How People View Football Around The World!

Somalia
Two people are reported dead after Islamist gunmen in central Somalia opened fire in a cinema where people were watching a banned World Cup match.
The cinema owner and a young girl were reportedly killed by militia loyal to the Union of Islamic Courts, who seized control of parts of Somalia last month.
The courts have introduced Sharia law, including in some areas a World Cup broadcast ban.

India
Thailand
The picture showing the Thai temple actually has a figurine made for David Beckham. Believe it or not!








South Africa
It's their turn to host the next World Cup in year 2010. Is the nation ready to host the most watched game in the world?
Will the huge stadiums be filled? Will the nation suffer as a result of pumping billions to host the game while majority of the population is still languishing in poverty?
Tags: Sports, Football, Soccer, World Cup, Somalia, India, Thailand, South Africa, David Beckham, Union of Islamic Courts

My Predictions

Just because I related my WC predictions to many people, I got hit back by many people too......hahahaha.....enjoyed those feedbacks and the so-called "arguments". That's WC and passion for your team.

My team? It's Viva Italia now.........back to spaghettis or pizzas for my dinners in the next few days.

Bumped into a website named www.specialcakes.net which is based in KL or PJ, I think. Looks interesting.

I like YTL's proposed bullet train from KL to Spore in 90 minutes. I won't mind taking that as the trip going to KLIA already takes 45 mins, not inclusive of the early check-in time. By the time I'm supposed to board the plane, the person who took the bullet train would have arrived at Spore. Now it's the pricing issue. The luxury coach buses going down to Spore cost about RM60-RM70 and an air ticket is around RM190. It's your guess.

I could even make a day trip to attend to relatives' functions in Spore and back home by night. Not bad! For those of you who are interested in travelling, MATTA Fair's back again from 22-24 Sept. See you there.
Tags: Journal, Diary, Life, Cakes, Bullet Train, YTL

Cautionary Tale

A young and nervous bride planning her wedding was increasingly terrified about her upcoming marriage. To calm her nerves, she decided to have a Bible verse which had always brought her comfort (1 John 4:18, "There is no fear in love; for perfect love casts out fear") engraved on her wedding cake. So she called the caterer and all arrangements were made.About a week before the wedding, she received a call from the catering company. "Is this really the verse you want on your cake?" they asked. Yes, she confirmed, it was the one she wanted, and after a few more questions they said they would decorate the cake as requested.

The wedding day came, and everything was beautiful ... until the reception, when the bride walked in to find the cake emblazoned with John 4:18: "For you have had five husbands, and the one whom you now have is not your husband."
Tags: Jokes, Humour, Funny, Wedding

Knowing Where To Make An Effort

Ever heard the story of the giant ship engine that failed?
The ship's owners tried one expert after another, but none of them could figure out how to fix the engine. Then they brought in an old man who had been fixing ships since he was a youngster. He carried a large bag of tools with him, and when he arrived, he immediately went to work. He inspected the engine very carefully, top to bottom. Two of the ship's owners were there, watching this man, hoping he would know what to do. After looking things over, the old man reached into his bag and pulled out a small hammer. He gently tapped something. Instantly, the engine lurched into life. He carefully put his hammer away. The engine was fixed!

A week later, the owners received a bill from the old man for ten thousand dollars. "What?!" the owners exclaimed. "He hardly did anything!" So they wrote the old man a note saying, "Please send us an itemized bill."

The man sent a bill that read:
Tapping with a hammer ........................ $ 2.00
Knowing where to tap ............................ $ 9,998.00

Effort is important, but knowing where to make an effort in your life makes all the difference.
Tags: Jokes, Humour, Funny, Ship, Inspection

World Cup

Me and my predictions.........sad, real sad......

Semi matches were predicted as Germany-Italy & Brazil- England, with a Germany-Brazil finals. Too bad.....went awry. Now the world cup is quite dry to me.....but will still watch as football is my passion.

But still cannot tahan some comments made earlier that referees were biased towards Brazil la....look at what happened now. Even the host has been knocked out.

Some people said that the World Cup was rigged. C'mon man, who is so rich to do so. Those are multi-millionaires on the field, you think they will sell the match for tiny weeny bit. If that's the case, might as well USA/Japan (both in the G8 club) and its G8 members or the Middle East countries pay all their way to win the World Cup right from day one of the qualifying stage.

I got a friend who plays the Fantasy Football challenge. He rather supports those players in his Fantasy Football team even when he fully knows that player's team will lose to a better team. Spoils the fun of watching football. Not real anymore. Wonder how many of my other friends are doing this also.

For tonight, c'mon PORTUGAL !!!!!!!

Have to say something also.......haha
Tags: World Cup, Bribe

Mourning Day

Too bad! My predictions are only 50% correct for the WC. I'll be changing to the Germany camp for now. Being the host, they have the slight advantage as seen in the last WC held in South Korea/Japan. Germany is also a team with strong technicalities in strategies and having a number of experienced players.
Tags: Journal, Diary, Life, World Cup

World Cup Fever

Well, 2 quarterfinal matches played and 2 predictions were correct, Germany will play Italy in the semis......I'm still waiting for my friends to appear online now to hit them (Argentinian supporters) who were so confident/adamant about Argentina's victory. Wondering now, are they not going to log online to escape from my bombardment....hahahaha.
Some of my housemates and RBSB staff from another house were reserving our seats prior to the start of a match. Unbearable heat within the house that made me go without a shirt on. Wonder how the others can bear it.

Both Germany and Argentina played a very good technical game and entertaining too.
Report on Germany-Argentina match

And we had pizzas for our dinner yesterday in view of Italy's game.....hmmmmm, tuna pizza, mushroom pizza and what's the other one called?.....never mind, as long as it's edible. Sponsored by a colleague.

Will be back home this evening to catch the other 2 matches. Maybe have some english tea with short breads before that. Thereafter, have to learn some samba moves too.
Tags: Journal, Diary, Life, World Cup