First Things

Now back in Singapore with a day at work to look forward to tomorrow. Well, not exactly work since we don't start teaching until the new year really begins, next Wednesday. But there'll be exciting meetings to attend and, no doubt, lots of exciting things to accomplish that I have successfully neglected over the last month. So it's all systems go, or, rather, should be.

To cheer myself up, as I gear myself up, I'm thinking about United's position in the premiership. We got to view a few games in KL, the Liverpool game being probably the most satisfying, though nerve-wracking. Most of the kids had the wisdom to support the finest team in the land, with Ayiem as the sole renegade - he's with the gonners - but they tended to get overly nervous while watching games which, in turn, set me on edge. The last ten minutes of the Liverpool game felt particularly strenuous. In contrast I felt quite relaxed watching the Everton game, by which time the kids had gone, and almost expected that late goal. Last night's romp against Sunderland had the feel of a championship winning season about it, but there's a long way to go yet. (There's nothing quite so satisfying as an inane managerial cliché, is there?)