June 30, 2011
updates
what happened since then ??
My favourite team won the Barclay's Premier League, lost out in the final of the champions league to Barcelona and was a semifinalist of the FA CUP losing to neighbours, Manchester City..
Then in Tennis French Open , my favourite, Roger Federer lost to Rafael Nadal in the final and just only, Federer lost to Tsonga in Wimbledon Quarter Final, even though he was leading 2 sets to none.. So now am looking forward to the last grand slam of the year, US OPEN this coming September...
Personal Front : My grandmother passed away at the age of 95.. so it's been a journey back and forth to Penang 3 times in a space of 2 months, the most i have done since coming down to KL for 1 year plus...
Working Wise : gone through ups and down of life so there is nothing much to say...
and i am excited of going back to study, not study as in STUDY.. but learning new language real soon.. it's hoping it's going to be FUN, FUN , FUN! :) :) :)
and i want to go for a vacation so badly!!!!! OCTOBER I CANT WAIT FOR YOU TO COME!
April 14, 2011
Still challenging upfront for 3 trophies
Ever since I fulfilled like half of my dream to visit Old Trafford, half more because I so badly wanted to watch a match at Old Trafford, that part hasn’t been fulfilled JUST YET, because the last time I went there it was during the off season.
It’s more than 10 years now ever since I started supporting Manchester United, (dunno why I picked up this club at first) but I got to say perhaps David Beckham was the reason behind me supporting Man United, but like people say, the rest is HISTORY. So here I am supporting one of the biggest football club in the WORLD.
Last 10 years or so, Man United has been winning trophies in and out. Last Season we lost out to Chelsea in the Premier League by a mere 1 point. That was hard for me to swallow despite some comeback United have done like the one against Manchester City where Paul Scholes scored within seconds before the end of the extra time. That was really amazing. And I remembered I was jumping mad when Scholes pop that goal inside City’s net that very day.
But at the end of it, It’s the effort of whole season that count and THAT season CHELSEA were just MAGNIFICIENT, they looked unbeatable and prove their worth and landed their THIRD premier league title in the last 6 years.
The came August 2010 where the Barclay’s Premier League Season for 2010/2011 started, Chelsea took off from how they ended last season brilliantly when they were wining each game with MANY goals.
After that came that moment of bleak or blackness for Chelsea during the month of November and December when they only won 2 out of 9 matches in the space of 2 months.
United on the other hand wasn’t playing their best away from home either, having only won ONCE and drawn 7. That is one of their worst away record but luckily enough HOME form lifted United and there were top of league from then on.
United and Chelsea were supposed to meet during the 1st week of December but because of the frozen pitch no thanks to the heavy snowfall in England, the match due in Stamford Bridge was postponed till March.
March came and United were leading the match 1st half courtesy of Wayne Rooney goal but late fight back saw Chelsea winning the Match 2-1. That weekend, United fall to their 3rd defeat of the season this time, to their arch rival, Liverpool by 3 goal to 1- courtesy of late tap in by Javier Hernandez( this guy was a brilliant brilliant buy by Man United which cost united 7 million pound and in his debut season making a strong impact to the team).
By this time, United were still challenging for 3 trophies they are in, Premier League, FA Cup and Champions League.
After 2 back to back defeat, it was the 5th Round FA Cup tie with Arsenal that tested United next. Strategist of All-Time, Sir Alex Ferguson, send out a team he knows who can beat the Arsenal side, and 2 goals from Fabio and Wayne Rooney seal the place in the semis and set up a Manchester derby with City at Wembley this Saturday Evening (Malaysia time Sunday Midnight , 12.10am).
Done with FA Cup, United was next tested on the Champions League Last 16 2nd Leg at Old Trafford. After a goalless draw at Marseille in February, United need to get that job done at home.
That start list excluded Rio Ferdinand and worst still without Nemanja Vidic. With United 2 strongest defender not starting, it looked bleaked for United but Sir Alex had a different idea and navigate United through to the Quarter Final with 2-1 win against Marseille, and that 2 goals came from none other than that Little Pea @Chicharito or known as Javier Hernandez.
