Dumb. Dumb. Dumb.

The topic and the pic below says it all. [-.-]"

Speechless. After countless times of news of this sort reported in the newspaper, internet and word of mouth, how can someone fall for this trick again? Reli "zzzzz" man.

Dear readers, if any of you manage to let yourself kena con like this, I will laugh my ass off.

Bah. Cant imagine how dumb can a COLLEGE student be!

The Japanese/Korean Spirit

Not long ago, I went to watch a soccer game between Sydney FC and Urawa Reds of Japan. Well, I kinda supported both sides actually. There weren't any real stars except for Urawa Reds' Shinji Ono(pic). Yes yes, I know he's not macho like Beckham. Minus the looks, I bet he's just as talented as Becks is. Well, he's actually a star of the current Japanese soccer squad.

However, this post is not about Shinji Ono. It's about the Japanese supporters that came all the way from Japan to cheer for their team. Hell yeah all the way from Japan just for a match. Still, this is not something surprising for soccer fans. Every clubs do have their travelling fans. Even those louyah football played in Malaysia also does.

The thing that impresses me is the spirit of their fans. Came equipped with huge ass flags and drums, they only filled a quarter of the stadium. Yet they were able to out-cheer the Sydney supporters. Ohmy... What a shame to the home team.

VS

3/4 of the stadium 1/4 of the stadium

Both teams lining up. The game was pretty exciting with Sydney scoring in the first minute and went on to lead 2-1 before half-time. However, Urawa Reds, supported by their travelling fans, came back to snatch a draw in the away fixture.

The continuous shouting and screaming of their fans totally impressed me. I wonder how would Sydney do if they were to play Urawa in Japan. This also reminds me of the 2002 World Cup held in Korea and Japan. Any football fans remember the red army?

Yup. This is the red army. South Korea's 12th player on the field. They were chanting and singing their national anthem during the whole 90 mins. Impressive huh? How intimidating that would be for a travelling team having almost the whole stadium shouting and boo-ing back at you. Scary I assumed. Bah. I guess you can never get this anywhere else. Perhaps, maybe in Old Trafford, the Red Devils' home. Yes, their stadium are always full but I'm not sure if you can get fans shouting for the whole 90mins. It's just incredible.

There, tat's the Spirit. Joga Bonito.

One-Handed

Hey, my other arm is back! LoL.

As you guys know, I injured my arm a few weeks ago while doing sports. Well, to keep you guys updated, my arm is recovering now although I still can't do much with it.

Went to the physio for checkup. He said that it was just an elbow sprain. Thank god it's not a fracture. If not, my elbow would be in a cast for months. Grr. Btw, the pic below is taken on the night of the fall itself.

Note that the bandage is in the wrong place. LoL. The pain initially started from there, but as time goes by, the elbow starts to hurt alot.

While I had this injury, I couldn't use my arm at all, let alone lifting it above my chest level. Besides that, I have to practically carry my arm around everywhere I go. Fortunately for me, the physio gave me a sling to hang around my neck.

Well, it looks kinda cool at first. You get sits on buses because ppl see that you are less mobile. Yea, Sydney buses do reserve seats for less mobile passengers like me. Haha. Come to think of it, I doubt I will ever get a seat if I'm in one of those public buses back in Msia.

Bah... This injury is nothing to cheer about. Being less mobile, it's hard to get around your daily life. Imagine doing your laundry, cooking, bathing and almost everything with just an arm. It's possible but it's certainly not easy. Come, who dares to take the challenge to go one-handed for a week? Let me know of the results kay?

This gets me to think about those less fortunate people out there who are handicap. I used to think why would they wanna beg for money when they still have another arm to work. Now that I know that it's not easy, I understand why some of them choose to beg. There are limited things that they can do, let alone finding for a job. Which employer would wanna hire an unproductive worker?

So peeps, if you ever see a less fortunate/handicap people when you go out, plz plz do lend them a hand if they ever needed one.

P.S : My elbow's gettin better now. Able to bend them upwards and downwards but not being able to lift anything heavy yet. Grr. Assignments are due soon btw.

