Monday, October 29, 2007 , 12:08 AM

Liverpool 1-1 Gooners

(7" Stevie) (80" Fabregas)


Woolala~ Check this out! It's Stevie's 400th appearance for Liverpool, congrats Stevie you've come such a long way and all of us just wanna say THANK YOU CAPTAIN!

A few minnutes into the game and Voronin picked up a yellow after a foul on Fabregas (see Kaka's shadow in him).
6" Finnan did a nice feint and slotted the ball to Stevie and he shoots! But Almunia saved it. Haha I kinda like the sound of Almunia, sounds very metallic, always got the impression he's called aluminium.

7" Alonso got fouled and a goal kick's awarded to us. Stevie scores! Damn! A brilliant goal kick taken by super captain Stevie G!!! Don't you just love his lethal long-range shots!?!?!? It's really amazing how it flew past so many players and straight into the net (where it should be)!! =D
7 minutes into the game and it's so darned fast-paced already! Both sides are playing like it's the EPL finals man.

16" min Adebayor attempts to score, pepe runs out and blocks it with his chest wooo! I think Pepe makes wise decisions (fast) most of the time, and Pepe looks like a nice guy too! XD
Everyone's really hyped up, atmosphere's electrifying! I so wanna watch a game live at the Kop!!! Then go have fish 'n' chips at the bar after that then go crazy at the shops buying all kindsa Anfield memorabilia!!!

20" min Gooners close in one of em' attempted to score, Reina runs out to save (scared the shit outta me!), ball got deflected and another Gooner attempted to score again! Thank goodness Hypia cleared it! Haha guess he's vindicated, stop calling him 'striker' already!

Gooners can reaaally run man, their pace and stamina's really awesome, see that's the advantage that comes with a youthful side. Secretly hope they over run =D
Reina's lookin' pretty sharp for me today.

25" Gooners keep comin at our goal it's kinda intimidating, almost like they were the home side o_0!
27" Stevie's attempt at goal's on target and Alumnia makes a brilliant save! His entire body's extended outwards all the way, man that's a model save from Aluminium! Props to him.
I'm really enjoying this match, every moment's action-packed, pace's exhilarating!!!
30" Reina punched ball away.
Eboue's down, Jamie Carragher seemed to elbow him on replay (ball not in play in their area)
I'll need a 2nd replay to see if it's on purpose.

Flamini just got a close-up and he got lotsa chest hair o_0! Lol very AA, very distracting. XD
Adebayor's over reacting after a mid-air tackle with Hypia, that kinda aerial tackle's so darned common and he's acting like he just got hit by a train or somethin'! I'll bet you he's merely got a stitch!

Seriously, I really respect all players cus' running up and down the pitch for a full 90 minutes at that pace's really no mean feat. "English sides are really physical", no kidding! Which is why I think Benayoun should eat a lil' more and toughen up a little.
43" Ooh the ball went through Alonso's legs and Reina kept the ball. Lol kinda hilarious, like they're playing some kinda kiddy game.

3 mins added time announced. Torres looks like he's thigh injury has relapsed. =( Rafa risked it this time round not gonna help him on this, I don't know why he chose to play Torres after his thigh injury from a previous match, and he's a little non-existent in this match, should've rested him. =(( Get well soon Torres!

Gooners are going all out minutes before half-time.
Woo~ Mr Tek Go's (a.k.a Crouch)'s comin' on! Think he's coming on for Torres.

-------------Half-time, gonna raid the fridge and toilet break! :D------------

I get jittery these days after half-time cus' there's this recent trend where we perform superbly in the first half and screw up in the 2nd, so fingers crossed!
Alonso's chit-chatting with Fabregas, I wanna hear them speak Spanish!
Rosicky picked up a yellow at 50" min.
Crouch nearly scored at 51"!
Gooner shoots and ball's deflected off the post, picked up by Fabregas, he shoots! And missed!
Yellow for Mascherano, I thought it was a rightful tackle. Oh well, ref's decision is FINAL.
This is one helluvac match both sides stretch reaaally wide at times.
Clichy bulldozed carragher at 60" !!! RAWR!
Ooh crouch attempted to score again! Looks promising. :D

o_0! Just spotted Haribo as one of the sponsors at the corner of the TV screen!?!?! Haribo's the company behind the gummy candy that's pretty popular back in my secondary school days. Haha kinda weird to see them on the sponsorship boards. XD
Crouch shoots again but it's a tad too wide! Awesome run down the flanks! Awesome interplay though!

Toure's acting the fool when he fouled Kuyt! He deserved the yellow! =D
Skinny Benayoun come on for Beefy Voronin damn funny. Lol!
Hahaha commentator said we looked a bit jaded, we really are man, with the Gooners making us run for the ball, it's hard not to.

Babyface Walcott come on for Rosicky (Gooners substitution).
Arbeloa came on for Alonso.
Torres and Alonso are both out due to injuries. =( Rafa rafa~
Both sides went all out today, it's really awesome to watch man.
Is rafa gettin fatter?!?! o_0!

