A Long Long Way from Home

When ppl ask me where I live, the reaction i get is always "Wah!!!! So far!!!" Then I will go about saying that "No lar...it's not that far"...that is until today....for the uninitiated, Sg Long is like 20 clicks away from KL. It doesn't sound far but it is the traffic along Jalan Loke Yew and Jalan Cheras that kills.

So, my gout made an almighty come back over the night. I still wore shoes to work and it had been getting worst and worst. As usual, the infection kicked in with mild fever and quite a fair share of headache. So I had been sauntering through work waiting for the clock to hit 6pm. But i forgot there is Fire Tariff Training...so went in, as usual Selvyn started the throwing questions that made us think think think....my gosh....EIC summore...the headache got worst and worst. Training finished at 6.30pm and I limped our to my place want to pack and go hoe liao. Then IT guy came over and say want to switch laptop for me....great....Everything settled at 7.20pm. My ankle is starting to scream in protest. The headache is splitting my skull. Limped for 10 minutes to my car carrying the bloody heavy Dell Latitude 505. alright....figuring that 7.30 already shouldn't be that jam....

How wrong was I...Changkat BB...Jam like f**k....tour buses where unloading passengers at Radius Hotel...great....taxi and van showing each other who is more man at the Jalan Alor Junction. Assholes cutting lane at Jalan Bukit Bintang. And suddenly i dunno where did all the friggin' tourist came from...really there are all sorts of coloured people showing Malaysians how to jaywalk...now that's something...Jalan Hang Tuah bloody road construction going on...3 lanes turn to 2 lanes...bottleneck...brilliant. As usual, turned into Loke Yew it was a bloody mess....in the end..took me 1 and a half hour to get back to sg long....with gout, fever, headache and hunger....

When everything that can go wrong does go wrong...home can seemed a bit far far away too....Maybe I should started looking for a place nearer to town. i'm going to crash early today....

P.S. I am driving a Manual Kelisa....it doesn't make much difference coz it is my right ankle that is killin' me....

Oh My Gosh!!!

I promised to 捧场 peiru's art expo. I was all geared up to get myself to Cenfad. Then just now I sms'ed peiru to confirm the time. Then she sms'ed back say, "Its yesterday. Saturday mah..."

I was like "....... the crow fly by" Typical me....

Sorry, Pei Ru. I really am.

Roman Wants to Buy Fernando Torres

Apparently Roman Abramovich tried to bid for Nando for 35 million pounds.

If I were Rick Parry I would give Roman a look of disbelieve and utter shock, and then I will roll on the floor laughing until my voice is hoarse....hahahahahahah...'nuff said...who the hell this Russian joker think he is? LMAO.....

Someone should direct him to the nearest for a quick fix....Wanker....

Interesting Day At Work

Yesterday I was not feeling well so on MC. Today got back to work and there were 59 e-mails waiting for me. Took me about 20 minutes to read everything. Read only, not respond. Half way through Emily came over and asked me to go to Mint Hotel for a claim meeting with adjusters and client. For the uninitiated, Mint Hotel is the huge green colour abandoned hotel next to the KL -Seremban highway. Apparently some wankers broke into the hotel and stripped of a mother load of copper wires.

Got there and together with the client and adjusters escorted by a security guard, climbed up to the 6th level. Climbing up is one thing but the whole hotel, abandoned for 3 years, is so bloody stuffy and dusty. And to think that I am not 100% OK yet. The whole 6th floor was a bloody mess. The thieves had destroyed all the ceiling to get their hands on the copper wires. It was like a scene from Alien with debris and pipes and whatever hanging from the ceiling.

We continued walking around and I tell you abandoned hotels are damn freakin' eerie. It really is like a scene from Resident Evil. The eerieness was enhanced by the fact that the Receivers and Managers kicked out the management like overnight. Files and books were like place properly. There are even a few pairs of lady's slippers under the desks. There is even a half drank coffee cup filled with molds. All covered in a thick layer of dusk. I half expected a zombie to jumped out from a corner. Only thing is that I did not have shotgun with me.