Then came the Champions League draw and United was drawn to face English side Chelsea, a side United find hard to beat for the last couple of years.
But it was back to Premier League action first and this time United were up against a spirited Bolton side. 2 minutes before the end, United managed to find the net courtesy of the leading premier league goalscorer Dimitar Berbatov. United finally won 1-0.
It was then time for a 2 week international break and the time had come handy for United side for was down with players out injured to recover from their respective injuries.
2 Week Break indeed was good enough for United who recovered most of their injured players, but starting the April fixtures wasn’t what they wanted.
A tough West Ham United side who was facing relegation battle worked hard and was leading 2-0 at halftime courtesy of 2 penalty scored by Mark Noble, but United wasn’t going to give up a game like that with only JUST 7 matches left to play for the season.
Wayne Rooney started his wonderful free kick on the 65th minute followed by 2 more goals to seal his hattrick but the manner he celebrated his 3rd goal when he scored from the Penalty earn him a 2 match banned. Hernandez later confirmed United win against West Ham at Upton Park with the 4th goal for United to win the match 4-2.
With United Camp on high after a spirited fightback at Upton Park, they travelled to Stamford Bridge hoping to break the curse of having not won there for the last 9 years.
And Rooney again proves that he his back to his best when he scored the only GOAL to seal United 1-0 win against Chelsea on the 1st leg.
Rooney started his 2 match banned and did not play against Fulham last weekend. Ferguson opted to start with Berbatov upfront and that paid off as he scores on the 12th minute and Valencia coming back from his long injury scored 20 minutes later to seal united 2-0 win.
Then came the midweek 2nd Leg Q-final tie against Chelsea at Old Trafford to booked a spot in the Champions League semis. United was all fired up for the match knowing that a win would bring them to their 4th semis appearance in 5 years.
And They did it in what I should say in one of their best performance this season. Praised has to go out to the 37 years old Ryan Giggs, 3 assist to set up all 3 United goals in the 2 Quarter Final tie.
Marvelous performance by a person of his age and not to forget Van Der Sar, Ferdinand, Vidic, Hernandez, Rooney and those who started the match for United. The 2-1 win (goals from Hernandez and Park Ji-Sung )sealed a place in the semis and set up a clash with German Club, Schalke 04 who did brilliantly to outclassed defending champion, Inter Milan in the 2 leg Q-Final tie.
So with 6 matches left to play in the Premier League, Semi Final FA Cup tie with Manchester City this Saturday at Wembley and a 2 legged semis to be played this 27th April and 5th May, Will the treble of 1998/1999 be a reality again? OR perhaps a double trophy to Old Trafford this season or will United ended up with ONLY one TROPHY?
We will all find out soon, but to the Manchester United Squad of 2010/2011, All The Best and You guys did a good job so far!!!
P/S : Still I am plotting/planning a trip to Manchester again soon, and perhaps this time around I will be able to catch a match at Old Trafford! :)
Glory Glory Man United,
Glory Glory, Man United,
Glory Glory Man United,
and The Reds goes Marching on, on, on!
May 10, 2010
the BLUES finally Rules after 3 years
2ndly, Malaysia beat Nigeria 5-0 in Thomas Cup without needing to go on court because the Nigerian team did not arrived for the match. I still thought the nigerians will be coming and play as this will serve as a warm up for malaysia.. but now, the thomas cup team got to work extra hard vs Japan for the next group match.. Hopefully malaysia wins... :)
3rd, malaysia lost to australia in the hockey azlan shah cup. sad. I tot malaysia could win. Now malaysia is out for the semis spot.. we should have done better against pakistan the other day.
4th, hectic month but it is kind of sad to see Hockey is beyond malaysia's reach now.. Hope that the Thomas Cup team can produce some magic and win perhaps? although, many are saying it's a miracle to even qualify to semis.. sigh. but again, i am hoping malaysia will go to the FINAL!!!!
April 19, 2010
Sporting Heroes!!!
wanted to post a comment in your new post on the outing with Jian Ming and Selina, but i somehow dunno why i cant post it there.. apasal ar? hehe..
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Ok, the reason me writing this post is to express out how my fave team is back in the hunt for the Barclays Premier League title.
