On a related note...

The Terengganu Government has won in its battle to drive foreign cars. So if even the Government has no confidence in the quality of our national car, why would the public feel any differently? The workshops admit that they charge a 25% surcharge because the State takes such a long time to pay. And how would that change if they use a Merc? Although personally I'm sure the State Reps are gonna enjoy showboating in their new Merces...

And now Selangor's hinting at using the Camry, claiming it's cheaper than the Merc. No wonder some people have lost hope at the state of Malaysia's politics!

Dream Driving Mishaps

Quite a few of you who have been with me in my car have experienced some incident or another, whether you burst out laughing, prayed for survival, or simply sat in and crazily enough, it was a driving incident.

 

I was driving on what appeared to be the Federal Highway heading to KL. I was also chatting with a friend. Anyway, we were happily gabbing away when suddenly there was a police road block up ahead. To my horror we realised I was not on the main road, hell I wasn’t even on  the emergency lane, but I was on the MOTOR side road. I looked to my right and suddenly my chatting partner wasn’t there anymore! *

 

*Okay, let’s clarify (or rather confuse that even more). We’re in Malaysia where cars are right-sided, but for some reason I’ve been looking right to look at my friend. So I could have been driving a left-sided car. Either that or I was actually talking to my friend who was in another car, which is more plausible given the fact that he suddenly disappeared. Who knows???

 

So clearly I was stopped by the fuzz. And I was asked to pay immediately, RM300 (which to me was a rather small fine since  and of course I didn’t have cash on me. Surprisingly I was told I could pay by card! But since they didn’t have a credit card machine in the car (hey, it’s a dream, why not?) I had to leave my car and follow them to the Bangsar police station.

 

I got there and surprisingly the station was above a Burger King. And yeap, we visited the fast food joint first and that’s when I woke up!

 

Crazy crazy crazy… No, I don’t intend to make this a real life event guys, give me a break!

Snippets (Sorry I kebas title from your site Dr M ha ha)

I went to Perhentian last weekend, an aside from the occasional hiccup was quite fun, it could've been much much better if my significant other was there with me. A couple of things to note though: If you're into some real quiet alone time by yourself or with your partner then Perhentian Besar's the place to go. If you plan to be more activity-driven and hope to meet people then Perhentian Kecil's the place to be.

Being having some weird dreams lately, with some old acquaintances and old flames turning up. It could possibly be related to my recently sleep problems, but it really doesn't help when you wake up with a headache AND feeling confused.

My next treasure hunt is on the 9th of August, and I'll be with my intrepid band of hunters (Suresh, Su and Roshan). Hope we'll taste some success this time around !

Am also currently looking forward to my next adventure, although it looks likely I won't be able to start as quickly as I would like, on hindsight maybe it's a good thing, as it'll allow me to do some reflecting. It's organising time though as I get everything into order! Wish me luck!

Yahoo Football Fantasy League now open!

That's right The League of Sleepy Jedi is back!

Group ID# : 5007 (Yes, there's already a ton of private groups)

Password : 2112

Of course, anyone coming in must be known to me . Good luck and have fun!

Thank God!

For everything!

Will illustrate once I have more time :P

Annoying..

Was gonna write at how annoyed I am with someone right now...

But you know what, I can't be bothered giving him the time of day! I've got better things to think about :)

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Ok baby...

... We can do this, we can do it!

(Er... we'll, um, I'll explain later :P)

The Dark Knight entry

Start:	Jul 10, '08
Location:	Fly FM

Fly FM online comp

A Grand Night for Singing

Start:	Jul 15, '08
Location:	Istana Budaya

Win from Malaysian Today competition

Sex and The City entry

Start:	Jul 3, '08
Location:	GSC

GSC - 3 entries

Enjoying Indiana Jones Treasure Hunt holiday

Start:	Jul 18, '08
End:	Jul 20, '08
Location:	Pulau Perhentian

3rd place winnings

Rogue movie entry

Start:	Jul 10, '08
Location:	GSC

GSC - 3 Entries

Journey to the Centre of the Earth (Round 2) entry

Start:	Jul 7, '08
Location:	GSC

GSC Contest - 3 entries

War of the Dragons entry

Start:	Jul 10, '08
Location:	GSC

GSC Contest submitted 3 times

Failed to defend Red Genius Title

Start:	Jul 4, '08
Location:	Red FM Morning

Lost to Kumaresan (!) , winnings cap at RM100.

Red Genius Successful Defense

Start:	Jul 3, '08
Location:	Red FM Morning

Defeated challenger, to win RM100.

Red Genius win!

Start:	Jul 2, '08
Location:	Red FM morning

Defeated defending champion to win RM50 and become new champion

Won Malaysian Today competition!

