- any dream will do -

carmen & paquita

2010-01-12T22:36:00.000-08:00

9th jan 2010 show..

couple of us went down to kl for a ballet show which also features our dear dancemate lee jia xi in it...and also our dear ballet instructor miss chua as the photographer...

once in istana budaya...it brought back memories of my first visit to the mpo..and .. damn...i really need to go for more mpo shows once i get my student card....well thats that... back to the ballet show...our tickets cost 168..no student discounts... but this is a rare event to come across in malaysia..what more our dear friend is gonna perform..so we went to support her and have a glimpse of what an international casted full length ballet is like...

there are american, japanese, thais and of course malaysian ballet dancers featured in this show and i think its a joint production... so its a great experience to just sit down and watch how ballet should be like... same thing applies...although i surfed alot of net just to watch ballet clips..this is totally different..being live and all...but i somehow wished there's a live orchestra accompanyin the dancers...better luck nx time eh..

it aint hard tryin to trace jia xi...even though she is so much different from how she was to us back then in ballet classes.... being to summer schools and all...she sure has a beautiful line and physically stronger too now..way to go jia xi...so proud of u....

also, this would be our first time watchin a professiomal male ballet dancer-connor walsh...before this there's a guy who joined our ballet class..he wasnt bad..but come on..connor is the prinicpal dancer for houston ballet!! i enjoy watchin his jumps.. of course... ena hirose...potrays a very seducing carmen as well....love her performance...there are also some japanese girls with great techniques that i enjoyed watching...overall...its a great experience..and i hope to attend more of these....

and they're back!!

2010-01-12T09:58:00.000-08:00

yes indeed..the series are back....

in HIMYM, BARNEY SUITED DOWN!! and boy he looks equally as hot in casual..and seminaked ^^..AND HE SANG!!"NOTHING SUITS ME LIKE A SUIT..." so glad to see him in his broadway element....and further joined by marshall too..AND THE REST OF THE CAST!!
and most importantly, ted is one step close to the mother!! real close that is...
not too bad for the 100th episode...the best is yet to come i hope..

big bang was not too bad...and i almost believed sheldon is gonna get himself a girlfriend...OR NOT....

ONE MORE GREAT NEWS!! after rumours about ending the show for good, CHUCK IS BACK!! yeah...everyone's favourite "special agent"... and he know kungfu now....i duno why....i just had the preview....guess i'll have to find out..

currently waiting for the LOST dr house ... geez... cant believe they put him on hold for that long...
and yea...lookin forward to the gossip girls' cast as well...

how i go

2009-12-12T00:57:00.000-08:00

i could tell you the wildest of tales
my friend the giant and traveling sales
tell you all the times that i failed
the years all behind me
the stories excelled.
and i'm drying out
crying out
this isn't how i go

i could tell you of a man not so tall
who said life's a circus and so we are small
tell you of a girl that i saw
i froze in the moment and she changed it all

and i'm drying out
crying out
this isn't how i go
hurry now
lay me down
and let these waters flow
flow...

son i am not everything you thought that i would be
but every story i have told is part of me

and you keep the air in my lungs
floating along as a melody comes
and my heart beats like timpani drums
keeping the time while a symphony strums
and i'm drying out
crying out
this isn't how i go
hurry now
lay me down
and let these waters flow...
flow....
let it flow
let it flow

son i am not everything you thought that i would be
but every story i have told is part of me
son i leave you now but you have so much more to do
and every story i have told is part of you

i came across this meaningful song in my shuffle and didn know who sang it .. so as usual i googled about it and found out it was recorded by ryan from yellowcard with a member of dixie chicks...

as a result, this particular youtube clip captured my attention about the novel-turned-movie BIG FISH...yes...an old movie i've known but never had the intention to watch it due to the rather extraordinary characters...

but this time, i checked it out..and it was the kind of movie which leave u with thoughts...and boy not many movies made me feel that way...

"In a final gesture of love and comprehension, after a lifetime of despising his father's stories and his father as story-teller, Will finishes the story his father has begun, pulling together the themes, images and characters of his father's storied life to blend reality and fantasy in act of communion and care. By unselfishly releasing the anger he has held about his father's stories, Will gains the understanding that all we are is our stories and that his father's stories gave him a reality and substance and a dimension that was as real, genuine, and deep as the day-to-day experiences that Will sought out. Will comes to understand, then, that his father - and the rest of us - are our stories and that the deeper reality of our lives may, in fact, not be our truest self."Review by Kent L. Brintnall
Emory University

very touching indeed.. :)

damacai national wushu championship 2009

2009-08-29T10:27:00.000-07:00

what a relieve when stevie g had the last scoring...or liverpool will have to go along with a draw AFTER A COUPLE OF LOSSES...urgh...I MISS XABIIIII

while waiting for the real madrid match i figured its probably best to kill time here..
got back from the wushu competition few days back and since the second day of competition, im sick TIL NOW...no..not h1n1...luckily..

anyway..cheras's ok....lots of pressure since its an open competition..and that also means that we can get to see all the national athletes in action as well..and i think among all athletes, they are the ones that are most pressured...being world champion and all...cant afford to lose to little ones.. but the so-called little ones arent so weak after all, in fact they can be of competition..

the trip to kl was TERRIBLE...it was freezing cold the whole 12 hours...and by the time we arrived in kl, my back was so pain..ah well, nothin to complain, cause WE GOT THE SUITE....YES ROOM 888..SUITE...haha ..not realy that grand..just spacious...and automatically that became our temporary training venue...
yes, we used that space for our groupevent practice..and I WAS PART OF IT..
earlier, i wasnt one of the 6 ppl in this event but due to one athlete being kicked out of our team, I GOTTA BE ONE OF THEM...oh man, me ... on a group event...thats gonna be terrible....

opening ceremony was quite interesting, with some wushu+contemporary dance performance, singing performance by my relative ( wang xue jing) SERIOUS!! she's my far cousin...but well no big deal..dun noe her anyway.. also a few interesing performance by groups of martial artists....however the highly anticipated dragon dance was rubbish...the independant sch here in kok lanas can do ten times better...

first day of competition, my event didn go well..ah...screw that, eventho my sanzi's routine went on ok, i din manage any place among the top 6..but nvm, wasnt expecting alot either..but a national athlete from kelantan got us a silver anyway, Ang Eng Chong ( same chinese name as my eldest bro haha).. we had a teams' dinner ..the food wasnt that good except for the roasted chicken..but mayb its just me starting to not feeling very well....sure enuf i was having sorethroat and slight fever after dinner..and wats worse is that we gotta rearrange a brand new routine for the group event and practised til 2 am..just like we did the previous night...

NX MORNING...woke up at 5 am..feelin like crap.. couldn slp at night coughin myself away thruout the night...i really thought i was goin go faint...as i was shivering like hell...before and after bath....it might be due to me not feeling well OR..THE PRESSURE I WAS FACING...preparing for the last minute group event....either way, i felt terrible....almost like givin up... HOWEVER..my long weapon event that i took part for this first time was OK!!! even gotmyself a 4th ( or 5th im not sure )placing! YAY...no medal..but im happy enuf...for gettin a cert for this first time eventof mine... after that .. there was not time for relaxing ..gotta prepare for duilian and group event..AH DUILIAN WAS RIDICULOUS...WE GOT THE LAST PLACING..HEHE..but the men's on the other hand was nice!! kai chuan+soon ching vs the 12 year old, 3 heads shorter than his 2 opponents kid--chin wei.... so as expected the crowd was amazed by their performance..altho not flawless but stil pleasant to see..UNLIKE OURS...I CANT EVEN BEAR TO IMAGINE...
it was as if time fast foward because just few minutes after that its the group event!! wth...im so not prepared...but wth again...just go out there and do it...FOR THIS EVENT..i also cant bear to see what i did...but it actually felt good..out there doin our thing with my teammates....plus..the LAST MINUTE MUSIC found was COOL!! it just felt so....i duno why.... in the end...7.77...the points we obtained..HEY NOT BAD RIGHT..FOR A 2 DAYS PREPARED ROUTINE...hahaha....

once the competition ended...it was like the weight of the world off us....everyone became so relaxed....where else to celebrate?? MOVIE!!! we headed to midvalley for dinner and they proceed with GI JOE..meanwhile i hang out with my college friends who are kind enuf to come pick me...we went for JALAN 222 charcoal hokkien mee with mich, kar yan, jonathan, cheemo, guang and zhiboy..AND NX STOP giant roti tisu in ss2's kayu...yes im stil very sick but WHO CARES!!! I MISS MY FRIENDS!!! ALTHO WE ONLY SPENT LIKE 2 HOURS..but...im glad enough....i might not be able to see some of them the nx time i come back...sob sob... back at the suite that night, my throat got worst and due to slp deprivation for few nights , i SLEPT LIKE LOG AND MISSED THE LIVERPOOL GAME!! but they lost anyway..-.-

nx morning we just hang out a while in petaling street, lookin at fake stuffs, gettin some food...cant realy go anywhere coz the boys are more interested in playin pool back in the hotel...URGH.. but im not in the mood of goin anywher anyway..so we just have a rest in starbucks at the hotel...by evening, we met up with ong ee and board the torturing train back to kb...

..and so it begins...

2009-08-15T21:15:00.000-07:00

epl's started and tonite wil be the first game for liv...vs tottenham....hopefully mistakes arent repeated.....

anyway...its a sunday morning and i am finally done teaching.....so im havin my free time for this whole week...at least up to friday..when i'll be leaving for cheras for the competition...it has been tough for the past few weeks due to the daily training...and my poor knees have been suffering alot and so does my stamina both mentally and physically..for this final week of training..it will be for the preparation of duilian..also my first time for this event...fingers crossed that i can pull it off....

last week my family was busy entertaining the relatives who came in from both UK and SINGAPORE...no..none of my age..all my great grands and my grands..and i should be lucky to have my great grands as fit as fiddles..stil able to cook nyonya food for me ( ya i guess this makes me partly nyonya too!!) and watchin soccer with me!!
besides that are my grandaunt Angela and granduncle Noel...who enjoys durian and believe it or not..he actually spent 25 pounds back in UK for a pathetic little durian...wherelse we could get loads of them back here for just 10 bucks... therefore during his stay here, he practically stuffed himself with all the local fruits...
and i also get to look at pictures of their grandchildren..and by that would be my cousins....i would say they all look beautiful , being mixed (burmese-australian-british) haha...they might be coming in the nx year...would be fun then!!
we had a family reunion at some restaurant for the last nite before they flew back and it was quite a great one..everyone had fun ESPECIALLY THE OLD FOLKS...singin karaok away...and of course i snapped a marvellous photo of my greatgranduncle singing together with my granduncle...what a combination huh...

meanwhile ee jane and maria will be leaving for the states soon and we had some get together yesterday .. also went to pcb for some fun...they were so fascinated by the beach...but i guess im even luckier to be able to have this kinda outings almost everyweekend..plus with an even nicer view...and speakin of that the last outing was at lata bali (not bali).. its actually a very broad river and at the upstream..there are many mini falls....it used to be heavenly but due to the loggings, its almost ruined...we had lotsa fun having free fish spa( yes the fishes just nibble ur toes, exactly like the fish spa..just with better nature view and no burning of pockets) and also massaging spa ( by the strong waterfalls striking our every muscle of our body ) believe me...its awesome...the trip up the place was also nice...but it requires 4 wheels drive so my dad and i hopped on to another trooper and made our way up...the experience was great, just like those adventurers hiking up rough trails...hope to come again in future..

IM NOT THE THIRD "STAR" OF JALAN HAMZAH ANYMORE!!!

2009-08-06T08:35:00.000-07:00

if anyone's wondering whose the first and second star of jalan hamzah, KEEP WONDERING..muahahah am not gonna tell...
actually thats somethin my big bro made up...im already 19 and just passed my driving test this morning..and before this, my brothers always teased me not havin a drivin license yet and big bro somehow came up with me being the 3 stars( not having license ) of my residential area...SO SINCE I'VE OFFICIALLY PASSED THE TEST IM NOT!!
BUT i wouldn say im a very good driver yet...JPJ may have marked me as LULUS this morning, but i think my parents just failed me a while ago when i took them around the taman..probably its because the diferent size of car used and also switching from manual to auto...GIVE ME SOME TIME~~ I CAN DO IT..

meanwhile, the death rate caused by swine flu is increasing rapidly recently and many students in the school im teachin kinda get the "sickbug" ..just hope they aint confirm cases of swine flu...i am having headache the whole evening myself...but cant possibly miss trainings so just popped in painkllers and went on....hope i can just sleep it off..

after training, my parents and i went to get some supper for big bro who is workin til midnight later...and we have some teh tarik for ourselves.. THEN my dad told me mom actually told the buddha jesus allah joke to their friends just now... I CANT BELIEVE IT...and my mom went on sniggering.. i asked her how she came to know of the joke..and she asked ME how I knew bout it..-.-..thats not even an answer lar ma...but our versions are slightly different.. well just some joke anyway..no hard feelings for anyone affected yea.. XD

cocktails on a hot summer day

2009-07-31T20:23:00.000-07:00

WSJ Magazine Daily July 24,
2009 Distilled: Cool Summer Cocktails
The Standard Hotel’s barkeep Cory Mason serves up twists on classic drinks

By: Michael Frew

PENNY DROP

One of the most popular drinks at the Living Room, the Penny Drop is Mason’s updated version of the Moscow Mule, a cocktail once enjoyed by movie stars in the ‘30’s and ‘40’s but now only drunk by your unhip great aunt. In addition to the traditional vodka and ginger beer, Mason likes to add his own housemade ginger syrup, giving the drink a spicy, rounded taste with what Mason calls a “golden,” toasted note.

2 oz. vodka
1 oz. ginger syrup*
1 oz. lime juice
ginger beer

Pour vodka, ginger syrup and lime juice over ice cubes in, preferably, a copper or pewter mug (if no mugs, a Collins glass will work just fine). Stir. Top off with ginger beer. Try to resist the temptation of gulping this drink down—it packs a subtly disguised wallop.

*You can make your own ginger syrup by adding crushed fresh ginger to simple syrup while it is on the stove or, even easier, buy a small bottle of it in a Chinese market.

SUMMER BRAMBLE

A simple, refreshing take on a traditional Gin Fizz. For soda water the Summer Bramble substitutes macerated fresh berries, which complement the gin’s botanicals and stains the drink a beautiful swirling color as they infuse downwards.

