I can't believe it. Spurs(i.e Tottenham Hotspur, my favourite EPL soccer team) has failed to win an away game again. In fact, they almost lost to a 10-man Fulham team. Conceded a penalty at 82 min. Good thing they managed to equalise, otherwise I'll be throwing things around right now.

Which brings me to my point of writing this entry. Why is it fans of soccer are so passionate about the teams they support? If the team wins, they get in a really good mood, there's an extra spring to their step. If the team loses, woe be to the first person who dares to even greet them. At least that's how I behave, and I know of friends with the same "passion". The ridiculous thing is, I have absolutely no direct association with Spurs. If they win a match, I don't get any match-winning bonus. If they win a trophy, I don't get to lift the trophy and kiss it. Yet everytime they score a goal, I jump up and down and start kissing everyone around me. But if they concede a goal I cry out in dismay and fall into a really foul mood. If they concede a dangerous free-kick I wring my hands and grit my teeth nervously. It is something I cannot comprehend, yet also something I cannot help myself with.

My best buddy, Hongyi, often laughs at me for having this "passion". He even tried to understand this "passion" by choosing a team(Nottingham Forest) to support, but his interest didn't quite take off. I guess it didn't help that Nottingham Forest got relegated that very year, and never came back into the EPL(he could have at least consulted me first before randomly choosing a team), but it further adds to the mystery. Like me, he loves to play soccer, but he just cannot bring himself to love a club the way I love Spurs.

Well, like I said earlier, it's nothing I can explain myself, but I'll leave the science of it to the scientists. Meanwhile, although they occasionally drive me crazy with the nonchalant soccer that they play, until Sir Alex Ferguson gives Jose Mourinho a friendly hug, make mine Spurs!

COYS!!!