The Shining Gold

Yeaaahhhh!!! we finally did it...

Of course it was an emotional moment when our beloved football team were crown as the gold medalist for 25th SEA Games in Vientiane. Maaann.. that was something..huh. I grew up knowing our amateur football team with more losing records than the victories, but tonight, history has been made...and I was watching the making of IT...great3x... Winning a gold medal is a real deal, indeed. After 20 years of waiting & hoping, then the history repeated just like we did it in 1989. Heck it feels awesome!!! Good job guys!!! Well done!!!

Last Night Report

Awful

The way Kelantan played last was uncharacteristic with poor defenders letting easy-to-strike NS forward blast few good shots to Halim Napi. The first 20 minutes was boring while both teams were trying to find their rhymes and luckily NS found theirs after the 1st goal yet Kelantan was still daydreaming while the heavy rain kept dropping from the cloudy sky. Nothing special shown by the Red Warrior to win the Cup; it was very plain game, effortless, dull set pieces, poor defense, weak attacking, lack of possession, bad passes. Dissapointed? Heck yes but still...I'm sticking to my words, the team has done the best they could this season and I would like to congratulate them for achieving this far. The fan...nothing much to say...they never changed. 70% out of the crowd brought nothing but the chaos, and unethical behavior portray the negative stereotype of Kelantanese. Bad night I suppose. Hope, yeah...there is always hope that we could change for good. 

Awesome

As expected, Arsenal has cruised up the league and moved to the second spot. We'll be number one...soon. Very soon. 

Sounds Good to Me

Well, I'm pretty excited this weekend since Kelantan has gone through the Final. I wish I could be right there in the stadium cheering for my beloved team to win their first ever Malaysia Cup. Whatever happens, the team has to be credited for the achievement thus far. I know that it was such a difficult task to be carried by a coach to lead Kelantan this far and I'm sure a whole lot of effort has been shown by the players. Good job everybody. May the victory be ours.

Not to forget, Arsenal is climbing up the league to reach the top spot. The team has matured, the players have gained confidence with a bunch of them just recovered from injuries, and Arsene Wenger has put his belief in the team he built few years back then. It's gonna be very hard and it is always hard indeed to be the King of the league. But seems like Liverpool is a drop out candidate this season and that narrow down the competition by a little bit. We'll see. This is interesting.

Despair

This post has nothing to do with sports.

I just tuned to TV3 and Majalah 3 was on air. Tonight episode is primarily on the earthquake that devastated the people living in Sumatera Barat. The people there are still under the state of depression. A lot of buildings were collapsed, villages were destroyed, the roads were cracked and cut, people were missing and later found dead. It was a miserable moment for them seeing their own family members found hit under the debris of massive buildings. Sad to say, even sadder to watch them crying for what they’ve lost, yet only them who carrying the burden know the exact feeling of losing whatever used to be theirs. May Allah help those who are in need.  Ameen.

Revived

Yes...after several heartbroken results few weeks ago, I was not in the mood to write. But tonight, six goals by beloved Arsenal players are enough to cheer up my frustration. It wasn't a great2 game but credits go to the team. They manage to sustain their composure and stay focus to the game after being struck with the first goal by the Rovers. Every time Blackburn score, Arsenal will answer quickly without wasting a whole lot of time. Congrats to Arsene Wenger and players but they must keep up this kind of performance for the next 5 or 6 games straight to make sure their hand on the title this season. Cayalaa...

Weekend Whoops!

Here it comes, I've been waiting for this game for few years and this weekend, Sunday @ 8 am (local time) to be exact, live on Astro. With the hype of Terrelle Pryor, the sophomore quaterback will need to lead the Buckeyes to teach the Trojans a lesson right inside the Horseshoe. Personally I think USC is a little bit overrated this season. I know PAC-10 has great records over Big-10 but hey, this is football PAC-10 teams ain't gonna win every match-up with Big-10 teams. Plus, it's way down in Columbus town where everything seems to be alienated to the Trojans. Statistically, USC has the advantage but what exactly do they got...hmm, a rookie quarterback perhaps? So I hope it's gonna be our time to pay the revenge back to their face - GO BUCKEYES!!! Let's cherish the O-H-I-O spirit. 