1 ½ oz. gin
¾ oz. lemon juice
¾ oz. simple syrup
macerated seasonal berries*

Combine gin, lemon juice and simple syrup in a shaker filled with ice cubes. Shake. Pour over crushed ice in an old-fashioned glass. Top with a teaspoon or two of macerated berries. Contemplate the swirling patterns as the drink revives you.

*Use any combination of berries that are fresh and in season (such as blackberries, blueberries, raspberries and wild strawberries). Crush the berries in a bowl. Add sugar to taste. If no fresh berries are close at hand, a good berry preserve can be substituted.

JACKIE 60

Finally, Mason told me that one of his loftier goals as a barkeep is to “educate people away from their drinking habits” by showing them what is possible. The Jackie 60 (that we assume is in honor of a Meatpacking District club of the same name from the 1990s) seems a bold attempt to redefine the margarita, a drink too often associated with pre-made mixers and glorified Slurpee machines. In fact, to call this cocktail an updated margarita is not really to do it justice. The mezcal used in place of tequila gives the cocktail a bracing, smoky quality that lingers with you between sips—a kind of strange, exciting melding of Islay and Club Med. The smoked salt rimming takes the drink to near genius level.

2 oz. mezcal*
1 oz. lime juice
2/3 oz. agave nectar
smoked salt**
honey

Combine mezcal, lime juice and agave nectar in a shaker filled with ice cubes. Shake well. Use honey to rim an old-fashioned glass with smoked salt. Fill glass with crushed ice. Pour the drink mixture into the glass over the crushed ice. Sip slowly and savor.

*Selecting a good single village mezcal, like Del Maguey Chichicapa, is a key to making a successful cocktail.

**The other key is using smoked salt, which can be bought at a decent gourmet grocery store or from the artisanal spice company La Boîte à Epices, the best according to Cory Mason.

see if we could try them out!!

my not so "holi"-day

2009-07-31T08:35:00.000-07:00

weeks have passed since i came back to kb ..and for the first few weeks..im super free, just watchin series , goin for few wushu trainings..and ocassionaly attending driving lessons...but for this recent week...MY LIFE IS SUDDENLY JUST AS IT WAS WHEN I WAS IN HIGH SCHOOL---------->HECTIC

believe it or not but i am actually teachin in a CHINESE SCHOOL...alright its not really a big deal...it was actually my ex primary sch too...some "wind" about me being extremely free for 6 months somehow reached my primary sch teacher and the nx minute..im being called up to be a temp teacher....not wanting to turn down my dear teacher...I AGREED TO IT!!!

getting up 6 in the morning is so not my thing since last year....and i actually woke up feeling grumpy for the whole recent week...for not havin enuf slp....
not only am i havin the 7 to 1 job in school, i have driving lessons almost every day from 3 to 6...and wushu EVERYNITE 8 TO 1030..THATS THE TIRING PART...so right now im havin migrain but somehow im stil able to type this post...

school--->brought back alot of memories...makes me wonder...WAS I LIKE THAT...haha but perhaps not..kids nowadays are harder to handle.. I took a few classes like 5k 4u 3u..mainly 5k...and..this class..was kind of a disaster...there are a few really naughty ones who just plain disrespectful to temp teachers like me...they just wouldnt give me a minute of silence in class...however there were oso some who actually make peace with me on some terms...in other words..i had to talk to them and try to understand them AND also make them be clear of what i hope from them...so far i can sense a couple of them not being really that bad....but stil theres stil a number who JUST WOULDN LISTEN..as for those...ah what the hell...to them im just a dumb temp teacher...no use giving respect to these students who clearly do not know how to respect teachers...

wushu-----> going for the DAMACAI national comp in cheras end of august , so we are havin trainings every night!!! this would be my first time in this national competition...years back ive only participated in national youth...for this..it would be a bigger event because it includes athletes of all ages...and also from the national team..might be interesting..but there's a lot of hard work for us participants...not that i am expecting medals for myself this trip but at least i hope not to let myself , my coach and my team down...so just gonna go out and do my best...

anyway during this morning's training,we cleaned up our training venue and it seems we werent the only living creature spending alot of hours there...WE FOUND SNAKES, CENTIPEDE AND ROACHES!!! snakes especially..its not just any ordinary snakes...we found 3 baby snakes...beautiful ones...and zong collected them in bottles...the third one we found crawling and it was hard to catch so zong, takin hern's brilliant idea of steppin its head, did as he was told..and the snake suddenly stopped moving..looks like it was dead...or dying..poor thing...i tried picking it up ..it wasnt wriggling as actively..so we just left it as it was....BUT THEN..IT MIRACULOUSLY STARTED WRIGGLING AGAIN!! probably he just suffered a blackout..HAHA...anyway...im pretty sure there's a mother snake somewher out there...hopefully it isnt harmful but i think it might be poisonous..at least tats what my dad's friend said when i showed him the picture

actually, i just came back from tembila...YUP! TEMBILA AGAIN...this time there was an addition of 2 members ..my second bro and his gf cindy are here for the week so they joined us...
the sea water and river water is awesome today...and we managed to catch hold of many starfish...ALIVE ONES...crabs and we also get to see a cave full of bats....it's never a boring trip to tembila altho ive been there for like....uncountable times...and hope cindy enjoyed herself too...

ah well at least tomorrow ive nothing on until the wushu training at night...so guess ill have enuf rest to sleep off my migrain...just before MY ANOTHER HECTIC WEEK BEGINS...=.=

where are the oysters??

2009-07-10T22:21:00.000-07:00

From France, a Refreshing Steal
Muscadet, the Loire Valley white, is a treat with seafood—and surprisingly affordable

white wine + seafood...definitely a heavenly combo....

everything in the last few weeks of college life...prom,redang...

2009-06-21T07:30:00.000-07:00

so ive completed alevels....

so ive finished college....

so im gonna part with all my friends who have made my college life a lot sweeter....

im gonna miss it alot....

pre prom days @ post exam days are truly relaxing but still exciting in some way....the girls and i went for shoeshopping....and i got myself a purplish silver heels..which goes with my dress.... and well...stayed over at peiling's place...nice room she had....and up to prom night we spend most of our time at her place..

oh well prom was not too bad...except for me looking totally unlike me...that i can barely even recognize myself...it truly is a one night makeover...so as they said..prom isnt very nice..more of...photo sessions..which we had too...the peak of the prom might be when everyone get down to the dancefloor..despite blisters all over my feet...we danced like nobody's business....which is quite a thing as my classmates are not so much of partygoers..

speaking of blisters...i got it durin the grandpiano gala concert by chopin society..just 2 days before the prom..IMAGINE THAT..BLISTERS BEFORE PROM...vic and i went to klcc for this concert where i met up with my dear piano teacher, miss tan... the concert was not too bad..especially performances by korean and hongkong pianists...and ya..the blisters is the result of lots of walkin in heels to and fro klcc...luckily im was once "good friends" with blisters durin my dancing days... i can stil bear the pain...or not..vic wud be in trouble if i cant even walk...in fact i joined his bunch of classmates for late supper after the event..and i dun have to walk so much since sean has his car to drop us off our houses..

REDANG!!!! this trip is the much anticipated one...4 days 3 nites of island life ... who would say no to it... unlike vic's class..my class took the flight to kt....and i realised that havin companion on flight tend to reduce my phobia of flying..altho THE zhi hao sitting beside me basically slept thru out the journey -.-.... the boat trip to redang WAS SO ROUGH THAT I ALMOST THOUGHT THAT OUR BOAT WIL BE OVERTURNED...trust me...its wayy more exciting than any rollercoaster ride... i cant wait to get into sea once we reached redang so we went for our firsrt snorkelling trip somewher in the middle of the sea...due to my blindness i had to use lenses...back at the resort..we stil hadn have enuf of snorkelling so miss ho, zhi hao, scott , jsun loong and i went for a long swim round the gulf...and oh great..just half way thru...scott saw my lenses went swimming too...urgh..i dropped them and missed all the sight of eels and the sharks..-.-

that night we were all so tired...so we just had a short walk along the beach and went back to sleep EVEN BEFORE 12 HAHA...the nx morning we went to the marine park and vic's group was there too...this trip, i wasnt the only girl from our class...cause the rest of my frens all decided that theres ntg else to do if they do not snorkel...so we helped kar yan out cause she cant really swim but i think she is very brave to go against the strong waves...marine park has lotsa fishes too but i got seasick and ended up half dead on the sand...and it didn get better until i got back to the resort and slept it off for 2 hours....that afternoon...i skipped the snorkelling trip and went for beach sports instead...volleyball and frisbees...that nite..we 4 girls got ourselves our first tattoos MUAHAHAHHA AIR BRUSH LAR...not the real thing...and later, scott and i joined victor for a walk in search of the blue spirit..hehe..im stil not sure what isit but its sth that glows in the dark....some minerals perhaps...and then we just hang out at his resort and also by the beach....had quite a long talk together...since 3 of us are also gonna part...3 of us of the taylors choir...we are gonna miss all the practices, performances and hangingouts we had together...

the nx morning, vic's class left redang and we stil had a whole day in redang...so as usual...we went for snorkelling..and this day i saw jelly fish..many big fishes...and finally saw the shark i longed to see...after the afternoon snorkelling session, we wanted to play the banana boat but sadly the waves are too big...AND I ENDED UP goin around the gulf YET ANOTHER TIME with zhi hao and weiguang...half way thru it...i felt so damn seasick but its no way im gonna turn back...so i went along...AND I GOT SEASICK FOR THE SECOND TIME-.- if only i dun get sick so easily....for the last evening in redang...we played frisbees..which was so much fun and at night...we ALL went to look for the blue spirit..and on the way back we just chill out at the laguna resort's pub for some cocktails and some nice live band....

time flies and we are already at the last morning of our redang stay...we woke up to see sunrise...which isnt really tat obvious...and according to sean..we shud stay til 7 sth to see the real thing..but too bad...I WENT BACK TO SLEEP ALREADY..haha...was dead tired after so much swimming the day earlier..
by noon we 've already left redang and got to kt...kt trip wasnt that fun since we only walked around china town which was obviously closed on a friday...so they just ended up playin poker AGAIN... hahaha..by night we flew back to subang...and tat night im sure everyone slept soundly in their own beds...

the nx morning WE MET UP AGAIN..haha seems we just cant help spending the last few days together...this time..ravjit was back from singapore to join us for lunch and movies....oh well im sure he has a great group of friends there too.... at nite...I WENT SUNWAY AGAIN-.-...for the second time that day..with ben and vic...well ben is lookin for some special edition tiger beer bottle...and we ended up buyin too..haha.. we then hung out at the " once HAI LUO now O CIRCLE pub and restaurant..."well the 2 guys singing on stage is not too bad too...if only they can sing in english..HAHA...

liverpool end of season top 10 goals

2009-05-29T03:50:00.001-07:00

video from This Is Anfield

How The Champions League finals was won and lost

2009-05-27T20:53:00.000-07:00

From Times Online
May 27, 2009

Barcelona Lifting the Champion League Throphy and Celebrating 2008/2009 - The best bloopers are a click away

highlights of the match

92 mins: FULL TIME Barcelona 2 United 0 Messi 1 Ronaldo 0. Look on the bright side - at least United won't have to go to Abu Dhabi for the World Club Cup in January.

89 mins: United ratings: E Van der Sar 6 – J O’Shea 5, R Ferdinand 4, N Vidic 4, P Evra 6 – Anderson 3, M Carrick 4, R Giggs 4 - Park Ji Sung 4, C Ronaldo 5, W Rooney 6.

Not going to bother with Barcelona: they're about to lift the European Cup and they're about to win The Treble - that's all you need to know.

85 mins: Where's Ole Gunnar Solskjaer when you need him? Where's Teddy Sheringham? Half chance for Berbatov but he heads over the bar from close range.

80 mins: Bad night at the office for United. They started well, but fell apart as soon as Barcelona scored. Anderson and Giggs had shockers, Vidic and Ferdinand have been given the runaround and Berbatov and Tevez have been anonymous. Who's idea was it to play in all-white? Against Barcelona?

78 mins: Ronaldo is booked for barging into Puyol. Scholes is booked for a late tackle on Busquets.

74 mins: Scholes replaces Giggs. Fergie's looking shellshocked - the man who doesn't lose finals is losing 2-0.

71 mins: Keita replaces Henry. Scholes is getting ready to come on.

70 mins: Barcelona 2 United 0 Messi beats Van der Sar with a powerful far-post header. Where was Ferdinand? Where was O'Shea? Nowhere. Great cross by Xavi, though.

69 mins: Keita getting ready to come on for Barcelona.

65 mins: Berbatov replaces Park. Ronaldo goes up for a header with Puyol and the Spain defender falls over holding his head. Fergie is on his feet and he's directing operations from his technical area. Maybe that will work - nothing else has.

63 mins: Berbatov is about to come on. Are United going to throw everything at Barcelona for the last 25 minutes?

61 mins: Paul Scholes is warming up. Rooney is getting more room on the right and he's got the beating of Sylvinho.

57 mins: United are so worried by Barcelona's attacking threat that they are defending too deep. Guardiola applauds his players from the touchline as Barcelona continue to make the running. 1-0 is the most common scoreline in European Cup finals. Great.

55 mins: United's first chance of the second half. Rooney crosses from the right, but the bounce of the ball beats Park at the far post.

52 mins: Barcelona hit the post. Xavi takes a free kick from the edge of the penalty area and a post saves United. Ferguson has taken a massive gamble by switching to 4-4-2 and Barcelona are looking even more dangeous now that they are getting more time on the ball. Barcelona's defence was supposed to be dodgy, but Puyol and Co have hardly put a foot wrong so far.

48 mins: Henry turns Ferdinand inside out and only a crucial save by Van der Sar keeps United in the game.

46 mins: Tevez is coming on for Anderson. Giggs is moving into the middle alongside Carrick, Rooney is moving onto the right - his third position of the night - and Park is switching to the left.

45 mins: HALF-TIME Barcelona 1 United 0 Let's hope Fergie remembered to pack his hairdryer.

40 mins: United attack but Park falls over - that just sums up the past half hour as far as United are concerned. Messi is playing deep and in the middle and that's causing United all sorts of problems. Giggs has moved onto the left wing and Rooney is trying his luck through the middle.

35 mins: United are missing Darren Fletcher. It's Giggs, Carrick and Anderson versus Xavi, Busquets and Iniesta in midfield and the Barcelona players are coming out on top. The crowd are quiet and that's doing nothing for United's confidence. It's men against boys at the moment and the boys are wearing white.

