How often do you get to attend something truly historic?
How often is it that you are able to attend an event that you can say has never happened before?
You may think that this may occur when you have attended the "last" of something, but very often those things can change or revert. My university days are a good example of that. I thought I was done and dusted when I walked out of my final exams. I celebrated, I partied and I even spent moments contemplating the time that had past.
This was a short lived "last" though, as within three years, I was back at a different university doing my masters.
Being at the FIRST time for an event, that is an entirely different situation. Nothing can take that "first" away. Once it's happened for the first time, it's locked in. There can be no reverting and there can be no going back.
I was very excited to be at the very first AFL game for the Greater Western Sydney Giants! A new franchise entering the AFL.
I was also fortunate that I was able to share this event with my good friends Philipp and Dana. I had met them both through my LLM studies. Having come all the way to Sydney from Switzerland, they were keen to get more of a taste of Australia. Attending AFL games would be perfect for that.
So I had two firsts all set up. The first ever GWS Giants game in the AFL and the first ever AFL game for my Swiss friends.
The day went off without a hitch (except for the crushing defeat of the Giants).
I had been part of something historic and I had been able to introduce my friends to something new, and incredibly, they loved it!
How often is it that you are able to attend an event that you can say has never happened before?
You may think that this may occur when you have attended the "last" of something, but very often those things can change or revert. My university days are a good example of that. I thought I was done and dusted when I walked out of my final exams. I celebrated, I partied and I even spent moments contemplating the time that had past.
This was a short lived "last" though, as within three years, I was back at a different university doing my masters.
Being at the FIRST time for an event, that is an entirely different situation. Nothing can take that "first" away. Once it's happened for the first time, it's locked in. There can be no reverting and there can be no going back.
I was also fortunate that I was able to share this event with my good friends Philipp and Dana. I had met them both through my LLM studies. Having come all the way to Sydney from Switzerland, they were keen to get more of a taste of Australia. Attending AFL games would be perfect for that.
I had been part of something historic and I had been able to introduce my friends to something new, and incredibly, they loved it!
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