Footballers Say The Darnest Things

For the longest time possible as I can remember, The New Paper is my daily read. There are so many interesting articles I had came across but this article on the Sports section on TNP on Sunday that made me feel like I should blog this down.

I love to watch soccer and in "Footballers Say The Darnest Things", many of the soccer players featured are those that I recognise and the one that got the most space and attention was David Beckham, my favorite player of all time. Well, I can go on and on about how much I lurve Becks aka Golden Balls, and try to defend him in this article; but there are others that are really LOL...

"The important thing was we got the three points" ~ Wayne Bridge on Chelsea's Carling Cup final win over Arsenal.
Eh, hello! Carling Cup is not a league, what 3 points are you talking about? Moreover, it was a win in the final... You have gotten the Cup!

"When you're 4-0 up, you should never lose 7-1" ~ Laurie McMenemy's logic
Where did the 3 goals went to?

"I couldn't settle in Italy - it was like living in a foreign country" ~ Ian Rush on why he failed at Juventus.
Of course its a foreign country! You are not Italian mah...

"I would not be bothered if we lost every game, as long as we won the league. " ~ Mark Viduka
Well, you can... If the league only has one team... But I still don't understand how you can lose...

Real Madrid Snubbed

Hahaha... Orbi-good!
Orbi-good = Singapore slang for serves you right

Serves Real Madrid right for not cherishing such a great player like David Beckham. Serves Fabio Capello right for leaving Becks on the bench for so much of the season. Capello now plays Becks, after the deal with LA Galaxy is signed and sealed. And I'm pretty sure he's amazed at Becks ability and at his own stupidity for not cherishing the player.

Serves Steve McClaren right now. Though he has dropped his ego and pride by recalling a player he "famously" dropped when he assumed the role of manager of the England national squad, after seeing Becks superb performance lately at Real Madrid. And I'm pretty sure he's amazed at Becks ability and at the backlash he received from the public regarding how wrong his "right" decision to drop Becks was.

Can't wait for May 2008 to come. I would be in Oklahoma for my on-campus residence and most important of all, I'm going to try all means to get to LA to watch Becks play.
MLS starts in April and Euro 2008 starts in June. Hope I'm there at the right time.

England vs. Israel

The England team was practically made up of 3 useful and active players only, with the rest being rendered useless because of tatics and positions problem with the exception of 2 who shouldn't even play at all...

Robinson was kinda free, Israel didn't have much good shots.
Ferdinand was as usual, dreaming only...
Carragher had a good game. One of those that really played.
Phil Neville had a good game too. Both he and Carragher were covering for Ferdinand while he wandered in dreamland. He would perform even better if placed in the left, instead of the right; which was his position for so many years.
Terry was usual, clearing the ball when it needs to get cleared.
Gerrard had a good game.
Hargreaves was on form but a bit out of position, thus couldn't perform his best.
Lampard, as I repeat, shouldn't have played. Pratically CMI. Cannot create play and gets the ball too often as I was thinking, "What for pass the ball to him?"
Lennon had a presence. But McClaren played him in the wrong position. Pratically, a player who could be of some help and of some use was kinda rendered useless.
Johnson had a presence too. But as a target man, he was a bit off, somehow just not there.
Rooney was playing in a game he shouldn't have played at all because the tatics used don't suit his play.
When Downing and Richards came on as substitutes, Dear and I were like, huh? Only Defoe came on and made a difference.

?1: Since Ferdinand is always in lalaland, why not just drop him? (reminder: I'm a Man Utd fan) Push Carragher to mid and call for Luke Young. Young can play right, while Nev can move to left.
?2: Lampard is a CMI player. He can perform in Chelsea is because of Makelele and because people feed him the ball. I don’t know I said this how many times already. Plus the fact he needs a deflection to score, sigh…
?3: Time to bring Becks back into the squad? I can’t help but say that. When you need good crossers and free-kick specialists, you have none. Bring Becks along, but unless you are playing a crossing game and if still don’t wana put him in the starting line-up, at least on the bench lah, duh!
?4: Hargreaves, Lennon and Downing are good players, but please give them their positions, putting players out of their positions only rendered them useless. With the exception of some “utility” players who can play like 4-6 positions; players like Carragher or P. Nev.
?5: Though players are good like Rooney, playing tactics that don’t suit their style of playing will just render them useless.

