BlogHide Resteemshighselfesteem (35)in football • 6 years agoMY WORLD CUP QUEST: URUGUAY, BUT WHAT AM I?32/32 WORLD CUP TEAMS COMPLETED MY ULTIMATE GOAL Day 22 of the World Cup arrived. I'd watched a game of the World Cup with someone from 31 different countries and only one remained. Uruguay…highselfesteem (35)in sports • 6 years agoI MY WORLD CUP QUEST: ENGLAND DOESN'T EXIST31/32 WORLD CUP TEAMS COMPLETED THIS IS ENGLAND England is quite the extraordinary place. It takes up a very small amount of land mass on earth and shares an island with other nations. It…highselfesteem (35)in sports • 6 years agoMY WORLD CUP QUEST: ZERO SUM SPAIN30/32 WORLD CUP TEAMS COMPLETED SOME GAME And then there were 3. After a few days of enjoying the World Cup in the company of old friends and new I was back on the hunt for my 30th country on…highselfesteem (35)in sports • 6 years agoMY WORLD CUP QUEST: BUBBLES COLLIDING, BOUNCING, BOPPING AND POPPING29/32 WORLD CUP TEAMS COMPLETED ATOMIC BUBBLES Human society is complex. It has probably never been more complex than it is now. We are approaching a population of 8 billion people with…highselfesteem (35)in sports • 6 years agoMY WORLD CUP QUEST: EVEN ANIMALS DON'T ACT LIKE THIS28/32 WORLD CUP TEAMS COMPLETED A HUMAN INTEREST STORY An interesting aspect about the World Cup is that people really care. How good is your friendship with someone if you don't miss them…highselfesteem (35)in sports • 6 years agoMY WORLD CUP QUEST: THAILAND AND MEXICO; SAME, SAME, NOT DIFFERENT27/32 WORLD CUP TEAMS COMPLETED A THAI-MEX MIX A Mexican friend of mine once told me that Thailand reminded him of his own country. The hot weather. The hot food. The hot women. The hot…highselfesteem (35)in sports • 6 years agoMY WORLD CUP QUEST: CROAT AT LARGE, ICELAND AT NOTHING25/32 WORLD CUP TEAMS COMPLETED ENTERING THE FINAL QUARTER LONG BEFORE THE QUARTER FINAL I started this challenge without knowing where it would take me. I had no idea if I could complete it…highselfesteem (35)in sports • 6 years agoMY WORLD CUP QUEST: RUSSIA AGAINST TIME24/32 WORLD CUP TEAMS COMPLETED TICK TOCK Pilot invited me to watch Russia play Uruguay on day 11 of the World Cup. He was watching the game with a colleague in a Japanese izakaya (Izakays…highselfesteem (35)in sports • 6 years agoMY WORLD CUP QUEST: OUT OF MY LEAGUE23/32 WORLD CUP TEAMS COMPLETED WATER WAY TO GO On day 10 of the World Cup I took a cross city taxi to Ramkhamhaeng. This area is famous for its canal, its traffic and its stadium. It is home…highselfesteem (35)in sports • 7 years agoMY WORLD CUP QUEST: ONE NIGHT IN BANGKOK (PART 3 OF 3)22/32 WORLD CUP TEAMS COMPLETED THE THIRD SECRET OF FATIMA AND OTHER LETDOWNS The final part of a trilogy is usually the worst. The last half an hour of Lord of The Rings should have been left…highselfesteem (35)in sports • 7 years agoMY WORLD CUP QUEST: ONE NIGHT IN BANGKOK (PART 2 OF 3)20/32 WORLD CUP TEAMS COMPLETED INLAND SURF The second venue of day 9 of the World Cup is a one of a kind in Bangkok. I'm not sure there are many of these types of venues in the world. It was…highselfesteem (35)in sports • 7 years agoMY WORLD CUP QUEST: ONE NIGHT IN BANGKOK (PART 1 OF 3)19/32 WORLD CUP TEAMS COMPLETED A WORLD CUP HATRICK On day 9 of the World Cup I decided to go big and not home. I wanted three countries in three games, namely Tunisia, South Korea and…highselfesteem (35)in sports • 7 years agoMY WORLD CUP QUEST: MEETING PEOPLE IS EASY18/32 WORLD CUP TEAMS COMPLETED ANECDOTAL EVIDENCE Six out of ten people on this planet are from Asia. One in five people on this planet are Chinese. These numbers are hard to picture at the…highselfesteem (35)in travel • 7 years agoMY WORLD CUP QUEST: KHAO SAN ROAD IS THE CENTRE OF THE BACKPACKING UNIVERSE16/32 WORLD CUP TEAMS COMPLETED GOOD LUCK, BAD LUCK, RITUAL AND JINXES There was quite a few stepping stones to cross in getting to Argentina. I had asked Entrepreneur to put me in touch with…highselfesteem (35)in sports • 7 years agoMY WORLD CUP QUEST: HOW I LEARNED TO STOP WORRYING AND LOVE THE SPUD15/32 WORLD CUP TEAMS COMPLETED THERE IS A REAL HISTORY BETWEEN THESE TWO As a child I loved history in school. Individuals seemed to have single-handedly shaped the course of history with…highselfesteem (35)in sports • 7 years agoMY WORLD CUP QUEST: IN SEARCH OF PERFORMANCE-ENHANCING SUBSTANCES15/32 WORLD CUP TEAMS COMPLETED FAIL TO PREPARE, PREPARE TO FAIL. OR GET LUCKY. Day 7 of the World Cup arrived and I was satisfied with my progress. You can watch a lot of football in a…highselfesteem (35)in sports • 7 years agoMY WORLD CUP QUEST: UP THE POLES14/32 WORLD CUP TEAMS COMPLETED CONNECTIONS We live in a complex world. The universe is a giant shimmering pool into which pebbles are being constantly thrown. Ripples run into ripples and…highselfesteem (35)in sports • 7 years agoMY WORLD CUP QUEST: THE BEST IRISH PUB IN THE WORLD IS JAPANESE13/32 WORLD CUP TEAMS COMPLETED WHERE IS THE BEST IRISH BAR IN BANGKOK? Irish bars are easy to find on planet earth. 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