This is sad. It's Friday evening, almost 10 PM and I'm still stuck at the 35th floor of one of the Petronas Twin Towers. Worse, Germany-Argentina match will start less than one hour from now.

Anyway, I still don't have the luxury of time. As such, another photo. I've already posted pictures of the clock tower, the Overfloor and the Big Tree at the Malay College. Now, it's the Big School (tag).


During my time, the Overfloor was painted white. Allegedly, the current colors are the original colors when the building was first erected in 1905.

No real blogging since I can't find the time to do so. So, here, another photo from the Malay College that I snapped earlier (tag).


It's fondly known as the Big Tree. Scientifically, it's Samanea saman.

In foreword written by Abdullah Ahmad in MCKK 1905 - 2005: Leadership But What's Next? by Khasnor Johan, he wrote:

Whenever I look at the pictures of the Big School and the Big Tree, time seems to have stood still. There is always something about them; the school and tree are timeless and seem never to have grown old.

Never? Heh. Not literally.

I don't have access to Photoshop right now since my desktop is messed up at the moment. So, I have limited ability to improve the picture digitally. That sucks in so many ways.

...to the "I hate Italian soccer" club. Henceforth, we're brothers, forming a common front against Italian soccer!

I hope Ukraine will wack those wanking cheaters, just like how the English are going skin the Portuguese alive (tag). God save the Queen!

I have a "those that are worthy for the second round but failed to make the cut" list. Now, I doing a new list - those that aren't worthy for the quarterfinal but by deceit, makes it. And there is only one in it. Guess which team is that.

And yeah, I'm still bitter.

A great face-off is due tomorrow at three in the morning, Malaysian Standard Time. It's the second round and the loser will drop out - winner takes all (tag). That alone makes this a crucial match to both teams; the teams are the Netherlands and Portugal. On top of that, tomorrow's game will be a replay of the Euro 2004 semifinal between the two sides. In that game, the Dutch lost 2-1 to the Portuguese. This means, naturally, it's time for revenge and I am convinced that the odd favors the Dutch this time.

Unlike Euro 2004 which Portugal was the host, this match is practically a neutral ground. More importantly, the ground is closer to the Netherlands than Portugal. So, Portugal has no home advantage as it had two years back. In fact, it's all too possible for the Dutch to gain home advantage instead.

Another reason why I have the audacity to bet on the Dutch is because unlike Dick Advocaat, Macro van Basten - the Dutch trainer - doesn't need to bother with harsh criticism prior to an important game. During the group stage of Euro 2004, Oranje met the Czech and at one point during that particular match, the Oranje was in the lead - two goals against one. Then, instead of fighting further, Advocaat substituted Arjen Robben for Bosvelt and regressed into the Italian game which is all about defending. I - I dare bet many others too - disagreed with that move. Even worse, Oranje suddenly lost control of the game. Insteado of leading, we were struggling and eventually lost it.

We exploded in anger and Advocaat was slapped with abuses by fans. Relationship between the manager, the team and the fans soured and I do think that contributed a lot to Dutch loss in the semifinal of Euro 2004. Advocaat resigned after Euro 2004 ended.

That was two years ago but this is a different Dutch squad in different circumstances. It's youthful team. There's no more Reiziger, no Davids, no Makaay, no Overmars. No Advocaat. Younger and energetic players now are part of the first team - players like Sneijer, Robben, van Persie, van der Vaart, Heitinga - even the coach is new. Suffice to say, it's a whole new squad.

Finally, it's Marco van Basten! An Ajacied at the helm!

So, I predict a 2-1, orange in color.

  

p/s - after a hiatus measurable in months, ReCom.org is back. I'm not sure if it's going to be as fun as it used to be.

  

pp/s - I didn't watch the Dutch-Portuguese game because I had to wake up early to renew my passport today. So, I did the best I could do and checked the score line first thing in the morning. And all I have to say is this:

I shall now sit quietly at a corner with a funny looking hat on my puctured head.

  

ppp/s - ref memang buta macam kayu. About the match, here is a heated argument. And I hate van Bommel. I hate him at P$V and I hate him now. And to hell with Figo!

This is the worst game ever!

  

p4/s - I would like to retract my "I hate van Bommel". But Luis Figo, to hell with him. He needs to be reprimanded. And God Save the Queen. England or not, I hope the boring English beat the Portuguese sorry ass!

