that's exactly what these 2 guys did!! klose and podolski.. and klose is still the leading contender for the 'golden shoe' award.. with ronaldo still a goal behind.. and yes, deutschland hat auch das viertelfinale erreicht!! but sweden was really disappointing during the match.. it's as though they lost their fighting spirit!! oh my gosh, it was really disappointing to see that happen.. but anyways, germany got it!! sehr schön!! so they are gonna play the first quarterfinals against argentina tomorrow evening.. and goodness gracious!! it's gonna be so heartbreaking.. coz it's like a final of its own!! 2 powerhouses and 1 has to end its journey tomorrow.. *gawh!!*it's stupid but somehow, every single match that england has played, was just plain BORING!! i never failed to fall asleep during any of the england matches, though i was no way near tired!! and yes, david beckham had to come to save the day.. and the camera was actually focused on victoria beckham, prior before the shot!! right.. and yes, no miss at last!! so no more slippery grass from that of 2 years ago.. but this is gonna be like a repeat of history, whereby portugal will play against england in the quarterfinals!! it's so like that of euro 2004.. but with portugal winning 5-4 in penalty shots.. so we shall see..and what was truly irritating is the fact that france qualified!! everyone was like, WHAT!!! and of course, a truck load of ppl lost their money to all the bookies and authorised betting companies.. but there were those who betted on france and won loads.. coz the odds were too high!! but goodness!! they qualified!! but the fact that they are gonna play against brazil is gonna be quite a sight to watch.. a repeat of france 98.. hmm, but don't think that ronaldo's gonna run a tummyache again..and anyway, ronaldo just broke the record for being the top goal-scorer for all the world cup matches!! but he actually resembles more of a ball himself now.. hmm... time for some weight-losing..oh yeah, do check out the adidas +10 advertisements.. oh man, it's so extremely cool!! i always love the adidas ads during all these important soccer seasons.. anyone recall 'the road to lisbon' from 2 years back??on the sideline, so sue me for being fat and claustrophobic!! i'm sorry for occupying 2 seats on the sbs buses then!! =P
it's been a pretty emotional week.. deutschland hat das achtefinale erreicht!!! jawohl!! ganz spannend!!! the rest has to be typed in english coz my german is just bad yeah!! yupz, germany came out tops in group A and is gonna play against sweden tomorrow evening!! sehr interessant!! aber nicht so gut für das schlechtes herz.. and yes, klose is just so good!! and not to forget podolski!!! his goal was just beautiful.. 3 passes and into the goal post it went.. oh yeah, oh yeah!! but i still like that goal put in by frings in the opening match!! talk about pretty!! i can just go on forever actually.. but shall move on..and i seriously think that it was mean to have eucador attacking ballack during the 2nd half of tuesday's match!! it was utterly ugly and plain blatant!! i mean, it's tough to lose but hey, it's all about fairplay here.. so get a grip man!!but it muz have been a heartbreaking moment for england when owen was severely injured and had to be flown home immediately for treatment.. that left crouch aka 'mr giraffe', as good as without a mentor.. and definitely for japan as well.. it must have been more than a heartbreaking session.. esp. since they had the misfortune of that last 8 minutes of the match against australia.. and to have to play with the powerhouse, brazil, yesterday evening, which just confirmed their seats on the flight home.. it's even more painful to watch.. but one muz really give credits to kawaguchi for all his marvellous saves of the oncoming balls.. and yes, ronaldo finally came back from his pluto-planet and decided to put in some good play yesterday evening.. and eventually scoring 2 goals, putting him on an equalizing position with gerd müller, in the total number of world cup goals scored..yupz, with s.korea as the only east asian team left with chances for the top 16 playoffs.. hmm, if my energy does permit me, you will still see me online at 4am..but you know what? i didn't mean to go on and on about world cup on this post.. it was actually meant for something else.. but i digress.. and yes, you will say, what's new?somewhat, i went past many places which have somewhat been a part of my memories from 2003.. hmm.. was making my way down to wei & cindee's place, when i had to take a long long bus ride to bedok interchange.. it then reminded me of that silly senior-junior bbq session at east coast park during o-week.. and in any case, it ended up as a dinner session for kel li, edwin, peijia and me.. simei seemed somewhat familiar, before i realised that i have been there twice!! once was to changi hospital to visit andrew with the rest of the ac folks.. and another was to the condo estate nearby for kel su's 21st.. and to think that, all of the above happened in the year 2003.. when a-levels were still fresh in our minds.. when freshmen orientation brought in so much fun.. when we started the nightmarish and stressful days of chem engineering but just to learn to get through these days too.. and to think that so much have changed over these 3 years.. so time flies yeah.. even 'passing by' seems so foreign.. and according to einstein, somewhere along the river of time, just somwhere behind that bend round the river, that scene still exists.. but we will never return to it.. jack finney's 'from time to time' is just all about imagination..
statement/ thought of the week.. comments are very much welcome.. unfortunately the comments link is missing in action somewhere.. otherwise, just tag yeah.. opinions are very much appreciated... so here goes:is it better to work in an area where cat fights occur too often or to work in a place where testosterone-level is at its maximum?
scheiße!!! ich war dort!!! ich war!! scheiße!! sowieso ist es schon 6 tage, seit die weltmeistershaft angefangen ist.. es macht so viel spaß und spannung!! mein herz muss starker sein, sonst muss ich zum krankenhaus gehen.. aber nein!! es wird nicht passieren!!
