Wake up and smell the river

The other day, my Air Asia flight was delayed for 30 minutes. No, this is no Air Asia bashing.... I mean 30 minutes is nothing; expect that at all times; compared to what happened to my sister. She was delayed half a day.... and I am not exaggerating, at all. However, the seat on my Kuching-bound flight was much more comfortable, even though the table was falling apart..... screws missing and all that lol. Not that people use them anyway.

Next week I am supposed to start work. But I have interviews next week. I am not sure what to do. Not sure if signing the contract was the wisest move, because I knew I was not going to stay there anyway. Maybe I need to get leave with no pay..... or half-day leave, if such thing exists. Only a few days at work and already starting to dissappear and go missing in action.... I am going to make some people a little bit not happy.

Watched Kingdom of Heaven today. They were screening it for the last time today, and I didnt want to miss it. I think it is a good movie..... despite bad reviews. I am a sucker for movies with ancient people/anything ancient/wars though. I think the fight and war scenes were done so much better than anything I have seen in other movies. The only thing was..... they got it wrong with the muslims-praying scene. Having said that, they never got it right anyway, and it is annoying. People dont pray when azan is being called lah stupid.

Here is my list of some good movies that I have seen the past few months, in no particular order, and some are old ones, not necessarily released this year.

1. Samara (Angry deers aside.... this one scared the hell out of me)
2. Revenge of the Sith (Not really a StarWars fan.... but how Vader comes to life.... to good to be missed)
3. City of God (About life in the Rio slums.... simply stunning)
4. Garden State
5. Prozac Nation (We who went through stressful college.... can relate to this)
6. Mystic River (No, this is no wordy boring movie, this is fantastic, and Sean Penn doesnt overact, he is one hell of an actor)
7. The Station Agent (You can almost taste how good the food is, when the characters are cool with just eating, and no talking)
8. Shaun of the dead
9. Lemony Snickett
10. Pieces of April

There you go.... my guide to some good movies.

Interviews, wedding and wolverines

Currently crashing at Hakam's place, my flight home tomorrow is at 720. On Air Asia.... which is not that good.... because I paid so much. Tu lah last minute..... MAS fully booked sampai next week.... due to the start of the school holidays.

I went to MISC's interview yesterday, and petronas's today. Both interviews lasted like 20 minutes.... but there are only 2 rounds of interviews. Unlike some other companies which have like 4 rounds.... tiring and buat malas sahaja. Petronas's was a walk in..... I got there 40 minutes earlier.... and there were already like 50 people. Elly joined me a few minutes later. People were coming in droves.... good thing that I decided to come early, even though I had only like 2.5 hours of sleep. But the waiting was as expected, and we were also given a briefing and presentation about the company. Elly didnt make it to the actual interview..... she had to leave early as she is getting married like a few hours later lol.

Met some old friends(wolverines) here.... especially at elly's wedding. I must say the way they do a wedding here is quite different than in Kuching. Spent some time hanging around at the wedding .... got there early but left really late lol. A quite tiring few days it has been.

Anyway.... since I got rejected by shell.... banyak songeh lah shell nih hehe.... I am seriously thinking of job hunting in KL or west Malaysia. But in order to do that.... I thnik I have to stay here la. I have already accepted the offer in Kuching, after shell rejected me.... and starting on 6/6...... so hmmm...... cannot move here lah lol. I guess I will just wait for the opportunities and see what can I do.

SRD over.....

I just got back from the shell recruitment day(srd).... what challenging two days. Yesterday was for them to brief us..... then today the actual srd. So today we had 4 tasks.... a proposal, case study, group discussion and then a final interview in the end. Lets just say..... by the end of the day, maybe due to stress, or just tired..... people started to look like zombies. They only employ on average 20% of the participants during an srd..... I dont know about the chances.... but after I answered the final question from the dutch assessor Mr Wim during my proposal presentation....he giggled. So that wasnt a good sign lol. The shell headquarters is full of britons and dutch people. As I was finishing my proposal..... I told myself..... maybe I should treat this srd just as an experience.

