Crucial win for Leeds!!

We did win away this time...a 1-2 win at Hull....goals from Heath and Thompson. Mr Wise had to shuffle the pack and even had included an under-17 player...with 13 players injured, its not easy..

United: Sullivan, Richardson, Heath, Marques, Lewis (Crainey 82), Sa (Einarsson 85), Douglas, Howson, Thompson, Healy (Blake 90), Kandol. Subs: Carole, Tom Elliott.

1st March 2007

Beginning of a new chapter....

D-Day

D-Day today...

Signs that you are a 60s' or 70s' baby

It certainly brings back some good old memories... :)

You grew up watching G-Force, He-man, Transformers, Thundercats, Silver Hawk, Woody Woodpecker, Chipmunks and Mickey Mouse. Not to forget Ninja Turtles, Mask, Smurfs and Voltron too.

Girls watched Japanese cartoon like My Little Pony, "Xiao Tian Tian", "Hua Xian Zi" etc.

You grew up brushing your teeth with a mug in primary school after recess time.

You squatted by a drain with all your classmates beside you, and brushed your teeth with a colourful mug.

Remember the days when the school nurse, comes with a list for the dentist appointment, the sound of the drilling when your friend has a fill in his tooth.

You remember the packets of milk we get in primary school to encourage us to drink more milk. (It cost only 30 cent per pack)

In secondary school, girls go to the library to borrow their favourite Romance storybook.

In secondary school, girls altered their school skirt to shorten it and guys will go to the school appointed school uniform tailor shop to tailor make their school trousers to the then fashionable "baggy pants"!

During primary school days, the teacher will punish you using a ruler to hit your palm.

A bowl of noodles soup cost only 30cent in primary school days.

When you were in primary school, girls like to go to the bookshop to buy cute stuff such as animal erasers, various shape sharpeners, colourful notebook, etc.

Hankyu Jaya, Yaohan departmental stores used to be a favourite hangout for families during weekends.

In secondary school days, you buy the Bata BM Turbo or Pallas Jazz school shoes. Some guys like to wear those China made ankle high shoes. Some even like to wear those very thick socks with their school shoes.

Internet? E-mail? What the hell is that?

So you thought a decade or more ago, your friends don't have Pagers or Handphones in school.

CDs? What's that? Cassette tapes were the norm. Movie tickets used to cost less than $5 last time.

The goodies from Mama shop used to be Chickerdis, Mamee , Kum Kum, UFO, O-Ya, Ding Dang chocolate balls with toys in the box, colourful hard "egg", "cigerette" bubble gum, KIKI Bubble Gum, pink bottle of bubbles c/w a small tubes with yellow sticks to blow "more lasting" bubbles that you can pop more air in or slam it on. You never forget 'It Kam'.

When exams are over, the board games ( e.G Monopoly, Donkey, Transportation Comparison Card) & held video games will be all over the class room.

Your favourite sound is the bell, for it's the homemade ice cream man. The cream that tops Haagan Dazs! And the other peddler you love is the old lady who sells juicy Muah Chee and thick olden syrup rolled in a balloon the tip of a chopstick.

Another bell is the recess bell, a time to get away from school work and to eat.
Another time when there is no bell but all guys will anxiously wait for it....The PJ (Pendidikan Jasmani), PE time (time for football).

Your favourite childhood games were playing "guli"(marbles), five stones, five bottle cover, zero-point, catching, "Pepsi-Cola one two three" and/or "Police & Thief"!

The best thirst quencher of all times is the yummy colourful ice tubes you can buy from provision shops for only 10cent. To eat them, break the tab and suck while holding the freezing tube!

All gals have a girl doll/strawberry shortcake/my little pony/pound puppy, while all boys have a soldiers figurine (combat) or a rubber band catapult that shoots folded paper!

Once was the era whereby ice-cream sticks were valuable items, then came the paper aircrafts, chalk fights.

Some boys made their own guns from wood, and used 'Bacali' as the bullets.
Some even used matches to shoot and burn kids' lanterns during MoonCake Festival.

And your favourite holiday was Lunar New Year! New clothes, Ang Pows, Shopping, junk food and family outings!

For them, they have never heard of the song "We are the World, We are the Children..." And the "Uptown Girl" they know is by 'West Life' but not 'Billy Joel'.

For them, there have always been only one Germany and only one Vietnam.
AIDS exists since they were born.

CD exists since they were born.

Michael Jackson is already whitened.

John Travolta is always round in shape and they can't imagine how this fat guy could be a 'God of Dance'.

They believe that Spiderman and Incredible Hulk are just new films.

They can never imagine a black and white screen for a computer.

They never know what is Atari or 'Game & Watch'.

They can't believe a black and white television ever existed and they don't even know how to switch on a TV without a remote control.

And they never understand how we can go out without a mobile phone when we were in university...

Let's check if we're getting old...

1. You understand what was written above and you smile.
2. You are always surprised to see small children playing comfortably with computer.
3. When you see teenagers with mobile phones, you shake your head.
4. You spend less and less time talking on phone with your friends daily.
5. When you meet your old friends from time to time, talking about the good old days, repeating again and again all funny stories you experienced together.
6. Lastly, having read this mail, you are thinking of forwarding it to some other old friends. You think they will like it too.....


