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Wednesday, June 30, 2004
The One With The New Boss 

Quoting a forwarded message :

New Boss

A company, feeling it was time for a shakeup, hires a new CEO. This new boss is determined to rid the company of all slackers. On a tour of the
facilities, the CEO notices a guy leaning on a wall. The room is full of workers and he wants to let them know he means business! The CEO walks
up to the guy and asks, "And how much money do you make a week?"

A little surprised, the young fellow looks at him and replies, "I make $300.00 a week. Why?"
The CEO then hands the guy $1,200 in cash and screams, "Here's four weeks' pay, now GET OUT and don't come back!"

Feeling pretty good about his first firing, the CEO looks around the room and asks, "Does anyone want to tell me what that goof-off did here?"

With a sheepish grin, one of the other workers mutters," a Pizza delivery guy from Domino's....."


Moral : Know your staff.. :p






Tuesday, June 29, 2004
The One With The Family Night 

We watched Still Standing last night.. Linda is dating a guy with kids.. Linda claims Judy's family not spending their quality time together.. Judy tries to prove her wrong by gathering all of them for Family Night.. No TV.. Just them...

Heheh.. will we gonna have family night, dear?? hmmm.. still a long way to go.. hehe..






Monday, June 28, 2004
The One With The Competition 

Quoting from Utusan Mingguan yesterday..

Ketua Puteri Johor tetap tanding Ketua Wanita Batu Pahat
Oleh Habibah Omar

KUALA LUMPUR 26 Jun - Ketua Puteri UMNO Johor, Haliza Abdullah tetap akan bertanding jawatan Ketua Wanita UMNO Batu Pahat biarpun Ketua Pergerakan itu, Datuk Seri Rafidah Aziz menasihatkan bekas ahli Puteri supaya tidak bercita-cita tinggi dan `duduk diam-diam'.

Sambil menyifatkan kenyataan Rafidah itu sebagai keras, beliau bagaimanapun berkata, ia tidak menghalangnya untuk meneruskan hasrat bertanding merebut jawatan itu yang ketika ini disandang oleh Shamsiah Rashidah Ibrahim.

Haliza berkata, setakat ini beliau telah menerima 49 pencalonan daripada 120 cawangan di Batu Pahat yang menunjukkan adanya isyarat bahawa Wanita UMNO Batu Pahat inginkan perubahan.

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Well, we already advised Mama on this.. let her challenge for Ketua Wanita while Haliza compete for Naib Ketua.. she could easily win it.. hold it for 1-2 terms before hand over Haliza the top spot and retire from politics.. however, she resisted.. Mama will challenge for Naib Ketua and Haliza will challenge the 'wrong-form-filler' of last GE for Ketua Wanita.. best case scenario, both of them win.. bad case scenario both of them lose.. 'worstest' case scenario, Mama wins, and Haliza lose to Shamsiah.. hopes not.. :P

Good luck to both of them..






The One With The Last Four 

Last night game between Denmark and Czech Republic to decide the last team to clinch the final spot into semis.. Denmark won Euro Cup in their miraculous performance in 1992 while Czech won it while they still with Slovac as Czechoslovakia in 1976...

If I would say which the best team to win Euro 2004 based on current performance, I would say Czech Republic.. they are very much settle, 2 great finisher upfront, creative midfielders, good at the defence, and a tall standing keeper at the back.. they showed it well with a 3-0 victory against the Danes.. (I only watched the 2nd half though, so mind me.. ) I learned that Denmark held the ball possession in first half.. however, 4 minutes after the 2nd half kickoff, Czech sent Nedved in attack and won a corner. Poborsky swung the ball and 6ft 8in Koller powerfully headed it in... [Strike One!] 15 minutes later, Poborsky again passed a through ball from the right edge of penalty box, Baroš cleverly chipped it pass Sørensen.. [Strike Two!].. Czech fans just easing down from the goal celebration before Nedved sent another through ball towards Baroš and the latter smacked an unstoppable drive into the back of the net.. [Strike Three and the Danes are out!] Final result ;

Czech Republic 3 - (Koller 49', Baroš 63', 65')
Denmark 0
(MoM : Baroš)

