mecca.

January 25th, 2009. a day that will live in infamy. i set foot in old trafford stadium, manchester. but let me enlighten you on how this day started.

January 24th, 2009. alan, shannon and i, we made a plan to go to manchester and the football grounds of united. we went to bed thinking and dreaming of what the next day had in store for us. alan.. he might have taken things a little too literally. i prayed that he did not oversleep.

morning came. the plan, was to be up by nine and leave for the train station at ten. i woke up at 4. shannon woke up at eight. alan.. had gone AWOL. i thought to myself,
'omg, it's happening again. nah, he's probably got it all figured out. he'll be up before it's time to leave.'

ten o'clock passed. half ten passed. eleven o'clock passed. half eleven passed. twelve passed. i might have called him 16 times, to no avail. shannon and i tried to think of a way to wake him up. only thing is, the only way to get to his room is by entering his block. to enter the block you need a special card that only block residents have. we weren't block residents. we looked around for any other resident of the block who was perhaps, loitering around outside in the winter of a typical january morning. none. everyone was too pissed from the after exam party the night before. we gave up. and decided to take a piss. i thought out loud.
'he sleeps like a dead man.'
'i know right. maybe.. i'll give him another ring.'
'here.. in the toilet. while pissing.'
'might work.'
'might work.'
'HOLY CRAP. it's engaged.'
'the pissing magic worked!'

half hour later, we were off. arrived in manchester after forty or so minutes. had to take another tram to old trafford. wasn't quite sure how to get there. as the smart tourists we were, we asked for directions.
'excuse me, do you know how to get to old trafford?'
'yeah mate, just head in the station and go under to the tram station and look for where you want to go at the ticketing booth. just round the corner.'
'ok thanks.'
'what he say?'
'i have no idea.'

we eventually made it.. at three o'clock. and here are a couple of photos as proof. and no, i did not pull em off the internet.





the rest of the pictures are on my facebook. so there. *sticks tongue out.