Monday, June 26, 2006

Okay a this is a quick post.

First day of school isn't as bad as everyone makes it out to be. Played my 3rd round match of advanced tournament today. My opponent was a Japanese coach who happens to be the number 3 seed as well. Played well. But still lost.

Anyway check out this song. It'll make you laugh. Unless you're a... turd. That's it (:

http://media.putfile.com/stan-boardman---world-cup-song

or

http://www.putfile.com/federerexpress

| patty fought for sanity @ 11:58 PM|

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Monday, June 19, 2006

As they say, a picture speaks a thousand words. & i'm lazy. So that means that i'll be putting up pictures and not much text at all. Because 1. I'm lazy 2. My fingers are killing me 3. Pictures are just so much more presentable and easier on the eyes don't you think?

Saturday (June 17, 2006) in pictures

Spiderman's butt is too big to fit in the picture!

Kelvin taking a pose for the camera in happier times

Who knew that fries grew from Kelvin's head?!

Heard of the movie called 'The Four Brothers"? Well they've met their match. Here are "The TWO Brothers" who're killing zombies in the house of the dead like flies. Astalavistababy!

P.I.M.P. my ride (:

hmm? (:

| patty fought for sanity @ 8:36 PM|

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Thursday, June 15, 2006

Hey guys. I know I haven't blogged since the 12th. Sorry about that. Well anyway here's a summary of what happened over the length of my absence.

Tuesday June 11 2006
The day before the physical test which was to include 5 stations, namely
1.Spider run (5 ball drill)
2.Push-ups (max. in 60 secs)
3.Sit-ups (max. in 60 secs)
4.Beep test
5.2.4km run
& just to let you know, all the "A" standards were way above average. In other words, this physical test makes the NAPFA test look like nothing - piece of cake man.
The highest number of points attainable from each station was 5. With 5 points for "A", 4 points for "B", 3 points for "C" & so on and so forth.
So I basically spent the whole day worrying & skipped my daily dose of World Cup action & retired to bed early. How disciplined. (:

Wednesday June 12 2006
Guess what. My score for the physical test was ... was ... 15/25! HAHA. 60% in other words. Which is 10% short of the passing grade (70%). That was horrible. Well anyway after the physical test a bunch of us (Warren, Kelvin, Julian, Feng, Justin, Christopher, Marcus & myself) headed to KFC to restock on burnt calories and fats. Is there any better way of doing that then munching down some "Finger lickin' good" FATTY OESTROGEN-INJECTED chicken? Christopher, Marcus, Justin & I then rushed to Lido to catch Cars ( the only nice show available on the day). Our "experience" there was pretty interesting, and not to mention adrenaline-pumping. Heh.
We hung around munching on popcorn waiting for the 8.45pm show only to realise that the lady at the box-office gave us the wrong tickets. So we got our tickets after rushing like crazy. And managed to make it in time for the show.
No one was spared from the casualties from the pre-show mad rush. No one!
In Justin's case

He managed to bump into this corner.

In Marcus' case:
He managed to get into a craze of offering random people popcorn. From the security guards to the guy collecting our tickets. Maybe he was too embbarrassed by the security guard asking him why there was so much popcorn on the floor (because he was throwing them at Justin, Christopher & myself while shouting gleefully "I PUNISH YOU! AHAHAHA!").
In Christopher's case:
He got pelted by popcorn by Marcus.
In my case:
DITTO.
Anyway some of my friends told me that "Cars" was really lousy and a total waste of money. But it's not like I had a choice. The movie wasn't THAT bad in fact. At least it was better than "Over the Hedge" because it actually had a PLOT. Although some parts were really too lame. I mean come on man give me a break, how can you name someone "The King". Throughout the whole movie everyone was addressing that character as "Mister The King" and his wife as "Missus The King". Omg.
Random Picture of the Day:
I thought that it was only fair that I put a picture of myself here since everyone was complaining about why their pictures were on my blog. Well here it is.