Semi-finals matches :

Portugal vs Netherlands
Greece vs Czech Republic






Sunday, June 27, 2004
The One With The Greek Tragedy 

France 0
Greece 1
: (Charisteas 65')
( MoM : Charisteas)

What a poor poor performance by the Cup holder.. We (my sis, (Mrs+baby) and I) woke up in the middle of the night only to watch France defeated by the Greeks.. they really missed Vieira in the middle.. Dacourt and Trezeguet were far below the par.. created some chances but none really threaten Nikopolidis.. Greece however, in their same old tactical mode against Portugal and Spain, nearly got their first goal when Katsouranis connected with inswinging free-kick from Karagounis, cleared by Barthez before whole ball crossed the line.. France got few chances after second half started but Henry surely need more practice with his header.. with an hour gone, Lizarazu missed time his challenge, Zarogakis broke free down the right, unchalleged by Silvestre, crossed the ball into the middle, unmarked Charisteas with a powerful header sent the French speechless.. Coach Santini made three desperate changes, bringing in Saha, Wiltord and Rothen to replace Trezeguet, Dacourt and Pires but it was a little too late.. Greece made a history, marched into Semi Finals and sent Zidane n Co back home..

Other result;

Netherlands 0 : (penalty - van Nistelrooy, Heitinga, Reiziger, Makaay, Robben ; missed - Cocu)
Sweden 0 : (penalty - Kallstrom, Larsson, Ljungberg, Wilhelmsson ; missed - Ibrahimovic, Mellberg)

Netherlands won on penalty 5-4
(MoM : van Nistelrooy)






Friday, June 25, 2004
The One With Portugal vs England 

I woke up at 2.30 am to watch first quarterfinals match between Portugal and England. Both team fielded almost their best 11 (except for suspended Pauleta was replaced by Nuno Gomes).

England started the game well after a mistake from Costinha, misjudged England's long ball, letting Owen to easily put the ball pass Ricardo. 1-0 at 3rd minute. Portugal straight switched to attacking mode in search for an equalizer. However Owen was the one who nearly to make it 2-0, but he send the ball wide. England then lost their inspiring young forward Rooney mid first half due to an ankle injury, replaced by ineffective Vassell.

Portugal made their first substitution in second half, brought in Simäo to replace Costinha. Then England's manager sensing their winning by making a denfensive sub, Scholes was replaced by his Man U team mate Phil Neville, Gerrard for Hargreaves. Scolari then made a shocking tactic by bringing in unsettled Spurs forward Helder Postiga to replace Captain Figo. He proved his strange decision worth when Simäo crossed to ball from left side and Postiga rose high heading the ball into the net leaving James stranded. 1-1. Just when the game near to end, England awarded a free kick, taken by Beckham. Campbell headed it straight to the bar, and followed with another header into the back of the net. However, ref Urs Meier ruled it off due to infringement. Game was brought into a Silver Goal extratime.

(I straight went to bed, too sleepy to stay.. but from the momment Portugese grabbed their equalizer, I've expected that England will bow out in penalty shoot out yet again.)

My prediction was right. In second half of the silver goal extra time, Rui Costa scored but Lampard equalized minutes later. Game was dragged into penalty shoot out. Beckham kicked it high (as usual), luckily Rui Costa missed it too. Up till the seventh kicker, Ricardo saved Vasell spotkick before took the penalty himself to bring Portugal into the Semis.. Final result :

Portugal 2 : (Postiga 83', Rui Costa 110') - (penalty - Deco, Simao, Ronaldo, Maniche, Postiga, Ricardo ; missed - Rui Costa)
England 2 : (Owen 3', Lampard 115') - (penalty - Owen, Lampard, Terry, Hargreaves, Cole ; missed - Beckham, Vassell)

Portugal won on penalty 6-5
(MoM : Carvalho)






Thursday, June 24, 2004
The One With The Final Eight 

Last night Euro 2004 Group D matches determined the last spot into Quarter Finals. With Czech Republic already top of the group, it was a race between Holland and Germany to secure the runners up spot.. Any result wouldn't help Holland to advance into Quarters if Germany won. Czech manager decided to rest most of their key players.. results as below :

Germany 1 : Ballack (21')
Czech Republic 2 : Heinz (30'), Barros (77')
(MoM : Heinz)

Holland 3 : van Nistelrooy (pen 27', 35'), Makaay (78')
Latvia 0
(MoM : van Nistelrooy)

Quarter-finals matches :

Portugal vs England
France vs Greece
Sweden vs Holland
Czech Republic vs Denmark






Wednesday, June 23, 2004
The One With The Weekday Morning Chill Out 

I took a half day leave today..

