Happy Teachers' Day!

Tomorrow is the day dedicated to all teachers around the world.
There are caring, patient, intelligent and helpful teachers, there are also lazy, hot-tempered and cant be bothered teachers. I wish all the caring teachers in the world a happy and meaningful teacher's day. :)

We had a small teacher's day celebration in school today. First it was the gay 'aces' day workout and then it was the 'students vs teachers' captain's ball game. My class was supposed to be playing if not for Sec 4/3. This was all due to a teacher who could not be bothered to plan the captain's ball game properly. (no names mentioned.) If not for the teacher, there would have been a well-organised knockout system for the captain's ball game. But every class played only one game, some did not even play, and the winner was chosen who got to play against the teachers today. Sec 4/3 played the first half, while 5/2 played the next. I applaude Sec 5/2 for their great skills and style during the captain's ball game. It was clear that 4/3 wasn't as good as 5/2. Booo to them!

After that, there was a short concert. It was downright boring. 'Nuff said. The teachers cut the cake after the concert. Also, the "Inspiring Teacher" and "Innovative Teacher" awards were presented at the end of the concert too.
Mr Chew won the Innovative Teacher award while Ms Lee was the Inspiring Teacher. :P
The principal also mentioned other teachers who got many votes, and wasn't far behind the winner. One of them was -the- teacher who could not even organise the captain's ball game properly. Many students were disgusted at how she could get so many votes.

The Prelims is near, in fact its just 2 days away... First up to conquer is Social Studies and then next will be English. I hope to get good grades for both the subjects, so as to make my efforts pay off.

I'd like to wish my form and all my subject teachers a great teacher's day once again. :D

Olinda resembles my teacher

This is Olinda Cho of Singapore Idol:


This is one of my teachers:


Do they look alike?

I really think that they look like sisters, haha. It's pretty tough to find two different persons to look so alike each other.

Exams once again

I've taken some time off studying to write a blog post. My prelims is just round the corner and I'm sure all my friends are busy studying too. Thursday is Social Studies and I feel that everything in the book's propaganda... just to make all Sec3 and 4 students to study and memorise all the positive facts of Singapore's governing, education and industrialisation process. FYI, Social Studies is a compulsory subject, so there's no escape from it.

Anyway, the exam schedule isn't too tight. The Science and Maths subjects come after the September holidays, so I think it's quite alright. I've got to go back to school for extra lessons everyday during the holidays though... no rest for me. :(

I do aim to achieve good results in the prelims, hopefully the papers won't be too tough.
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The results for the Man Utd-Blackburn EPL match was amazing. Alan Smith scored the very, very late equaliser to save Man Utd's season. I do see brighter things to come for Man Utd if they buy Wayne Rooney and get van Nisterooy back into action soon.


On the note, good luck everyone for your exams! :)

StarHub-ESPN EPL Dispute

*The analogy*
"StarHub versus ESPN, whoever wins, we lose"

The Alien v Predator slogan is most rightly used is this situation.
Currently, ESPN is having a dispute with Starhub on the deal to broadcast 'LIVE' English Premier League (EPL) matches on StarHub's Cable TV network. From what I know, ESPN is asking for 6 times the amount of money from Starhub in order to go ahead with the deal.

ESPN is a brand well-known worldwide for broadcasting sport events. It'll be a very sad if StarHub and ESPN cannot come to a compromise as this will mean NO more EPL matches for Singaporeans. :(
So far, I've heard that both companies have yet to come to a compromise and ESPN will stop showing EPL matches in Singapore.

If StarHub wins and manage to settle the dispute by paying 6 times the amount of money, subscribers will lose by having to pay higher subscription fees.
If ESPN wins, subscribers will again lose as they will not be able to watch EPL matches anymore.
So whatever the case, we subscribers lose regardless of who wins... :(
So unfair.

Finally Friday...