Nevertheless..... it was a wonderful experience with 7 wonderful people. There were 8 of us today.... 2 Mirians, 3 Kuchingites, 2 west malaysians and a sabahan. And my hotel roommate, whos also from kuching.... was my senior at st josephs, 2 years senior. He already got his masters..... and also currently working with a firm. I found out that there was also a srd yesterday.... so there could be more srd's on other days as well.

It felt like we were on the apprentice(berangan)..... all staying in the same hotel..... everyone was analyzing everyone.... everyone thought the mirian girl.... who obviously didnt need a hotel room..... is a major threat. During the briefing.... wah popapopa in a super confident articulate way.... the guys were all intimidated. We told ourselves.... we will not be that harvard guy on the apprentice 2 who was outspoken and kenak hentam by the two ladies in trump's boardroom lol. But in fairness to her..... she was very nice.... and even gave us a mini tour of Miri and took us out to dinner. So I guess..... as a whole its a good experience for me. If dont get it... no rezeki lah.... apa boleh buat.

p/s:
-Thanks tipah
-elly.... kalau aku dapat shell... aku gi... kalau tak... takde duit lol

Badminton, football and unemployed grads

Triggered by recent viewing of some badminton...... there is some tournament going on...... I find americans perception about badminton truly disrespectful. Frankly, in my opinion, badminton has no place in America and no one in america wants to be known as a badminton expert. I read somewhere, by some michigan daily columnist I think, to stress that John Navarre sucked..... the columnist said that he could beat Navarre in anything, even in Badminton. Which is not fair at all, because I do play badminton and I find it fun. Nevertheless...... there are some aspects of badminton that can be improved upon..... to make it more appealing. Maybe they want to start with apparel. Why do they have to wear those shorts..... the sight of grown men wearing short shorts is plain ridiculous. Yonex has got to be able to come up with cooler designs. I know there are flexibility issues with shorts..... but you can make them humongous and stretchable.

The astro pundits...... these pundits have a special spot in my heart indeed..... the pundits and their never ending debate on whether or not Andy Reid should be classified as fat......fyi Andy Reid the spurs winger, with a left foot almost as sweet as Beckham's right. In fairness, no way Andy Reid is fat.... not with that kind of stamina. I think the problem lies in the spurs jerseys. Sponsored by Kappa..... they got those body hugging jerseys.... similar to those of Roma. The problem with Andy Reid is..... he must be wearing his jersey at least two size bigger..... and I think due to the combination of that and the body hugging material of the jersey and his stocky frame..... Andy Reid looks fat.

However.... a few days ago, interestingly another spurs player..... the egyptian Mido, came in late as a substitute. This time, theyve got video evidence..... a close up of Mido's mid-section area showed all that fat hanging and bouncing as he ran to the center of the field. Who could have thought..... a fat football player in the EPL.

Enough shenanigans. Next week, something to get me out of idleness and nothingness..... going to Miri. It has been a while since Ive been there, its one of my favourite places. Having a two day "recruitment day" with shell. What a pleasant surprise, how the heck did I got through the first round of interviews. I sucked big time during the first interview, which was done over the phone. Phone interviews, for me..... suck, I prefer normal interviews. I think I am in a similar position as Liverpool..... somehow got through. With that said..... I still need all the luck in the world and blessings for this..... but I am coming with guns blazing, the apprentice style.

For I am desperate. The biggest issue of them all.....bigger than mas stewardess attire.... 80000 graduates unemployed. Thinking that you are one of them..... that alone make me nervous. Today I read in the paper.... yet again the sad ironic story of an unemployed graduate. A female mechanical engineer graduate, from Pahang I think. She has been unemployed for 2 years..... has been attending countless interviews..... now she is helping her father at the stall.... making fried kwayteow, and her specialty is fried kway Teow with cockles.

Kotakku hancuss

Most encounters with west Malaysians, only males so far, kidding or not, or just too shy to ask properly or whatever...... they would ask me about gambir. To tell you the truth, I think sarawakians do not care about no gambir, at least to my knowledge. It is weird that people ask about this gambir, as I had never known that sarawak is known for its gambir. Are people being conned by sarawakians or what? Nevertheless...... if you seriously want gambir, let me know.

