yello, theres a lot to write but im kinda lazy these few days. ok lets start with the euro semi finals matches. both matches were exciting in their own right, turkey and germany produced 3 goals in between them in the final 11 min of the game. the turks fairytale journey was finally ended by lahm's late strike. next up was spain, dismantling the russians with their slick, eye-candy passing football. arshavin was a letdown, heavily subdued throughout the match. euro 2008 finals will be germany vs spain. w00t!

first week of school, gotten back almost all our ica results except for pom, results was ok, hope i passed pom. this week got no mood, never do all tutorials. sian la got html and oral comm ica nex week. plus got 2 projects which we haven started at all.

then came friday which was yesterday, lol. wth. played soccer against bl. imo we had shown a fair bit of improvement. im sorry if i talked a little rudely to some of you guys. but thats how i behave on the pitch ;). although we lost 7-6, at least it wasnt a thrashing. i was only disappointed by the soft goals that we let in. maybe because im an advocate of solid defending with minimal errors.

this past week i watched a couple of movies on dvd and on the net. but the movie Into The Wild was a particularly powerful movie. Released in Sept 07, it is rated r-21 due to nudity and coarse language. I strongly recommend u guys to catch the movie.

Here's the synopsis
Based on a true story. After graduating from Emory University in 1992, top student and athlete Christopher McCandless abandoned his possessions, gave his entire $24,000savings account to charity. he decided to live the hippie lifestyle and so he hitchhiked across america, escaping from the rat race and materialistic society. he finally decided to head North, to alaska. Into the wilderness, literally living off the land with the only form of "entertainment" being his books and writing materials. A tragic twist will happen in the ending of the story when he finally came into realisation that

"Happiness is only real when shared." Super touching..

And there are lots of notable quotes from the movie.

Christopher McCandless: I read somewhere... how important it is in life not necessarily to be strong... but to feel strong.
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Christopher McCandless: I'm going to paraphrase Thoreau here... rather than love, than money, than faith, than fame, than fairness... give me truth.
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Christopher McCandless: Mr. Franz I think careers are a 20th century invention and I don't want one.

Directed by Sean Penn, it took him 10 years before he make the movie, as it took the McCandless some time before allowing it to be made into a film.
The book is written by Jon Krakauer.

reached home damn early.. damn bored also.. gonna catch some shuteye for Euro early tomorrow morning.




Nice or not?

while waiting for the holland vs russia match.. i uploaded some 'interesting' photos. In fact they are motivational posters thats helping me stay awake till the match start.











Deception... Ok last pic.. You're suppose to stare down the last pic.. Go on..








Turkey Remembered Istanbul

The ball is round, as proven once again by the resilient turks. Defying odds and logic, at the same time sending the croats into oblivion. The croats thought victory was theirs with 1 minute of 2nd extra time left, the scoreline reads croatia 1 - turkey 0. Rockstar/Law graduate/Croatia Manager Bilic was celebrating what he thought was his side's victory only to be sucker punched with a last min equaliser by the Semih, the same man who did it the last match and here is the same guy who battled kidney problems earlier on in his career. And when Modric who was the only one interested in playing attractive football missed his spotkick, another great comeback was on the cards. The Croatian players were unconsolable, literally wailing on the centre of the pitch, slumped. Beauty of football.

Although my eyelids were exceptionally heavy during the match (i think somebody slept midway through the game), the great Istanbul comeback and Turkey's habit of leaving it till late kept me awake. 119 mins of absolute boredom, 1 min of magical madness. Beautiful sport indeed.

Go Oranje GO!

Condolences to Khalid Bouhlarouz, having to overcome the grief of losing his daughter and still making himself available for Van Basten's team. i salute his professionalism. How many people would do that? You have some players faking imaginary injuries and not play. Here we have a father losing a daughter, and still wants to play for his country. Come on Holland win it for him!

School will resume on monday, i bet we are going to see zombie-like soccer fanatics going to school on monday. On Thursday went out with Ang Tao and Alvin. Details of the outing cannot be revealed. We basically walked up and down Orchard Rd. Then went seoul gardening with ray,selfie,zy,ang tao and ben at cwp. CWP sucks la, next time we go somewhere else can. budden still enjoyed the outing but i had to 'pung seh' ang tao and went to meet fir and kai.

The Ting Tings
Another exciting addition to the Indie scene. Katie White is uber cool.







Just to back up my earlier claims that Villa might be heading to Anfield. Although i think Liverpool might not be financially ready, especially after his performance in Euro which will definitely jack up his value. Below are the links.


