Futsal

No more exams!!! :D
watched The Social Network aka Facebook movie
Only got home from late night futsal match just before, where our team put in the best performance of the season beating the league leaders 10-4.
I scored a goal for myself and played keeper for the 2nd half as our keeper was away.

Roof-top futsal anyone? Only in Japan...

Going to sleep. Gotta wake up early. 7am. Manchester Derby.
COME ON UNITED

-Farniee

balls

I played pool today for the first time this semester. In the first game, I was two balls up with the black one to go. I had it right in the corner, next to the hole. I got it in.. but my white ball flew off the table, meaning i lost. The next game i lost... The third game was horrible. I lost and didn't get a ball in. Then this rule was sprung on me which I had never heard about.

Coming from 'The science of pub pool' rules...

The 'Pants' Rule
If a player loses a game without having sunk any of his own balls he must walk or run a lap of the table with his pants down. There are two opt outs for the pants rule: girls do not have to do it, and a player can buy his way out with beer (a pint or jug, generally up to the incumbent.)

Having not sunk any of my balls in, I was forced to do a lap around the pool table, in the pool room at uni, with my pants down to my ankles. I was considering chickening out.. and of course I couldnt buy my way out (no beer and im not a girl..), so i did it, while the two old ladies at the counter were distracted by new customers. I did cheat a little though, instead of having my pants around my ankles they went down to my knees. I was lucky there weren't many people around today, no girls either.

It's been a bad start to the week :(

Banana

Urban dictionary's definition of a banana:

An asian person who acts like they are white. Yellow on the outside, white on the inside.

Quang doesn't know what Dim Sum is? man that guy's a Banana.

Close enough.. I think im slowly turning into a banana. I've forgotten to speak mando. I am absolutely terrible at it. Last night when i was downstairs in the kitchen, my grandma came out to see who was making so much noise. I struggled to string a few chinese words together to make a sentence telling her that i was just putting a bowl in the sink... she was like wahhhhhhh? o_O???? At that moment I tried to run away.. but she insisted on me telling her what I was trying to say. And eventually it came out in a bit of a mumble. Loss of self confidence right there...

Someone recommend me a good Taiwanese drama to watch?

-Farnie

Asian Masterchefs

Sorry everyone, havent been on the net much lately because i've been capped. Anyway, the recent season of MasterChef Australia has just finish with the winner being Adam Liaw. It is quite interesting that Asians, especially of Malaysian heritage, have done extremely well in this competition, with Adam Liaw, a half Malaysian, coming first in the 2010 season and Poh, also a Malaysian coming 2nd in the 2009 edition. Also, an honorable mention to Alvin Quah, another Malaysian contestant.

Could their success be attributed to the multi-cultural society in Malaysia? With people with native Malay backgrounds, people of Indian heritage and people which have Chinese ancestry, the food in Malaysia is both diverse and unique, often a mix of these cultures.

Perhaps their success just comes from the judges lack of knowledge of Asian cusine. For example, Adam Liaw's egg custard with pork is a dish that my mum and grandma often cook at home to eat with rice. Not saying that they are as good a cook as Adam, but it is quite a simplistic dish to cook. I could probably cook it... That dish was something that the judges had never seen or tasted before and rated quite highly.

Anyway, congratulations to Adam on winning MasterChef. He thoroughly deserves it.

MALAYSIA BOLEH!

Sports blog

Lately i've been struggling to find inspiration to blog about. And i have found it, looked to something that i love watching and playing. With the World Cup finished, Wimbledon finished, you'd think i'd have nothing to blog about. But there is a wealth of different sporting events on at the moment...









Tour de France
AFL season
NRL season
Australia vs Pakistan in the cricket
the A-league is about to start and so is the EPL

So to start it all off.. English Premier League's 2009/2010 season's runner up, Manchester United have revealed their new kit for the new season. They have gone with one that looks very similar to the one they wore many times in their history including the 1946/47 season kit. United's new kit has gotten rid of the black V on the front and has now included a white collar.












So what do you think of Manchester United's new kit?

just like a wavin' flag

60 seconds in a minute
60 minutes in an hour
60 hours in my log book
60 hours to go...

i cant get the world cup song out of my head

Give me freedom, give me fire, give me reason, take me higher
See the champions, take the field now, you define us, make us feel proud
In the streets our heads are lifting, as we lose our inhibition,
Celebration, it surround us, every nations, all around us

Singing forever young, singing songs underneath that sun
Lets rejoice in the beautiful game,
And together at the end of the day.
We all say

When I get older I will be stronger
They’ll call me freedom, just like a wavin’ flag
When I get older I will be stronger
They’ll call me freedom, just like a wavin’ flag
So wave your flag, now wave your flag, now wave your flag

Oooohhh, Oooooooooh wooooohh, Oooooooooh wooooohh

good luck with exams everyone :)

Kokoda

Hawthorn 10.19 (79) def. Sydney 11.11 (77)

In the Kokoda match with Hawthorn wearing a one off jumper to raise funds for the Kokoda Track Foundation, Hawthorn were able to hang on to win by 2 points over Sydney. It's close frantic finishes in matches like these which makes me love going to watch the footy live. With less than one goal difference in the dying moments of the game, your heart beat accelerates, the adrenaline starts pumping, you start going into madness with everyone contest possibly affecting the outcome of the game. You and everyone in the stadium try to will your team to win, to push your team further. The buzz around the ground grows, the decibel levels rise, the time ticks on. You immediately become friends with those supporting your team around you as you all share the same emotions. Not knowing how much time is left until the final siren creates a fear within you that the other team could score a goal and potentially win the match. But when that final siren goes, and your team has won, the excitement overwhelms you. You instinctively get up off your chair and jump for joy, fist pumping the air. The massive grin on your face tells it all. Five minutes after the game your hands are still shaking. I've lost my voice.