The other day got my pc fixed.... god damn power supply cost 150 bucks..... the other day the amoi said its only 50 bucks, apparently the cheap one is not compatible. Was I conned or what.... as usual, I had to insist I am no chinese, and do not speak chinese. Sometimes... even malay people speak malay to me with a chinese accent.

I blew the power supply.... no lightning thunder power surge whatsoever.... I changed the voltage back to 115V..... as I forgot I already switched it before.... what a moment of zero iq. My monitor the other day, one half of the screen was discoloured.... but remarkably, the defect has all but dissapeared. My workhorse accusync monitor is self healing. I got that thing during freshman year, and it shows no sign of aging..... what a bargain..... nothing beats a 19-inch flat screen crt. I still prefer flat crts(including tv) to those panels..... they are great especially for entertainment..... watching movies.

Champions League final: Liverpool vs Milan

Is it a goal... or is it not? Luis Garcia said it went in..... but of course he would say that..... I agree with jose mourinho..... the linesman scored. After further reviews by astro's so called football pundits.... including numerous replays and the use of hawk-eye technology(sounds so familiar.... i think they use this in tennis).....the pundits say it didnt cross the line. With sheer luck on the side.... as well as super negative, mistake-free tactics..... it would be a wonder if Liverpool dont win it this year.

A victory.... ignoring whatever ugly tactics employed.... is welcome. After all, we the supporters have suffered too much..... so much that sometimes I ask myself why the heck am I supporting this club and watching their games. A Liverpool side of this generation, time and time again.... have presented the faithful Kop with utter rubbish. Milan Baros doing absolutely nothing in 3 1on 1 situations with the keeper.... or Djimi traore outjumped by Fabio Cannavaro, who is absolutely not a tall man, at all..... the sights are all too common, it is a wonder how this side managed to beat Juventus. But to be fair.... Cannavaro posess some super spring in his legs...... indeed, but with that said, Traore has got to be the tallest man that can be outjumped by cannavaro.

Regardless of the outcome in Istanbul, my two favourite english teams, Liverpool and Tottenham, are facing some exciting times ahead( or, like countless years before, not). Theyve got some pretty good players..... and are in good hands. But first, we have to get rid of Jerzy Dudek. After witnessing him executing his latest "get the ball on my left side at all costs" manouvre..... maybe opposing teams can start build their team around just that when facing Liverpool...... pass it to dudek's right.

2-hour diesel queue+heat+pathetic aircond+stupid drivers=ROAD RAGE

Diesel smuggling/abuse of subsidized diesel price is such a big issue nowadays. Now we have a quota system for diesel. Yet, another fantastically stupid "solution" for a problem, in this case, by the federal government(specifically trade bla bla ministry). Not impressed at all by the stupidity. After all, a few weeks ago, the biggest issue in the parliament is about MAS stewardess' kebaya being to revealing and tight, too arousing for some MP's that they cant help it but to harass sexually. What sad, pathetic men.

These are trying times for us driving vehicles running on diesel. Last week, I had to wait 40 minutes, in the blazing sun, to get diesel. Thought that was bad enough. Today, I got insider's info, the highest grossing petronas gas station in Kuching is getting new supply of Diesel at aprox. 9.15 am. Damn fabulous I thought, I would go to the station 15 minutes early, escaping the queue.

Boy oh boy, was I wrong. Got there around 9, and there at the station, vehicles in a long line of at least half a kilometre, already formed. The oil truck just got there, and they only started pumping at around 10am. I only got to pump at around 11:15, by that time, the queue was as long as it has ever been. By 1pm, they were out of diesel. Many unlucky people who were queuing patiently, had to search for diesel elsewhere.

The minister who proposed this idea is an idiot. There must be other solutions. Why punish the innocent public, for sure those in the queue werent smugglers. Damn 2 hours plus in the sun to get fuel, freaking unbelievable. Cant imagine how other people, who actually have something to do, feel about this.

The car aircond was not helping at all either, to say the least, it wasnt cooling. This aircond is like a cold blooded animal, if the temperature outside is lower, it works fantastic..... if its scorching hot, it blows almost-hot air..... how irritating is that. Furthermore, if the car is not moving, for some reason, the aircond stops working and blows gradually hotter air...... maybe somthing wrong with the fan or sumthing blocked or things like that..... or maybe it is just old.

