Meow.

MEOW. Car Catfight alert =D

Ouch.

Why do we never see this kinda advertisements in Singapore??? =D

Arwah Nazmi

My mom alerted me to an article on Arwah Nazmi's death in today's Berita Harian.

Yet another friend gone...

I received a call from Nabil around 6+ today. He asked me if I've heard the news, and whether anyone from my former Quebec Company in Tekong has informed me of anything. I said no.

Nabil then broke the news to me.

Our friend, Nazmi, who served with us in Tekong, has gotten into a fatal motorbike accident yesterday.

He wasn't sure if it's true, but apparently it was in the papers.

As it turns out, I scoured the net, on Google, Facebook, wherever.

From Facebook, I got these...

William Remy Bosini Campbell was awoken by terrible news. i will miss you dearly my brother. i will pray for your passage to heaven and for your family to pull through this hard time. R.I.P. MY BROTHER NAZMI. : (

Didi Murda gdbye bro nazmi... ur memories still remain with us. Sons Of Tekong will remember you. RIP.

Nabil Murciélago Wachaoski : Its been a pleasure serving the nation together with you, my friend. May God bless your soul. R.I.P Nazmi.

I then found an article online...

http://www.straitstimes.com/Breaking%2BNews/Singapore/Story/STIStory_421496.html

So it WAS true then. Another friend gone, in a motorbike-related accident.

That's 2 army friends, and 1 2nd cousin gone in motorbike accidents in less than a year.

We all have to return to Him someday.

From left: Malik, Nazly, Didi, Arwah Nazmi (circled in Red), Azhari.

Al-Fatihah.

Essay Al-Baqarah (The Cow)

Oh Boy. Something to make you put things into perspective, all ye moaners of your English linguistic skills.

This makes me appreciate my English grades even more O_O

Some not-quite surprising findings...

... and this is why Islam asks us to cover our aurat. Subhanallah.

Sexy women in bikinis really do inspire some men to see them as objects, according to a new study of male behavior.

Brain scans revealed that when men are shown pictures of scantily clad women, the region of the brain associated with tool use lights up.

Men were also more likely to associate images of sexualized women with first-person action verbs such as “I push, I grasp, I handle,” said lead researcher Susan Fiske, a psychologist at Princeton University.

And in a “shocking” finding, Fiske noted, some of the men studied showed no activity in the part of the brain that usually responds when a person ponders another’s intentions.

This means that these men see women “as sexually inviting, but they are not thinking about their minds,” Fiske said. “The lack of activation in this social cognition area is really odd, because it hardly ever happens.”

Dehumanizing

Fiske and colleagues asked 21 heterosexual male volunteers to first take a test that scores people based on different types of sexist attitudes. The subjects were then shown pictures of both skimpily dressed and fully clothed men and women.

Most of the men best remembered headless photographs of women in bikinis, even if they’d only seen the image for two-tenths of a second, Fiske reported this weekend in Chicago during the annual meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science.

And the men who scored higher as “hostile sexists”—those who view women as controlling and invaders of male space—didn’t show brain activity that indicates they saw the women in bikinis as humans with thoughts and intentions.

Scientists have seen this absence of activation only once before, in a study where people were shown off-putting photographs of homeless people and drug addicts.

(Related: “Sex-Based Roles Gave Modern Humans an Edge, Study Says.”)

If a similar study were done with women, Fiske told National Geographic News, it would be hard to predict whether a woman shown a scantily clad male body would dehumanize him in the same way.

Evolutionary psychologists have proposed that women tend to look for mates who have wealth and power, so some of Fiske’s colleagues have suggested running a similar test where women are shown pictures of men next to expensive cars or other affluent symbols.

But Fiske doesn’t think such an experiment would work the same way, because women usually react to men they desire by “interpreting their minds, thinking about what they’re interested in, and then trying to please them,” she said.

So don't blame us for losing our minds when we see hot chicks, girls! We're hardwired to do that =)

ATTENTION: ALL WOMEN...

... and this is why you should never bring your husband/boyfriend/guy/brother go shopping.

