time for me to follow suit.
So I’m done… for now. It was fun.
If there’s anything I’ve learnt in my 27.99 years of living, it’s that there’s never a dull moment. Never. It’s taken me a while to come to terms with that… but knowing that, I believe, makes life much simpler and easier to live.
27 was a good year. Lots of tough decisions. Lots of happy moments…including obtaining keys to my first home. But only a few days ago… a week before saying good bye to 27, there was a fairly unsettling development that some may see as a setback. I guess it is depending on how I decide to proceed. It could also mark the beginning of great opportunities to come.
Tomorrow, I’m going to be ushered into the world of no excuses. A world of men and women… and I have to be ready to play. As my uncle put it earlier this evening, once you get busy working, you lose sight of the days, the weeks, the months and the years. Next thing you know, you’ve lived a chunk of your life.
I am excited about tomorrow as I am about the last hour and a half of 27. I am prepared to meet the challenges and the decisions to be made. I look forward to looking back a year from now and saying… 28 was a good year.
I’ve been one lucky bloke. All things being equal, I’ve had a pretty good deal. It’s time to move to the next level. I’m ready.
About 4 years ago, I wrote a blog entry about how on the morning of my 5th birthday, I discovered I could whistle. I ended that post saying 19 years later, I could still whistle.
Well, 23 years later, I can still whistle. Life is beautiful
Yesterday, January 31, 2006, Ghana’s Black Stars disgraced themselves by succumbing to less popular Zimbabwe in the African Cup of Nations. A draw could have even sent us to the quarter finals.
In the wake of the defeat, Ghanaians both home and abroad have as usual began the blame game.
I can only hope that when all is said and done and passions are calm again, the Coach will be left to fix his mistakes and get us ready for the World Cup. We are in a much better position now than we were a month ago. We now know the true conditions on the ground. And we should be very thankful to Zimbabwe for giving us the wake up call.
Coach, just call every good Ghanaian player you know under the sun. Let them come justify their inclusion. You have about 5 months to pick 23 players. Don’t rule out anyone until they have justified their inclusion.
…But don’t waste your time on people like Joetex Frimpong. This is the World Cup, not the Nigerian premier league .
Long live Black Stars. Long live Ghana.
Italy 1 : 3 Ghana
Czech Rebublic 3 : 2 USA
Czech Republic 1: 1 Ghana
Italy 1 : 1 USA
Ghana 2 : 1 USA
Italy 2 : 1Czech Republic
The White Sox just won the American League. I admit, I’ve not followed them that much this season. Honestly, I’m not a baseball fan. But tonight’s a good night for Chicago. Hopefully things will go really well for them in the World Series.
Earlier in the day, I was at Soldier Field for the Chicago Bears / Minnesota Vikings Game. It started slow but picked up. A fun game to be at. Tillman’s good. And I now understand why there are so many Urlacher fans out there. But the afternoon belonged to Clark.
On weekends like this, when soccer fails to live up to it’s billing, it’s good to know there are other sports, other teams that can lift one’s soul. Yesterday my team lost 3-0 to a team we should have been able to beat. I don’t know how it happened. All I know is we just couldn’t score.
I guess that’s sports. Win some, lose some.