It's really fun being able to be inside one of the tallest buildings in the world and watch the world outside. These are photos that I snapped from the 33rd floor of Tower 2, Petronas Twin Towers, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia (tag). It looks northeast - or east - and there aren't too many buildings in this direction. Downtown and the business district is visible on the other side of the tower.

Moving on to the actual pictures, this is a typical hot and dusty day. A sign of air pollution:



This is when you know it's a bad day:



This is when you know you won't be coming home soon (it's rain, not haze):



This is how it is like after a really heavy rain, with the sun breaking through:



...with two rainbows!



Alrighty. It's Sweden versus Germany. Go Zlatan!

The group stage is coming to an end and I'm preparing to switch my attention from the group stage to the second round (tag). Before I leave the group stage behind, I'd like to visit some of the teams that I feel should have gone through to the second.

To start off my list is Ivory Coast. The African nation, along with the Netherlands, Argentina and Serbia and Montenegro, is in Group C. Ivory Coast played strongly and they did give the Oranje a hard time. In fact, they gave everybody a hard time. Though I'm glad that the Dutch managed a 2-1 victory over Ivory Coast, Ivory Coast deserves praises for the way they played and fought. Alas, there are only two slots and there are three strong teams within the group. Something has to give and with regrets, Ivory Coast has to go.

Second is the Czech Republic. As I've blogged earlier, I look highly upon the Czech. To see them packing for home so early in the tournament is saddening. Ghana was a wild card and I was certainly caught off-guard by the way Ghana performed. Within Group E, I'd have preferred to see the Czech Republic and Ghana winning the two top spots. The Czech had so much to offer but Italy beat them to it. How unfortunate.

From Group F, it's Japan. I had expected Japan to tag along with Brazil into the second round. Never had I expected Australia to withstand the Japanese. So, I made the mistake of overestimating the Japanese strength.

Finally, in Group G, there is a possibility of France or South Korea being stuck in the first round. If either one failed, then the one that failed will join my list of "teams that I feel should have gone through to the second". But from the way Team France is playing and with Zidane on suspension, the two teams that I'd bet on to get to the next round is Switzerland and South Korea. Teams of Group G are playing tonight. So, the question of who gets into my list will be answered soon enough.

  

p/s - by the National Academy of Sciences:

WASHINGTON - The Earth is running a slight fever from greenhouse gases, after enjoying relatively stable temperatures for 2,000 years. The
National Academy of Sciences, after reconstructing global average surface temperatures for the past two millennia, said Thursday the data are "additional supporting evidence ... that human activities are responsible for much of the recent warming."

Other new research showed that global warming produced about half of the extra hurricane-fueled warmth in the North Atlantic in 2005, and natural cycles were a minor factor, according to Kevin Trenberth and Dennis Shea of the National Center for Atmospheric Research, a research lab sponsored by the
National Science Foundation and universities.

Something that we already knew?

The most exciting group in the 2006 World Cup so far is not the so-called Group of Death which many have identified as Group C (tag). In my opinion, rather, it is Group E instead. Ghana and the United States this morning managed to throw their group wide open after both embarrassing the Czech Republic and Italy respectively.

The Czech-Ghanaian was fast. Almost ice hockey-like. For me, I definitely didn't expect the Czech to lose the match. Previous before the World Cup in Germany started earlier this month, the Dutch had the misfortune to meet the Czech and with that qualifying group, the Czech was the Dutch biggest fear. Even in Euro 2004, the Dutch lost to the Czech Republic in the most disappointing way - Oranje was leading 2-0 only to lose the game 3-2. Given that reputation, I see the Czech with high regards. And since I'm familiar with Galasek (former Ajacied) and Grygera (current) - and then there are Milan Baros, Poborsky, Petr Cech - it's hard to chew the fact that Ghana won 2-0. For this reason, I salute the African.

Roughly an hour after the Ghanaian victory, there was the US-Italy match. For those that know me, I have no love for the Italian team. They would bore me to death with their "defend, defend and defend" mentality. Defense is an important aspect of the game but overdoing it is another story.

And as I've blogged last week, due to diplomatic reasoning (you guys can blame Bush Jr. for that), I have no appetite to see the United States progresses beyond group stage. This is one of those matches that I would rather see both lost. And really got what I wanted! Two red cards for the Americans and another one for the Italian. But whatever it was, United States is the one laughing all the way to the changing room. The US, despite drawing, managed to humble the Italian, almost as how the American did to the Portuguese four years back. The score line was one all despite the fact that the United States was playing with nine men.

