Puxaping Life

The “Special One” has left Chelsea on Wednesday night. It was coming in such a way but I can’t believe that the match against Rosenborg would be his last. I’m not a Chelsea fan but I do have great respect for the man. I just wish he would stay until the match against United. So were would he go after this? Would he be tempted to guide a team playing in the EPL?

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Posted by puxape at 9:29 am | Permalink | Comments

We didn’t win the game last night…but boy was it good to watch. For once I enjoyed seeing Ali Karimi “complaining” at the non stop leg chopping by our defenders. I think that he was kind of scared looking at the way our boys tackling their player one by one. I particularly don’t easily give out credits to any Malaysian footballer, but I saw some brilliance in Shukor Adan…he played his heart out without fear.



The Iranian players were a bit faze because they didn’t expect resistance in the shape of a Malaysian football team. Who wouldn’t…just look at our match records; we are not up to par with the other teams. Nevertheless after last night, the Iranian players would think twice…some of them where close to loosing their head…. I think some of them still feel the pain today.



It was a bold decision by the coach (Norizan) to field 6 defenders. Defending hard and always pressing the Iranians forward to make error…it could have finish better but at least with this kind of playing style, we could scare the hell out of any team. The intimidating way of defending looks to suite our players well. I think we should start building a team based on heavy tackling and built a reputation as the most aggressive team in Asia first. If we can’t be the best then we surely can be the baddest of all (not worst ok). I just wish that we can find a striker with the caliber of the late Mokhtar Dahari. Only then we can have a team with aggressive tackling and deadly counter attacks…that would be a dream come true.



PS: It was a rare sight but our keeper (Azizon) did a good job also.

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There's a reason for everything in this world. Like it or not, every positive thing tend to create something negative. That's life…day and night. It's the only way the world tick…sometimes.

Do you believe in destiny? Do you feel like you're here for something?

Now that we don't have any chance in the Asian Cup, would our player throw the towel and give up? Will you...No! It's now or never!

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What can the players, coach and FAM do in this short period time to bring back our pride? With time ticking fast, Iran can't wait to play us this Wednesday. It's their chance to make it into the second round…a written fact that our team is going to be molested again for the third time.

The ball is round and anything can happen…unfortunately not for us. I don't know why are we cursed in such a way. We are the laughing stock of the whole world now. If this country of ours was Colombia, we would have had a new team and coach after the first game. It's just plain disgusting; the way our boys played the game. You are playing for Malaysia for sake…I doubt that you don't even have problems to go to sleep after the game.

So what can you do dear players? Coach any idea?

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Have you ever tried to get your future read by fortune teller? There’s a lot of version of them but lets look within our country…no need to go outsidelah ok. Those gipsy fortune teller can’t be trust anyway. They only predict people’s future in the movie only. Let us look at our local Chinese fortune teller.

I have no experience at all getting my fortune told before so I ask ducky about it when I was back in Sabah last May. For your information, ducky is Chinese but he can speak Kadazan far better then I…shame on me. Anyway ducky advised me to be careful when it comes to fortune teller.

He told me that he had once ask a fortune teller to teach him how to read peoples future (4D lah tu). At first the guy didn’t want to tell him anything but after a while…with ducky being persistent, he eventually opens up.

The fortune teller told ducky that he can somehow talk to your spirit. It’s kind of like talking to your inside (spirit) without you (body) being aware of it. From there the fortune teller can ask your spirit anything…like how old you are, your hamster’s name and other stuff that only you know (present time only). So by the time you sit down, he already know what to say to make you believe in him. In other word, he knows you and your past but knows nothing about your future.

Depend on you guys to believe in it…kind of hard for those 4D enthusiast who’s searching for short cuts…

Anyway now that I have told you a little bit about fortune telling, who can guest how many goals Malaysia will let go when they face Uzbekistan.

PS: I believe in numbers…that is why I’ve made a formula to predict our team performance for the next match. I’ll will post it tomorrow…

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By half time I was already watching Ugly Betty on 8TV. Did you know that last night episode was about Betty and her family in Mexico? Yup, and I like the funny part where Marc and Amanda team up to destroy Tavares carrier…upss! Sorry about that, I should be talking more about football then Ugly Betty here…thousand apology.

So last night Malaysia played well…not! If you say losing 5-1 to China is ok, then you are sick. The Malaysian supporters were awesome but the players were not…I just don't know where to start, it was just that awful. Only in the first 10 minute that we have some sense of player positioning. After that the defender was all over chasing the ball. When the first goal went in, it was all over for us. I'm not being unpatriotic here but the players just gave up after that…you can see it in their faces.

There were many factors to blame on. One of it was our players height…we were shorter then the Chinese player. But then again, the Vietnamese players also lack height but still can go against taller opponent and win. The sport commentators on TV2 also keep on saying that some of the Chinese players have EPL playing experience…so what? We have the “Super League” here in Malaysia, doesn't that count? Nevertheless kudos to both commentators, they were still giving compliment to the Malaysian players when they were playing like kindergarten children.