After I retired, my wife insisted that I accompany her on her trips to Wal-Mart. Unfortunately, like most men, I found shopping boring and preferred to get in and get out. Equally unfortunately, my wife is like most women - - she loved to browse. Yesterday my dear wife received the following letter from the local Wal-Mart.

Dear Mrs. Samsel,

Over the past six months, your husband has been causing quite a commotion in our store.We cannot tolerate this behavior and have been forced to ban both of you from the store. Our complaints against Mr. Samsel are listed below and are documented by our video surveillance cameras.

1.June 15:

Took 24 boxes of condoms and randomly put them in people's carts when they weren't looking.

2. July 2:

Set all the alarm clocks in Housewares to go off at 5-minute intervals.

3. July 7:

Made a trail of tomato juice on the floor leading to the women's restroom.

4. July 19:

Walked up to an employee and told her in an official voice, 'Code 3 in Housewares. Get on it right away.'

5. August 4:

Went to the Service Desk and tried to put a bag of M&M's on layaway.

6. August 14:

Moved a 'CAUTION - WET FLOOR' sign to a carpeted area.

7. August 15:

Set up a tent in the camping department and told other shoppers he'd invite them in if they would bring pillows and blankets from the bedding department.

8. August 23:

When a clerk asked if they could help him he began crying and screamed, 'Why can't you people just leave me alone?'

9. September 4:

Looked right into the security camera and used it as a mirror while he picked his nose.

10. September 10:

While handling guns in the hunting department, he asked the clerk where the antidepressants were.

11. October 3:My Favorite

Darted around the store, suspiciously, while loudly humming theMission Impossible' theme ..

12. October 6:

In the auto department, he practiced his 'Madonna look' by using different sizes of funnels.

13. October 18:

Hid in a clothing rack and when people browsed through, yelled 'PICK ME!

14. October 21:

When an announcement came over the loud speaker, he assumed a fetal position and screamed 'OH NO! IT'S THOSE VOICES AGAIN!'

And last, but not least...

15. October 23:

Went into a fitting room, shut the door, waited awhile, and then yelled very loudly, 'Hey! There's no toilet paper in here!'

HAHAH! =D

Letterman - Optimus Prime Top Ten List

The "Transformers" star presents the "Top Ten Things That Sound Cool When Spoken By A Giant Robot."

This is effing cool!

TKH Game 36 @Victoria School - Final Game of the Season

El Capitan's Match Report:

A very early game that i worry. TKH has a problem with punctuality! Opponents look like menacing Germans in their green Adidas kit. We were no less intimidating in our red Nike ones!

Good open game from us, with our defence high up, opponents couldn't settle down. Final score was 5-2. Scorers: Yusri, Wancin, Sameer, Roy .

Till the start of next season, enjoy the pics!

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Started off the game as goalkeeper. Indeed, I spent the entire first half as GK. Pleased with my performance, commanded my penalty area very well, even if I do say so myself.

Had a less successful time as a left-winger, due in large part to the incredibly inept referee. Kept calling for offsides when there weren't, and awarded the opponents their goal when it was clearly offside. Ref looked totally like a Mat Rock, with long hair tinged with dye... and judging by his performance, must have been a friend of the opponents surely. I got into a verbal sparring with the referee several times, one of which is the following...

(Frustrated)Me: Ref! C'mon ref! Tu manada offside!!!

(Wise-guy)Ref: Do you know what's the meaning of offside? U go online on Google and look for the meaning of offside!

(Sarcastic)Me: Dah, dah check dah. Da lama da check... -_-'"

... And another with the opponent this time, after yet another protest at a ridiculous call by the referee...

(Incredulous)Me: Eh c'mon ref! That's onside!!!

(Irritated)Opponent: Eh just play to the whistle la! Carry on with the game la!

(Wise-guy)Me: Ah okay bang, Assalamua'laikum!

(Speechless)Opponent: *silence*....

On hindsight, maybe he WAS a friend of the opponents. After the game I heard one of them talk to him...

Opponent: Eh rabak sak kau tak professional sey, ketawakan dorang, ha-ha!

Ref: *smiles* (or smtg like that).