We went for a quick check-up with our gynea.. everything's fine.. alhamdulillah.. doc took a blood sample and also gave couple advices.. then we had breakfast at DSH's café, sent my sister to her class.. Sha has been tired lying down on her week of bed rest, badly needed a walk.. hehe.. so we went to OU.. first stop.. Arena.. (not the foodcourt.. the swimwear outlet).. none could fit.. :P.. found some at Modern Mom, but it was cheaper and nicer at Mothercare.. We quickly bought tapau lunch and rushed back home to have sunny pool dip.. heh.. refreshing..

Too bad I still have to go to work..






The One Where Azurri Crash Out 

My stomach still doesn't feel that OK.. missed last night games.. but I checked the results on Eurosports News first thing first in the morning.. hehe.. Italy managed to beat Bulgaria with a late goal by Cassano.. however, they still have to pack-off due to a draw between two Nordic teams, Sweden and Denmark.. another casualty to a favourite team after Spain.. hehe.. I was hoping for that, and it comes true.. (unless Totti is playing, then I'll hope for them to go through..) sad but true to Azurri fans.. may Germany 2006 will give better results.. next target.. send the Germans back home..

Bulgaria 1 : Petrov (pen, 45')
Italy 2 : Perotta (48'), Cassano (90+4')
(MoM : Cassano)

Sweden 2 : Larsson (47'), Jonson (89')
Denmark 2 : Tomasson (28', 66')
(MoM : Tomasson)






The One With The Truth 

Quoting an email received from a friend aka Napet :

Saying the Right Thing

Man wakes up at home with a huge hangover. He forces himself to open his eyes, and the first thing he sees is a couple of aspirins and a glass of water on the side table.

He sits down and sees his clothing in front of him, all clean and pressed. He looks around the room and sees that it is in perfect order, spotless, clean. So is the rest of the house. He takes the aspirins and notices a note on the table:

"Honey, breakfast is on the stove, I left early to go shopping. Love you."

So he goes to the kitchen and sure enough there is a hot breakfast and the morning newspaper. His son is also at the table, eating. He asks, "Son, what happened last night?"

His son says, "Well, you came home after 3 A.M., drunk and delirious. Broke some furniture, puked in the hallway, and gave yourself a black eye when you stumbled into the door."

Confused, He asks, "So, why is everything in order and so clean, and breakfast is on the table waiting for me?"

His son replies, "Oh that! Mom dragged you to the bedroom, and when she tried to take your pants off, you said, "Lady, leave me alone, I'm married!"

A self-induced hangover - $100.00
Broken furniture - $200.00
Breakfast - $10.00
Saying the right thing - Priceless






Tuesday, June 22, 2004
The One With The Fabulous Five 

Well, I went home yesterday evening and we chitchated about Mix.fm perfect couple questions.. one of it was.. "If he allowed to date one of her friends, who will it be??" hmmm.. if we were asked by Richard n Shaz, then we dont think we can give any answer.. so, blablabla.. we changed the question based on one of Friends episode in season 3 The One With Frank Jr. - "Pick five celebrities that we can sleep spend a day with, and the other one can't get mad."

So, my list in random order (still in draft ) :
  • Angelina Jolie
  • Anna Kournikova
  • Beyonce Knowles
  • Nicole Kidman
  • Alexis Bledel
Her list (you may edit yours, dear..) :
  • Brad Pitt
  • John Cusack
  • Adam Sandler
  • Sean Connery
  • Angelina Jolie (???)


ps: I've added Still Standing as my favourite TV shows along with Friends, C.S.I.: Crime Scene Investigation, Charmed, Futurama, Sex and the City, the Practice, Rugrats, Gilmore Girls, Law & Order:SVU, X-Play..