20 mins to go can we make it?
Wah the Gooners did a bermuda triangle formation around crouch as he runs towards goal.
Gilberto on for clichy(botak).
E-BOO-e off for Bendter.
Both of them left the pitch with a very warm 'BOO' treatment from us Livers. :D
Both sides used up the 3 subs already.
74" Riise shoots but bounces off top net!!! Wasted! It'd be a brilliant goal if it went in!
76" Gooners keep pushing towards our penalty box.
Carragher looks tired man, seriously tired.

80" Fabregas equalised! -_-" =,((((((
Mascherano's limping badly but subs are all used up. 3rd player to pick up an injury tonight! =(
Fabregas shoots again but it deflected off the post! Lucky us!
4 mins left.
Carragher's picked up a yellow.
3mins added time.
Full time!

This is seriously awesome football! Enjoyed every minute of it!
Both sides could've easily gotten the 3 points, but yeah that was really entertaining football.
I want more!!! XD

p.s. 13 more days to Jam's freedom! :)))



Tuesday, October 23, 2007 , 7:13 PM

And so the countdown begins.
19 days to 11/11/2007.

1111's marked on my calender and notebook.

Hsiao Jing Teng's gonna regain his freedom on the 11th November. :D
He's gonna be freed from the Chao Ji Xing Guang Da D
ao contract (which tied him down for 6 months)~!
So during this period, he's gotta lie low, to get ready for preparations on his upcoming album, and he also went back to school.
Really can't wait for his reappearance come 11th Nov!
Can't wait for his album (I actually set aside money for his debut album already, a novelty for me!)
Lol.
I'm striking off numbers on my calender as days
fly happily by. Woohoo~ :D
One of my buds' birthday falls on the 11th Nov too!

Here. Sharing a couple of photos of him with you guys. Lol. I know, I'm such a chum ,eh? ;D


This photo should land him a multi-million dollar deal with a major company selling spectacles and the likes man!

Jam and his keyboard = Samurai and his katana. Paired together and he's invincible. ;D

Got a missed call from Bobo this morning. Buzzed me to ask if I wanna go support the Lions at the National Stadium in their World Cup Qualifier campaign (match 2). It's gonna be memorable since it'll be the one last time I'll be stepping into Old Kallang Stadium, it's gonna make way for a new Sports Hub that's gonna be up by 2011 (estimated).

I'll miss the old girl.
The badly littered stadium after every match a.k.a. post-match 'debris' (actually saw a potato chip on the floor which looked like it got 'fossilized' or something), the red and white Lions poster, the floaters, the Kallang Wave, the floodlights, the scoreboard that's so prone to malfunctioning (they actually spelt the title of the tornament once! XD), the very enthu Malay uncle who really got the mood goin', seeing Sheik Haikel, the $2 Lions headband, getting the free Lions shirt, cheering on the Lions, yelling and hollering at them when they screwed up (Lol. We aren't called one of the world's most unforgiving fans for nothin' y'know), having our butts grilled by the sunbaked wooden planked seating, holding our breaths when we stepped into the toilet during half-time, taking away drinks at the nearby kopitiam before walking to the stadium, singing Ole ole ole~ on the way to the train station when we won, cursing "But*h" and "referee kayu" when we didn't....and so much more. I'm gonna take all these memories with me when I leave the ole' girl for the last time come 28th Oct. But this time Roo and Yu's not going cus' they gotta settle a school project. :( Don't worry fellas, we'll cheer doubly hard. ROAAARRR! Haha :P

Lookin' forward to this Sunday, will meet up with good ole bud Ah Shing before going for the match! Double hurrah! :DD



Saturday, October 20, 2007 , 12:51 PM

Jam isn't just an idol. To me, he's more of an inspiration. His achievements thus far have been grounded firmly by honest hard work, driven by pure passion, and with a lot of heart. He set his goal at 15, since then, he'd been putting everything he's got into achieving his dream. How many of us actually put our heart and soul into realising our dreams like our whole life depended on it? Very often, people get caught up in a never-ending rat race (called reality) so much so that we forgot why and what we're working so hard for, and dreams slowly fade away and we gradually lose sight of it, turning into a remnant of the past, of childhood. A 15 year old who had a dream pushing on forward, giving all he's got, and to remain faithful to that very dream all these years, that's Jam for you. A truly special musician. A truly special person.

Just wanna share with you guys, a story, Jam's story. Sources and credits left untouched, do go and check these websites out. :)



[轉貼!挑戰星光幫"蕭敬騰"奮鬥史!值得青少年榜樣]


{源起}目前台灣年輕人最愛看的歌唱大賽綜藝節目[中視-超級星光大道]
挑戰者PK大魔王-蕭敬騰的故事
雖然經過三次PK賽-蕭~PK失敗,
但是,這不代表他真的輸了,得來的,卻是廣大歌迷FANS的支持.
雖然討論區http://www.wretch.cc/hala/viewforum.php?f=163有不同的聲音.但是這個20歲男孩的奮鬥故事,卻讓人心疼,值得鼓勵,轉貼這個討論,主要是讓地區青少年,做為借鏡.
人生有夢才美..............
[以下轉貼作者melod1685916及其他轉載]

-----------------------我是-分格線--------------------------


15-20歲的你我可曾這樣認真為夢想付出過~為生活和學費辛苦努力過呢?