30 mins: United have still not recovered from conceding a goal. Messi is giving Vidic a hard time and United are chasing shadows. Rooney is getting nothing out of Puyol and Barcelona are getting too much time on the ball. When is it going to be Tevez time?

24 mins: Barcelona are controlling the game and Fergie is looking worried on the United bench. Free-kick to Barcelona 25 yards out after Anderson fouls Iniesta. Xavi's strike just misses the crossbar.

18 mins: Messi tries his luck from 25 yards after cutting in from the right but his vicious strike flashes over the bar.

15 mins: Pique booked for blocking Ronaldo on the edge of the area. Pique lucky not to see red. Giggs takes the free-kick but his left-foot strike flies over the bar and lands on the running track.

13 mins: If United are going to lift the European Cup for the fourth time they are going to have to do it the hard way. They are used to doing it the hard way.

10 mins: Barcelona 1 United 0 Eto'o cuts in from the right and beats Van der Sar at his near post. Barcelona have scored with their first attack thanks to a clever through ball from Iniesta. Vidic and Anderson should have done better.

8 mins: Another half chance for Ronaldo - he controls the ball with his chest but his left-foot effort is off target.

4 mins: United are looking dangerous as Barcelona take their time to get into gear. This is only the third final between an English and a Spanish side. Ronaldo tries his luck again from 35 yards but his right-foot strike flies wide. Barcelona have lost their past two matches and haven't found their passing rhythm yet.

1 min: Ronaldo almost scores with a free-kick from 32 yards. Valdes makes a decent block before Pique clears the danger.

7.45pm: Barcelona kick off. Park is playing on the right and Rooney is on the left.

7.42pm: The teams are on the pitch and United are wearing natty new black and gold tracksuit tops which they take off to pose for the official team picture. United are playing in all white; Barcelona are in their famous red and blue shirts.

7.40pm: The opening ceremony is over. Nothing new to report - just the usual nuttiness. Lots of people in strange costumes doing stange things that are supposed to mean something.

7.15pm: The stadium's full, Michel Platini is hugging everyone, Prince William is looking very smart, Silvio Berlusconi is behaving himself and Fergie is having a quiet word with the boys in the dressing-room.

Ruud Gullit reckons this game is as big as the World Cup final and who are we to argue. "Everyone in the world is watching," Gullit says. Why are you wearing a skinny tie, then?

7pm: Wisla Krakow and Shakhtar Donetsk are not playing tonight, but they've both beaten Barcelona in the Champions League this season. Wisla beat Pep Guardiola's team 1-0 at home in the third qualifying round and Shakhtar won 3-2 at the Nou Camp in the group stage. Let's hope Fergie's watched the DVDs.

6.47pm: The teams are in...

Barcelona (4-3-3): V Valdes – C Puyol, Y Toure, G Pique, Sylvinho – Xavi Hernandes, S Busquets, A Iniesta – L Messi, S Eto’o, T Henry.

Substitutes: J-M Pinto, M Caceres, J Gudjohnsen, Bojan, S Keita, P Rodriguez, Muniesa.

Manchester United (4-3-3): E Van der Sar – J O’Shea, R Ferdinand, N Vidic, P Evra – Anderson, M Carrick, R Giggs - Park Ji Sung, C Ronaldo, W Rooney.

Substitutes: T Kuszczak, D Berbatov, Nani, P Scholes, Rafael Da Silva, J Evans, C Tevez.

Referee: M Busacca (Switzerland)

6.45pm: Team news: Ferguson has decided to stick with the team that beat Arsenal in the semi final at the Emirates Stadium - only United change is Ryan Giggs in for Darren Fletcher, who is suspended.

Dimitar Berbatov and Carlos Tevez have to settle for a place on the bench - that's about £60 million worth of strikers taking it easy on the touchline.

Thierry Henry and Andres Iniesta are fit to start for Barcelona. Sylvinho takes over from Eric Abidal at left back. The last time Sylvinho played against United - for Arsenal - he lost 6-1. Let's hope that's an omen.

6.15pm: Sky have just run a surreal interview with Cristiano Ronaldo where he was interviewing himself. The final question that he asked himself was: "What about Real Madrid?" His response? "How many times do I have to answer this question? I am happy here."

6pm: Manchester United have arrived at the Stadio Olimpico and some of the players who are not expected to start - Wes Brown, Paul Scholes and Gary Neville - are on the pitch in their Paul Smith suits.

United arrived in smart club suits, Barcelona have turned up in casual shirts and tracksuits bottoms, which is not suprising considering that Pep Guardiola looks like he spends his days off shopping in Zara.

Only Barcelona stand in the way of Manchester United lifting the European Cup for the fourth time at the Stadio Olimpico in Rome this evening.

Sir Alex Ferguson has an almost fully-fit squad to choose from as United attempt to become the first team to retain the trophy since the Champions League format was introduced in 1992-93.

CHAMPIONS LEAGUE 2009

2009-05-27T07:04:00.000-07:00

found this on dirty tackle..

DT Exclusive: Final showdown

With all the unimaginative journalists asking whether Lionel Messi or Cristiano Ronaldo is the best player in the world as we prepare for their face-off in the Champions League final, the two of them decided to settle it once and for all with a debate. The following is a transcript of that debate, which took place in the VIP room of a gentlemen’s club in Rome.

Ronaldo: Ok. I will begin. I am the best because I have magical ball control, genius vision, and I can score from anywhere on the pitch.

Messi: Me too.

Ronaldo: Damnit you’re right! We are both so good that it’s stupid to try and put one of us above the other based on skill alone. We need to look at the intangibles.

Messi: Well…I overcame a growth hormone deficiency as a child and had to move to a different country to get treatment.

Ronaldo: And I have overcome being loved by women all over the world. Still even.

Messi: I’m an accomplished diver.

Ronaldo: As am I.

Messi: Maradona thinks I’m awesome.

Ronaldo: Pele gave me the World Player of the Year award. And he gave me his autograph.

Messi: I can cut my own hair.

Ronaldo: I can put gel in mine and make it look like a plastic hat.

Messi: I like legos.

Ronaldo: Every wall in my house is mirrored. And sticky.

Messi: I can do this… [drools a strand of saliva that touches the floor, sucks it back up]

Ronaldo: I can do this… [bangs a hooker]

Messi: Ugh, I don’t think we’re ever going to settle this.

Ronaldo: Yeah. It’s really kind of pointless. Especially since I’m three years older than you, so whatever criticisms people have about your game could easily be gone by the time you’re my age. Plus I just decided I’m a wizard so I win.

Messi: Neato!

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and this...from the offside

THE 2009 CHAMPIONS LEAGUE FINAL DRINKING GAME

You must take a mouthful of alcohol when any of the following occur
The fact that Man United won the CL ten years ago in the Nou Camp is mentioned.

Ronaldo or Messi beats more than one man in a single run.

The fact that the two best players in the world are on show is mentioned by anyone.

An English commentator mispronounces a Barca player’s name.

If Barca string together more than ten passes in a move, you must drink for every subsequent pass.

If anyone goes down a bit easy/dives

Someone is booked

Any substitution is made. You must take a longer drink if two are made at the same time.

Kill your drink when

Someone scores (disallowed goals are entirely your discretion, but will probably amount to which side your supporting, and whose goal was disallowed)

Either Pep or Mr Alex are ranting at the ref

At Half and Full Time (including extra time if they/you make it that far)

A penalty is given (A shootout is your call)

Anyone is sent off

From the Second Half onwards

You have to refer to the teams by their nicknames. For referemce, these are La Blaugrana and The Red Devils. “Barca”, “Man U” or even “Man Utd” are not acceptable as nicknames for these purposes.

However if it goes to extra time, revert back to calling them by their proper names to confuse everyone.

Every ten minutes a member of your party (you can make it every five if you have alot of people/you want to get very drunk) can make up a new rule based on how the game is going. So for example, if someone starts doing something regularly, or a commentator mentions something frequently, incorporate it.

http://cl.theoffside.com/final/the-2009-champions-league-final-drinking-game.html

i guess one wud lose consciousness by halftime...XD

IN THE MEANTIME,

inspirational...

2009-05-24T11:11:00.000-07:00

caruso cocktail

2009-05-23T02:42:00.000-07:00

1½ oz cognac
½ oz sweet (red) vermouth
¼ oz Benedictine
2 dashes Angostura bitters
Stir, stir, stir with ice and strain into a stemmed cocktail glass.
Webster Hall mixologist Red Asher suggested that the drink is best “served with a smile and 1 cherry.”
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http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970203771904574179410427305016.html#mod=djem_we

dream on...

2009-05-22T06:03:00.001-07:00

one of my many dreams...will remain as a dream....just like the other dreams......

Kop raid for Silva...

2009-05-13T08:53:00.000-07:00

Liverpool offer Valencia £15m for Spanish star David Silva By David Maddock 13/05/2009

http://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football/2009/05/13/liverpool-offer-valencia-15m-for-spanish-star-david-silva-115875-21353851/

Football Spy

Liverpool have made a £15million take-it-or-leave-it offer for David Silva.

Anfield boss Rafa Benitez has warned the winger’s club Valencia he will walk away from the deal if they try to turn it into an auction.

There have been secret talks between the two clubs over the highly-rated 23-year-old, who was part of the Spain squad that won Euro 2008 last summer.

But Benitez is becoming increasingly annoyed about what he sees as Valencia’s underhand tactics to try to push the price up by involving other clubs.

Valencia are more than £100million in debt and this summer will have to sell Silva, along with their superstar striker David Villa and international defender Raul Albiol if they are to survive.

^^

last day with pm10...

2009-05-08T19:29:00.000-07:00

its really over...days with the classmates i spent my alevels life with... techinically, we'll still go thru exams together, so as graduation ball and the redang trip..BUT sitting in those classrooms of taylors..goin for lectures....labs...lunch...... those days are over....

well i wudn say my pm10 classmates are my only friends for this 2 yrs....as i have other great circle of friends such as my hometown friends...and also friends from choir....even so...pm10 classmates are the ppl who sit thru the hours in taylors with me.... well..i would be lying if i say i wudn miss a bit of that life.... but oh well, life goes on..and we move on to meet new ppl in life as well...all we can do is make them a sweet unforgettable memory... :)

8th may 2009....NO IT ISNT THE LAST DAY OF EXAM ,8th JUNE IS...by then we'll be flying like birds!! 8th may was the last day of college...we spent less time in lectures..MORE TIME IN SNAPPIN AS MUCH PICTURES AS WE CAN...with teachers, classmates...with CRAZY CLASSMATES...camwhoring i shud say..sth ive never really done..but finally found it addictive especially with the SPECIAL EFFECTS..thanks to Sonia, AND her laptop...we spent loads of time in front of the little wonder...even the guys...who at first said that camwhorin are only for gals..GOT SUCKED INTO THE ADDICTION..i stil remmebered laughin my ass off just lookin at how everyone turned out to be in the screen after the effects... frankly speaking, our class has been pretty quiet thruout the whole year...as we never really take pictures....but today is an exception..perhaps everyone suddenly realised its now or never...at least that applies to those not goin to redang...i bet the number of photos taken there wud be way higher...

we finally had a class lunch together in shogun...which happens to be havin their anniversary and therefore we are charged only half the price... tng choong was the only classmate misssing in this scene...i wudn say its a SPECIAL lunch occasion..but at least we had some laughs...and chats....spending what might be called THE LAST LUNCH together..haha....and as usual..wei guang the black hole seems the one making the 23bucks paid most worth it...^^

after lunch some of us had a few rounds of daytona in arcade and a few of us girls just went off to asian avenue to walk around.....

it would definitely be more fun if its a post exam trip....but well like it or not.. we're gonna face the exam in a week's time...

so, see u all pm10 folks after a week...hopefully all well and prepared for war.. :)

p.s. photos captured by sonia available in facebook...some are yet to be uploaded by li en as well as wang lin the two professional photographers...

holidays over...-.-

2009-04-19T07:25:00.000-07:00

back in subang...had the scariest flight few hours back...hate fireflyz..

got back results...bad results..gotta really get myself workin for the finals..which is a month away...
i wanna see men in tutu in kl pac..but duno if im still allowed to....considering the fact that i din do well in trials...( not that i;ve ever did well in them )...

TRIALS OVERRRRRR

2009-04-03T06:44:00.000-07:00

finally the break is here!!! am takin a flight back home tomorrow noon..haven been back in kb since CNY...

sat for the last paper today and after that, went to sunway pyramid for the whole day and had loads of fun....paper finished at 10 plus so sunway wasnt very packed at that time..catch a movie of FAST AND FURIOUS....and as usual...we girls are ooohh-aaahing about paul walker....or brian o'connor as known in the movie...well...vin diesel aint that bad to me either!! overall the movie was not bad...
then we had lunch in manhattan fish market...which i find not as nice as fish and co...but well with a bunch of classmates...its still fun... OH AND YEAH...eftal joined us this time..haha i think its the first time he joined the class...welll part of the class lar... later we pa...rted ways as the guys went for pool and we thought of catchin another round of movie but then it was already too packed...ended up playin games... -.-
as usual it was kinda waste of time for me walkin around without aim....not that i went there to shop...but like my classmates said...all we have now...is time...haha nice one... so spent the rest of our time walking here and there...joined the guys for pool , had mango sorbet...bla bla bla...THEN...we gurls went to take the ( i duno what its called) photo...or miniature japanese photo..as what i called it lar... kinda exciting scrambling and shouting here and there for the photos and also decorating them since there's time limit for everything...plus its my first time taking this so i just let them do whatever is need to be done....glad with the photos we had tho....at least as memories for we PM 10 gurls...5 of us...minus evenne and sonia..sadly... dinner was in sushi zanmai...which we girls had just a month ago...but this time..i tried the potato mayo salad...potato, my favourite...mayo...my favourite too!! just as nice as it sounds..it taste BETTER!!! now i noe what's in the must-eat-list in future...probably i should also try those in sakae..:)
ooh..by the way...theres some photos of VJ UTT!!!! he came to taylors yesterday for some campaign...and of course i would dash to college just to get a glimpse of the gorgoeus lad..even pao yee came all the way from pj campus... glad to see him...and also adam c jin nicholas jason (deejays) entertaining the crowd... well of course..cher li the lucky girl gets to sit RIGHT BEHIND HIMMM ..i asked her to snap snap snap photos which i haven got from her...hopefully the photos are great....
anyways....presenting........UTT!!! and others... ^^

wushu

2009-03-28T03:50:00.000-07:00

haven seen it...seeing it real soon...gonna bring back lotsa memories...so as jeremy said....esp the trainings in the dear chung hwa's car park...

of march babies....