Doing: Practising A-Maths sums
Music jukebox playing: Smash - Talk To Me
Feeling: exhausted, eyes almost closing

Wow, its Friday again, time flies!
The prelims is just a week away, with my social studies paper starting it off. I'm now struggling to stay awake to practise some add-maths sums in preparation for tomorrow's mock exam.

I just returned from Comex 2004 @ Suntec. Even though its Friday, the crowd was still huge. I can't believe how I'll be able to squeeze past the crowd if I were to go on Saturday or Sunday. As usual, the Comex 2004 is nothing but a high-tech pasar malam (night market). There were only computer hardware going off at discounted prices, unlike IT Shows in Taiwan and United States where the latest IT gadgets and newest software are showcased. There's alot to be changed or improved upon Singapore's IT exhibition if the tourism board wants to attract more tourists to attend IT trade fairs here.

On September 3rd, it'll be exactly 1 month away from my O levels. It's pretty nerve-wrecking whenever I think about it. This exam bodes the future for all Sec4 students in Singapore. You pass it, you'll have a bright future. You do badly, your future is gone. =\ That's the reality in Singapore... Sad to say, a person's education means everything.

NO for Olinda Cho

After watching last week's Singapore Idol, I've already decided, together with many other viewers, on one person who CANNOT be our Singapore Idol. Well, she's Olinda Cho. She's mean, cocky, a tomboy and I'm anti-olinda.

She complained about her other team members did so badly and even criticized one of the many contestants who was in the same team as her.

Come on guys, lets all NOT vote for her. There're so many other people out there with much more talent and more humble than Miss Cho.

Visit: MediaCorp's Singapore Idol Website

The "Singapore Song"

This is the edited version of "Count on me, Singapore". It is very funny especially if you know how the song goes. LOL!

WE ARE CHIN KANG KOR


There was a time when people said that bus fares won't increase ......
but it did
There was a time when people think that CPF contributions won't decrease
.....
but it did
We build a nation with nothing free
Reaching out together, for all your money .....

This is my country, this is my flat
Is there any future, or is this a lie...
What happen to my family,
what happen to my friends...
We're Chin Kang Kor, Chin Kang Kor

Singapore, our homeland, it's here that we're conned...
All of us united, one people struggling on...
We worked so hard together, what have we achieve...
Singapore forever, a nation with price increase...

COUNT MONEY SINGAPORE

You and me, our jobs to part
Stand together, crying our hearts
We're going to show the world what retrenchment can be
We can achieve, we can achieve

There is something in the Toto booth that we can strike for...
We were told of 4D dreams that we could try for...

There's a spirit in the air
It's a retrenchment feeling we all share...
We're going to put a bigger stake for you and me
Hope to win, hope to win...

Count money, Singapore
Count wrongly and you'll lose even more
Count on me to give my savings and more
Count money, Singapore

So Sayang...

"BOYCOTT Seoul Garden, Throw Away Your Samsung Devices", this was what my friend said after Singapore's Li Jiawei lost to Korea's noisy table-tennis player. Despite Jiawei's 3 to 1 game lead, she threw it all away as she wasn't aggressive enough. Singapore lost the best-of-7 Olympic table-tennis women singles with a score of 3-4.

"So Sayang", published by the Sunday Times today. Everyone including me thought that Jiawei would have been able to finish it off, but it was not to be. Despite Jiawei's 11 to nil 3rd set win, she wasn't able to grab the 4th set win to enter the Finals. It was really a pity! Damn!

I'll hate all the Kims in the way if Li Jiawei loses the bronze medal playoff later ths evening!!

Nervousness

I took my O'Lvls English oral examination today. Fortunately, it turned out fine for me. It's just that I could not elaborate much on the points as I was probably too nervous to think on the spot. It was after the exam that I began to come up with points, it was already too late though - it's already over!

The exam was conducted in the hall and all candidates were in there. The air-conditioner was chilling the hall and wrecking up everyone's nerves. When it was finally my turn, I tried my best to walk upfront confidently and steadily. There were two examiners, one female and the other male. Everyone said that the male examiner looked like Zidane as he had a partially bald head, haha. He wasn't fierce-looking though as he even smiled during the conversation segmant.

