3 Games, 2 Trips and 2 Years Later...

Just 3 games into the new season and boy oh boy were there some major surprises cropping up front, back and center!! Who could've predicted that Burnley were able beat United and Everton back to back! I was gutted at the result as we were expected to beat them quite comfortably. Lucky for Old Man Yong, he didn't wake up to watch the match cos 1) we lost... obviously 2) it wasn't shown on Astro. So Yong, sometimes u just gotta be happy that you can't stay up as late anymore :P.


How far will Burnley go?

Well, in the next match we did beat Wigan quite easily 5-0 with Rooney getting his 100th and 101st United goals and MO7 finally opening his account for the Red Devils. Watching the match, I could've sworn Old Man Fergie put rockets up the players asses cos they were running non stop up and down the pitch, Berbatov included!!

The bigger surprise is Tottenham having more points in 3 games this season than in 10 games last season! And yes, they currently top the table! One wonders how Harry Redknapp manage to turn a bunch of lads who were the laughing stock of last season with keeper Gomes the head clown into serious title contenders by the looks of it this season. I am sure however Shebby Singh and Adam C are enjoying this moment.


Goal number 100... Keep em comin'...

At the opposite end of the spectrum is Liverpool. Ahhh Liverpool, as much as I want to be diplomatic bout it, I can't help but smile when they drop points during the season. Maybe its cos of the great United-Liverpool rivalry. Last season, out of 38 matches they only lost 2 games. This season, they have already loss 2 in 3 games! Just hours ago Aston Villa manage to punch in their first win of the season. No doubt Yong will be finding people to gloat at in his work place :P. Zhou, the signs are pretty clear eh?


Ya win some, Ya lose some...

But there are spoil sports that prefer to stick to the form book. I'm talking bout Chelsea and Arsenal. Looks like Ancelotti will be staying a bit longer than poor Scolari. And when I saw Gallas score again, the situation between Yong and Philip just popped into my mind. A silent 'lol' in my head if u will... :D.

Eto'o can't do this...

Further good news is that the Italian league just kicked off last weekend as well and the Spanish league will follow suit this weekend. Really looking forward to see how Zlatan performs and judging by the cup match yesterday, Eto'o won't be missed!

Ah right, I guess I'll stop with the football. On to other things, Operation Char Kueay Teow 3 (yes 3 .. not 2, not 1, 3!!!) is good to go barring a series of unfortunate events. As the saying goes, the best things come in 3's. And like Lord of The Rings, hopefully this time will be the best :). Going along with that, there will be a few changes from the last 2 trips we made.


I have dreams bout this...

Firstly, there will be new faces tagging along, some who missed the past 2 due to whatever reason. And due to that there will be 2 cars going up this time. Secondly would be a change in Hotels, after 2 stays in Gurney, this time we are staying in the heart of Food County @ McAllister Road. Thirdly, instead of the usual 4-5 days in Penang, this time round we will be there only for the long weekend. Yes Phang, August 31st falls on a MONDAY, that's when we celebrate our independence (though not entirely it has to be said) but on 30th August, we go to war!! Man Utd vs Arsenal will battle it out and we will be watching it in Penang!! Eh, any Penang kia reading this, mana pod MU ah??

And so far the current situation is this: the Malacca convoy will only leave on Saturday morning and will be meeting the KL convoy in Tapah a.k.a. Jambu Girl for Yong :P (there goes the plan to go Quarttro). And I assume that Zhou's car will be playing House and Trance music while Yong's will go for the more girly/whimpy/OMFG u call that music??? songs... I call dibs on zhous car when we reach Tapah k!!

Finally, it has been 2 years and a couple of days to the day that we've been an item. Through ups and downs (Thankfully more of the former), we managed to come this far. And I couldn't be any luckier to have you by my side. Love you baby!


2 down, many more to go...

Right, gotta get ready for class soon...

Sometimes Routine Is Good...