The One Where Mr Got Sick 

Well, I wasn't able to watch last night final matches of Euro 2004 Group B.. It's all because of something I drank during late stay-up a nite before.. I got diarrhea, (not as bad as Mrs the other day though :P).. my body was hot still I went to office to settle my job.. Arrived at home, I took panadol activefast around 7pm.. at 830pm I was still standing watching Still Standing.. Around 945pm.. my eyes were too heavy.. I wanted to watch Boston Public but didnt have anymore energy to hold my eyes.. Soundly asleep until I woke up at 530am asking my still awake sister the score results.. Here goes..

England 4 Croatia 2

Croatia led with opening goal from Nicko Kovac on 6th minutes.. Scholes broke his 3 years international goal-scoring duck with an equalizer 5 minutes before half time.. Rooney, got another late half time.. The youngster smashed his second consecutive Euro 2004 double on 68th minutes, Tudor pulled a goal back with a headed goal before Lampard nailed Croatia's coffin on 79th minutes... Score ended 4-2 to England..

France 3 Switzeland 1

Zidane headed Pires corner kick to give France a lead.. Vonlanthen equalized for Swiss 6 minutes later and became the youngest goal scorer for Euro breaking the record held by Rooney couple of days back.. Then Henry's double ensured France to finish top of Group B.. 3-1 to France

France will meet Greece in Quarter and England will face host nation Portugal..







Monday, June 21, 2004
The One With The Frustation (part 2) 

Later that night I woke up at 2.30 am to watch a 'Winner takes all' Euro 2004 game between Portugal vs Spain.. I was hoping for a tough match.. esp both teams have great wingers : Figo + Ronaldo vs Vincente + Joaquin.. But it was really one sided match.. Portugal obviously using their advantage as a host nation, clinching a 1-0 victory courtesy of goal from sub striker Nuno Gomes. Figo+Ronaldo were superb..

Greece will accompany Portugal to quarter final despite 1-2 lost against Russia.






The One With The Frustration 

Rancangan Along kembali lagi
RANCANGAN kegemaran kanak-kanak, Along, kembali menemui penonton mulai esok di TV2 pada pukul 10.30 pagi dengan nama Along Bijak.

Along Bijak yang diterbitkan oleh KRU Motion Pictures itu masih meneruskan konsep asal program yang dicetuskan oleh Permodalan Nasional Berhad (PNB), iaitu mendidik sambil berhibur.

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This news was published on 19 June.. We waited from 9.30 am yesterday to watch this show but it was not aired.. Not because we like it.. but because my sis in law acts in it... as Little Sue.. hehhe.. may be it will be on air next week.. so, everybody make sure to turn on to TV2 on Sunday at 10.30 am... hehe.. Let the world watch her.. :P






Friday, June 18, 2004
The One Where France Nearly Defeated (again??) 

I managed to stay up early morning to watch Euro 2004 match between France vs Croatia. Based from history, Croatia never manage to steal a single point from France in every competetive tournament. In World Cup 1998, the Croats led France by one goal before defender Thuram scored twice to bring France into the Final. (I remembered the headlines in sport section of the Sun on the next day - 'Two-Rams..' ) Last night, France fielded a different line-up compared to their winning team against England. Desailly was brought back into the team after recovered from injury, Lizarazu was not playing, Gallas played as a full-back switching position with Thuram. Pires was replaced by Wiltord and injured Makelele was replaced by Dacourt.

The defending champion dominated most of the first half. Hard enough to see Croatia to have the ball, mazy dribbles Zidane, exchanged passes to Henry, Vieira, and Wiltord.. It was all France.. Twenty minutes gone, Zidane won a free-kick, he whipped it cross, Silvestre missed it, but Croatian defender Tudor unluckily slightly deflected the ball into his own net to claim the first own goal of the tournament. Just before half time, Zidane showed another magic. Henry swung a corner kick, brilliantly (I cant describe with a correct word here... can somebody help me please.. watch it and describe it if u can) flick by Zidane, only Gallas to head it wide. (It surely be one of the best goal if it went into the back of the net)..

