Marlin does it again!

• Yes, we did it again! 5-a-side field soccer champions! Woohoo! It was a 1 day event and there were a total of 12 matches, 3 match per team and 15minutes per game. Knockout system so that means you need to win all your matches. If you lose once, you won't be champ.
• So we start off with the qualifying part. Against C1. We are called B1. 2 teams per region so there B1 and B2. Won this one 2-1. Oh yeah, I am the goalkeeper. The guy 'oleh' me, putting the ball into the goal through my legs. Aiyo, so paiseh lah... Thank God we got 2 goals :)
• So we are into the major semi-final. The loser go to the minor semi-final, they fight for 5th, 6th, 7th and 8th position. The winner fight for 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th position. And in the major semis, we won again by 3-1! Yeah! We scored 2 goals from freekicks, pro la! And that 1 goal I conceded turned out to be an own goal from one of my defenders. Aiya... nvm la, still managed to win. :)
• Now, we are into the major final. This means we fight for 1st or 2nd position. Alright, this game was really stressful. I was already feeling the pressure even before the game started. Then I went in to do my thing. Came an opportunity for my opponent. My defence was open and I was the only thing between the opponent and the goal. The guy shot and aimed to 'oleh' me again. It didn't happen, I learnt my lesson and it hit my legs instead. So no goal for them. Then the same thing happened again. I was left by myself. The guy shot up and I just raised my hands. It hit my hands! Wah, thank God, turned out to be pretty nice save. After that, I was replaced by Chun Seng as goalkeeper so I hanged up my gloves early. Then we scored a goal from a freekick! But the opponent also scored a goal shortly after that and we went into penalty shootout.
• Each team gets 3 shots and winner to the best of 3. Both teams got their 1st goal. Then the opponent missed their 2nd while we got ours. After that, we scored again and it was over! We won 3-1 on penalties. And yes, we are the champions, again! Food vouchers!!!! Alright! :o)

Past vs Present

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The Gents

• No, its not the toilet I am referring to here. Its a special group of men. Actually, only 3 men. Officially, they are: Melvin Kwok Zhan Hao, 19, Singapore polytechnic student, son of a boss, muscle man and faithful member of Evangel. Luke Phua Kay Kiat, 19, Republic polytechnic student, NCC officer, musically inclined and faithful member of Evangel. Don Ang Meng Hui, 18, Pioneer junior college student, Scout venture, blogger and faithful member of Evangel. What a team!
• So what is Gents? According to Mr. Melvin Kwok, member of Gents, it is: G-Gentlemen, E-Special, N-Noble, T-Trustworthy, s-Suave. Well, according to Mr Ang, member of Gents, it simply means: Gentleman. Mr Luke Phua did not have any comments regarding this issue.
• Gents, est 2006 1st started when a group of guys went for a "Gents Night" at blk 925 coffeeshop. Apparently, only gentlemen could join the event. I forgot exactly who was at the event. It is roughly 1 or 2 weeks later when Gents was officially formed. Since its formation, the Gents have produced 1 mtv and is planning to join in singing contests. Gents love singing for some reason. Gents only sing christian songs.
• Gents are expected to be gentlemanly at all times, and this means to be courteous, polite, generous. Even though we have alot of fun, Gents never forget to do work for God. We work as a team to evangelise and outreach as well as encourage each other. Gents also help each other to grow in the Christian faith. It is a very important policy for Gents to be God-seeking.
• Also, Gents like to take picture. The Gents have taken quite a number of shots since its formation and one of the most important picture is the one we took at Ocean Leagues Super Captain Ball final. All members of the Gents fought very hard so that they will be able to take the winning picture for the tournament. Ang Meng Hui got winded after a collision with a random short gangster, earning a yellow card in the process, Melvin Kwok sprained his ankle and Luke Phua got sweaty. Apparently, the Gents were so excited about taking the picture that only they stood up when the whole team sat down.
• And thats for the Gents. Do take note that the Gents is very exclusive and will not accept new members easily. Thank You.