Hah! I bet the Italians were even defending when they were at risk of facing a major embarassment.

At the end of the day, this means anybody could qualify to the next round. Since I don't want to see both the Italian and the American to progress to the next stage, I'm naturally rooting for the Czech Republic and Ghana.


  

p/s - alright. I'm confusing myself with the plural Dutch, Czech, etc with the singular versions.

The Netherlands is set to play Argentina in the final match within Group C. Despite being a high profile game, it's a meaningless meeting because both teams have qualified for the second round of the World Cup (tag). Therefore, it's better for us to look beyond Argentina and see who would be up against the Dutch in the second round instead.

With Portugal beating Iran 2-0 and Mexico managing only a draw against Angola, the Iberian country is currently first in Group D. Next week's Portugal-Mexico match will decide the champion of the group and since Mexico fails to impress me, I think Portugal will best Mexico. Back in Group C, after seeing how Argentina played, I don't think the odd favors the Dutch. So, second place is a rational expectation for the orange jerseys.

Given that, and that the fact that winner of both groups will play the other group's second placed team, I expect the Dutch to meet the Portuguese in the second round.

If everything turns out as I'm predicting, the Dutch-Portuguese would be an interesting - and meaningful - fixture. It might even reignite the Dutch-Portuguese rivaly that nobody has seen since the Dutch first arrived in the Malay Archipelago during the 17th century. And just as how history had unfolded, I believe the Dutch will be victorious. With Deco, Figo, Ronaldo and a few others in the Portuguese squad, it would be tough match nonetheless.

Alrighty. It's Czech Republic versus Ghana. Time to pay the idiot's box a visit.

The Dutch are through to the second round! (tag)

What a relief! After 2002 World Cup in Korea and Japan, I couldn't take another disappointment. I am totally ecstatic to know the Dutch have secured a place in the second round.

When van Persie and van Nistelrooij scored a goal each under five minutes apart, I thought the Dutch were going to answer Argentina. However, that was hardly the case. Ivory Coast was not Serbia and Montenegro and the African nation was no pushover. In fact, in the second half, Drogba and gangs pushed forward so hard that it was the Dutch that were being bullied instead of the other round.

The final minutes were hectic. If I counted correctly, in the space of five minutes, Ivory Coast had three corners and all the Dutch could do was defend, defend and defend. If Ivory Coast had a little bit more luck, the game would have seen a draw instead of a winner. However, like what Obi-Wan Kenobi said in Star Wars: Episode IV, there's no such thing as luck.

Hah!

In the previous Dutch match, Arjen Robben was my man of the match. For this match, it's Robin van Persie. Reason - he scored and he saved. But I know. I know. Both of them, both men of the matches are products of Eindhoven and Rotterdam respectively. Still, don't worry. There's a long way to go and someone from Amsterdam will be there sooner or later.

Anyway, the Netherlands' opponent for the second round will be somebody from Group D. The most likely teams are Mexico and Portugal. I'm not sure which team would be easier for the Dutch but one thing for sure - I will watch both the Mexican and the Portuguese matches with great interest.

At the time I wanted to blog about the Argentina-Serbia and Montenegro match, the Argentine got their fifth goal. By the time I am writing this, Messi just scored the sixth. Nobody has to watch the game till the end to figure out that Serbia and Montenegro is being completely demolished by Argentina.

Argentina is a real contender to lift the World Cup. The way they are playing the match so far is marvelous and sublime; the passes are just jaw dropping. I haven't seen anyone, not even Brazil, played as good as the Argentinian.

Given how the Argentine screwed their Balkan opponent, the Dutch better at least draw against Ivory Coast. A loss will spell disaster for the Dutch.

Whatever it is, I can't wait to watch the Dutch in action. About one more hour to go before the Netherlands-Ivory Coast match starts. Thank heaven for the weekends because I'm going to stay up till the end. So, hup Holland hup!

Also, it's time to update my favorite goal. My favorite is no longer Torres'. It's Cambiasso's now. Cambiasso's 31st minute goal is simply one of the world's wonders. The whole Argentinian team worked together to produce a blinding spark of brilliance, deserving of being granted the title the best goal of the tournament. No kidding!

I had planned to blog on only soccer throughout the course of the World Cup. However, the real world is still real and soccer is just a temporary ecstasy. In the real world today and throughout this week, a couple things came up. I wanted to express what I feel on a number of things but I had to economize my time. So, I had to choice which topic I want to blog on. After some thinking, I decided to touch about sugar.

