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Greg House

For those of you who watch House MD, this is the man. Cambridge grad, accomplished musician, varsity sportsman & house captain, bla bla

Here I go again

Today marks one of my happiest days reading The New Paper because when I started reading from the back, I saw a 5 page spread on Paul Scholes. Yes Scholesy, only my favourite player.


If I thought I was the only one who was in complete awe of his display against Fulham, well I was wrong. I’ve run out of superlatives describing him and apparently, so have the footballing world. Anyone who saw his goal would definitely have been impressed, but beyond the highlight reel Scholes was spraying 40 yard diagonal passes cross field and amazingly, all of it found the feet of his team mate. The trajectory and the unerring accuracy of his passes were so unreal you have to see it to believe it. And as usual, his awareness and touch remains vintage class.


If you think I’m just caught in the moment, here’s a testament to the exceptional no.18


Patrick Viera: The player in the Premiership I admire most? Easy – Scholes


Thierry Henry: I can’t understand why Scholes has never won the Player of the Year award. He should have won it long ago. Maybe it’s because he doesn’t seek the limelight like some of the other ‘stars’


Cesc Fabregas: He is the one whose level I aspire to reach. He is the best player in the Premier League.


Zinedine Zidane: My toughest opponent? Scholes of Manchester. He is the complete midfielder.


Rooney: Some of his football tonight, I don't think there's any other player in the world who could produce that. In my eyes, he’s one of the best ever.


Sir Alex Ferguson: (While having a list of Manchester United players over 30 read to him) You forgot Paul Scholes – and he is my best player.


Admirations from fellow players and legends all round. I rest my case.

Lego My Ego

Okay gang, I know you're all very psyched up about Coldplay and all, and truthfully, I wish I was. But I don't like them much beyond what, 4 songs? But I'll tell you why I'm VERY VERY VERY VERY excited to go!

BECAUSE I JUST FOUND OUT.... MERCURY REV IS OPENING FOR COLDPLAY. I know this is where you guys go "Aaahhhh, ya Mercury Rev. Sometimes I also Mercury Rev. But not too often la."

Mercury Rev is an American shoegaze/psychedelic/experimental rock band whose sounds create majestic soundscapes that with a couple of chords hark to the 1960s divinities of The Beatles or The Byrds and with the next couple of chords, create grand, ochestra-driven Hollywood-worthy instrumentals. Most of the time, they make music to listen to while you take drugs. But that is where the distant, dreamy, almost aloof vocals of frontman David Baker (HAHA even his name has that allusion to drugs) mesh so seamlessly and beautifully with the deliberately shuffling, melodic tunes and arrangement of his bandmates.

Most importantly, they've made anthems for the lifestyle-drug generation with sleeper hits like Opus 40, Lego My Ego, Tides Of The Moon and The Dark is Rising. The music is moody and slow mostly, so I doubt you guys will enjoy it. So I'm not going to put up YouTube videos of Mercury Rev, either.

Instead, I'm gonna say this:

Egg.

Life in Technicolor

These geniuses are coming to Singapore and I'll be there to watch them live.
Omg 23rd March, come sooner please.

Don't you shiver

If they play these 3 songs I'll die a happy man.

Bizarre Benitez

When I saw the starting lineup last night, I was swearing. WTF was Benitez thinking. Let me show you what the line up was like.

Firstly, where was Kuyt?! I know I hate him a lot, and so do some other Liverpool fans, but when Benitez doesn't play him, it's a bit weird. But, seriously speaking, as in seriously serious, why the hell were there 6 defenders. No Alonso and Torres. Quaysurat. Farid and I were like "What the fuck la, what is Benitez doing?". When we thought there's nothing worse that he could do, he surprised us with this lineup. Rafa said that the doctors told him Alonso and Torres are tired, so he decided to rest them. I'm not complaining la, coz he got the result. But it was a roller-coaster ah. I was laughing at the end of the game ah, when Torres scored the winning goal, as in really laughing out loud. I really thought the game was down the drain. Since we're at the top before Man U's game, I can still laugh now, before Man U kick West Ham's ass.

Devastated

How did she not get through? I hope I'm wrong and saw the wrong girl get eliminated.

To Get My 3 Posts in a Row

Angkor Wat

Phomn Penh

Saigon

Hoi An Beach

Hanoi Lake

Halong Bay

Hanoi

Uncle Ho's Mausoleum (to people that don't know who Uncle Ho is - he was the greatest leader of Vietnam): it's a decent place but really beautiful The mausoleum is surrounded by many trees, grass cover,... After visit the Mausoleum, you should visit the Ho Chi Minh Museum - which is close to the Mausoleum - there are things that are related to Ho Chi Minh, many kinds of trees around the country, a lake with gold fish,...

- Sword Lake (or "The lake of the restored sword"): the name of the lake is based on a famous legend: This lake is in the center of Hanoi - I suggest you should go to the 5th Floor of the building near the lake - where you will have a great view of the lake.

- The one pillar pagoda: very close to the temple and it's a special pagoda - with only one pillar - it was also built during Ly Thai To's time.

- The old quarter of Hanoi: with 36 ancient streets - they're near the sword lake. It's just wonderful wandering around these old and narrow streets - full of people in rush hours. And you can be very surprised seeing houses next to houses - it's just really strange seeing the combination of the old and the new but it's also very beautiful. There are many things that you can buy here: from handicrafts, silk, to clothes, food, ... everything!