一個20歲的年輕人完全不懂不玩電腦,成天只跟唱歌樂器為伍,自學3個月就能出師,

你能說他不是為音樂而生的天才,你能抹滅他花盡時間的刻苦努力嗎?

當你對才20歲的蕭敬騰有不公平言論甚至苛責時,先摸摸自己的良心,幸福的你可曾會

生活如此奔波過,可曾為夢想堅定過堅持過?

一個讓你我都震憾的歌聲,一個讓你我都感動的故事─蕭敬騰!

蕭敬騰~世界上唯一的你
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zPZSP7QGhSs

轉貼幾篇~讓大家更了解他吧

http://www.npo.org.tw/philNews/show_news.asp?NEWSID=6088


這是敬騰的市府愛心獎報導,17歲就當了爵士鼓老師,
輔導青少年!

認識他的朋友說敬騰有在YAMAHA教爵士鼓
有去那家YAMAHA上課的人偶爾會遇到他(不過機率很小)
以前他打爵士鼓 是連團練裡面的人都誇不絕口的棒(據說可以不用吉他或是其他伴奏 好像一整個團只要有他打鼓就夠震撼了)

敬騰好像是從小學就開始很有興趣的練習
可是後來 他覺得KEYBOARD更屌 就一投栽進去了

寫的很清楚 爵士鼓老師:蕭敬騰

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蕭敬騰自彈自唱不識五線譜 TVBS報導

更新日期:2007/05/28 00:12

此時此刻,大家屏氣凝神,拿著相機猛拍的,從老到小,從台北到高雄,自從蕭敬騰去年從歌唱大賽脫引而出,就在這邊駐唱,讓餐廳生意整整好了5成;

好歌聲、好琴藝,蕭敬騰常常花上7、8個小時練鋼琴,卻看不懂五線譜,憑的完

全是他過人的音感,練出一首首的曲子。

如今初嘗走紅滋味,蕭敬騰的心情,其實很忐忑。星光幫挑戰者蕭敬騰:

「我怕唱不好,想請假休息,但是又怕對不起大家。」

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第一篇以下~
主題: 曾經林佳樹的音樂路
留言人: 丁 (2007-05-18 15:40:34)
留言內容:

蕭敬騰15歲那一年,他告訴我說20歲要成名,口頭鼓勵他心理卻不禁感到憂心,因他當時的音樂年資僅是三個月的爵士鼓學習,.....
今年的3月,他約了我們這些老人家去天秤座聽他唱歌,很用心的準備好一個系列,包括他自己的創作曲.聽畢,我們痛快到起立鼓掌,他太棒了,而且,進步的速度令我們驚嘆!
今年三月,正是他20歲生日的那個月...

搜索網路,有關蕭敬騰的資料不超過5筆10筆
時隔兩個月,再搜索這三個字資料卻逾百筆
蕭敬騰真的成名了!
只是這百筆的資料中有好奇.有讚賞,還有很多很多的攻擊

讓一路看著他成長的我們真的感到抱屈和不捨(雖知人紅是非多)

走在路上,他會因聽到好音樂而起雞皮疙瘩 ...

從帶著鼓棒到背著電子琴,

走進每一個有演唱機會的店推薦自己.爭取機會勇敢的說我要唱歌

從板橋桃園西門町到陽明山淡水

唱歌時會說冷笑話也會變魔術

認真的巡視每一個觀眾的反應,在乎表演後觀眾的回應(他曾規定我們每一個歌手

唱完我們都得鼓掌,說是因為那對歌手很重要)

所以我知道,他絕對不會無視大家的攻擊而不難過
認識他的人也都知道,他不會是大家所說的心機重心眼小心腸壞
而我們很高興早已認識他,有許多機會在他的身上發現新鮮的新奇.快樂和創意
希望你有和我們一樣的幸運認識這個生而為音樂的人

我也相信蕭敬騰是成功而不僅是成名

我沒看過認輸的蕭敬騰(儘管有時候是真的輸了)

相信這一次 就算遭遇很多的打擊 難過之後你仍然不可能認輸

就算真的遭到有意的利用
可是也有很多人的牽成和肯定(網路上也沒有對他實力的懷疑)

相信這些都可以成為助力

因為骨子裡的你 仍應該是那個怪里怪氣不按牌理出牌不想大家所想的蕭敬騰

恭喜你成功!我們也會挺你到底!

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第二篇以下~是蕭敬騰同事在他部落格裡的部分留言:

蕭敬騰.不論他本人在私底下是個怎麼樣會搞笑的人.對於音樂.他從未放棄過.

或許是因為我與他本人因為工作上而結識.而相處.從淺薄的寒暄一直到 無話不談的朋友.

他的孩子氣.他的冷笑話.他的瞇著眼已經快到無法看到路還騎著野狼125背後

背著電子琴一路上到陽明山趕場唱歌賺取自己的家計與 學費.