Cheers.

Smokers!

Article taken from www.thestar.com.my.

Hmmph, looks like women smokers are on the rise these days. I guess they're onto the "Hey, we're smoking, therefore we're cool" thinking nowadays. Wait, perhaps it's the government themselves who are promoting cigarettes in an indirect way.

Imagine 20 years ago, ads on cigarettes are less common compared to now. Thru its Tak Nak campaign, the authorities hope to persuade smokers to give up smoking. However, I noticed a slightly funny trend when I read this article.

While the authorities try to promote its Tak Nak campaign since the last few years, the Health Ministry came up with a statistic that female smokers have doubled up. Well, so much for your time and effort on the Tak Nak campaign, but it Tak Boleh work la.

Imho, I think that the authorities are moving in a wrong way. The idea of increasing cigg packs by just 10% to stop smokers from buying them are just embarassing. Just try to imagine how a rise of 40cents per pack would discourage smokers to stop buying them. Even with toll prices increasing every year, motorists still pay to use them. Dun argue with me that roads are a neccessity while ciggarettes are not. Ask a smoker and you'll know the answer.

Well, this is different in other countries. For example, a pack of 20's in Australia costs about Aud10 per pack. That is expensive and worth considering about. Being a casual smoker myself, a rise of a mere 40cents per pack wouldn't even stop me from buying it. Prolly it will make me and some other smokers bitch about for a short while but I can guarentee you that it wouldn't stop us from smoking.

Therefore, I would declare that the efforts by specific authorities in campaign Tak Nak is not going well. Statistics tell for themselves. Perhaps you guys should try a different approach this time around.

Sports + Me = Injuries

Haha. What a topic to start with. As you guys probably know, my weekend was filled with sports, sports and sports. Yea, a whole weekend of sports.

First of all, I would like to congratulate the Masa(UTS Malaysian Association) soccer team for coming in 1st. You guys rox! Against all odds and pressure, we were able to come in first for the very first time in UTS history. Lol.

Back to topic. Sports and me have never gone well over the years. Whenever I sport, there's a high chance that I will end up injured. Just as my brother said when I tried to explain to him what is my latest injury about, "It's easier if you name those parts that you did not injured rather than those that you have". Yeah, I practically almost injure my whole body although they're not at the same time.

It all started since I was in primary school. Being a sporty person (sports is in my blood since last time) in primary school, I alwiz play during recess time. Well, who doesn't actually? Haha. I fractured my left wrist while trying to swing like Tarzan. Haha, serve me right. Lesson learnt, It is not as easy as you tought to swing from a tree to another. I had a cast on for about two months. Injuring your arm is never easy. There's many thing you can't do easily, for instance, eating by yourself.

The injuries followed me to secondary school. In my secondary years, I had two major injuries to my head and thigh. I had a collision while playing in a soccer tournament and ended up bleeding pretty badly due to a gash above my eyebrow. Apparently my teammate was going after the same ball as me and collided MOUTH first with my head. Wtf. I think his teeth gashed my eyebrow which then leads to blood flowing out. Thanks to those that offered me a ride to the hospital. I still remember you guys.

The next incident was during sports day in school. I had a muscle tear in my thigh area in a 100m dash race. Well, I guess I should blame the school for this. The sports carnival was held in our very own padang. Yes, and it's a lousy padang coz it's uneven. To make matters worse, it was raining heavily and the padang's condition is getting worse. The only positive thing I got out from this is a gold medal with the win :) and a chance to talk so someone special to me. The bad thing is, I was unable to walk properly for nearly a month.

Yea, those were the injuries that I had in my primary and secondary years. Not to mention the countless times I had sprained both my ankles.

Therefore I declare my motto for sports is "If you wanna play to win, play hard!"

As of now, I'm actually blogging with my elbow bandaged. Yup, my list of injuries just kept growing. I sprained my elbow while playing basketball for MASA. To make things worse, I missed the final game against UNSW which we lost by a mere 2 points. Btw, Good Fridays weren't suppose to be like this afterall. Grrr...