And, to add cheese with the whine, the same old story.... malaysian drivers. For me, I have no problem with younger drivers.... those who drive like lipas kudung..... potong sana potong sini.... as long as they dont meddle with my safety, I dont mind. But I have a history with old drivers.... all my accidents so far involved old people..... I find them having no common sense on the road, and having a very strange, unpredictable style of driving, to be polite. Today, I almost hit another vehicle. I must say I was not at fault, because he didnt use signal light whatsoever. There they were, the pak haji and makcik, stunned by the occasion, staring at me like I am a criminal ..... I could see their lips, pot pet pot pet.... muttering words, their genuinely innocent faces just like theyve seen a ghost....... what can you do..... a lose-lose situation. Now that wraps up my unusually long post.

what time is it.... it is makan time

Currently, I am filling the position of personal driver of the two bosses at home.... my youngest two sisters. I also accept calls from basically everyone...... luckily I havent got a handphone, not planning to get one for the time being...... picking up people from the airport, ride to the airport.... drop people at this place where parking is scarce..... and things of that nature. Not that I mind..... not that I have anything to do.

Earlier this week, I decided for the first time since I got here... to eat laksa Sarawak. Once you try... there is no turning back. Now I think I am developing a serious addiction..... every morning I feel like I need to eat a bowl..... same thing with kfc. KFC recently introduced curry fried chicken.... sounds good right.... I tried and it was feaking delicious. Also, a serious addiction to black pepper burger.... I think this a sarawakian novelty. Basically it is malaysian burger..... those seringgit burgers..... with added black pepper sauce. Very tasty indeed....sarawak black pepper is the best in the world..... even those used in cheap burgers are freaking delicious. There is no way..... to watch what you eat here in mesia.

Anyways.... we also have ridiculous food here. 3 ringgit teh tarik at the waterfront...... I dont mind paying 3 ringgit for teh tarik... if they serve me teh tarik in a fat tall glass mug.... complete with foam on top. But 3 ringgit for a minute cup.... freaking ridiculous. Add a few bucks and you can get something from coffee bean.

Also, the other day, in the menu it was listed.... 7 ringgit nasi pattaya with chicken, fish fillet, mix vege, egg and some more things...... wah I thought that was fantastic...... so much stuff in it.... of course what you get is the normal nasi pattaya, very very small portion. Then if you try to complain and ask the waitress... where is the freaking fish fillet.... she wouldnt know what to answer, and just leave a gaping mouth. You have to answer your own question, and say oh maybe they forgot.... just to get out of the awkward moment. My point is.... kuching waterfront food is a rip off..... and yet... people still go there.

Shenanigans

Interview question of the day(translation): Keje on site ni mmg berpanas matahari... awak tak takut hitam ke?

So I was called for a second interview with this company. It was supposed to be at 1030.... I was a minute away from going.....then they called and postponed it to 230. So I was there at 230..... had to wait 1 hour. damn.... wth.... for the first interview... also waited..... not that theres anyone around. Kepala aku dah berasap.... tapi sabar aje la.

Then they expect so much of me. Why should I remember how to draw a pump.... or know how to draw pipes the standard way..... wth is a standard way of drawing pipes..... or know what the symbol of a deflection....... or is it just me?..... I am not going to revise everything... then remember the formula and symbol for deflection..... so many formulas for deflection........ just open the book la. Then came the "hitam" question. My decision not to prepare much was justified. If I dont get the job...... couldnt care less.....

Anyway, last night, Barca vs Real.... wat a match that was. End to end stuff..... defence was nonexistent. Barca could have scored 5 in the first half alone...... real got three chances and scored them all. This could easily be the match of the year. Too bad both teams are out of the champs league.... I am picking Milan to win it this year.....either Milan or Chelsea.... and hopefully Chelsea will win at Bayern.

Liverpool menang

Liverpool were lucky, totally outclassed, the only class players were gerrard and luis Garcia.... 2-1 is very good, but that header could have been dealt with better. If they kept it at 2-0, maybe theyve got a chance. With the away goal, maybe they need some more players... I saw Alonso on the bench. He will be much needed in the second leg.

