United are through to the next round after a 3-1 win over Tottenham. Don't let the scoreline deceive, Spurs were quite good in the match. It was Robbie Keane who drew first blood after Ferdinand and co. were caught ball watching. Tevez equalize some ten minutes later. Spurs would have taken the lead again since Jenas had two clear one-on-one chances but United were very fortunate that he turns out to be an awful finisher. At the 69th minute, Rooney and Dawson were struggling for the ball and when both men fell in the penalty area, Dawson appeared to have handballed. What was worse is that that handball was seen to be a deliberate since his hand looked to have directed the ball of Rooney's leg and yes, a straight red card. The last goal by Ronaldo was a bit of luck again since the Spurs keeper actually guessed the direction right but it was just unfortunate that the ball rolled past his armpit. This Spurs side is certainly a revitalized side under Ramos. It's very attacking football and one can see that players like Aaron Lennon were causing tremendous problems for the defence particularly Evra.
Boo-boo to Liverpool once again although they won the match 5-2. They were trailing TWICE and I got a little shock when I switched on the TV to see Liverpool going down by 1-2 to a group of part-timers Conference group team. The unlikely hero Yossi scored a hat-trick to save Liverpool the blushes.
Now, Man Utd's next 5th round opponent is - Arse-nal. Woah, what a draw while Chelsea and Liverpool get easy stuff. Well, looks like cup final comes early for the United players! Haha..I think Man Utd got a slight advantage since the fixture is set at Old Trafford :)
Wednesday 30 January 2008
Monday 28 January 2008
Father's love
Yesterday was another tiring day due to my grandfather's weekly visit to my uncle and aunt's place. I reached home later than usual yesterday also due to the crazy rain that seem to pound non-stop on the highway journey. It's just pretty amazing to see the blank and bare dark sky flashing constantly from the lightning strikes.
Anyways, the sermon at church yesterday was interestingly given by Datuk Paul Low from KL, touching on the topic of God's fatherly love. From the contents of his sermon, I can see that he's a very well-learned and successful man who has a high reverence for God. He included some topics of discussion like the existence of evil as explained philosophically by a line of argument that I came across in NBS' uni philosophy paper too. I was quite enlightened after listening to his sermon. Personally, I'm just thankful that God's fatherly love has kept me going steady in my tumultuous life journey.
Anyways, the sermon at church yesterday was interestingly given by Datuk Paul Low from KL, touching on the topic of God's fatherly love. From the contents of his sermon, I can see that he's a very well-learned and successful man who has a high reverence for God. He included some topics of discussion like the existence of evil as explained philosophically by a line of argument that I came across in NBS' uni philosophy paper too. I was quite enlightened after listening to his sermon. Personally, I'm just thankful that God's fatherly love has kept me going steady in my tumultuous life journey.
Saturday 26 January 2008
Makan bill
I got to know more about my fellow Lasallians at St. George's at the youth meeting today. One is Fa Man who is Form 5 this year and the other is Cassim who is currently waiting for his STPM results. Lol, at the same time I give them some insights on my life in Singapore also lar. After youth meeting, I went down with Cassim to the mamak stall below to have food. Then after makan, in a hurry, I tumpang Estee's car back to my house. It was when I stepped into my room and digging out some coins from my pocket that I realise in horror that I didn't pay my makan bill at the mamak stall!
So, I quickly got my grandfather to drive me back and it would really be super pai seh if Cassim or any of the church members sitting there had to pay the bill for me. When I reach there, to my relief, Christine said that nobody touch the bill and even the mamak boss was clueless that I had not paid my makan bill yet(speaking of free food..lol). Anyways, I paid my sum and went off afterthat. Ahh..looks like I need to remind myself to pay my makan bills earlier when I eat there..lol.
So, I quickly got my grandfather to drive me back and it would really be super pai seh if Cassim or any of the church members sitting there had to pay the bill for me. When I reach there, to my relief, Christine said that nobody touch the bill and even the mamak boss was clueless that I had not paid my makan bill yet(speaking of free food..lol). Anyways, I paid my sum and went off afterthat. Ahh..looks like I need to remind myself to pay my makan bills earlier when I eat there..lol.