Start:	Jul 9, '08
Location:	Istana Budaya

A Grand Night of Singing (front row seats)

Ta daaa!

Won tickets to a local version of a Broadway production, A Grand Night of Singing at Istana Budaya, courtesy of Malaysia Today! It's the special preview show next Tuesday night :) Thanks MalaysiaToday, Alhamdulillah!

I was in the neighbourhood when they called me (Across the road at a bank I'm starting to reaaaally not like) so it was easy for me to collect it at their office. Helped improve my mood too ... phew !

I think I should keep a proper record of any stuff I win from now on. Will help me be more appreciable of my prizes and keep track too! Also, for prizes from Radio stations I usually have to collect from their offices. So, at least it'll serve as a reminder too...

I could use a good drink right now...

 

 

And some good company too!

Randomness...

I passed this Wira on the way back to Bangi, blue with white stripes, kinda like an incompletely-painted race car. What grabbed my attention to it wasn't that though, it was the fact that hanging just underneath the bumper was a fucking teddy bear toy ! What the hell are they trying to achieve there? Is that supposed to be cute? I'm sorry, but having a teddy bear swaying around looking like he's hanging on for dear life as the car speeds on isn't exactly the definition of 'cute' for me.

Reminded me of the scene in Empire Strikes Back where Luke's hanging on to a weather device underneath Bespin, the Cloud City. Except there won't be an honest-to-goodness Millenium Falcon out to rescue that teddy...

 Enjoy your short life, teddy. One of these days he's gonna get hooked onto an uneven bump or some stick on the road, fall off, and promptly get run over by whatever vehicle happens to come next.

Short run comes to an end...

It was another of those questions where you think you know the answer, you're not sure, you answer anyway, you get it wrong, you hear the real answer and you go...."Oh yeah, that's right..."

I only got that one wrong (the first question to boot!) , but the other guy got all 5 correct. Oh well, RM100, for a few minutes work, that's not so bad.. And here I was thinking of a dream run ha ha... Now I have to 'puasa' a bit (30 days!) from RedFM Competitions oh well :P

Thanks to the morning DJs though, Shaz, Will and Audrey, it was fun! Talk to you next month ha ha... :p

Who played the Devil alongside Keanu Reeves in Devil's Advocate?

It really isn't such a hard question. When you think of his monologue about God in the movie, it's pretty hard NOT to remember.

LOOK, don't touch.

TOUCH, don't taste.

TASTE, don't swallow.

And that's just the mellow bits!

So WHY on earth was it so hard for me to remember the name? My goodness! Lucky break for me, I made it through again despite my goof...

On to tomorrow!

As for Al Pacino, well, thanks for the memories!

Shopping Highlights (Say... what?)

So I went to MidValley yesterday to shop (shock ! horror!) Well, I was with my gal, and it was a MetroJaya Preview sale, gimme a break okay? I’ll spare you most of the details of my shopping but I’d like to talk about just one little bit. I’ve always admitted to having absolutely no knowledge of cosmetics whatsoever. Everytime I pass the cosmetics area with my gal it always feels like a different world, like the hangar of a Death Star. A mixture of awe and foreboding runs through my head.

 

 

So here we are about to finish the run of MJ, and she was looking for lip gloss. We stopped at this booth, where the displays immediately caught my attention. It was like something out of the 50s, with that I Love Lucy look, extremely playful and cheeky colors and attitude. The brand was Benefit.

 

 

Yeap, never thought I’d be doing this but I’m actually plugging a cosmetic brand right here ha ha.. There’s something about the style and design of the product that just grabs the attention, it’s extremely colourful and fun, and once you compare it to the black and white drab background designs of the other cosmetics, Benefit simply stands out. And my gal had a mini-makeover done right there, and we were extremely pleased with the results! So for you girls out there, you’ve got to try Benefit !

 

 

Okay, I think I’ve just jeopardised my masculinity enough… And no, I WON’T be posting any pictures of the product here thank you very much, if you want to find out more you can check out the website at www.benefitcosmetics.com

 

 

It was almost 11:30 by the time we were done and we hadn't even had dinner yet! I was famished and my gal was dehydrated, so we ended up going to Carls Jr. Oversized burgers and refillable drinks solves both problems, don’t you think? I actually ordered the Low carb option for my charbroiled chicken, and I must say, they need to find a better way to pack the Low Carb option. Cabbage leaves just doesn’t cut it man!

Spain wins EURO 2008

Ahh, the sweetness of it all...

I gotta admit, I had my doubts as well at the start, and steadfastedly refused to get my expectations with Spain for reasons that are well documented throughout international football history. And I admit to being wrong about Aragones. I guess he really was the man with the masterplan.