The passage and picture was about students doing science experiments. There were two conversation topics, one about whether I've done a research before, and the other on my opinion about Mixed and Single-sex schools. They even asked me what my favourite subject is.

Anyhow, it's a relieve that both my Chinese and English oral exams are over. Now I've got to concentrate on my written exams which will be in November. My prelim exam will also be held in a couple of weeks time. Really tense period for me as I do hope I'll do well in the exams so as not to put my 4-year efforts down the drain.

Wish me luck! :D

Susilo crashed out...

Singapore's 44-year Olympic medal drought is set to go on to its 45th year. Singapore's Ronald Susilo crashed out of the Men's singles badminton after losing to Ponsana in straight sets 10-15, 1-15.

Ronald's 2nd set performance was horrible. Susilo made many unforced errors by hitting the shuttlecock out of bounds and into the net. This explains his 1-15 second set loss. Coincidentally, this was how Susilo managed to win world number one Lin Dan in the first round.

It's really a pity that Susilo is out of the tournament after making it this far...

Lamest Event - ACES day

"All Children Exercising Simultaneously" aka ACES day is one of the lamest and gayest event of the year. Every year, students from Primary and Secondary schools in Singapore have to do the Great Singapore Workout as part of a National Healthy Lifestyle Campaign.

Do children get healthy just by doing a half-hour workout once per year? No!

If the government really wants children in Singapore to have a healthy lifestyle, set a compulsory period of time to be allocated to Physical Education every week! Currently at Deyi, students only get 45 MINUTES of PE every week! WTF?! Is that even enough to keep you healthy? There should at least be 2 hours of PE every week, or maybe even a morning jog for all students. It is no wonder that kids in Singapore are indoor-bound and choose library as their CCA, LOL!

I quote this from MOE's website:
The mission of the Education Service is to mould the future of the nation, by moulding the people who will determine the future of the nation. The Service will provide our children with a balanced and well-rounded education, develop them to their full potential, and nurture them into good citizens, conscious of their responsibilities to family, society and country.
Does "providing our children with a balanced and well-rounded education" mean to give heavy loads of homework and near-zero physical education?
I think that Education Minister Tharman's priority now is to improve on Singapore's extreme indoor-based education system. Sports promote teamwork, a healthy lifestyle and helps to build an all-rounded student.

My point is, schools in Singapore do not emphasize much on Physical Education. This is clearly shown when there is only ONE period of PE among the 50+ periods on the weekly time-table. This issue has been brought up in the Straits Times Forum page, I'll definitely be reading in interest about this. :)

Olympic Fever

I've certainly caught the Olympic fever with so many sports events like swimming, basketball, badminton, table tennis, track and field etc. going on. The Olympics rocks!
I hope that Singapore will at least win one Olympic medal to put itself on the list of medalists. Go! Go! Go!
Ian Thorpe ROCKS!

Glory for Singapore

Singapore's Ronald Susilo beat world number one Lin Dan and German Joppien to reach the Olympics Badminton Round of 8 (Quarter Finals)! I do hope Ronald Susilo can help Singapore to finally win an Olympic Medal. 

Olympic's "Race of the Century"

Dubbed as "Race of the Century" swimming event, Ian Thorpe won the Olympic 200m Freestyle after beating America's 19-year-old Michael Phelps and ending Phelps' target of winning 8 gold medals.
Read the full article here.

Australian's Olympic Swimming Champion - Ian Thorpe 

Reflections for the day

It's Monday again and as usual, it's school.