The dustiness more than anything, i think, have made me feel much sicker than yesterday. I think i will crash to bed early today.

Mahkota Cheras update: Just now passed by the junction and all seemed to be quite and well. Just a Grand Saga van looking over from the flyover. But i emphasize, this is definitely not the last we have heard from Grand Saga.

Defiance in the Face of Oppression

Grand Saga laid the foundations of the intended barricades in the wee hours of 9/5/2008, right after the assault of FRU on Mahkota Cheras/Sg Long. Later, some brave souls bulldozed the foundations and repaved the road. At around midnight of the same day, I was driving back from Choice 83, I decided to stop by at the fly over to have a look see of how's the situation. These are the scenes that greeted me:

The people were holding a candlelight vigil in the face of anarchy. Defiant in the face of oppression. Yes, enough is enough. 3 years of exploitation is enough. It definitely have to end.

Looking at the crowd, you will not believe that these were the people that were sprayed and gassed yesterday. The message is clear, you build it, we will mow it down. Enough is enough.


I am sure that this is not the end that we will hear from Grand Saga or their private army, the FRU. But we will stand fast in the face of oppression and fight for our rights in the face of exploitation.


The flame of justice will flicker on in the face of adversity. You'll Never Walk Alone.

The Hands of Oppression

In my previous post I reported that I saw FRU personals station at the Mahkota Cheras junction, paving a path for contractors of Grand Saga to rebuild the barricade. I did mention about the possibility of usage of water cannon and shield charge to disperse the crowd. Little did I know that approximately 2 hours after I drove past the site, or around the time I was writing my previous entry, the unthinkable really happened. FRU personally fired water cannon and tear gas canisters at my fellow neighbours citing that the gathering had "turned ugly".

I ran a search through YouTube and found the following clips uploaded by a fellow Mahkota Cheras resident:

First, the warning:



Then, all hell break loose. First salvo, water cannon:



Next TEAR GAS!!!!







Police were saying that the crowd was turning unruly and they had to use force to disperse the crowd. The video clip shows otherwise. Firstly, the crowd was not hurling stones, bricks or molotov cocktails at the FRU or contractors. Secondly, the crowd were already starting to disperse after the commander of the FRU sounded the warning. Yes, from what I can see from the video clips, the FRU used force unprovoked!They fired at people who are starting to turn back and on their way home!!!

Someone please tell me what have this country come to. It is not as if we are threatening national security or anything that deserve these kind of treatment. This situation does not warrant the highhanded action and drastic measures. Nobody's safety was compromised. No property was damaged (except for the barricade built by grand Saga). People were not smashing car windows. Is it necessary for the FRU to fire tear gas and water cannon at a people fighting for their right of a more convenient traffic system? Tear gas and water cannon should be reserved for rioters and I emphasize that there is no riot as proven by the video clips. According to eye witness the FRU were more interested in protecting the safety of Grand Saga contractors. Reminds me the PDRM motto "Kami Sedia Berkhidmat". Berkhidmat untuk siapa? I would love to ask. For Christ's sake there were children amongst the crowd.

Mahkota Cheras vs Grand Saga....Triumph of Injustice

I had been telling my friends that the Grand 傻瓜 won't give up so easily. Their revenue would had been hit real hard for the pass month due to the opening of the access road. With the Police and definitely certain well placed personals behind them, it wouldn't be that hard for Grand 傻瓜 to forcefully rebuild the barricade. On my way back from work, I passed by the scene around 8.45pm and true enough, the might of injustice was in full action. FRUs were lining up at both side of the access road armed with shields, with excavators hard at work in between the 2 row of red helmets. It isn't that hard to imagine how it happen. FRU would just need to force the human walls off the intended barricade site by moving in with shields or there is the infamous chemical laced water cannon. We don't stand a chance against the muscles of anarchy.

It seems that the Highway men stayed true to their words as they vowed to put the barricades up since they are "concerned" of our safety. Quoting today's The Star:

"Grand Saga business development and corporate affairs executive director Zainal Abidin Ali, who was at the site, said while he sympathised with the residents for being forced to use a longer route, a new barrier would be erected as the concessionaire was concerned about safety issues."