McClaren better wise up his game, if not he'll face the sack.

Things...

I really don't know what I want to write or type about, so bear with me while I blabber away...

- I'm going to write/ type properly. No "SMS-wordings".
- I can't get to sleep. Don't know if it's because of the teh-peng I had just now.
- I still think having cancer is more fortunate than having that particular muscular disease. Either I die or get cured. That, is just, die...
- I'm in a depressed mood. I just feel like crying and I just don't know why. This is the XXth time it's happening and I'll just blame it on the monthly "relative" visit.
- More than half of my MSN contacts are perpetually offline. I don't know if they just don't come online at all or they just don't switch on their MSN. Maybe they do come online, at the office during office hours, but some companies don't allow MSN-ing in the office. Having checked their personal email and surfing or doing whatever they need to do in the office, they need not even go online when they get home.
- Every working environment has its pros and cons. Take some, lose some. Ah, my dear colleagues of mine, if you're reading this, you can guess what I mean... If not, ask me at work lah. - There's this particular makan review of mine that I have not blogged yet. Will do it... Soon? Hopefully?
- For almost 2 months, I told myself to update my profile here and on Friendster. Finally been able to do it just now, because I can't get to sleep.
- Ruben Studdard's 3rd album, Return, has loads of fast-paced songs. Slower the better mah, can showcase his vocals. Tunes are catchy, but don't do much justice to his vocals. In case you're wondering if there was a 2nd album, there was, but it was a gospel album, thus not that "commercial".
- American Idol 2006: Kellie Pickler is officially the first alumni to release an album after the contest. (read: album, not single). Her album was released end of last month, so who's next? I've not heard it yet because the only copy in the store is a US import copy, slightly expensive so not within my budget to buy. (ok, I admit, I love Ruben Studdard, Kimberly Caldwell, Carrie Underwood, Taylor Hicks, Kellie Pickler, Chris Daughtry from the American Idol franchise)
- I really fucking hate my fucking stinko breath. I can even smell it myself! Dr Khor calls this dried mucus thingy a "scab". So when can I fucking stop having this fucking stinko scab thingy?! It was so damn fucking bad that it smelt like fucking gross vomit the other day.
- At last, I yawned... K, a few more yawns and I'm ready for bed...
- I am still having a damn cold. Had a throbbing headache on the 3rd and when I woke up the next day, I was having a runny nose. Due to this stupid headache, I missed a friend's birthday party! Succumbed to fever finally on the 6th and got an MC. Till now, I'm still having the blardi runny nose. (Maybe my nose training for a marathon)
- 2nd yawn. K... Not so bad...
- 3rd one... K... But I still don't feel sleepy. 0313hrs, and I'm still typing away... I'm supposed to wake up at 0730hrs...
- 4th time I've yawned so far.
- EEKS! I smelt it! My breath stinks! Argh!
- England drew 1-1 with Holland in a friendly yesterday. Becks gave up the captain's armband after the World Cup a few months back. Till now, he has not been called up to the England squad...
- I just farted, and even my fart stinks! But I think my breath stinks more...
- I thought Myolie Wu would have won this year's TVB's Best Actress and/or Most Favourite Female Role. These 2 awards went to Charmaine Sheh instead, which is another of my favourite TVB actress. However, between the 2, I still would choose Myolie Wu.
- Yawned for the 5th time...
- 6 cartons of Jap stocks coming in. As of 1930hrs just now, none of it came in yet. Hopefully all very easy to rack...
- Before classes begin, our lecturers would always want us to read up our textbook. I was reading it on the bus to and from work. It's definately very boring to me. Politics, Economics and the Future of America, I wonder if I can even pass this module.
- In about 2 weeks time, I should be able to check online for my Advanced News Gathering and Writing results. Will my GPA stay or drop? I've got this stupid hunch that it would drop. Whatever! Stay tuned for results.
- Dear's JC friend, is getting married next Saturday. I had always thought I would only get to meet his girlfriend, or rather, would-be-wife, on the wedding day itself. It's just somehow me and her didn't managed to get to meet before. It was such a coincidence that they were shopping at HMV and I was working on that day. It was really nice spending that few minutes talking to the bride. Hehe... Oh, it happened on that day when I had the big headache.
- Actually not only 3 things happened on that "headache" day. Of couse besides having a headache, meeting the bride and groom and missing a friend's birthday, I also picked up a called from a customer who dropped his card. He called to check if he had dropped it in the store or somewhere else. Luckily, Security helped settled the matter.
- 6th yawn of the night.
- I'm getting better at spicy food. The spiciness level is getting higher and higher. Yay! I want to get back to the "standard" where I use french fries as a dip, rather than using the chilli sauce as a dip. ~Slurp~ Oh! And at least 3 packets of chilli sauce for a burger! Haha... As of June, it was less than half a packet. Now, it's three-quarters of a packet. Ganbatei!

