European footballer of the year

Ronaldo committed one of the most bizarre incidents in football that I can remember last week during ManU's last premiership match. He tried in vain to imply he heard the refs whistle... but i think no one bought that. And espn rerun the clip of that incident so many times but nobody could hear any whistle blown, whether from the referee or the stands.

I think he got a little off balance when one of the defenders gave him a slight nudge when he was jumping to head the ball. He kind of panicked and while trying to quickly think what to do to protect his precious face from the ball... he unconsciously did that.

I dont think there is something wrong with this guy.... but in one of the previous matched when he was substituted towards the end.... to end a rather subdued and ineffective performance form him.... he was clearly unhappy with the substitution and looked really pathetic on his way toward the tunnel.

I think he is overrated and will never repeat his performance last season. His stepovers and tricks no longer fool defenders. He was never, in my opinion, beautiful to watch.... hes more like an efficient German attacker with some tricks here and there.

It is just a matter of time before messi or robinho can become the best players in the world. Robinho i think has got more talents than Ronaldo.

recession or no recession

It was announced that the US is officially in a recession. Apparently there is this group of economists who can officially make the call. And the definition of a recession is not that straight forward after all. What I understand is a consecutive quarter of negative growth constitues a recession, thats what we have been told. Now the "officials" are saying that they are looking at a broader set of indicators to determine the state of the US economy and specifically the US recession.

I remember our central bank governor declaring that Malaysia will not enter a period of consecutive quarter of negative growth, hence no recession. Our deputy PM also said that no recession, only slowdown. Also other Malaysian economics and analysts and whatnot. So are these statements no longer relevant, now that apparently recession is defined differently, and what can we say about our economy next year?