Wimbledon 2004

[christina]

Damita said:

OMG, i just learned no match has been played today due to the rain... poor Chris, i feel sorry for you, you've been waiting for this day to come. I guess you're very disappointed. Don't cry sweetie , you'll have other occasions

no need 2 cry damita...i had the 2nd best weekend of my life after the world championships, that was better cos i actually partook in that, but anywho on with the story ur probably wonderin y i had a gd weekend wen it rained...

...well, arrived at heathrow where we were stayin on friday nite, n stayed up 2 l8 so i could barely get up at 7 the nxt mornin

got up, had breakfast, headed off to wimbledon via bus 2 heathrow, train 2 paddington n tube 2 southfields where upon appearing from the station it was raining and the olympic torch was goin past, watched that then headed up 2 the AELTC

once we were in the grounds went straight 2 the shop n spent a lotta money on souvenirs etc due 2 rain there was no play all day as u know...so i spent my whole day player watchin underneath the bridge n balcony between centre court n the competitors complex...that was funny, cept they all looked like complete townies cos of their white traksuits, saw loadsa players...hewitt, henman, federer, navratilova, capriati, enqvist (hu looks so much like a biology teacher @ my school, mcenroe, virginia wade, n i'v decided that brad gilbert is an absolute ledge cos each time he went across he smiled 2 the crowd n made the rock on sign, the closest we got 2 play was @ 6 pm wen the got the net, ball kids n an umpire out b4 the rain came down, that was so funny cos my dad n i hadn't bothered 2 go back court one which we had tickets 4 but stayed @ court 18 where there was a crazee crowd who were doin mexican waves etc, wen it stopped rainin they started singin "it's not rainin any more" n "bring on the swedish" (match was meant 2 b between 2 swedish) n afta the covers went back on sum ppl started singin "oh johnny, johnny, johnny, oh johnny johnny, johnny, johnny wilkinson" n the aussies in the crowd stated shoutin 56-15 cos we lost 2 them at rugby b4 tryin 2 start a sing song...that was the end of my day....we left wimbledon sayin no we rnt gonna go 2moro n queue 4 ppls sunday but by the time we got 2 the hotel we were completely up 4 it, i wasnt goin all that way n not seein a single ball hit! ;D

27th June 2004 - PEOPLE'S SUNDAY

woke up @ 6am *aaah* had no breakfast n drove into london, parked n got in the queue...once we got r queue cards we found out where we were - i was number 8477 which meant we were guaranteed centre court tickets, i was extremely xcited as u can imagine!!! ;D ;D

so afta queuing 4 2 hrs 30 mins n revisin 4 my big science exam we got in n headed straight 2 centre court cos it was free seatin, got in there, gd seats nxt 2 royal box, watched federer (AMAZING) n then out came henman, the atmosphere was electric, even during the fed match it was but it kicked up a few more notches for henman's match...mexican waves, chanting, shouting singin, evrything it was brilliant....truly memorable, n then we watched serena williams win easily b4 taking loadsa pictures of the club n then as the rain came down i left the AELTC for the last time this year but i am so goin back....n headed home altho i got stuck in traffic n it took nearly 2hrs 2 get from wimbledon 2 just over the thames....n i also had 2 climb in the window of my bro's room in bristol @ 22:45 pm to get his stuff cos he's gone 2 henley cos he qualified on friday so xtra happiness 2 add 2 an already AMAZING AMAZING weekend

ok now i need 2 sleep cos writin that was hard work n i had 5 hrs sleep last nite n just hooked up with my d*mn fit cocaine dealer tennis coach from wen i was younger 4 the first time in 4 years so xtra tiredness

[Magda]

Hey Chris!!! I'm happy to hear that you had a wonderful time and you got to see some matches!! Thanks for the report

[me]

Glad to hear that the rain didn't ruin Wimby for you!!! Nice report, thanks!

-xxx-jes me

[christina]

o almost forget...this one 4 caroline...saw sluiter a few times on saturday, gazing into the sky with a glazed look in his eye *wink, wink*

[Damita]

oh Chris i'm so happy for you... yesterday Magda and i thought that maybe you had tickets for sunday... and you had some, that's cool

[sirius]

alright chris! thanks for the report! that's so cool!

[Teresa]

Great report Christina, and very funny in parts, LOL you sure had some adventure, but glad you were able to see good matchs on Sunday,

n i'v decided that brad gilbert is an absolute ledge cos each time he went

Educate me please........what is an absoloute ledge?

[Teresa]

Goran said in his interview

But, you know, with me, sometimes I don't know what I'm saying, you know. And people, they always try to ‑‑ I always say what I mean in that moment, you know. Sometimes is bad. But, you know, who cares. I said lot of stupid things in my career that cost me. But, you know, that's me. That's why, you know, a lot of people like me. A lot of people didn't like me. But I stay the same, you know. Nothing change me.

Trust me, Goran you are not the only one! reminds me of some one I know

He also says in his interview

GORAN IVANISEVIC: I think you should wait for another Goran. Is going to come. You know, it's change of generation. Every generation has own Goran. So I was the Goran of this generation, you know. I think in the future you going to have some guy who comes.

Safin is close, you know. But I don't understand him sometimes, you know. He's Russian. You know, Russians are...

and what he hell does he mean, 'you know, Russians are........'

[Chiro]

Teresa>> 'Absolute ledge' stands for absolute legend.. you know meaning he is like the best but in a different sense

hehe.. 'you know, Russians are..' that is so typical of him to say that... i think he just meant that they are really emotional people with feelings that are known by all.. sound familiar? hehe

[MariaV]

Wow Christina, glad you could see some great tennis live and enjoyed the Wimbledon atmosphere! ;D

Teresa: The Goran interview was just great as usual! About the Russians..... you could figure out the words yourself, I would say "a bit crazy", esp. concerning Marat! Chiro said it more politely (and so nicely! )though! Heheh indeed!

[Teresa]

Chiro said:

Teresa>> 'Absolute ledge' stands for absolute legend.. you know meaning he is like the best but in a different sense

hehe.. 'you know, Russians are..' that is so typical of him to say that... i think he just meant that they are really emotional people with feelings that are known by all.. sound familiar? hehe

Thanks Chiro.......for me Gilbert is an 'absolute ledge in the BS sense hehe UGH! :

And yes your take on the 'you know Russians are....'
does sound familiar hehe

Teresa: The Goran interview was just great as usual! About the Russians..... you could figure out the words yourself, I would say "a bit crazy", esp. concerning Marat! Chiro said it more politely (and so nicely! )though! Heheh indeed!

MariaV, yep Chiro said it soooo much more politely

[Vassily]

"Russians are..." and that's my, Russian's, explaination of wehat he said. That doesn't need continuation. They are Russian. Sometimes different cultures don't understand us.

[christina]

Chiro said:

Teresa>> 'Absolute ledge' stands for absolute legend.. you know meaning he is like the best but in a different sense

first bit, yeah that was wat i meant....but i meant it like gilbert rox...roddick i may not like but his coach is ace

[Damita]

Vassily said:

"Russians are..." and that's my, Russian's, explaination of wehat he said. That doesn't need continuation. They are Russian. Sometimes different cultures don't understand us.

yep. Marat said it once and gave no further explanation ;D i think i still have an interview of Chesnokov (well, i think it was him) where he tries to explain what that means...if i remember well he gave the same explanation Chiro and Maria gave (i don't remember in which terms though ;D)

[sirius]

russians are....... a glorious enigma.

which reminds me, i was watching IAN WRIGHT, you know, the travel guy, last night and he was in russia.

GORGEOUS!!!! wow!!! i'm gonna go there some day...