Me dodging the camera & showing Dominic the camera
case.
Oh yes, and there's nothing worth blogging about for today. Adios.

| patty fought for sanity @ 11:58 PM|

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Monday, June 12, 2006

Federer fans around the world might be screaming this loudly right about... now. "HOW DID FEDERER MANAGE TO LOSE!" Well my fellow Federer fans, we're all in the same boat. We feel hugely disappointed, demoralised, and at a loss as to how the Swiss maestro, master tactician and craftsman of the most exquisite shots managed to let the only Slam he has yet to conquer slip out of his grasp. As I sit here, reflecting on the match gone by, I can only slap my head in disbelief...Here are some of the reasons why I think our Roger lost today.In several departments, Federer was simply outplayed from the 2nd set onwards. For example, his backhand was horrendous. Why so? This is simply down to his use of a single-handed backhand. This allows greater flexibility and variety of shot - a whippier stroke which mimics the forehand. However, dealing with high balls poses a large problem. And with Nadal's ferociously kicking forehands, Federer was forced to hit most of his backhands about one to two feet above his shoulder. Which is really quite amazing if you think about how tall Federer is. Add in Federer's valiant attempts to topspin and get over the top of these high kickers, and there you have it - a hopeless backhand.Of course being the unbiased, gracious-in-defeat blogger that I am, I will give Nadal credit for making life difficult for Federer. Although Nadal was owned in the first set, he came out in the second with all guns blazing, and was back to his best, running down every ball doggedly, attacking Federer's Fragile backhand while mixing it up by making those rare forays into the net. He is undoubtedly the master of clay, winning his 60th STRAIGHT clay court match and 2nd consecutive Roland Garros title. His stunning rise in the tennis world should be greeted with nods of approval as he challenges Federer for top honours, injecting much needed enthusiasm into the tennis circuit, preventing it from being merely a dull one-horse-race.Going back to the match, I can't seem to get this nagging thought out of my head. It really seemed pretty insignificant, but now looking back at it, it seems like it was the turning point of this match. At 40-0 up, serving at 0-1 in the 2nd set, Nadal hit a forehand which landed precariously near the baseline and was called out by the linesman. The umpire didn't over-rule, and Nadal didn't question. In fact to me he was walking away having conceded the point. However up comes Federer who stares at the mark, and asks the umpire to check the mark in an effort to over-rule the line call which was in his favour. The umpire inspects it, calls it good and the point is replayed. Loud, resounding claps of approval can be heard throughout centre court. Sportmanship has prevailed. But Federer goes on to lose this game. And the set, 6-1. When it comes to huge, career-defining matches such as this, when and to what extent should sportmanship be applied? Maybe this nagging thought was on his mind and bothered him enough that he lost the last 3 sets. "I should have walked away... I should have walked away...". I'm sure Nadal wouldn't have done any act of sportmanship. In fact, he was flounting with the rules, taking an extravagantly long time between points. Going through a routine which included scratching his butt. Wow. I'm sure that helps to ensure a precision serve. And so Nadal gobbled up the freebie point that Federer gave him, and continued to munch on free points, and on his act of sportmanship.At the end of the day, the player who displayed sportmanship lost... And the victor was the mean machine. Intruiging. Lets see who gets knocked out of Wimbledon first. HAH.

www.blogger.com isn't working properly so i'll add photos and dress this article up another day. cheers.

| patty fought for sanity @ 1:27 AM|

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Sunday, June 11, 2006

Another quick update on the England vs. Paraguay match. The match can basically be summed up in one word. HOPELESS. A third minute own goal was all that separated the two sides, and Paraguay were unlucky to leave the stadium without a point as luck was with the English on this day. No robo-Crouch in sight as he put in a pathetic performance although to be fair to him he had to play most of the match as a lone striker which really doesn't suit him at all.

Summary of match:

Largest teevee in Europe casting a shadow on the pitch. Nice
shade.

The loud mouth Paraguay captain score an own goal in the 3rd minute.

-Well thanks for doing Peter Crouch's job, and also, this should teach you to SHUT UP and PLAY SOCCER DUDE. loser.

Beckham shouts "I NEED MORE PERFORMANCE-ENHANCING DRUGS! EVEN PETER
CROUCH RUNS FASTER THAN ME!"

Uhm... SuperFan Returns?

| patty fought for sanity @ 1:39 AM|

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Saturday, June 10, 2006

Pretty tired today so won't do much in this post. Played too much tennis today. & somehow the club managed to lose by 1 game on countback even though ivan and I won our match. Simply Demoralising.