Maybe I should try to sleep now... Yawn...

England's Outta World Cup

England's out. But no one sees the mistake why they are out. World class players, but worse then team club tatics. Here's how i thk thy should play...

4-4-2
Defenders: Back four of Ferdinand, Neville, Terry and Ashley Cole. Alternatively, you can put Carragher or Campbell in. If only Luke Young was around.
Solid, stable if Ferdinand dun day dream and Terry dun make stupid mistakes and dun depend on Lampard or Gerrard to cover for him.
Cole n Neville can make decent crosses n passes and able to run down the flanks.
Midfield: Becks, Lampard, Gerrard and anyone except Joe Cole. can play a slightly diamond formation or straight line.
Becks would be needed for set pieces. who else can handle tt better thn him?
Lampard n gerrard very dangerous when they move up. y in the hell was gerrard playing a position slightly behind the midfield line? he's more dangerous when u play him supporting the strikers. lampard, bad form, keep passing to marked players when another players in the same line beside him is unmarked. highest shots on goal, but converted none.
Stuart Downing or Carragher or Hargreaves, anyone but joe cole. Same mistakes as lampard, cannot c their surroundings. dribble n lose the ball more then half the time. crosses n passes? i c none... just dribbling n losing the ball... anyone of those 3 mentioned could play better thn him. the liability of england 1st 11. y can't anyone c tt? very very extremely over-rated.
Fprward: Rooney n Crouch.
rooney never had match fitness. even match he played he did not have much support from his midfield. doesn't help that he's always having 2 plaryers marking him.
Crouch. best for set pieces. win hearders like 99% of the time. can chest down n hold the ball for midfield n rooney to run in n score.
with this formation n players, u can play on the ground with lampard, gerrard n rooney or in the air with becks n crouch (who will chest or head down for the others)

4-5-1
Defenders: Neville, Terry, Carragher n A. Cole. Same reasons as above with Ferdinand pushed to midfield coas he like to play with the ball, rather thn clear it.
Midfield: Ferdinand, becks, lampard, gerrard, rooney. diamond formation with ferdinand behind as a holding midfield, beck on rite, lampard mid n gerrard left, rooney in front of them.
ferdinand can pass the ball around n defend. he distributes quite well actually n can make decent passes n crosses when not day dreaming.
Becks, lampard, gerrard play as they should... passers pass, crossers cross.
rooney, in front of them to go forward. can aso dun play rooney. we have jenas, defoe... equally good n fast since rooney has no match fitness.
Forward: Crouch. u have gerrard n lampard to run in n do 1-2's with the person in front supporting them, in this case, rooney. thn pass to crouch or rooney to score.
becks can cross to crouch, n like above mentioned.

All these are without joe cole. he did not create, did not assist, did not win tackles, did not score n worse of all, kept losing the ball. even downing or hargreaves or carragher had a better game then him. should have never been in the 1st 11 this world cup.someone else deserve the place better.

another chealsea player that i thk played really badly was lampard. makalele n terry makes him look good in chealsea. over-rated player.

i admit my becks dun have decent games at times, but he did contributed when it matters. so did the rest. gerrard was great this world cup but he was like a horse chained to the half-way line. stupid tactics we have. gerrard is a box to box player, dangerous when forward. look at his club games n you'll know wht i mean. he kept playing behing lampard, which i really cannot figure out why. the only reason i could thk of was that he defends better thn lampard. but he's more dangerous in front then lampard. so y make him cover lampard? i really dun understand! i hope the next capt will be gerrard. although some say terry, i give my vote to gerrard although i'm a man u fan.