Well, we got news that 4/9 will be up against 5/2 during the next captain's ball competition. I wonder how the draw was done and it's definitely a bad one. It's like Singapore versus Malaysia in a soccer match and only the performance of the teams on the day itself will prevail the winner.
5/2 has many tall and fast guys like Jason Dilip and Zahir. I'm not sure if Xin Xiang can do his magic once again. Zahir can jump higher than XX and will probably be able to block Xavier, so no one really knows which class will win. But I do know that whoever wins this match will definitely emerge as champions of the tournament since the other teams remaining 4/7 and 4/5 are not as good. May the best team wins!

We got lucky today and managed to escape the English S-Cube program. I'm not really in favour of it too, and so do the other pupils. We have done so many comprehension and composition passages and the teacher does not even mark it. I think the teacher would not even know should anyone pass up a blank script. Thanks to Serene that we could leave early.

Ian Thorpe and Michael Phelps will be competing the Olympics swimming Finals tomorrow morning. I'm in favour of Phelps as he is young and talented. His body is hot too, really muscular!
It has been quite a tiring day for me though, I'll sign off here. :)

Quote of the Day

Donald Rumsfeld - US Secretary of Defense 

"There are known knowns. These are things we know that we know. There are known unknowns. That is to say, there are things that we know we don't know. But there are also unknown unknowns. There are things we don't know we don't know." -Donald Rumsfeld

Fulfillment and wonderment

It has been a day filled with fulfillment and then wonderment for me...
The day started off with AMaths and Chemistry tests. The AMaths test was within my reach but the Chemistry test was challenging. There were a few questions which I totally did not know or I had to spend time wondering over it.

After that, we had an inter-class captain's ball game. I'm glad to be in the starting 10 as substitutions were rarely or never made. Only 1 or 2 substutions were made for the girl's part of the team, the boy's team remained same throughout. With 30 seconds remaining, we were leading the Sec 5 team by 14 - 10, and then this PSL came along to tell us the game was suspended... sad... I thought that 4/9 could finally gain glory with a win over the overhyped 5/1 team but it was not to be. Apparantly, there was a quarrel going on in the other on-going match (there were 2 matches played simultaneously).
And to my astonishment, the teacher-in-charge of this competition was not even around! How irresponsible can a teacher be?!?!?!? The sight of her irks me, I'm really beginning to hate her. When I told my Dad about it, he agreed that a teacher must be around at all times during the competition, but it was again not to be... Blarh!
In the end, all matches were cancelled by the discipline master because of the quarrel. If the teacher was around, this would not have happened and everything would have been fine.
But anyway, the captains ball game showed the unity of 4/9 and that underrated teams can win overhyped teams. :D Also, credit for the win should go to Xin Xiang and Xavier. Xavier was the catcher and did a great job. It was a breeze shooting the ball towards him as he was tall enough to catch almost every ball.
Xin Xiang played SUPERB defense, he blocked more than 10 balls and we would've lost the game if not for him. Player of the game outrightly goes to xinxiang!
Also, the girls played great too! The substitution of Serene for Hemma was a good one. Hemma contributed with a number of crucial steals which lead to points. Stella, together with Ying Sze and Qi Yang helped spread out the offense which led to most of the points scored. :D

Now for the wanderment part... I spent some time wondering whether to retake my Chinese O levels exams. I'd have to spend 2 months revising all the Sec1 to Sec4 work and learn abt 6-7 new chapters from the 4B textbook. But I've decided to retake it, and prove to myself that my Chinese is not that bad. I really hope to get an A1 in the coming O levels re-examination for Chinese.

Thats all for my fulfilling and wonderment day.

*Thumbs down* to Ms Poh!

Banana Man

The recent Singapore Idol competition has been a hit among Singaporeans with the first episode hitting a record high of 1.2 million viewers.
There had been many funny and attention-seeking moments such as the Banana Man.


Masked Banana Man


Banana Man unmasked!

The lyrics of the song he sang:

Ring ring ring ring ring ring ring
Banana phone
Ring ring ring ring ring ring ring
Banana phone

I've got this feeling
so appealing
for us to get together and sing - SING!