Give me a break. The only "safety" that he is concern is probably his bonus and the "safety" of those "hands" under the table. For the past months when the access road was open it did not even post a minor glitch to the traffic flow. As a matter of fact, it might have made the roads around Sg Long and Mahkota Cheras safer as there is less congestion. The newspaper report did say that the State Government is still waiting for a report from the State Survey and Mapping Department. I was like, Hang on a moment. Isn't the State Government supposed to be on the people's side now? It should be time to pay back the trust the people had given to Pakatan Rakyat. Time to show that your election campaign is not just a bunch of bullshit or your credibility will suffer the same fate as those of BN.

Power to the People!!!!

Just now on my way back it started to be bloody jam after the Cheras 9th Mile exit. At first i thought it was a bloody accident. Then, my instincts just told me something big was happening. I just had the feeling that certain quarters is trying to reblock the Mahkota Cheras (MC) exit. My fears were confirmed when I saw 2 FRU trucks parked near the exit. To cut the story short, Grand Saga highway blocked the exit since yonksago so they could collect more toll by forcing people to use the Sg Long Exit which is maybe half a click away. but you have to pay an extra 90 cents. Money is one thing but MC residents had to make a big friggin round through the Sg Long exit which congested the only access road of MC and Sg Long. My ex-colleague, Bee Heong, who is a MC resident said that it took 15 minutes to take the long way (no pun intended) compared to 3 minutes using the MC access road that was blocked. The exit had being blocked for quite sometime until recently some brave residents decided that enough is enough and drove a bulldozer and flatten the blockade about a month ago. The Pakatan Rakyat people had been setting up camp at the exit recently to avoid the highway buggers from re-erecting the blockade until the people's patrol was called off recently thinking that the coast was clear. Obviously, Grand 傻瓜 highway decided to rebuild the blockade and the residents were trying to prevent that.


Wanting to have a better feel of what was happening, I decided to join in the crowd. When I reached the exit by taking the long way through the Sg Long access road, the people were cheering and cars were honking in celebration. It seemed the the Grand 傻瓜 people had given up and decide to move along. I just arrived in time to see the coppers packing up and leaving. It was the greatest scene of people power I have ever witnessed. All races united in one voice, cheering and jeering at the cement mixer trucks and lorries. I got hold of a police sergeant stationed there and he told me that they were there not to stop the protest. They were only there to ensure that nothing untoward happened. Apparently there were some minor fracas between the residents and the 傻瓜 officials.Shame that I did not have my camera with me, so I had to make do with my camera with a lousy VGA camera.

You can feel the frustration of the people from this banner that was erected. The message reads "300 billion dollars for the highway company". There is a pun in the message. Highway in Chinese is 大道 which has the same pronunciation as 大盗 which means robber or bandit. Next to the words are 3 notes from the Bank of Hell (the kind chinese burn for the deceased).

Side Story: When i got home, I jokingly asked my cousin why she didn't join the human wall. She replied in all seriousness that they 慈济 people are not supposed to join "political demonstrations". Talk about political demos, dunno who joined and cheered for Taiwan Independence during their national day celebration. And guess who tried to sabotage the Beijing Olympics. Bloody hypocrites. Well, get on and continue to recite mantras and hope the world change for a better place. A certain someone once said, God only help those who help themselves.

Ironman, best Superhero movie adaptation

When I watched the trailer of Ironman a few months ago, it got me worried. Moviegoers had been spoiled by super duper special effects and paper thin plots of superhero movies recently. Think The Hulk and The Fantastic Four (except for the Silver Surfer). Rest assured my fears were unfounded. Being the first production of Marvel Studios, the producers made sure that this movie does one of Marvel fanboys' favorite characters justice. The gist and spirit of the comic was recreated faithfully throughout the movie. From Starks personal morality struggle to hints of his problem with alcoholism to the attempted coup at Starks Industries.