After the champions league exit at the hand of Bayern Munich, it was so hard to swallow but life has to go on, you win some, you lose some.. you aint going to win all the time..
and then we drew at blackburn last weekend. it was an agony and i was certain enough that we are out of the title race with Chelsea winning and widening up the points.. and then this week was exceptional.. manchester derby is something you do not want to miss out.. and so, my colleague and I decided to stay back at office after our news at 8pm to watch the match..
and again, we were frustrated that it is going to be a second consecutive stalemate for United.. and with 30 seconds to go, i was muttering to my colleague 30 seconds left on the stoppage time, do u think we can produce something to win it??.. and the rest like they say is history... Paul Scholes pop-up to head in a beautiful cross by Evra.. it was that fantastic. and we were shouting and jumping mad at office. there were only 2 of us in the newsroom, the rest of ppl was upstairs as they have a live show going on with Rugby Asian 5 Nations.. but we were estatic.. we could not believe it.. we finally got that luck and we are now a point behind chelsea after surprisingly they lost to Spurs last nite.. and with 3 games to go, it's GAME ON.
and TODAY at work could not be much better scripted.. it's again, my colleague and I on shift on sunday.. and both of us are MAN U fans.. and she was getting ready Glory Glory Man United Song to be played at her desktop when those Liverpool's and Chelsea's fan walk in to office.. and we couldnt have chosen a better moment.. our big boss who is also a liverpool fan was also in office.. and we played it out LOUD.. and liverpool's fan were closing their ears and pretending that they did not hear anything at all... and the fact tat they perli us Man U fans when we lost to Bayern.. , it was a sweet revenga and definitely a payback time.. Big Boss was laughing/smiling when the song were being played.. haha.. we were satisfied... but again, we are hoping, Liverpool to do us a favour when they meet Chelsea on the 1st of May..
in short, chelsea still has the upper hand now with 1 point advantage and if they do win the League Title, i will be happy for them but Man United will be fighting all the way till d last second and not giving up. even if we did not win, i had an awesome time around with a bunch of ppl who are FUN! today certainly was a good day working!
oh, btw, we should also be proud that OUR mixed Doubles pair won at the Asian Badminton Championship in New Delhi, India.. a great TONIC and a BOOST to our BADMINTON SQUAD! they fought all the way and i am so proud of THEM! congratulations Liu Ying and Peng Soon! =)
and also to the runner up for the WOMEN DOUBLES team of Vivian and Khe Wei...
Nicol David also won in the finals of the Cayman Island Open beating 2nd seed, jenny duncalf in straight sets.
Congratulations to our national heroes and many more wins for them with the upcoming Commonwealth Games and Asian Games this year!
Cheers to our Malaysian Sporting Heroes!
August 15, 2009
Barclays Premier League 2009/2010
today marks the start of the 2nd season of the Barclays Premier League, formerly known as the English Premier League.
i am sure many would make predictions of the outcome.. and of course i am too..
i would of course wanna see my fave team winning it for the 4th consecutive time.. but i am not sure if they could do it or not.-minus ronaldo and tevez.. i am sure we will bounce back.. but not so fast this season.. i just think it might be a rebuilding this season to be prepared for the 2010/2011 season.. and loooking at the transfer of players for the big four club( mu, ars, chel n liv).. i would say that Chelsea are the strongest favourite to win.. followed by manu, arsenal and liverpool.. and i wont be surprise if arsenal can spring something up =).
Hope that come May next year.. we will know who the winner is.. but of course.. hope that it will be an entertaining new season.. =)
July 02, 2009
Nobody?
this few days i was reading the news on how my favourite football club has money to spend on ronaldo's transfer to real madrid.. but sadly there are no one to be bought. i thought that was rather funny. and madrid keep on buying players like there are no more players in the team anymore.. you tell me..?? buying so many superstars in a team of only 11 people who can play in the pitch at one time.. how can you dump all inside the starting eleven?? funny la.. and to have all superstars playing together?? i doubt it la.
