Excursion!

When the world goes haywire, I go into hiding.

See you when the war's over.

Strawberry Swing

Wish you all a wonderful Monday ;-)

Please Make Us Proud

The act of being open has exposed the country too much. To be heroes of a certain race, one tend to go overboard in criticising another, thus making it seem as if the country is in chaotic condition, some may argue, so I’ll choose the word ‘confused’ rather than ‘chaotic’. The need to discuss is there but it should be behind closed doors and not through the newspapers or demonstration. As members of parliment, you should know that better. You are wakil rakyat or representatives of the people. Please don't ask people to join your so-called 'human rights' demonstration! As our representatives make us proud and not ashamed of you!

Winter Break

I'm currently in Sydney. Next destination, Brisbane. Go back to Auckland, then going down to Palmerston North. Hopefully I have time to go to Wellington after that. Once this is all over and im all out of money, i’ll be uploading photos and maybe writing about this trip here.

Until then! :-)

Goodbye Cristiano Ronaldo

I will surely miss him - maybe a lot, maybe not so much it all depends on how the rest of the players step up and how the new signings fit in.

We are 2 years behind schedule on rebuilding, as Nani and Anderson have not shown they are capable of replacing Giggs and Scholes - a major problem. We have to replace Ronaldo and Tevez, we may have to replace Hargreaves if he cannot get fit, Rio is clearly a constant injury risk so we need another back up central defender behind Jonny Evans. Hopefully Wes Brown can give us a full season and with Rafael learning we should not miss Gary Neville.

Back to Ronaldo, I have watched United since primary school and no player in that time excites me like Ronaldo did. Keane and Cantona, Beckham and Giggs all are great players that we have been priveleged to call our own..but Ronaldo was something really special. He is a true talent the likes of which we may not see again in a very long time. I'm just glad that he played for Man United for 6 years and helped us to many accolades. I'm of course disappointed that he's leaving but I don't wish anything but the best for him. He said before he dreamed of playing for Real Madrid since he was a boy. I'm certainly not about to vilify anyone who is following their heart to achieve their dreams. Thanks Ronny we will miss you, but hopefully not too much. Thanks for the good times.

All Blacks lose to France

New Zealand 22 France 27 ( 1st Test Match)

I watched the game live last Saturday; shameful!. A huge win for the French. It was the fourth French victory in New Zealand -though their first since 1994. Now they'll have the self belief that they can travel down to NZ and win the RWC in 2011. Henry and Co put out the best team available and they were'nt good enough. Of the new guys, I thought Ross played really well. Muliaina was good too. Nonu may have scored but once again went missing and how many times will Toiava drop the ball when we are hot on attack. Rokocoko did nothing. I think the French defence was putting too much pressure on the AB's line, the French were well structured which the ABs couldn't break through and they were rushing up on our attack very fast putting pressure on our attack causing us to make errors thus getting them turnovers. Get rid of Tialata, he sucks. Thomson is no where near a 7, loose trio was very poor. Some of Donald's kicking was very poor, it is not Super 14, kick for corners, and get rid of this stupid short restarts! Badly exposed in the loose forwards. Liam Messam needs to take a hard look at his defence! Both French tries came off him missing straight forward, easy tackles.

By the way, I found that they pick more players from the second worst team in the Super 14. How many ABs Chiefs 2nd, 5 - Muliana, Donald, Messam, Latimer, Masaga. Hurricanes 3rd/4th, 6 - Jane, Nonu, Tialata, Hore, Weepu, Evans. Crusaders 3rd/4th, 3 - Read, Ross, Thorn. Highlander 11th 2 - Cowan, Thompson. Blues 9th 6 - Toeava, Rockcoko, Woodcock, Mealamu, Afoa, (Luke Mc Ailster) So, the 2nd worst team in NZ gets 6 players in the Team, that's more then the Chiefs and Crusaders who not only finished higher but had better defense ALL year; although I'm a big fan of The Blues ha ha but that's the fact.

and bring back JERRY COLLINS! ABs sorely lacked toughness in the tight exchanges, we needed someone to lead form the front in both defense and attack.

Congratulations France, they played better and deserved the victory. I think they outplayed us everywhere. Hopefully the ABs do better in Wellington this Saturday! Of course I'm not going to miss it. Get well quickly, Richie, Dan Carter, Ali Williams, Rodney, Conrad Smith, Richard Kahui, Sivivatu, Leonard- I miss you guys.