Of course, the special effects were stunning. The suit was had the wow factor in it to appeal to all audiences. The director made a masterstroke by casting Robert Downey Jr. as Tony Stark. Even though i was skeptical when saw the trailer, I am glad to report that RDJ carried the character well, especially half we through the movie when he started to become the Tony Stark that we knew in the comics. Casting of other characters also proved to be spot on. Gwyneth really made Pepper Potts as if the character was made for her. Then there is the loyal chauffeur "Happy" Hogan and Colonel James Rhodes.

A complain from the general audience is that there is not enough action in it. They are of course expecting over the top action sequences like they get in Spidey. But in place of the action sequences, we have a plot of more weight that asking questions that are very relevant to the World today. Changing the opening scenes to Afghanistan (in the comics, Start was kidnapped in Vietnam) proves the point the writers are trying to make.

Marvel fanboys will have their appetite welted for things to come. A sequel is definitely in the works. War Machine (Rhodes saying "Maybe, next time" when he saw a work-in-progress armor), S.H.I.E.L.D. (Yeah, baby, yeah!!!), Ten Rings (Mandarin, any one?). And Tony Starks announcing he is indeed Ironman (horrors!!!) suggesting that Civil War is in the horizon. Oh, I bloody hope so.

P.S. - The Chinese Language translator have to be shot in the head 2 times. Ironman is translated into 坚强的男人. Oh, please.......

Out but out with More than a Shout

The time is 5.57am. I am drained emotionally and physically. I was another roller coaster ride served up Liverpool for their fans. First, Drogba scored. Lucky if you ask me. Kalou was offside but IMHO as the self proclaimed 5B class of '99 top draw central defender (i know that was yonks ago :p) Riise was partly at fault for that goal. Now that's for another story. Then Benayoun produced some magic and to put Torres through and he equalized. M Bar was filled with euphoria. It seems all was going well as we were at the ascendancy. You can tell that the Mancs match was taking a toll on the Chavs.

Into extra time, Essian put one into the back of the net but it was rule offside. A bit lucky for Liverpool as would not think Pepe would have save that even if his view was not blocked by one the Chav players. Right after that, Sami lost possession in the box to Ballack and he was a judged to have fouled Ballack inside the box trying to get the ball back. Penalty. Up stepped Lampard to send Pepe the wrong way. All credit to him after a traumatic week for him. After the goal, Liverpool had a strong appeal for a penalty after Drogba brought down Hyypia in the box. For a moment the ref almost gave it but then change his mind in the last minute. It was basically curtains for us when Drogba got another one for the Chavs. Another pass from the left (why am I not surprised). Babel got one back for us but it was then to little too late. The Chavs are going to Russia.

Am I disappointed? Of course! Who won't be? But this is not a bad way to go out. Soccernet says our performance was insipid in the first half. Bollocks, I say. We were on the back foot but we soaked up the pressure and got back to them in the 2nd half. The lads have gave their all (except for 2 guys who needs to get a bashing from Shankly's ghost). Some might say Stevie was quite subdued but come on, we can't expect him to save our arses all the time. He performed his duty well but didn't went all gung ho. Tactically Rafa planned everything out perfectly. I can understand the rational of subbing off Nando for Babel. He wanted Babel to run the chavs ailing defense ragged. And he turn out to be the provider of the lifeline.

This match was loss by individual mistakes (some avoidable, some not) and also luck, or rather the lack of it. Decisions went against us time after time. Hyypia's foul on Ballack, his appeal for penalty, the first goal when Kalou was offside. Most importantly, we were creating chances. Especially the second half and in extra time. In football, sometimes you need luck. We were indeed lucky when we dumped Arsenal. Luck works as a double edged sword. Well, this is football for you. Wish the Chavs all the best in Moscow. I would rather they win it instead of the bloody Mancs.

Seeing that our season is already over, I will try to do a season review soon. Until then, YNWA. I will still be wearing the Liverpool badge proudly tomorrow.

P/S: By the way, the folks at myRawk was commenting on, "Wow!!!! So many plastic flags!!" Courtesy of a certain Russian Millionaire. Liverpool still has the best fans and the best stadium.