Lazy Me

Today's a lazy day... i woke up, n didn't wana get outta bed... decided to skip class n went back to sleep... woke up at 1pm eventually. when i woke up, i ate a bit, took my xeloda n did my RWAC pre-class assignment. actually i already did it, but lecturer said if scored less thn 85% have to do again. so i went thru the review of my wrong answers n did again. scored 98% this time round! hehe... After i did the assignment, i was considering to do my final assignment, which is an essay paper. but lazy lah, so decided to leave it till tmr. thn went to clementi bookshop to c if they got my arts & our world module textbook. dun have, so guess have to go back to school to buy cos its cheaper thn kinokuniya. when i reached home, i slacked for a while n zzz...

mayb shld wake up earlier tmr, go to sch n get the textbook thn find a condusive environment to finish reading my gospel of mary magdalene, edit my final assignment for RWAC n read the chapters of my textbook stated in the arts course pack. but then i wana watch the 3am match later, so how to wake up early later? sigh... mayb shld foget abt it n go to zzz... sigh, but i wana be a hardworking student... n tmr evening have to nap... cos got 2 matches at 10pm, another 2 at 3am... n my becks is kicking in the 3am one. should i forget abt the 10pm ones? sigh, dunno... tmr thn decide, lazy to thk now...

back to my soccer...

England's shock defeat... Speechless...

From 3 points to a big fat zero...

penalties are 50-50 kinda thing. its either u win or lose the guessing game... dun blame becks...
tackles are 50-50 kinda thing. its either the fella trips or falls or not... dun blame heskey...
backpasses... its a clever thing or not. from 3 to 1 point to a big fat zero, blame him, steven gerrard...

with few seconds remaining, whether or not u're contend with that one point or u wana try for 3 points again, u play forward... whr got pple backpass in the last few seconds of the game one?!?! k, now there's a fucking idiot who did that... Steven Gerrard. btw, did i mention he's a liverpui player? guess he left his brains in anfield. either that, he's of french descent...

n bcos of that fucking stupid idiotic backpass, david james indirectly conceded a penalty... zico won the guessing game and england lost... after the penalty was conceded, i was already shouting n scolding away in my most colourful language. din help that the penalty was scored and my dad was woken up...

Pls ban gerrard from future england games... once is enuff... either that, buy another air ticket to fly his brains from anfield to lisbon by thursday...

SPEECHLESS...

Buffet, alphabears, numb toe...

Can tell ah, past few days been playing ard wif my blog. Met up wif jie mei's for dinner on sat. Too bad winn cant make it. we ate at IMM. splendid steamboat buffet! the variety's adequate n the jap-styled soup's great! all for only $20 per pax... went to Mac for ice cream n drinks n I bought 2 "J" alphabears... Heh.. *wink wink*

Friendster's addictive... It's really fun adding yr frds n finding long lost ones... so far, i've 70+ pple on my list, n its growing... hehe...

Just when Baby managed to make the pc n laptop "c" each other in the network, the f***ed up laptop cocked up again. Cannot access internet... Dunno if its becos of the blackout this morning. Well, the contractor had to change the eletricity meter n thus, switched off the mains. So many blardi probs! or issit cos its Acer?

toking abt blackout... Thanks to the blackout, one of the fish died. Dunno if its suffocated to death or died of illness...

Yes, Baby, i know, yr dearest Liverpool (for once givin it some respect n not calling it Liverpui, the club need sympathy) lost 2-1 to Man U at Anfield!!! Muuuahahaha... Forlan again was joker of the day, falling over the barricades near the goal post n got himself stuck there...

Real lost 4-1. How the hell?! I dunno.. I was watching the match too, really damn seh... 4 goals in the first half. Goalie n defenders shouting at each other, Becks, Raul n Figo's face all seh already... Really damn humiliating for Real... more humiliating thn Liverpool...

Anyway, forgot to add an entry on Qi's bday at East Coast on the 1st. She had buffet n bbq... Food quite yummy, esp the satay... Her bf opened Absolut Kurrant n mixed a cup for us wif coke... A bit awful cos vodka always goes nicer wif 7-up... But its still my dear absolut vodka anyway! i drank only a little n jan, chee, clara tot i was drunk cos my face was lobster red... I'm not, just tt my blood circulation's superb! hehe...

haiz, n my toe's still numb...