Issues Of The Head

• If you had watched the World Cup final which saw Italy win their 3rd world cup through penalty shoot-outs, or if you have been following the news, you would have known that something major happened. No, its not the Azzuris winning the world cup, or the way Zidane scored the penalty. Its still about Zidane, but its about him head-butting Materazzi, the italian player who scored the equaliser and eventually scoring the last penalty that cost France their world cup.
• For those who don't know, it was 20 minutes into extra time, 10 minutes before the penalty shoot-out when Materazzi fall onto the ground. No one knows why, but referee stops play. The 4th official then goes up to the referee to speak to him. Zidane gets red card. Video replay show that Zidane planted his head into Materazzi's chest, hard. It was like that dinosaur famous for head butting each other.
• Of course, the question we want to know is, why? Why did Zidane do that to make his career end in such a way? Why did he do that to leave the French team fighting desperately without him? Why?
• Many people call Zidane irresponsible, rough, violent, senseless. That his actions cost the French their world cup. But is he all that? We must look the issues from a different point of view.
• First of all, let us all know that this is his last game as a professional footballer. Who don't want to end his career on a high? I am sure everybody, including Zidane looks forward to finishing their football career on a high, without a card. If so, why did Zidane do that?
• I am sure he knows that when he headbutted Materazzi, a red card would be coming his way. An experienced player, great footballer, Zidane definitely knew the rules. He was definitely mature at the age of 34. With all these in mind, something real bad must have caused Zidane to do what he did.
• What happened? Lip-readers speculate that Materazzi called him "Son of a terrorist whore", but Zidane claimed yesterday that it was not the case. Instead, he claimed that Materazzi insulted his mother and sister.
• Zidane's story: Apparently, both players were groping each other in the penalty box and Materazzi was pulling Zidane's shirt. So Zidane said that if he wanted the shirt, he could have it after the match(people exchange jerseys in views of friendship). Then Materazzi insulted his mother and sister. Materazzi repeated it and Zidane walked away. Materazzi then followed Zidane and repeated what he said again. It was then that Zidane lost his cool and ram his head into Materazzi.
• Materazzi's story: Apparently, they were getting into alot of physical contact. Zidane then looked at Materazzi with an air of pride, saying that if he wanted the shirt that badly, he could have it. Materazzi said he then insulted Zidane but not his mother.
• Should Zidane have done that? I say yes. Zidane did something wrong, but its something that Materazzi deserved it. No regrets by Zidane. He was just concerned about his pride. Not just his, his family as well.
• People say that he should have kept his cool and just accept it, coz its the world cup final and the cup is at stake. But should he? If he did, he is showing that what Materazzi said was right, and his family pride will be compromised. There are things that you can swallow down but there are some that you just can't. Zidane is very proud of his family and I respect him for that.
• Its not that Zidane's action is one that he should be proud of, but its not one to be regretted either. Yes, what he did would have misled many children watching the worldcup, but isn't the wrestling doing a better job at it? Besides should children learn that it is ok to insult people's family and get away with it? That is ok not to respect people because you want to win a golden trophy?
• There are things bigger than football. Yes, it is the world cup. But so? Must you swallow insults directed at your family just because you want to win a trophy made of gold? So you are saying your family is smaller than a cup that comes once every 4 years?
• Many people blame Zidane for losing the world cup. But is that the case? Did he cause France to lose?
• Wait, now think about it. Who brought them to the finals in the first place? Who led the team to victories after victories? Who scored the goals? Who scored the penalty in the final so that they are draw to Italy in the 1st place? Zidane. Its Zidane that helped them to win and get this far. Now why do people want to blame Zidane?
• Yes, what Zidane wasn't right. But it isn't too wrong either. He simply knew that his family was before football. Zidane has given much to football, football is a big part of his life but this is just too much.
• Besides, Italy is playing very cheaply. Knowing that Zidane will react to such insults, it is only normal to think that they will try to throw Zidane off the pitch by making him get a red card. Yes they did it. They won the world cup by doing this. But I am definitely no convinced.