Ring ring ring ring ring ring ring
Banana phone
Ding dong ding dong ding dong ding
Donana phone

It grows in bunches
I've got my hunches
Its the best
beats the rest
cellular modular
interactivodular

Ring ring ring ring ring ring ring
Banana phone
Ping pong ping pong ping pong ping
Ponana phone

Its no baloney
It aint a phony
My cellular
Bananular phone

I love this game!

I couldn't find anything interesting to post, so I'll just pin up some pictures of the game I like the best - Basketball. :D


Kobe Bryant slamming it home


Shaquille O'Neal NBA's most dominant player is now in Miami!


Big Ben!


3 pointer!


Another Kobe slam

Pictures from NBA.com

Deyi ROCKED the NDP!

Fireworks display @ NDP


Content of NDP Goodie Bag

Happy 39th Birthday Singapore!
The Secondary 1 to 3 pupils have done Deyi proud! Their performance at the National Day celebrations was SUPERB! Marvin stood high up in the air carrying the flame-torch, doing himself, his family and school proud. I was surprised to see Eric on TV too, he had always told me he played a minor role in M&D, but still managed to get onto the mainstage to perform. I guess their months of hardwork and training has paid off well. They'll definitely have a huge party back in school.

I watched the fireworks display on TV and it sure looked more colourful and larger than the fireworks at the Singapore Fireworks Festival. Fireworks rocks!

Towards the end of the parade, there was a clip in tribute to PM Goh Chok Tong. He will be stepping down as Prime Minister on 12 August. He has gained the respect of all Singaporeans young and old. His foresight has guided Singapore into the 21st Century where Singapore needs to decide which path she has to take, being a developed nation and a nation with few resources.

Singapore Idol
Well, the Singapore Idol is not entirely a joke afterall. There were some really talented singers, and - as always - many self-proclaim talented ones.

The most crazy and fucked up contestant shown in the first episode of SI was the stripper. His singing was a total joke and his stripping actions will definitely add insult to his name and family.

There was also another contestant who imitated William Hung. This time it wasnt She Bangs. He sang Lemon Tree with awful dance moves. I can't imagine which idiot would que up for days and then give such a performance.

The last contestant was a middle-age male. His talking was louder than his singing. Nothing came out of his mouth when he sang, and the judges were laughing their heads off. You all should watch the repeat telecast of this episode of SI, if there will be one.


Banana Man will be featured in the next episode of Singapore Idol

Lastly, there were participants who could sing. I thought that the guy who sang Don't Let The Sun Go Down On Me by Clay Aiken was good.
This is the end of my SI review...

On last note, we love you and good luck Mr Goh!
NDP 2004 rocks!

HAPPY NATIONAL DAY!

HAPPY NATIONAL DAY SINGAPORE!

My school will be performing in the Act 3 segment of the National Day Parade. The performance entitled "Stampede" is put up by the Secondary 1 to 3 and the Movement & Dance Troupe members. It'll be a performance worth looking forward to! I hope President Nathan likes it too, haha.

The participants had been training day and night for this performance. All credit goes to them for their hardwork and determination! :D

Singapore Fireworks Festival

I just returned from the Singapore Fireworks Festival. Everywhere was just filled with people, people and more people. I went to the festival with my family and we drove there. We got stuck in a traffic jam for almost 1 hour before finally parking in the carpark of one of the office buildings. It was all traffic and human JAM down there.

The bridge linking the City Hall MRT station exit to Suntec City was packed with soooo many people! I'd rather drive there than be stuck in the sardine-packed bridge. We took dinner at Lau Pat Sat and then watched the fireworks at an area near the Clifford Pier. I thought the fireworks would start at 8pm but it was actually 8:30pm, so we waited for 30 minutes...
The stretch of road infront of Fullerton Hotel was cramped with so many people too. The large number of people acted as a roadblock and cars and motorcycles had to squeeze their way through it. I was surprised that the traffic police didn't close that stretch of road.

