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Singapore beat Malaysia at soccer tonight, on penalties. A bit sad that I had to contend with watching it in the office (am working) instead of being at the National Stadium, which I just found out is being torn down to make way for a new sports complexmajing. The news came out in August last year and stirred up a big debate, but like with most old buildings in Singapore, they get replaced in the name of progress. For The Greater Good. Etc.

I'll miss the Stadium, I haven't spent enough time there, never got to sample the famous triangular curry puffs or coffee in a condensed milk can. So it was built in the '50s and didn't have enough female toilets, but it had a retro coolness that you can't just replace.

I've only been to the Stadium twice, both times when it was full, and the feeling is electric. The first was a Michael Jackson concert (it rocked, okaay) and the second was a Singapore vs Indonesia soccer match a few years ago, long after the heyday of Singapore soccer (Singapore got kicked out of the Malaysian league in the '90s after winning the title). No matter which team you support, everyone gets to yell referee kayu (which apparently means stupid in Malay, but I always assumed that it meant ref unfair).

The best feeling: When a wave is going on, and you can feel the entire concrete building tremble as people stomp their feet.