For your info-the current ABs players; 15 Mils Muliaina (c), 14 Cory Jane, 13 Isaia Toeava, 12 Ma'a Nonu, 11 Joe Rokocoko, 10 Stephen Donald, 9 Jimmy Cowan; 8 Liam Messam, 7 Adam Thomson, 6 Kieran Read, 5 Isaac Ross, 4 Brad Thorn, 3 Neemia Tialata, 2 Andrew Hore, 1 Tony Woodcock. Reserves: 16 Keven Mealamu, 17 John Afoa, 18 Bryn Evans, 19 Tanerau Latimer, 20 Piri Weepu, 21 Luke McAlister, 22 Lelia Masaga

P/S; If anyone interested to watch ABs vs Springboks game on the 18th July at Eden Park (Tri Nations), please let me know ASAP. There are 3 people so far.

Jalan Ini

Jalan ini kuambil

penuh liku

namun kuambil jua

kerna hikmahNya

Jalan ini kuambil

penuh kegelapan

kusuluh kulihat

namun depan masih samar

Jalan ini kuambil

demi lengkap

ruang kosong

di sudut sanubari

Jalan ini kuambil

kerna Dia

itulah hakikatnya

itulah hakiki

-fman024-

Moment

Current Reading: Eleven Minutes by Paulo Coelho

Current Music: Seandainya by Sheila on 7

Mood: Headache, is that a mood?

Smells: Leftovers

Sounds: Humming Heater

Temperature: 10 Celsius

Thoughts: Am I a mistake for you?

Tribute; Mom's Day

Recently, a friend reminded me of Mothers Day which I, like most other males will naturally forget (don’t blame me…it is in our genes to forget important dates!). Yeah most of us will think nothing of it since our mother is still around to fend and mend the broken and the battered but try to do this.. imagine that she is not around for a day. You may say that you are a million miles away from her and it will not bother you. Like it or not your mother will always be in your mind if not in your heart.

She may have thrown you out of her house for not marrying the girl of her choice or worse still she may have disowned you but if you do some soul searching you will find that having her on your side will always be better than having her on the opposing team (can’t get football off my mind too..diversion). Some people will give some sort of lousy excuse stating that religion doesn’t allow us to celebrate Mother’s Day and all sort of things but if you said that, actually you are supposed to remember God every second and mothers will not be too far behind. So are you there yet? If you are not, do not preach unless you can lead by example!

If you had a cold, your mother will pamper you. I have not yet seen a wife who could do the same (if there is one inform me and I’ll marry her.. oh if she is a wife than she would have been already married!) If you had a problem she will listen and not run away like most friends will do. So today or any day, you don’t have to wait until Mother’s Day to say it.

By the way, when is the exact day of Mother’s Day? Haven’t called home since last Februaty, may be I should.

And yeah, Manchester United have completed a hat-trick of Premier League title triumphs!! Glory glory Man United! :-) Have a nice day.

Moment

Current Reading: Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte (I know I can't finish it, just want to sleep)

Current Music: Save You by Matthew Perryman

Mood: Foggy

Smells: Tea and lavender

Sounds: Quiet

Temperature: 10 Celsius

Thoughts: What if shadows could talk?

Mosaic Collection: Skydive

I must not fear, fear is the mind killer.

Fear is the little death that brings total obliteration.

I will face my fear.

I will permit it to pass over and through me.

And when it has gone past I will turn the inner eye to see its path.

Where the fear has gone there will be nothing.

Only I will remain.

-FRANK HERBERT-

Photo of the Week

Camera: Canon EOS 400D

Exposure: 25 sec

Aperture: f20

Focal Length: 18mm

ISO Speed: 100

Exposure Bias: 0 EV

Flash: No Flash

Edit: No

PFA Player of the Year; Ryan Giggs

I read his book last year; 'Giggs-The Autobiography'. The first sportsman autobiography book that I had read indeed. Sometimes it is cruel but somehow it must be said. Some players are wonderful, even great, when they are playing for their clubs but somehow when they play for their country they fall short of expectation. Whereas, there are another group of players that are marvelous for their nation but their nation just could not produce enough quality players to make a decent team. Such was the case for Wales and Ryan Giggs.

Giggs is a player with tremendous talent. I still cannot find a 35 year old who still runs at defenders as he does. He does the same for his country of origin but sadly to say he has gone nowhere. He runs just the same but into a brick wall. The thing is he keeps running at the wall over and over again for his beloved country. He started donning his national colours at the age of 17 and finally he said enough is enough. He is tired running into the brick wall of failure.