What the hack is Meme??

May tagged me with this stupid meme...dunno wat that supposed to mean...but what the hack...

1. What's your current annoyance?

Ronaldo won PFA player of the year...f**k off....

2. If you were to be stranded on a deserted island, who are the 3 blog buddies you'd take and why?

Jeff Ooi, my sis and pei ru the tapir.

3. Where is the place that you want to go the most?

Anfield, Liverpool. B4 it get demolish must make a trip

4. If you can have 1 dream come true, what would it be?
Getting a girl fren... i know i sound desperate, but i am...hahahaha

5. Dreaming your dreams into reality. Is it possible? (My question)

YES.

6. What are you afraid to lose the most?

My parents and my sis.

7. If you win $ 1 Million, what would you do?

Buy pro photography gear, set up own photo studio and pay good money to learn photography (Edit: Join flying school also)

8. If you meet someone that you love, would you confess to him/her?

Definitely no.

9. List out 3 good points of the person who tagged you?

Always hungry(literally), hardworking and is AMAZING.

10. What requirement you wish from your other half?

Liverpool fan, understanding, sweet (i guess all gals like this already taken)

11. What kind of person you hate the most?

Hypocrites and typical(typical emphasized) Mancs fans. Oh and diver on the pitch. (same as mayyie except for smokers, I work at BIB, ok...)

12. If you are given the chance to go back to the past and make a difference, will you?

Not screw up my SIA cadet pilot final interview.

13. What you want the most now?

money...hahaha

14. What do you think is the most important thing in your life?

aspirations

15. If there's ever a war(or things that are similar) happening in your place, are you going to move to a safer place, or fight?

Fight for my cause..."lock & load!!!!!Ooorah!!!"

16. If you have the chance, which part of your character you would like to change?

Not being able to tell people off when I'm pissed. Being too nice....

17. Who is the person that you can share all your problems with?

Me, myself and I

18. What's your weakest point?

lazy...LOL

19. What's the thing that you're most proud of?

hmm...graduating...

20. Would you tag someone else to do meme?
Hell, no.

Shutter Count: >10,000

Just noticed my Camera's shuttle count had reached more than 10k. Had been experimenting with Manual exposure and is loving the results. "M"aster mode from now on :D

Of Carnivores and Dying Batteries

Today brought Ah Zhen to Midvalley for lunch or rather high tea. I think a few days of vegetarian dieet had taken a toll on him...LOL. After getting the car parked was already 3 something. Remind me not to go to MV on a weekend next time. Ended up in a Taiwanese Restaurant at the ground floor (forgot the name, its not Feng Lye. That's at the top floor).

I ordered this 四川麻辣汤...not bad, not that 麻辣 at allAh Zhen ordered this 鸡扒蛋炒饭


I ordered the 拉面 variety

and some 小龙包


After that, found out that there is a Fashion Week going on at MV. Camped myself out for the 5pm show. When shooting half way found out that my Speedlite batteries were dying. Took damn long to recycle the flash. I forgot to charge them. All shots ruined. You really can't do a 1/60 shutter speed on 100mm plus focal length....no matter how good your camera's VR or IS or SR whatever you want to call it...damn.....

Chris and the Town Parkbench Theories

Lonely Bench........staring at the wide wide world....in the park where other denizens find respite from the hustle and bustle of the city...yet he can't find any....

" There's nothing you can do
I've already started, started, started
To unwrite every song I ever wrote about you
And as you lie to my heart, my heart, my heart lies there bleeding, bleeding
But as the wounds heal it makes this thing so damned easy"
- Jamie Scott and the Town, Runaway Train

Whose the Clown now, he seemed to be mocking me. Makes me wonder too.............

"Did the clown
Make you Smile
He was only your fool for a while
And left you wondering there."
- Norah Jones, Carnival Town

Forbidden Kingdom...ptui!!!!