Flushing Meadows 2

Like I said, many players have improved. Just look what has happened up to date. As for men, it was a shocking defeat for Roddick, I mean he's no.5 and losing in the third round to the unranked player...very2 uncharacteristic of him. More upsets on women side though, earlier Ana was the first victim to be ousted, followed by Jankovic on the second round and no.1 seeded Safina and Sharapova were kicked out of the tournament in the third round. A lot of newcomers have shown that they could do some damages here in Flushing Meadows. But the GoAT is still keeping his winning streak at this very own tournament while catching up to his 6th consecutive title. We'll be watching history my friends. And I'm lovin' it.

Flushing Meadows

It's here and I'm enjoying every matches thus far even though the 12-hour time difference avoid the fulfillment of my leisure time with channel 816 while sitting on the couch sipping coffee. Ah! That was great. Looking forward for round of 16, hoping the top seeded RF will bring on the challenge to win another Grand Slam trophy. It's gonna be hard since a lot of players have improved, and of course we'll be seeing a lot more dramas, comebacks and great matches throughout this 2-week tournament. Enjoy everybody.

Heartbroken

Am very frustrated with the result last night, but it was a great game. Arsenal fought hard till the last seconds of the game, and I thought it was not a lucky day at Old Trafford. Both teams were superb. The last 15 minutes was the best part I guess and IF...just IF on the last shot Gallas held his position and be where he was supposed to be, it would be a draw. He should apologize to his teammates. Dang! Hmm, well done to Liverpool but I still think Benayoun was sucks last night. Torres gave him lots of good ball but he just wasted the chances and kept passing the ball to others while he was suppossed to take a shot. Wasted. Didn't watch Chelsea game but seems like they were doing a great job.

Saturday Night Fever

In a few hours, it's gonna be a predetermine who'll be the King of the League. Let's revive the rivalry and feel like how we felt few years back when the heat was on. 

The Coming

Huhu... can't wait anymore. The most excited chapter in sport is just a few pages away. The best time for the sports fanatic is yet to come fellas. EPL just started. The US Open will be around in a week or so. The NFL will begin very soon. Same thing with college football. Ok, what else...oowh, the World ATP will be in KL real soon. Guess I'll be there for the finals. Gosh! I'll be very busy watching all of 'em. 

Shitty day

Today is the most shitty day at work. But I guess THEM too. So, I thought I'm the lucky one. Go Arsenal!!! hehehe...

Favre Favre Away~

"He became Fredo Corleone in "The Godfather: Part II" -- the one who betrays the family. Packers fans became Michael Corleone, who tells his older brother, "Fredo, you're nothing to me now.""

Very catchy eh. No comment. Guess he did what he supposed to do. Yet another drama in the making. ESPN oh ESPN! It's so easy to make a hot & spicy story. Wish that could happen back home. Nah! You hope. 

Greatness!

What a game to kick-off a new season. Job well done by Fabs and mates. Very well structured game plan with supportive midfielders and very well executed set pieces. Just great! I'm sure Everton fans are crying at home.

Tonight's showdown

Tonight, the challenge begins as the Big 4 seems unshakeable. Besides, the City is trying to join the 'Elite' with their million dollar deals, but I'm kinda agree with Fergie this time. It was a waste. Well, it's gonna be a fun season, exiting to be watched. Enjoy everybody. And owh, while you're reading this, be kind to my hamster next door. He might appreciate your kindness to feed him...hahaha. 

Let it begins!

I like the 'Did you know' part the most. I'm not rooting for any of these two teams tonight...just excited that EPL finally begins. For tonight, I would love to see Chelsea to lift up the Shield. Boo to ManU. Prediction CHE 1 MANU 0. And owh, btw I'm going with Arsenal this season. 