Second half began, Croatia seemed to have a different team. France conceded a penalty (Sylvestre Silvestre, Man U again??) just after 3 minutes and Rapaic stroke it hard to prevent Barthez from stopping it.. 1-1. Just for minutes later another messed up on the left of France defenders, Prso received the ball, flicked it from Sylvestre Silvestre, Desailly missed the clearance and Prso punished the school boy error by an unstoppable volley. Croats are up high with a probable sweet revenge.. 2-1 to Croatia.. France began to sweat.. however they were lucky when Tudor made a silly backpass, keeper Butina tried to clear, Trezequet challenged. the ball hit Trezeguet's hand, the Juventus striker easily collected it and sent it into the net.. Croat tried to protest, but the hand-ball was clearly unintentional.. 2-2.. with 30 minutes to play.. it could be a goal-fest game.. Butina made a couple of good saves to denied France a win.. then at the death, Croatia sent the ball long on a counter attack from the left, sub Molnar clever turned to fool the defender but kicked it wide from point blank.. Both teams settled with a 2-2 draw..

In another group B match, England relive their chance into quarter final with a win against Switzeland. Two goals from the youngest scorer of Euro, Rooney and one from Gerrard wrapped the game at 3-0. Yesterday in group A, Greece spoiled Spain chance to become the first team to qualify into quarter when Charisteas erased Morientes one goal lead. 1-1 the score. Earlier on, host Portugal won 2-0 against Russia. Goals from Maniche and Rui Costa.

Portugal 2 : (Maniche 7', Rui Costa 89')
Russia 0
(MoM : Maniche)

Spain 1 : (Morientes 28')
Greece 1 (Charisteas 66')
(MoM : Raúl)

Croatia 2 : (Rapaic 48' pen, Pršo 52' )
France 2 : (Tudor 22' o.g., Trezeguet 64')
(MoM : Pršo)

England 3 : (Rooney 23', 75', Gerrard 82')
Switzeland 0
(MoM : Rooney)






Wednesday, June 16, 2004
The One With The Round-up (part 1) 

So, now every team in Euro 2004 has played their first match. In Group C, Italy went into a goalless draw with Denmark . Some spectacular saves were made by both keepers to protect their goal, Sweden trashed Bulgaria 5-0, Larsson (back from his international retirement) scored twice, (the headed goal was simply superb) and has become the tournament leading goal scorer.

Last nite matches for Group D, Euro 96 runners-up Czech Republic survived scare when they scored twice in last 15 minutes to prevent another upset from little Latvia. Czech won 2-1. Man U striker, van Nistelrooy scored late equalizer for Holland to cancel Germany's freakish first half lead. A free-kick taken by Frings from an unthreatening area curling without connected to any players including keeper van der Saar ended into the far post of the goal. Both teams satisfied with a 1-1 draw.

You may have seen how every team is playing but still lots more to come..






The One With All The Worries 

I went to office slight early today, leaving my Mrs safe and sound at home.. until just about when i reached office, she called me, saying she spotted some bleeding.. I began to startled.. MiL rushed her to meet Dr Siva who did the check-up and confirmed it should be 99% OK.. just some placenta movement that made it bleed.. He also removed some blood clots.. Mrs will be on 3 days MC to have a good rest.. bed rest.. follow up appointment will be on next wednesday.. dr also advised her not to errr.. lift any heavy thingies..

Dont worry sayang, I'll be beside you always.. muahss.. I love you.. always..

p/s: Oh btw, Dr measured baby's length from head tuh bottom : 7.7cm.. it was 7cm last saturday.. baby's growing fast.. (mama baby add another 1kg in 3 days)..






Tuesday, June 15, 2004
The One Where The Wife Gone Mad 

Heh.. not my beloved wife of course... I heard Richard n Shaz talking over Mix.fm Breakfast Show.. then I checked over The Star Online.. Hehe.. funny when a husband had to seek for helps from public complaints department due to some small internal conflicts.. hehe.. Thank god I have one understanding, pretty, sexy wife... *wink*

Wife sees red over hubby's passion for the game

BY R.S.N. MURALI
SEREMBAN: An ardent football fan who sneaked out of bed to watch a Euro 2004 live telecast received a "red card" when his 41-year-old wife battered him with the television remote control for staying up late yesterday.