但對於音樂.更或者談到音樂.他卻從無放棄與默默的練習.一個從16歲就一直開始


演唱與學習各種不同樂器的民歌歌手.

他的努力就因為不是在 .電視上從初賽到入選得到所謂大家的肯定就必須被抹滅嗎 ?

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【轉貼ptt】

聽敬騰的歌已第2年了

去年在天秤座..

頭一次看到敬騰在台上還以為是個女的
(那天我進去吃牛排 敬騰正好在獨奏 沒開口唱歌)
等到敬騰開口唱後 不得了 是個男的啊

頭一次聽到敬騰的歌聲感覺:

歌喉實力扎實 琴藝了得 首首認真 一絲不苟

溫柔的歌聲像是匹受傷的狼

深情款款時表情略帶憂鬱

唱到高亢時 又像是無可追獵的野馬

面容多慮的表情又像是無怨無悔的完全奉獻給所愛的情人

不禁感動不已時..
我以為敬騰應該有20多歲(他當時19歲 去年)
還懷疑敬騰應該是日本人 不然怎麼在餐廳駐唱
還要化妝上台 花很多本錢喔 討生活糊口 這麼認真啊 ?!
(當時是誤解 其實敬騰是沒化妝 只是皮膚白的離譜..)
當天我一直看敬騰的臉 決定去廁所堵敬騰
看看他臉上是否有上粉...結果發現竟騰不但沒塗粉 皮膚還超好的!

敬騰本人還很有禮貌呢
我當天時在男廁所佔了個位置 終於他唱完了
我在男廁站了15分鐘左右 想看看敬騰到底是男是女?!
(是因為敬騰的氣質很好 男人中應屬少見)
結果敬騰走進男廁所
先是
對我微笑點頭 然後很有禮貌的故意去洗手 敬騰背對著我
我很皮 偏不走 看看他到底是否也站著尿尿(不好意思啊 敬騰)

結果他果然站著尿 我也不好意思的先說話
:唱的很好!不當明星可惜喔...
(他很瘦 很靜 沒說話 只是笑笑說謝)

後來的日子
我瘋狂的吃牛排在天秤座
只為了聽敬騰唱歌
還帶了朋友 去捧敬騰的場

天秤座的經理都認識我了
有一次 敬騰請假

大嘴經理過來解釋原因 我才知道

敬騰原來還是個在學學生

19歲而已

完全靠自己打工賺錢讀書 玩音樂

在X葉教室敎打鼓 (敬騰拿手的樂器是鼓)

賺錢讀書繳學費

彈琴是自己摸索的

才學琴3年不到便得到 2006天秤座自彈自唱的冠軍

還在很多天秤座駐唱

最晚是在板橋天秤座唱01:00~02:00

幾乎 每天睡眠不足 因為還要上課

還要到山X教室敎人打爵士鼓

有一次我在桃園天秤外等敬騰23:00~24:00下班

想看看敬騰是怎麼從桃園趕到板橋的

(想看看敬騰的交通工具)

結果他是騎機車....那晚還下著小雨 冬天的風很冷很冷

我不禁替敬騰心疼..身上還要揹著很重的電子琴騎機車去板橋唱歌

台北交通又這亂..實在很危險..

他還是很有禮貌的淋著雨問候我說:謝謝我的捧場

是個很清純很樸實的小男孩
很有氣質的樣子讓我完全無法和他的歌聲 湊在一塊...
我不禁對敬騰更這個人更好奇了...

往後
我也要了他的簽名(我知道 有一天他會紅)
才知道他姓蕭
敬騰是他的本名 真好聽

媽媽是阿美族
所以皮膚白 歌聲好

人很謙虛

連請他喝飲料 吃牛排 他都堅持不要讓我破費

我點的歌 他都一定唱完才下班(有時會唱超過12點)
還時常說天秤座的駐唱都唱的比他好 彈的更好
我也是著去聽聽其他人的表演
但是我還是喜歡敬騰的表演
(沒辦法 沒辦法 聽過敬騰唱歌後 我變的很挑很挑)
才知道原來唱歌可以這樣唱
這麼的享受

於是我花了錢去好樂迪學敬騰用腹部及全身共鳴的唱法
第二天我便燒聲了...(啞了)
不過那天我學敬騰這樣唱
我連跑了好樂迪廁所10幾回...該拉的不該拉的全都全拉出來了
難怪敬騰吃不會胖
向他這種運功攻式的唱腔 不會瘦身才奇怪勒..

說回正題
他上電視比賽我好高興喔
這種人一定要站出來
讓大家欣賞享受陶醉才是
這是觀眾的福氣 台灣的驕傲
台灣的歌神---蕭敬騰!

海竽戀 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OIP_gQ7hLDE
敬騰作曲 敬騰主唱

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【轉貼】蕭大大的朋友 發表的文章

通常,蕭的出場...
就是宣告著 ~『 絕對勝利 』
在每一個層面上...

那天在電視上看見蕭頂著一頭貝多芬走進場...
我揉揉眼睛以為自己看錯了...
直到電視上打出挑戰者蕭敬騰的名字...
我才抱著電視爆笑了三十分鐘不止...

