The Federer Express

About this time last year, I wrote an entry just before Federer was about to enter battle against Nadal in the Australian Open 2009 Final. Nadal won that match in an epic 5 set thriller, one of the best that the Australian crowd had ever witnessed. During the prize presentation, Federer broked down into tears and sobbed uncontrollably. This coming from the man, whom at that time, was already a living tennis legend with 13 Grand Slams to his name.

Fast forward to a year later, I'm happy to say there is no such drama. The Australian Open 2010 has just concluded with Federer finally reinstated as champion with a straightforward victory over Andy Murray. He now holds 16 Grand Slams to his name, a record unparalleled in the history of the Men's game. His sublime shot-making aside, let me point out other less evident things about this great man.

A lot has been said about Federer, the tennis player, but not much has been said about Federer, the athlete. From all my time watching Federer play, I've never once see him pant. Not once. And this is with the multiple cameras following his every move every second. Granted that they're all super fit professionals but even the best of them had their moments when they look like they can take a breather. Federer, on the other hand, looks like he's taking a stroll on the park on every point. I'm not exaggerating, watch him play and you will know what I mean.

Federer may be a champion but more importantly, he is the people's champion. The fans love him, the players love him, even the journalists love him. He's outpsoken yet sincere, confident yet respectful. Just about the right amount I say.

And lastly, Federer's a humanitarian. In addition to his own foundation, he also initiated "Hit for Haiti" at the start of the Australian Open which saw himself and fellow tennis superstars hitting for a cause. The laidback event was a huge success and proceeds went to the relief efforts in Haiti. Tennis aside, he is a good man after all.

Ok la, you all may not appreciate him as much as I do but tennis is my passion and Roger Federer is definitely the man for the sport.

Dah tua pe

As the first of us turns 24, I bet we must all be thinking like Joey. Kiii seh 24.

What a difference a letter makes : From Mus to MUSE

Ok guys, next Wed 3rd February 2010 is the night. Big Night Out 2010 featuring MUSE with guests Rise Against and Saosin but who cares about them la seriously. So to get into the MUSE groove again, I did a bit of research on their concert setlists. Here's a sample of their recent ones this January:

Jan 15 Auckland, New Zealand :

1. Uprising
2. Supermassive Black Hole
3. New Born
4. Undisclosed Desires
5. Interlude
6. Hysteria
7. Stockholm Syndrome
8. Nishe
9. United States Of Eurasia
10. Helsinki Jam
11. Resistance
12. Starlight
13. Time is Running Out
14. Unnatural Selection
15. Plug In Baby
16. Knights of Cydonia

Jan 17 Southport, Australia:

1. Uprising
2. Supermassive Black Hole
3. Stockholm Syndrome
4. Undisclosed Desires
5. Interlude
6. Hysteria
7. Nishe
8. United States Of Eurasia
9. Feeling Good
10. Helsinki Jam
11. Resistance
12. Starlight
13. Time is Running Out
14. Unnatural Selection
15. Plug in Baby
16. Knights of Cydonia

And their latest one, Jan 26 Melbourne Australia:

1. Uprising
2. Supermassive Black Hole
3. New Born
4. Undisclosed Desires
5. Interlude
6. Hysteria
7. Nishe
8. United States Of Eurasia
9. Helsinki Jam
10. MK Ultra
11. Starlight
12. Time Is Running Out
13. Unnatural Selection
14. Back in Black (ACDC Cover- siapa menang seh)
15. Plug in Baby
16. Knights of Cydonia

I got these from http://www.setlist.fm/setlists/muse-53d6ebd5.html. A credible source ah, they're like the Wikipedia for concert setlists. So as you all can see, there's a pattern of some sorts. Only that they change the order of the songs from time to time. But the bulk of songs that they play in each country pretty much remain the same. More importantly, Hysteria, Plug in Baby and Knights of Cydonia are in. Seriously I just can't wait for these 3 songs ah.

And also in case they decided to be matrep and not play their full setlist , I also read up on my law notes regarding Misrepresentation.

Misrepresentation is a pre-contractual statement and a false statement of fact which induces the innocent party(representee) to enter into a contract. The false statement is material and the innocent party relies on it. The most important aspect though is for misrepresentation to be actionable, it must induce the person to whom it is addressed to make a contract.

I remembered clearly reading on LAMC Productions(the organiser responsible for BNO 2010) official website, where they stated that Muse will play their full setlist in Singapore. And only upon reading this, we then confirmed the decision to buy the tickets. This was important because we would not want to pay just to watch them play only a few songs.

Not that I'm expecting LAMC to go back on their words la, but look what happened to The Killers and kita kan SJIM so you know la our luck. So don't worry guys in case shit happens, I'll ring up Roberts and Fong, talk to Rebecca Lim or Elfaeza Ul Haq and we can watch our case reenacted on The Pupil Season 2. Settle.

Indian Lawyer

The Salvation Army realised that it had never received a donation from the city's most successful lawyer.
So a Salvation Army volunteer made an appointment to see the lawyer in his lavish office.

The volunteer opened the meeting by saying, "Our research shows that even though your annual income is over two million dollars, you don't give a cent to charity. Wouldn't you like to give something back to your community through the Salvation Army?"

The lawyer thought for a moment and said, "First, did your research also show you that my mother is dying after a long, painful illness and has huge medical bills that are far beyond her ability to pay?"