the opening ceremony was wonderfully graced by beautiful ppl.. and i really mean, beautiful ppl!! claudia schiffer and the greatest player of all, pele.. and the best part of it all was that, this ceremony reunited all the players of each winning team every world cup season.. and yes, the bavarians gave the world a really nice, traditional welcome to the 18th world cup.. okay, hand it to the really proud bavarians to do it all right!! sehr schön!! macht' sehr gut!!
hier sind lahm, schweinsteiger und frings.. ingesamt hatte deutschland 4 tore im ersten spiel!! sehr schön.. besonder das tor, das frings gemacht hat!! sehr sehr schön!! das ist schade, dass michael ballack nicht spielen kann, aber keine sorge, er wird bald noch mal spielen!! nicht so gut defence gegen costa rica... hoffentlich wird ihre defence verbessern!! das erstes spiel war in münchen: home of bayern munich..
and here's the japanese fans during the game between japan and australia.. i just love the poster that the japaneses made.. though it sounds really like some forces of evil uniting together, like way back in history.. and it's quite an attempt for the japaneses to get their german right.. just take a good look.. but applause for efforts too..
one of the hardest match to watch.. not only was the first half really boring, japan scored a controversial goal as well.. such that the aussie coach went ard pushing a japanese team fellow.. but japan's saving grace was its good defence, which unfortunately, went a little more than haywire toward the last 6 minutes of the game!! the kangaroos thrashed the sons from the land of the rising sun at the stadium in kaiserslautern with a final score of 3:1.. just look at the conflicting emotions of aloisi and ono.. talk about heart-breaking..
and finally something for asia to be extra proud of.. not to mention that i watched this match, completely in black and white.. don't ask me why!! more than a sad case.. s.korea vs. togo, which is a first-time world cup qualifier and to think that they were leading after the first half!! till one of the togo players got sent off and then came the golden boys: lee c.s & ahn j.h, who sent in 2 beautiful goals and sent the whole korean crowd into a mess.. and as usual, the koreans recycled the 'reds' t-shirt from 4 years ago and brought all their musical instruments and created a din.. oh yeah, s.korea defeated togo on the soils of frankfurt with a score of 2:1..and yes, that's the 3 matches which i've managed to watch so far.. oh yeah, more to come, especially now that i've gotten my hands on an online source.. oh yeah, oh yeah!! but crap, tonight's match of deutschland gegen polen is played at 3am over at my side of the world.. should a miracle happen such that i can survive and stay up?? we'll see.. and to requote the today paper's writer in last friday's edition, if germany is to win any match, all hell will break loose.. i'm sure it did last friday.. so let's see about this evening..
hmm.. was wondering how to title this post.. but here it is: the day when ppl say: i do.. pastor nick said during the exholtation, that in marriage, the man will lose his bachelor's degree, while the lady will gain her masters..well, taking a look back.. i missed 3 weddings when i was away.. 3 really great weddings of great friends.. all of whom, i have not seen since i left.. except for nenek!! well, i was caught red-handed while crossing the road in front of carlton hotel.. and yes, i 'sent' the 2 newly sweet lovebirds home to indonesia.. only to look forward to welcoming the good old lovers back for their wedding showers soon.. in the near future..that aside, i attended 3 weddings in the past 6 weeks!!! woohoo!!! record for me man.. haven't been to so many weddings in a such a short period of time..first up was josh & amelia!! first wedding in a long while, which i wasn't doing anything for.. and the very first wedding dinner i got invited too!! bet you are wondering what's so great about it.. nothing but just there to share their joy.. =) oh yeah, their wedding was held on labour day.. and bet you are wondering why 1st of may.. coz there's a story behind it.. *laughs*.. no details to be revealed here!! =Pnext up was my council treasurer with his sweetheart: fariz & liyana.. it's an experience for a muslim wedding, though we've seen tons of it in the hdb void decks.. but it's different when they are your friends.. that aside.. another experience was to walk through the whole of geylang.. erm, coz their reception was held in one of the association buildings.. anyway, it was an EXPERIENCE!! enough said.. pretty nice to see council friends once again, though it seemed so long ago.. and yes, today.. this very afternoon was wei & cindee!!! i must say, aunty jean is really good with the decorations.. oh my gosh, talk about professionalism.. it's brought to a greater height.. i love the decors to the max. man!!! and yes, when my 'teacher' gets married, i'm gonna try my hands at the decors.. and talk about 'a small world'.. yes, it's indeed small.. to each of the weddings, there's a different feeling to it.. be it spent with church friends or schoolmates.. it's a brand new journey ahead for all of them.. nobody promised it to be a bed of roses.. challenges will be there.. there will perhaps come a point whereby either party will want to kill someone.. but it's about working it all out together.. as a body of unity and not as a single entity..enough said.. i'm gonna be a really kind soul here and offer my help for you guys' wedding decors.. of course, that will mean that you all have to supply me with a budget to work with too.. ie. for the purchase of the decoration materials too.. no worries, i won't mess up your decors.. trust me, with a huge guarantee plus chop!! working towards more addition to my portfolio.. *laughs*..meanwhile, looking forward to attending the wedding showers of the stars of my self-improvised mastercard advertisment..