It is when the routine you're sticking too involves being glued to the tv hours at a time watching football! Ah, 1st week of football has just came and gone. The grass couldn't have been greener, the crowd couldn't have been noisier and the results couldn't have been more astonishing. One thing I can conclude for week 1: bookies have been making loads of money! Who would've bet against Villa losing at home to Wigan, or Arsenal whooping Everton away 6-1 or the supposedly 2 David vs Goliath matches ending with the odd goal? Though there were a few keeping an eye on Spurs beating Liverpool. I remember ALL the pundits on Football Forecast on ESPN said Spurs were gonna win 2-1. First time they were right!


First of many I hope...

Well, as for United, I felt that they could've scored a lot more given the opposition, and the fact that Owen missed a sitter in front of goal. But a win's a win and bring on Burnley next! And I'm doubly happy that Rooney has open his account on the 1st day of the league. Which brings me to my fantasy teams... Aih, dunno what to say, looks like my plan of using different people for different teams kinda failed.. the ones like can win money wan didn't while the likes of Yahoo! and the one with the guys in it I did fairly well.

Oh, sorry la Yong, gave you wrong info on Arsenal players. But u gotta admit, who could've seen that coming?? Ah well, week 2 is coming soon.


Somehow I felt cheated that Megan Fox didn't show...

And I am surprised that none of the guys have yet to blog bout the event we went last Friday: FHMs 100 Most Wanted Women Party @ The Loft. I have to say this event pwns the Heineken Green Room one 10 times man. We payed nothing, got free parking summore (not something u get when u go clubbing) and came away with loads of good stuff! Oh, and even got 2 free beers! Heineken event 1 pun tarak.. wtf... And btw, Carlsberg Gold totally kicks ass!


Daryl only had 1, therefore I had 3 :D...

The event itself was pretty much ok la, Yong was right when he said there were more hot chicks in the crowd than on the stage where supposedly the most wanted women in the country were. Don't expect foreign celebrities like Megan Fox to come here now do you? As for entertainment, ah, it was substandard. As you know I'm not one for the RnB/ Hip Hop genre so I won't say much more. And as usual, Malaysian crowd really buzz kill, MCs tried to interact with the crowd but most of the time, silent nia.. I think Serena C and Phat Fabes oso quite stumped at times. Oh, Amber Chia was there, and she still can't speak Engeris properly... lol.. you'd think for someone who has her own tv crew (!!) following her all over that she'd would've brushed up on it. And oh, she ain't that hot in real life :P.


FHM's 'care package' is so much better thn the ones from the Salvation Army...

They even gave a goodie bag which I doubt a care package for those who were lucky enough to go home with someone else ;). Why I say that? Lets see in the goodie bag we got : 2 Dentine Gums packs (fresh breath to pick up chicks), 2 coasters with pick up lines (to better enhance ur chances to pick up a girl, if 1st time fail got back up), 1 contraceptive if you DO get lucky. And if that goes well, they even have stuff for the morning after : 1 FHM t-shirt (for those who's shirt got lost/puked on/ripped apart :P), 1 bottle of Sunsilk Shampoo ( coincidentally the same one I use!), 1 bottle of Lux shower cream ( I didn't get that), 1 bottle of hair wax/gel by UberMen, 1 sample bottle of perfume, and 1 sample pack of some anti aging thing (I think its just for covering up those hang overed eyes). See, is this a care package or what?


For those who no balls are too scared to talk to girls...

Looks like FHM really know their target audience and hoped that at least some of us put it to good use as a package eh? But sadly for us, well for the 2 non taken ones anyway, they didn't get to bring anyone back :(. I'm sure they have their reasons la. Oh and during that entire outing, confirm me as navigator and human GPS is FTW!!!

Well, as far as other routines go, my sleeping pattern is out the window... slept at 5pm yesterday woke up at 7pm, slept again at 12am and woke up at 2am, didn't sleep from then till 5pm today until 8pm. That meant my eating pattern oso screwed.. oh FML...

It's The Season To Be Jolly...

I wanted to do this post only tomorrow, but seeing that most of you have already done it, and I will be busy tomorrow, I decided not to put it off any longer... Yes, the time as come at last, after 3 agonizing months of 'dunno what to do on a weekend night', the brand new season of the English Premier League is about to begin!! Sure there was the Man Utd tour which helped filled in the gaps but you can't deny that life is finally worth living again now that the best season of the year is back!! So girls, either u find a team to support of leave your boyfriends alone for the next 8-9 months on weekend nights :P!!