The point is one player does not make a team. The team should consist of several players to goalkeep, to defend and to attack. To make the grade into a final, like the world cup final or European championship final, you need a good team with several good players. Sad to say that Wales only has Giggs. Bellamy is a great that never was. His indiscipline has gotten him no where. George Weah was another player to be placed in this category. He was voted world’s best player but he never got the same accolades with his national team.

I still remembered the time when Giggs came to Malaysia with Manchester United. I was form 3 that time. My friend and I skipped the prep hours and went back to our dorm just to watch ManU vs Malaysia match on tv3.. Spirit! :-) Although he was playing against a 122 (is it that still? Opsss,its 161 now!! cannot believe that no huh?trust me) ranked team in the world, he still played his best. It doesn’t matter if you beat the team 10-0 but the key is you must give it your best. Which is something I cannot say for the rest of the squad. The team cannot ‘save face’ the Malaysian team or else they will never realize how far lagging they are. That is the mark of a true sportsman.

A sportsman should be true to himself and should be true to his paying fans!

For the first time, he has won the precious award in his glittering career- he is the Professional Footballers's Association of the Year!!! :-) Congratulation to you Giggs!

Mosaic Collection: Rose Festival 08

كهيلڠن

ساي امت سديه كران تله كهيلڠن تمن يڠ ستيا كڤد ساي سجق تيڬ تاهون دهولو. تيدق تاهو اڤ ترجادي ڤدڽ تتاڤي دي تله تياد. سديه سمڤأي تيدق تركلوار اير مات اين. موڠكين سوده تقدير دان تيبا ماسڽ اونتوق دي ڤرڬي. تياد لنسوڠ تندا-تندا يڠ منونجوقكن دي اكن ڤرڬي. سميڠڬو سبلوم ڤمرڬيانڽ، ساي بارو فورمتكن ناديڽ دڠن تتيڠكڤ يڠ بارو. دي كليهاتن چريا دان برڬرق دڠن لنچر سكالي. ببراڤ هاري كمودين، دي ڤدم دان هيلڠ سچارا تيبا-تيبا. ساكيت جنتوڠ اڬقڽ. ڤواس ساي ممبري بنتوان كچمسن كڤداڽ تاڤي دي تيدق ماهو باڠون. ادوه، بركچاي هاتيكو.... سلاڠ ببراڤ هاري، سساورڠ تله منجاتوهكن لنس چوميل 50 مم ساي، دان بادنڽ بركچاي دوا. تيدق داڤت دسلامتكن لاڬي. اڤ مالڠ ڤوڽا نصيب لا، هيلڠ ساتو، ساتو لاڬي هيلڠ. مان ماهو چاري ڬنتي كدوا-دواڽ؟ دويت ڤون سوده تياد. ڤنيڠ سوڠڬوه كڤالا ساي. ڤلباڬاي مسئله. نصيب-نصيب . سلامت تيڠڬل كومڤوتر ريبا دان لنس چوميلكو. اكنكو ايڠت جاس-جاس كاليان. سكين.والسلام. Go and learn JAWI if you want to read this post

Moment

Current Reading: Lightbown, P.M. & Spada, N. (2006). How languages are learned?

Current Music: Use Somebody by Kings of Leon

Mood: Wide awake

Smells: Nescafe and lavender

Sounds: Silence

Temperature: 15 Celsius

Thoughts: 1st assignment worth 50% from overall marks??damn!

Mosaic Collection: SBE 2008

Photo of the Week

Camera: Canon EOS 400D

Exposure: 0.006 sec (1/160)

Aperture: f4.5

Focal Length: 300 mm

ISO Speed: 100

Exposure Bias: 0 EV

Flash: No Flash

Edit: No

Musim Lara

Kuterlena

dek hiburan warna kedaunan

musim luruh

luluh hatiku

Kuterjaga

dengan ketukkan salju di jendela

mengejutkanku dari

lamunan panjangku

kuterasing sepi

dikelilingi pasir debu putih

terhampar dingin

sedingin hatiku

Bunyi air mengalir

salju cair mencairkan hati batuku

musim bunga menjelma

memberikanku haruman

tika kelam menyembunyikan cahaya

tika cahaya kemalu-maluan

kulihat di sudut jendela

kau timbul di balik panggilan senja

Senja kini cerah

pabila mentari garang

menusuk tubuh dinginku

memecah sunyi hati

-fman024-

Farewell Summer 09/08, with the end of Day Light Savings tonight. I'm going to miss summer season in New Zealand so much.