Glory Being Unto God Alone

• 'The king of Sodom said to Abram, "Give me the people and keep the goods for yourself". But Abram said to the king of Sodom, "I have raised my hand to the Lord, God Most High, Creator of heaven and earth, and have taken an oath that I will accept nothing belonging to you, not even a thread or the thong of a sandal, so that you will never be able to say, "I made Abram rich." (Genesis 14:21-23)
• Here we see that after a battle, the king of Sodom wanted to give Abram the loot. However, Abram rejected the loot. And we can see that the main reason for this is that no one will be able to say they made Abram rich.
• This is one thing that we must learn. That we must always seek God in all the needs of our life. Sometimes, blessings may come not from God, so we must be very alert as to not accept them. Why? So that all glory will be unto God and no one else when our needs are met.
• It may sound very stupid. Imagine your financial situation is very tight, you need money badly. One of your friends struck lottery and decided to give you some money to help you out. You did not ask for it, it was a volunteery action by your friend. Will you accept it? I believe many people will. But we need to be alert here. This blessing is not from God, therefore we must not accept it. How could striking a lottery be from God? We need to pray hard and seek God, and when God bestow His blessings upon us, all glory will be unto God alone.
• Why must we be alert in this? Because the devil, Satan, can bestow "blessings" into our lives too. Take note here though, these "blessings" are not real blessings, as they do not come from God. Because they do not come from God, they will not have a positive effect on our life.
• You see, if we start to accept lottery gifts, we will soon forget that our blessings should come from God. We will stop giving glory to God, but give glory to lottery instead. God will not bless us through gambling. Thus, we will start to be further and further away from God. This is what the devil wants to achieve and we must not let it happen!
• Therefore, we must be alert when we receive blessings, so that we can give all glory unto God, and that no one can say that other things blessed us. We must pray hard for God's blessings and know it when it comes. Accept only God's blessings so that no one, the devil included, will be able to say that they have made you rich instead of God.

Giving Blood

• Yesterday, I gave blood at the Evangel's 12th Blood Donation Drive. On official note, this will be my 3rd time donating blood. So what is blood donation? Well, blood donation is just having a needle poked into your arm and then see your blood flow down a little rubber tube into a bag. Many people think its painful, but they are not getting the real story. IN fact, blood donation is just that little bit of pain. Getting a cut on your finger is worse than blood donation, so go imagine.
• So my day starts off with waking up at about 1pm to go to church with my mum for the blood donation. Wanted to take a cab but took the bus, then train, then bus instead. Reached church and registered. The woman at the counter asked me if I ate my lunch, I said no. Well, turned out that I needed to eat before I donate, so I went to the cafeteria at the church to grab a bite. Ate 2 puffs and milo. Then I went on.
• After the registration and the consultation with the doctor, I had to test my blood. This is super familiar coz I had it twice in my previous blood donations, and once at the CMPB medical screening. What they did was to poke my finger with a stapler and then drew blood from there. Then they dropped a drop of my blood into a liquid and see it sink. It is supposed to see the amount of iron in there. Oh ya, the stapler don't hurt at all, its like a red ant that bites your finger, serious!
• After the blood test, I had to wait for my turn. Waited a long time coz the queue was so long! Looks like evangelites are pretty enthusiastic about giving blood! Then its my turn. I don't know why everytime I donate blood, they always choose to draw it from my master hand, my right hand. But nvm. So this is what they did. They squeezed my upper arm with the blood pressure thingy then gave me a toy to squeeze with my hand. Then they applied iodine on my hand and then, poke a needle inside.
• This needle is not the one that draws the blood. It makes your hand numb. When they place it in my arm, there is this burning sensation, but thats all. Scraping a knee is worse I think. Then my hand is numb. So they place this thick needle in. This one draws the blood. Its painless, coz my hand is numb. So the put it in my arm and blood flows into the tube then into the bag. They took some bottles of my blood as well.
• Apperently, they took a rather big bag of me blood. It was a huge bag. I was quite shocked but never really bothered about it. Then the nurse plucked out the needle and put bandage on the spot. And I am done. I relaxed for abit then went to the cafeteria and grabbed a bite. The whole procedure took less than 10 minutes.
• After that, I went to have lunch with my mum. And then, I had my blood donation hang over. I always experience this after blood donation. A headache and feeling very lerthagic. Very tired and sleepy. But its just me. I don't see other people feeling the same thing. So I needed was a sleep. I had a sleep and was fine again. Played FIFA and then blogged. :)
• So my note to people out there. Don't be scared about donating blood, its quite painless. It won't take too much time and it won't kill you. You will still have enough blood. It won't leave much scar on you, and you will feel good after donating. In fact, red blood cells die by itself even when we don't donate blood, so please don't let them go to waste. Donate blood. Your blood won't be able to cleanse sin like Jesus's, but it can surely save lives!

