A bored Weekend.

Well, the title says it all.......

Nothing much to do during the weekend. Basically spent the whole quality time at home and it doesn't cost much. With the fuel hike, most people tend to stay at home. Hey, I'm no cheapskate, the Guv wanted us to change our lifestyle, I'm taking heed only!

Sterling @PJ

On Sunday, we had tea/coffee with an old aquaintance at NZX. Chatted for a while before i brought my kids to our new Condo called Sterling@PJ. My kids loved that place; maybe gonna bring them over this weekend and have a dip at the very nice looking pool. Then had a chat with "Keeper" a fellow forummer/owner of Block A. But needs to cut it short coz suddenly the sky just opened up and it rained cats and dogs!

Proceed for dinner at Ikano for steamboat. Xu Hom wanted chicken rice but I prefered steamboat since it's nearer and in door. Rained quite heavily outside and it'll be difficult to get off the car. Furthermaore, Si Qian got more choices of food; his fav mee, fish balls..... Si Qian ate quite a lot and so does Xu Hom. Boys have got huge appetite. After dinner, go back home without jalan-jalan coz my two babies are really tired. Kept reminding them not to sleep during the ride home coz they stink! Shower first ma....

At night, can't really sleep coz not feeling too good. Woke up around 4:15am and turn on the TV for Euro08. Just in time to watch the last 12 min of extra time between my fav team Spain vs the boring Italians. 0-0 after extra time and to the lottery in PK! Luckily, Spain prevailed when Casillas stopped 2 spot kicks. Now they face tournament surprise package the Russian for a spot in the final. Hope they can win......

When the goin' get tough.....

Senor Rafa Benitez


Supporting Liverpool Football Club (LFC) has been a real roller coaster ride for fans across the world. I might be (am) biased but there's no football club like LFC. Not the red side of Manchester, not Arsenal and certainly not Chelsea! We have a rich tradition, a wonderful history and certainly, the most successful British football club that the world has ever seen. Well, things are goin' great til.....

Came the Americans with their promises to make us the biggest and most powerful footie club the universe has ever seen. Mr. Gillette can't afford to buy LFC alone, so came Mr. Hicks. 50%-50%, equal shares, equal power, same objectives...... but can't see eye to eye! Then came the public fall-out between the yankies. Then came the bombshell that all the fans got the shock of our lives; our beloved club is being saddled with a huge huge debt. Something the Yanks told us will never happen! Then the back stabbing of our much loved manager, Rafael Benitez. Fans power made sure Rafa stayed on and continue with his rebuilding works.......
The Yankies always made promises that they'll back Rafa to the tilt but now it's clear for all to see. The Yanks are telling lies (again). Back a manager means giving him funds for player acquisition, not sell before you can buy! It's tough being in Rafa's shoes. It's a uncomfortable shoe but Rafa is a tough cookie. The owners are not backing him but the players and fans are....


Which brings me to the current political climate here. There are so much similarities between our PM and Rafa. Both have great personalities; inner strength, approachable and pleasant. Both are having a tough time managing their "squad". While Rafa got to deal with 2 lying owners, AAB gotta deal with the "not so good looking" economy. High oil prices coupled with a heavy defeat in the last GE has caused some of his team players calling for the manager to be sacked. Now this is where Rafa can say he's the luckiest guy in the world. At least the most influential player; our captain marvel, Stevie G has supported him all the way. The senior players are with him. No doubt even we finished 4th in th league. For Pak Lah, he has to face one of the most influential ex-player, the now retired team boss. And now, it seems that the reserve players from Sabah is calling for his head! (Sabah politics have always been on the back seat). It's not the right thing to do but like football players, they won't like the idea of sitting on the bench. You can quit the club, ask for transfer or perform better so the manager selects you for the next match. BUT YOU NEVER ASK FOR THE MANAGER TO BE SACK! Shocking!

So maybe the whole nation should be a LFC supporter. Learn from us. We, the fans have stood by our manager through the good and the bad times. We won our 5th European Champions League title with Rafa, and in a FA trophy and consistently finishing in top 4 even though we do not have the financial muscle like ManU or Chelsea. I must admit, Rafa ain't perfect and so is Pak Lah; but they both are the best we have right now. As a nation, stand by Pak Lah. Let him finish his rebuilding works. His squad members must perform and play their hearts out for the club we call Malaysia!

Once a Red, always a Red.
Once a Malaysian, always will be!

A trip to remember.....

Went for a holiday with my wonderful family members last May. The trip was planned long ago when AA had a promo. So, a return ticket to Macau was booked (26th May-30thMay) and off we go! It was a trip everyone deserved; especially the kids, something they looked forward to ever since we confirmed the trip. Why? Because it was a trip to DisneyLand Hong Kong!

The trip was all about Mickey and friends. We spent 2 days exploring and having fun; well... lots of it!. There are people who criticized the place; saying it was being too small for a Disney theme park. Have none of those nonsense! It's a magical place to be. Just like the plaque that states "Here You Leave Today and Enter the World of Yesterday, Tomorrow and Fantasy!" Trust me. When you're connected with the inner kid of you, YOU WILL HAVE GREAT FUN in DisneyLand HK! The kids were excited when they saw their fav cartoon heroes while for us the adults.... well, it's time to be kids again! We (the kids and us)truly had fun exploring out there.

Other than the rides, we enjoyed the live shows and of course can't missed the 4D movie! My son had fun "grabbing" pieces of gold coins, rubies and diamonds (wished it was real) as well as getting wet when Donald got thrown into the water! Not to mention the fabulous parades as well! The one thing I can't understand is, what's so special about High School Musical anyway? The teens went wild when they say HSM's parade. They sang and danced and waved to the crew members, whom I must say were pretty good dancers. Maybe it's the generation gap.... after all, I'm no teen.

Time flies when you're having fun. Before we knew it, it was time for the fireworks display meaning it's time to say goodbye to Mickey. We went to the theme park (again) the next morning and spent the whole evening there before taking the train back to HK... I mean back to reality. We round up our trip to DisneyLand with a shopping spree there! Bought souvenirs for our friends and family members back home.

It was a trip most of us will treasure for life. Having great silly fun with our children means so much more to each and one of us. After all, it was OK for the parents to be as crazy and silly as our children.

My first blog

"What? You don't blog?" "How come?, you're so out lah!" That seems to be 'in-thing' nowadays. Kids half my age or Unkers double my age blogged. So not to be outdone, 'kiasu' ma.... here I am, my 1st blog.

Today is the first day I pay my parking since DBKL changed the payment method for parking. No more parking meters (no more free parking with the 'meter rosak' stickers), now its coupon-styled. My only complaint besides the increased rate is that DBKL need to put another machine. Just 1 machine is not enough for users. Now I need to walk and depending where I park, it's troublesome!

With the sky-rocketing oil prices, basics needs have become more and more like a luxury. Driving is becoming more expensive. What can we do? For a start, drive less! Cut down on unnecessary trips. Eat more at home as home cooked food is cheaper and healthier. For those shopping addicts, hehehe ...... too bad. Unless you wanna be a credit card slave, cut down on plastic swiping! Like the guv said, we need to change our lifestyle, but again, with the rising cost of living, is there any lifestyle left to change?