Togo gewinnt 1:0

(composed 29 March 2009)
As we all know (or at least know by now), we are currently in the qualification phase for some nice fußball festivities taking place next year. In order to say ‘ich war dabei’ or just to have some fun I joined a few thousand mainly Ghanaian Fußball crazies watching 22 people (sometimes one of the cool golf-cars came on the field reducing the number to 21) fighting for a ball. So, yeah, what can I say, it was definitely lots of fun, I can’t believe how cheap it was to get in, the few thousand fußball crazies stayed peaceful, letting me survive my very first live game.

Inspired by this amazing event and motivated by the kids surrounding me I decided to get active myself and yes...played some ‘Tischfußball’...yippie!! While with other sport activities I always carefully chose my contrahent according to his or her age and figure which had to be less and weaker than my own (e.g. when doing a bit of the ‘Armdrücken’) in order to experience some happy moments of winning and to gain the respect of the hard street life ;-) ... I somehow missed that when choosing my ‘Tischfußball’ contrahent. Yeah, what can I say, I lost most (sometimes I did find some tiny kids who couldn’t barely reach the table) of the games and probably the hardly earned respect of the tough street life.

So, yeah, as you can see, my research is getting along...when you are reading the stuff above, please don’t forget that my first step consists of observations. During the last three days I got in contact with some children, got to know them a bit and am still working on building some kind of a relationship. I hope that by next week I can start some interviews and more important get some more detailed insights in the children’s daily life.

So, for now, that’s it...I am still enjoying the African sun, finally getting some kind of a tan (totally uneven, but a tan) and will move to a beautiful house with some beautiful girls on Friday.