Hahaha!.... Yes! We are getting old too...........

Brings back old memories huh?

Cheers to the 60s n 70s babies!!!

Mini Cooper GP vs Remote Control Car...

No Pork I say....

Middle Finger

Someone sent this to me a few days ago when I was having a shitty day...it was just the right thing to send to me...really needed it...

Hannah T

Do you know who is Hannah Tan? You don't?! You should!!! She's this 20 something awesome babe from Penang...a computer geek (i believe)...drives a yellow Honda S2000...She's the second runner up in the Miss Global Petite World Finals 2002...a model...a host..now a singer with a new album out *Crossing Bridges*...wikipedia has something on her...she has her own website HannahtClub and now she goes by *Hannah T*

Photo courtesy of www.hannahtclub.com

Taipei bans TONGKAT ALI

The Taiwanese Dept of Health (DOH) has ordered all Tongkat Ali based coffee be removed from the shelves and to be destroyed. Those who are caught selling them will be fined to a maximum of NT$150K (RM16,100). DOH claimed they have not tested Tongkat Ali and do not know if it affects other ingredients in the coffee or causes side effects to the people. So there goes Power Root...

How interesting...and over here its selling like hot cakes!!

Is Mr Wise now worried?

Another loss at home although we scored first!! Is Mr Wise now worried?...2-3 to West Brom...goals from new boys Flo and Thompson...its still not enough..


United: Sullivan, Sa, Foxe, Marques, Elliott (Kandol 57), Blake (Moore 57), Nicholls, Thompson (Einarsson 83), Lewis, Healy, Flo. Subs: Einarsson, Heath, Howson.

Cisco sues Apple over iPhone...

I knew something like this was going to happen...Cisco owns the iPhone trademark (thru Linksys one of its division), a trademark it has since 1996 (actually it belong to infogear which Cisco acquire back in 2000) and Mr Jobs just rush in and launch its iPhone....so how? wait lor...any suggestions on other names should Apple lose out...someone suggested iCommunicator..but its kinda long...

January 31st, 2007...

Is January 31st, 2007 the D-Day? Or is it not? That is the question...

Apple iPhone...

Have you heard or seen the latest *huuhaa*? the latest phone from Apple - iPhone...looks canggih, its a phone (of course...duh), an ipod, an internet com device, a..a...a .......anyway, it comes with quad band, edge, wifi, bluetooth, 2mp camera, touch screen, 4GB or 8 GB capacity...btw did i mention? it runs on Mac OS X...sadly it won't be here until next year *sigh*

Awesome Wednesday morning sky

An Awesome Wednesday Morning Sky....I was taken a back this morning...haven't seen a sky like this for a long time...

There's a God!!!

There really is a God!!! My prayer has been ANSWERED...with a little bit of patience and persistence

Out of FA Cup

So we're out!! I guess the 2 early goals killed it..loss of words...


UNITED: Sullivan, Healy, Lewis, Elliott, Nicholls, Heath (Sa 46), Foxe, Moore (Flo 46), Marques, Blake, Howson (Derry 46). Subs: Westlake, Lund.

Back to normal....

As predicted, the traffic is back to normal (thats jam to you and me!!) after close to 2 months of good, smooth traffic. Last week was still okay as some were still on leave, some had to send their kids to school, etc. So looking forward to the next good traffic situation? its coming up in a month and a half time - CNY.

Want a Acer Ferrari Notebook?

Microsoft has been wooing influential bloggers by sending them free computers loaded with the Vista operating system. As always this action has generated controversy, with some online writers attacking would-be Vista reviewers for taking what are tantamount to bribes, while recipients defend their editorial independence, arguing that journalism-style rules prohibiting such gifts are outdated.

So far, Microsoft and AMD has given away 90 PCs, hear they are all loaded with the highest-end version of Vista - the 64-bit Ultimate edition

So far no *catch* yet, these fellas were given the option of returning the hardware to Microsoft, keeping it or disposing of it in some other way.

so hurry up!! What are you waiting for? Be an *influential* blogger today!! You'll definitely get lots of hits to your blog - with negative comments :-D

Leeds on shopping spree?

Leeds is doing some *shopping spree* this week...some short term deals and some converts from loan to deals...good buys? you tell me...
- Tore Andre Flo
- Robbie Elliot
- Matt Heath
- Tresor Kandol
- Armando Miguel Correia De Sa

We finally won...

We finally won...you noticed a change in line up?...Sully & Marques...and the new loan recruit Robbie Elliot from Sunderland..anyway it was a good result 2-1, goals from Healy and Douglas


United: Sullivan, Richardson (Westlake 62), Marques, Foxe, Elliott, Blake (Howson 75), Douglas, Nicholls, Lewis, Moore (Kandol 73), Healy. Subs: Warner, Carole.

Another of those *Obsessions*

Place - Sepang F1 Circuit, Time - New Year, What's up - 400 racers to bid to set longest non-stop relay drive.

Yet again Malaysians are *attempting* to set a record into Malaysia Book of Records - Transit: The Sound of Smoke. 400 cars from 12 local car clubs went round the circuit *separately* (not racing) for 50 continuous hours.

Also there was a *drift* demonstration by some 90 expert drifters...

Happy New Year

Welcome to 2007!!!!! with superbly slow Internet access.... ;-P