Friday 25 January 2008
The kids are not alright
Being pissed off at your own team-mate right in the middle of a mauling by your opponent is not a very smart thing to do. Lol, who would have thought that there would be a repeat of friendly fire at the field after the Bowyer-Dyer incident! This time, it's Arse-nal with Bendtner and Adebayor being the stars. Apparently, Adebayor was being pissed that Bendtner didn't pass the ball to him and it seemed that the giant Togo striker headbutted his dear fellow gooner. At 4-1 down, it's already shameful but nooo..these gooners decided to heap more misery on themselves by self-destructing themselves right in front of their bitter and fiercest rivals. Captain Gallas had to pull them apart while Bendtner points to his smashed nose as if to tell his captain that such "injustice" to him is not to be tolerated and must be redressed. The White Hart Lane crowd must have been enjoying every minute of it. At the end, 5-1 was the result with more potential trouble set to creep into the dressing room for Arse-nal.
Well, Professor Wenger must have forgotten to teach his kids to behave on the field. Bendtner's father wants Adebayor to be punished for offending his son but it remains to be seen if Wenger wants to offend his star striker in the first place. With van Persie injured, Wenger needs to watch where he is stepping at. Arsenal's footwork may be superb but mental strength does play a part too in the championship race. The gooner's young squad somehow display a lack of maturity in handling pressurising situations and the diverse national background of the squad compounds the problem. Haha, if the gooners wanna continue to take a swipe at one of their own, they're welcome to do so and it's Man Utd's gain in the next coming months :)
Well, Professor Wenger must have forgotten to teach his kids to behave on the field. Bendtner's father wants Adebayor to be punished for offending his son but it remains to be seen if Wenger wants to offend his star striker in the first place. With van Persie injured, Wenger needs to watch where he is stepping at. Arsenal's footwork may be superb but mental strength does play a part too in the championship race. The gooner's young squad somehow display a lack of maturity in handling pressurising situations and the diverse national background of the squad compounds the problem. Haha, if the gooners wanna continue to take a swipe at one of their own, they're welcome to do so and it's Man Utd's gain in the next coming months :)
Wednesday 23 January 2008
Facebook!
Ok, I'm a bit late to catch on this one but I'm in Facebook now! I've been using Friendster for a long time and since I'm free today, I might as well try Facebook out too. One noticeable change of course is the load of *dunnoewhat* that is clogging the profile page! Haha..I'm abit lazy to retype my profile again so I juz copy and paste stuff from Friendster. Facebook just have this overloading amount of things to do and I think pple can easily spend a good 30 minutes using those features. Hehe..the funny thing is that I can even spot some of my teachers and adults that I know in them! The only thing was that I'm still a little clueless at first on how to add some of the hillarious boxes on the profile page. After looking around at pple's profile, I got a hang of it. Ok, let the profile clogging and information overflowing begin ;P
Monday 21 January 2008
Call of Duty 4
The makers of the game that revolutionise World War II combat from Medal of Honour has now turned their attention to modern warfare. In 2003, Call of Duty is probably one of the first to offer authentic weapon targetting with the players using the genuine "iron sight" and reticles of weapons for aimed shots rather than just some cheap zoom in crosshair. After 3 or 4 installments of the series, the team had probably exhausted the list on which WWII battle they should work on. However, CoD 4 is ain't any history lesson since the storyline is fictitious with modern inspirations from the Iraq War and Somalia. Nevertheless, the wide-ranged of authentic arsenal of modern weapons like the M4A1 carbine, AK-47, G3, MP5 and RPGs were interesting. Now, players get to try on the iron sights of modern weaponry with the M16 bringing some memories back for me personally..lol. Oh, and check out the Javelin anti-tank missile! It really makes you feel the awe of how much rocket launchers have improved since the days of the Panzershreck or the Bazookas. Btw, one missile cost around US$80 000 and it was said to be very effective in hunting down Iraqi tanks during the war.
I've finished the single player campaign and I must say, the gameplay experience was excellent although short. The game's "Mature' rating certainly points out that it is gonna deliver some really serious stuff in combat warfare. The wide range of colourful vocabulary from the accented British S.A.S and the blood splatter on the walls from headshots and bullet sprays are some of the stuff that helps CoD 4 earn their audience rating..lol. From the start to the end, CoD 4 captured the combat experience very well and maintaining the adrenaline. Graphics wise, it was truly one of the best eye-candies I came across. Human facial model features were thoroughly detailed. The whole level of Prypiat in Ukraine was modelled authentically on the real-life location in Chernobyl with the eerily famous ferris wheel. Of course CoD 4 don't have any mutants like S.T.A.L.K.E.R roaming around, just some legions of whacko ultranationalist armed with Ak-47s swarming all over the area. On the experience line, CoD 4 again offers something new this time, "death" simulation! They actually produced specially scripted level scenes just to allow players to helplessly feel the grasp of "death" and the seconds just before everything would come to an eternal blank. Very creepy too and it could give the players the shudders. Some interesting plot twist also came from those "death" scenes.