Dear Absolut...

Its so tired tryin to keep busy. After I came home from My Teacher, Mr Kim (more on tt movie later), washed up, changed, I watched tv till 2.30am as usual till all my HK serials finish. Did a bit of packing and wanted tv for company again cos I was defragin my comp. No shows!!! I almost wanted to cry on the moment I was flippin away n I couldn't find any to watch. Then I settled on espn's sportscenter which keeps repeating. Wht's there to keep me occupied?

Guess I had no choice but to turn to my dear friend, Absolut. Let me introduce Absolut or Ab or more commonly know as Vodka. It's manufactured in Sweden, so says the bottle and it came back wif my dad just now at ard 10+. He bought the plain one... Absolut IS good!!! darling of the day, my hero... Jas' version of Screwdriver, Vodka + Grapefuit juice. Not like I wanted it but there's no 7-up or Ribena at home. Prefer 7-up or Ribena 100 times betta. Maybe whn I come back i shld go for Blackcurrent or Citrus... *sniggers* This is damn great, cos I'm starting to feel brain dead n sleeply!

B4 I really cannot take it n go to bed, just talk a bit on the movie. Great movie, beats any Hollywood crap thumbs down! May I add its very touching too... A teacher was posted to a rurual primary school. There he discovers what teaching is really like and goes thru happy n sad times with the entire enrollment of 5 kids. Unfortunately, the school gotta close down. The closing shots of the movies whn the credits rolled showed some B&W photos of a school. Somehow I think tt the school did exsited in Korea, characters might be fictional. Reminds me of the primary school in Pulau Ubin... Was forced to close down as there were not enuff students, just like wht's potrayed in the show. maybe will do some web search to find out...

Yankees won the series 3-1! As usual, my darling Derek Jeter made a very good play this morning... He caught the ball in the air and even b4 he landed, he made a one bounce throw to get the batter out at 1! Isn't tt so power?! *swoons* Shuai dai le... After the game, he was being interviewed. He's my fave MLB player for so long already, but its the 1st time I heard his voice! Heh! How I wish I can be like him, the best SS ard (n I'm only toking abt skills, looks toked abt seperately)... Jeter is the MLB version of Becks n Becks is the soccer version of Jeter. Good comparison eh? hehe... Benefits those reading who dunno who's Becks or Jeter... Interesting fact, both 1st names start wif "D"...

Cannot take it... gotta log in Neopets to get freebies n thn zzz... Absolut's gooooooooooodddddddddddddddd...

Espn the whole damned day

Becks played just now. Real Madrid won 2-1.

"You are connected to 132,147 people in your Personal Network, through 24 friends." Friendster's fun...

Screaming n shoutings continued today. What the hell am I doing? Cried to slp ystday nite, apparently, I'm not tired enuff? Wait till I get my hands on my Absolut Vodka, I'll make sure I'll slp the minute I hit my tatami.

The whole day, the tv's on espn. Showing games and sports that I've no interest, just need to keep myself occupied... Drank the remaining half a bottle of Vodka Mudshake, yummy! Maybe I haven been drinking for a long time, my brain's a bit dead. Good!

Something's wrong wif Dilys.. Will call her when I get back. Wonder how much are the ciggies over there and if I can bring back some for my dear frds.

Neopets. Sis. Champs league. IVP.

Reading blogs and writing them seem to be the things I'll do whn I can't get to zzz and I've nothing to do and maybe a few complains...

Neopets is filled wif kids, kids and more kids. I'm having fun having a home and a shop, although its not happening in real life yet. And these KIDS, oh boy, u know wht thy do?

1) After u buy up all their nonsense loss-making items in their shop, thy neomail u asking u to be their neofriend.

2) Thy dun mind making NO profit or any loss by selling their items lower n lower wif every search wif the shop wizard. Let's say u price yours at 77, they'll price it at 76 n then another will price it at 75 n thn another at 74. Adoi, can't thy just buy up the lower one n sell it slightly higher? Even if thy have no more money left to buy up, just price it as 77 (or as the lowest price given in the search wizard). 1np is aso money mah. KIDS...