Head. Ache.

• Argh, theres this stupid headache that I am having for about 2 days already. Its like this random pain in the left back brain of mine. What crap. This is bad. IF it continues like this, I might have to see a neurologist. Even worse, sometimes the pain would move to my neck, then to my spine. This is stupid. I wonder what is causing this. Better start asking people to pray for me, and I myself need to add a double dosage of prayer for healing!! I don't wanna die young... :)
• Anyway, about 2hrs and 10 minutes more, we will be witnessing the semi-final match between Germany and Italy. On record, Germany has never ever beaten Italy and the last they met, Italy trashed Germany 4 - 1. Sad. But I have my hopes for Germany. It is their home ground and the crowd is there to make sure they don't lose... I say Germany goes through this time.

Singa the Lion was a good lion...

• and was a very courteous lion, but I think he's by himself for now. A large part of the Singapore population have forsaken Singa as they move on rapidly with their own lives. My point here? Singaporeans have not learnt a single thing from Mr Singa and courtesy is not a word in the Singaporean dictionary.
• Ranked 30th of 35 countries surveyed for courtesy, Singapore definitely did not perform very well. This, despite being preparing for the IMF meeting with 4 millions smiles. What 4 million smiles, all I see are frowns on our cramp little island.
• I got onto the train this afternoon, from choa chu kang to lavender coz I needed to get my passport extended. It was a long journey. And I tell you what, commuters are probably the most ill-mannered people you can find. It starts with boarding the train.
• Yellow lines marked with arrows as to where the people should stand while waiting to board, and instructions to let the passengers alight 1st. Anyone could understand this. Why did SMRT put this instructions? Not so that you will lose that precious sit of yours when you get onto the train, but so that there will be space as you board the train. No, people don't believe that. So when the doors open, the door bargers who are standing directly in front of the door would slam themselves into the people who are alighting. Its like war, with 2 sides slamming into each other. They push and nudge, the people alighting will also push and nudge, the doorway become very cramped, people can't move, time is wasted. The worse thing is, the door-bargers barge into the train with a look as if it is their right of way. When people push them trying to get out of the train, they would give the look as if you have killed their entire family line. And who are these door-bargers? Not just aunties and uncles who don't know what manners mean, but working professionals who know full well that courtesy is very important.
• Then well, you are finally in the train. Packed like a sardine tin. No space to sit, so you will have to stand. Guess who's standing with you. Mr old man who is probably into his 80s. And guess who's sitting on that chair in front of the old man. Mr young adult who is plugged into his earphones pretending the old man did not exist or pretending to be asleep. The old man could only watch as the young adult sits directly below the sign that reads "Please give this seat to people who needs it more than you". Ya, I am suuuuuure that guy can't read.
• Dum dee dum, so the journey goes on. Throughout the ride, I could hear "For the convenience of other passengers, please move to the centre of the car". And I only see myself and a few other people at the centre, a bulk of humans are cramped at the door area. Hey hey, don't worry, theres a reason for this. They are afraid they can't get out of the train! So they want to be as near to the door as possible, making other passengers impossible to get on, or get out of the train. Oh, now we know why they are afraid they can't get out of the train, it is because of people like themselves!
• And its Lavender, I need to get out. I had to say like 10 "excuse me" and pushing around the crowd, pushing against the impatient incoming traffic flow, before I can step onto the platform. And the people I push through to get out, they got very irritated because of my actions, making it seem it is their right to block my way. And I can only wonder.
• So I kept walking, and took the escalator. Then, I saw it. I saw Singa the Lion. He was a small picture on the sign that reads "Please keep left". I thought, "So thats where you had gone!" I look up the escalator, people are on the right side of the escalator.

