The social dimension, and fun

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Jun 9, 2010 8:21:43 GMT 8 Rajiv said:

To "mark" the 2010 World Cup, the tagline/slogan for GIFFA was "Why pay to watch? Just play".

This has now been changed to "A game every day".

Feel free to suggest alternatives below.

For the blog (FIFFA), the tagline – “Sustaining interests and activities even as we get older”, and the slogan – “Never too old to score”, remain unchanged for now.

I've come across a couple of situations where 2 people who have found their way to our games through different routes knew each other independently of playing in our games.

In the first case, Look Liew and Sze Kuan:
Collin --> Sze Kuan
Collin --> Mark L --> Andreas --> Look Liew

In the second case, Julius and Ganesh:
Rajiv --> Edardy --> Philipp --> Julius
Rajiv --> Tom --> Yaseen --> Poh Keng --> Ganesh

6 degrees of separation, or Singapore is still a small place?

Raminder was introduced by Look Liew, and first played at the Premier Pitch on Sunday, 20 June 2010. Since then, he has played several games on Saturday and Sunday at the Premier Pitch.

On Wednesday, 14 July 2010, when we were a couple of players short at The Cage, I asked around to see if we could find a couple of additional players. There was a group of about 17 to 18 playing 3 teams of 5 over two hours at another pitch. A couple of players from that game joined us. One of them was a Raminder.

When I played the 6 to 7 pm game at the Premier Pitch on Sunday, 25 July 2010, I went down early and saw the end of the 5 to 6 pm game.

As I had not played with Raminder at the weekend before, it was the first time I was seeing the Raminder introduced by Look Liew. I am quite sure it was the same person who played with us on Wednesday, 14 July. As none of the other players playing that Wednesday play at the weekends, Raminder would not have recognised any of us.

Coincidence or what!?

We've never had a game on Friday, and the Monday night games at The Cage have been infrequent, but we managed 26 games in July, as close as we've gotten to averaging a game a day.

GIFFA is more than just a game every day, so how about "More than just a game a day".

A couple of work colleagues have come to play in GIFFA games through different routes:

Andy N & Eam

Reza --> John S --> Andy N
Reza --> Joel --> AJ --> Eam

Alex F & Yip Weng

Rajiv --> Nick C --> Alex F
Rajiv --> Yip Weng

If all the introductions were mapped out in full, we'd have quite a web.

Eddie was introduced by Marc H, who used to play with us at Bukit Timah campus.

Eddie sent me the following e-mail yesterday:

"Funny - I ran into Sanjay (of the Cage) last night at a common friend's wedding and in trying to help me find games, he told me about you!"

We currently have four games a week.

"More than just a game a day" had two meanings - (1) the aim of having at least a game a day and (2) there is more to GIFFA than having a game a day.

Now that we're down to four games a week, I'll change the tagline/slogan to "Social football with a competitive edge".

Jan 11, 2011 11:58:21 GMT 8 Raj Singh said:

Dec 25, 2010 12:09:58 GMT 8 @Boris said:

I'll be working in Singapore from now on. Hope to catch up on my futsal. Haven't played at all these last 2 years.

Mate are you playing soon ?

Yea man! You still in Lakeside?

Ace will be away from Singapore for 2 years. His last game before he leaves is on 1 February 2011. He asked if there is sufficient interest in playing a second hour that night (10 to 11 pm, after the usual 9 to 10 pm slot).

Add your views below.

i'll be away for 2 years in brisbane.

by the way, the 2 hr testimonial match cost $50 per player as all proceedings will be used to cover the cost of the pitch with the rest being channelled to the 'Ace Academic Foundation' to support needy student like myself. autograph session and drinks will be provided after the game.

just kidding guys!!! payment as usual.

I've moved the post here, for those who might be interested to know.

Hello everyone! I'm staying opposite Boon Lay MRT and its tough for me to go to ECP. Is there anyone else going from west whom I can hitch a ride with? Can go to any MRT on the EW line up to kallang

Jan 25, 2011 14:41:01 GMT 8 Damian said:

ps. BORIS!?? Is that you Boris?? Fm Middle East? U back??

Haha yea it's me.. What up?!

Hey man, i'll be back for a week during that time, will try to join!

Jan 29, 2011 4:44:44 GMT 8 Ben Y said:

Crap. i have to attend a family reunion dinner on that night. Would there be another 1 hr later game? I'm having withdrawal symptoms for not playing for a few weeks.

There needs to be a lot more interest if we are to have a second hour.

Going back to KL this week.. Will be back on monday..

Xin Nian Kuai Le! Gong Xi Fa Cai!

Some more comments from the thread for last night's game:

Jan 27, 2011 21:01:58 GMT 8 Ace said:

1) ace (last game in spore, moving to A league in the january transfer window)

Jan 27, 2011 22:08:40 GMT 8 Bryan F said:

must give face to ace so i'm in.

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Jan 27, 2011 23:34:27 GMT 8 Mike A said:

You played in my testimonial, now i'll play in yours! ....

Jan 31, 2011 13:59:19 GMT 8 Stan D Man said:

Sorry guys....especially Ace...hehehe i can't make it tmr nite...family dinner....Good Luck Ace!!! See u back in couple of years time...cheers!

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I hope the game went well. Sorry I didn't come down. I wasn't sure I could, and in the end, I didn't need to as everyone playing had prepaid.

All the best Ace in your time away.

Another one, discovered on Sunday - Yip Weng and Daniel Tan

Rajiv --> Yip Weng
Rajiv --> Tom --> Yaseen --> Poh Keng --> Erik ---> Edmund --> Daniel

I have discovered that one of the earlier one's can be extended further to David M and Daniel LJK

Rajiv --> Edardy --> Philipp --> Julius --> David M
Rajiv --> Tom --> Yaseen --> Poh Keng --> Ganesh --> Daniel LJK

And a shorter one - Stanley and Andy Tan:

See Kit --> Stanley
Jon L --> Andy Tan