Grrr.

Anyway, that was the last match of TKH's season, which traditionally ends upon approaching Ramadan, and commences the next season after Hari Raya. Maybe we'll be having a new kit!

Pre-match warm-up

Match Day Team Photo

The Commanding Goalkeeper

Good shot of Yusri's free-kick

Here I'm doing the Twist

Here I'm doing the Ronggeng

Zulhairi running with the ball

Yusri crossing the ball

Yusri running down the left wing

Wancin's free-kick

Me crossing the ball to the far post which Ahmad barely missed

Me running down the wing

Kallang Victorians B vs The Cage

Our Abang Zan's match report...

3pm KVB vs The Cage

HT 1 - 3

FT 3 - 8

Scorers

Yusri - double

Zulhikam

Another one of those days, like many of those days.... Things just did not work out right.... The Opponents though, had Malek Awab, on their Side and though he's 48, he still plays like a 24 year old! Credit to him, for making and calling all the play....

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Our opponents were a team from The Cage, yes, the very same The Cage where people pay to play futsal at Jalan Benaan Kapal.

And yes, like Abang Zan mentioned above, they had Malek Awab in their ranks. Malek Awab, he of the lungs and stamina like that of a horse and former member of Singapore's Dream Team. For those of you who don't know Malek Awab, you deserve a slap on the noggin and shame on you. Here's Malek Awab in his pomp...

Yes, as you can imagine, playing against a 48 year old Malek is almost like playing with any other 24 year old. And he had the cheek, when asking his right-back to mark me, to say,

"Umar, jaga deni betul-betul. Ni Zul Zul sumer kaki lari ni"

At which point I replied

"Ehhh bang. Dulu siape yg lari macam kuda, tak penat-penat?"

Malek replied

"Ahhh tu duluuu. Sekarang manada kuda lagiii..."

Haha. Funny guy. He was hitting cross-field balls with his right foot, left foot, it doesn't matter to him, both he does really well. And turning up in all areas of the pitch. Sheesh. On top of that, The Cage had in their ranks one Zulkifli, my junior in Junyuan Primary and also in VS. And who also happens to be my former neighbour. Whom I used to play football with at the void deck of our flat. And now he's a former National U-18 player. Dang.

Anyway, we lost 8-3. I missed a penalty, my 2nd penalty miss in as many games. And now I've been banned from taking penalties =( But I made amends by scoring in the 2nd half. Goal as below. Zulhairi played a ball to Yusri upfront during a counter-attack. I ran up from centre-midfield to support Yusri. Yusri laid the ball to me, expecting a return pass. But seeing the centre-back cover my angle to pass to Yusri, I decided to take him on. Sold and fooled him with a stepover with my right foot, pushed the ball forward with my left, swivelled back and lifted the ball over the goalkeeper into the far corner of the net with my right foot. For those not football-inclined, the following video shows the art of the stepover.

I also took a bootful of studs to my GROIN. Ouch. Leaving me incapacitated for quite a few minutes. Overall, a mixed game for me... like Abang Zan said, if I'd converted my penalty, I would have had a good game...

The Cage Match Day Team Photo 1

The Cage Match Day Team Photo 2

Match Day Team Photo 1 (See if you can spot my boots... my right leg was sporting the Chrome Nike Mercurials, while my left leg was wearing the Red 'uns!)

Match Day Team Photo 2

My goal

TKH Game 35.

A game against a few nice guys... and what a game it is too! We even had our boy Khairul back from Australia with his freshly-earned degree!

I'd psyched up myself totally for this game... prepared well the night before, I carbo-loaded myself with several bananas, hydrated myself well... and even got (relatively) sufficient sleep! All this to prepare myself for the winger's role I'm bound to play the next day... and also bearing in mind I tend to perform horribly for morning games... until Yusri told me that I was gonna be playing as Goalkeeper the whole game. Meh -_-'"

Anyway game was played at First Toa Payoh Secondary School.

Thought it was gonna be AstroTurf pitch, but turns out it was all grass... but the pitch wasn't bad at all. I was hyper, as u can expect, what with all my preparation beforehand... but almost turned up late for the game as Aizad decided to continue sleeping earlier in the morning, and I was pillioning him.