I just got back from watching Forbidden Kingdom, the highly anticipated movie featuring Jet Li and Jackie Chan. I was not expecting much out of this movie since it is Jackie Chan vehicle, but boy...u got to watch it to understand how to get disappointed even with low expectations.

Firstly, it is the stupid plot. Or the non of it. Boy gets bullied, boy got hurt, boy transported to an imaginary land, boy learns kung fu, boy falls in love, boy saves the imaginary world, boy get's back to real world, boy kicks bully's ass, boy sees imaginary gal fren in real world. Get real dude, how predictable and sugar coated can the plot be?

Then it is the way the director tries to appeal to every audience in the world. Cheap skate kung fu moves to appease the Western audience, chopped up "Journey to the West" for the Asian audience (Chinese authority should assassinate the script writer for defiling one of the classics of Chinese Literature) . Try Penang Rojak style of movie of Lord of the Rings, Journey to the West, David Carridan and hack, even Doraemon (no, serious..really) and you get this joke that is the Forbidden Kingdom. Bloody hell, 玉王大帝 that speaks English with a American slang...u must be shitting me. It is a bloody wonder we don't see Marco Polo learning to make Spaghetti at some point of the movie. This is one so so confused story that even Jackie's trade mark slapstick humour failed to save the day.

The only thing that make this movie slightly bearable are the 2 lady leads, 李冰冰 and 刘亦菲. 李冰冰 did especially portraying the cruelness and angst of 白发魔女.

Conclusion of all this, a waste of talent of 2 of the best kung fu exponents of our generation. A sign of new low for Asian Cinema. Hang on, is this an Asian Movie trying to be Western or the other round. Tsk tsk tsk.....

Time Flies and Goal Flies

I went back to Seremban over the weekend as my god sis from Singapore was back with his 1 year old son. There, I can't help but think how fast does time flies. We were reminiscing on my childhood days when I was under their care and my antics when I was a baby compared to my godma's 4 grand children. Can't believe that it was 25 years ago that i was sent to my godma for the first time to be baby-sitted. Now, I am already 26 years old and my godma already have 4 grandchildren. Looking at the 4 kids, especially the 2 one year olds, can't help myself but to think where will everyone be in another 20 years time. You might be saying its a long way down the road, but that's what everyone says when uncle was fetching me back from Primary One almost 20 years ago.

Talking about things that fly, goals are flying in from Nando too. He is the first Liverpool player to score 30 goals since Robbie Fowler after scoring against Blackburn. The cheeky commentator commented that "Everything will be OK once he gets settled, right?" *laughter**... ^_^"' Another inspirational performance by Stevie, but Alonso is again a disappointment. He really is a shadow of his old self. The ref is a much more bigger disgrace, call me bias but he at least made 4 bad calls against Liverpool. I didn't know "sock 'em if you can't beat 'em" is allowed in football....

Anyways, good thing that we have stretch our advantage against Everton to 5 points,. Only blip is that we conceded a soft goal at the 92nd minute...u really could see Carra having a real go at Skrtel and co for switching off....the lad from Slovakia must had been scared shitless :D Well, that's Carra for u....

Elizabethtown

Elizabethtown is brilliant...about a guy who lose everything (career, love, family) but finding a quirky gal that brought him back up and showing him what life is all about. All is not lost even when everything looked so bleak...

This light hearted movie has everything...comedy, drama, family and best of all...great music that suits every mood Cameron Crowe is trying to portrait. Orlando Bloom and Kirsten Dunst carried their character to perfection. I have always say that the MJ character in spidey really doesn't justify her talent and her performance in E-Town confirms this even more.

Look out for Alec Baldwin's brilliant cameo as Orlando's boss, Phil. I would really really use the phrase "the sound of shit hitting the fan...can you hear that?" in one of my business meetings. hahahaha...

Rafa Will Have The Last Laughed

When 'pool was performing badly 2 or 3 months ago, Rafa was slated left, right and center for his rotation policy. Admittedly, all things have its pros and cons but yesterday's ECL q-final match against Arsenal, all the pros of Rafa's rotation policy shone through. Having indulged in the luxury of resting Stevie, Nando and a string of other first team players for the BPL match at Emigrants Stadium on Saturday, our lads looked just the bit much fresher compared to the young guns. Cesc, in particular, looked exhausted throughout the match.