The one small thing that I would be critical about the game is that it sometimes forces you to take the initiative to storm forward so as to get the game script moving. For instance, especially in the US Marine missions, unlimited amount of enemies will come streaming in if the player do not take the initiative to storm forward to certain checkpoints. Technically, the player won't run out bullets (since the floor is packed plenty with fallen corpses) and so, camping would just meant that he would be locked in some eternal firefight. This problem doesn't arise much in S.A.S operations though since they are covert-ops in a specific area instead of an all out war that the USMC engages in.
Overall, CoD 4 is a brilliant game in every aspect especially the FPS experience and probably one of the best I played in my life. It gets me going to research more on modern weaponry too!..haha. They really should get an expansion set going :)
I've finished the single player campaign and I must say, the gameplay experience was excellent although short. The game's "Mature' rating certainly points out that it is gonna deliver some really serious stuff in combat warfare. The wide range of colourful vocabulary from the accented British S.A.S and the blood splatter on the walls from headshots and bullet sprays are some of the stuff that helps CoD 4 earn their audience rating..lol. From the start to the end, CoD 4 captured the combat experience very well and maintaining the adrenaline. Graphics wise, it was truly one of the best eye-candies I came across. Human facial model features were thoroughly detailed. The whole level of Prypiat in Ukraine was modelled authentically on the real-life location in Chernobyl with the eerily famous ferris wheel. Of course CoD 4 don't have any mutants like S.T.A.L.K.E.R roaming around, just some legions of whacko ultranationalist armed with Ak-47s swarming all over the area. On the experience line, CoD 4 again offers something new this time, "death" simulation! They actually produced specially scripted level scenes just to allow players to helplessly feel the grasp of "death" and the seconds just before everything would come to an eternal blank. Very creepy too and it could give the players the shudders. Some interesting plot twist also came from those "death" scenes.
The one small thing that I would be critical about the game is that it sometimes forces you to take the initiative to storm forward so as to get the game script moving. For instance, especially in the US Marine missions, unlimited amount of enemies will come streaming in if the player do not take the initiative to storm forward to certain checkpoints. Technically, the player won't run out bullets (since the floor is packed plenty with fallen corpses) and so, camping would just meant that he would be locked in some eternal firefight. This problem doesn't arise much in S.A.S operations though since they are covert-ops in a specific area instead of an all out war that the USMC engages in.
Overall, CoD 4 is a brilliant game in every aspect especially the FPS experience and probably one of the best I played in my life. It gets me going to research more on modern weaponry too!..haha. They really should get an expansion set going :)
Sunday 20 January 2008
Man Utd 2 Reading 0
Late goals by Rooney and Ronaldo sealed the 3 points for Man Utd. It's a pretty tight match considering that Reading last held United to a 0-0 draw at Old Trafford by parking a bus in front of the goal. This time, they are more adventurous with a more attacking line-up. There were several brilliant runs by the United players, especially with the through balls to Ronaldo, just that he wasn't able to put the ball behind the net. Van der Sar was not particularly alert this time, quite blur with several glaring mistakes. Anyways, I didn't know that Hargreaves could take free kicks pretty well...haha..beautiful curling shot but was denied by a superb Hahnemann save.
Even towards the 90th minute, Reading was quite scary as they come close in spoiling the party. It's just that one moment of concentration lapse that allowed Ronaldo to solo counterattack to seal the win. Kudos to Reading for the match, although they lost, it was a loss with dignity based on the way they played. Hahnemann again made several impressive saves with Lita, Kitson and Harper being quite a threat to Ferdinand and Vidic. The Reading team had the fighting spirit and showed it through their determination and quality movements in their attempt to get the equaliser. Of course, it was totally unlike last week where Newcastle I would say, is shameless in their loss. Maybe King Kev would come back to the TV station for an encore and declare "I would love it if we beat them, love it!"