We scored 2 goals first, before controversy! Farhan dived low and blocked a cross with his shoulder, and opponents were awarded a penalty! A left-footed guy strode up... at this point in time I applied psychological pressure by wasting time and moving up and down the goal-line to disrupt his concentration. He shoots, I dove low to my left... and saved the penalty! Hooray!

A few mins after that, we conceded yet another penalty. And this time, they scored. Not much I could do, for I saw the striker literally 'rembat' the ball with the top of his boot, and at my shoulder height at that. Oh well.

The match wore on, and we scored 5 more goals to win by an overall 7-1 score.

Ahmad - Hat-trick
Samir - 1

Yusri - 2

Roy - 1

Overall, great performance, TKH is getting better, and I'm pleased with my performance today. Made a couple of cracking saves, saved a penalty, commanded my penalty area, remained calm and composed and even tricked one of their strikers who's chasing a backpass to me with some nifty footwork... which is what I'm supposed to be doing as a winger, not a goalkeeper. Shows what a difference a couple of bananas and enough sleep beforehand can do to enhance your performance... if I do say so myself. Heh.

Match-Day Team Photo 1

Match-Day Team Photo 2

The Boys

My Boy from Aussie with Degree! G'day Mate!

Half-Time Team-Talk

Half-Time Camwhore

Fadzil and New Boy Farhan clowning around...

Is that a bird?

...Is that a plane?...

No, it's the Goalkeeper making a save without a ball just for the camera!

26th Jul 09 - 3pm KVB vs Mugora FC

Our Abang Zan's Match Report...

3pm

Kallang B Victorians vs Mugora

Bitter and Sweet, i guess...

Lost 6 - 4...

Our scorers were Chern San who got a hattrick and Yusri....

Bitter, coz response for the game was not too good, despite after 5 week of no soccer!

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WARNING: THIS ENTRY IS GOING TO MAKE THE GIRLS SICK.

It's all so clear to me now. If women the whole world over were to spray on perfume (btw, how come womens' perfume are always so long-lasting and seductive, yet not overpowering??? How DO they do it? It couldn't be that they sprayed on a lot, if that's the case the smell would be too powerful to be pleasurable... HOW DO THEY DO IT!!!), there goes Mankind.

I mean, its not the first time I've come up against feminine opposition on the football pitch, but I've certainly never had to play against a woman who employs err... chemical warfare! O_O

Pre-game, all of us thought that the petite, fair-skinned maiden walking on the field was just a girlfriend or groupie of our Japanese opponents... for sure no-one suspected she was gonna play. Dressed in very ladylike clothes, looking very soft and delicate, someone even sneaked in a wolf-whistle as she walked past...

Then halfway through the game when the ball went out of play, we looked on in amazement. Is it true??? The girl was changed into her team kit and is preparing to come in! And come in she did, taking up a right-wing position. And since I was playing left wing that day, girl was practically beside me the whole time O_O

And ohhh. Her scent... argh, it was driving me nuts! Totally ruined my game, because half the time that scent was getting to my olfactory senses. Apparently it must have affected my team-mates too, because once, she got the ball and ran off with it, while the defenders were left trailing behind... no, walking, in the wake of her trail as if savouring her scent... and she passed the ball to her team-mate, and they scored a goal. Nobody even bothered chasing after her! Annoying.

We lost 6-4, too, to a team which featured a girl -_-'" No offence ladies, but dang.

After the game, we shook hands and I spake with her. Turns out she's from Japan (obviously), and that back in Japan she played football =) , but she never expected to play football in Singapore... and she's in her early 20's too! =)=) andddd... Yucci be her name! Kawaiiii...!!! =)=)=)

Match-Day Team Photo 1

Match-Day Team Photo 2

Yucci in action!

Post-Match Group Photo 1

Post-Match Group Photo 2... Yucci plonked herself beside me! =)

Yucci's side profile... a whole lot more desirable... AND sihatttt.... than Aizad's I must add... sorry cuzz...

I want nobody nobody but Y...