When his wife also snatched the smart card of the pay television service to prevent him from watching future live telecasts, the 46-year-old salesman who only wanted to be identified as Yap from Seremban Two here, sought the help of the MCA Public Complaints bureau chief, Khoo Seng Hock.

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Monday, June 14, 2004
The One Where Zidane Scores.. Twice! 

Euro 2004 has started.. Major setback for the host nation Portugal, humbled 1-2 to lowly seeded Greece. first goal was scored by Georgios Karagounis after a silly gave-away ball by Chelsea's prime target Paulo Ferreira. Greece extended their lead with a penalty by Angelos Basinas. Sub Man U's Cristiano Ronaldo was the culprit. Ronaldo however managed to grab a late consolation goal but it was too little to late..

Think that was a dramatic match.. Of course not.. Last nite 2nd match group B match between defending Champ France vs England.. Playing without their strongest central defender, England took the lead from a headed goal by Lampard (Lampard can head now.. Scholes no more.. ), connecting to free kick from Captain Beckham. France, still traumatised from their World Cup flop, struggled to create chances although their midfields (Vierra, Makalele, Pires and of course Zidane) definately controlled the center field.. But England defenders looked too tough to break..

In the second-half, young Rooney managed to get the ball through on a counter-attack only to find Sylvestre Silvestre blocked his way in the penalty box (again a Man U player to concede). Beckham, who spooned an awful his last penalty kick in qualifiying round against Turkey, stepped up to take the spot kick. This time it was on target, but keeper Barthez guessed it well. Still 1-0 to England..

England manager, Sven Goran Eriksson looked confident to grab all the points, brought in Vassell, Hargreaves and Heskey to replace Owen, Scholes and Rooney. (I seriously dont think it was his best decision) Heskey then gave away an unnecessary free kick in the injury time just couple yards from the box. Zidane, smashed in the equalizer with James stood still on the goal line. 1-1. England players and supporters stunned and wondered : What's the worst could ever happen? It wasnt the end but just the begining of the twists and turns...

Just seconds after they kicked the ball off again, Gerrard (whom also another Blues target) made a horrendous back-pass without noticing Henry. The later then easily collected the ball and ran towards the goal. James had no choice to tackle inside the box, earned him a yellow card and a penalty to the opposition side. Zidane then again displayed his masterclass and taught his Madrid teammate 'how to convert a penalty'. Game ended at 2-1 to France. Zidane was later voted as the MoM.

A painful defeat to England, but France really deserved it.. at the end of the day, the three lions well-beaten by the rooster..

Other matches played this weekends, Spain defeated Russia by a single goal by Valeron, Switzeland vs Croatia ended at goalless stalemate.






The One With The Latest Gadget 

Heh.. guess what.. we got ourselves a digital camera.. Canon Powershot A80 to be exact.. as usual, monthly installments.. but for me it is a good bargain.. we really need one for Bali trip and esp for Baby.. yeys.. next one.. video cam..

Canon Powershot interesting features : High-Resolution 4 Megapixel CCD, Variable Angle LCD Panel and Intelligent Orientation Sensor. For more info, u may google here..



Flash me, and I'll flash u...







The One With The Road Trip 

A hot and sunny day it was, in our way to Kuala Kubu Bharu. For me, it was my first time driving to the 'ceruk' place, for Shariza, it was her first time to stay awake. ekekeke.. Felt like a very long journey using the old road from Rawang->KKB.. which actually took only 45 minutes in our way back.. heh.. psychological emotions I guess.. interesting scene = 'kambings belajar drive kereta..'

Also, it was a nice and sweet engagement ceremony for Ida n Kepp.. congratulations to both of you.. Their wedding is scheduled around mid December.. heh.. too bad.. we're fully booked in December.. kan Baby kan?? *wink*






Saturday, June 12, 2004
The One With The Claps 

Went to meet our gynea this morning.. had to wait for more than half an hour since 3 couples came earlier than us. Then we went in and did the ultrasound scan. We saw the hands, legs, backbone, heart, everything.. No, we dont know whether it is gonna be a he or a she.. baby turned its back to us.. and then, all the sudden, baby clapped its hands. :P.. serious.. believe it.. Next appointment on 17/07..