But to see the number of players mising: alonso, kewell, cisse, hamann, kirkland... all key players... if houllier was in charge..... maybe they are now in relegation dogfight. They were even outclassed by Bolton.... but somehow won that one..... and Bolton is not the classiest of teams..

But I never liked Milan Baros.... if he wants a transfer... just get rid of him. Against Bolton.... he had three 1 on 1 situations with the keeper.... and he did nothing..... I am not really fond of steven gerrard either..... he is a good player.... but he tends to do everything himself and end up losing the ball or trying too hard to produce the killer pass and end up kicking it in a cincai manner.... I prefer the way he plays for england.... since frank lampard is so much better a player, he is more in the defensive role and play shorter simpler passes.... and still score goals.

Operation Job Hunt

I am trying to bombard companies with my job application. There is no place and time to be picky.... anything will do. After the first job is obtained, then I can see more options. So far... I think there are not so much opportunities in Kuching, but less competition I think. Weh Hakam.... jom apply shell---> shell.com.

As an ME graduate, the dream job for me, and I think for any ME student is to be involved in anything Formula 1. That would be beyond cool. Doesnt matter what it is, even something in hapless Minardi is absolutely welcome. Even to be only the lollipop man is cool enough. I think they want at least a masters.... but the lollipop man or fuel man dont need masters degree.... do they.

Malaysia weekend review

Last few days, been doing nothing but eat and watch football and enjoying the high humidity and the equinoks. If you were in KL last weekend.... sure happening gila.... so much thing going on there, with the F1 and stuff. Last weekend whole family was here because of the school holidays... so much supply of keropok lekor and keropok of many varieties and bbq for my sisters bday and things of that nature.... my sister and aunt got some authentic keropok stuff from Kuantan or something.... Damn.... keropok lekor is my faveret thing.... keropok lekor and football.... now that everyone has left or leaving or going somewhere.... it is my job to eat them all.

The thing about AirAsia... they advertise about 29.99 flights KL-Kuching.... but if you go and look online.... there is no such thing. Rip off gila.... maybe if you go book very much further in advance.... like 6 months before.... you can find such thing.... but still it is 1 in a thousand thing. Still.... I think it is a rip-off..... iklan macam banyak je.... "travel in march to may at 29.99" and stuff..... tapi mahal je sampai 200+. I think you are better off using MAS.... if you can find super saver flights, you are better off using super saver at all times..... save you the delays, bad food and stuff. I have heard stories of Air Asia delaying flights because the plane is not full... so they combine the flight with a later flight.... ghetto gila.

P/s: Wann.... barang kitak dah kamek berik ngan adik kitak....

Back in Mesia

Biar betul KLIA nye wireless nih... bagi free je connect. Anyway, I have another 3 hours before my final flight to Kuching. By now, I could not feel any filthier. One remarkable thing on my flight... according to the girl who was at one time sitting next to me, who also happened to be in Hill's "posse", Lauryn Hill was on my flight... but in the first class of course. But her "posse" were all over the place... guitars and musical instruments everywhere. Lauryn Hill is going to KL to perform in some Tsunami aid concert. I was lurking around... during transits, maybe I could snap a pictture or something... but of course the singer was nowhere to be seen. Maybe she was at some golden lounge or something.

My flight was alright, despite the pilot repeatedly saying that he was expecting major turbulences. Yes not once, many times he announced that. Which was very strange, because you dont want to hear that. But strange enough.... no turbulences whatsoever... only common shakiness, very strange pilot indeed.

That was the first time I go the Atlantic way, and strange enough, we stopped at Stockholm. What is MAS doing there, I have no idea... the airport is as big as Kuching's.... maybe small landing fees. I have no idea that many Swedes go to Malaysia. So there were vikings and blond bombshells all over the plane and also Lauryn Hill's posse.