We would have gotten a better atmosphere and view of the fireworks if we were at Marina Bay or near the Esplanade. Although the fireworks seemed far from us, it still wowed everyone. Hotel guests of Fullerton stood outside their rooms and watched the fireworks from the balcony.
All in all, it's pretty worth the 1 hour ride to get to see the 6 minutes long fireworks display. I've kinda got a fetish for fireworks, haha.

Anyway, the FA Community Shield match was boring. Man United's defense is still so sloppy. Silvestre the jinx even scored an own goal... Chelsea will definitely thrash Man Utd in their opening match on 15th August. Saha, RVN and Ronaldo are not available for that match; and Chelsea has got Robben, Mutu, Joe Cole and so many other quality players. It'll be a one-sided game I suppose.

It's now 4 minutes before midnight.
Signing off...

So many upcoming activities

This month will be filled with activities for not just myself but the world!

I'll be heading down to Marina Bay to watch the fireworks later tonight. I'm looking forward to it as I've not seen fireworks since I was Primary 5 at the NE Show. Sad huh? My friends go for the fireworks festival to see their idols such as Energy, 5566 and Toro but I go there for the fireworks, heh.

Also, the Olympics and the 2004/05 season of the English Premier League are starting soon. Tonight is the FA Community Shield match where Arsenal take on bitter rivals Manchester United. I'll probably rush back home to catch the last few minutes of the game, maybe there'll be another fight like last year.
On the 14th of August, we'll witness the commencement of the biggest sports event in the world. The Athens 2004 Olympics is set to make history with over US$1 billion spent on security. I'll definitely be catching the soccer and basketball matches. 2004 will definitely be a year to remember for Greeks after winning the Euro 2004 tournament and hosting the most prestigious sports event in the world.

After my week-long NDP holidays, reality will fall on me. The O Levels chinese results will be released on the 12th of August and it'll be smiles or tears for all Sec 4 students. I do hope that I'll get at least an A2. If not, it'll be great disappointment for my parents, teachers and myself...

2004 will surely be a year for me to remember. It marks the end of my Secondary school life, and the beginning of my life as either a student in college or as an adult in polytechnic and society.

NDP celebrations in school

Wow, it's finally the start of the week-long NDP holidays.
We had some great fun in school during the NDP concert. The teachers were sporting enough to put up a concert piece imitating the dance steps of the NDP dance segment. It was totally cool! Mr Lee was especially outstanding on stage.
Too bad the concert ended after 1 hour. The singing of songs was great, the atmosphere totally owned. We sang Stand Up for Singapore, Home, One People One Nation One Singapore, and a few other songs which I could not remember the names. The singing was the best part of the concert. The P & VP Mrs Chua and Mr Lau even sang along. Mr Lau's voice was a little shaky though, wierd, haha.
The concert ended at around 9am, very very early...

After that, I went to watch I, Robot with the usual guys. I didn't expect the movie to be so filled with suspense and enticing. - NS-5 deactivate! - The Three Laws of Robotics - And of course, VIKI - heh. :D We caught the 2:15pm movie and it ended at around 4pm. The weather was scorching even at 4pm.

I'm glad that I can wake up late tomorrow, as there's no school. Weishun asked me out for a bball game, I'll be looking forward to it. :D

NDP is nearing!

I've changed the background music to In The End by Linkin Park. Enjoy!

It's now just 4 days away from Singapore's birthday. I'm so sad for not being able to win the NDP tickets from the Straits Times Contest, but well, whats done cannot be undone. The only place where I can watch fireworks is at the Singapore Fireworks Festival which I'm definitely going to attend. I'm already sixteen and still have yet to attend an actual National Day Parade. I'm sure others are the same too, this definitely doesnt bode well for the patriotism of Singaporeans...