那天蕭都還沒有開口唱
我內心就已經響起天線寶寶對星光幫說~再見~的聲音
因為
我很明白
蕭的出場,就是宣告著絕對勝利

很久以前玩團的時候認識蕭(那時他才17歲)
當時就已經是指導團裡爵士鼓的老師了~真強者

打起鼓來...該如何說呢...
第一次覺得一個團裡可以不需要吉他也不需要KB...
只需要一個鼓手,就可以是一場完整的演出了...
整個情緒是會被抓住的...
當時的練團室小小的,而蕭的音樂總是強悍的沖刷著我的耳膜...

但後來蕭愛上KB,便頭也不回的朝KB之路,繼續走了。
成了現在大家在電視上看到的他。

而我提的"蕭的出場",當然不是單純只指星光的挑戰賽...
而是從認識他,每次都驚訝這個小男生怎嚜這麼厲害...

打鼓時如何的厲害我是不需再多加以形容的了
(反正他後來都說鼓很無聊,投入KB的懷抱去了。哎哎,真覺的可惜欸!)

變魔術也有一套,表情很愛演,我都要笑翻了!
撞球也練的蠻強,我作弊都贏不了 > <
現在看蕭紅成這樣
要去找他聽一下歌我看也很難了吧
根本沒有位子了 > <
BTW
我個人覺得最屌的是...

蕭從接觸KB到去駐唱中間只花了三個月的時間

而去面試的台詞是

" 從現在起,我就要在這裡唱 "

↑恩,我下次面試的時候也要這樣說
"從現在起,我就要在這裡工作"

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我想敬騰應該是那種 從小就發現自己特別喜歡音樂唱歌的人吧

我覺得他似乎是用自己的生命在唱歌

一直很清楚自己要的是什麼 (其實我很羨慕這樣的他)

他所有想說的話 都已經包含在聲音感情裡了 (所以 平常才那麼靦腆話少 )

聽網友說他禮拜五哭了
我想 他的感覺應該很複雜吧
辛苦到今天 總算能表演給那麼多人看
是激動澎湃或是喜悅呢?
或者 還有一點點難過?

這樣拼命用自己的生命唱歌的敬騰

卻被評審用”3分”量化判定為輸

如果是我 我也會很難過

但是 我覺得敬騰最可愛的地方 就是在陶子告訴他又可以唱歌時 立刻破涕為笑

呵呵 因為又可以做他最喜歡最喜歡的事-唱歌給大家聽了吧

只想跟他說 辛苦了 為了夢想實現大放光采的一天 苦撐了很久吧

離實現不遠了

加油! 青春,你的另一個名字是勇敢

轉貼於 ptt

蕭敬騰~背叛
http://www.im.tv/vlog/Personal/23450/1686079



Wednesday, October 17, 2007 , 11:30 PM

England's got a major crisis. =(

Details soon when I don't feel so =(.

We're counting on you Israel.

Is it the weather in Russia? Is it McClaren? Is it underestimation of Russia's ability?

*sighs* It'd be really nice for Mikey's return if England made it to Euro 2008.



Sunday, October 14, 2007 , 8:54 PM

Back from K-Box! Good (surprising) news! I was actually 1 MINUTE early. *big grin* =D Lol. Now that's quite a feat. Keep it up! Haha!

We all thought there was the $5 offer thingy from 2-7pm but they told us the receptionist got it wrong and it's until 5.00pm (should actually end at 4.30pm but the guy extended 30 minutes more, so 'generous'!) haha but since we already got there we just K-ed all the same. Picked out songs like in a flash, to make full use of the very short 3 hours. Got to see Xiao Jing Teng on television with A-mei! Really shuai!!! Haha yup so we picked out songs that we rarely sing, haha very fun and funny. XD And I realised I have the rocker blood in me all this while. RAAHHHH! Hahaha!

Managed to smuggle in Hooch...tasted like orange juice. Lol. The music made us high anyways, not Hooch. Hoochimama~ Lol just felt like saying it.

Do not attempt to have dinner at AMK Hub on a Sunday, everywhere's like packed so we went to the S-11 just opposite the train station. The Japanese Curry Chicken Katsu set is very yummylicious!!! For $6, you have agedashi tofu and miso soup included. This Japanese stall is near this shop that sells kitchen stuff like cutlery, pots and pans.

Oh happy day~ RaaAahhhhh! XP



Saturday, October 13, 2007 , 9:44 AM

Anyone woke up to the fragrance of rendang, tempeh, curry cookin'? I sure did. =D

Selamat Hari Raya fellas!

Good news! Michael Owen may be playing in tonight's England vs Estonia match (9.50pm)!!! Haha he'd most prolly come out as a sub but I'm happyyyy! =D*


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England 3 (Wright-Phillips, Rooney, Rahn (OG) -0 Estonia (FT)

Ooh la la~ Now, that sure is a comfy scoreline, so now we tie with Croatia with 23 points in Group A.

I LIKE WRIGHT-PHILLIPS! Haha don't get me wrong! Mikey's still my number 1! So happy he got into 1st team, he really recovered super fast, must have been listening to the doctor's advice. Okay back to Wright-Phillips, he's really brilliant man, serviced so many attempts at goal.