And so this swedish dude was talking to me about how huge winning eleven is in Sweden/europe... yes I was still talking about W11, something in common. So much easier talking to europeans. Apparently he got second place in a tournament.... the first place prize according to him is a ticket around Europe and some cash. His favourite formation is 4-3-2-1, using Argentina, which according to him is the best team, with the backline defending further up the pitch, and applying pressure to the ball. Very interesting. I dont think so, I think their defence is very bad. I prefer England, absorb pressure, throw some long balls, lightning quick counter attack, utilize heskey to head balls and owen to run around hehe.

Excerpts from a mesian newspaper

"The day before yesterday, the SMK Durian Daun boy could not sleep well after learning that his name was not among the top scorers listed in the newspapers."

"Then it's off to school for half the day. After returning from school, he cooks lunch and dinner for his mother and younger sister before finishing his homework and revising his lessons."

"While waiting for the SPM results, he baked cookies..... and painted the house."

"....who was the president of the Red Crescent Society and chairman of the chess club, also bagged the best student and model student awards in his school last year."


I just cant help it. I am just not in a good state of mind. The first excerpt is just it. It just shows a pure moment of patheticness(hmm such word?). What freaks. 16AI's...17A1's.... I hope the ministry of education make the limit of number of subjects infinite... haha amik ko. Go chase the records... make the sky the limit.

Dont get me wrong. What good and noble deeds... studying hard and getting results. I am not hating nor am I jealous. Maybe I am... but that is not the point here. I have long accepted the fact that I am dumb by umich standard. Come on..... it is just pathetic. But children.... I am not sending any kind of message. This is not an excuse for you to not study. There is a thin fine line between studying hard with dignity, and studying hard and losing all of it.

Mail business in NW

You are pissed off... stressed out... it is cold and snowing, then you open the mailbox and there they are.... a huge stack of mails... all spam. Do you know how annoying that is..... if you live in NW you know exactly what I am talking about. Those spammers should be shot. Just install some secret cameras and catch these people .... and just hurt them. That is what I feel like doing. Or get their addresses.... collect the spams from the whole of NW.... and send them to their address. That will teach them a lesson.

If you are not pissed by these spams.... there is something wrong with you. It is annoying enough that we get spam emails.... now we get spam snail mails too. Then there is the issue of no trash can... or things of that nature around the vicinity of the mailboxes.... what are we going to do with the spams. I who actually care about the environment.... find it hard to just litter NW with spams. Most of the times... I would end up bringing them back to my apartment... which makes the situation worse.....most of the times it make me feel like crap and used.

You know what.... if you are those people who dont care... and just leave the spam mails where they belong.... on the green lawns of NW.... just go ahead. We have no business dealing with this crap.

Shenanigans volume 2

It is not hard at all to send me an email..... time of flight, transits, departure/arrival times. 50 words at most, if the author is abnormally wordy. And this travel agent.... "I will send u an email with your itinerary soon"... what is soon... never?.... soon my ass. I have to bombard the JPA bahagian Latihan with emails and calls, just to get this freaking email. And you know what, after that bombardment.... it only took like 5 minits for them to send the email.

The email was sent by a JPA person... where was the agent.... freaking coming soon email. And the ticket had been couriered to my address. I just hope it gets here soon enough. If it doesnt, wat the hel am I gonna do. Only two days left before the weekend... fingers crossed. I would rather go claim the ticket at the travel agent myself.

And I have no idea what is going on at the financial office. The Malaysians say one thing... the freaking midwesterners say something of total oposite. Wat the hell is going on down there. Freaking stupid retneks. Orang nak kasi duit pon tanak. Skema cam cipan. I feel like kidnapping the makcik at the sfo and dump her at the tsunami ravaged aceh. Nah amik ko nak ke tanak duit. Go rot in hell with ur skemakism.

Today I cancelled my International Health Insurance. Alan Benard is a pundek. I was charged 67 a month for that. When the hell did I sign up for that crap. Never did I sign for anything. Maybe I did not knowingly lol.... but I am very sure I did not sign anything. wtf is this... auto enroll or what.... I am so not over this... paying for crap.

Maxi Lopez and shampoo commercials

When Maxi Lopez came into the game yesterday, the first words out of one of the commentator's mouth was "Maxi Lopez could do a good shampoo commercial"..... or something like that. I am not the only one.