4 times in a row?? hmmm...

Since the rest of the major European leagues (by that I mean Spanish and Italian) have yet to commence, the biggest talking point has to be 'How will United do without CR7?' and for Liverpool fans 'Will Stevie G's burden be doubled now that Xabi has gone?'. And of course for any Citeh supporter, 'Will this season of 11 6 strikers be enough to get into the top 4?'


Yes, in THAT order!!

And we United fans will want to see if Berba will finally prove that he's worth 31 million pounds and if Micheal Owen, the guy that we spend most of the 90's hating will turn up to be another one of Fergie's inspired signings. I would also want to see if there will be any surprising youngsters this season ala Macheda vs Aston Villa. Boy, I can still reply that moment in my head with the commentator screaming 'Macheddaaaaa!!!!'. Most of all, I really hope that Wayne will be able to fill in Ronaldo's boots and score his 25 goals that he has promised. Fingers crossed.


Football will be nothing without the fans

Well, there will be the usual questions as to who will finish top, top 4, relegated, almost relegated, etc. Also the new signings will always be interesting to watch. Although this season is kinda boring cos most of the new recuits have actually played in the EPL last season for another team. And will there be another Hull of last season (beginning geng but end suck) or Stoke (beginning sucked but end geng) or a Newcastle (sucked all the way:P)



1/4... Fingers crossed...

And of course for the very hardcore of us football fans, there is a small score to settle in the form of fantasy football! I for one did quite ok last year for Yahoo!'s fantasy football but sucked quite much in the one Yong made. And I can see that Yong, Jo and Mr. Yeah have already dengan bangganyerr put up their teams for the 1st week assuming thats the only fantasy they join. I on the other hand, will take things up a notch... or two... instead of 1 or 2, I decided to join 4.. yes 4 fantasy football leagues!! The other 2 are from Stadium Astro (chance to win 50,000 bucks with only less thn 20,000 ppl so far) and ESPNStar's FC Manager.


2/4...Hopefully all of em will play this week...

I figured why not just join and give it a shot? Who knows, with a little bit of luck I oso can win big wat. Well, only thing is this season round, there will be no more free points from Ronaldo so gotta pick wisely. My other 2 teams are more or less the same. And with a round of international fixtures just passed, who knows if got players injured.

Whatever it is, this weekend will be the start of a great season ending with the World Cup in the summer. I for one can't wait for football madness season to start. But I think I might be beaten to it:


Look at his shoes!!

Somebody Shoot Me...

I was up all night studying for my test and partially YouTube-ing Whose Line Is It Anyway till about 5am. I thought of getting a power nap of at least 1 hour before I get ready to go for class. But my mind for some reason was not tired. So I continued reading and surfing till it was time to catch the hell ride/probably H1N1 infested/sardin pack/LRT to class at 7+. Got to class early only to find out this:


FML...

Good part: wasn't that prepared so gives me more time to study. Bad part: I now look like this:


Raawwwrrr...

No la, that's kinda exaggerating... Shit thing is, I'm in the 'want to sleep but can't sleep' phase. Oh well, there's always my guitar...

Taking A Dig...

People like PYH, Yong and my girlfriend would probably know where I stand on religion, for those who don't than well, its another story for another day. However, I just watched another one of George Carlin's clips on YouTube and I have to say, I really admire him. Dad said my sis told him bout George's clip bout the 'Modern Man' but right from the time I heard his name, I knew that he had much much better stuff in his locker. Below is one of those I sent to PYH in his time of need. haha..


How true.. And there are loads more online..

Which brings me to a documentary I just watched called Religulous by Bill Maher. Insightful to say the least. See how he stumps rabbis, priest and ulamas in their wake. I think everyone should watch this once before preaching bout faith. *Note: I'm not condemning any of you friends who believe in god and is religious k :)*



Cover says it all ....

My favorite quotes from George and Bill are :
1) More people are killed in the name of religion than for any other cause.
2) There is every bit as much evidence for the existence of UFOs as there is for the existence in God. Probably more.
3) I was a Catholic til I reached the age of reason.
4) You don't believe in evolution but you believe in Adam and Eve and the talking snake? A talking snake?