VILLA HAILS TORRES CONTRIBUTION

VILLA GRATEFUL TO XABI AND PEPE


Ok now match report, played against Ang Tao's friend's friends. Only one guy is AngTao friend. Only 5 of us playing, the others got other commitments,San was on trial at JB FC. ZY on other hand was reportedly on trial at Jakarta FC while some sources were quoted saying that he went Italy(jk hor). So in the end only me, Alvin, Chong, Ray and Ang Tao came. Met up with them and ate breakfast at Mc. Then while eating suddenly there was a commotion going on. There's a rat in NYP's mcdonalds. ewww i duwan eat there liao. ok thats not the point, ya im getting to the match report soon. We didn't realise Gina was there eating also, maybe her new haircut. Offtrack abit, Alvin cut his hair which Ang Tao commented was like Secondary School boy. Ang Tao also got a new, well not new, erm improved, or maybe deproved look. Ang Tao hair was on fire, he dyed his hair Red, again. Alvin commented that it looked like auntie hair. Ok when Gina stand up then we noticed her, BUT Ang Tao only noticed her friend, then he keep talking about it, we ignored his crap as usual. come on la Ang Tao. ok then we walked to sports hall.. wait wait, i ordered the last breakfast of the day woohoo. Ok reached there but there were kids playing hockey, so we dun disturb them and went to play at street soccer court. ok match report, we won, yes u read it right, WON 5-4. Ang Tao commented 'we thought we lousy but they more lousy sia! hheerrhheerrhheerr!'. Alvin and me missed out on a hat-trick while Ang Tao got a goal for himself. Positive stuffs to note from the match is the partnership between me and Ang Tao, drawing comparison to the David Villa and Torres partnership. Then there was also Chong's much improved defensive ability, ala Gattuso. Alvin managed to end his rot and score two goals after firing blanks in the past few matches and having to clean his rifle after that. ok dun get it right, nvm, lol. Ray managed some fine saves alerting scouts who were there to look for Van der Sar's replacement. However, Ang Tao suffered a serious head injury after Alvin whacked the ball to the back of Ang Tao's red head. Ang Tao's red head sounds .. There are now fears that our leading topscorer might be heading to IMH for treatment and may not be available for the next few games. sorry for the wall of text guys. i'll try to keep the match report shorter next time.

After the game, went to CCK stadium to buy tickets for tomorow SG vs Saudi WCqualifiers. But the Auntie said 'No more alredi boy, yesterday they take the tickets back alredi.' wah sian.. tomoro must go earlier abit to get the tickets. wah today's euro match exciting, group of death will be playing today.. woohoo.


Go Lions Go!


and on another sombre note, another SAF soldier passed away in the span of 2 days, condolences to his family. Here's the link -Mindef-

Euro Fever




Spain's 4 - 1 demolition of Russia was by far the most exciting match of the Euro. With Valencia's David Villa scoring the first hat-trick in the competition since Patrick Kluivert in Euro 2000. I was expecting Gus Hiddink's side to pull something off this game against the perennial underachievers, something to take note of the Russian side is that all except one of their players play in their own domestic league. But the spanish armada was too fluid in attack, Iniesta and Xavi pulling the strings in midfield whilst Torres and Villa terrorize the Russian defence. There were fears of Torres being injured and was forced to be substituted by his Liverpool team-mate Xabi Alonso, but the Spanish coach had cleared all doubts about it. Arbeloa and Reina were unused subs in the match. I would love to see Villa linking up with Torres at Liverpool, he would definitely feel at home. Not only can they celebrate the many goals that they will be scoring together ;) (reads: hugs) but benitez and the spanish contingent at Liverpool will definitely help him settle into life in the Premiership.




These few days had been a bore, been watching DVDs in the day and Euro-ing at night/morning. Have not even started on any of the projects + tutorials yet. GG sia.




Fernando Torres - Creating Converts is The Next Level






On a more sombre note..
Condolences to the family of the Rec who passed away while training. Here's the link to that news -Mindef-

OK, I tink i shud start on the Tutorials now.. and yah, Selfieguson sounds wrong.. lol.

