Oman Vs. Kuwait

Dhofari Gucci is on fire today! I can't wait to get out of work and set myself up on the sofa with the family to watch the Oman vs. Kuwait soccer game tonight. To those of you who have no idea what I'm talking about, Oman is playing Kuwait at 7:30 tonight at the stadium in Bausher (Muscat). Omantel purchased 20,000 tickets to ensure people can go for free. Guards will grant free entrance to anyone wearing the Omani flag colors or red. Anyone coming in plain clothes will have to pay a rial to enter. Five rials for better seats and ten rials for VIP seats.

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If you're in Muscat, GO CHEER! This is an order! If Oman wins, we'll play in the Asian Cup. If not, we're out. It's very important!

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Have a great weekend everyone! All my colleagues have left work early (hah). Evidently having rain and a soccer game AND it being Wednesday are valid enough excuses to leave work early. Oman will never change.

Random Salalah Scene..

Only Asians (us included) would know what this photo is all about ..... (read below!)

Cricket match of course! India and Pakistan .... right there in the middle of the road. These are die-hard cricket fans! (note: the television showing the game is actually on sale in that tiny little shop. I love Salalah). I took this photo a few weeks ago on my way to ... somewhere.

Tonight is Salalah's first soccer match at our huge (well, huge to us) new sports stadium out near the mountains. Saudi and Oman. I figure all the tourists from Saudi Arabia are out there cheering.

Brings back memories of the Gulf Cup 19 in January. That was so much fun. I don't have a photo of the completed stadium because I haven't been out there yet, but this is a photo of the model. So, I want to send out a shout to our boys; the National Soccer Team .. 'Go guys!' and pray that they win.