2009-03-14T23:06:00.000-07:00

among the march babies in my group of my friends...are mei yee...whom i celebrated with 2 weeks ago...and also kim chuan and chin loong...which were yesterday and today...

chew yuin called me up and we went over to sunway to meet up with them...they were planning to buy some stuffs to cook for a simple dinner back in loong's condo..so the simple meal planned...well..spaghetti..hee...so we bought those groceries and headed back to prepare for dinner....

pao yee then came to join us for the meal..she too had a unit just below loong's...
well it was really a simple meal..and fortunately edible...haha...plus some mushroom soup and fruit cocktail....after dinner..we just hang out at his place not long after which, cing ji showed up..for a soccer match later...loong's place seems to be a very nice unit....WITH WIDESCREEN TV....man..he is living such a good life eventho away from home....

was very lucky that the man u and liverpool match was also on that night and was an early one...so we got to see the whole match...and we got to see man u kena fried 1-4 in their home match....wat a happy day....leavin the birthday boy devastated...
we then went to jafar to fill up cing ji's stomach...and there too ppl were cheerin for another great arsenal match..hehe...

anyways..happy birthday again to kim chuan and chin loong...and cheers to many other march babies out there..^^

LiveBlog from The Offside....yeah folks..im stil not over the magnificent win...

**Liverpool beat Manchester United 4-1 at Old Trafford.

FULL TIME 4-1 Liverpool. Likely won’t have the impact on the title race that we would like, but a 4-1 win at Old Trafford and the double on the season is damned good.

93′ Liverpool looking to get a fifth, Rio Ferdinand trying his best to help. YNWA ringing through Old Trafford like it hasn’t since Rafa took over.

GOAL Andrea Dossena!!! What a flick over Van der Sar on the first touch! He is a goal-scoring machine. 4-1 for Liverpool. Suck it easy United.

90′ Rooney skies a volley, and Gerrard comes off, El Zhar on. Game well in hand, and another good performance by Gerrard today.

89′ Another foul on Mascherano, Ronaldo to take the free kick…straight into the wall, cleared away for a corner. No danger.

88′ Ronaldo whiffs after more good work by Rooney on the cross.

85′ Gerrard skies a gift in front of goal…he…well he scored earlier. Up 3-1 makes it hurt less.

83′ Liverpool look game for another, United haven’t done much since the Aurelio goal.

81′ It is Babel for Torres, good run out by Torres, let’s just hope it’s not followed by an announcement tomorrow that he’s out for two weeks.

80′ Babel coming on, likely for Torres.

79′ Torres pays tribute to the injured Xabi Alonso by trying an effort from near halfway. Not exactly the same unfortunately.

** What a free kick by Fabio Aurelio! Unreal stuff…hoping two is enough.

GOAL AURELIOOOOOO!!! Top-drawer free kick from Aurelio stuns Van der Sar!!! 3-1!!!

75′ Sloppy challenge by Vidic on Gerrard, and it’s red! That’s twice this year that Vidic has been sent off against Liverpool. Great flick on by Kuyt for Gerrard.

74′ It’s Scholes, Berbatov, and Giggs on for Anderson, Park Ji Sung, and Carrick. Carrick can’t leave, I don’t hate him yet.

73′ Looks like United is getting ready for a line change.

72′ Poor giveaway in midfield by Mascherano, but Ronaldo shoots from 30 yards and poses no danger.

71′ Tevez looked offside, but couldn’t chest and shoot in one motion anyhow. Another good ball from Carrick.

70′ Good work in the corner by Kuyt…cross is headed out. The game is 90 minutes, right?

67′ Dossena on for Riera…Either him or Aurelio will probably feature as a withdrawn winger.

67′ More possession for Liverpool, but it’s played back to midfield and Hyypia’s long ball is intended for…Van der Sar.

65′ Some attacking play by Liverpool here, cross from Riera is kicked out to Lucas, whose tame volley is easily gathered by Van der Sar.

64′ Skrtel is booked near midfield for stabbing Tevez in the kidney.

63′ Wow…more dangerous stuff from United, Rooney knocks a Ronaldo cross back across the box, Tevez goes down but no contact from Skrtel.

62′ Rooney again creates positive play for United, corner…batted out of the middle…more attack from United but no clear chances.

60′ Mascherano is booked for another silly foul. Carrick’s free kick is knocked back into United’s half.

60′ On cue, Rooney plays Park through with a great ball, but Reina gets out to clear.

59′ Lucas manhandled by Carrick in midfield, attack by United doesn’t go anywhere. To his credit, Rooney has been all over the place.

57′ Corner leads to Reina nervously gathering on just in front of his line. Is it possible for Liverpool to be spread too thin in their own half when all their players are in said half?

54′ Another free kick for United, more nervy stuff. 10 behind the ball fills me with fear.

53′ Nice intervention by Aurelio to clear it away after Anderson plays in Park Ji Sung. Too much sitting back. Not a good feeling.

52′ Lucas with a foul on Rooney in a dangerous spot…Liverpool cannot just sit back the way they have in the last 5 minutes, can’t help but feel that they’ll get punished. Saddle-crotch bounces one at Reina, no trouble there.

50′ Torres looks like he picked up another knock on the ankle…hoping they’re not pushing him too hard.

48′ Ronaldo’s cross fools Reina a bit and it rattles off the post…wouldn’t that have been a gut punch.

46′ Corner straight away for Liverpool…cleared out and United immediately on the break, good work from Rooney on the right, but Liverpool are able to cut it out.

** I don’t know about anyone else saw it, but I thoroughly enjoyed the “You’ll Never Walk Alone” karaoke on my stream.

HALFTIME Well you can’t complain about the scoreline. Poor choice by Reina to challenge Tevez…after seeing the replay again it was probably a deserved penalty. Some questions about Torres’ health were immediately answered with a goal…Great work to steal away from Vidic, who didn’t do himself any favors, and slot past Van der Sar. That set off a spell of about 5 minutes where Torres was all over in attack, and Liverpool were the most positive for the rest of the half. Gerrard’s penalty was legit, but not Evra’s best moment, and probably the first penalty given to an opposing team at Old Trafford in a long time.

45′+2 Gerrard’s shot is deflected out, good break for United…corner is cleared away after some slightly nervy stuff.

45′+1 Liverpool killing possession, foul on Torres. Saddle-crotch comes over to show the grass stain on his ass to Alan Wiley after diving a minute earlier.

** 3 added minutes…

GOAL Gerrard beats Van der Sar! And then kisses the camera…not my favorite celebration of all time, but a well-taken penalty. 2-1 to the good.

44′ Gerrard to take the penalty…

43′ Great run from Liverpool, played from Torres to Gerrard, PENALTY!!!

42′ Great turn and shot by Michael Carrick. He’s probably the person I hate least on Manchester United, but I’m open to being persuaded. Good stuff from him nonetheless.

41′ Corner is cleared out by Gerrard, good work.

40′ More action down the left, and another corner is forced. For someone who doesn’t like right back, Carra has done admirably. I wouldn’t imagine that today will make him any more fond of the position, though. Plenty of attacking right at him.

38′ Lucas gives it away, Ronaldo wasteful with the pass. Haven’t seen United play much this year, but I can’t imagine they’ve had many spells where they’ve been this sloppy.

36′ Kuyt chopped down by Ferdinand, Mascherano plays it out. Rio comes over to wish Dirk best of luck in recovery.

35′ Good work on the left by Riera, Van der Sar gathers it safely. At the other end, Carragher gets a yellow after tripping up Tevez. Good foul for now, unless Saddle-crotch puts it in…plays it out to Rooney instead, nothing doing.

34′ Another free kick in nearly the exact same spot as a few minutes before…Ronaldo in his saddle-crotch stance…deflected off the wall, Reina bobbles, but gathers it up just before it can be poked into the net by Tevez.

33′ Always a good sign to see Mascherano talking to the referee.

31′ Much better stuff from Liverpool, but have to be wary of United on the counter.

30′ Torres just nutmegs Vidic…complete ownage. Results in a corner that was not Gerrard’s best, cleared easily.

** Bouncing ball over the top that Vidic didn’t go for, Torres won the challenge and broke away and finished past Van der Sar. Quality, quality finish.

GOAL Torres!!! No injury there…Vidic screws it up, but make no mistake about the quality of the finish. 1-1!

27′ Big-time slow down in play, Gerrard tries to play Torres through but no chance of getting to it. Announcers seem to think that Torres’ ankle is bothering him, I haven’t seen it, but that would be juuust perfect.

GOAL Ronaldo with a good-looking penalty past Reina.

23′ Odd…penalty…Bad choice by Reina to come out, but still think it’s soft…Ronaldo to take…

21′ Gerrard’s free kick poses no threat…

20′ Back on, Torres into the box, Vidic clears…looking good.

** Liveblog suspended until further notice, can’t find a working stream.

** Frantically looking for a way to catch the action…

** Streams gone…

** Apparently Arbeloa hurt his hamstring in the pre-game.

6′ Torres flashes through but is stopped up by 3 United defenders…goes down a little too easy.

5′ Suppose this one won’t be starting like the match against Real the other day.

3′ Dangerous ball played across the floor by Ronaldo, Park strikes it but Carragher slides in front…corner is cleared away. Yeesh.

2′ This time from the right, Tevez with a cross that is headed away.

2′ Rooney again down the left, Carra able to break it up.

1′ Rooney shimmies down the left side, corner to United…cleared with out threat.

KICKOFF Here we go! Come on you Reds!

** Arbeloa injured in warmups, Carra out right and Hyypia in the middle.

** Glad to see that it’s all gray today, no gray/red/purple combo.

** Looks like Hyypia is in the starting eleven…last minute change? I’m guessing Carra on the right, Hyypia and Skrtel in the middle? Falling apart here…

** The camera pans the crowd at Old Trafford…the amount of front-running is palpable.

** Still can’t find any news on Xabi Alonso’s injury other than a short sentence that he picked up a knock against Real midweek. Don’t remember any discussion of this post match.

** United’s squad:

———-Van der Sar———
O’Shea—Ferdinand–Vidic–Evra
Ronaldo–Anderson–Carrick–Park
——Rooney——Tevez——

Subs: Foster, Evans, Giggs, Nani, Scholes, Berbatov, Fletcher

** Liverpool’s squad:

—————Reina————-
Arbeloa—Carra—Skrtel—Aurelio
——Lucas——Mascherano—-
-Kuyt——–Gerrard——Riera–
————Torres—————

Subs: Cavalieri, Hyypia, Babel, El Zhar, Dossena, Insua, Ngog.

Apparently Xabi is hurt? When did this happen?

Why Music?

2009-03-03T04:09:00.000-08:00

i found this note posted by zi hua on facebook and found it very interesting...
sorry zi hua (if he ever found out)for takin ur note but i just cant help it!!

Boston Conservatory Welcome Address by Karl Paulnack

One of my parents’ deepest fears, I suspect, is that society would not properly value me as a musician, that I wouldn’t be appreciated. I had very good grades in high school, I was good in science and math, and they imagined that as a doctor or a research chemist or an engineer, I might be more appreciated than I would be as a musician. I still remember my mother’s remark when I announced my decision to apply to music school—she said, “you’re WASTING your SAT scores.” On some level, I think, my parents were not sure themselves what the value of music was, what its purpose was. And they LOVED music, they listened to classical music all the time. They just weren’t really clear about its function. So let me talk about that a little bit, because we live in a society that puts music in the “arts and entertainment” section of the newspaper, and serious music, the kind your kids are about to engage in, has absolutely nothing whatsoever to do with entertainment, in fact it’s the opposite of entertainment. Let me talk a little bit about music, and how it works.

The first people to understand how music really works were the ancient Greeks. And this is going to fascinate you; the Greeks said that music and astronomy were two sides of the same coin. Astronomy was seen as the study of relationships between observable, permanent, external objects, and music was seen as the study of relationships between invisible, internal, hidden objects. Music has a way of finding the big, invisible moving pieces inside our hearts and souls and helping us figure out the position of things inside us. Let me give you some examples of how this works.

One of the most profound musical compositions of all time is the Quartet for the End of Time written by French composer Olivier Messiaen in 1940. Messiaen was 31 years old when France entered the war against Nazi Germany. He was captured by the Germans in June of 1940, sent across Germany in a cattle car and imprisoned in a concentration camp.

He was fortunate to find a sympathetic prison guard who gave him paper and a place to compose. There were three other musicians in the camp, a cellist, a violinist, and a clarinetist, and Messiaen wrote his quartet with these specific players in mind. It was performed in January 1941 for four thousand prisoners and guards in the prison camp. Today it is one of the most famous masterworks in the repertoire.

Given what we have since learned about life in the concentration camps, why would anyone in his right mind waste time and energy writing or playing music? There was barely enough energy on a good day to find food and water, to avoid a beating, to stay warm, to escape torture—why would anyone bother with music? And yet—from the camps, we have poetry, we have music, we have visual art; it wasn’t just this one fanatic Messiaen; many, many people created art. Why? Well, in a place where people are only focused on survival, on the bare necessities, the obvious conclusion is that art must be, somehow, essential for life. The camps were without money, without hope, without commerce, without recreation, without basic respect, but they were not without art. Art is part of survival; art is part of the human spirit, an unquenchable expression of who we are. Art is one of the ways in which we say, “I am alive, and my life has meaning.”

On September 12, 2001 I was a resident of Manhattan. That morning I reached a new understanding of my art and its relationship to the world. I sat down at the piano that morning at 10 AM to practice as was my daily routine; I did it by force of habit, without thinking about it. I lifted the cover on the keyboard, and opened my music, and put my hands on the keys and took my hands off the keys. And I sat there and thought, does this even matter? Isn’t this completely irrelevant? Playing the piano right now, given what happened in this city yesterday, seems silly, absurd, irreverent, pointless. Why am I here? What place has a musician in this moment in time? Who needs a piano player right now? I was completely lost.

And then I, along with the rest of New York, went through the journey of getting through that week. I did not play the piano that day, and in fact I contemplated briefly whether I would ever want to play the piano again. And then I observed how we got through the day. At least in my neighborhood, we didn’t shoot hoops or play Scrabble. We didn’t play cards to pass the time, we didn’t watch TV, we didn’t shop, we most certainly did not go to the mall. The first organized activity that I saw in New York, that same day, was singing. People sang. People sang around fire houses, people sang “We Shall Overcome”. Lots of people sang America the Beautiful. The first organized public event that I remember was the Brahms Requiem, later that week, at Lincoln Center, with the New York Philharmonic. The first organized public expression of grief, our first communal response to that historic event, was a concert. That was the beginning of a sense that life might go on. The US Military secured the airspace, but recovery was led by the arts, and by music in particular, that very night.