Toking abt kids, the terror kid in my house is getting freaking irritating as the day passes. All I have to do is to ask her to lower the tv vol, and her voice goes louder thn the tv is already. N as my parents hate noise in the house, thy'll go "let her be". She's as spoilt as a frigging brat (worse thn anyone can imagine) compared to those spoilt frigging brats acted out in tv, even spoiler. Mayb she shld be the one acting in those spoilt bratty roles. I really need to move out, can't take these nonsense anymore... Anyone can put me up for free rental?

Opening match for Champs League... Man U won 5-0, Real won 4-2. My Becks din scored, but my Solks did. Heh... N ARSEnal LOST... hahahahahhahaha... Cannot gloat ah, its bad to gloat at pple's loss. hhahahahaha...

Did my nails ystday n today. Not too bad... Hehe... Painted the base ystday, added the 2nd colour, shimmers n flowers (gem stones type) today. Too bad no where to upload...

IVP's on again... NP lost to SP in the opening match, both gals n guys team. Haizzz... 1 down, 2 more matches to go. Hope we can win NTU, thy're not tt good either, matchable... As for NUS, its only hoping n hoping, thy have pitchers n thy're batting's aggressive, wishing n hoping...

Y would pple lose directions in life even whn thy actually know wht thy want. Issit cos thy're just plain lazy to excecute it? Haiz...

No other nonsense, back to neopets to deal wif those kiddys...

Bday celebration, Becks' move...

Celebrated my b-day earlier last week. Got a hotel room, checked in wif a few frds. Played mah-jong (trying to keep noise level down), talked cock, swam (damn cold swimming pool), buffet breakfast (not too much of a spread), thai express dinner (yummy tom yam, green curry for dinner, red rubies n tapioca for dessert)... No pillow fight though cos we're all civillised pple. Hehe... Really enjoyed myself for these 2 days. Might be celebrating again on the day itself on Tuesday. See arrangements how...

One reason I'm in here is also because Bugger's MIA again... Ping timeout this time round. Haiz... There goes my trivia...

Becks heading to Real Madrid. Sad sad... Y sell Becks n not Veron? Cos Becks is worth more? Cos whn his contract ends in 2 years, he'll be on free transfer n Man U wana earn some money outta it? y? haiz... How I wish he remains in Man U. It's his fave team since young and what beats the feeling you have playing for your fave team? Haiz... Now when there's soccer telecast, I'll have to watch 2 games instead of 1... 1 for Man U (cos my other fave players are still there), another for Becks... Haiz...

Man U are Champs Again!!! AMI2

Remembered to blog these things down while in the cab just now...

Man U are Champs AGAIN!!! Eight titles in eleven years is a great feat! Yesh, we snatched the title back from ARSEnal back. (note how I emphasize on the arse?) So happy! But rumors of Becks gog over to Real Madrid isn't dying down. Hope he'll remain in Man U... Haiz...

I caught this season of American Idol. It's the 2nd season running. The first season's champ, Kelly Clarkson has just released her album. It's now down to the final 2 for this season. Ruuuuuuuuuuuuuben Studdard n Clay Aiken (aka - in my opinion - the sissy n broadway guy). I was supporting Kimberly Caldwell and Ruben since the start. But Kim was voted out a few weeks earlier... Don't understand y the always off-key singing of Carmen managed to let her stay a week longer thn Kim... And Treynce, wif imitating Brandy's n Whitney Houston's voice could even stay longer!!! When it was down to the final 3, with Kimberly Locke, I wanted a Kim L n Ruben final, cos Kim L's voice is versatile wif a huge range. Too bad, Kim L was voted out. Americans are either deaf or blind. Deaf cos thy cannot hear who can sing n who cannot. Blind cos they are blinded by their faith n "ba chu ta stamp". Hope my Velvet Teddy Bear will win the competition. Go Ruuuuuuuuuuben!!!

Major Update... Hehe...

Its been kinda long since I entered an entry. Well, basically I thk this will be a rather long one...

World Cup: My, my, England won Argentina 1-0. Quite an exciting match, with Owen having near misses. Thks to the ref for awarding the penalty, otherwise the end result will be most likely a draw. Well, Becks converted tt penalty.

As for the match against Nigeria, it was a boring draw. Not much excitement in the match. Was watching most of the Sweden-Argentina match instead in a pub located below my office. Whn Sweden took the lead, I was damn happy, really damn happy, at the same time, hoping tt Nigeria dun score. After Argentina equalized, I prayed hard tt Nigeria dun score. Full time and England's thru to the 2nd round!!!

