This weekend was great. GNHC, the office where I’m working, has a soccer team that plays against other government teams and they invited me to join. Today we played against the Bhutan Olympic Committee…. It’s not usually the case, but since we were playing against the Olympic Committee, we played in the National Stadium, surrounded by all the bleachers and viewing boxes.
The Secretary of the GNHC was playing and we had heard there might be a small chance that the Chairman of the Olympic Committee might come as well. The Chairman, by the way, is His Royal Highness Crown Prince Jigme Dorji (brother of the current king), so this was a bit of a big deal.
As luck would have it, he did in fact show up. It was quite an exhilarating game. To be honest, I didn’t have high hopes considering our opponents, but, after a rough start 3-2 in the half time, we managed to tie it up in the second half. (I later found out that in addition to the Olympic committee, they had a few of the Bhutan Royal Guards who were protecting the prince secretly playing on their team as well).
It’s been quite a long time since my pee-wee soccer matches back in middle school and the air up here in Thimphu is really thin (plus, maybe I was a little out of shape, hah), so I think I could use some more practice before our next game. That said, I did manage to steal the ball from HRH, which I think came out as the highlight of the game for me.Photos are now up on my photo album.
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