Anyway I did some quiz that ivan sent to me. And it turns out that the surveyor thinks I'm a "Brainiac". Whatever that's supposed to mean. I could set up a quiz and tell you that you're a unicorn. And what would you do. You'd tell everyone that you're a unicorn. Okay this isn't making any sense. I'm tired and so I'm going to post a picture of the "Brianiac" and then I'm going to sit in front of the telly and watch teevee till I fall asleep. Adios amigos.

| patty fought for sanity @ 9:15 PM|

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GERMANY VS. COSTA RICA
Quick update on the opening match.
-It was boring.
-Although there were 3 goals scored within the first 16 mins.
-Record number of goals scored in an opening match of World Cup.
-Man of the Match: LAHM
-Goal of the Match: Frings' goal from outside of the box
VERDICT: Germany looked lacklustre in defence, they'll have to play much better than this to reah semifinals or even finals of World Cup. But then again the same thing happened in 2002. They played like crap in the group stages with a crappy team but still managed to reach the finals.

Summary of Match:

Lahm opens the scoring

But Wanchope had other ideas.

Then came along a certain Miroslav Klose to spoil the party by slamming
two in the net.

Funny picture of the day:

| patty fought for sanity @ 1:30 AM|

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Friday, June 09, 2006

World Cup's starting tonight, Germany versus Costa Rica. There haven't been too many goals in opening matches of the previous World Cups, so sticking with it being a draw should be the safe option, but who knows? With Germany having loads of world class players and Costa Rica having Wanchope who used to play for West Ham and Manchester City as their main star, Germany looks odds on to win. That's what I think. Also, there's been plenty of debate on who's going to win and so and so forth, well, whatever your opinion is, remember that you should respect other people's opinions as well. Win, lose or draw, it's your call.

Oh yes and before I forget to upload this photo, let me do it now.

Desmond jumping for joy after beating Mamy. heh.

Vaidisova yet again (:

| patty fought for sanity @ 8:59 PM|

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Thursday, June 08, 2006

Continuation of debate on soccer predictions
Finally the guys at The Straits Times are being more level-headed and are now sticking to tipping which teams "will make an impact" at the World Cup. This is a huge improvement from the "predictions" (if you can them that) offered earlier, needless to say. Cheers to Rob Hughes who acknowldeges that he is as hopeless as anyone else when it comes to predictions, stating that when he attempted to name the finalists, he chose France and Argentina. And we all know how both of these teams, going in as hot favourites due to their form before the tournament in the case of Argentina, and the fact that they were defending champs in the case of France performed at the 2002 World Cup. They were knocked out in the first round by minnows. Well not so for Argentina who were in the group of death as they are in this tournament, but France had one of the easiest groups (except for England who ALWAYS gets the easiest group... BLOODY BRITS). France losing to Senegal in the opening match. Who would have imagined that? As they say, the ball is round, anything can happen, especially over 90 minutes, injury time, and stoppage time. Referees, linesman, blah, blah, blah. You get the picture. Oh yes and anyway if you haven't signed up for the World Cup package GO GET IT! (Unless of course you don't mind watching it on Channel 5.)

The post.
Ryan Keong's back, and he means business man. His tennis has improved quite a bit from last time. His groundstrokes are more consistent, and to top it off he's fitter and faster. Wow. Anyway Vaidisova LOST after having the match in her hands! Omg. That's horrible. :(

Vaidisova during happier times...

Photo update.

Mount Farrer

Darryl on cheering duties

| patty fought for sanity @ 11:15 PM|

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Wednesday, June 07, 2006

I've decided to make this post more "photo-posting" and less "blabberish". So here are some photos summarizing events of the past week.
DISCLAIMER: Please note that some photos weren't taken by myself so I will not be taking full responsibility for photos in question. (:

Highlights of last week

The Boss at work

Feng "in tears" after someone won in the finals (:

Just kidding (:

Julian's reaction to light

hmm go figure (:

Okay there it is, some exciting photos from last week's tournament. Don't worry I'll post more soon!

| patty fought for sanity @ 2:09 PM|

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Tuesday, June 06, 2006

TWO POSTS IN A ROW. WOW. That's a first.