Anyway, we're going to have a small concert cum party tomorrow in school. I'm also looking forward to the week-long holiday following that.
Talking about school, I really detest the transfer of teachers from neighbourhood schools to well-known ones. Mrs Chu today announced that she's going to be transferred to one of the good schools in Singapore - after teaching for 11 years in Deyi.
Hey MOE, you're crap. Why widen the gap between neighbourhood schools and top schools by transferring quality, kind and caring teachers away from neighbourhood schools.
I really feel sorry for the Sec 3 students in Deyi. There'll be ZERO quality Biology teachers left in Deyi after this year... I really hope Mr Lau and Mrs Ng do not leave Deyi in the years to come... It is really a pity that teachers like Ms Nora, Mrs Fong, Mrs Chu, Mrs Ong and Mrs Liow leave Deyi because of transfer of school or for personal reasons. Teachers do have dreams - i.e. to teach in top schools, I suppose - so I support Mrs Chu's decision.

Anyway, this is this year's NDP logo:


Click here to read what the logo symbolises and the theme for this year's NDP.
Meanwhile, have fun guys! :)

Finally free...

After so many tests and classes ending late for 3 days, I'm finally free. I'm now so-so-so-so looking forward to the long National Day holidays. We'll get holidays from Friday onwards all the way till Wednesday!! Yep! Wednesday! YAY! :D

I had Physics, Biology and Chemistry tests all in 3 days, and I had to study for the tests at night, after tuition classes. It was a mental torture. I'll have another Chinese test tomorrow, blarh... These are all signs of the nearing of the O levels -dooms day-

Anyway, today's one of my classmates birthday, yesterday was one too. He was kind enough to give out chocolates to the class, an act which everyone appreciated too it seems. The class bought him a water-bottle - he's a guy who loves drinking water, he brings 2 water bottles to sch, heh. Mrs Haugen wished him happy birthday too, at least in an enthusiastic manner unlike Mrs Kwok. :P

Recalling the ship of Dreams - Titanic, my friend Stella shared this article with me: http://www.cnn.com/US/9902/21/titanic.whistle/ It features the Titanic whistle which last blew at 12:15 a.m., April 15, 1912 before the ship's historical sink. Titanic is a ship ever so mesmerzing and mysterious. I really hope that one day I'd be able to look at the real wreckage.

Now to sports. Arsenal's skipper Patrick Vieira has been transferred to Real Madrid. Arsenal agreed a £23.1million fee for Vieira. Real Madrid's team of superstars has now notably consists of Casillas, Zidane, Figo, Beckham, Raul, Ronaldo, Roberto Carlos and Vieira.
Click here for the full story.
Chelsea is the Real Madrid-comparable team of the EPL. I think that John Terry, Didier Drogba and Arjen Robben will be the core players of Chelsea.


Patrick Vieira

New Releases

Two notable new releases:
Song Album
Jay Chou - Qi Li Xiang


PC Game
Doom 3

http://www.doom3.com

I will be posting a new blog-post tonight, if I've time, on the reflections of the day.

Exciting Penalty Shootout

The penalty shootout of the Japan-Jordan match was pure excitment. The match ended 1-1 even after extra-time and went into penalty shootout.

The first penalty was taken by a Japanese and shocked the entire stadium. He kicked the ball over the crossbar, just like how David Beckham kicked it during the Euro 2004 Q-Finals. Jordan scored their first penalty and were 1-0 up.

To everyone's surprise, Japan beckhamed their second penalty too! It was amazing, incredible and shocking. The Japanese captain argued and requested for a change of sides to take the penalties. His request was granted by the referee.

This time, Japan was not to be denied. They scored all their remaining penalties except for one which was saved by the Jordanian keeper. The jinx was now on Jordan. Jordan missed 3 penalties, either hitting the post or missed completely. The Japanese keeper pulled off two magnificent one-handed saves to put the Japanese through to the Semi-Finals of the Asian Cup.

You all should watch the re-telecast of the Jordan-Japan match, the penalty shootout is incredibly dramatic!

Japan will face Bahrain next, and China hosts Iran in the Semi Finals.
I predict the Final match to be Japan vs China. Good luck to all the four remaining teams, may the best team win the tournament. :)

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