Its The Day

Well, the picture above says it all I guess, for the neutrals, its always a good game as for both set of fans, its more than just a game. The both coming in with decent form, although I have to say, MU does look the stronger at the moment but the is no 'sure' in football so we shall see. We outplayed they at the beginning of the season at their backyard but hit the self-destruct button and lost, so this match is not a rematch or revenge, but just to claim what is rightfully ours (if we play well). For me, may the best team win, FAIRLY (yes, I am talking about you ref...). As for the millions of MU fans, well, what can I say, its a two way thing. When they beat us, Arsenal sucks, when we beat them, Arsenal sucks too...But I would love it when they chant after they lost. Why? They just lost to a team that SUCKS...Idiots. I can go on and on about how stupid MU fans sounds, but oh well, not here I guess.

The game is at 12 a.m tonight/tomorrow morning. Just hope we'll get a good game and get the right results for us. =D

There is where they'll meet, the Grove.
The Emirates Stadium

Random post

I had been digging through my play list and I found some songs produced a few years back and they still sound great to my ears. Well, one particular band I revisited is DragonForce, well they fall under the genre of music I listen to in which many people regard as 'noise', metal. They are a power metal band, where they lyrics are quite magical or more to a fantasy type of story. Speed is quite common among the power metal bands and DragonForce is by far the fastest among the rest. However, their live performance is just B-A-D, which is why most people refer them as a 'studio-band', although it has to be said that their more recent performances are much better. Studio or not, their songs are cool so credit to them...however, yes...most of their songs would sound the same in a sense that it starts of with a medium length intro, verse, chorus, verse, chorus, super long solo, chorus and outro...The is pretty much the arrangements of most of their songs, nonetheless, its still cool =).

When speaking of DragonForce, most people would know the song 'Through the Fire and Flames', cool song but that is not what I am going to share this time around. I am going to share this song, 'Valley of the Damned'. I like the feel of the song where it felt like a strong crowd kinda feel singing the song together..make sense? Just that with the solo of the previous song mentioned (lazy to type out...), the solo of this songs is not...on-par? All in all, still nice =).

Valley of the Damned

On a cold dark winter night hidden by the stormy light
A battle rages for the right for what will become
In the valley of the damned a warrior with sword in hand
Travels fast across the land for freedom he rides

And the sign from the master on high screams aloud and across hear the cry
For the kingdom of fire and ice and the power to be alive
Be strong ride on, carry on through the war
Come along carry on, living for ever more

On the wings of death by the hands of doom
By the darkest light from the darkest moon
Crossing silent seas over mountains high
For we stand as one tonight

On the black wind forever we ride on together
Destroying your evil with freedom our guide
When the master will storm us
He'll stand high before us
Our hearts filled with splendour
Our swords will shine over the light

In the valley of the damned
Days breaks with golden strand
Over pastures green it glows
To where night returns

In the shadows faces appear
Warriors wearing full metal gear
All join together one and all
Before the glorious light

Rise up, gather around
Come and hear what is said
Use your senses open your mind
Don't you ever forget

On the wings of life, by the hands of hope
By the brightest light from the brightest sun
Crossing silent seas over mountains high
To the valley of the damned

On the black wind forever we ride on together
Destroying your evil with freedom our guide
When the master will storm us
He'll stand high before us
Our hearts filled with splendour
Our swords will shine over the light

On the black wind forever we ride on together
Destroying your evil with freedom our guide
When the master will storm us
He'll stand high before us
Our hearts filled with splendour
Our swords will shine over the light

The black wind forever we ride on together
Destroying your evil with freedom our guide
When the master will storm us
He'll stand high before us
Our hearts filled with splendour
Our swords will shine over the light

The black...

*signing out*

My Wish List

There is one item on my wish list, aside from getting a few pair of pants, I am looking at some shoes. Mainly futsal boots, what I am current using is Nike's Tiempo, the older version, nothing is wrong with it and I am pretty happy with the design and stuff but just feel like buying a new pair with the new designs so tempting...

Well, I got a few choices to consider, between the two main rivals, Nike and Adidas. Maybe I'll just write some on each brand. Nike, for all its technologies on the boot and its fancy design, the boot's durability questionable. Adidas on the other hand, durability wins hands down over Nike but the designs....err....hmm...quite alright only. Below are some of my considerations.

Let's start with Adidas.

First up, its the new Adidas Predator X. The design, compared to the pioneer design where it blew my mind away, is not as strong as its previous versions. Decent looking but price is a bit on the higher grounds for me.

*The black one

*The white one, which is better looking than the black ones.

The other is the Adidas F50i. It has a smooth look and feel to it, but for futsal purposes, only F5 is available, not much different in terms of design, so I am just going to put the F50i here.

*Blue is my choice, as there is also Black, White and now Green.

Next up, let's jump over to Nike's boots.

Firstly, let me talk about the boot which caught my interest for a while before losing it not long after, is the one Michelle calls it the McDonald's shoe. Introducing Nike's Total Control 360. The boot claimed to have improved technologies in enhancing the player's performance. I am no pro, so I do not think will make much difference for me. Besides, I am trying to get a pair for futsal, and the design for futsal is just bad. Unlike the other version, the one with black sole, with is suitable for artificial pitch (like my current Tiempo) which looks better but the sole deteriorate quite fast so its kinda of a turn off point for me.

*The Nike's Total Control 360

Moving on, I am a speedy guy if I may put it, Nike got a boot for my type of players. Adidas got its F series, Nike got its Mercurial series. This series of boots are light, have an elegant feel to it and the design is quite simple. However, its comes with shiny surface, and with the wear and tear involve, the 'wrinkles' on the boot would make the boot look really bad which is a major no-no because I do not change boot frequently. Moreover, again, the futsal version is not as cool as the football version...