Pasar Malam makes you fat

Yes they do. Pasar Malam (I hope I spelled this right, not malay literate here) refers to open market, carnival, or a fair. Basically, they just make people fat. Why do I say so? The food there is tempting, and you feel like you need to eat them. Personally, I have just eaten 2 Ramly burgers, 1 chicken wing and 2 chicken chops, all in one go. Thats crazy, and I feel very fat all of a sudden. There is no "ask for more vegetable" or "ask for less sauce" stickers at the store there and health is definitely last on the list for the vendors. The food there is fantastic, they look good, smell good, and the vendors make it in front of you (especially for Ramly burgers). They are also not stingy on the ingredients, and the food is hot when you place it in your mouth. Great. And they are very cheap as well. A burger would be $2.50 while chicken wing is $1, chicken chop would be $3.50 each. Compare this to Macdonalds and you will know why it is cheap. Now with all this unhealthy food in me, a few more extra sit ups and push ups will be needed to work them off. Especially since army is 6 more months away.

And Brazil gets it

• So Brazil is beaten by France, just like what happened in the 1998 world cup. However, this time, Brazil is out of the world cup in the quarter finals. They beat England in the quarter finals in the last world cup but this year, both of them go home in this stage.
• One thing to note about Brazil is their air of arrogance and pride. They go into every match thinking that they will win. And of coz they win many times. They step onto the pitch with the "Its gonna be another win" look, and they step off it after they won with a "You shouldn't even have tried" look. This is also what I see when Brazil wins Ghana.
• Brazil play with alot of style, sometimes too much style. When stylistic moves are not needed, Brazilian players still show it. They show off their moves even when a simple flick of the ball is needed. Don't get me wrong here. I am not saying that being stylish isn't good, but don't over do it. A great example to follow is Zidane. He plays with alot of style, but only when it is needed. When it is not needed, he just plays simple.
• They are also too confident of themselves. Being confident is good, but just not too confident. You look at Brazil and you think of their attacking styles. Their defence is simply negligible. When Brazil attacks, you see almost the whole team pouring into the opponent's half. They are so confident of themselves that they think they can score with every attack they strike. No way.
• Actually Brazil ain't that fantastic, only a few players are good. Ronaldo, Ronaldhino, Kaka, Adriano, Roberto Carlos. These 5 are probably all that Brazil has. Maybe younger ones like Ze Roberto and Robinho adds to their fire, but thats about it. You see the French defence locking down on these few players and Brazil cannot even budge. And one thing, Ronaldo, Roberto Carlos, Cafu, Emerson, these players are all getting old. Physically, they are losing out.
• This is proven when Roberto Carlos got so worn out that he let Henry slip past him to score the winning goal.
• Well, all this said, Brazil ain't that bad anyway. At least they are still better than Ghana, Japan, Australia and Croatia. They still play good football, and the 5 stars on their shirt proves it. But winning so many times sometimes causes complacency and pride to creep into their midst. Well, so we wonder if Brazil will continue to remain a 5-star team, we have 4 more years to wait and find out.