Torres scoring the winning goal was the icing on the cake for me ! :)

5 days later...

Yeap have been kinda busy the last few days.

During this time, Spain and Germany qualified for the final. While I didn't write up any predictions, it's reflected in my football fantasy games that I expected these two teams to make it through. Example: I had 1 Turkey player (Altintop) in my uefa.com squad. The rest were all Spain + Germany. Did well for Soccernet and Metro too, and I'm especially proud of my Casillas pick for all my games, particularly when most everyone else picked Lehmann.

Come on Spain! 

Awfully sleepy though, and I was late to work today. Ah well, Euros will be over soon...

By the way, not sure anyone noticed, but I posted a video on my video page. Extremely fun to watch, you must check it out! I won't be making it a habit though, I'll only be posting videos I really really like. Enjoy!

Dance Off with the Star Wars Stars 2008

From www.ParkSleuth.com, this is bloody 'ell fun to watch!

Spain v Italy

So much for my pride ha ha... When the Group Stages started I had predicted who would progress to the quarterfinals. I had achieved perfect scores for 3 out of the 4 groups, the mistake being from the Group of Death, where I predicted France to go through instead of Italy. That success has now been officially blown out of the water after 3 out of 4 predictions for the semifinals teams were proven wrong! Having said that, I am happy for Russia they played verrry well indeed!

I am not afraid of jinxing my favourites to win the tournament though. Spain is going to win tonight, I am absolutely convinced of that, but for them to do so they will need to make a few changes. These changes are right in the middle of the park.

Alonso and Fabregas need to come on for Senna and Iniesta. Aragones is gonna have to be brave. The former two have proved in their appearances that their passing has vision and will be key to unlocking the ageing Italy defense. Italy can score, and Spain's defense isn't exactly stellar (they've conceded in every match) so simply put, what they need to do is score more.

Tonight will be a time for Torres (pic) to shine. After enduring the rough and tumble of the Premier League defence community, he will be at ease against the nonsense tactics of Italy's central defense.

3-0 to Spain, and Italy can shove it!

The ER Rambles

http://er-ramblings.blogspot.com
Milady's ramblings, in writing! Here's hoping for more!

Restoran Murni...

If you guys are frequent visitors to the area of SS2 you'll know the place I'm talking about. I went with my fiance last Friday as we hadn't been there for ages but unfortunately she didn't get what she was currently indulging in, which was Mee Wantan dry. We ended up sharing a plate of Nasi Goreng Chicken Maryland and a Pink Panther (sounds almost alcoholic, but isn't, it's a mixture of fruit juices)

Murni has got to be one of the few eating places where the patronage rivals that of mamaks throughout the night. It's not a mamak, yet has a similar concept, in that it has food that caters to many. Western food, Chinese food, Malay food, Indian food and the popular interesting blends such as the meal I mentioned earlier.

It's regularly packed, with the seating stretching to an entire row of shophouses. You can usually find a table, but you might have to park a fair bit aways if you wanna drop by. Lemme tell you though, it's worth it!

Jinxed the match again! + Russia v Holland

My two quarterfinal predictions so far were either completely wrong or had the unholy effect of jinxing the match, resulting for a win over my predicted winners! Nevertheless, I shall continue soldiering on with my predictions! By the way, what a way for Turkey to win! I'm glad I was awake for the match. The moment Turkey scored that equaliser I was absolutely certain that they would win the shoot-out and I'm pretty sure most of you thought so as well. That last minute goal was like a rip through the Croatian players' guts and I just didn't see them being able to go through a shoot-out...

Russia v Holland

Let me just say right now, Holland are the clear favourites, but I admit I'm a Russian mini-fan, mostly due to my admiration of Guus Hiddink (pic) after he brought Australa to the elimination rounds of the World Cup. It'd also be a dream to see a Russian-Spanish rematch in the semis.

As has been promoted by the media shamelessly, both Russia and Holland are two very offensive-minded teams. But at the end of the day, despite their winning performances, it's very obvious that the Dutch are fragile at the back. How the Italians didn't manage to score is beyond me.  Russia, on the other hand, have had the benefit of experiencing their backline torn apart by Spain, and as a result have put in the discipline needed to produce two strong defensive performances thereafter. The Dutch haven't had that experience and one has to wonder whether that naivety might cost them.

What the Dutch do have over the Russians right now though is their experience in such tournaments, and for me, that's going to bring them through to the semifinals. Honestly, I want Russia to win, but I don't see that happening.

2-2 at 90 minutes, and a matchwinning goal for the Dutch in extra time (probably by that darn Nistelrooy again!)