England played Denmark in the 2nd round, I din had the chance to watch most of the match. Will say y in the next section. Glad we got thru it wif a 3-0 win. But Brazil's up next... Please let England thru to the semifinal...

Moving Hse: Not me, but Chris. Had been moving for the past 2 weekends. Offically moved in on Monday. After unloading and dinner and a little rest, first thing that was put up was his darling bed... Hehe... Lots more to unpack. Essential thing missing in his room now is a curtain to cover up his window. Hoping to go IKEA either tmr or Thurs to buy the curtain... Took leave today to help him too... Hope all unpacking can be done by Sat. At least I can enjoy my chalet without thinking about his unpacked stuff... Hehe...

Softball Camp: Sorry guys n gals... Really sorry for not turning up... Gomene... Busy unpacking... Sorry... Cya all at my chalet k?

Chalet: Bday chalet... Cmin Sunday... A whole list of "things to do" these few days... Sure busy... Lucky I have my Jie-Meis n Chris to help... Thankie in advance...

World Cup 2002...

England drew 1-1 with Sweden... Sad case.. Was leading in the first half... Becks' fitness still not fully recovered, couldn't last the full match... France lost 1-0 to Senegal. Good show put up by Senegal...

World Cup's on, but I cant get to c most of the matches cos I'm working. Can only wait for the replays late into the nite...

England's showdown with Argentina is on Friday.. May have to rush home to catch tt match...

Becks is up and running!!!

Oh yah, forgot to mention that my darling Beckham has almost fully recovered and is kicking the ball!!!

Yay!!!!!!!!!!

Hope he can play in the opening match.... Hope England will get through the killer group rounds... Best if they can bring the WC back to England...

Becks' broken foot...

Feeling kinda bored so decided to type something here... Dunno wht to type aso... Haizzz...

11 more days to the end of contract. Well, my manager has toked to me abt the renewal of the contract. Told her I dun wan to. She said will tell the boss. Haizzz, toopis management, who will wana stay? Wun be tt toopis to stay there and kena all kinds of shit.

My time's always occupied by stuff so tt's y I've not started searching for distance learning institutes. Anyway, I plan to start next year, either the Feb or July sem. Seems that I have a lot of time to look ard, but time flies ever so quickly.

Chris' studying at last! But hope he can complete his revisions in time... Was toking on the phone wif him the last few nights. When we were toking jus now, he asked if I wana go over to his place tmr. Dunno if I shld cos haven't seen him since Sun. (Miss ya, dear!) But dun wana disturb him revising aso... Told him tmr thn decide.

Took half day leave today cos was feeling giddy, so came home to zzz. Slept frm 4 to 8. Wide awake now. Planning to go zzz after a little trivia. Not gonna watch England's friendly later too. No Becks, watch wht? Was reading The Newpaper jus now, seems that the new stand-in capt is Michael Owen. Cannot make it cos he isn't as influential as Becks on the field. Imagine Owen shouting to his midfield and defence... Cannot make it!!! He doesn't have the sei of a capt. Becks, please recover quickly...

Fifa very good! Becks can be named in the World Cup squad but England is allowed a change for Becks within 24 hours frm the opening of World Cup. Which other country can have this privilege? If Romario or Ronaldo kena major injury now, will thy have the same privilege? Hehe... Blardi idiotic Deportivo!!!

Smelly Boy, Smelly Boy...

Now I know y wisdom teeth are so bothersome! To me, it marks the beginning of the end of puberty, which means, I can't grow any taller!!! Argh!!! The tiny little white speck on my lower left gum has grown to a much obvious white spot. It hurts whn I chew hard foods like biscuits so I have to chew hard foods on the right side of my mouth instead! And it bleeds a little sometimes.

I'm counting down the days left to the end of my contract. Can't wait to get out of a lousy management with a lousy, petty, giam siap, calculative and not understandable boss. Please, 5th of May, come quick... Thn I'll be free!!! Hehe...

Exmas are coming soon... Jen n Ange gambatte ne! Dear, u too! Your 1st paper on the 22nd and you haven start revising yet! Argh... Looks like I'm more worried for the exmas thn you sia... Yue sitting for SATs test soon, if I estimate correctly. Yue jia you too!