Then went back and rest before begin our journey to Kuala Kubu Bharu...






Friday, June 11, 2004
The One With the Countdown to Euro 2004 

In about 30 hours from now, first kick-off of Euro 2004 will take place at Estadio do Dragao with world best referee Pierluigi Collina to blow the first whistle. Opening match will be between host nation Portugal against Greece. Game between Spain vs Russia will be followed couple hours after that.

I'm sure many footie fans couldn't forget when Wiltord scored in the dying minutes to erase Italy's lead in Euro 2000 Final which later won by France after Trezeguet volleyed the famous golden goal in extra-time. It was the best final match ever for me in many many tournaments. I hope this year will produce some spectacular results and discover some new talents. For those without the wallchart, you may download it here (right click : Save As)..






The One With NoMoreNopoly 

Read today's edition of the Star Techcentral section :

SMS: Celcos manoeuvre fiercely in booming market
BY RASLAN SHARIF

PETALING JAYA: The surge in SMS (short message service) use is giving cellphone companies much elbow room and incentive to cut SMS rates, according to analysts.
..

Maxis fired the first salvo when it announced in late April a new service plan that charged its prepaid Hotlink service subscribers only 7 sen per message to send messages to other Maxis subscribers.

DiGi followed closely behind, matching Maxis’ new rate just two weeks later. Last week, Celcom pushed the envelope further when it said subscribers of several service plans would have to pay only 5 sen per message.

The ultimate prize in this game of one-upmanship?

More than 11 million cellphone subscribers who last year sent over six billion SMS messages, or about 550 messages per subscriber, according to the latest statistics compiled by the Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission (MCMC). And the market is growing, both in terms of the number of subscribers and SMS use.

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See.. I told you.. this is the impact of healthy competition.. This is what consumers want.. 'Choices'.. We do not want one 'Bigshot' keeps terrorising the market, being filthy rich, sucking up our money.. and keeps raising service charges until his name stated on top list in Fortune .. Well, we have our rights as consumers.. When you hike your price, we expect you to increase your damn service level also..

Well done to Malaysian Telco Service Providers!! Keep it up..






Wednesday, June 09, 2004
The One With Who Wants to be a 'Thousandaire' 

My company is holding a story writing competition in promoting customer satisfaction campaign. Terms and conditions quoted as below:


ContentA true encounter with the situation that you think worth to share with others on how you saved the situation and turned a customer feeling happier or a true story that you know had happened to someone else.
KeypointStory must reflect our intention to focus on how people reacted satisfactorily to a certain action of service.
Start/End DateFrom 9 / 6 / 2004 until 8 / 6 / 2005
SubmissionPlease submit the story together with the details of :
  • who was involved
  • date and time
  • any other relevant info for verification
Best story A monthly reward will be given to the best story submitted and qualify for a grand prize for the best story of the year.
Written Reward
  • Monthly reward : Top prize = RM 300
  • 2nd to 5th = RM 100 each.
  • Annual reward: Grand prize = RM 1,000
Terms and conditions
  • Submission by e-mail only.
  • Committee decision is final.
  • Limited to one submission per person per month.
  • For all employees & manager exclude the Committee members.
  • The story should be around 500 words (min one page A4, 1.5 spacing, Times New Roman, Font size 12).








The One With The 'Sickos' (part 2) 

Oh.. Remember when I cried out loud to stop all these madness happening in our country?? I know it is getting worse and worse when I read Utusan Online saying "Nenek 74 tahun dicekik, dirogol".. My oh my... What a sick b*st*rd!! Rob, rape, run.. (and then blame on Venus)..






The One When Venus Crossing the Sun 

It is interesting to learn that thousands Malaysians flooded to National Planetarium to see Venus crossing the Sun, a rare phenomenon called Transit of Venus, which occur in pairs, eight years apart. Each pair is separated by long gaps of, alternately, 121 years and 105 years. Yesterday's transit was only the seventh since Galileo's invention of the telescope in 1609, and the first since 1882. It will recur again in the early morning of 2012, but not after that until 2117.. Worth enough to queue under the hot sun to see a large orange ball through giant telescopes.