Even towards the 90th minute, Reading was quite scary as they come close in spoiling the party. It's just that one moment of concentration lapse that allowed Ronaldo to solo counterattack to seal the win. Kudos to Reading for the match, although they lost, it was a loss with dignity based on the way they played. Hahnemann again made several impressive saves with Lita, Kitson and Harper being quite a threat to Ferdinand and Vidic. The Reading team had the fighting spirit and showed it through their determination and quality movements in their attempt to get the equaliser. Of course, it was totally unlike last week where Newcastle I would say, is shameless in their loss. Maybe King Kev would come back to the TV station for an encore and declare "I would love it if we beat them, love it!"
Friday 18 January 2008
Shattered Dreams
I read an interesting article at the Star yesterday. Many people have heard about stuff like illegal maid agencies or work agencies that sees thousands of illegal immigrants flocking from the less developed countries to the perceived greener pastures. Now, it seems that another form of "gold" has been found in Africa, it's called football. Especially in the 21st century, African players are in demand and they are getting more limelight in media. Probably around 10 to 15 years ago, in the 90s, only a few African players were recognisable in the English Premier League but in the 2000s, the list balloons to many with some of them becoming major superstars. People are starting to get interested in the African Nations Cup plus more African countries are being respected as major footballing teams with new entrants like Ghana and Ivory Coast.
African players like Didier Drogba, Michael Essien and Stephen Appiah are national heroes in their respective countries. Their wealth and lifestyle are the dreams that are beyond the imagination of many of the Africans. Drogba and Essien's earnings might even constitute a sizeable chunk of their countries' GDP. With that, came thousands of hopeful boys who hoped that perhaps one of the European scouts may spot their inner talent. Families are willing to give up every ounce of their possession just to aid the supposed "gem" in their family with expectation that its an investment for a skip from poverty to luxury. It is against this backdrop that certain individuals (and it's increasing) see the opportunity for money making and using methods that are not far off from the human smugglers in Indochina. This is probably the first time I'm hearing it, illegal football academies with dubious coaches are popping up quickly. In the end, many of the boys who are promised that they will play for AC Milan or Real Madrid ended up in the rubbish alleys or jailhouses of Italy or Spain. For these boys, as the writer has mentioned, football agents are not what they need in their growing up years, it is their family and parents.
African players like Didier Drogba, Michael Essien and Stephen Appiah are national heroes in their respective countries. Their wealth and lifestyle are the dreams that are beyond the imagination of many of the Africans. Drogba and Essien's earnings might even constitute a sizeable chunk of their countries' GDP. With that, came thousands of hopeful boys who hoped that perhaps one of the European scouts may spot their inner talent. Families are willing to give up every ounce of their possession just to aid the supposed "gem" in their family with expectation that its an investment for a skip from poverty to luxury. It is against this backdrop that certain individuals (and it's increasing) see the opportunity for money making and using methods that are not far off from the human smugglers in Indochina. This is probably the first time I'm hearing it, illegal football academies with dubious coaches are popping up quickly. In the end, many of the boys who are promised that they will play for AC Milan or Real Madrid ended up in the rubbish alleys or jailhouses of Italy or Spain. For these boys, as the writer has mentioned, football agents are not what they need in their growing up years, it is their family and parents.
Thursday 17 January 2008
Newspaper
I usually walk down a few shophouses past Yut Sun (a place where I always have my lunch) to buy the Star newspaper at the newspaper distributor there. After about 2 weeks of travelling there consistently to buy the papers during lunchtime, the tau keh there already more or less know my face. So, it happened today that the Star newspaper was sold out and I had to wait for about 5-10 minutes for one of the vendors to return with the paper. While waiting, I had a conversation with the tau keh since we are familiar with each other. He's Hokkien but is quite fluent in English (I had to tell him I'm Cantonese or he will start conversing with me in Hokkien..lol)
Well, the conversation generally drifted from where I stay to about the issue on my departure from Singapore. He was surprised to hear my point-of-view and that I would rather choose to come back and remain Malaysian citizen as to stay in Singapore. There's a whole lot of reasons at my significant post here which I talked to him about some of the reasons there. Part of the surprise came from his experience that many Malaysian Chinese are dying to come to Singapore to take up PR (old cliched stuff). I joked with him that I was the weirdo going the opposite direction..lol. The usual reasons that he heard for people coming to Sg are same old stuff like better prospects and etc. I pointed out to him that I was perhaps, one of the the odd ones out since I'm planning to take Law plus I'm a non-Science or Maths fella and given the stringent quota and post-studying life there, I don't really see much prospects in continuing life in Sg. Anyways, I let him into some bits of the Chinese community in Singapore. Haha, I guess my unique point-of-view would be sort of an eye-opener for him as is to many whom I have chatted about this issue.