Croatia vs Turkey

Croatia have the upper hand. Their all-round play is better, their defense and attack is very well organised. They don’t have the best out of the quarterfinalists, but they have a pretty good balance. Turkey have Nihat Kahveci (pic), Villareal’s awesome striker but not much else. They have problems everywhere, despite their morale-boosting win against Czech. Their Captain is out, their 1^st choice keeper is suspended, so is their playmaker Mehmet Aurelio plus a host of injuries to contend with at the back. Turkey are in trouble.

 

The Turkish coach has admitted that the way they’ve gone about in their matches has been to defend in the first half and then attack in the second. This was ridiculously evident against the Czech, whom despite having a lack of quality in their attack were able to pick up 2 goals in the 1^st half. This is an extremely dangerous strategy and can easily be exploited by the Croatian coach, Slaven Bilic. Although the coach insists they’ll go on the attack against Croatia early, I doubt that will happen given the fragility of their defense.

 

Croatia are the dark horses to win the competition, and their win against Germany cannot be dismissed offhand. Their defense since the start of the tournament has not been first their first choice, but they have stepped up to the occasion. These are serious contenders, and they should be able to get past Turkey. 2-1 to Croatia.

 

(I should take a bit of time to do something about my font irregularities, which usually stems from me typing up my post on Word before posting, because my connections screw up every now and then. Internet is down right now, f’r instance) The problem is sometimes I start typing on the blog, then continue on Word. Easy to stop, just need to remember.)

Surprise Surprise!

Well, well, Germany winning was definitely not what I expected.

Having accidentally slept for about 3 hours from 6pm onwards, I figured I'd be able to get enough sleep in order to wake up and watch the match. So close to 1am I went to sleep again, with alarm set to 2:45am. By the time I dragged myself out of consciousness, it was 3:25am and I watched a few minutes of the match before the first half ended. The scoreline did give a bit of a shock to the system (Germany were leading 2-1) but unfortunately it wasn't enough to drag me through 15 minutes of hazy halftime gibberish and I promptly fell asleep on the sofa. Woke up again, saw the match had ended, and dived back into dreamland.

Turns out Low had spotted the same problem with the strikers, and dropped Gomez. Podolski was fit (a bit of German smokescreen, perhaps :P ) But it was the Bayern connection Schweinsteiger-Klose-Ballack that made it count.

Congrats to Germany, and I'm actually glad that Portugal didn't make it through, simply because I'm tired of the over-the-top focus on Cristiano Ronaldo.

Will post for the Croatia-Turkey match later...

(yeah, changed my blog look yet again)

Euro Quarterfinals No.1

(sorry, changed my blog look again, and I doubt that it'll stay this way even)

Portugal v Germany

The Portuguese first choice are mostly well rested, having sat out the 3rd round match and are fresh and ready for action. Not so for the wayward Germans, whom, after a solid first round match, were made to struggle in the rest of the group stages.

Injury-wise, the Germans clearly have a problem with topscorer Podolski and Frings doubtful for the match. Portugal have no such problems. Right now however, the key to Germany winning this match lies in the feet of their misfiring forwards. There does appear to be a solid understanding between Mario Gomez and Klose, but that understanding hasn’t translated into goals.

Portugal have no such issues, as they don’t depend so much on their strikers. Their 5 goals have come from 5 different goalscorers, which belies the ridiculous theory that Portugal are overreliant on CR7 to deliver the goals. And with Deco putting his Barcelona season out of his head, Portugal are pretty much in the ascendancy.

Portugal to win comfortably 3-1. Both teams to start brightly, but the extra days of rest for the Portuguese will prove pivotal.

 

Ella and Mas Idayu targetted!

For those who've been following my writings both in its previous and current incarnations, you've no doubt noticed that I pretty much have zilch when it comes to current issues and politics simply because I never intended for that to be a focus of my blog. I generally write what I like, although I do tend to stay away from writing about work.

Having said that, I can't help but comment just a wee bit on an issue covered in the newspapers, that of Pas Youth members calling for Ella and Mas Idayu to be banned from appearing in a football match concert in Selangor, to the extent of demonstrating during the event. This morning, the Selangor Sultan has come out and threatened for the event to be dropped entirely if the planned demonstrations were to go ahead. It's a standoff that to me can have only one ending, i.e. the Sultan winning!

What I fail to understand is ; why on earth have these two been targeted? What have these two done that make them look that bad? There's too much hypocrisy here, and it needs to be said here, I for one am sick of Pas championing Mawi as an example of an artist of positive moral values. What has he done that others haven't? Or maybe, what has he NOT done that others have done? Honestly speaking, I have nothing against the dude, but I'm tired of others making him out to be someone he's not. That's a very open-ended statement right there ha ha...