I do agree to a point that religion is a beautiful thing. But its when religion mixes with politics is when most things become fucked. Don't get me started on that. Need an example? Our beloved Bolehland of course. Where almost all the major headline grabbers these days are about religion (which entails race as well).


Should try this someday...

Well, after seeing these 2 really great and inspiring people, the next time there is a door to door person trying to sell or promo their religion, instead of just ignoring them like my mom usually does, I think I'll answer them and have a really nice debate, mind fuck them eh? >:)

So there, just a dig at no doubt a still controversial and taboo subject in our culture. I'll end this with a joke that I coined myself: Woman walks up to me in a mall, 'Have you found religion young man?' and I said ' Yeah, I did, and I just returned it to the Lost & Found counter over there'.

Not Your Average Weekend...

Last weekend proved to be one of those weekends where 'things aren't exactly what they seem to be' weekend...for me at least. See, first off, I read on the news that there was suppose to be some demonstration in town on Saturday. What I didn't know was that they were about to close out nearly half of KL! There were road blocks everywhere from what I read and traffic was a practical standstill for hours. Even my mid term test oso had to be pushed back half an hour cos the lecturer was stuck in the jam.


If u wanna read or see more, head onto the online web portals like MalayisiaInsider or MalaysianMirror...

The government must be so damn free to close down half of KL la, checking everyones cars to see if they are transporting anything dangerous. Heck, it ain't that easy to get ur hands on armed weapons and c4 ya know.. unless of cos u ARE the government! And to quote an article by Stocktube.blogspot.com : 'The capital of Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur, was actually shut-down on Friday itself. I planned to go back early on Friday after a gathering but somehow couldn’t make it and spend some good hours wasting expensive fuels, thanks to the super-efficient police force in setting up road-blocks as if a batallion Genghis Khan’s army was invading. If only the police force would do the same to catch snatch thieves, murderers or at least the mat rempits. I bet people would applause to watch FRU sending their tear-gas and spraying acid rain to mat rempits, no?' Appearantly a bunch of people rallying peacefully is more dangerous than those no good shitheads on bikes. Thing is, after watching all this videos, I realize the crowd only gets rowdy WHEN the cops come and act like they own the place.


Dumb fuck(s) take 2..

And the thing is, there was suppose to be a rally FOR ISA on that same day. Wonder how many people actually did show up... Sure they have their reasons for supporting this draconian act, but hey, its like wearing a Liverpool jersey at a Man Utd vs Malaysia game ya know... I'm just surprised those fellas weren't bashed up! Ok ok , I shall try to stop here cos I don't wanna be dragged and put into some hole where the sun don't shine.


For once, I wasn't a happy Heineken drinker...

Anyways, I was suppose to go to Zouk that night for the Heineken Green Room thing with Yong, Don and my girlfriend. Seeing that the traffic was still like shit at 7pm, I seriously thought of just foregoing this event. But then in the end, we ended up going la. Was my first time at Zouk and my first event like this. I thought being on the guest list and it being a Heineken event, I assumed there would be a free flow of beer. But it turned out we didn't get shit! Not even a complementary entrance booze! Boy did I feel ripped off even though we didn't pay a cent to enter :P. And the place was so small... -.-''. That was the main reason I was there so I immediately wanted to go home :(. But Yong was there on a different motive: to see Verbal. Turns out he was bitterly disappointed. Although the resident DJs and Britsh act Filthy Dukes were pretty good.

Alright, before I move on, can you guess where this photo below was taken from?


You wouldn't think a place like this would have this right...

Well, my girlfriend and I went to visit her mom today at the hospital (don't worry, everything's alright) and the last time I was at this hospital was about a year or so back when she was there. And they only thing they had was a Starbucks. And now, they have evolved to having Starbucks, 1901 Hot dogs and Baskin Robbins!! I was lucky enough to be there on the 31st to enjoy the discount.. LOVE the Strawberry Cheesecake flavour!! And yes, all this at a hospital. Pantai Hospital in Bukit Pantai near Bangsar actually. If somehow unluckily (touch wood) I have to be warded, I wanna come here so I can enjoy my Iced Caramel Macchiato, Chicago Beef and Strawberry Cheesecake ice cream while being bedridden!