I had an enjoyable time chatting with the tau keh and at the same time, I can say I acquired a new friend..haha. It was nice of him to make an arrangement to inform the vendor to deliver an additional copy of Star with my grandfather's chinese newspaper at the doorstep.
Well, the conversation generally drifted from where I stay to about the issue on my departure from Singapore. He was surprised to hear my point-of-view and that I would rather choose to come back and remain Malaysian citizen as to stay in Singapore. There's a whole lot of reasons at my significant post here which I talked to him about some of the reasons there. Part of the surprise came from his experience that many Malaysian Chinese are dying to come to Singapore to take up PR (old cliched stuff). I joked with him that I was the weirdo going the opposite direction..lol. The usual reasons that he heard for people coming to Sg are same old stuff like better prospects and etc. I pointed out to him that I was perhaps, one of the the odd ones out since I'm planning to take Law plus I'm a non-Science or Maths fella and given the stringent quota and post-studying life there, I don't really see much prospects in continuing life in Sg. Anyways, I let him into some bits of the Chinese community in Singapore. Haha, I guess my unique point-of-view would be sort of an eye-opener for him as is to many whom I have chatted about this issue.
I had an enjoyable time chatting with the tau keh and at the same time, I can say I acquired a new friend..haha. It was nice of him to make an arrangement to inform the vendor to deliver an additional copy of Star with my grandfather's chinese newspaper at the doorstep.
Monday 14 January 2008
New Church, new friends
I went to Taiping Full Gospel Assembly yesterday for church service. Taiping FGA was the church my mama use to attend when she was staying there. Mama told me to look up Pastor Bernard for an introduction but I also dunnoe hu he is in the hall. It was until I saw a man going around greeting good morning to everyone that I manage to talk to him. One thing I noticed when I was in Taiping FGA is that there are really all sorts of pple from all walks of life. Today's worship session was headed by a travelling band called Sands from Penang. This band is very unique since it is made up of people from different Christian denominations and they travel around Malaysia to play in churches. The founder of the group, sister Lucy heeded God's calling and went by faith to lead the group. So, I wasn't really able to see the Taiping FGA music team.
Pastor Bernard is really humorous in his sermon! It seems that Taiping FGA has several active ministries around Perak in terms of orphanages and homes. After the service, a few of the youths introduced themselves to me. I got to know three fellas, Jireh, Daniel and Kendrick. Jireh and Daniel are fellow slackers with me since they are waiting for their STPM results too. I would have gotten to know more of them but my grandfather was already there to hurry me since he wanted to go off to visit my aunt Siew. Ahh, I guess in future I won't be following him for his visiting trips. Anyways, I still got opportunity to know more of them this Saturday since they have youth meetings at 1.30 pm. It seems that they are preparing for a concert at the Town Hall in June and they are in need of guitarist. Oh well, I hope I would have the opportunity to use my drumming skills to serve the Lord and improve more in the process. But I don't really mind switching to learn electric guitars temporary instead if someone won't mind teaching me..lol.
Pastor Bernard is really humorous in his sermon! It seems that Taiping FGA has several active ministries around Perak in terms of orphanages and homes. After the service, a few of the youths introduced themselves to me. I got to know three fellas, Jireh, Daniel and Kendrick. Jireh and Daniel are fellow slackers with me since they are waiting for their STPM results too. I would have gotten to know more of them but my grandfather was already there to hurry me since he wanted to go off to visit my aunt Siew. Ahh, I guess in future I won't be following him for his visiting trips. Anyways, I still got opportunity to know more of them this Saturday since they have youth meetings at 1.30 pm. It seems that they are preparing for a concert at the Town Hall in June and they are in need of guitarist. Oh well, I hope I would have the opportunity to use my drumming skills to serve the Lord and improve more in the process. But I don't really mind switching to learn electric guitars temporary instead if someone won't mind teaching me..lol.