This is especially so when Utusan Malaysia and Chua Soi Lek decide to be two naughty boys today. Utusan, with huge fonts and cheekiness, declares on its front page today that Malaysians are consuming twice the level of sugar that we needed (tag). Read the article at Utusan Malaysia, if you could read Malay:

Terlebih ambil gula -- Rakyat kita guna dua kali ganda daripada kadar diperlukan - Soi Lek

PUTRAJAYA 13 Jun - Menteri Kesihatan Datuk Dr. Chua Soi Lek hari ini berkata, pengambilan gula di kalangan rakyat Malaysia didapati dua kali ganda lebih tinggi daripada kadar yang diperlukan.

Beliau berkata, berdasarkan kajian, secara purata rakyat Malaysia mengambil 125 miligram gula sehari berbanding keperluan yang menyihatkan sebanyak 50 miligram.

"Dalam soal gula di Malaysia, seseorang individu hanya memerlukan hanya 50 miligram sehari tetapi malangnya apabila kita buat kajian didapati pada puratanya mereka menggunakan 125 miligram gula sehari," katanya.

Too much sugar is bad, yes and I agree with it. Unfortunately, I doubt the sincerity of our good doctor - and Utusan - because of the timing. It's hard to imagine that the timing of such statement is an accident since it coincides with our little sugar crisis.

Sugar shortage is not new. Back in April, reports of scattered shortage in the northern states were already out. Now, it gets worse.

Our health minister and Utusan seem to implicitly suggest that if we cut on our sugar consumption, the problem would go away. Sure it would but what causes this shortage is not our level of sugar consumption. If it were, then why didn't we have any severe shortage last year?

It couldn't be that the consumption level was drastically lower than a year ago, could it? Did the level of sugar consumption jumped wildly from what it was a year ago?

Tak. Ngak. Poo. Nee. Non. Nein. Nope. Neither is it caused by smugglers nor hoarders.

I want to reiterate that this shortage is caused by our little price control mechanism. Like I've said before, if there's a price differential of a good between two markets - in my earlier post, I used Malaysia and the world as the two markets - the market with lower priced good would suffer a drain of the good to the other market that priced the good higher. It's a simple arbitrage and nobody should need an economics degree to figure that out. Given, the fix is simple - throw away the rigid price control regime and let sugar prices float.

Just let free market reigns supreme - at least in the sugar market - and I promise you, our sweet little crisis will go away. Free market will take care of the current distributive inefficiency that we are experiencing. Trust me on that. Don't trust Chua Sok Lei. He's manipulating the fact. And don't trust Utusan too.

By the way, Torres' goal during the Spain-Ukraine match is the most beautiful goal so far in the World Cup tournament.


  

p/s - the results between Malay College and Raffles are out. Three games were played at Kuala Kangsar this year - basketball (under 15 and under 18) and rugby under 15. I'm not sure about rugby but for basketball, the Malay College won both matches. From the description I've received, it was a tough fight.

Hey David, you were saying something about Raffles? =p

I watched only the South Korea-Togo match last night - which was unfortunate since both Brazil and France were up in two different matches on Wednesday morning - and I want to say that I don't feel South Korea deserve their points.

Before the game, I admit that I had a very low expectation of Togo. As such, my expectation was a thorough win for the South Koreans. This game however was not an easy win, at least before Togo was down to 10 men. To my great surprising, just like how Trinidad & Tobago performed against Sweden earlier, Togo faught valiantly and could possibly defeat the Korean if it wasn't for the red card. If Togo had a full team, Korea could have struggled a lot.

I'm not questioning the booking but still, it seemed to me that the Koreans were out to prove that 2002 was a sheer luck instead of otherwise. Togo seemed dangerous and from my point of view, just like me, the South Koreans underestimated the African nation and almost paid the price for it. They should have paid the price but they got away with full points.

Regardless of that, I now know who I'm supporting within Group G. I feel the guilt of underestimating Togo and now on, I'm rooting for Togo for any match within Group G. I wish them the best of luck.

Let me be the first to say that this particular match reminds me of Manchester United's win over Bayern Munich in the 1998/99 UEFA Champions League Final. The Final was harsh for the German; they were a goal up while all the German fans singing and dancing knowing that Bayern Munich was leading in what was already stoppage time, only to lose to the English. Two English goals in stoppage time. Two goals two minutes apart during stoppage time. The English won it. Everybody had expected a German win. But it was not. And it was harsh.