From these two experiences, I have come to understand that music is not part of “arts and entertainment” as the newspaper section would have us believe. It’s not a luxury, a lavish thing that we fund from leftovers of our budgets, not a plaything or an amusement or a pass time. Music is a basic need of human survival. Music is one of the ways we make sense of our lives, one of the ways in which we express feelings when we have no words, a way for us to understand things with our hearts when we can’t with our minds.

Some of you may know Samuel Barber’s heart-wrenchingly beautiful piece Adagio for Strings. If you don’t know it by that name, then some of you may know it as the background music which accompanied the Oliver Stone movie Platoon, a film about the Vietnam War. If you know that piece of music either way, you know it has the ability to crack your heart open like a walnut; it can make you cry over sadness you didn’t know you had. Music can slip beneath our conscious reality to get at what’s really going on inside us the way a good therapist does.

I bet that you have never been to a wedding where there was absolutely no music. There might have been only a little music, there might have been some really bad music, but I bet you there was some music. And something very predictable happens at weddings—people get all pent up with all kinds of emotions, and then there’s some musical moment where the action of the wedding stops and someone sings or plays the flute or something. And even if the music is lame, even if the quality isn’t good, predictably 30 or 40 percent of the people who are going to cry at a wedding cry a couple of moments after the music starts. Why? The Greeks. Music allows us to move around those big invisible pieces of ourselves and rearrange our insides so that we can express what we feel even when we can’t talk about it. Can you imagine watching Indiana Jones or Superman or Star Wars with the dialogue but no music? What is it about the music swelling up at just the right moment in ET so that all the softies in the audience start crying at exactly the same moment? I guarantee you if you showed the movie with the music stripped out, it wouldn’t happen that way. The Greeks: Music is the understanding of the relationship bet ween invisible internal objects.

I’ll give you one more example, the story of the most important concert of my life. I must tell you I have played a little less than a thousand concerts in my life so far. I have played in places that I thought were important. I like playing in Carnegie Hall; I enjoyed playing in Paris; it made me very happy to please the critics in St. Petersburg. I have played for people I thought were important; music critics of major newspapers, foreign heads of state. The most important concert of my entire life took place in a nursing home in Fargo, ND, about 4 years ago.

I was playing with a very dear friend of mine who is a violinist. We began, as we often do, with Aaron Copland’s Sonata, which was written during World War II and dedicated to a young friend of Copland’s, a young pilot who was shot down during the war. Now we often talk to our audiences about the pieces we are going to play rather than providing them with written program notes. But in this case, because we began the concert with this piece, we decided to talk about the piece later in the program and to just come out and play the music without explanation.

Midway through the piece, an elderly man seated in a wheelchair near the front of the concert hall began to weep. This man, whom I later met, was clearly a soldier—even in his 70’s, it was clear from his buzz-cut hair, square jaw and general demeanor that he had spent a good deal of his life in the military. I thought it a little bit odd that someone would be moved to tears by that particular movement of that particular piece, but it wasn’t the first time I’ve heard crying in a concert and we went on with the concert and finished the piece.

When we came out to play the next piece on the program, we decided to talk about both the first and second pieces, and we described the circumstances in which the Copland was written and mentioned its dedication to a downed pilot. The man in t he front of the audience became so disturbed that he had to leave the auditorium. I honestly figured that we would not see him again, but he did come backstage afterwards, tears and all, to explain himself.

What he told us was this: “During World War II, I was a pilot, and I was in an aerial combat situation where one of my team’s planes was hit. I watched my friend bail out, and watched his parachute open, but the Japanese planes which had engaged us returned and machine gunned across the parachute chords so as to separate the parachute from the pilot, and I watched my friend drop away into the ocean, realizing that he was lost. I have not thought about this for many years, but during that first piece of music you played, this memory returned to me so vividly that it was as though I was reliving it. I didn’t understand why this was happening, why now, but then when you came out to explain that this piece of music was written to commemorate a lost pilot, it was a little more than I could handle. How does the music do that? How did it find those feelings and those memories in me?” Remember the Greeks: music is the study of invisible relationships between internal objects. This concert in Fargo was the most important work I have ever done. For me to play for this old soldier and help him connect, somehow, with Aaron Copland, and to connect their memories of their lost friends, to help him remember and mourn his friend, this is my work. This is why music matters.

What follows is part of the talk I will give to this year’s freshman class when I welcome them a few days from now. The responsibility I will charge your sons and daughters with is this:

“If we were a medical school, and you were here as a med student practicing appendectomies, you’d take your work very seriously because you would imagine that some night at two AM someone is going to waltz into your emergency room and you’re going to have to save their life. Well, my friends, someday at 8 PM someone is going to walk into your concert hall and bring you a mind that is confused, a heart that is overwhelmed, a soul that is weary. Whether they go out whole again will depend partly on how well you do your craft.

You’re not here to become an entertainer, and you don’t have to sell yourself. The truth is you don’t have anything to sell; being a musician isn’t about dispensing a product, like selling used Chevys. I’m not an entertainer; I’m a lot closer to a paramedic, a firefighter, a rescue worker. You’re here to become a sort of therapist for the human soul, a spiritual version of a chiropractor, physical therapist, someone who works with our insides to see if they get things to line up, to see if we can come into harmony with ourselves and be healthy and happy and well.

Frankly, ladies and gentlemen, I expect you not only to master music; I expect you to save the planet. If there is a future wave of wellness on this planet, of harmony, of peace, of an end to war, of mutual understanding, of equality, of fairness, I don’t expect it will come from a government, a military force or a corporation. I no longer even expect it to come from the religions of the world, which together seem to have brought us as much war as they have peace. If there is a future of peace for humankind, if there is to be an understanding of how these invisible, internal things should fit together, I expect it will come from the artists, because that’s what we do. As in the concentration camp and the evening of 9/11, the artists are the ones who might be able to help us with our internal, invisible lives.

- Welcome address to freshman class at Boston Conservatory, given by Karl Paulnack, pianist and director of music division at Boston Conservatory

mpo with sergio..

2009-03-01T05:07:00.000-08:00

Malaysian Philharmonic Orchestra
Vassily Sinaisky conductor
Sergio Tiempo piano

DVORÁK Carnival Overture (Op.92)

LISZT Piano Concerto No.1 in E flat

CHOPIN Nocturne in F major, Op. 15, No. 1(encore)

RACHMANINOV Symphony No.2 in E minor (Op.27)

it was my first experience so i was super excited for the show..we bought the tickets like last year and waited and waited for this moment...

for me...carnival overture is really breathtakin..altho its jus a short piece....its like im holdin my breath right from the first note til the last... perhaps this happens to all the first time concert-goers..hehe...

THEN...IT WAS THE LONG AWAITED SERGIO!!!! ive only seen him on youtube..very good-lookin young guy....he seems like he's put on some weight...the only similarities of the real him and the youtube him...HIS CLASSIC HAIRSTYLE...
i stil remember the first time i heard this liszt concerto i didn really liked it..because then i was too into chopin's that liszt sounds a little odd for me....THEN.....i started to love the third movement of the song.....and have seen martha's version and often listen to yundi's....AND NOW....I GET TO SEE SERGIO!!who happened to be a pupil of martha's...LIVEEEE..... i sat more towards the middle so basically i cud just see his hands when they leave the keys..hehe...compared to yundi and lang lang...he has less body movement.....somewhat like martha's..very firm posture.... after his playing....he did an encore of nocturne..which is equally beautiful...

for the symphony...ive never found this piece so beautiful until today..all this while when i listen it thru my laptop..i cant really see the beauty of it.....TATS THE MAGIC OF LIVE CONCERTS...HEHEHE........this almost-an-hour piece captivates me thruout....not a moment of dozing off.... the sound....the hall...the conductor...perfecto..... minus some irritating coughs from the audience lar..

it feels like heaven i wud say....the 2 hour plus concert...lookin forward for times like this soon.....

cavill with dunhill

2009-02-28T19:23:00.000-08:00

equivox's

2009-02-28T08:04:00.000-08:00

never mess with twins....

2009-02-28T06:12:00.001-08:00

im yours!!

2009-02-27T08:10:00.000-08:00

taylor's music night 2009

2009-02-20T20:26:00.001-08:00

it was quite an early event for the club i guess since last year the music night only took place durin april..right before the sem break... and it is said that they've prepared since last year..but i find it an irony since no one knows bout this event..

anyways...tats not for us to worry lar..our acapella group was asked to perform some songs so we just perform and lucky enuf we had our own friends attending the event..just enuf supporters d XD...

we took the song we sang previously on eca day-tears in heaven + another song stand by me....sure enough everyone was familiar with the second song so eventho we had only a few days to come up with a simple arrangement..it pretty much entertain the crowd...i guess..

besides that, roy and i came up with a super last minute performance as well...flute and piano duo with victor's arrangement of turkish march...i was rather nervous cause because victor added a little bit of jazz and other elements in that i need time for my brain to remember it...PLUS i hadn touched piano for a very long time and that the 3 hr practise the night before yesterday almost murdered my hand... and luckily....it was quite entertaining too...thanks to roy;s jovial performance and also victor's amazing arrangement....got a few praises by some canadian lecturers hehehe...

jazz band also put up a nice performance so as the dance club.....there were also a few other rock bands which im afraid i dun really noe wat song they were tryin to convey to us...-.-....there;s also james the vice president of the club and another guy with bee-gees-type of voice singin a few slow rock like behind blue eyes and THE FAMOUS IM YOURS BY JASON MRAZ!! that last song really hit the crowd...

overall i gues its not tat bad......crowd was supportive...since its all puak puak sendiri..hahaha

ANYWAY...it was quite a tough week for me.....I DUN HAVE MY LAPTOP WITH ME!!! totally shut myself out of the only form of entertainment available for me here in subang...grrr...so spent most of my time in the library and at night..oh well...just have hitz.fm to accompany thru the night right before i close my eyes...tats so sad.... right now i have to bear for another 6 days...before my laptop is back with me....sad case..... i wonder how i can even survive the weekends..haiz..

2009-02-07T00:02:00.000-08:00

i used to be ambitious...

until i realised..

it's a real world outside...

and that...

i was actually a little too ambitious...

chilly cny 2009

2009-01-28T07:40:00.000-08:00

currently havin my 3rd day of cny in cameron highlands...1st and 2nd day of cny are rather the same ol' routine...getttin up LATE first day of cny , went to couple of temples...couple of relatives' houses...and tats it....even 2nd day is a total relaxin day, stayin home all day..

had an early drive up here 5 am this morning..went to sungai palas tea estate for late breakfast...the drive up and down took quite some time as there was just a single lane and cars were coming from both sides .. not to mention some timid drivers who were overcautious bout fallin off hills...the scenery was not too bad but i wasnt as fascinated as i was when i came to cameron for the first time... the last trip was more of an adventerous one as we stayed high up at the estate..and hiked up some jungle and drove up to the peak of cameron in the midst of strong wind and pouring rain..

we then drove down to central pine, which is our hotel..big bro booked a suite..but it is just quite a simple unit....then we head to T cafe for western food...we ordered strawberry cheese cakes, scones, steaks, lamb chop, lasagne, chicken pies, cream of mushroom..overall its a very nice place with great food... and no it isnt those high class looking restaurant...its jus a simple home-turned-restaurant place..but the food is just great with reasonable price... after lunch we headed back to the hotel and SLEPT...i slept almost throughout the whole journey but i stil slept like a log til 6 sth...probably because im sick and just an hour;s slp the previous night..

had steamboat as dinner..after many trips of yuen steamboat buffet...other steamboat is just so-so to me..but havin steamboat in the cold highlands..tats another thing.... we also had steamboat at the tea estate durin the last trip here..tat was even nice..cause the estate we stayed is totally isolated up on the hills..and it was even cooler.... after dinner we had a walk thru the night market...there were so many food but we just bought some , like the fried sweet potato, apung, some fruits and corns..

right now i'm at starbucks for coffee and obviously the wireless service..hehe...mom and dad walked back to the hotel because he wanted to catch the wakin concert on ntv7..while second bro is at a reflexology parlour few doors beside starbucks, leavin big bro and i here...

will be driving back tomoro..it wil be just a short holiday trip but its nice to have some family time durin cny..away from home....

what a day...

2009-01-21T04:30:00.000-08:00

21st Jan 2009 - - a day full of suspense....

got the AS results today....and i got some quite what ive expected...perhaps a little better...and well..my mom sounds satisfied...so im relieved with what i get..
very proud of my class as well as happy for my classmates...esp those who got straight a's and also those who didn but were satisfied...

we were told that we could get the results by 7 am...and seems everyone did that..just to find out that its actualy not out til 8am...duh..shudn have waken up so early...
last night , actually planned to slp earlier...at 10....but suddenly got texts from classmates to have supper...or should i call... get-our-mind-off-getting-results-late-night-out... hehe..so ended up in AC around 11 pm..chit chattin and if it wasnt for the stupid little cockroaches around we wud be there longer...
but then we headed upstairs for a few rounds of pool...cant realy stand the cigarette smell there..felt little dizzy...got home around 1...just few hours before D hour..hehe...

today college was fun...cause NO MATHS HOMEWORK...ms ching saw blue moon last nite..hehe..by first period - bio..almost half the class got their results..and all of those who got straight..2nd period..ms ching kindly offered to let us check..but i didn want to...cause i was afraid i wud be skinned alive on the spot if i din get a for maths...so few of us went to the office to get our results just before chem lab session..after gettin it...some of us were pretty relieved...and naturally, no one actualy had the hard for today;s lab session...

i wonder if my classmates went out for celebrations...but i din...cause havin choir practise for tomoro's eca day...and this time we took our voices out of the house@@..
at first we planned to just go to the garden and next stop the campus...where we will be performin tomorrow..
but thanks to roy, vic and nic...they took it a step further...we actually stopped at ADP and TBS campus..TO SING....man...quite an experience esp when ppl actually clapped for our performance...eheh...AND THEN..we went to main campus doin the same thing...the students waiting for bus also applauded...THEN..they wanted us to sing in AC..which thank god we din...i wud be soooo embarrassed....we went to mcd instead...crowd there isnt that supportive i shud say...

we also had dinner in mcd..and yao hong is being so secretive that we din noe its his bday .. not until i actually break the ice by askin his birth date..so we just bought a last minute cake to celebrate for him...stayed on chit chatting..and roy came up with givin yao hong and i new names...=.= me being louisa.....and him..chuck.... well i hope scott wont go announcing my so called new name...or ill be dead in campus...

mom and dad were in kl!! putrajaya lar..so cudn meet them...cause were here for just a short time...nvm nvm..2 days more and its CNY BREAK!!! HOLA...CANT WAIT...to get back to my family...wit 2nd bro also back from SG...oooo

2009..