Sunday 13 January 2008
Rampant United hits 6
There's nothing really surprising to another boo-boo show from Newcastle United. Only a team like Newcastle could achieve the feat of conceding 6 goals within one 45-min half. Even without the famous defensive duo of Bramble-Boumsong, the Newcastle defence was still as horrendous no matter who is in it. Well, a little credit to them for holding out in the first 45 min. But after Ronaldo scored from the free kick in the second half, it goes from bad to worse there. Shay Given decided to have some fun and play pinball with his defender and before long, Tevez juz rammed in the 2nd goal and it was as good as over for the Toon Army (if it was even one in the first place). Golden boy Ronaldo scored a nice hat-trick to heap more misery on them. Perhaps Taylor should be complimented a little for some of the last-ditch tackles that would have seen the scoreline beyond 6-0. Carr and the other 2 frends of him are just off, totally off. Shay Given was a world class keeper whenever Rooney shoots but he becomes worst than Taibi whenever it is NOT Rooney that is shooting. Good news for United too with Arse-nal now falling back after a draw with Birmingham. United's massive win was also superb for my EPL fantasy football with my team garnering a monster 105 points thanks to Ferdinand, Ronaldo and Tevez. Haha, the excellent point gains from the last few weeks saw my team rocketed to the top 50 of the Singapore rankings.
On the Jan transfer, bad boy Anelka moves to Chelsea and he's a truly priveledged fella to have played for 3 out of the Big 4 in England plus Real Madrid. Seriously, how many players can match up to that? He was at one point linked with Man Utd but I doubt Fergie wants a bad boy that disrupts club harmony. Another bad boy Robbie Savage moved to the other side of the table to Derby where he may find his bad boy tackling skills more useful. Apparently Star newspaper reported that Man Utd may be putting up a bid for Hunterlaar. How much that's true I'm not sure lar, but it sounds like a good deal since Fergie can't forever depend only on Rooney and Tevez to be at the front for every single game in the season.
On the Jan transfer, bad boy Anelka moves to Chelsea and he's a truly priveledged fella to have played for 3 out of the Big 4 in England plus Real Madrid. Seriously, how many players can match up to that? He was at one point linked with Man Utd but I doubt Fergie wants a bad boy that disrupts club harmony. Another bad boy Robbie Savage moved to the other side of the table to Derby where he may find his bad boy tackling skills more useful. Apparently Star newspaper reported that Man Utd may be putting up a bid for Hunterlaar. How much that's true I'm not sure lar, but it sounds like a good deal since Fergie can't forever depend only on Rooney and Tevez to be at the front for every single game in the season.
Friday 11 January 2008
Pestilence
I wasn't exaggerating when I said that my room is a jungle when it rains. Not only do I need to deal with the water problem, there are insects too. Apparently, some bugs are attracted to the light in my room and they came in swarms! And a handful of them also decided to make my bed as their landing pads. So, what I did was that I switched on the air-con to send them into a prolonged winter frenzy and within and hour, those pest started falling dead one by one and littering my bed even more. In the end, I ended up sleeping on the floor yesterday coz I was too sleepy to clear all those darn pests off my bed. This morning, I spent a good deal of time to use the vacuum cleaner to suck out all their little corpses and also wipe clean the puddle of yellow water that is residing comfortably on the floor.
Wednesday 9 January 2008
Roof leaks
When it rains, it's trouble for my room as I discovered yesterday. There was some heavy thrashing of rainstorm and before long, the air-con is sputtering some water and the side of the wall started flowing out liquid. After the ordeal, a nice brown puddle of water stays in my room. It is particularly irritating especially since I spent the whole day before to mop up the room. Not only that, half of my bed ended up being splashed too. My room becomes a jungle when it rains..lol. Nothing much can be done since it is the structure of the shophouse. Well, I guess I had to live with it =p
Anyways, I went to Maybank today to create a new savings account and I'm pleased to have my own ATM card! Haha, depositing money into the bank is also super simple, juz go to the machine, put ATM card in and cash in to the machine. I wasn't issued a passbook since I'm told that all banking statements are now available online or can be checked through the machine. Hopefully the interest in there also good bah.
Anyways, I went to Maybank today to create a new savings account and I'm pleased to have my own ATM card! Haha, depositing money into the bank is also super simple, juz go to the machine, put ATM card in and cash in to the machine. I wasn't issued a passbook since I'm told that all banking statements are now available online or can be checked through the machine. Hopefully the interest in there also good bah.