The Australia-Japan World Cup match wasn't that harsh (tag). The atmosphere wasn't comparable to what the German went through in 1999. Still, I'm sure the Japanese were devastated as much.

I almost felt pity for the Japanese but given Shinji Ono actually played for Feyenoord once, I reconsidered my position. I wanted to support Australia because Jason Culina was an Ajacied once but since he's currently with PSV, I decided not to support the Socceroos. In the end, I took the Swiss' by default position.

Anyway, Czech Republic is up against USA today. Go Czech! It should be a fun match to watch but alas, I'm too tired to stay up for it. So, while I'm slumbering in my bed, my heart will be in Gelsenkirchen.

Bah, screw tomorrow's work. I'm sleeping in front of idiot's box. This is a once in four years affair, dude!

I'm delighted to witness the Dutch cliched their first win (tag).

The first half was dominated by the Dutch and proved to be a boring one, despite the fact that the only goal of the match occurred in the 18th minute. The second was more interesting than the first, with the pendulum tilting slightly to the Serbia and Montenegro's side. A more even fight and more entertaining. In the end, like what the commentator said on TV, the Dutch won the match but Serbia and Montenegro was hardly humbled.

I was surprised to see how ineffective Kezman was. Kezman was a hitman at PSV Eindhoven a couple years back. After Nistelrooij left for Manchester United, it was Kezman that rocked the Eredivisie. Worse, Ajax had no answer for PSV forward. He was feared by everybody and he scored goals like it was nobody's else business. Today fortunately, he was hardly noticeable.

Nistelrooij was nowhere in sight too. Arjen Robben however is another story. It's just a sheer pleasure to watch him play and create havoc in the Serbia and Montenegro's defense.

There are a few teams that I prefer not to see making any breakthrough in this year World Cup (tag). They are Brazil, Argentina, Italy and the United States. And maybe England too because their press keep expounding on the fact that they won in 1966 and that they keep repeating that they might repeat the success in 1966 at every World Cup. But if somebody asks me which one team is the team, the United States of America is it.

I don't hate the US players. In fact, one of their players, John O'Brien is a former Ajacied. Usually, I would support teams that have any Ajacied in it. For this reason, apart from the Dutch team, I wish to see the Czech Republic-Ajacied Galasek and Grygera in it-as well as Sweden (Ibrahimovic and Rosenberg) to have a good run this year. If Argentina had called Mauro Rosales, I would probably have taken Argentina out of my I-don't-want-to-see-them-win list. However, my sentiment is mostly correlated with world politics.

I believe a lot of people share my sentiment. When I was a freshman at Michigan in 2002, I spent my time watching the World Cup with Malaysian and other Asian friends. I could say with confidence that we had no stomach to see the US making strides in the World Cup despite us being the US. Even my European friends felt the same way. If I were to generalize, I would say the international students that had the slightest interest in football wouldn't want the US have anything to do with football. The reason, like mine, would be world politics. It's the way the US was and is bullying the world.

And it's not entirely just that. When the world play football, the US play American football (disclosure - I love college football). When the world play cricket, the US plays baseball. And they even called their baseball tournament as the World Series despite the fact that there's nothing international about the World Series. It does seem that the United States views the world as anything in between Los Angeles and New York. When a person has that kind of mentality, it's hard for that person to make friends. And that those that. And that what's happening at the World Cup.

Anyway, the US is in Group E along with Czech Republic, Italy and Ghana. Within that group, I'm rooting for the Czech. And I hope Ghana would push Italy and the United States aside, sending the other two teams home before long.

Despite all that, I don't hate the United States. I do share the United States secular ideals. But when it comes to foreign relationship, I'll give the US a zero and for that, I feel no reason to support the US team in the World Cup. Taking it one step farther, I'll take quiet pleasure in seeing any US loss. The greatest pleasure would come from Iran defeating the US, if such matchup is possible.

  

p/s - many years later, welcome to the Malay College!

The Emperor and Empress smiled, waved and shook hands with those who had turned up to greet them at the stops they made, the highlight of which was their visit to the Malay College Kuala Kangsar. There, a small stone monument which was made to commemorate their visit in 1991 had since been updated. Upon arrival, the royal couple immediately went to have a look at the updated plaque, before touring the college.