Muhammad Fairoz Asillam, the science officer in charge of the event, said: "Even with our large 14-inch telescope, Venus could only be seen as a black dot moving across the sun as the sun itself is so large and bright that it makes Venus look small and insignificant. The sun is seen as a huge glowing orange ball.''


image taken by TV Smith, a Malaysian blogger


It is also interesting to learn previous Venus-sun transit have been linked to the destruction of Mayan and Inca culture by the Spanish and Portuguese expansion in 1518 and 1526. Astrologers also believe those born under Zodiac signs Aries, Scorpio, Leo and Virgo were afflicted by Venus.

Astrologer Madam Zorra said Venus was retrograding and showing 'her negative face that is cold and cruel.' "My advice to those who are afflicted by Venus is that they should control any erratic emotion," she said.
p/s: Madam Zorra, are you sure u meant erratic, and not erotic? hehe.. *wink*






Monday, June 07, 2004
The One With AstroNoMore? 

I'm damn sure you guys have watch TV-adverts such as XXX plans, SMS & Talk Plan or Two Greats Prepaid Plans in one simcard etcetra etcetra etcetra what so ever..

Hmmm.. that's Malaysian Telco service providers current situation.. where consumers have their power to choose which services they like the best.. therefore, telco services keep competing each other to lower their charges, in order to attract more users..

In the other hand, it has been nearly 6 months since we subscribe to Astro, a Malaysian one and only satelite based pay TV. It can't be denied that having the Astro is a must for us, especially since our Condo management couldn't provide a centralized UHF antenna for our convenience. Therefore, without Astro we could only watch just 2 (blur still..) channels. We're paying for their cheapest package.. However starting from last month we have to pay extra RM5 per month for Astro services..

Unlike telco services, Astro price hike is just like petrol-price case.. simply irreplaceble.. a damn consequence of monopoly..

Within a month after Astro announced their price hike, there comes MiTV, announced they will launch a new pay TV based on IP streaming incrypted into Ultra High Frequencies, no additional satelite dish needed.. It'll provide at least 50 channels with (hopefully) cheaper price.. Good news eh? for us, maybe not as good as it sounds since :

Anyway, I'm still looking forward on this healthy competition.. Don't let those capitalists rule our future.. Let us rule their future..






Thursday, June 03, 2004
The One With The Second Shot 

As per reported in New Straits Times today :

Second shot at medicine
Anis Ibrahim and Azura Abas

KUALA LUMPUR, June 03: The dream to become doctors lives on for 128 top students. The Cabinet today approved several measures to help them study medicine in either public universities or private colleges.

It decided to offer a loan to all students who obtained a Cumulative Grade Point Average of 4.0 ..

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Out of this 779 offered into medical schools, I bet there will be some 1-3% giving up on their first day of class, when looking on the still corps on the operating tables, starting to realize becoming a doctor doesn't really suit them.. *(Can we have any stat on this?)

What is actually the main reason one wants to become a doctor? Wanna save lives? Wanna contribute to the society, religion, race and country? heh.. or is it because of hmmm like Meja said? ...






Tuesday, June 01, 2004
The One With The Last Spot 

English Nationwide Division 1 playoff was played last Saturday with Crystal Palace ended high with 1-0 victory against West Ham to claim the last spot to Premiership next season. So, below are wrap-up for English Premiership season 2003/2004.

Premiership Champion : Arsenal (1)
Champion League spots  : Chelsea (2), Manchester United (3), Liverpool (4)
UEFA Cup spots : Newcastle United (5), Millwall (FA Cup runner-up), Middlesborough (League Cup winner)
Relegated : Leceister (18), Leeds (19), Wolverhampton (20)
Golden Boots : Thierry Henry (30 goals)

Promoted  : Norwich (1), West Brom (2), Crystal Palace (play-off winner)

Season 2004/2005 will starts around August. For the time being, footie fans are focusing on Euro 2004 and players transfer.