Embarrassed, the Salvation Army volunteer mumbled, "Uh... no, I didn't know that."

"Secondly," says the lawyer, "did it show that my brother, a disabled Veteran, is blind, confined to a wheelchair and is unable to support his wife and six children?"

The stricken volunteer began to stammer an apology, but was cut off again.

"Thirdly, "the lawyer said, "did your research also show you that my sister's husband died in a dreadful car accident, leaving her penniless with a mortgage and the burden of supporting three children, one of whom is disabled and another who has learning disabilities requiring an array of private tutors?"

Completely beaten, the humiliated Salvation Army volunteer said, "I'm so sorry. I had no idea."

And then the lawyer said, "So, if I don't give any money to them, what makes you think I'd give any to you?"

Dei, who won da

Its not every week that we come back from 3-0 down and win. Then again, its not often that we win at all, so I think this win deserves 2 entries. Got it from the AFL site. And I have to say, the picture is cool ah.

Darryl, TlFC's most dedicated player, celebrating with a teammate.


OPOD News Center - Tusser Ranger Senior's challenge for the title suffered a major setback over the weekend when they lost to an energetic TL FC to fall 12 points off the leaders.

Few would have given TL a chance in this tie, especially when Tusser raced to an early 3-0 lead in the first half. TL then reduced the deficit to 2 goals with a free kick just before the break. The second half produced end to end football from both sides where a mixture of defensive mistakes and TL's strength at set pieces saw the undergraduates claw back to 4-4. A final nail was driven into Tusser's coffin right at the death of the match when they conceded an own goal from a TL corner kick, after which the final whistle went immediately as TL erupted in celebrations.


After our game, Rendezvous asked John Tay for the score. They were damn shocked when they found out. Ah tau takut. Hopefully we get our 4th win in a row this week. Changed the game to Jurong West so that Azhari can play. Sorry Sheer.

Siapa menang? Kita menang! Siapa menang? Kita menang!

Somewhere earlier this week, TLFC was having a player crisis. There weren't enough players for the game. Wait, that's no longer a crisis since we've learnt how to cope with that (smth I picked up from my Psychology of Crisis Stress Management elective). Having 8 players turn up for matches was really not funny, well it still is not. We have went through bad spells, or more of like one fucking long terrible spell, losing every other game by scorelines ranging from 1-0 to 17-0. I might have exaggerated the 17-0 la, probably it was 20-0. It came to a point where players were giving excuses like 'weddings', 'church', 'IHG', 'KL', 'referee' - a 'morning lesson' was close just now.

So I have to comment about the spirit TL showed this morning. We didn't have our regular keeper so ya. We started off well, passing the ball around, creating some nice attacks. Obviously that lasted for only 5-10 mins ah. Then suddenly the tides turned, we were constantly under pressure, losing all the balls everywhere and conceded 3 goals in the first half, 2 of which I believe were quite lucky. With 3 goals down, there was nowhere else for us to go but up (actually still can get whacked la) and we started pushing for a goal. Our efforts paid off when someone, i can't remember who, won a free-kick just outside the box. Aizat converted it with a coolly placed ball straight into the bottom right corner of the goal.

Half-time: 3-1

During the break, our star signing Vishnu gave some strategic modifications to our game-play. The 2nd half kicked off with a vibrant reawakened TL, and the chances came by so fast that it was 3-3 within the hour. Another freekick from Aizat hit the crossbar and Darryl pounced on the rebound after Aloy somehow missed. Vishnu capitalised on Tusser defending error and slotted the ball into the bottom left. We felt the blow as they nicked a controversial goal to take the lead once again. The ball was kicked from the keeper's hands. At 4-3, I thought that's it la, furthermore I was already sitting outside. Shawn showed some set of skills before blasting the ball into the crossbar, with his left foot. Azhari, too, had a shot that came off the bar. Our equalising goal came courtesy of the bar when Sheer headed Aizat's corner into the post rebounding off the keeper's back and into the goal. The winning goal was a result of who-else-if-not Sheer whose corner kick somehow went into the goal. The mystery scorer was Suff, our man-of-the-match.

From 3-0 down to 3-1 to 3-3 then 4-3 and winning 5-4 is really a feat. We deserved it for playing so well in the 2nd half. Final score: Tusser 4 TL 5 Post 5. More importantly guys is that "The atmosphere in the dressing room was good. Everyone showed character and positive attitude. We really wanted to win. Now we focus on the next game. We only look at one game at a time and that is the next game which we will try to win."

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Can he beeee anymore older?

How yaaaaaaa doing?
Old and grey.

When Nas finally runs a marathon

Happy New Year

Happy New Year guys, let's not start the year like Ross.

I wanna square dance with Eminem

I don't know why this blog is as dead as me (at least the old me - step happening ah now) so I'm gonna write the first entry of this new year and new decade.

As we all know, every beginning of a new year means all the aou people starting to talk about their rizolutien and stuff. I say, isap to all those nonsense. What's the use of a rizolutien if you can't even spell it. And some can't even achieve the rizolutiens they set years ago ah, am I right?

Well, here's my resolution then:
I'm gonna be totally different - my whole appearance, especially when school starts next week. You guys are in for a shock of your life when you see the new Nas. In fact, the Nas that you guys have known for the past 23 years will be totally gone. So isap!

Ok, so does anyone know any fantastic plastic surgeons? I need to change my face. Hahaha.


Nasty Nas