On to the two singers themselves, I abhor dangdut so I don't really know this Mas Idayu. I confess though, I'm kinda a fan of Ella, despite never attending any concerts or having any of her albums. But I like her style, and her strength to soldier on in the industry.

Rock on, girl!

RingSteps

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Your No 1 Source for WWE Raw Deal activity in Malaysia!

Missed Gym Op

Believe me, that's not good, especially when one is trying to establish a rhythm. But for some reason, I just got knocked out upon reaching home (around 7) and consequently failed to get up for gym. Sorry sweetie! I'm not sure how I ended up so exhausted, but my body just wouldn't respond to any wake-up calls. I even missed picking up my laundry!

So the ongoing quest to slim down will continue tonight at the KJ Gym. I have now posted a reminder image on my Laptop which will hopefully assist me in my quest. The image is of how I looked about ten years ago ha ha :p

Football update: As I forecasted in my previous post, Italy make it into the quarterfinals. No worries, I fully expect them to get THRASHED by Spain. Tonight should see Russia into the quarterfinals, as under Hiddink their quality should shine against a Sweden over-reliant on Ibrahimovic.

Hmm, just remembered I might need to do some parking money fund-raising :P

 

WWE RAW DEAL announcement

Hey all Raw Deal fans! A new blog has been created at ringsteps.blogspot.com so all future news and updates will be posted there instead of here.

Phew! Finally got that done, and amazingly didn't take as long as I thought it would!

Missed out on so many posts...

It doesn't help that I don't have any real access to the Internet at my USJ home (apart from the hijacking of other people's wifis, which works only occasionally...). Right now I've got enough material on me to write on a daily basis, if I can just get the resources. I don't want to be spending afterhours at the office writing on me blog.

For instance, there's the Horror Birthday Party that my cousin hosted for her daughter, Alia, which turned out to be quite fun (or maybe I just like scaring kids, go figure ha ha). More importantly, it was the first time I finally got to fulfill a long-held dream of mine, which is to dress up as a zombie. It was a bit of a rush job though, so hopefully I'll get another chance to do it, and look better (er... or maybe NOT look better, depending on how one views this activity ha ha)

Then of course there's the EURO Football. A little treatise follows:

As you well know if you've been following the tournament, Portugal, Turkey, Croatia and Germany, Holland, and Spain have all qualified. The Group of Death has lived up to its billing, with every team in it still in with a chance. In Group D, it's Sweden vs Russia, while Greece, once and for all, have proven once again that their EURO 2004 was a fluke.

My original prediction for the Group of Death was for Holland and France to make it through. Holland have, but I admit, after watching quite a fair bit of the previous France and Italy matches, I'd say that Italy are more likely to make it through as in both their matches, they've created chance after chance but just could not score. France looked better in the 2nd match, but the way they conceded the third goal to the Dutch, mere seconds after they themselves scored, showed that new blood is needed, and needed fast.

As for the the other Group C match, it'll be interesting to see what side Van Basten puts out tonight. I think it's a fair bet to say that players like Robben, Sneidjer and Kuyt will not see a lot of minutes, given their style of play which is entertaining yet ultimately exhausting. At the same time players like Robben and RvP will definitely get more minutes, as they work their way to full fitness. Clearly the Dutch will be out to win, as they will want to restore some of their pride after Romania qualified ahead of them in the qualifying stage. But it is NOT their priority. And I wouldn't be surprised if the Romania coach outwits the Dutch again...

Oh one more thing:

*touches left side of nose with index finger* *snorts*

Later! 

Living On Imagination...

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Where it all began... origins!

Limitations!

I want to create a separate blog for the WWE Raw Deal news, but Multiply doesn't have an option for creating multiple blogs under the same username, unlike blogspot.

Makes me wonder what made them come up with the name MULTIPLY in the first place :(

Engaged and Loving it!

Taken my next step on Saturday 7th of June and daunting as it is, I got through! Although I admit, it was probably more challenging for my fiance, who was there at the official event while I was at my aunt's place watching Britain's Got Talent videos ha ha...

Ladies and Gentlemen, may I present my fiance, Ms. Raudha Ezaty Ruslan...

<sorry, no pics just yet !>

It's a brand new world for me!

 

Friday's PPV Event Results!

Friday night saw two challenger pullouts due to injury, that being Batista and Elijah Burke. As a result, both Undertaker (Aliffa) and and BFM (Andy) retained their respective titles.

