Australia v Japan If you've been reading this for any length of time you'll have noticed that I obsess slightly about the Australian Football team (otherwise known as the Socceroos). Last year I flew up to Sydney to watch the qualifying match against Uruguay, and the euphoria of that match certainly made up for the misery of watching the Iran game, and the previous Uruguay games.

So tonight it's the real thing - it's the World Cup and we're playing Japan in our opening match, who will be very hard to beat.

I'm going to go to a bar in Lan Kwai Fong with some Japanese acquaintances - hopefully it won't be me crying into my beer at the end of the match.  ¶ 1:28 PM