and why are the media making a big fuss towards manunited??? i still believe in ferguson.. even though the departure of ronaldo did leave a BIG or rather HUGE gap. i do not think it's time to panic and fuss about. stay calm and cool.. buying a no name player is good... after all.. who would have heard about cristiano ronaldo 6 years ago.. it was then Ferguson who turn him into one of the best footballer in the modern era.. why cant ferguson buy someone who is inexpensive and again turn him into a superstar.. then of course spending less money.. and to groom the player into a superstar.. and sell at a higher price.. is also a good business.. =)
i still believe and confident manunited will make it through the next season.. if they dont win anything. then consider it as a rebuilding season.. like the economics.. there are alwiz up and down.. so why fuss?? and i doubt madrid will be good either.. so many superstar.. how do you control them??.. with so many ego-maniac.. and ronaldo is one of the example..
anyway, i am excited to be going down to KL to watch manunited in action.. although there will be no ronaldo.. there are other players worth to watch.. and hopefully ferguson managed to finalised his team before the start of 2009/2010 season.. best of luck!!!
i am so reluctant to find a job and start working.. why d fuss to be hurry finding a job... i still wan my own little time..=)
June 17, 2009
Trip to Manchester
I went for my much-awaited mini trip to Manchester. The return flight tickets from Airport Weeze(near Dusseldorf cost about 10.50 pounds). so there i was last thursday, excited to start my journey from germany to england.
about 1.5 hours later, i arrived at the manchester airport. AWESOME-ness.. and then board a bus to the place where i am staying.
this pics above was taken in the city centre.. where we went for a walk and had brunch cum lunch before we headed to (my) very own must go place!!!=)
we had our food at RICE.. a place run by a korean, if i am not mistaken.. I had the Indian Kashmiri Lamb Chop that come with rice and salad. nice... with tea, it is 6.5pound
and the next thing on the MUST GO list is to board a bus from the city centre to Old Trafford, the Stadium of Manchester United football club.. when the bus got nearer.. i got so excited.. and more excited! cant believe that i actually is there already.. the feeling was really surreal...
and of course many pictures taken.... how could any fan resist that.. it was really really good.. i would wish tat i would be able to watch a match here one day... *fingers crossed*
i think the above picture was taken in the north stand of the stadium..
inside the stadium touring...
the 2 pictures above was at the Hall of Fame.. the 18 premier league trophies that have been won.. and counting... =)
inside the stadium..
outside the stadium.. i think it is either on the west or south stand of the stadium
touring the museum..
yeah.. arguably the BEST player in the world.. who is leaving manunited for real madrid.. he didnt want to stay.. so no point of letting him stay and see his individualistic character than be a team player.. off you go to real madrid and wish you all the best.. but mind you ronaldo, those who leave manunited will never have a good career anymore.. see beckham n nistelrooy for example.. so just go.. we can find a better player that Sir Alex can groom..THERE is NO PLAYER BiGGER THAN THE CLUB!
and on the left is the trophies he won.. and on the right is wat Sir Matt Busby said.. "I never wanted MU to be second to anybody.. Only the best would be good enough".. and that is a reminder for you cristiano ronaldo.. you are leaving the best.. and you would be second.. muahahahahaha..
after the tour for almost 3 hours, we headed to the Trafford center and walk around for a moment.. before going back to Piccadily..
and went shopping around arndale.. and have a baked potato for tea...
then at nite for dinner.. we had a really nice meal in Kebabish.. food was really nice..
that is all for now.. too much pictures/// and too much things to explain.. will put the next day trip another time.. All for now..
May 29, 2009
someone
someone told me that manchester united was simply hopeless the other night...
and that someone told me Barcelona was just too good.. really good..
so at the end of the day... The BEST team won..
so, congratulations Barcelona for being crowned the Champions of the UEFA Champions League. =)
it's the end of 2008/2009 season.. and it is truly a great one..
-Community Shield Winner, Club World Champions, League Cup Winner, FA Cup SemiFinalist, Barclays Premier League Winner and Champions League Runner Up..