2009-01-15T18:29:00.000-08:00

i know its a little late to just mention about the new year now..but life's pretty busy for me for the past weeks..
of course..before this hectic 2009 life..there were the last month of 2008 which i quite enjoyed..

i pretty much spent hols at home..just for a weekend in penang..thanks to the housewarming party by my aunt there..finally a timeout for my parents and i to spend a short year-end hols there..too bad big bro wasnt with us..if not..i might gain more than wat ive gained in the hols..in terms of body mass..^^

xmas dinner was postponed to new year eve's dinner....but who cares...the turkey is stil there...as for this year..my mom and i prepared more food..we did the caramel pudding...by everyone's request...and POTATO SALAD.. on MY request..hehe...
it was our first time doin it and its goin to be for everyone..so we kinda looked up for all the potato recipes online...we ended up doin the traditional one...plus celery...which isnt everyone's choice of green vegetables..but trust me...its definitely a diferent chunky taste added to the creamy mushy potato salad...

and then there was 2009..being kinda stressed out knowin that im goin back to college in a few days time..well..wat to do...right before gettin back to subang..a few friends and i helped out at the annual prefect camp.. the camp this year was organized by seong yong..from our year..due to the lack of experience..we were requested to return to school as facilitators..wasnt really what i would like to do if given a choice.. but i would say camp turned out not too bad...at least it's better than the year we organized -.-.. it started out pretty bad..and all the committee got were negative feedbacks and scoldings by the teacher advisor..but...thank god...and also to the team..things went from WORST to not too bad...in fact..good according to some camp participants... phew..what a relieve.... i certainly didn want my money and time and effort wasted in a camp that is not successful.. as a whole...a great experience i would say...

well that would be the first few days of 2009...now..its back to serious business in college...will be sittin for a2 which is a no joke thing...AS is a not really a bed of roses for me...so wat wud a2 be.. btw..AS results out nx week...i really hope it wudn be disappointin..i wudn say im very confident in gettin good results..but i hope it wont devastate my parents...and of course myself...prayin for the best...

SKINS 3!!! RECUT

2009-01-05T02:34:00.001-08:00

as violent as ever...perhaps even more....XD.. cant wait ..

proud

2008-12-29T01:25:00.000-08:00

and thennnnnnnnn....?

2008-12-15T02:18:00.001-08:00

wonder if this happens in real life...^^

u wil forever remain in the heart of those u've charmed..

2008-12-04T08:00:00.000-08:00

minutes ago..i received a heartbreaking news..somethin i prayed i never have to received.. a beautiful girl with a beautiful heart has just left us...

i had to say, i don't really know her..but have heard bout her thru friends..and of all the bday wishes ive received in my friendster profile..hers is so far one of those i wil never forget...its just a simple wish..coming from someone i don't even know by person..yet managed to touch my heart..making me realise...wishes are not limited to only friends we know.. i stil remember the moment i saw the wish...the thought of her being a really sweet girl to do sth lik that..struck me at once...

sadly...news of her admission to the hospital came to me last week..and i felt sad bout it...how could a girl with such a heart...being treated this way... i sincerely prayed for her recovery... wanting her to wake up again... to talk to walk to laugh... to live the life a young 19-year-old should...celebrating xmas with friends and family....

things just do not go the way ppl want them to... dear angeline left everyone back home to a better place .. and all i have to say is..rest in peace...u will be deeply missed....

and to her family and closed friends...we mourn for your loss of a true angel that remains deep in our hearts...

rest in peace, angeline....

*a profile in memory of the beautiful angel(1989-2008)*

bbq party at zhi hao's mansion..^^

2008-11-28T19:23:00.000-08:00

yesterday zh invited us to a bbq party he is organizing for a friend of his...which apparently we dun really know of..haha..but he says its ok that we join them..so after college wei guang drove us to his house...or should i say mansion....

his place was in sungai buloh...never knew theres this open concept housing area SIERRA MAS there....as we were driving pass houses in there...i wow wow wow non stop... the houses there are all diferently designed...some very modern..some like castle...AND they all have the similarities....THEY GOT FRIGGIN COOL CARSSSS...i saw many sports posh cars...waaaaa this area is really.... AND wats nice is that it was open concept housing area...so...unlike our house they do not have fences around....sth like those european houses..mayb like those in desperate housewives..but even more classy...wow..zh...one lucky boy..living in such a posh area...

alas we arrived at his house...which, of course is big...first thing zh did is 'introduce' us to his dogs..haha..DAMN THESE DOGS ARE SO LUCKY..STAYIN IN A HOUSE BETTER THAN MINE...hahahahha... the interior part is also equally nice...with many big rooms...a mini theatre, a mini cybercafe i call that..haha..and really big kitchen...his room itself...is even bigger than any part of my house..haha..also..there's an xmas tree in the livingroom...sth my house never had..hehe..

jsunloong and his housemates and us are those who arrived at zh;s place early so we helped with some balloons while the guys helped prepare the food.... i dun get it when zh said there might not be enuf food...BUT TO ME..ITS HELL LOTSA FOOD...they have all kinds of ham, bacon, steak, chicken wings, sausages..salad, corn, potato.......zh even prepared chocolate fondue...oooh aahhhhh...never really tried it....he told me that fountain thingy costs them 50 dollars...AUSSIE ....woooo..nice...everyone was fascinated with the little thing..as they fill it with...WAT ELSE?? CHOCS...AHHH.....

a few of us went to the mini theatre to watch SAW 5...as usual...its gross...gore.... i hadn really watched saw 4 so was alittle lost at parts... when it was almost evening mich and i took a bath...and came down to find the party already started...i didn realy get my hands on bbq-ing..as there were too many ppl at the stand..so we just sat there and get served...the food was...nice....we also had our marshmallows bbq-ed... then it was the cake session..i must say its pretty weird singing bday song to someone u dun really noe about... but im not that bad lar..my two other frens was like stuck at the part where "happy birthday to xxx" =.=..at least i knew her name..haha....anyway everyone had fun...quite alot goin out at the garden...running up and down the hill......where houses beside are soooooo big...but surprisingly quiet....

the bbq session soon ended and some of them started playin cards...outside and inside...for me...total strangers to card just sit there watchin them...not that nobody;s taught me...but i really have no interest in cards and just gave up when comes to playin...aihz... meanwhile dessert is served!! we had tau fu fah..AND...CHOCOLATE FONDUE MARSHMALLOWW!!!! AHHHHHH ITS SOOO NICEE.......zh..is really one lucky boy...im startin to wonder who else in my class own this kinda place....cause everyone in my class..are nice...humble...and we cudn really tell whos the rich and famous....haha..... as for me...im neither...but im glad and happy with my smal house back in kb...at least..i have one...that my family can fit in... :)

the tough part comes...

2008-11-25T22:20:00.000-08:00

we've just fiinished AS exams for a couple of days and supposingly we're havin holidays..BUT NO...classes are on as usual for 2 weeks...and these classes...are for A2..THE KILLER...

AS for me..is not easy...there're certain stuffs that ive only come to understand just after trials....and some even worse...just before finals... and im wondering about A2...will i get those facts in my mind in time???

everyone in my class are fast learners...only a couple of us...that are weak....so its rather pressuring for us..and hard for us to keep up...just like today..we had maths...we were given time for some questions..and i was just starting to get my mind to understand the questions when some guy beside me can start chitchatting after finishin his work..=.=...MALANG TAK BERBAU..im being asked to answer.. our maths teacher..a hardworkin teacher but is quite pushy, kept askin me to give her the answer...sedangkan i haven even figure it out...haiz..lastly i just tel her that i hadn finish doing and she was like WAT...IVE GIVEN U SO MUCH TIME AND U STIL HAVEN....... -.- ... in my heart i was like..WAT THE HECK..NOT EVERYONE IN THIS CLASS ARE BRIGHT STUDENTS..THERE;S STIL A VERY SMALL PORTION THAT GO TO COLLEGE EVERYDAY STRUGGLING TO CATCH UP...and then...my fren beside me..said the exact words.....for a while i was touched...finally..someone who actually understands me...
and ya..li en, my classmate..is quite a bright student compared to me..and he too, have a hard time jottin down the notes...

aihz..my class...90 percent are very very very bright students...leavin out maybe 3 or 4 of us...which takes more time to absorb sth taught..esp me...ESP IN MATHS AND CHEM...somemore maths lecturer always teach so fast...expectin everyone to catch up...

how am i gonna survive the rest of a2 i wonder....

WOOOO part II

2008-11-21T07:42:00.000-08:00

to make myself clear..this time this woo is for my other mates...who FINALLY finished their as exams...and lucky for them the paper is easy..

as for me...its another post-exam kinda day for me...woke up pretty late cause stil havin sore throat...dug myself up at 10.30...had plans to clean my room after my roommate moved out... took about an hour for the cleaning and later went for lunch with guang, jonathan and ravjit...din actually planned for that but pity guang who was in campus since 7 am =.= so teman him for lunch... after that i just hang around in the library cause was goin to karaok with choir frens...

MANATAU...big bro called up at the very last minute to steal me away to ONE U..for the pasta he promised..haha so i ended up in one u...in dave's..a very nice restaurant..not many ppl..nice atmosphere "nice" price as well..

by 5 i somehow got myself back in neway to join them for the 2 hrs left... ive been to neway for only twice..which is this time...the first was with my kelantan frens..which i also hapened to join them at the last two hours..I WONDER WHY =.=... but to be frank..this recent karaok session wit my choir friends seemed more enjoyable..probably because as a choir group, we've got used to each other singing..and not to boast about it, we definitely have a better quality in the sense of voice usage..hahahhahahah...we even added in parts...that's somethin we will always do...even to songs we humm in the car trips we had...hehe.. and its also because majority of the song chosen were those i CAN and KNOW HOW to sing..mandarin and english..the previous session my frens chose all the canto songs which i obviously dun noe how to sing..haha..

anyway, nicole took quite a number of videos while we were singing..main reason is to use these as part of the cd we are makin for ben's departure..yeap..ben finished his SAM and wil part with us soon...so that will be some kinda "gift" for him... i think that cd would be awesome...thanks to the photos and videos we choir gang have taken for the whole year...plus the one durin this karaok session..where scott, roy, ben and victor seemed so high singin QUEENS' songs..their singing and their STYLE...definitely one good show....

right now im in shahalam at my uncle's place again..dun actually feel like coming but since grandma is here and its liora's first bday i thought it wud be fun too...i mean, HOW CAN IT BE NOT FUN???...SINCE EXAMS OVER...WOOOOOOOO

WOOOOO

2008-11-19T02:32:00.000-08:00

got the WOOOO disease after watchin the new episode of HIMYM..hehe..kinda lame..but well..tats wat comedies are for eh..hehe

i officially am exam-free for now..just had my very last paper..chemistry paper 1..well..it wasnt easy for me..it has never been easy for me..but nevermind..its over..now just hope for the best..AND RELAX...

i was so excited about watchin madagascar 2 after exams..well not in the cinema..but at home...downloaded it last nite...MANA TAHU... urgh..those animals scarily "speak" in chinese....urgh..should have checked before i downloaded it... and there i was so keen to start of my post-exam day with a movie..haiz...

sad to say but it seems my other classmates stil have a last paper to go on friday..well as for me...im just wondering how to spend my next 48 hrs..hehe..probably some movies...music...and well..i borrowed jodi picoult's storybook from campus library earlier..shudn be hard to pass time i think..

big bro is flyin in tonite..BUT.. he is goin to genting..haiz...kinda sad..cause i thought for once he can bring me out..OUT OF SUBANG...to kl perhaps..bring me for some italian food he promised earlier...TOO BAD...anyway grandma's flyin in too after two days..for my cousin liora's bday...guess ill just spend my weekend with them then..at least...its better than just stickin at home here in subang..

will have to bear for another two weeks of college before i can finaly get back to kelantan..hmm cant wait....

underneath SKINS...wicked..

2008-11-18T01:04:00.000-08:00

mitch with joe (both my fav casts in skins) as well as dev..

haha ya..mitch does reminds me of torres...noticed the similarities of their hair...hehe....sweettt

Mr. JT in leotards...

2008-11-17T03:21:00.000-08:00

my oh my..

coming to an end....

2008-11-13T20:25:00.000-08:00

currently havin my lAST study break of the year...at my uncle's place.. last two papers wil be nx tues and wed..bio 2 and chem 1 respectively...then ill be free!!! not really also ..stil gotta survive last two weeks of lectures before the year end hols..

recently catching up with a few series..one is britannia high..and the other is skins..

well britannia high..many wud say its the british version of HSM..but im not that sure bout it..as for me. HSM 1 IS OK...dun quite fancy hsm 2..and i hadn seen hsm 3... meanwhile britannia high is made into series..and recently just caught up wid the 3rd epi... so far so good...songs are great..some written by gary barlow..how bad cud it be eh...haha..

skins(poster above) isnt sth new...has been on air for a while and in fact 3rd season is coming.. but with an entirely new cast..so i duno if it wud be as nice as the 1st and 2nd..

it revovles around 6th former in uk..takin a levels like i am now... living their complicated yet comedic life... sth rather edgy , funny AND NOT TO MENTIONED ---RUDE... haha..mostly reflecting the party-goers among brit-teens...heavy drinkin, drug usage..all of these contents..sth different from what we see in normal series.. so its rather cheesy..

i've just finished the 2nd season...rather sad ending..with chris gone... :( ..and the rest of the cast parting.... well..just have to wait for the nx season with entirely new casts..

cheers

jon :)

2008-11-03T01:53:00.000-08:00

pianorocker...

2008-11-02T21:10:00.000-08:00

You're in my arms
And all the world is calm
The music playing on for only two
So close together
And when I'm with you
So close to feeling alive

As life goes by
Romantic dreams will start
So I bid mine goodbye and never knew
So close was waiting, waiting here with you
And now forever I know
All that I wanted to hold you
So close

So close to reaching that famous happy end
Almost believing this was not pretend
And now you're beside me and look how far we've come
So far we are so close

How could I face the faceless days
If I should lose you now?