Selamat Datang Autumn

Coldplay Coldplay Coldplay

A very belated short review from the Coldplay concert last 2 weeks. This is my first ever Coldplay concert and easily the biggest I've seen. I'm nothing short of being blown away. There were so many highlights, I can't name them all because i'll basically be writing a transcript of the concert. So, i'll just post the photos to do all the talking..

Starting performance by local artist...em,can't remember her name.

2nd performance by Mercury Rev. Mantap gle

5 min before Coldplay came out

Badut cleaner menenangkan hati penonton dgn tarian break dance-nya

Penonton membanjiri Vector Arena

The time that we have been waiting for so long!

Suspend bro! suspend! haha

Yeah!!

Photo taken by Afiq..die sesat jauh dr stage.

Haa,I don't know the order of the concert starting this photo.dah campur dgn gmbr dr jack.

Oh ya,photos were taken by Afiq and Jack, I can't bring my camare along-I bet u know why..

Penat la nk komen semua gmbr..

"Those have been the two biggest chanllenges of my life: trying to follow Radiohead, and trying to follow Brad Pitt."-Chris Martin

Out came the balloons for Yellow, everyone had fun with those, great way to keep the crowd entertained because everyone loved them.

"That's my life, man. it doesn't make any sense but it's a lot of fun." –Chris Martin

;)

Everyone was dancing along to 42 by the middle section of the song. Fix You was a massive singalong like Yellow.

Viva La Vida,crowd went nuts. Great great great performance of it. Then Lost got a play. Afterwards, the boys disappeared off the stage and then reappeared in the crowd .

"That's what we have to remember: We're only on our third record. Pokemon was huge for a while, but that hasn't really lasted. At this point, I feel like we're the new wazzzzup!"-Chris Martin

Jonny Buckland-Lead Guitarist

Jonny Buckland on the whole band: "Will is the man that says 'no', I'm the man that says 'yes', Guy is the man who says 'maybe' and Chris is the man who says 'what about this...' " haha

Politik came on, everyone bounced along to it. Lovers in Japan was perfect! felt like we were in Japan

“If you get a permanent marker and you draw six squares on your tummy, it gives you an abdomen. From a distance, the girls will be impressed – let me tell you that from experience.” - Chris Martin

Chris bounded back on stage and The Scientist was played,acoustic. Just like what I wanted.

Jonny on Guy: "Although he looks very handsome, he is actually a bit of a geek. I admire his ability to get excited over gadets." =)

Chris on Guy: "If he wasn't in Coldplay, he would be in prison.." hahaha

Chris berlari-lari

Berlari mcm org gile

Penuh bersemangat!

Lari lagi..pergh...

Wooohooo!!

Pancit dah..hahaha

Tau pun letih..xde tempat lain nk baring..
Kantoi garu punggung !!
Cover baek punya...
Lama berbaring..

Chris Martin on himself: "I'm really passionate about surfing, actually scrap that - I'm most passionate about chocolate! If I wasn't in Coldplay, I would be playing piano in a gay bar." haha

Pindah kat belakang tmpt audience utk 3 lagu

Guy Berryman-Bassist

Will Champion-drummer/backing vocalist/multi-instrumentalist

"The biggest misconception is that there is a band called Coldplay that is all about Chris Martin. We as a band know this is not the case. It is a real democracy. Coldplay is a real joint effort of four people being passionate about music and the collaboration between these four people which results in recording albums."-Guy Berryman

Guy on Chris: "If Chris ever joined another band, he would join a traditional Scottish pipe band." hahaha

"You know, everytime I travel to America by plane there is that questionnaire and I have to inscribe my job. I never know what I should write so I change it every time. sometimes I write 'musician' and sometimes 'husband of a very famous hollywood-actress'".-Chris Martin

Magic Ball

"I dont want to be in U2, I am already in

the best band in the world" -Chris Martin

Afiq tertido sbb penat sgt.

Well, its hard to pick a favourite moment as it was all great, but personal highlights were Fix You, The Hardest Part, Politik and of course Life in Technicolour II..plus my favourite song, The Scientist......brilliant. If you havent seen coldplay I highly recommend it. One of, if not the greatest band that I have ever seen live.

p/s; Saja letak gmbr byk,nk bg otai jeles..hahaha