Asyraq's Chris Benoit rose from the dead to destroy Fiezan's Sergeant Slaughter and crown himself the new Hardcore Champion. An interesting twist happened during the tag team challenge. Andy's Team Angle hoisted the Tag Team Belt when they decimated Judge Ben's Right to Censor. Unfortunately, they were only just enjoying their victory when they were immediately forced to defend their newly gained title from another team from Judge Ben's stable of wrestlers, that being the veteran team of Two Man Power Trip! Exhausted from their earlier match, they were unable to recover and succumbed to their challengers..

Results

Hardcore                        :       Benoit (Asyraq) beat Sgt Slaughter (Fiezan)

Tag-team                        :       Team Angle (Andy) beat Right to Censor (Judge Ben)

* Tag-team                      :       Two Man Power Trip (Judge Ben) beat Team Angle (Andy)

* Surprise Challenge.

New Blog!

After all this while, it's back!

Access at:

http://executorazmin.multiply.com/journal

Enjoy!... And yes, it's good to be back!

Getting engaged tomorrow!

tick tock tick tock tick tock tick tock...

Love ya baby! We're taking the next step together!

Friday Raw Deal PPV 8pm

Scheduled matches from 8pm onwards tonight!

Hardcore                        :       Batista (Azim) v Benoit (Asyraq) v Sgt Slaughter (Fiezan)

European                        :       Batista (Azim) v Undertaker (Aliffa)

Tag-team                        :       Team Angle (Andy) v Right to Censor (Judge Ben)

Intercontinental                :       Elijah Burke (Hafiz) v Big Freakin’ Machine (Andy)

* Holders’ in Bold.

Fitness update

Batista (Azim) - injured

Elijah Burke (Hafiz) - injured

Don't miss it!

WWE Raw Deal Challenge!

Okay, let's just clarify what the hell this is ha ha...

Followers of my older blog will know that I used to play this Wrestling Trading Card Game called Raw Deal. It's now defunct but that seemingly hasn't stopped the Malaysian contingent from continuing to play the game. As a result, thanks to our TO, Andy 'Jerichoholic' Putra, we now have a weekly WWE Raw Deal Challenge at CC in DJ.

In a nutshell, we currently have 7 belts held at any one time. These are:

1. World Heavyweight Belt

2. Spinner Belt

3, Intercontinental Belt

4. Women's Belt

5. Tag Team Belt

6. European Belt

7. Hardcore Belt

Anyone can challenge for any belt on Friday but must give notice to the TO by Thursday so the holder will be prepared. The challenger must then ante up 2 non-specific, non-superstar rare cards (3 for the Heavyweight). Surprise challenges, i.e. on the day itself are allowed but the challenger must ante double that of a normal ante.

There also a few conditions for each belt:

Heavyweight, Spinner, Intercontinental - 1 Random PPV Event as drawn by TO

Women's - Women Wrestlers only (d'uh), no Hell In a Cell

Tag Team - For Tag Team only (double d'uh)

European - Fixed Venue (Newcastle, England), added stipulation: Duchess of Queensbury Rules

Hardcore - 2 added stipulations: No Disqualification & Chicago Street Fight

The current holders of each belt are posted on the Photos tab of this journal. Feel free to take a look and find out whether YOU should belong there instead!

Are you ready to take them on? Remember to let the TO know! Good luck!

 

Updates Updates!

Haven’t posted the last couple of days but not from lack of activity!

 

When last we met, I was going to go watch Indy. Unfortunately this didn’t happen coz while I was at my gal’s, she got a call to the hospital so our evening trip was to Serdang instead. I ended up waiting one and a half hours for her in the car, which sounds like a sad way to the spend the evening, except the following happened:

 

Got a call from Loco wondering if I was interested in participating in an Indiana Jones Treasure Hunt during the weekend. Apparently they needed replacements and wouldn’t have to pay anything for registration. Very tempting, init? Needless to say, I was in!

 

Saturday morning, I picked up Loco from Kelana Crimson (a trifle early than he expected :p), made our way to Capital Square and promptly got lost trying to find it, both of us not knowing it existed. Apparently our 3^rd member Tech knew where it was, so a couple of phone calls later we were soon in front of the TGV and were treated to quite possibly the best breakfast I’ve ever had in a Treasure Hunt.  Hot curry with roti canai, curry puffs, and popiah , washed down with teh tarik/coffee, it was clearly a pleasant surprise, considering the last Hunt I attended (which was by the nonsense organisers from HELP) had them distributing to each team a bag of Koko Krunch cereal, a carton of milk, and four polysterine bowls! Wasn’t so much the food but the distribution that left much to be desired.