Beside me just complaining, here is an idea on how to improve our football team….ask Azizon (GK) to cut his “rebounded” long shining hair. Believe me, the hair is disturbing his sense off balance. That's why he is caught out of position every time the ball comes near the goalpost…anyway, is it only me or did anyone notice that Azizon looks like Jaime Foxx the US actor? (another reason for him to cut his long hair)




PS: I hope Indra Putra Mahayuddin is in the starting lineup for the second match.

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Posted by puxape at 11:14 am | Permalink | Comments

Malaysia will be playing China tonight. It’s hard to be positive when we lost all our friendly games before. I’m sure that I’m not the only one feeling like this…but we are left for the wolves to munch down you guys. I’ve been trying to keep positive about our national team…but I guess they are not. Wonder why Nanthakumar went to say that he’s not scared defending against China…he should be. Being confident when you are well prepared is another thing, but when you are not…it’s ignorance. For once, the Chinese captain didn’t brag at all. They know the possibilities of playing against the host…just look at the Vietnamese team. Being down to earth for a team with high credentials such as China…I wish we had a team like this.



I’ll be watching the game on TV2 8:30pm tonight. It will be shown live…we are the co-host for heaven sake. Now you know why Manchester United was denied a visit here earlier. So with no expectation at all, I’m just going to say this to our boys. What if we would have won the game tonight? What if we would advance to the next level? What if we won the cup? It’s not impossible if you have the hearts to. The pain and blood you guys sheds for the country will always be remembered well beyond you lifetime. Do you want to be remembered? The fate is in your hand guys, play as if there is no tomorrow. Yes, we support Manchester United, Chelsea, Liverpool, and Arsenal. But imagine this; all the Manchester United, Chelsea, Liverpool, and Arsenal supporters support you. We are Malaysians… 27,140,000 of us. Enough said...go kick some balls.

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Wanted to watch Transformer today but ended up watching Die Hard 4.0 instead. Me and my girlfriend arrived at QueensBay Mall around 10.30am but both of us still can't get any good seats for the movie. There were only the front row seats and after the horrible experience last time…almost sprained my neck and back, we opted to postpone our kiddy infatuation to next week. I watched Transformer when I was a kid but I'm not that a big of a fan of it. I just can't get it when they transform into smaller thing…?

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Posted by puxape at 7:40 pm | Permalink | Comments

You heard about the pay rise didn’t you. I wish that I could have been one of those lucky guys/gals working for the G. I mean, what’s wrong with giving anyway…you could give me a pay rise if you like too...(^-^)/

I have been thinking just now… How much salary would make a “normal” Malaysian happy? I like to say RM10K but that would be too much to ask. Let’s be realistic, let’s get down to the middle/normal/average standard. How much do you think, would be enough? Enough for us to eat healthy (Maggi doesn’t qualify ok) and also enough for us to have a small saving at the end of the month.

I know that different person have different needs but that doesn’t mean that you’ll need a lot of money to be happy. At least we can compare our ideal salary expectation and see whether we would feel lucky about our current pay…so, how much?

Jungle Talks: Did you know that MU wouldn’t be coming to Malaysia? I know that AFC is standing firm with its decision and its good that they are showing integrity. But who was the one who thought that they could get away with it knowing well it was breaching the agreement. I just hope that MU would not take this seriously and boycott Malaysia forever.

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I've been snubbing F1 for a couple of years know because it suddenly became boring and a one way race. Alonso has been dominating the championship for 2 years (good for him) with Michael and Kimi following at the back. It seems that Alonso's first title wasn't a fluke at all, and he was the real deal when he won the title again last year. The only downside was that there were now genuine “new” contenders that were challenging these 3 drivers…until now…

Must watch event of the weekend…Happy Weekends you guys...

PS: PC Fair is here again and my stupid computer broke down again...What is the odd of the whole damn computer manufacturing circle having a bug inside you hardware triggered every quarter of the year?

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There wasn’t a single soul that wasn’t frustrated at the traffic jam that happen today. The police totally cut of Penang Bridge access during the afternoon causing a crawl from the island and also the mainland. People were given early warning about the cut off but it wasn’t enough. They want to go home and that made the jam biblical…

For you who didn’t heard about it, there was a bom threat that was issue for the bridge. The police had to cut off all access to comb the whole bridge for possible danger. Sure enough, the evening news on the TV confirm about the whole inccident. The bridge resume it’s normal operation around 7pm...


Congestion On Penang Bridge After Bomb Hoax

PENANG, April 4 (Bernama) -- A massive traffic jam lasting more than two hours occurred on the Penang Bridge from 4.45pm today when police closed both lanes on the bridge after receiving a call about a bomb being placed on the bridge this afternoon.

Timur Laut District Police Chief ACP Azam Abdul Hamid said the bridge was closed from 4.45 this afternoon to enable the bomb detection unit to carry out a check and prevent undesired incidents to befall on the public using the bridge.

He said the police had closed the bridge shortly after receiving the call about the bomb.
Upon inspection, police found a metal pipe measuring 30.48 cm long at the Km38 on the Penang-bound lane, he said when contacted by Bernama, here today.