Hoi An (more of a coastal town rather than a city),

So we are gonna take the train down to Danang and from there board a bus to get to Hoi An. Why im choosing Hoi An over Danang is that it’s a highly recommended place to go rather than Danang. Supposedly it’s a lot more beautiful than Danang. The beach looks awesome. Also we could take a half-day trip to the nearby village of My Son and the fantastic ruins of the sacred Cham city of Amaravati in the shadow of Cat's Tooth Mountain. Nestled in a lush green valley, this fourth century city is like a miniature Angkor Wat. The trip takes the better part of a day and can be arranged through any hotel.

Traffic here is minimal so we are going to rent a bike to ride around and explore the place. For those who ever wanted to try a bike this is the time. There are several tourist spots such as the mountains and some villages just outside of Hoi An if we want to explore out on our own.

Saigon

Most of the major tourist venues are located in District 1.

Ben Thanh Market similar to Chatuchak.

Just outside of Saigon, the Cu Chi Tunnels are part of an extensive network of underground passages which extend as far as Cambodia. Built by the Viet Kong, the tunnels played a strategic role in the Communists’ victory. Travel agencies around town offer a somewhat-hurried combination Cu Chi and Cao Dai Temple tour for about ten dollars. We can shoot some weapons here as well.


Halong Bay

Sam/Nazir just get a gauge on the tour prices for this place. Including the transport from Hanoi to the Halong Bay. Nazir I already settled the traveling within the cities in Vietnam. We are just taking sleeper trains which are a lot easier.


Phom Penh

The Killing Fields of Choeung Ek is situated 15klm from central Phnom Penh. Here is the devastating reminder of the torturous and barbaric reign of the Khmer Rouge.

Go-Karts
The Kambol F1 Go-Kart club is located on Route 4 about 8 km south of the Airport. They have Honda GX 200cc go-kart's and you can race them on a 950m track. So if you feel the need for speed head on down for a fun time.

Bowling
There are 2 bowling alleys in Phnom Penh. Superbowl is located at #113 Moa Tse ToungBoulevard (Parkway Square) and Phnom Penh Bowling Club is located at #34-38, Street 294. Both places will ensure you have a fun time.

Shooting Range
This is located on the road out past the Airport and the place gets quite a few visitors wanting to test out such weapons as AK-47's M-60 mounted machine gus and even the good old B-40 rocket propelled grenade launcher. If you are into this type of thing your sure to have an exciting time.

Siem Reap

Angkor Wat.

So that kinda wraps up what we will try to be doing in the 2 week trip to Vietnam and Cambodia. Whoever is suppose to do the travelling within the country,(i think nazir), pls get more info on getting from Saigon to Phomn Penh. Thank you and come again. And amacam 2 posts in a row.

Sneak Peek into the Trip

As you can see from the train map for Vietnam and Cambodia, we can make our way from Halong Bay to Hanoi down to Danang (trf to Hoi An) and finally to Saigon. From there we can make our way to Phom Penh by bus and then to Angkor Wat. So all in all, its going to be 6 destinations in roughly 2 weeks.

So whoever was suppose to do wat, do it accordingly to the locations. Halong Bay tour includes food and accomodation so can just ignore it.

Rafael Nadal : Where dead balls come alive

I was wishing for an epic and I definitely got one. And it was yet another scintillating display of tennis.

I said yesterday I wished for the best man to win and the better man was unfortunately(for me) Nadal. You just have to take your hats off to this man. His dogged determination and unrelenting waves of attacks left Federer perplexed towards the end of the match. I swear I saw some of the most baffling shots in the game. Most of the times I was just shaking my head in disbelief. Federer played as good as it get but Nadal was better, if that was even possible.

But the true measure of the man was during the prize ceremony. As Federer stepped up to address the adoring crowd, his words started to turn into tears as the sinking feeling finally came full circle. So overhelmed that he had to step back to gather himself. Nadal upon seeing this hugged Federer like a good old friend consoling the same person who was his adversary just minutes ago. He even went on to praise Federer, refusing to bask in all the spotlight.

I now have newfound respect for Nadal. Not many will remain humble after all the euphoria of a victory. So congrats Rafa, you’re a class act.

"Uncle, 5 kosong please"

I just came back from what I think was TLFC worst game ever. Rabak gils ttm! If this was TOWS, and we brought our satays to the game, we would have to rename it back as I type. It was so bad that I think the referee (the one who hisap Zat) was saying in his heart, "U guys no need to play soccer anymore la, just quit the league now, hopeless bunch of losers." The nicest jack-INYOURFACE-smack would be lunch at Al-Ameen. Someone (who was it ah? i can't remember) wanted to order satu kosong, the uncle said there was no more. Maybe coz each of us already had a delicious serving of 5 kosong (5-0) with curry and sambal. I think everyone excluding Tjoa, myself included (ya ya, u guys will say that every week I'm the same, hisap ah), played quite badly. Tjoa was class. Nuff said.

Casey Carlson

I remember telling Nas like 2 or 3 weeks ago that I saw this hello girl on American Idol. She had a great voice and the best thing was, she looked really pretty quite unique ah her features. Maybe its the hair.



Her other photos are just quay.





As FHM puts it, "American Idol's Sexiest ever contestant"



I have a feeling Nas and Zat will start reading after this.