Duracell Bunny

Funny nickname, but heck she's great. Congrats to her for nailing hat trick in Singapore Masters recently (yesterday to be exact). That was her 39th WISPA title to date. Superb. A lot more to come, I hope.  Now, she's "the third player behind New Zealander Susan Devoy (58 months) and Australian Michelle Martin (44 months) to achieve the unbroken run." She has been NO. 1 in the world for 3 consecutive years, and if she could hang in there for some more time, she'll be the greatest. And I would love to wait for that moment to come. 

ATP

The ATP will be around soon. Check this out.

Bullet of Baltimore

Winning isn’t everything. To Phelps, heck NO…winning is the only thing he focuses in the pool. That’s why he swept all 8 gold medals in all events he participated at Beijing Olympic and be the only swimmer that ever won 8 gold medals in a single Olympic game vanishing  Mark Spitz record of 7 gold medals in 1972 Summer Olympic. Not just that, he has won 14 career Olympic gold medals, the most that ever won by any Olympian to date. In his early appearance, he was the youngest swimmer to set a world record when he was 15 years 9 months. Just amazing. Having physical advantage with 6’7” wingspan, 3” longer than his own height help him with extraordinary reach. I think that’s how he beat Milorad Cavic in 100m butterfly in Beijing despite his quickness on the last stroke which was half stroke earlier than Cavic’s. Imagine, 0.01 of a sec determined who won the shining gold. Cavic must be really pissed off with that result. I mean, 1/100 sec…huh. Very2 tight race.

In Beijing, it was a miracle. I still remember how the US 4x100m freestyle relay team outran the Fantastic Four of French. But Phelps wasn’t the man. The hero that helped Phelps to win another gold was Jason Lezak. On that relay, Lezak really nailed it that he set the fastest split time in history to beat Frenchman Alain Bernard by 0.08 sec. Again, it was astonishing and I thought that was one of the greatest comebacks I’ve ever seen. What heat up the competition was because the French has been talking too much about beating the American in that relay final. They were very confident that they could beat the Americans who were getting more hype during the game.  It was a breathtaking performance by Lezak and of course without him, Phelps couldn’t have dreamt to pursue his ultimate goal.

Phelps and mates have proven that everything is possible by setting their preliminary goals. To realize the goals is to dream about it, dream as it was real, and then work on it…harder and harder until you reach your limit and then go beyond the limit and that’s where you would reach greatness. To know if you’re capable to do so is to try, and then you’ll know where you stand. When you know where you stand, you’ll start dreaming of reaching higher, later you’ll learn how to jump to reach a higher spot. That’s how it works. Life ain’t easy.

Ali

He said he could ‘float like a butterfly, sting like a bee’. The one and only Muhammad Ali is a legendary boxer, still the greatest in my heart. Being a professional boxer, he was cocky, but of course in a sense to portray his confidence level and a way to jolt his opponent’s psychology. He never worked during his early life; all he did was boxing, and during practice, he set himself apart from other boys. How? First thing, Ali was sassy, so not many people adore people like him and second he outworked any other boy during training. He trained very hard and it did pay off. He won 6 Kentucky Golden Gloves titles plus 2 National Golden Gloves titles with an additional Amateur Athletic Union National Title and not to forget a gold medal from 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome. Those were marvelous achievements for an amateur.  As a professional, he was three-time World Heavyweight Champion with only 5 losses throughout his professional career. Despite all those phenomenal successes, he went through a lot of difficulties. He refused to serve his nation during the war against Vietnam and it caused him his championship title. More than that, he faced a 5-year prison term, his boxing licenses were cancelled and his passport was taken. After the doomed years, he set his comeback by fighting Joe Frazier in a so called the “Fight of the Century” but then Ali lost. However, Ali paid his revenge to Joe in the bout famously named “Thrilla In Manila” where Ali won after 15 arduous rounds. It was a ‘fight for your life’ mission and Ali did it…what a match. Later in his life, Ali was awarded “Sportsman of the Century” by Sports Illustrated and also the “Sports Personality of the Century” by the BBC. And I will always cultivate my mind with the fighting spirit he possessed as a notable inspiration to achieve greatness in life.