What a man to have the guts to wear his hair like that. That was beyond metro. I dont even know what that was... unclassified. Not only it was long, shiny and full of life... it was cascading. Maxi Lopez was doing layers to his hair. I wonder if he brushes his hair.... using a hair brush.... normal combs have no place in such gorgeous wonder. What could have happened if Lopez was tackled.... risking bodily injury to protect his hair from hitting dirt is utterly believable.

Such gorgeous strands of protein deserve a better body.... a woman. Men don't belong here.... we have no business meddling with fine long locks. One Fabio is crazy enough. Long messy crazy metal hair is one thing... long, cascading, gorgeous blonde hair is definitely another thing. Maxi Lopez was not even trying to look messy.... you know maybe leave his face unshaven... or messy hair just to look more mean and edgy. No.... it is all pretty in the world of Maxi Lopez.

Apu playing football pundit

As I expected, Mourinho got it done, Man U out of the competition. I dont think Frank Rijkaard have the goods to win the champions league. Yes it seems crazy, lookin at how great they are playing, and winning the Spanish League. But Barcelona have been playing like that since forever, they only lacked the killer instinct. Now that they have Ronaldinho, they can win the Spanish League. Chelsea's winning goal: from a header off a corner. The way Chelsea were winning headers averywhere was a joke.

How about that Ronaldinho goal. Ronaldinho is superhuman. I am not even sure if Zidane could do that. If only ManU bought Peter Cech/a good TALL keeper.... I think Ferguson could have won another champions League after that 1999 miracle. I recalled many mistakes by Barthez in latter stages. Crespo again scoring.... good to see he proved Chelsea wrong. Samuel Etoo missed a sitter.... he is the reason why Barca lost.

However, a person who could have been a factor was Maxi Lopez. He came in at 85.... big mistake by rijkaard. Should have been sooner. He is the designated saviour of Barca. The shine off his flowing cascading blonde locks alone could stun the whole Chelsea defence. What the heck was Rijkard thinking....

But most importantly, tomorrow Liverpool is playing, as I said, they will go through to the quarters. Again like I said, I know Liverpool suck big time, but they have every chance to win the cup. Leverkusen are no pushovers, I tell you Liverpool have always played with a swagger and confidence in the champions League. This is where they belong, they have the european cup champions' blood running in them.

My last words: Zidane handing off his mantle to Ronaldinho, gigi buffon doing the same thing to Cech, Arsenal will go out tomorrow, Liverpool will go through.

Ahpu the bookmaker

Chelsea vs Barcelona at espn2. 230 pm tuesday, dont want to miss this one. I think Arjen Robben is not playing, never seen him played before.... but Ronaldinho is going to be there... so no shortage of stars at all. But the player that caught my eyes is the new Barcelona player who scored their first goal in the first tie. Whats his name again... something Lopez, I read somewhere that barca just bought him last month. Flowing and cascading blonde locks, with a distinctive mystical swagger, scored a goal and provided an assist, he looked like a biblical saviour, reborn to save barca.

As much as I want Barca to win everything, I believe Mr mourinho will get the job done. I also think Liverpool can win the Champs League. They sort of know how to play in this thing. So my prediction: Liverpool and Chelsea will go through... ManU and Arsenal kalah.

Shenanigans

Why is it so hard to to book me a plane ticket? They dont surf around the net looking for deals... do they? Mine was supposed to be on the 15th, but they said that it might be delayed, or it could be on later days. (this is the travel agent talking)

That does not make any sense. If it is on the 15th, then that is it. You can't say "It is on the 15th, but it could also be on the 16th, 17th bla bla because it might be delayed". Who talks like that? What does it even mean? Are they predicting delays for my flight? Then... what would happen to my connection flights.. my luggages.. everything would be a complete mess.

Maybe what they meant was they have no idea when my flight is going to be. They requested for my flight to be on the 15th, then this so called agent would pass this request to her office boy, office boy pass it to another person... and so on. And no one really knows when the flight is.

To make it more amusing, I was asked to check my email regularly. "Just to make sure that you have enough time to pack you belongings and head to the airport". That is not good at all.