The bomb detection unit later detonated the pipe at the site at about 6.30pm.
The bridge was reopened to the public at about 7pm after the police had ensured that the situation was safe.

BERNAMA


PS: Luckly I went to the toilet before driving off…

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Posted by puxape at 11:33 pm | Permalink | Comments

This is a true story of a young college girl who passed away last month, at
Shah Alam. Her name is Priya; she was hit by a lorry.

I don't want to mention the name of the college. She had a boyfriend names
Shankar. He lives in Johore. Both of them are true lovers. They are always
on the phone with each other. You can never see her without her handphone.

She spends ¾ of the day talking with Shankar. Priya's family knows about
their relationship. Shankar is very close with Priya's family (just imagine
their love). Before she passed away she always told her friends "If I pass
away please burn me with my handphone". She also said the same thing to her
parents.

After her death, people couldn't carry her coffin. I was there ~ a lot of
them tried to do so but still couldn't , everybody including me, had tried
to carry the coffin, the result was still the same.

Eventually, they called their neighbour, a "bomoh" from Thailand (pak
Darin), who is a friend of her father's. He took a seat and started
speaking
to himself slowly. After a few minutes, he said "this girl misses something
here". Then her friends told Darin bout her intentions to burn her with her
phone. He then opened the coffin and place her phone, together with the SIM
card inside the casket. After that they tried to carry the coffin. It could
now be moved and they carried it into the van easily. All of us were
shocked. (can you feel the fear? I'm shaking at this moment.)

Priya's parents didn't inform Shankar that Priya had passed away (pity
Shankar). After 2 weeks Shankar called Priya's mom.

Shankar: "Atte, I'm coming home today. Please cook something nice for me.
Don't tell Priya that I'm coming home today; I want to surprise her."

Her mother replied, "You come home first, I want to tell you something very
important."

After he arrived at Shah Alam, they told him
the truth about Priya.

Shankar thought that they were fooling around. He was laughing and said,
"Don't try to fool me ... tell Priya to come out ... I have a gift for her.
Please stop this nonsense."

Then they show him the Priya's death certificate; they gave him proof to
make him believe.

Shankar started to sweat profusely. He said, "It's not true. We spoke
yesterday. She still calls me."

Shankar was shaking so badly when suddenly, his phone rang.

"See this is from Priya. See this ...." he showed the phone to Priya's
family. All of them told him to answer. He used the loudspeaker mode. All
of
them heard this conversation, loud and clear. No cross lines, no humming.
It
was Priya's voice! And there was no way others could use her SIM card as it
was nailed inside the coffin! They were so shocked and asked for pak
Darin's
help.

Pak Darin brought his master (Tok Chen) to solve this matter. He and
pak
Darin worked for 5 hours ... then they discovered one thing .....




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I really like TV commercials from Thailand. They like to use humor to sale their products. This is by far the funniest TV add that I have seen from our neighboring country...I just can't get enough of it...Enjoy (^-^)

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I finally downloaded the latest installment for the anime Naruto (let's call it season 2 episode 1~5). I've been waiting for it for a long time already…I think since December 2005 (I think so…). It was that time that I got myself a copy of Naruto's new mangga.

I was already bored with the filler and almost gave up on this series for a couple of month. It's somewhat stupid when you somehow manage to make the main character so naïve and stupid. I need blood (Sarutobi Vs Orochimaru) and I need the action (Rock Lee Vs Gaara)…that's what Naruto is all about.

For what is worth, I hope they do cut down a little bit with the flashback thingy. It's apparently driving me crazy when the action just starting to heat up. I want more action ok.

PS: I know I'm somewhat old to watch this stuff…blame me for the ape I am…

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I must say 300 is the best movie yet to come out this year. The graphic was unbelievable that I almost wet myself (forgot to go to the toilet) looking at the details. It was like something that was truly out of the normal blockbuster league. It was refreshing and it was something new to the eye. Like “The Matrix”...it's a one time feeling where you won't get the jitter again if you see another film with the same effect.

I give it a five star. It is worth every single cent of your money. I hope I'm not too late to say this, go and watch the movie with your girlfriend…she will love it…trust me…

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I went to see Ghost Rider today at Queensbay Mall with my girlfriend today. After seeing the trailer on TV, I was excited that I got the chance to see it finally. There were not as many people at QueensBay Mall, not many shops opened their business during the first day of Chinese New Year.

Ghost Rider was ok…the opening was a typical Marvel comic movie opening. Sorry to say, the younger version of Johnny Blaze was much more better then the old one. I just can't get hold of the idea of Nicholas Cage playing the main character. You can't blame him actually; when he turns into the Ghost Rider, you just can't relate him with the character.

While there was a lot of CG in the movie (cool), there wasn't a strong story line to be proud of. I hoped that the bad guys would put a good fight, but I was disappointed. The hero was too strong that little effort was put into kill the bad guys. It was like taking a candy from a baby feeling.

Anyway if you think that I'm bluffing you, go to watch it for yourself. It was an ok movie…just barely. You just can't stop thinking that it should be more than that...

PS: Two star out of five…

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