The Devil vs. The Tiger

Yep. 3-2. Pretty close result huh. Man U could just have one extra goal to defeat our beloved national team. I wonder what Ferguson has in his mind that makes him wanna rematch against Msia team tmrrw. Guess we beat the heck out of his team yeah. Yesterday, it wasn’t the same team that championed the EPL but I’m sure Ferguson is feeling fragile and he wants to redo it to regain his confidence (I might just say arrogance) because it such a shame to let 2 goals scored by a 3^rd-World country. Well, congrats to Amri with his spectacular goals against the Devil and also to all Msia players. U guys are superb. Keep it up. Don’t let the Devil wears the Prada. Long time ago, I used to be a Man U fan. But not anymore.

The King

Hail the King…LeBron James is on top of any other NBA players…in fact he always is ever since I watched him played back in 2005. Being crowned the MVP last season was his greatest achievement so far and yes, he deserved it after fighting his sweat off throughout his career with Cleveland Cavaliers. Without him, the Cavs got nothing to offer….LBJ is the backbone of the team; he rules the team as his own kingdom; he anchored every possible chance and makes it real; he cherishes the fan by slamming the ball to the ring and making the impossible looks so easy. He plays sophisticated basketball and performed the task magnificently. In high school, James was always touted to be a big hit in the NBA. Three-time awarded “Mr. Basketball” of Ohio brought him straightaway from the high school as the number one pick in NBA Draft 2003 to enter Cleveland Cavaliers. First year went great as he averaged 20.9 points  and awarded the NBA Rookie of the year during 03-04’ season. His achievements were tremendous; he was the youngest player to ever score at least 40 points in a game; he was the youngest player to be awarded as the All-Star MVP; he has become the youngest player to score 10000 pts when he was 23; he’s holding the all-time record scoring for Cavs and still scoring for the team; he has scored at least 35 pts in 9 consecutive games and put his name in the same row with Kobe Bryant and Michael Jordan as players who had ever accomplished those achievements since 1970; averaging 28.4 pts last season put him on top of the scoring list in the league for 08-09’ season. He has set a very high standard for any newcomer in the league. What a remarkable basketball player he is. A lot of records breaking have been done but more surprises are yet to come, LeBron is on his way to be the greatest basketball player. What he really needs now is merely an NBA title to launch his incredible journey. This is just the beginning. And I’m the WITNESS.

The GoAT

Many claim that he’s the GoAT (Greatest of All Time). Indeed. RF is the greatest tennis player of all time. After being crowned the King of Wimbledon (again!), he finally deserved to be the GoAT. Federer is the only person on planet earth who has achieved 15^th Grand Slam (Open Era) title while completing his Grand Slam title collection by winning on all surfaces. He got his 14^th at the French Open (his 1^st title there) equaling Sampras achievement. However that record did not linger too long until Roger broke it by winning another title few weeks after that. After an epic (yet heartbroken to RF) match last year at Wimbledon with Rafael Nadal (who finally defeated RF on grass), he shed the most distressful tears, frustrated to seize his 14^th on the grass where he always playing his best tennis, he then promised he’ll be back again next year (2009). And yes, he did it…stylishly. This Swiss maestro has proven that nobody can stop him even Roddick who (I personally think) has played his best tennis during the Wimbledon final by only getting his serve broken just once, but the most inconsolable one; the one that gave Roger the championship point. Now, his name is a legacy yet he is still in the process of building it to become bigger and bigger. Even legendary Pete Sampras said that Federer could win at least 18 or 19 major title. What an incredible athlete he is. Salute. All in all, the most important thing is his fabulous achievements help to inspire people to do what they believe in and what they are capable in doing. And I’m one of them.

First Day

Well fellas,

First day at work usually a very short one huh, so I'll keep it simple. This blog is created to say something about sports, doesn't matter what it's all about as long as that piece is related to any sport that ever existed in this world. Wanna know more, stay tuned and check this blog as you surf your way down through this boundless world. Your comments are crucial. I really appreciate whatever you will write because truly, it does matter to me. Hmm, alright guys, seems like today is your lucky day, I'll release you guys a little bit early, but don't forget to drop by. Aite, later.