That own goal by Rahn was kinda unfortunate, he wanted to clear it away and ended up giving trouble to Poom (Estonian GK, cutesy name! Like one of those characters in Japanese games).

This game passed reaaally fast for me, haha enjoyed it. Estonia's ball control and passing's kinda bad man, seriously...I think 3-0's very kind already. Gerrard could've scored in late second half. Kinda surprised that McClaren played Barry instead of Lampard, I guess he's giving Barry a run-down since Estonia's a low-risk team for England. Haha anyways, Euro 2008's starting to look really good for us, kinda early but yeah I'm certain we're going to Euro people (with Mikey in it!)!!!

-_-" My mum's bugging me with "no money buy sushi!", "no money buy topping!"...no, she's not making sushi, she's just playing this game called "Sushi-Go-Round" where there's a sales target in every round and you gotta make sushi that customers order, gotta be fast or these customers'll flash you a nasty look and leave the restaurant, and she's like cursing and scolding these virtual customers in cantonese la! -_-"" If you wanna check this game out, head on to miniclips.com =D Lol it's freaking funny to watch your mum play computer games.








Sunday, October 07, 2007 , 10:31 PM

Liverpool (Voronin 12", Torres 91") 2-2 Totties (Keane 45", 47")

This match was really awesome for us in the 1st half of the match, and the atmosphere was pretty good. I thought we'd gonna win for sure. The totties just didn't seem like a 1st division side for me in the 1st half you know, their defense was virtually non-existent and their passing was embarrassing, I forgot how many times they lost the ball to us. 12 minutes into the game and Voronin (yea Mr Meatloaf!!!) scored the lead for us, thanks to a lovely free kick deflected off Paul Robinson and into Voronin. He stood at the right place at the right time. =D It was a good start, and it kept Spurs running all over the place as we kept pushing ahead, lotsa attempts for goal.

I liked how there was one part where Totties tried to score, and Reina didn't manage to clear it away, LUCKILY Carragher strolled the ball off Liver's penalty box, just inches away from the goal post!!! Big phew there. Gerrard almost scored one himself, but it bounced off the goal post instead, the accuracy needed to hit the post's prolly a whole lot more than it finding its way into the net. Should it have been his goal, it'd be really neat. =D

Then there came this part of the match, where Gerrard selflessly set up Voronin for goal, but this nitwit of a Meatloaf chose to "selflessly" passed the ball on to let someone else take the glory of scoring instead, the thing is...he looked stupid. He should've went for goal immediately before the Totties could fall into full defense mode. Uuuurghhh! So yeah it should well've been a 2-0 for us and Mr Meatloaf chose to blow it. But it's okay since we looked like we're still having everything in place in our ball court. Was hoping for more goals from the Liver lads.

Just when we were going into half-time, there was this very brief disruption (for a few milliseconds) and during which Keane scored -_-" What are the odds man, seriously? For the opponent to score a goal just when there's a brief satellite disruption.

For me, the Totties players that really stood out for me were Jenas, Berbatov and Keane. The big 3 were a serious threat, Keane worked really well as a striker I really don't know what he is doing in Tottie.

There was this announcement at the background, it went "This is operation Anfield exercies, I repeat this is operation Anfield exercise..." and it went on for several times during the game. Operation Anfield exercise is sorta like a safety drill in times of emergency, and the stewards are supposed fall into position in an emergency situation. I cracked up man when they did the announcement, cus' I'd picture the players on the pitch to stop in their tracks and start doing jumping jacks or something. Lol! The away fans would start doing star-jumps and all kindsa exercises you can possibly think of in the stands whenever there's this operation anfield exercise...hahaha. I gotta give it to them for their creativity man.

------HALF TIME-----

Bloody ^^&#%*#^#(*&U. Keane broke the dead lock just 2 minutes into the second half. It was like a totally different Spurs was playing against us...I don't know what Martin Jol told his men in the locker room (a pay rise for every goal scored!?!) but it worked cus' this time, Spurs passed well, their defense was taking shape and they kept pounding away at our goal. Keane's goal was really awesome though, at that reaaally narrow angle, it was a sheer striker's masterpiece. Damn and we're one goal down. Can you simply imagine the roller coaster ride I've been through!?! It became such an animated (trust me, it wasn't only on the pitch, I was getting kinda animated too at this point of the game) and high-strung match. The totties were definitely picking up the pace man.

For the xxxth time Totties barged into the Liverpool defense and attempted to score, my eyes were following the ball that was dangerously near goal, when Reina run out of his keeper's position and actually TACKLED the striker! COOL!!! I mean sure it was risky, but nonetheless a good decision (only if he made it work)...damn Barthez looked like a clown when he did it. Lol.



30 minutes into 2nd half and I lost count of the number of times I went "Mascherano sucks". Mascherano looked a lil' Dr Jekyll in the League of the Extraordinary Gentlemen. Liverpool got some celebrity lookalikes cus' Bing thinks Finnan look like Matt Damon. Lol! Back to Mascherano, I don't know but he's just not working for me man. He should've chipped the ball when the goalie's lying on the floor about a yard away from him. And he gives the ball away a lil' too easily, I don't know I just don't really favor him. o_0!

