Road to FIFA World Cup Germany 2006 - Some memories

[ronchan]

4/3 night free and easy fully sponsor by MBF Master card to watch a match in Germany.
2 business class ticket= RM19096 x2 =RM 38192 (Qatar Airways - 5 star airline)
Pocket money RM10000
Match ticket Euro 100 X 2 (exchange rate 4.6 yr2006)
32" Sharp Aquos LCD TV RM7000+ at the time.
Malaysia was allocated 70 seats sponsor by Master card, and I was one of them.
I went with my wife but we are not football fan.



The set was pre arrange next to window to and fro.


KLIA to Doha


New Carmy as taxi at Doha International airport.


Transit at Doha, stay at Grand Regency Hotel




View from hotel, construction everywhere, up and coming city.


Summer (June to September) temperatures can reach up to 40ºC (104ºF).
When we walk out from hotel, feel very uncomfortable, just don't want to stay for a longer moment and the workers wearing...

[ccwong]

abang, now FIFA 2010 liao

anyway, bro ronchan looks yonger in 2006

[ronchan]

Doha -> Frankfurt


Frankfurt International airport


Master card staff suppose to pick up us at the airport, end up we have to hire a taxi to hotel, but the bill finally feed by them.

Favorite ParkHotel - Mainz (Garden Hotel)


Flower bed within hotel compound.


Small bird park within the park


Rhine River - walking distance from hotel


Bullet Train across the Rhine River


to be cont...

[ronchan]

Mainz is a city with over two thousand years of history...http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mainz
Walk around Mainz old town.




New Merz as taxi


Cathedral


Monument to St. Boniface before Mainz Cathedral






St. Augustine's Church

[ronchan]

Frankfurt walk around
Centre station (Hauptbahnhof)




The place kaki bola meet




Main riverside


View from the bridge across Main river








We went too early, there was no activity at the morning


A few stall only open, my friend ask to buy 3 for them.
Euro 65 = RM302.90



Street sence








watching world cup at every corner of the street

[ronchan]

with Master Card outsource program manager from Greece


With winner from Indonesia


Back to school


Coach with GPS, another 10" screen for passenger


We went to See Hotel Restaurant for lunch which is part of the itinerary b4 we move to stadium, western food was serve but we left over a lot especially those Indonesian, until the chef also

Nice scenery outside the restaurant


Match ticket euro 100


Stadion Kaiserslautern was at the top of the hill, after down from the bus, we was instruct to walk closely in a group, the road was flooded with crowd, just in case one get lost We have to walk about 3km to the entrance we suppose to be

b4 the match




Paraguay


Trinidad & Tobago






Although is not so important match, 46000 seats fully sold out.

[ronchan]

Frankfurt airport


Return home


Altitude 38616 feet


Doha - KL












To end up the story, I start from begining...

Early year 2006, when I receive my MBF Master card statement which attached with a leaflet, when I read through the grand prize, I have a sligh thought, even if I win I might not go...
One day around end of May / early June? I receive call from a lady, saying that I have won the Grand prize, she read out all the items but I need to answer a simple question Yes or No!
My first respond to her was not that friendly because I thought was tipu tipu punya. Just simply answer YES! and I also forgotten what has she ask. Then she confirm the prize and give me the contact number, and ask to ready for passport paticular to preapre for air tickets...OMG after putting down the phone, belife half heartedly quickly check the directory and call to centre to confirm the person and the phone number, dunm it, I really won...unbelievable...

Thank you for reading.

[ronchan]

abang, now FIFA 2010 liao

anyway, bro ronchan looks yonger in 2006

I know you want to say I'm more mature now! TQ!

[thiang]

I want to go also But no

[ronchan]

I want to go also But no

I also no money, but just a little lucky.