Being A Marlin and Being Blue always makes me feel good

• Especially yesterday, at the Super Captain's Ball final against the red sharks. What was thought to be a walkover in our advantage eventually became a 11 (delta) against 13 (marlins) match, after the sharks scrambled all over the sea to get enough players to avoid a walkover. And so we have, a match. The Gents were wanting to take picture without breaking a sweat, I guess not.
• Its either complacency creeping or we were not awake, the marlins were not able to put up a fantastic performance in the 1st half despite being more in numbers. I played a very non-familiar mid-field, I am very used to being in defence. So as a result, I ran all over the place, having no idea what to do. I am really quite pathetic there. The defence was also having loopholes all over the place.
• Half-time came and we were lectured by our captain Chun Seng for being so pathetic on the field. So we got ourselves together and went back into the field after being recharged by H2O. In my heart, I was telling myself, "This is it, we are not going to lose no matter what, we are going to take picture!!!"
• And so we went, 2nd half, another half hour. I went down to defence after realising that mid-field won't be where I belong, plus, running up and down the mid-field is super tiring. So there I was, in my favourite right-back position.
• Blue Marlins finally got their fins back in place. We were scoring goals, preventing goals from being scored in our net, getting the sharks frustruated. We were good.
• Then something happened. A marlin got blind and crashed straight into a shark. That marlin was me, that shark was some random guy who was quite short. Dang, I got winded and didn't realise it was that painful. So I tried to walk about to ease off the pain, meanwhile the random guy was lying on the ground, he looked like he was dead.
• Walking didn't ease off the pain, I sat down, but that didn't help either. I wanted to lie down but at that moment, the referee came up to me and said "Meng Hui, stand up, I have to give you yellow card." Crap, I am already in pain and have to stand up. Why can't he just give it to me while I am lying down. Nvm, I make it a quick stand while the ref make it a quick flash of the card and I came tumbling down again. I doubled in pain and was substituted out of the pitch. I needed to recover, there was no way I could run like that.
• Somehow near the end of the match, the sharks got very fierce, they started to score goals and were playing pretty rough. One of the gents, Melvin Kwok Zhan Hao sprained his ankle. I was watching at the sidelines. So he was limping back to defence, looking for our captain. At the same time, we were attacking the sharks at their side.
• It was quite a scene, watching from the side. On one side of the pitch, there were so many people scrambling for a goal, and to prevent a goal. On the other side, there is this lame guy limping about and the captain was touching his eyeball frantically as he lost his contact lenses. The captain then shouted for a time-out in panic but the ref didn't hear him! Play was going on and we have a limping guy and a half-blind man. Then a fight broke out at the other side of the pitch and we get a time-out without having to call it. Melvin subbed me and I went in. What a scene.
• This time, I had to be careful, I don't want a red card. We played normally with 12 players as one fella went out coz of the fighting. We held on and the match ended Marlins 12 - 8 Sharks.
• Yeah! And Marlins won again, winning themselves a good deal of points, vouchers which we can enjoy a meal with, and of coz the most important thing to the Gents, take picture! And so we took our winning team picture, and the Gents lived up to their name. Dang, we looked pretty good there, haha. So we achieved wad we came out to achieve, take picture. But it came with quite a fight!

An All-European Affair

And so it is, an all European affair at this year's Fifa world cup semi finals held in Germany. The top 4 teams that just survived through the quarters are Germany, Italy, Portugal, France. This semi-finals, we will see Germany vs Italy, and Portugal vs France. Superb line-up here. All teams here except Portugal have won at least one world cup before. And both Germany and France were involved in the final of the world cup in the past 8 years. This means the chance of them meeting will be great. But we shall see.