To say that it's a nail-biting second half is a major understatement...I bet all of us were waiting, waiting, waiting. Waiting for that miracle goal that's gonna give us at least one precious point, considering how tight we're in the league table. THEN came the brilliant header from torres at 91" minute!!!!!!! GOAAAAAL!!!! BIG phew...hahhaa!

I wouldn't say our performance against the Totties was good but it was definitely better than we were against Marseilles. We really should've scored a couple more goals. But yeah 1 point's better than none. Still keeping our hopes up, the fans at the Liverpoolfc.tv forum are beginning to get really disheartened at Rafa. =,( I kinda like him y'know, he looks really amiable and nice...I thought he really had the guts to execute the rotation policy. Theoretically it works, by rotating players it ensures each and every player's got even chances of playing, maintaining their playing ability and experience, but it doesn't seem to be working in favor of us really. Really hope Rafa's gonna prove his policy right in time to come, or he's gonna join Moaninho...I'd be really sad if he goes though =,(



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I've been listening to Xiao Jing Teng's songs every night. His album's gonna be out by the end of the year, I can't wait!!! Haha...yeap here's a lil' something for you guys:




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Saturday, October 06, 2007 , 11:40 AM

I think somebody's just succeeded in dethroning Jay's position in my heart (musically)! And he is...JAM XIAO JING TENG! Lol. I hate sounding like a crazy fan but I can't help it, not after listening a voice like that. Words just cannot express how superb, fantabulous, astounding, amazing, magnificent, grand, AWESOME it is when he sings. The people from Chao Ji Xing Guang Da Dao gave him a nickname called "Black Spider" cus' of his penchant for wearing black tops during the show, but he really should be given the nickname "Black Hole" instead...every single time he sings, I get sucked into this musical utopia he created. *swoons*

On the surface, he might not be much to look at, he's kinda scrawny and he's really pale but somehow his shy disposition and that goofy smile whenever he's tickled by hosts on variety shows totally lights up the room he's in. He doesn't talk a lot, he can't express himself really well, but his response (that is if you can hammer a response outta him) is always frank, to the point. It's refreshing, especially in this day and age where celebs are always nicely packaged (usually over packaged)...Xiao Jing Teng's a totally different ball game. He breathes new life into evergreen songs like "新不了情"...he recreates them and make them his very own. And I like that about him. He's funnily cute in his own natural way, like how he covers his goofy smile with his microphone, how he stares into space at times, how he looks to his manager when he's clueless about the situation...and what I love most about him is how he sings with such passion like nothing else mattered around him on or off stage. I am moved.

I AM A FAN! \[^o^]/

Even for a pirate like me, I'd wanna pay money to buy his album. Darn I'd even pay money for him to cut an album. Please please please cut an album soon. If he becomes the spokesperson of the anti-piracy campaign I might just kick the habit of downloading stuff... XD

I first heard about his name on Yu Le Bai Fen Bai, when they did the full coverage of A-mei's concert...where they sang the duet "一眼瞬間" I was blown away, literally...it made me fall backwards and go PHWOAR! Haha a lil' exaggerated but yeap it's pretty close. So after that I went online to search for his videos through YouTube and crunchyroll (the preferred choice for lazy people) just to listen to his music again. Here's some of my favorites :




















A Bonus!



Wanna see more of him? Follow these links fellas~ Just click on the green text and you're on your way to music utopia~ XD

Watch him PK his way through...For me he wins hands down. Always. =D

超級星光大道PK賽 蕭敬騰 世界唯一的你 Round 1 FIGHT!

超級星光大道PK賽 蕭敬騰-背叛 PK 楊宗緯-靠岸 Round 2 FIGHT!

超級星光大道PK賽 蕭敬騰(1) vs 楊宗緯(2)(新不了情) Round 3 FIGHT!


This 2 got me laughing all over the place...lol he's too cute
Da Xiao Ai Chi Part 1

Da Xiao Ai Chi Part 2

模范棒棒堂 Part 1

模范棒棒堂 Part 2

楊宗緯's hairstyle kinda remind me of Spock (from Star Trek). See the resemblance? XD


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Thursday, October 04, 2007 , 3:43 PM

Liverpool 0-1 Marseille (Valbuena)

I stayed up all night into the wee hours just to watch us humiliate ourselves for 94 minutes only to go to bed with a heaaavy heart man it sucks when this kinda thing happens. It's really hard especially when it's the team you've spent most of your life supporting and believing in. The only nail-biting moments, when the real action begins for me begins at the 91" minute when Nando's goal got deflected and off some other players, and got deflected twice off the goal post, like that kinda old school pinball game. Deflections at the penalty box's always agonizing, especially when it's against your favor.

We did really badly. I think we screwed up big time, even the Liverpool fans left the stands a minute or 2 before the final whistle. For EPL's most hardcore fans to actually leave the stands before the final whistle, that tells you a lot about our performance this morning. It's kinda odd for me to see Cisse and Zenden donning the blue and pastel blue stripes of Marseille. Cisse especially, since he didn't really leave Anfield on a good note, now that we lost the game it kinda leaves a bad feeling. Can't really explain it. Hmmm...