What more can you say.. it is truly an amazing season.. I cant wait for 11th June and 18th of July...
tralilalalalalalala =)
May 17, 2009
weekly updates
the last few weekends was going for a painting.. a real painting of house..since that my homestay family is moving to a new house.. i helped them with some paintings.. i think i did more household work here compare back home in Penang. The scenery was awesome.. it's is near the countryside.. so the view is just so magnificient..
after painting.. we had a lil picnic and enjoy some food.. it was nice.. the breeze of air and the atmosphere was perfect.. really satisfying after painting.. =)
some of the flowers that blossom on the way to and back from work.. the flowers usually will stay for 2 weeks before it falls off.. and again.. other plants will take over.. and bare flowers.. so it is like different kind of flowers every 2 weeks.. but all is nice...
this is last weekend when i went to the park nearby the house.. they even have mini golf course tat reminds me of one of Mr Bean episode when he was playing the golf.. haha
last weekend also.. the market place or known as the Marktplatz have this fair on the cloth, thread and anything to do with sewing kind of thing.. it was fun.. you can see people shopping for cloth, buttons, and all.. as it is quite cheap compared to going to the shops and buy those stuff.
random pictures around the town..
nothing much to write.. but i am doing fine here.. another five weeks and i will be back to Malaysia.. and i cant wait for it.. Food.. Penang oh Penang!!!!!
on another note.. YAY.. manunited are crowned Barclays Premier League Champions for the 3rd consecutive time.. congratulations. so happy.. and again off course.. Rafa Benitez cant just admit it.. and continue with the ramble his side is still the best.. but again.. it's the points tat count. haha..traalalalalalala~
and yay.. cant wait for 18th of July when they are touring ASIA.. and malaysia is on the list after th disappointment 2 years agao.. due to malaysia's commitment with the AFC thingy.. now.. fingers crossed.. THEY WILL BE IN MALAYSIA!!!!!!!!!!
May 06, 2009
i am excited to know that my fave team has progress to the final of the champions league for the second consecutive year. funnily enough i had a dream last night that they were 2 goals down in Emirates and finally they scored the last minute(away goal) that put them through to the finals. But my dream was the opposite of the reality. Haha..
And i wish i would be able to purchase the ticket to watch them in Malaysia in July. Anyone wanna come along???
since i am talking on sports.. might as well write something about sports..
ferrari is not doing good in F1 at the moment. i did not expect Brawn GP to be this GOOD! congratulations to them. maybe F1 needed something new so that people could continue watching it...
Tennis- hmmm.. again my fave player isnt doing good.. and i sure bet Nadal is winning French Open again this year but then again i hope others like Murray n Djokovic will give him a good run or mayb Federer could come out with something Magnificent? hehe...
Guess that is all about it..
actually i am wondering what have i done for the past 3 uni Years? I seem so blur and uni life didnt really got into me and i dont really made that many friends and gotten involved in the activities in the Uni.. maybe i should write one post on my 3 uni years next to inspire my comeback to blogging. =)
March 25, 2009
agony
i saw how my fave team was beaten twice.. consecutively. damn it. how can it happen.
hopefully, hopefully they can bounce back...
and hoping them to retain the BPL title again.
January 14, 2009
Man United Asia Tour 2009
May 22, 2008
Manchester United, European Champion
I am so excited, thus saya again mencuri untuk menaip ini di laman blog saya.
I am so happy! works been fine and everything is ok right now.
*continue working****photoshop-ing now.
May 14, 2008
everytime i finish work, i look forward to go home.. =)
I am so happy that Man U won. wuhuuuuuu!!!!I watch wwith my housemate at a mamak stall with so much tense but at last they won and chelsea draw.. ehehe.. lets bring on Champions League!
write more later. bye. at least i could online for a moment.
April 27, 2008
Agony
So now, both teams are level on points is just that ManU is on top with the better goal difference. There is only 2 more match this season and it will then be decided. But seeing ManU have 2 tough games ahead. I doubt whether they will win against West Ham. That team have so much better records against United. If MU lose next weekend, then the tittle will yours truly be with Chelsea. It's hard to accept the fact but i have to come with the worst prediction. But yeah, I am still hoping that there is still the little hope that Man U will win this title. I am still keeping my fingers crossed.