 

The treasure hunt got off to an auspicious start when the organisers accidentally revealed that the last stop would be at Sunway. What happened was we got our gift bags, which contained a nifty Indy hat, a token which we needed throughout the comp, Starbucks vouchers, a pair of cool slippers and not one, but TWO t-shirts. Tech wanted to change the sizes for his as he clearly couldn’t wear L. Me and Loco wanted to change ours too and after searching for awhile, one of the organisers told us that they’ll give us our replacements when we get to Sunway. Ooookay… We also decided that we’d use my car…

 

Summary of locations:

 

Capital Square – KLCC – Mines Wonderland – half of Cheras – Cheras Selatan – Kepong – 1 Utama – Sunway Pyramid.

 

Capital Square – ran to Starbucks downstairs got a clue, then err, took the lift back up to TGV. Yes, the lift. We didn’t seem to be in too much of a rush. Got a token, then rushed to the car. As we were running, my teammate reminded me to paste the car sticker, which I took from my bag and stuck on the car’s hood. I then wasted a few minutes getting lost looking for the exit to the car park.

 

KLCC – On the way, I asked Tech to get me my number from my bag to stick on my tee and imagine the laughter that ensued when he pulled out the huge sticker meant for the car! Clearly the small one I was supposed to wear was stuck on my car!

 

We arrived and I parked near the bus area in front of a bus behind a taxi. Both my teammates went off while I stayed with the car, forever hoping no security guard would notice and shoo me off. I decided to refix the stickers but for the life of me I  couldn’t find where my team put my sticker! Never mind, I’ll just remove the one on my hood first. So I got out, tore it off very shoddily and realised in horror that my car was moving backwards. Handbrake!!! Managed to get to it just in time, thus ensuing the race wouldn’t be the shortest one I ever attended.

 

Next entry: The horrors of Cheras

Contest Fever!

Nizam has managed to reignite my desire to win more competitions... the current one being a Trip for Two to go to EURO 2008 to watch a semifinals match !

Next week is going to be a very strenous week. I'm gonna have to borrow someone's Walkman, or maybe a small radio in order for me to catch FlyFM/HotFM's cue to call. This prize also comes with RM6,000 cash so there's pocket money too mmm hmm...

Right now my free time is spent brushing up my knowledge of EUROs... later on I'll be listening to Nizam battle it out on Fly. Hopefully next week it'll be me.. :)

This evening, I'll be at GSC MidValley to watch the final instalment of Indiana Jones with my gal. The last time we went to the movies was for Iron Man, hopefully tonight will be just as entertaining!

So much for THAT quandary

Managed to get to the Sunway mamak for the 2^nd innings of Mumbai vs Punjab only to discover that they weren’t showing the first match. Apparently they were only going to tune in to the Cricket for the second match which was later in the evening, supposedly to ensure there were enough tables for the regulars as opposed to the cricket mob that sits for hours to watch the match, ordering at most a roti canai together with their drink and never appear again until the next major cricket tournament. I was a bit peeved off at first but on hindsight I can understand. From my World Cup experience back in 2006, the cricket mob (mostly from the subcontinent) can be quite scary, especially when a match isn’t going their way. It doesn’t sound a lot different than football, but when you’re an outsider to a sport maybe 70% of the country don’t really understand, it becomes a different story.

To add to the annoyance, it took us ages to get a waiter to attend to us.  Bryan eventually walked to them instead and gave them a tongue lashing. Then the dish I wanted from the menu wasn’t available. Reaaally frustrating. Needless to say we didn’t stay very long. Football it is then!

It’s highly likely I’ll be back though, simply coz it’s the only place I know atm that subscribes to the Cricket. Beggars can’t be choosers!

Went to Bryan’s place and after cleaning up, I went to sleep really fast. Need to make sure I get enough sleep, or work would be a hazy experience the next day.

Bryan accidentally woke me up before my alarm went off though, turns out he and his housemates hadn’t slept at all. Not that I cared, as long as I got some zzzs. Off to Mydin’s the four of us went.

Mydin isn’t actually a bad place to watch football, the only problem is the huge screen can be a bit too bright, clearly designed to be watched during the day.

Final score : 1-1 (Man U win 6-5 on penalties)

Truth be told, I’m glad I woke up for it, despite me not being on neither side. A goal after 20+ minutes made for an exciting match to watch. Not interested in rivalling the mass reviews out there of the match, but in short it had everything a neutral wanted in a match: Goals, Yellow cards, squaring ups, a red card, extra time, and a thrilling penalty shootout and broken records made it an intense drama, although I was a bit annoyed the match went to extra time and penalties, which meant less sleep.

Finally we returned, and a productive attempt at raising coins for parking money ensued, before we all retired to bed. :)

I’ll try for the Cricket again tonight!