*The Nike's Mecurial Vapor Superfly (5th series), the lastest colour is yellow.

*The Nike's Mecurial Vapor limited edition. I like this version more
as it has a smaller swoosh. =)

*Speaking of the Vapors, I like the 3rd series best

Lastly, its another pair of Nike. The Total 90 series which its previous design looked so 'web-by' that it turned me off straight away. Now, the Total 90 Laser 3 is out and the design rocks!!! BUT~~~~~~ The futsal version just SUCKS!!! AGAIN!!! Grrrr....Again, I am waiting for the black sole to come out, if it looks better then I would go for it. But again, Nike's durability....ARGH!!! (I am very picky, yes...I know)

*I just love it. It looks better in real life =D.

*The sad, cheap looking futsal version...What's with the little extra
green patch in front!!!

*The black sole I am talking about. At least look much better than the one above...

Goal

Wednesday is my futsal day, with my knee giving me trouble, I still went XP. I love football, but since a football field is hard to come by plus there is the headache of getting two full team to play, futsal would be a more easier game to organize. I played some football back in school, defender by choice but I do enjoy venturing forward, maybe you can say that I am versatile or just ok in every position but standard is way below average.

Back in Kuching, I never played futsal, first experience is here in KL. I fell on my bottom just after I was introduced to the game...that was my memory of my first ever game. Along the way, I got a little better but still a lot of flaws in my game mainly due to my trauma which cause me to be paranoid of most things coming at me...yea, I am scared of the ball and a lot less aggressive than before (I think I ever wrote it in one of my previous post). I was a horrible keeper due to my fear but I do some decent stuff once in a while, most of the time is just hands down disappointing. Defending, I am still ok but my stamina usually fails me half way. Playing in an attacking role, I feel lost, get into the wrong position, misplaced passes or can't shoot properly...Horrible player huh? But I am still learning =).

Practise makes perfect but with the pace of the game being quite fast, decisions and techniques have to be spot on to make things happen. I do not know where did I got the instinct from but I scored a goal last night, one that I would regard very highly. Its a half volley from just outside the keeper's area, I sent the bouncing ball into the bottom right corner. I tried to recall what actually happened but I couldn't, as if that moment, it wasn't me controlling myself because knowing me, I could never do that. I can't even kick the ball properly for goodness sake!!

Laugh if you want that 20 grown men is chasing after one ball while two other are waiting between sticks. But with football able to united almost the whole world when the World Cup arrives (even those who do not watch football would tune in I believe), brings one into ecstasy in a moment and total despair the next. A tale of David vs. Goliath that can happen at any time at any given match. You just have to love it. I love football and last night was one to remember for me =).

When I was away

I am baaaaaaaack!!!!! Inhaling the not-so-fresh-air, stuck in the hectic life-style of a big city which back in my hometown Kuching, I would not face. How I miss the atmosphere back there...but snap back to reality, I am here, in one piece and ready for my studies!! Hmm, just gonna share some events that took place back in my hometown..and B-T-W, in Kuching, WE DO NOT STAY ON TREES!!! Call yourself Malaysians...not that I am very proud myself with 3 Churches being torched (my best regards are with you all).

Ok, let me start by the visit of my grand parents, maternal side. They are in a village, which Astro AEC board casted on it program when I was back there. Its 17 mile from the main town, where I am at, and its called Siburan. I spent my Primary 6 year in that village, so I do have some friends that I know there and we met up during a futsal session back there where I busted my knee, still busted now...

*My parents, with my turning 82 this year Grandma

*That's me with my Grandma, a little blur

Ok, next up another trip to a temple this time, we went on Christmas day, and it took approximately 45 minutes to reach, now after you see the atmosphere and still thinks that people in Kuching still stays on tree, then you're forgiven a little as people there have houses too! The place is called Asa Jaya, by the way, going to a temple doesn't make me a Buddhist or some kind, its more like a Chinese culture.

*That's the jetty with some of the Dayaks there.

*That's the 'sampan' that will get us across the river

* A bit rundown it may seem but its well equipped with life jackets =)

*That's our destination

*Shots of the temple taken from the tower in previous photo

*Another view

Well, those are the places I visited. I did met up with some of my friends and went visiting during Christmas and caught up with some of my school mates who are all doing fine. Now, let's be more at 'home', I take some shots of my house as well =).

*Welcome to my crib ;)

*A little garden place outside, promote 'Go-Green'

*The back yard

*Another view of the back yard, again promoting 'Go-Green' =)

If there is one thing that I can take along with me to KL, my house would definitely be on top of that list because my room comes along with it =D.

*My bed =)

*My little cabinet besides my bed, and yes in Kuching, a table fan is enough to keep one cool

*My closet, now quite empty since I am over here

*Used to be a frequent user, but now no more, and the gas inside it leaked so its not even cold now.

Lastly, let me end with my filled my tummy.

Durian, we all know, and yes I consume them but have you ever seen one of this size?

*Yes, its only one seed. Nice!

Next, its curry! My dad's side is quite known for their curry when my Grandad was still around, in the humble town of Gerik, Perak, his curry was quite well known. Back in Kuching, although its not really his recipe, but it taste nice nonetheless. When curry is served as lunch, Kolo-styled noodle, bean sprouts plus curry will be the menu for dinner.

*The bean sprouts. In case any of you are wondering,
I picked off all the ends of each bean sprouts in there =D

*The noodle

*The Curry *drool*

*Mix them up and this is what you get. Bon Appetite!

So there you have it, a little from my time back in Kuching. Till here this time, signing out!