"They were especially looking forward to meeting the students. They had insisted that they wanted to come back here because this visit was in their original programme in 1991," said a Japanese senior government official.

Promised fulfiled, at last. Now, it's time for Raffles meetup.

  

p/s - I had expected Sweden to make a huge killing on Trinidad and Tobago. On the contrary, not only did Sweden fail to win, the Caribbean nation at times threatened to take the lead. At one time, a Caribbean player hit the Swedish woodwork!

Not Ljungberg, not Ibrahimovic, neither Larsson nor Allback could outdo very much unknown Sancho or Hislop. Not full Swedish team could not overrun a ten-man team!

This has to be the best match yet. A scoreless draw but an amusing shocker full of attacks nonetheless. Trinidad and Tobago managed 6 shots while Swedish managed 18 but still the former stood tall and strong against Sweden. I salute Trinidad and Tobago. A well deserved point.

Sweden has a big problem. For Sweden, progressing into the second round will be a tough affair. If they can't defeat Trinidad and Tobago, they would have problem against Paraguay; even more so with England. But seeing how way England played earlier, I'd like to think that it's England that's having a major problem. While Sweden has been embarrassed by Trinidad and Tobago, at least they are playing good football. England however only got lucky with Paraguay while looking lethargic.

And now, time to glorify Ajax. Trinidad and Tobago is being coached by Leo Beenhakker. Leo Beenhakker was Ajax's coach in the 1980s and technical director from 2000 to 2003 at the Dutch club.

Jong Oranje has won the Under 21 Euro 2006. Now, it's time for Oranje to conquer the world.

Here's a list of Ajacieden, former and current, within the Dutch squad.

Goalkeeper: Edwin van der Sar, Maarten Stekelenburg, Henk Timmer
Defenders: Tim de Cler, Johnny Heitinga
Midfielders: Hedwiges Maduro, Wesley Sneijder, Rafael van der Vaart
Forwards: Ryan Babel

Hup Ajax hup! Hup Oranje hup!

The result is out. The friendly between the Netherlands and Australia ended with a draw. One all is the final score. (tag).

I couldn't believe my eyes when I saw the result. It's a draw! I had expected no less than a win!

It must be the ground. The very cursed ground. The friendly was played in Rotterdam for crying out loud.

Worse:

Phillip Cocu suffered an injury in the first half, while Wesley Sneijder and Giovanni van Bronckhorst needed replacing in the second.

I hope all three, especially Sneijder, is alright. According to a poster at Ajaxtalk, Sneijder's injury looks pretty bad.

Anyway, apart from this match, another Oranje is in action. It's the under-21 team against Ukraine in the U-21 Euro 2006 final.

Voila!


This is my best shot of the twin towers yet. (tag)

I had wanted to edit the photo to repair the tilt. Then, I thought, nah, I like it as it is.

  

p/s - I haven't been updating my gallery for a very long time. For more than two years I think and now, I'm thinking of bringing it back. In the meantime, I'll be double posting all of my pictures posted here at two places - here and at Flickr. Actually I've been doing this since March 2006. So, it really isn't a new initiative on my part. Anyway, that gallery that I'm talking about is here and there's a link to my Flickr account there. Go. Go. =)

De Oranje had a friendly match against Mexico earlier and I saw the highlight on TV. Thanks to Ajax, specifically Heitinga and Babel of AFC Ajax, de Oranje won the game 2-1:

Ajax came to the rescue of Netherlands, as the Dutch came from a goal down to beat fellow World Cup finalist Mexico.

The two nations are putting the finishing touches to their World Cup preparations and they served up three goals Eindhoven.

The __earthinc, as I had done so during Euro 2004 in post 361, 363, 364, 368, 369, 372, 373, 374 and 376, gives full support to the Dutch team. During the duration of the competitie, I'm willing to ignore that van Nistelrooy is at Manchester United and a former P$V player, there are a bunch of P$V and F-word players in the team. Hmmm. Did I say P$V and F-word?

Oh sorry. I meant PSV and Feyenoord.

From now on until the end of the World Cup, all players are part of the Oranje. On June 10, this blog will see orange (tag).

And yet again, we declare hostility with the Italy.

Alright. Less than 7 days to go.

Yeah, no more runny nose! Still stuffy though but more importantly, I feel better! But right now, I'm just too tired to blog. So, another photo. This was taken at a chess tournament that I participated earlier in Kuala Lumpur.


I love chess. Especially when I'm winning.