The next game that they are supposed to be focusing is against Barcelona. I do not know whether they will recover from the psychological effect of losing, but still hope they will focused on champions league if they do not want to end up this season without any trophy after playing so well throughout the season with Ronaldo and the team. else, they will eventually lose Ronaldo to a Spanish team looking to lure him there.
I shall hope Man U win any of the 2 trophies they are still playing, hoping for the best. Hahaha.
I still havent pack my stuff. I am too lazy. else i will just stuff everything and bring down to KL just like that. I will just hop to any shopping mall to buy stuff i didnt bring with me.
since i am going to be disconnected from the world, i will miss out on TV, Internet, Euro 2008, 4 F1 GrandPrix, Thomas Cup, French Open, and many many more. Hopefully, i will be able to headdown to any free Wi-fi service available and get the chance to online and update this space. Else, I shall see write after 2 months.
April 14, 2008
Week Ahead
tis wednesday, shall be my english paper. and next tues will be my last paper, marketing. and i dun even have the mood to study already. most people are done with their exams while i still have papers to go. and it will be a packed time for me as i will be heading over to KL on the 28th with my things to be done in between. bengkel pra latihan amali is the stupidest thing!!!!how could one ever do this bengkel... grrr... waste of time only..
sigh, i am excited to go for my internship, but still another half of me dont want to... Hopefully things will go on well la.. i should not be in dilemma and grumble since i am the one who decided to do my internship in kl. I should instead be happy and look forward to it.
April 07, 2008
it could have been..
and yay, Ferrari dominated the race with Massa 1st and Kimi 2nd, though i would have prefer Kimi to be in Massa's position but its a good team result and pushing McLaren further dowm. yay. yay.
finished 1st paper today. not to bad. 4 more to go..next paper on thurs.. so must study for it. and another one on Sat..lagi must read for this, darn tough paper.
March 26, 2008
Double delighted weekend
and then.. it was Manutd win against Liverpool that makes it a good weekend..
anyway, i knew many would have argued that mascherano sending off has got to do win manutd winning.. but again.. i feel liverpool lack the mentality..
i am no good in explaining.. leave it to those expert in football to explain those stuff.. haha
I am DONE with my Assignments.. like, finally, finally.. haha
right now, it's exams.. (stay focus, no distraction) hah... and then... no more holidays.. it's internship down in KL..
anyway, this is a happy post... not anything will spoil it..more soon.. =)
December 17, 2007
all is good.
and to know that every monday we will be watching film is hmmm.. undesirable..
next up was english. explaining this and that and considering this is a business cum communication english.. it;s more to business, coporate world. hopefully it's fun.
was catching up with friends after a month break was good. i love the feeling being around them and to catch up with the new gossips. hah.
and here i am ranting as i have got nothing to do. bleh.
anyway, manunited won against liverpool last night with carlos tevez scoring the only goal!! Yippee... and i was rooting for Chelsea to win.. but they lost 1-0 to Arsenal who is now leading the league table. All this coming weekend will be a busy weekend for all clubs as they are going to play as many matches thus determining who will head the table going into new year!
and well, all is Good. =)
December 14, 2007
One Month
One month past and many things happen. I didnt think that things could happen..people live. people leave. and i believe things happen for a reason. the older we are the more things we have to face.
this past 1 month. my bestfriend grandma pass away. so unexpected. for i only knew she has been diagnosed with cancer months ago.. and now she is gone. and then last week, i read in the newspaper.. a friend of mine. a primary school friend who died.. accident. saw it in the newspaper. there is a small picture of him and i recognise it from there. though i dun really know him but he was still my sch mate during primary. RIP. but i was sad to think that, why would you be drink driving for what you have done caused the death of yourself. if you had been more loving of your life and think of your family, they would be the one who will be saddened by your death. sorry, i am not blaming you.. but pls, people out there, appreciate your life k? think of the loved ones by yourside. Dun dissapoint them.
I am going to update what i have done for the past 1 month later. for now, this weekend is the super clash of the english giants. MAN UTD VS LIVERPOOL and ARSENAL VS CHELSEA.
Just hope the best teams wins. but sure i would be rooting for................
have a bless weekend ahead..
























