July 4th, 2006
U.S. of A is celebrating its birthday today and I am grumbling over here. I have noticed that I wanted to write things but I couldn't. Things especially evolving around my work, work place and its environment. The reason is because I am fearful. I am fearful of letting my superior know what's my comment about what's going on and my point-of-view. So I'm trying not to grumble anymore but trying to ramble instead. So I wish I could change my URL for my blog but nah. So I'll ramble more than grumble from now on. Topics would include my limited philosophic thoughts and nothing sensitive regarding my work place and its inhabitants. I'll reserve that for my other blog. Psst. It's a secret.
Okay. What is there to blog then? Hmmm... world cup? Why not. Thank Germany for defeating Argentina (sorry Alwyn). Germany may seemed lacking in skill and marking but they made up for it in teamwork. The Germans had better teamwork (from my view) and had the crowd support. The German's coach, Jürgen Klinsmann, is a good enough coach and did well. Esther and I went to a nearby mamak that has this huge screen (like a mini cinema) and projector to project the game for all to see. Esther and I were not bothered about the mosquitoes biting us but more captivated by the game play (it is a beautiful sport). The referee of that match seemed very, very fair and it was a nice game to watch. The Argentinians did play hard but they went on defense mode against a good team. In my opinion, sometimes a good offense is a good defense. That was one of those moments that required active action and not passive. Oh well, no use talking about it now since they already lost.
The English team however, was a semi-let-down. The defense was superb. The midfield wasn't that bad just the attack wasn't good enough. They had 10 men and still manage to hold a good team, Portugal, to a nil-nil. A severe let-down came into the penalty shoot-outs. Shame on the Brits. They deserve to lose since they were so poor in penalty shoot-outs. I'm speaking from an armchair coach of course.
The French. What can I say. It was Zinedine Zidane's moment. His "magic" destroyed Brazil (from one newspaper) and probably is true. I didn't see the whole match but the free-kick was excellent and Brazil, by leaving Henry alone, deserved to lose. That kind of mistake should not come from Brazil but some other (lower ranking) football nation. Oh well.
Italy. Well. They had all the bullets and Ukraine just didn't have the luck. That's all I can say about these two since I didn't actually see any of them in action personally.
Oh well. Life goes on for the losers (sounds pretty bad ain't it?). Licking their wounds and better luck (or skill or both) next time. Till next blog. This is an armchair coach saying "over-and-out".
Okay. What is there to blog then? Hmmm... world cup? Why not. Thank Germany for defeating Argentina (sorry Alwyn). Germany may seemed lacking in skill and marking but they made up for it in teamwork. The Germans had better teamwork (from my view) and had the crowd support. The German's coach, Jürgen Klinsmann, is a good enough coach and did well. Esther and I went to a nearby mamak that has this huge screen (like a mini cinema) and projector to project the game for all to see. Esther and I were not bothered about the mosquitoes biting us but more captivated by the game play (it is a beautiful sport). The referee of that match seemed very, very fair and it was a nice game to watch. The Argentinians did play hard but they went on defense mode against a good team. In my opinion, sometimes a good offense is a good defense. That was one of those moments that required active action and not passive. Oh well, no use talking about it now since they already lost.
The English team however, was a semi-let-down. The defense was superb. The midfield wasn't that bad just the attack wasn't good enough. They had 10 men and still manage to hold a good team, Portugal, to a nil-nil. A severe let-down came into the penalty shoot-outs. Shame on the Brits. They deserve to lose since they were so poor in penalty shoot-outs. I'm speaking from an armchair coach of course.
The French. What can I say. It was Zinedine Zidane's moment. His "magic" destroyed Brazil (from one newspaper) and probably is true. I didn't see the whole match but the free-kick was excellent and Brazil, by leaving Henry alone, deserved to lose. That kind of mistake should not come from Brazil but some other (lower ranking) football nation. Oh well.
Italy. Well. They had all the bullets and Ukraine just didn't have the luck. That's all I can say about these two since I didn't actually see any of them in action personally.
Oh well. Life goes on for the losers (sounds pretty bad ain't it?). Licking their wounds and better luck (or skill or both) next time. Till next blog. This is an armchair coach saying "over-and-out".
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