After watching the lion's spirited display against the far superior uzbeks alvinho was motivated to beat arch-rivals BJ. The BKians were bruised but definitely not battered. Alvinho came up with tactics and even psyche himself to improve his fitness. His determination had even rubbed off to hat-trick hero Angtao. Team manager, Selfie, wasn't around to comment on her players sudden boost in morale.


here are some quotes from our conversation


Alvin Neo says:
i am determine to win the BJs at least for selfie tat is always there every game
im having goosebumps


Papaya+Banana=Papana says:
we wed go back school training la
wah! cant believe angtao is saying tiz


Alvin Neo says:
i run hse downstair


Papaya+Banana=Papana says:
i run at home




Will the BKians turn the corner and score a first a win against BJ or will the rot continues.. Stay tuned.


*Selfie's reply to Alvinho's comment*


[.selfie.] says:
tell him im deeply touched







Lions Vs uzbekistan

The lions managed to salvage some pride with a disciplined and spirited display against the uzbeks despite losing 1 - 0. Playing against a side that mauled them 3 - 7 at the Old Lady, the naysayers camp were abuzz with negatives and how the lions will be humiliated once again. i'd consider the lions unlucky for not being able to gain any points from that match. raddy's man management was top notch, he did not single out any player after that 3 - 7 defeat. in fact he applauded the fighting spirit of the lions and their ability to score 3 goals against the uzbeks, taking into consideration that the uzbeks have not conceded a single goal within the group stages yet. the tactically discplined lions put on a stirling display away from home, quickly closing down the uzbeks and creating several chances. well done lions.
next up will be Lions Vs Saudi Arabia @ the Old Lady this Saturday. w00t! go lions go!






went to queensway with the fir, mad and fiz. mad and fiz bought nike free for ahm. w00t.. go there ssrr.. then eat dinner.. then go lot 1. mad had to ciao early coz need to book in.. ahaha.. speaking of which, its been exactly a year since i gotten back my pink IC.. still remember that day.. everyone looked so sad that our batch was ord-ing.. i was quite sad too, to leave the island and army buddies after 2 years there.. lol wth.. school life is so much better. w00t! and to my first batch of rec ord-ing today, welcome to the real world. ;)

made of honour - 7/10

review
the story goes like this, guy likes girl but didnt realise that, till he is about to lose her to a scottish royalty and decides to crashed their wedding, which guy was the unorthodox maid of honour, to get his girl back. theres even the ever recycled scene of turn-the-car-around-and-get-me-back-to-the-church moment. how predictable can it be? ok at least he rode on horseback to the church. throw in a couple of gay jokes and quirky characters like his 70's styled weirdo friend and his always getting divorced and married AGAIN father you get a romantic comedy called made of honour. guy here is patrick dempsey of greys anatomy, think it was his first foray into silverscreen and the girl, erm, i dunno who. the movie's soundtrack is top notch, james morrison, sara barelleis, dashboard confessional, smashmouth and oasis. chong was singing along to oasis - stop crying your heart out. w00t!.






watched made of honour with chong, dan, mei mei, selfie and ray @ amk hub.. before that took neoprint, NEOPRINT! ya neoprint. lol. the rest went to melvin's casino. then ate dinner. then go home. go home then too tired to go out with the blokes so sleep. wat a way to end the first school term. and yay term break is here. BUT theres two projects to finish before school reopens.. w00t! go watch SG vs Uzbeks liao.. go lions go!

gg.. econs ica buang liao.. nothing much happened today apart from the triangle and tortoise jokes.. speaking of which i upload a giant tortoise video.. :( cannot keep them as pets.. only left 2 species in the wild.. sad sia..

discovered a new thing about the usage of 'ish'.. it is a euphimism of shit.. here's the link to that..
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Backmasking#Censorship

lol.. so bored sia..



Singapore suffered their heaviest defeat in an international match. losing 3-7 at the old lady, kallang stadium. sg defending was atrocious budden the uzbeks are definitely a class above the lions. just when i tot sg would do an istanbul like comeback, lionel lewis let in a goal directly from a corner kick right before half-time. GG.

THR GREATEST COMEBACK OF ALL TIME


random photos of last week


sharing their special moment together


after that special moment


random


bowling @ chevrons



w00t! actually theres nothing to w00t! about.. ok the elks won 2-1.. was rather tyco.. made a schoolboy error and let in a soft goal.. heck im a schoolboy.. lol. elks even have a fan now.. can soon set up a stadium and fan club and cheerleaders and.. ok crap. ty ray for coming. ok tats about it.. tats the only thing to w00t! about..

stats project wtfomgbbqgg.. really gg liao.. no crosstab, mean, std deviation.. dead.. no data for me to analyse.. still got stats tutorial plus haven studied for tuesday's econs ica. good game abdul.. good game..