Tuesday 8 January 2008
FA Cup 3rd Round
I was able to officially catch my first 'live' football match in my new lease of life on last Sunday at 1 am. Haha..From now on, I need not resort to any sort of unorthodox overseas method juz to catch one. At first, I thought that my first match would be at the 13 Jan weekend since last weekend would not be featuring Premier League matches and that the players needed a break. Oh well, but I seem to forget that there's such thing as cup matches. That's because usually, my unorthodox channel dun really feature cup matches unless its the final.
Anyways, back to the discussion on Man Utd vs Aston Villa. It was a really cagey match especially in the first half. Anderson nearly did a Ryan Giggs when he crazily ran from his own half. Oh, Carrick got some shots towards the last minutes of the game but as usual, his shots do not pose any sort of threat. It's difficult really to pinpoint what kind of role Carrick has even after being in the club for more than a year. He is really really a 'central' midfielfer that is neither good in attacking or defending. Sometimes, more like a fill-up space player in the middle to link up passes..lol. The introduction of Rooney into the field at the 2nd half definitely opened things up and not long after that, Ronaldo scored with the help of Anderson and Giggs and Rooney added the death blow. Overall, boring match in the first half and until the last 10 minutes of the game, there is always an impression that it would end up as a replay.
Over to the other teams, Liverpool's miserable run of misfortune continued with a draw with lowly Luton Town that is on the brink of bankruptcy. They're miserly, they rather save 200k for their own needs than donate it to help a club that is gonna die liao. Considering that it's being played at Luton's stadium, Liverpool should give a bit chance lar. Maybe the 1-1 draw was a slight retribution for that Scroogy attitude..lol. The New Year EPL weekend for Liverpool was hilarious and a big joke. Of all the people, it had to be Titus Bramble to spoil the party. Well, we all know Bramble's 'legendary' defensive skills and his 'glorious' partnership with Boumsong during his time with the 'wonderful' club of Newcastle. Seriously, maybe Shebbby Singh could suggest that Bramble should be playing as the striker forward instead of languishing at the back. Bramble has afterall, some hidden undiscovered talents of putting the ball in the back of the net and his ultimte skill was shown by how he killed Chelsea with his goal a few years ago! The title race for Liverpool is really as good as over already and they should juz focus on winning Cups instead.
Anyways, back to the discussion on Man Utd vs Aston Villa. It was a really cagey match especially in the first half. Anderson nearly did a Ryan Giggs when he crazily ran from his own half. Oh, Carrick got some shots towards the last minutes of the game but as usual, his shots do not pose any sort of threat. It's difficult really to pinpoint what kind of role Carrick has even after being in the club for more than a year. He is really really a 'central' midfielfer that is neither good in attacking or defending. Sometimes, more like a fill-up space player in the middle to link up passes..lol. The introduction of Rooney into the field at the 2nd half definitely opened things up and not long after that, Ronaldo scored with the help of Anderson and Giggs and Rooney added the death blow. Overall, boring match in the first half and until the last 10 minutes of the game, there is always an impression that it would end up as a replay.
Over to the other teams, Liverpool's miserable run of misfortune continued with a draw with lowly Luton Town that is on the brink of bankruptcy. They're miserly, they rather save 200k for their own needs than donate it to help a club that is gonna die liao. Considering that it's being played at Luton's stadium, Liverpool should give a bit chance lar. Maybe the 1-1 draw was a slight retribution for that Scroogy attitude..lol. The New Year EPL weekend for Liverpool was hilarious and a big joke. Of all the people, it had to be Titus Bramble to spoil the party. Well, we all know Bramble's 'legendary' defensive skills and his 'glorious' partnership with Boumsong during his time with the 'wonderful' club of Newcastle. Seriously, maybe Shebbby Singh could suggest that Bramble should be playing as the striker forward instead of languishing at the back. Bramble has afterall, some hidden undiscovered talents of putting the ball in the back of the net and his ultimte skill was shown by how he killed Chelsea with his goal a few years ago! The title race for Liverpool is really as good as over already and they should juz focus on winning Cups instead.
Saturday 5 January 2008
Settled down
I reached Taiping this morning and the whole day has really been tiring for me. The load of stuff that I carry back is totally crazy! I carry until my hands go numb sia. Despite that, I still got a big bunch that is still left back at Sg. The bus trip was alright, the single seat was comfortable enough to sleep on and so I had no trouble dozing off unlike the other time when I can't lower down my seat.