Broken English Hearts and Cardiac Arrests for Brazilians

• And the hearts of Englishmen are broken once again at the quarter-finals at the World Cup, and so did mine. And again, they are kicked-out at the quarter finals by the Portugese speaking people. In the last world cup, England was defeated by Brazil (portugese speaking) at the quarter finals. This year, they go home at the quarter finals again, beaten by Portugal through penalty shootouts. One note, England has never ever won in a penalty shootout in the World cup finals. England played well but to only scramble in front of goal, missing high wide and handsome at the open shots they got. The referee was also too harsh on Rooney for giving him a red card for a foul that only deserved a yellow. Christiano Ronaldo also gets his Oscars for play acting and making the referee flash the red at Rooney. For your information, Ronaldo ran from the side of the pitch to the centre so that he can tell ref to show Rooney a card, at which Rooney tried to shove Ronaldo off. How pathetic, Ronaldo's act only seemed to be childish to me. Its like telling the teacher that your friend never do homework in primary school. But I take my hat off for Portugese goalkeeper Ricardo for his superb performance saving the shots at the penalty shootout. Results, 0-0 at normal time, Portugal beats England 3 - 1 on penalties.
• And 'merci' to the French for helping all of us prove to Brazil that they do not rule the football world. France beat defending champions Brazil 1 - 0 in the quarter finals. What was said to be the oldies squad kicked Brazil out in the quarters, preventing them from adding the sixth star to their jersey. Brazil was out of ideas when all of their key players are unable to get a touch of the ball in the penalty box. Their samba was not hot enough and the dancers could not move. The French fortress held firm, allowing the 1st shot on target only at the 91st minute by Ronaldo. Zidane also proved that age does not slow him when he set up the ball through a free kick for Henry to slot it in the winning goal. No.10 Ronaldhino was no match for the experienced no.10 Zidane of France who was simply magical on the pitch. Ronaldhino could not dance and the smile was just simply wiped off his face. History at the World Cup final 8 years ago is repeated once again. The French has got to be Brazil's no.1 enemy now.
• And thats it for both matches. It is sad that England got knocked out and my prediction proved wrong. Christiano Ronaldo is bound to get it the next time he steps into the Man U pitch for training, and when he goes into the shower room with his Man U team mates, he better watch out.
• Surprisingly, I predicted correctly that France would win. Haha. Interesting.

Italians cooks up Ukraine

Score from Hamburg: Italy 3 - 0 Ukraine. And another correct prediction! Didn't watch the match, but wow, what a scoreline. Just like what Brazil did to Ghana in the last 16 round. But really, Ukraine was against a team much better than they are, and it is no wonder this happen. Its ok though, the experience counts. Ukraine shouldn't be too bitter about this and be glad they even got into the quarter finals, unlike Singapore which can't even get into the World Cup. So in semi-finals we have Germany vs Italy. Tonight will be a big one. England vs Portugal and Brazil vs France. I will take England, of coz. All the way for England, no reasons for their winning coz I just like them. Brazil and France... I will play abit and take France. Lol, don't forget Brazil was beaten by the French before. And considering what Ghana did with Brazil, I think France could do alot better.

Back from 'Live' Germany Argentina Match

And this is Don reporting from his computer after watching the match between host Germany and Argentina. So who won? Of course is Jermani! Germany I mean. Like I said in my previous post, "Germany with their Panzers and Howitzers" will win. And so they did! But not easily. 0 - 0 was the score at half time, then Argentina scored and lead by 1 goal! Germany nearly went nuts and a riot was brewing outside the stadium (I think). Then after about half an hour, Germany equalised to get back into the game! The score 1 - 1 stuck through the normal game play, then continued into extra time, then into penalty shoot-outs. Germany scored all 4 penalties while Argentina got only 2, making Germany win on penalties with the score 4 -2. One thing to note though, people at the place where I was seem to hate Ballack as when he was taking his penalty, people at the place where I was were jeering and cursing him to miss his penalty, but of course he didn't. Anyway, so the 1st to go through to the semi-finals is host Germany. In about 20 minutes, battle between Italy and Ukraine will happen. I say the italians have a good chance in winning this one, although both countries were part of the Axis in the past (no link). But I am not going to watch that. Need to sleep.