Cricket or football? Or...

Cricket or football… Cricket or football… Cricket or football? Such is the dilemma I face today. Arguably both of them are at different times so it shouldn’t be a problem, but I really can’t spend a possible 6 hours plus in front of the TV on a weekday can I?

 

Two cricket matches, one at 6pm, one at 10pm. The footie’s at 2:45am. With the cricket, the current matches on are the cricket equivalents of a football league run-in. Football is the Champions League Finals. I haven’t watched cricket in ages. The football is a Grand Final. The Cricket’s early. The football is only 2 hours. Cricket’s everyday till June. I might doze at work if I have to watch something til 5. Choices choices… And isn’t it American Idol finals later in the evening ? I wasn’t following it much until the weekend, where they ended up running an American Idol season marathon, I pretty much managed to watch a lot of it.

 

It’s been a very hectic morning today so it’s a bit of relief to be able to squeeze some blog time in. A getaway device that I’m delighted to re-activate.

 

Screw it, maybe I’ll just ignore all of it and get myself a good night’s sleep!

P.S: Trying out this tag thing, seeing if it's any good to maintain.

Cricket Fetish

I’ve been following a lot of cricket lately. I appreciate the way that the Indian Premier League has provided me with an exciting way back into Cricket, a way where I don’t get labelled a glory-seeker for supporting the all-conquering Australians. It’s a lot like the English Premier League, except that it only goes on for about a month and a half. I tell ya, if I’d known before it started that I could subscribe to it on my satellite tv provider, I would’ve purchased it instantly. Now with less than a half month to go, I’d rather not. Next year then, provided everything else works out, God willing.

 

It’s nice to be able to write like this again, what I want, how I want, although I admit the circumstances that drove me to seek refuge here were not the best. If I can settle into the rhythm, I think I might actually achieve something here. I have a theory that my lack of progress in my career may have something to do with me spending too much time on non-productive activities, non-productive meaning stuff that doesn’t actually generate or develop anything income-wise. This may be true, but blog-writing is definitely not one of them.

 

Anyways, back to the Cricket. I haven’t actually decided on supporting any particular team right now, although I have an affection for Deccan due to Gillie being there. Deccan unfortunately, languish near the bottom of the table, a situation which looks unlikely to change for now, half the teams themselves are still trying to find their footing. What’s worse is that their Captain, Laxman, appears to be unable to adapt to Twenty20 Cricket. At the top of the table are the Rajasthan Royals, and surprise surprise, they’re the only team captained by an Australian (surprise, surprise) and it’s the legendary Shane Warne. What’s even more impressive is the fact that they were the cheapest team to assemble, costing $67mil, as compared to the team at the bottom the Bangalore Royal Challengers, which cost $111.6 mil to recruit. Credit goes to the selectors as well, as most of Rajasthan’s imported players did not have any international commitments halfway into the campaign.

 

It’s about twelve days left for the tournament, during that time I intend to head over to a Sunway mamak where I can get my fix, probably not daily, but I’ll try. Need to check the timing though, do not want to spend more time and money than necessary. At least I’ll be able to cheer my team on this time. I remember watching the Cricket World Cup back in ’06, where I was forced to root for Australia in silence, to ensure that the supporters of Sri Lanka, India and Pakistan didn’t decide to go Street Fighter on my sorry figure.

 

Incidentally, there’s also an Asian Intervarsity Cricket Tourney at UKM between the 20^th-25th, so I’ll want to try to squeeze some time for that too J

I don't evolve...

    That's my problem. But honestly, is it wrong to want to stay the way I am?

Of course it is. Change is inevitable. The key is to adapt. After all, at the end of the day, everyone should improve themselves regularly. The learning process never ends, so they say...

Will I? Can I?

For the person I love, I will..

Hmm...

    I miss writing. I really do. At first I thought I had fallen out of it, as evidenced by this blog and my blog at blogspot.

But truth is, I need a place to let go. And it seems to me that this is the only kind of place where I seem to be comfortable doing so.Not many people know about this spot, it's been inactive anyway,  and I'm not sure I want to make it public just yet either.

I've got this huge bundle of stress which has been steadily accumulating, and I'm beginning to worry that it's reaching boiling point.

My weakness is simply that I tend to hide a lot, keeping stuff to myself, appearing to look happy or contented most of the time. But there's only so much one can absorb.

The last time I went around with a gloomy face for a lengthy period of time, I bloody well got scolded by everyone around me. They were so unused to seeing me in such a state, they pressured me into not looking like that. And by some unconscious need to fulfill their desires, putting my own feelings backstage, I succumbed to the pressure and returned to my happy mode. Despite not really being happy...