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Thursday, June 15, 2006

world cup fever ehh?

Found this blog post. man, i just can't help it but post it here. it's just for laughs so yeah... girls... please don't take it personally ok? cheers peeps!

How To Make Your Own Official World Cup Ball
Over the weekend, I was at the shopping centre looking through some shoes, jerseys and stuff when I spotted the official ball for this year's World Cup.

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The Adidas Teamgeist.

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This is the Price.

RM400 per ball! RM400 is a lot ok! Not some small amount little kids can afford ok! RM400 can buy me 180 bowls of kolo mee and I'd still have some spare change to keep. And you expect me to spend it on a seemingly normal ball with some stupid curves and the ridiculous Germany 2006 logo on? DREAM ON!

Just then a light bulb appeared over my head. I thought to myself... why not make my own soccer ball? The Teamgeist is loaded with all these fancy technology a casual player wouldn't care. All we care about is the look. Why pay so much for a soccer ball that looks good? Make your own!

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Yes, that's right. For a fraction of the cost of an authentic adidas Teamgeist, I could make my very own official FIFA World Cup 2006 soccer ball. And I'm gonna show you how.

First, you'd need a regular soccer ball. Any one will do. Get a "Made In China" one at your local sports store for a cheap RM40.

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Sure, it won't last as long and the specs aren't as good, but the improvements in the Teamgeist ball are minimal in practice you probably won't notice it anyway.

Then you gotta spray the ball all white.

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Use spray paint of ICI Dulux, whichever you prefer. Gotta have a white background before you paint the designs on later ya know?

Now comes the difficult part.

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You know how the Teamgeist ball features the signature World Cup trophy-inspired 'rounded propellers'? That's important. That's the whole reason why so many wanted the ball in the first place.

But how do you do it?

Easy.

You get a box of Kotex.

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Stick 'em all over your ball.

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Add drawings with a marker pen and there you go!

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Your very own Official FIFA World Cup Teamgeist Ball.

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They look so similar no one can tell the difference.

(this blog post is taken and edited from kennysia.com)