January 7, 2013

• Report # 959

  Hey everyone, I hope that you’ve all had a fantastic weekend and a great start to the week. I didn’t run on Friday as I woke up super late and I wanted to head to the movie theatre. I had lunch at Chilis and then I went to see Lo Contrario al Amor, which was a movie from Spain about a girl and her interesting relationship with a fire fighter. It was a pretty good movie, and I enjoy watching films from other countries. I headed home and had a pretty relaxing evening.

  On Saturday I got myself up at exactly 10:00 am as I had said I would do in my last entry. I went for a run at Fundidora Park and then walked up to Las Galerias and had lunch at Wok, where I enjoyed some wonton soup and lots of sushi. In the morning a friend had told me that she had gotten tickets for a soccer game so I was definitely wanting to go as I had never seen a live soccer game before. I got home from the mall in the afternoon and relaxed for a bit before heading out and taking two metro trains to arrive at the stadium, which was on the campus of UANL (Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León)

  My friend arrived shortly after and we talked for a while and waited for the guy to arrive with our tickets. I paid 350 pesos, (about 28 dollars) This ended up being more than the cheap seats were advertised for on the internet, but we had really great seats at the bottom right by the field, and seeing as it was the season opener and the team here is super popular, it would have been super hard to get tickets through any other way.

  I believe there were over 40,000 people in the stadium, and the home side, Los Tigres de Monterrey, deafeated Los Jaguares de Chiapas 3-0. I was surprised because at the halfway point the game was 0-0 but Monterrey really took control in the second half and sent the home crowd away super fast with three great goals. My friend had lent me a Tigres jersey so I blended in nicely.

  Before the game started there was a show with dancing performers and a big blow up Tiger, as well as lots of fireworks. It was a pretty cool way to start of the season for the team. I bought a coke and a sandwich as popcorn at the games doesn’t seem to be a Mexican thing ! I had to buy some small gloves before the game because I was pretty chilly as it was only around 6 C (42 F) when the game started.

  I figured the climate must have worked in favour of the Tigres as the visiting team was from Chiapas, way in the south west of Mexico, in a much more tropical place, so I imagined those players were a little chilly ! Overall it was a great game and I enjoyed it a lot. Monterrey has another professional soccer team called the Rayados, but seeing as I got the chance to go to a Tigres game first I will end up rooting for them.

  It was a great experience and it was amazing to see just how passionate the soccer fans were here and how happy they were watching their favourite team. It will really be wonderful to see another game in the future ! Yesterday I had a pretty lazy day as I just ran at Fundidora and headed to Cinépolis to watch Ruby Sparks. While it was a very weird movie, it’s cool watching movies like that as if everything in movies was 100 % based on real life they wouldn’t be so interesting.

  I got home a little after 4:00 pm and that was pretty much all I did for Sunday. I talked to a friend in the evening and she said she wanted to get together today, so we made plans. I woke up this morning at 9:00 am and went for a run at Fundidora and then headed home and had a shower and walked up to Las Galerias to meet her. We talked for a while and we had lunch at Las Alitas before going to see Jack Reacher. I really didn’t want to see a Tom Cruise movie, as I hadn’t seen one in almost seven years, but I will admit the movie ended up being a lot better than I thought, and I would be lying if I said that I didn’t enjoy it.

  Afterwards we just talked and walked around the mall and in some stores for a while. I bought a Tigres shirt and my friend bought a dvd for a show she likes. I walked home, trying to call the lady from Teleperformance, but she didn’t pick up. Tomorrow I will definitely be trying to call her throughout the day as I really want an answer as to whether or not they’ve delivered my documents to the migration institute yet. So I better get that answer tomorrow.

  It’s warmed up here over the last few days as it’s been sunny and around 15 C (60 F) I believe it actually felt warmer outside under the sun than it did inside the houses. The nights are still cool, but certainly not so bad like last week. From what I’ve seen it will continue to warm up over the next few days, so it looks like this cold spell is over ! So in the last few days I’ve been doing well with getting up early, and tomorrow I’ll be continuing with that and seeing about visiting some museums in the city. For now that’s all I have, so for the next question:

  Do you have a favourite sport to watch ? What is your favourite team ?

  Seeing as I ended up going to the Tigres game I took some pictures, so it looks like I wasn’t able to go an entry without photos yet. I will leave you all with some pictures from the game. Take care and I’ll talk to you all on Thursday, bye for now.

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

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