Valbuena's goal was superb though, it's one of those goals which'd still find its way into the net even if you have 11 Pepe Reinas in front of it. The angle's impeccable man. The way the Martians stretched our defense WIDE OPEN in front of the penalty box's unbelievable. Never leave a wide angle in front of the penalty box. Frankly we played like the Liverpool of last season, it was disheartening, the hamsters aqueaking and fighting over the wheel at the background kinda made it worse. T_T"

We lost heart this morning even Stevie looked mediocre. I didn't expect much out of the first half, since most of the action (for Liverpool) usually comes in the second half. Once Valbuena's goal came in, I kinda lost hope, but I stuck through the end just hoping for an equaliser. I'd even trade a PS3 for an equaliser man. But it never came. =,(

This has gotta be our worst performance (not to mention this is our first loss this season) so far, I really hope this match's our worst game this season and the rest'll only get better. We had a good start and I guess all of us thought we could bank on it. Pray hard this doesn't dampen the team's morale and confidence, remembered how the Liverpool squad (when Owen's kinda went downhill) lost heart and confidence on the pitch it actually showed through their game play. Fans feel for them y'know?

Damn I wanna fly to Anfield and shake them all up by the shoulders. C'mon Liver lads, we're all right behind you...You'll never walk alone~~~

Keep believing Liver fans...=,)



Monday, October 01, 2007 , 10:43 PM

I think I've lost the self-discipline I had during my secondary school days (damn I'm getting old). When I say self-discipline I mean the discipline I had academically and physically. Haha and yes Smelly's gonna get it back! Eh...I'll try my utmost best to get it back. No pressure at all. Lol.

Everyone prolly knows I'm a big eater, I think ever since I did the upsized Big Mac thingy and clearing off dishes or helping to polish off leftovers with friends and even family (I think my image has gone down the drain!). So yeah, everyone seem to think my slogan ought to be "Gone in 60 seconds". T_T" The thing is I did lotsa exercise back then on a regular basis since I was in npcc, so while I ate a lot, I sweat a lot too. I firmly believe in input=output! Hence, I'm NOT a glutton! Haha have I driven my point home? Hmmm...okay so I've came up with my own exercise regime, shall do 1000 times of jump rope, sit-ups, push-ups, jumping jacks (2 sets of 30 each). Just completed my first regime today! Got my heart pumping, and yeap sweat's always good. I'll go jogging at least once a week too, haha and if any of you out there wanna have a go at badminton, jio me along! Badminton's not like jogging! Jogging's kinda boring, no? Haha yeap. Healthy lifestyle! =D

I'm gonna finish up on my assignment tomorrow. Shall spend more time on revision starting tomorrow. Gotta study extra hard since I skipped quite a few (not) lessons! Dammit I'm kinda sick of getting through the semester without putting in serious effort y'know? Feels like I'm not working for it while everyone else's going at it with so much hard work and heart and it really sucks now that I reflect over it. I don't plan on wasting my uni life like this, it's a once-in-a-lifetime kinda thing, right? My friends back in uni wonders how I get ok grades when I miss so many lessons, damn it felt kinda good but now that I think of it, I'm really ashamed of myself. I'm gonna put a stop to all this. Somehow, somewhere this has gotta stop. It won't be easy but yeah I'll fight it! Smelly style...grrrrr! Haha so I sound resolved? This post's more like a message to myself I guess. So you guys can stop reading, it's more of a conversation between me and the inner me. Does this even make sense? Hahaha so yeah people, whenever you see me please hit me on the head and scream "Wake up your idea!!!!!". Eh you guys can leave the hit the head part I guess lol.

About 1~2 mths to the exams, I'm gonna work for it this time! OoooOooosh! Haha wonder why I'm so hyped up all of a sudden? I guess it's cus' of the recess week, you know how after a break, you get the feeling like after that break it'll be a fresh, new start for you? And somehow I always get the feeling that it's so much easier to start out on a brand, new slate. Yeap that's pretty much it. =D

On a lighter note, my aunt brought back some food stuff from Hainan Island...I mean Hai Nan Dao. Sounds a bit weird to call it Hai Nan Island, no? Haha it was a huge bag of coconut products, coconut slices, coconut and malt milk tea, coconut milk candy and all kindsa stuff you can imagine. And our conversation followed...

Me: "How come all coconut one?!"

Mum: "Cus' Hai Nan Dao famous for their coconut trees mah."

Me: @_@ "I thought their famous te chan (produce) is the Hai nan ji fan (Hainanese chicken rice)!?!"

Mum and sis: ". . ." u_U"

Not meh!?! Hainanese chicken rice is not from Hai Nan Dao!?!?! Damn I need to look into makan sutra to verify my doubts already!

I'm watching Honey and Clover (an anime series) in between studying. =D It sure is inspiring, thanks Yu for the recommendation! Gonna booze soon! XP Sugar rush~~