We're so close
To reaching that famous happy end
And almost believing this was not pretend
Let's go on dreaming for we know we are

So close
So close

And still so far

dot..A

2008-11-02T08:07:00.000-08:00

back then in kb..ive only heard of dota...eversince i came to subang, i've stepped into ftz once..and experienced the dota atmosphere in a huge cc....
but just now... i saw dota..."home-style"...

it was in jsunloong's place..i somehow ended up there when my classmates asked me out for a short drink cum birthday celebration for zhihao...went up there to find them in a dota session...
well ... i had to admit that til this day i duno wat exactly the game is all about..but i somehow noe the atmosphere of it...loads of shouting...all kinds of language...all kinds of &%$@#! chaos when its the game with all ur housemates....wat a scene....

then we went to mcd to join our bio lecturer..hehe miss ho...yes we asked her out too..and she brought along jelly..hehe..how nice of her...so just sat down and chit chat...bout plans for classtrips..which i doubt will be a success....since its so near to the end of year...which also means..we, ppl from outstation are going off...well..will see bout that...

after a while..they sent me home..and go on for another session of dota..=.=....i wonder...............

well..somehow kind of my classmates to pull me out of my house..or else...i'd be stayin at home for days..rotting inside....haven stepped out of the house since friday.....so bored...

ahh..chemistry paper in 2 days...hope i survive it..

cuti sendiri~

2008-10-24T02:20:00.000-07:00

currently back in kb for a week, as my next paper is on thursday..so its actually just a study break..aihz...great to be home anyway..no complains d..

went to studio yesterday to tryout some freemusic for jiaxi...she's applyin for the royal ballet school...nice right....there she was wishing that she can play the piano like me and there i am wishing that i can dance like her....haha..humans..just can never be satisfied with what they have...BUT SERIOUSLY...i haven danced for almost a year and doubt that i will ever again...those 3 girls just took their advanced 2 so i cant imagine how strong they must have been now..yesterday didn really get to see her dance cause my eyes were busy with the notes...but i somehow had glimpse of her EVEN STRONGER EVEN HIGHER EVEN ARCHER FEET..ahh...how i wish i stil can dance...at least like how i used to....but it wud be very impossible...lost everythin i once had....argh....too bad....honestly speaking..im not at all..built for a ballet dancer....and everytime i say i DO dance...ballet and ill get those kinda you're-kidding-type of look..haha...i dun have the typical ballerina body..as well as legs...everytime i have is just the opposite..so its pretty hard for me to get accepted into the "ballet community"...thats something i am always sad about...but i somehow find some joyfulness and happiness doing ballet...i enjoy watchin..and i enjoy dancing.. i but nobody will enjoy me dancing...cause i dun dance well... and im not good in it...but i managed to hold on to ballet for quite some years..with of course several almost-quit-attitude along the process... ballet is really tough....REALLY TOUGH.... ballerina's feet looked angelic from the outside but try lookin at it again as they take off the nice pointe shoes......those show the tears and gallons of sweat which every dancers went thru...and not forgetting BLOOD..... haven had that since we had the last performance.... kinda miss the aches and sweat from dancing now xD..call me psycho..haha

anyway really missed ballet ...miss the girls i danced with...miss the time we went crazy together and struggle for exams together....quite a part of my life since i was 7 up to last year after i left high school...hmmm...wonder when i can get myself dancing again...

^^

SHE'S BACKKKKK

2008-10-05T07:45:00.000-07:00

after spending a week in shah alam i came back to subang..not very happy to come back tho..tomoro's first day of college after the hols and IVE GOT 2 TESTS..GRRRR.....

BUT.....when i reached here, and was getting my luggage, my uncle said:" eh...whose dog" ..i was thinking that would be the golden retriever...LOOK AGAIN....ITS A LITTLE SHIH TZU!!!! LOOKLOOKLOOKAGAIN!!! IT LOOKS LIKE THE ONE UNCLE LOST LAST WEEK!!! i thought .. no wayyyy....how's that possible......and my landlord never told me that they found her...i was thinking...isit another dog....other than schommel..... quickly i unlock and i actually stared at her..and she stared at me.....i somehow thought she looked a little different...so..to reconfirm...i carried her up....ITS HER !!!! i will never forget the way she always tries to hold herself back when i carry her!! its her...omg.....i almost cried out of joy....exactly a week before..i was stil so sad that we lost her....and thought that things back here wudn be the same without her..tats also one of the reason i was reluctant to come back to subang after the hols... not after how my cousins cheer me up throughtout the hols....

ANYWAY...IM JUST SOOO RELIEVED...THAT SHE'S BACK........ ^^

where are you.....

2008-09-25T03:27:00.000-07:00

a very gloomy day..my landlord's shih tzu went missing....most probably stolen...in subang....

she has been with us just merely a month long....yet she has brighten up the atmosphere a lot..she means so much to me...i was born into a family who have dogs all the while, growin up with them....and now that im away from home...she is the one who brighten up my days in subang....

i come home everyday calling her name....carrying her...just like what i do with my own pets back home...yet she is unique...she is sooo friendly....i would let her play on my bed...sit with me in my room....its just a month and ive already had so much memories with her.....

i reallly miss her...having not yet recovered from the loss of my own pet months ago...now i suffer another loss......i just cant imagine life without her....not able to listen to her footsteps...not able to call her name anymore....not able to hug her..... why are we robbed like that..........it's just so unfair.........

please come back home.... or if anyone out there who happened to get her from the whoever stupid bastard who robbed her from us.... please give her a wonderful life... she's stil so young... please treat her right........if not just return her to us.....please....

bloated..

2008-09-19T09:58:00.001-07:00

chuan came down to subang tis saturday and so yuin and i went to meet her and loong in sunway...wanting to keep our stomachs starved for the steamboat session we just spend our time in mcd ... chatting... it has been months since ive seen both of them..and we just talk non stop until 5 sth then we head on for steamboat..

wanted to go for this restaurant several times with choir frens..but never did..cause came at the wrong time where it was packed...this was my first while the others are pretty experienced... they noe what to do..esp in fighting for the chicken wings..haha..however it was me and loong who never went there who were responsible for the wings .. haha and we got it with no sweat at all...being at the right place at the right time..guided by our sifu-->lydia..who happened to be there as well...hehehhe..she is real good in these..haha...

we also had lotsa shellfish...haha...esp chuan....her plate was full with shellfish....we also took other basic steamboat food..like the fishball..and seafood..too bad...loong is not a fan of them..while chuan is allergic..but she stil take them..so daring..

not long after that..loong ran out of stuffs to eat since he dun take seafood..he started the ICE CREAM CRAZE...i think we would probably call ourselves having ice cream buffet instead of seafood buffet...4 ppl=11 cups of ice-cream...do note that 1 cup of ice cream=3 scoops of ice cream...i'll just skip the calculation part...GRAND TOTAL : 4 PPL=33 SCOOPS...i guess we wont be havin ice cream in these few weeks..haha... we started eatin at 6 and left at 9..due to the neverending chatting we continued from sunway previously..haha...

we then headed back to sunway to hang around for a while...and also to get our transport back..went to the cinema , planned for some midnite show..but since nothing interesting available for that nite..its better we head home...to prevent double charges on taxi...

taylors midautumn charity nite..

2008-09-19T09:58:00.000-07:00

wasnt plan to attend this charity nite..not until the performances stated on their flyers attracted me..haha...well u wont expect anythin else than some chinese cultural performances on a nite lik that...

went to the charity with mabel, wen and kee...and met up with more familiar faces from kelantan there..even the oc of the charity is from our sch..hehe..not bad not bad..
as usual..events like these were never punctual...so we went late and get our seats for the first performance which is...er...oh wushu...from some outside club...kids plus some adults performing...traditional quan...just like the one we used for our exam routine back in school days..hehe...and the kids got more applause..hehe..then carried on with amazing shanghai acrobats..however there were few disturbance of electricity power...

then there was ce ling..or diabolo as they called it...tis will be the very first time i see such performance...and they performed for almost half an hour i guess..makin every minute's performance more exciting and that i guess wud be the best performance of the night...all the guys are so synchronized with the songs...clearly shown is the effort they put in for this show...

then there was another wushu performance by 2 guys from taylors itself...one doin taiji plus taiji shan...plus some modification here and there...then another guy doin hong quan...after that was some local artiste's jym's gig...i had to admit that ive never ever heard or seen this guy..but my fren told me that he used to be in the talent show and is now workin as some dj and also workin on some songs..after sittin for a while for his show..we went up to some ghost house...which cost us 5 bucks..=.= haha but its fun la once in a while... doing some charity...havin some fun with frens...hearing shrieks.. muahahah

left college feelin so dehydrated so went to the old bean place to have some tong shui before goin home..

by the way...not forgetting our dear mabel..who actually won 2 mooncakes...for being one of the ppl selected to go up stage for some games...she was handpicked by the oc..since he noe we were oge sekampung..hahah...and thanks to her huge FANS...the almost 20 kelantanese cheering there...she won the mooncakes..hehehe.... what a nite too...

back to work..

2008-09-18T02:10:00.000-07:00

after 1 week + of holidays, am finally back in subang again.. its either im too into this holiday mood or im still not getting enough of it..that i woke up feelin rather moody this morning...not wanting to go to college still..however its quite a different situation once i stepped into classes...seeing faces i last seen weeks ago.. plus..we are gettin back our trial results...argh... did rather badly in my trials..finals is just a month away..so just hope things get better by then..gotta put in more effort...wudn wanna disappoint myself and oso my parents...

is budu fattening i wonder?? hahaz..some california fitness guy called mentioning that i got some free trials for their gym session (i blindly filled in some form during a roadshow months back and thats how i became their "victim")whether is just some scam or not im not sure larh..he dun sound like a liar tho...not to mention he suggested that i should drop by at their gym to work out and cut down on some budu after knowing im from kelantan..=.= p.s. budu is really delicious despite the way it's manufactured..trust me..u wont wanna noe..

but gym?? never stepped into a real workout gym in my life...and for the meantime...i dun tink i have that kinda money to spend on that...ill just grab my shoes and go for a jog...i know i know..workin out in gym is totally diferent with the personal trainers and all..well i'll keep that mind IN CASE i need it in future...^^

home is where i wanna be..and is where i am now..^^

2008-09-06T09:33:00.000-07:00

touched down on this beautiful land of ..er...kota bharu..hehe...sat MAS.....oolala...not because i suddenly feel like payin so much for the airticket but its because i got it for zero fare..hehe..so...went to klia and BUY CHOCS!!AND ALSO NOT FORGETTIN SEAFOOD CROISSANT from delifrance...AND FAMOUS AMOS...the only thing i cant get is liquor =.=

mom was sick after the trip from tembila so my big bro and his gf ended up picking me up from the airport...as usual..Gino couldn really recognize me at first..but after awhile he is all over me...haiz..again felt the absence of dear lady...really miss her still :(

big bro, as promised made me his very own vanilla latte..thanks to the coffee machine he got for his birthday recently..well...not enough expresso...but glad enough to get sth close to coffee bean..what to do...being a vanilla latte fanatic's sister aint tat bad after all!!

while grandma busy cooking i took over the tv..but realised nothing interesting so started playin the piano...always had lotsa of song in mind in subang that i want to play once i get back to kb..but usually forget the list when im back..haha so just play wid wat i have...tried yiruma's kiss the rain as my first...really beautiful piece....and since my neighbour always requested for "more modern pieces rather than classical ones" i hope this satisfy him ^^

after dinner my parents and i went to the mall to get some MOONCAKES!! not really a fan of them but stil will think of havin it..since its sth annual...spent 50 over bucks for them...

right now...my big bro (who is supposed to be working tomoro) invaded my tv hour just to watch the irritating zooming formula 1...so i suppose ill wait til he is done at 1..then ill catch one last movie...hope i can wake for breakfast wid my parents tomoro!

P.S. I LOVE HOME.....HEHEHEHE

done with trials..

2008-09-05T06:23:00.000-07:00

well well well...after 2 long weeks of trials...its finally over...and i suddenly feel like there's ntg to do...NO NO...ill prepare for finals when i go back to kb..for now..let me just go on feeling like there's ntg to do...at least for 3 days...

last paper was biology practical and right after that, i shut myself home to finish up nodame cantabile which actually turned out to be ridiculous+touching+full of music....quite a weird combination eh...not to mention the good looking japanese actor and actresses...mind u but im not really fanatic about dramas like that..but this one somehow captured my heart..probably cause it revolves about music college student life..and there were many famous masterpiece in every episode...hehe...thanks victor..for the recommendation...right now im tryin to dl the special episodes...cant wait...

im only flying back tomoro noon..so this leaves me with another...er...18 hrs perhaps?? what am i gonna do...=.=....acutally had a number of movies in my lappie but somehow reluctant to watch..weird eh..during exams i was hoping time flies so that i can finally sit down and enjoy those movies..now that exams over......mm.....

ah connection is really bad these few nights...gonna just let my laptop fill the atmosphere with relaxing songs and there ill be...reading kite runner.........

merdeka day d??or must wait for september...

2008-08-30T11:50:00.000-07:00

went out for a nice dinner with ben,nic and victor again..cause ben wanted some suggestions for his logo..had curry fish head..nice..kangkung..nice...sweet sour pork...nice...so long never have such a proper dinner..ahh...stayed on pretty long after eating just to make full use of the 4 bucks worth chinese tea we paid for..haha...meanwhile..there goes the debate of nicole and victor..as usual....

not wanting to go home YET..we called roy up and later joined him with his juniors(whose name i totally forgot) in ming tian...well...again nicole seem to be the one keepin the table noisy..this time with roy...LAGI KUAT DEBATE...guess victor low battery d..haha..the two juniors of roy(not EXACTLY junior lar..our age oso..) remained rather silent...duno they paise or wat..haha...

sunway is really crowded..perhaps because of some event beside sunway...when we drove pass we saw some band..duno what band..but we din wanna get ourselves in that crowd so back to ss15 starbucks..surprisingly starbucks aint crowded at this time..maybe the crowd went to some other places larh..good thing also...some peace with some light music...ben needed the connection to submit his logo while 3 of us...who were havin trials...HAIZ...took the time to go thru some notes and maths work... how i wish we arent havin trials at this time...

just few minutes after we arrived at starbucks...it's 12...theres some REALLY PATRIOTIC girl outside wrapped herself in the flag...while her gang took photo of her..hehe.. i really love the camera the guy was holding...looked very pro...hope to get one in future..and perhaps take up photography..haha...head home at bout 2 when starbucks closed..