For starters, one of the most pressing tasks to do was to clean and vacuum parts of my room since my grandparents seldom do cleaning because of their age. I gotta clear the dirt before the insects come biting my arse again. I also upgraded my lappie with a pair of speakers! It seems that doing that would make the laptop keyboard less hot and not burn my fingers while I go for long-hour gaming. Previously, I did a test by playing Guild Wars in December and found out that I had to tip-toe my fingers after 1 hr of playing the game. So, the external speakers would put less stress on the laptop. Not only that, one more lesson to be learnt was that the router should not be placed on the modem. Putting them together is like adding extra fuel to the heat that is generated. The interesting result was that my wireless connection ended screwed up and as a result, my WoW downloader is still patching the game as of now.
I check the TV for Astro and it worked! Lol..In addition to the package that I subscribe, I also got lots of free channels. For like about S$ 30 or RM59, I can have my daily dose of EPL football plus history channel and funny cartoons! I think that's more economical compared to the prices that is offered by Starhub Cable TV.
Oh well, looks like I've got a long road ahead of me with stuff like getting the proper utensils for cooking, more cleaning up to do and getting used to my grandparents' peculiar habits. Haha, at least I need not do any shitty studying at the moment and can daydream as much as I want...
For starters, one of the most pressing tasks to do was to clean and vacuum parts of my room since my grandparents seldom do cleaning because of their age. I gotta clear the dirt before the insects come biting my arse again. I also upgraded my lappie with a pair of speakers! It seems that doing that would make the laptop keyboard less hot and not burn my fingers while I go for long-hour gaming. Previously, I did a test by playing Guild Wars in December and found out that I had to tip-toe my fingers after 1 hr of playing the game. So, the external speakers would put less stress on the laptop. Not only that, one more lesson to be learnt was that the router should not be placed on the modem. Putting them together is like adding extra fuel to the heat that is generated. The interesting result was that my wireless connection ended screwed up and as a result, my WoW downloader is still patching the game as of now.
I check the TV for Astro and it worked! Lol..In addition to the package that I subscribe, I also got lots of free channels. For like about S$ 30 or RM59, I can have my daily dose of EPL football plus history channel and funny cartoons! I think that's more economical compared to the prices that is offered by Starhub Cable TV.
Oh well, looks like I've got a long road ahead of me with stuff like getting the proper utensils for cooking, more cleaning up to do and getting used to my grandparents' peculiar habits. Haha, at least I need not do any shitty studying at the moment and can daydream as much as I want...
Tuesday 1 January 2008
Happy New Year 2008!
It's 1st January! A brand new year with a brand new start for me. Well, only about 3 more days before I shall return back to Malaysia :) . I ain't have much new year resolutions this time. Basically, only that I still have the "pro-ness" to again, deal with mass changes in my life plus learn extra skills like guitar, driving and Mandarin.
For my new year outing, I met up with my granduncle whom I had previously met in Taiping too. He came from Australia and after spending a good deal of time over in Taiping, he stopped over at Singapore to visit more people. One of my other relatives took him around and we visited the Chinatown heritage centre. I must say, I'm really impressed with the recreation of old traditional Chinese life, with many of them visible in Malaysia but almost non-existent in Singapore. Some of the stuff there of course, are reminiscences of my childhood.
Eh-heh, tomolo is 2nd January but it's slacking time for me! Yes, for the 2nd time in my last 12 years of life (one being slacking in the first 3 months of 2006 waiting for O Levels) that I don't have to wake up for shitty school anymore. And no more in the future should I wear any skool uniform again! HAHAHA! Anyone else below my age will have to wake up miserably in the morning and put on some ugly uniform with heavy nonsensical workload on their back.
For my new year outing, I met up with my granduncle whom I had previously met in Taiping too. He came from Australia and after spending a good deal of time over in Taiping, he stopped over at Singapore to visit more people. One of my other relatives took him around and we visited the Chinatown heritage centre. I must say, I'm really impressed with the recreation of old traditional Chinese life, with many of them visible in Malaysia but almost non-existent in Singapore. Some of the stuff there of course, are reminiscences of my childhood.
Eh-heh, tomolo is 2nd January but it's slacking time for me! Yes, for the 2nd time in my last 12 years of life (one being slacking in the first 3 months of 2006 waiting for O Levels) that I don't have to wake up for shitty school anymore. And no more in the future should I wear any skool uniform again! HAHAHA! Anyone else below my age will have to wake up miserably in the morning and put on some ugly uniform with heavy nonsensical workload on their back.
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