Rotation aside, I feel that we performed quite well last night. Besides for the opening quarter of the first half and a short period of the second half, we pretty much had the upper hand over the emigrants. Again it took the brilliance of Nando to put us scousers ahead with a cute turn and super strike into the top corner. I have always said that there a certain things that u can't couch into a player and instinct is one of those. Nando didn't even looked up when he dispatched the ball into the goal. He just knew where the goal was by instinct. To be fair, Theo displayed the same kind of brilliance when he race 70 yards down the right flank to set up Adebayor for arsenal's 2nd goal.

However, Babel came to the rescue when he was adjudged to have been bundled over by Toure. I admit that we were a bit lucky to get that pen. It was those kind of foul where some ref would have given it, while some ref might not. But hell, i think its about time Liverpool have a slice of luck. Babel place the tie beyond doubt on the 92nd minute when Arsenal where "all hands on deck" trying to get their third goal.

After the pulsating match, we have CSKA London waiting for us in the quarter finals. The Blue Shite were always in the path when Liverpool got to the finals for the last 2 occasions (on the first occasion, as they say it, it is now History). This time I really pray that it won't be 3rd time lucky for the blue shites. Anyways, Rafa shouldn't sweat too much as Avram is not even in the league of Rafa when it comes to tactical knowledge. Hack, he haven't even got his license from UEFA yet. God knows how UEFA and FA allowed him to continue to coach Chelski.

BTW, just got back from watching Nim's Island. Nothing much to shout about. Just a run of the mill feel good movie for the whole family. Can't wait for Iron Man though....

Never Go For Facial When Have Flu

Yesterday I took leave and went to service my car. After that I had booked an appointment for facial. Over the weekend there where signs of flu coming and it hit me with coughing, running nose on Monday.

Despite my logical mind urging me to cancel the facial appointment, I went ahead with it. When its time to apply the mask, the beautician covered my mouth too. I have to breath through my semi-blocked nose. The poor girl have to dig a hole at the mask in the mouth area after seeing that I was literally drowning in mask...

Lesson, never go for facial when having flu...it ain't pretty, and for the 10 seconds I felt like I was scaling Mount Everest....

Of a New Laptop and the Arsenal Trilogy

Got myself a new laptop - Dell Inspiron 5200. Finally i am able to do my stuff faster. I had been using my cousin's deserted P4 desktop all these while and it had being driving me nuts, especially when processing my RAW photos. I have to quit all other programs or else the whole damn thing will crash. Now it seems that i can work at lightning speed. This afternoon I process 14 pics and upload it to Facebook within half an hour. Previously it usually will take me a whole night to do that on the P4.

Part 2 of the Arsenal trilogy was concluded with another 1 -1 draw. Today's performance was much better compared to the CL match. We really gave the Emigrants a run for their money, especially in the first half. I think the second string players really wanted to impress. Crouchy was lively throughout the match. Gerry Armstrong did commented that why he is not playing as much is a mystery to him. Well, to me its no mystery. The answer is Fernando Torres :p

Anyhow when i saw the team sheet, I went who the fuck is Plessit. Turns out he is the Marscherano of the reserves. I have to say that I am quite impress by this Plessit. He has composure on the ball and he do the simple things right. That is the first step towards a great player. Skrtel is growing from strength to strength. I don't think we will have any problem with defence next season. We have Carra, Skrtel, Dagger and Hyypia. That will make any striker shake in fear.

The Achilles heel is again Pennant and Riise. I think it really is high time for Rafa to ship them out. Tapir really wants Jaoquin and David Villa to help out Nando. But I think a more realistic target will be David Bentley.

Going into this Wednesday CL match, I really do fancy our chances. But the boys should not take anything for granted, after all the Gunners did put 2 pass AC Milan at San Siro. But of course the San Siro cannot be compared to Anfield on a European night.

YNWA.....