Well anyway in case you haven't noticed, today is the 6th of June, which makes the date 6.6.06. Yikes. So much for today being the opening of the movie "Omen", which I heard is the remake of a film of the same title which was released in 1960 - on the 6.6.60. Deja vu?
Other than today's date being likened to the devil's number - 666 in case you are one of the unenlightened few, there isn't anything significant happening today. Except that it's raining cats & dogs. When only two days ago the smell of roasted skin was in the air at kallang. The weather never fails to surprise.With the onset of global warming & the other crap that's happening to the Earth, Mother Nature seems to be getting pissed at us for once and for all. Her temper seems to be getting worse. The tsunami, the eruption of Mount Merapi in Indonesia... What's next? The apocalypse? It seems like we're going to have to face with living in constant fear with the rest of our lives.
I mean who are we trying to kid? Kidding ourselves ain't gonna make the world a better place.
Now for happier thoughts not regarding the emminent self-destruction of mankind or the release of the scary movie "Omen".
I've decided that over the next few posts i'm going to do the following things
1.) address the issue of equality between males and females and how this should be applied in all areas, especially when it comes to criminal sentences
2.) post some pictures of Sunday's happenings and maybe a video of Marcus dancing like an idiot (haha, CAROLYN send me the video asap)

P.P.P.

| patty fought for sanity @ 2:21 PM|

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Monday, June 05, 2006

NARRATIVE ENTRY

Today I shall shy away from the heat of intellectual discussions and post an entry a real blogger posts. I mean after all, what type of blogger doesn't post anything about his/her day-to-day happenings? Well all I can say is that I am one who Refrains from doing so. Okay so here it goes.

4th of May, 2006 (Sunday)
The Day of The Finals (PART 1)
Tessa reached the finals of the Under 16 in her first attempt! Wow. She didn't play as well as she did in the semi-finals, but managed to put in a competent performance to push Christine (the number one seed) 6-2, 6-4. All credit to Christine for making life difficult for Tessa during the match, putting her on the back foot for the majority of the match. On paper it might seem as a loss. But to me, it was a win. A win for her. A deserved victory mind you. And a heavy lost for that stubborn wall made of "the lack of self-confidence". I'm extremely proud of her. And once again congratulations to Christine for the win!
Oh yes and before I forget congratulations to everyone for a good Spex tournament! All of you guys did so well.
I will now take the chance to document the Mamee match. The weather was really hot as usual and the absence of cloud cover made it all worse. But that didn't seem to sap Desmond of any energy as he managed to hold on to edge out Mamee (or is it Mamy?) in 3 sets, running down every ball and making his opponent go for bigger shots in an attempt to finish off the points as quickly as possible. But all credit to the dude from Madagascar for reaching the finals without dropping a set! The finals seemed too big an occasion for him though as he put on an uncharacteristic display of nerves.
The prize presentation was boring as usual, I managed to take some good photos but once again failed to win anything from the lucky draw, unlike lucky Jonas. It's amazing Marcus didn't win anything! He put in like... FIVE entries. Haha. Or Brian, who twisted the slip to make it stand out.

The Outing (PART 2)
Rushed to the Tanglin Club for a treat the generous club captain was giving the sicc club players for representing the club in the Men's "C" and "D" divisions. Had a delectable meal, after which Tessa, Greg, and myself politely excused ourselves from the meal and, together with Laura and Carolyn took a cab to Cineleisure to catch a movie. (What lazy bums we are!) Once we arrived at our destination,we met the rest at burger king and spent close to half an hour trying to decide what movie to watch. With so many people, it was a challenging task. Chee Jun, Hakim, Stefanie, Jonas, Marcus, Carolyn, Greg, Laura, Bradley, David, Benjamin, Kenneth, Justin, Brian, Tessa, and myself - all wanting their opinions to be heard. After much discussion we split ourselves into two groups in order to serve our own needs. My group went to catch Over the Hedge while the other preferred X Men 3. We managed to ONLY miss 5 minutes of the show, and thankfully, it didn't mean much due to the fact that the movie had NO PLOT (or maybe it had one, but a very lame one I must say). Well for anyone thinking of catching the movie, watch it if you're severely depressed, and it will bound to make you happy again. If you've watched it you'll get what I mean. The CHEESE EXPLOSION? The MATRIX spoof? omg.
After a mind-blowing 1 and a half hours, we (laura,carolyn,justin,marcus,benji,dave,jonas,tessa,myself) headed to the arcades to game our lives away. I have to admit Marcus, our air hockey partnership is rather formidable man! And the sight of you trying out the dance dance revolution machine, was laughable. I'm going to post the video here soon man. (:
Went to Justin's house without Justin (?). Hung around. Had a palatable dinner with hash browns, pasta, fried rice, nuggets, sausages. Proceeded to watch "The Descent" which was quite freaky. GREG was screaming, girls were screaming. Stefanie missed all the scary parts and was smiling throughout most of the show. And that's about it.
This entry is long man. darnit.