1 nite in kl..

2008-08-28T10:43:00.000-07:00

was already in pyjamas when roy called nicole and i up for supper at 11...went to sunway but could not find any parking place...so went back to ss15 to pick up ben.....and then comes the insane decision to drive all the way to kl for supper...wootie...after no objections from anyone of us...we got ourselves to the city where the night is still younger..definitely younger than ss15..haha..stil lotsa ppl around bukit bintang...especially foreigners... it has been so long since i go out at night lik this....also get to catch a glimpse AGAIN..of the twin towers...not that ive never seen them lar..haha...

sat down at mamak in front of petaling street...the roti bakar is actually not bad...quite unique...the kaya plus butter filling just melts in ur mouth...im not exaggerating..its true... burnt my tongue slightly too...as for the mee mamak and the teh tarik....kb stil wins..haha...ahh...cant wait for the nx saturday to come.....so that i can get to eat those again in kb....

just got back home minutes ago...almost 2..better get some rest...stil few trial papers to come..AHH SIEN ARRR

jazz...fresh...

2008-08-28T03:17:00.000-07:00

im done with bio trial papers this morning...paper 1 is quite ok..while paper 2..as usual lar..just write..see what will i get...
got myself mcd right after the paper ends..mm been craving for fast food...duno y..probably haven had them in months...actually had kfc days earlier..whoops there goes my money...
came back START studyin for the nx paper..tks 2..which im goin to sit for in 2 hours...but realised..its kinda subjective..so decided to slp...^^....

after the paper...victor called me up and said that the jazz club is meeting up...so decided to get a taste of what jazz is like..so joined them in some studio nearby...quite a nice experience..as i was not that much exposed to jazz before...they played a couple of songs...quite a mess at the beginning..but it went on ok later... well...im still considering involving myself in this club.. hope to learn more about jazz becuase right now im still thinkin jazz as a rather fresh genre compared to classical..guess ill have to start from scratch and pick up from them...haha

ALAS..THERES A DOG IN MY SUBANG HOUSE!!--SHIH TZU WEYYYYY...thought of my dogs at home when i saw it just now..it was my landlord's daughter's dog..who flew in from singapore this morning...muahahha..so gonna play with it later..when its clean...right now it is covered with poop...and ill let my landlord clean it..THEN ILL PLAY..YEAH....

closing ceremony of beijing olympics

2008-08-24T07:20:00.001-07:00

finally the games ended...

full actual games watched--nil.... (not considering the badminton semifinals as i aint such a big fan of that)

all thanks to the astro-less life here in subang...duhh

only watched the ceremony on tv2 malaysian channel cause was lazy to walk all the way to AC like what we did for the opening...

catching such programmes on malaysian channel is always irritating...the commentator just talk non stop...about nonsense....with that kinda "spirit"..urgh....feel like asking them to stfu sometimes...especially things we can actually SEE with our own eyes and do not seek for their bullshit explanations...plus:their favourite phrase..."kita berehat sebentar"...and there goes all the "who-noes-david-beckham-appeared" moments...gah...well alright we din miss that part...but i bet we missed lotsa stuffs like the part where the atheletes walked in...and also some other interesting events...

anyway..i wouldnt say the closing ceremony is not exciting...full of fireworks as usual...be it real or fake... and the pressure is certainly on for the next host--LONDON...hmmm cant wait...but its 4 years time....by then....i will be 22 and god noes where i am and what course i am doin... only time will tell.... :)

leng lui birthday

2008-08-22T10:43:00.000-07:00

today...we decided to bring the leng lui out for her birthday dinner...cause pity her..18 years oni got one time got ppl so kind like us to bring her out for a celebration..hiak hiak hiak..

went to the same japanese restaurant we went months back..ate some bbq stuffs..catch up with recent happening...

our nx stop is also the same place--beanbean..for the leng lui to cut her cake...apart from a real decent cake..we also get her to finish 3 mini swiss rolls in 3 bites first before she cut the cake... we also force her to sing to herself her own bday song...what "good" frens we are....

altho the nite is stil young...i guess no one had the mood to stay on..due to the upcoming trials.... blah....

quite a gathering oso..after a long time...

P.S...leng lui mentioned here is LUA CHEW YUIN...XD

last national junior wushu championship..

2008-08-18T02:07:00.000-07:00

this was my very last competition as im no longer listed as junior...i didn actually plan to take part since i did not involve myself in trainings since i came to subang..mayb a few times when i was back in kb..but that's all..and i somehow got myself as part of the team for this year again..daring uh..

i wasnt expectin much from this year's as i hadn really trained, only one, two weeks before competition i flew back to kb for 3 day intensive...which was rather killing.. so there i was...unprepared... no regrets though, sth gained... at least a last medal for me haha...and also some memorable moments with my team for the very last year out...

this year's competition, organized by wushu putrajaya was quite ok, since it was in cheras badminton stadium and where our accommodation was quite a pleasant one--pearl international...

as usual, night before day 1 of competition, we had dinner with all the other teams in some chinese restaurant, but i would say its more of a group of ppl watching the badminton semifinals of olympic..haha..lee chong wei managed to get into finals..and thats the most of it..

first day of competition---many familiar faces seen every year, and equally many new faces from other teams...my event was in the afternoon and i just managed a 5th place..could have done better..did some mistakes..and not energetic enuff..our team just managed a bronze rong bin in the nanquan event...quite a disappointment...

second day of competition---my event was the first of the day...(AND SINCE IM THE FIRST ATHLETE FOR BOTH MY EVENTS) , i was rather nervous eventho i've competed with this routine for 3 years...maybe i was hopin to get at least sth from this last competition...but at the same time..i dare not ask for more..just a clean routine which satisfy myself and my coach is sufficient...haha..irony...well, it turned out that i managed to get a bronze for myself in that event..glad... competition ended earlier today and overall kelantan got 1 gold and 5 bronze...not very good i would say..due to SOME circumstances.. i feel sorry for the others since they put ten times more effort in trainings and get nothing..well..at least they can stil try nx year..hehe..

had dinner and went back to hotel to walk around in the shoppin centre...ended up at the game arcade where the young ones playin games and us playin snooker...but later joined by all the young ones who giv their first try of snooker..very funny to see them play....quite a night for all of us....

for the next day, the team will be goin back to kelantan by train at night while i, to subang...went to midvalley to walk around and watched a movie...just to chill out...since poor kelantan is currently cinemaless.... shortly after movie ended, i made my way back to subang..back to college life...ggrrrr envy the others as school are having break....as for me..having neverending tests and exams pretty soon.... blah..

08.08.08

2008-08-08T19:41:00.000-07:00

080808 marks the opening of the beijing 08 olympic and it was certainly a colourful night for the chinese people in beijing ...
and oso for us who catch it all live on tv...

chew yuin , pao yee and i joined the crowd in asia cafe to watch the ceremony live and no regrets at all goin pretty early to get an ideal location where we can see clearly..we each ordered ourselves japanese food and just when we started to eat, the ceremony begin...

the crowd cheered together with the live crowd in beijing as it was undeniably impressive...we were too amazed that i took 2 hours to finish my food...spent most of the time just stunned by the performances...

what's really great about beijing being the host is that they have the man power....all the performances were by the hundreds and thousands of the chinese population..from the glowing drum performances, to the thousand ppl taiji performances.... lang lang also performed...not to our surprise..hehe...the part where some dancers draw the scroll with their dance movements..thats just magical...about songs, sarah brightman, a chinese artist, a little girl and some kids choir were also part of the performances...

stamina was running out in us as we see the hundred plus teams from all over the world....the bigger crowds like US had warm welcome from the crowd...malaysia too..from the crowd in Asia Cafe..haha...alas..CHINA.....with yao ming as the flag bearer.... the torch marathon was also very nice as the last man was potrayed running in air before igniting the enormous olympic torch ...

overall..the ceremony was very long...though, the fireworks is just beautiful...and also how the performers synchronize the whole performances....

no regrets spending the time watchin this historic night of 080808...

independant chung hwa frenzzz

2008-08-06T06:05:00.000-07:00

after about 3 years..finally met up with 2 of my independant chung hwa frenz..got to know quite a number of students of that school when i went to an annual tour as their accompanist ..somehow see some differences in students from dan zhong and frens from my own school..hehe...

i was shocked that chee keong actually recognized me..after all these years..haha...pei sen ive meet him few times, as he was studyin in inti as well..met up with them in AC...but wasnt expecting more people..they have 4 other friends which were oso from dan zhong..however, the good thing is..the others are FROM KELANTAN!! haha alas...orang sekampung....eversince i came to subang, i rarely hear ppl conversing in hokkien, and tonight i heard it all...haha..and i somehow feel more like being at home...altho i dun speak that well lar.. quite nice getting together anyway, to catch up with what everyone was up to....

taylors had their charity carnival this morning...and the whole ground floor was flooded...there were games, pie throwing, water balloon wars, food , drinks...too bad our class did not work out for a booth....plus...it wasnt a very carnival mood day for us pm10 as chemistry lab session was on as usual and whats worse is that this session was assessed..blah..so din manage to really get to go for every booths..some of my classmates did some charity by joining the games while i did my part when i bought some cookies from pao yee's booth, and some fruit punch and oso some J CO from ben's booth...if we had time , we wud have played wii.... quite a day for taylorians tho...hehe..

back...zzz...

2008-08-03T03:48:00.001-07:00

just reached sj moments ago.....spent another whole afternoon for the journey back here...so tiring...wat to do..by takin air asia....had some scary moments on plane just now..rather shaky for a few minutes...and i thought tis was normal...then suddenly the we felt like the whole plane is freefalling...just for about 3 seconds lar...but oso scary lar...before that one foreigner went into the toilet..when he came out he was there telling ppl that luckily "stuffs" din fly out..haha...even the 2 foreign couples sittin both sides of me panicked and hold their hands, saying their prayers i guess,...as for me..i was a little shocked too..we tend to have this kinda fear , after watchin news or documentaries like these..hehe..

watched mtv asia awards on mtv last nite...started watchin an hour after and it wasnt as good as i expected...or probably im too tired....i slept like almost thruout the 2 hrs...was actually looking forward for performances from pcd, one republic and oso jabbawockeez..and it was during the first hour..so i catch it again this morning...it was so so only...one republic is quite nice and pcd///hot as usual...and when they went up to receive the award// i was pretty amazed by their build compared to the er...smaller asians which present the awards ...u were right eh paul... u somehow possess eyes useful in this field...hehe...

alright, since im back here in sj...tv is no longer in my life..haiz..piano too..and it was quite saddening i din really get to practise a lot since im already having aches everywher...including my arms...playin schubert sonata first movement is already "testing my pain senses"...

will have to spend the rest of tonight doin homework..haiz...

ache ache ache...

2008-08-01T08:14:00.000-07:00

started my first training since....3 weeks...and i noe la wat to expect....no stamina..no flexibility...even forget some movements....all so screwed up.... gotta pick up everything in 3 days...i wonder how.....

"i must learn how to throw my feminine identity away once im doing my tau lu"...hiak hiak hiak...that's quoted by my coach.....

well i wudn find it that hard to do so..if and only if i've enuf strength and stamina lar....now start from scratch..thanks to the exerciseless-lifestyle in subang jaya...

went to kok lanas, relative's house after lunch..newborn baby...quite a fierce looking baby in my opinion...tho...spend almost 3 hrs playin wid the hyperactive older brother....and yet i thought of takin a nap...=.=.....it was quite fun tho...as i rarely had the chance to play wid my ..er....nephew..haha...wat an aunt i am...

had pantai timur chicken chop for dinner...haven been there for years...16 bucks for a big serving...wid lots of GREENS..tat's wat i like...

back to trainings again after dinner...walau...can start to feel the post tranining aches d....presented my first taulu to coach...if not mistaken he said the strength improved..just not that good in gong jia yet...aihz...worse still, i actually modified the routine ( by missing some movements )....din managed to present the 2nd taulu.... not to worry....more chances comin up tomoro...will be goin through mornin-nite double training sessions again...wat to do..intensive means intensive....

by the way...wushumate kai chuan introduced me tis song..
http://www.youmaker.com/video/sa?id=204c24ee379e42699b4344c8099e3d34001
which he said was written by a guy who got cancer and died later...and sung by his gf which oso commited suicide in a while...and that this couple is from a sch /// kinda tragic IF it's real... quite a nice song anyway...

gonna get myself glued to the tv for now..since it wud be too late for me to bang the piano now...

BACK...

2008-07-31T11:00:00.000-07:00

2 am...and im stil here....im so gonna suffer during trainings tomoro...

arrived in kb some hours ago...glad to see my family, my dogs....starting to feel the abseence of lady..haiz...it does make a difference with one dog less in our house...miss her still...miss her barks..miss her manjaness....miss the touch of her beautiful fur....

anyway it's just gonna be a short weekend back here lar...two days later and its back to subang..haiz...

had chemistry test jus now....AHHHH ALL OBJECTIVES...no wonder mr lucas asked us to be ready wid 2b pencil and eraser....and we thought we were suppose to use that for the mechanism questions....YA OBJECTIVES KILLS THO....it requires more thinking as all the questions are tricky...wat to do... i was expecting subjectives that i tink i wud much enjoy writing down answers to question we knew that wud most likely to come out...its over anyway...had a feeling its gonna be bad...i've always done badly for objectives....well at least ive studied and tried my best...

i wonder how's DARK KNIGHT...din manage to catch the movie with my classmates as i was spending my whole afternoon gettin to LCCT....hope to catch it or somehow watched it somewher some other time.//even joker's quote can be seen or heard anywher...WHY SO SERIOUS....

2008-07-30T05:13:00.000-07:00

having organic chem test tomoro....hair pulling moments....ggg and after that..IM FLYIN HOME...GAGA....gonna miss going for DARK KNIGHT with classmates tho....WHO
CARES...home is where i wanna be...

it's actually a last minute thingy to fly home like that..spending about 300 bucks..gg....for some last minute training before the competition...gah...i wud call it intensive...hope i survive it....

currently enjoy listening to rachmaninoff's piano concerto 2....woohooo...mystererious masterpiece...thanks to victor who sent me the song..ive heard it quite a few times but never own it....

testing testing

2008-07-30T05:11:00.000-07:00

testing do re mi...