Allo, Amok/Kloozo/Jester, before go Taiwan must say hor... Jus read your entry. By the way, whn u gog over? For hw long? Now I kn y tt day u called asking whr gt polyclinic. Take care little boy, almost every bone in yr body is broken...

Man Utd is in the semi for Champions League. N my poor Becks is injured with a broken bone in his left foot. Guess have to sit out the rest of the season already. Hopefully can recover and gain match fitness in time for finals of Champions League and World Cup.

Have you pple heard of Smelly Cat by Pheobe Buffay of Friends? Well, I have my own version. Here it goes...

Smelly Boy

Smelly Boy

What time are you getting up

Smelly Boy

Smelly Boy

Put away that bolster of yours...

Hehe...

Singing off...

Grievances

Hehe… MIA for one week plus liao. Anyway, I wrote this in my notebook on Monday aftnn, but only managed to find the energy and time to type it out now. Mayb kinda outdated but I need to address my grievances! Here it goes:

So wht? So wht if Man U lost to Liverpool 3-1? Liverpool can win this match and every single cup for all I care, but guess wht, they’ll win everythg except the Premiership. And does tt mean a 3-1 defeat = a big hoo-ha, 7 pages to be exact? Hey, Arsenal lost to CHARLTON 4-2 too! So wht is it wif tis particular media? Its sports rooms filled wif pple who pay pilgrimage to Anfield? Its been the so-called “Man U decade” and they can’t lost any single match? Arsenal’s 4-2 jus isn’t worth writing abt?

Puh-lease, even a Man U fan knows wht’s gog on and we DO NOT need reminders. So, tis media has to rub salt on open wounds or add fuel to fire? Give the players and fans a chance, or rather a break! Hey, try getting tis pple in tis media’s sportsroom to run on the field for 90 mins, like 2-3 times a week! Try hearing yourself at Old Trafford while the fans are cheering their fave team on! Try figuring out the morale they have now!

The league is still in its early stages, there’s still time for the players, esp for the defence to gel things up. Given the determination of the players and supporters, Man U will win it tis season, trust me! Sir Alex, although stubborn, will make sure tis pple eat their words, alternatively thy may choose to stuff it up their arse! Give him credit! We may cry foul at some of his decisions, but he has his reasons for them. He has scored in the days of Brucey & Pally & Schmikes & gang. He will score again nevertheless with Becks & Keano & Sols & gang! The youngsters in this team aren’t called Fergie Babes/ Fledging for ntg! Believe me, Man U will be popping champagne and pouncing ard a banner which reads “Carling Premiership Champions 2001/02” at the end of the season!

Oh yah, a particular Mr Edwin, pls eat yr words or wipe yr arse and prepare to stuff words up…

27, hmm...

Yep, 2nd entry of the day. Mayb some of u might be wondering if '27', my jersey no., has any connection to him after reading the previous entry, well, not at all... Only started to kn him in Nov/Dec 2000, but had been using '27' ages ago, since I've gt a beeper.

At first I didn't had a habit of using a code, a no. to rep me till I started to alpha-pg (hmm, can't really remember the name for it). My bday is on the 24th. Cantona quitted in 1997/98, leaving jersey 7 empty. Becks (my fave player) took it. Combined 2 (starting no of my bday) and 7, thr u have it, 27! So, I've been using 27 for 3 yrs now... Hardly alpha-pg now, but 27 still sticks ard wif me.

Whn changing to M1 in mid 2000 and was scanning thru the list of nos., I saw *****020 (thk shld blank out some nos, cos dun really feel safe putting out my mobile no. on the net), 'po' my luck, i asked to c another list, containing the above first 6 nos. Thr was a *****027! So happy cos I thk it's kinda nice to have a sorta personalized mobile no., a no. ending wif my code!!!

Softball jerseys(printed ard end-Ang '98, '00) are 27 while playing for Ngee Ann. Although tis year I aso took 27, thr's no reason to change to another no. cos 27 is my no. rite?

Can't really remember other stuff (which deals wif nos.) tt I 'neigh si' wan 27, mayb the closest to it is tt whtever nos., like my pger and old mobile no., all must have 7 in them...

All's clear and declared, 27 has ntg to do wif him!