oh yea one last thing DAVID we know what's happening. HEH.

| patty fought for sanity @ 4:24 PM|

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Friday, June 02, 2006

Has anyone managed to catch the Straits Time's World Cup predictions in the sports section? Well if you haven't done so, you can count yourself lucky. And for those of us who happen to be more unfortunate and have not been spared of the comedy of the sports correspondents, I share your pain, having come vis-a-vis with the horrendous "NEWS" (if that's what they call it) every morning. It's simply appalling - to put it nicely. There are a million other adjectives which come to mind that can be appropriately used.
To spare the unenlightened few from any further confusion, let me proceed by listing a few of very many falsehoods in the papers these days, by just mentioning those of most trivial of matters - the world cup. (Fifa (c) World (c) Cup (c) I mean).
Argentina as World Cup champions? The guy must have bet his ass on Argentina winning the World Cup! Some might argue that they have the calibre to win the World Cup. That I cannot disagree with. With world-class players such as Gabriel Heinze (the energetic left-back of Manchester United who when out injured, seemed to bring United's game to a standstill), Sorin & Riquelme (who led tiny Villareal to the Champions League semis), Hernan Crespo (of Chelsea fame), few would dare to count Argentina out of World Cup contention. However, World Cup CHAMPIONS? They've only won the Cup twice for goodness sake. And that was way back in 1978 & 1986! Madness. "STUNTS WILL UNDO SAMBA BOYS". What utter rubbish. And yet that appears, on H33 of today's newspaper. If you actually saw the Confederations Cup held last year in Germany, Brasil THRASHED Argentina 4-1, and that's when Argentina played with a FULL-STRENGTH team and when Brasil took the foot off the pedal in the 2nd half. The correspondent also had the cheek to lambast the Dutch. Yes, they had a battle of the egos in previous editions of international competitions. However, with a new look side, void of any ageing superstars with the exception of goalkeeper Edwin van der Sar and Philip Cocu, they are WIDELY TOUTED BY EVERYONE (except that correspondent of Einstein intelligence) to progress at least to the quarterfinals. Well I only have this to say. BUGGER OFF MAN. If you want to bother someone with your crappy predictions, go bother someone else. You reckon that England will make it to the semis yea? Well that's typical of a moronic EPL viewer with no BRAINS. You've subconciously been manipulated you twit. England sucks. It's obvious. They are definitely the most over-rated side in history. Spain and Portugal as quarterfinalists? You've got to be kidding me. If you've said that the Dutch are pernennial under-acheivers having always boasted the best talent and having never won the Cup, Spain and Portugal definitely fall in the same catergory bozo. Spain has never won the World Cup and even lost to puny South Korea at the last World Cup on penalties, their best place being a 4th place finish at the 1950 World Cup, while Portugal has never won the Cup as well, their best performance being a 3rd place finish at the 1966 World Cup.
What a joke.
Anyway I hope I have enlightened you guys enough and proved my point.
I have decided that this blog will not be an online diary of sorts where I drone on about the day-to-day happenings of my life like what everyone else does. Instead this will be an intellectual platform for discussion of topics I feel require attention, with some personal entries of course, without which it would cease to function.
PATRICK'S PERT PROVISION
P.P.P.

(F.P.F.? F.F.F.? THE P.P.P.!!!)

| patty fought for sanity @ 11:31 AM|

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