P.S > Photos on sports carnival and dance party will be up soon.

Coogee

Peeps... What's better than just going to the beach and lay down under the sun?
Lemme guess?

Emmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm....

Emmmmmmmmmmm....

Emmmmmm....

Emmm....

Em....

Nutin I guess?

Presenting........ Coogee Beach!Yup, this beach is just 10 mins bus ride from the place I'm living now.


Breathtaking view of Coogee Beach. Don't you just feel like stripping and dash straight into the waters?

The many beach goers on a Saturday afternoon.

Angmohs enjoy the sun so much. They like to sunbath under the sun. I wonder how many of them eventually gets skin cancer.












Pool-side beach. Beware of incoming sharks during high tide. Haha.

Damn cool pool btw.











Coincidently, there was an Ironman Challenge on that weekend as well. The guys are just so fit and tan. Sorry no pics thou.













When there's well hung guys, there'z babes as well.














Uh, uh, boobies! It's normal over here. How I wish it's the same in Malaysia. Ohhyah, they're Asians btw. Notice the airport? Haha.

What a Week.

Hmmph, what a week this turns out to be. There's many ups and downs that I'm experiencing at the moment.

First of all, it's the lazy to clean attitude. As you all know, we(yong, fats and killeryit) have just shifted into our new home. Haha. Yes, it's a H.O.U.S.E you know. It's kinda big and it has 4 bedrooms. The rent is pretty reasonable considering the prices of Sydney's property are going at the moment. For the same amount, we are only able to get an unfurnished 2 bedroom unit apartment in the city. Yeah, so that's a pretty good bargain. Okay, this post is not about the house btw. I shall not talk more about the house at the moment. I was never fond of moving into a new house. Well, it's actually the thought of having to clean up and unpacked my luggage kills the excitement of moving into a new place. Argh. Anway, thank god it's clean now. However, my luggage is still there. 50% done at least.

Next up is my class timetable. I only have classes two times a day. Wooohoo. However, it's from morning to night. And that's because I have a freakin 5 hour break in between both classes. Bah, I shudn't have complain much. At least my classes are only 2 days in a week.

The Masa(UTS Malaysian Society) sports carnival is coming up. That means lots of practise and sports throughout the week. Well, this is one of the events I'm looking forward to because it's pretty boring over here. So yeah, the sports event will be held this coming weekend. 4 major unis are going to participate. They are, Macquarie Uni, UNSW and Uni of Syd. After the sports event, there will be a dance party organized by these 4 unis. Ohyah, the events are for Malaysians. However, the dance party is open to all. Haha, tat means another drinking session with the guys again. Drunk we are becoming again.

The EPL season is coming to and end soon. I'm a Red Devil fan. Yes. Man Utd will win the title this season. Byebye Chelsea. The weekend matches were pretty exciting. Liverpool thrashed Arsenal 4-1 and Man Utd beat Blackburn with the same scoreline as well. To those Man U fans out there, Glory glory man utd! It's gonna be our season considering how well they fought back in the second half. If it wasn't for Brad Friedel, it would have been at least 5/6 goals. However, boring boring Chelsea stole a win at Watford. So the title race is still on. Damn u lucky bastards.

Fats kana "bah kua". It means saman ler. Haha. We went for this basketball tournament held in Auburn Basketball Centre. Fats being the typical Malaysian, decided to go for a cheaper ride by purchasing a concession ticket. Fyi, we International Students do not get concession rates despite paying a hugh amount of fees compared to the citizens here. Unfortunately, they were caught by the attendents. Despite trying their best to impersonate a "I'm new and I juz arrived in Sydney" look, the attendent gave them a "Ya rite, yr student id shows that yr here for over a year" reply. Nah, they were actually quite friendly and explained to them the rules about concession tickets. Ohyah, it's April Fool's day as well. Too bad, the attendent weren't in the April Fool mood. And Fats ended up with a $200 dollar fine.

There. That's my week. Oh yah, I forgot to include the $200 dollar i lost in Star City as well. Damn the devils there. Will be back for revenge!