Slipperryyy....

For the very first time in my life today... i killed two birds with one stone. Firstly i wore ice skates, secondly i stepped on ice and attempt to skate. It was pretty nervy at first, especially when putting on the skating shoes as it wasn't that comfortable. Actually they have one type of skates which has more cushion by the looks of it but it was rather limited and some of us had to settled for the one used for figure skating. It was so stiff that it's like wearing a total plastic and quite tight also.

At first i didn't thought that it is so easy to stand after wearing it since it looks just like a narrow blade. Anyway the first time i stepped on the ice, lolz it was totally like stepping on a banana skin, man it does takes a while to get used to the slippery feeling. It's a good thing that we have an instructor so at least get to learn more a less the correct way. Started off with walking and the started learning to glide. I'm kinda glad that at the end of the day i was able to glide around the oval skating ring for bout 1 or 2 rounds. As a person who neva roller-blade before and since this is the first time ever skating on ice i'm proud dat i did not fall even once :P . bangga siallll But i guess partly i did not really push it, was more determined not to fall so i didnt really go fast with the gliding, everything was pretty much under control. But it's ok i guess, since it's my first lesson i'll just take it slowly. Before i tried it, i thought i was goin to fall like shit but in the end i didnt fall at all which is good. But i think the next time i go i might have a higher chance to fall since we might be learning some new stuffz.

Another interesting that i learnt => and it's only like 10bucks. Man, totally worth it especially when there's people guiding. Lookin forward for it next week hopefully i will be able to go again. yeH babe~!

guess datz all from me, signing off

ciaoz

-Forza Italia-

Rejuvenated

Have been rejuvenated recently although things haven't been good with Juve - La Vecchia Signora , my favourite Italian football team, hit with match fixing scandal recently and the club is virtually shattered slowly. Sad to say, but shit happens i guess.

Anyway it's been a while since i last enjoy training but it's good to see some graduated seniors coming back and train with us. A lot of kicking today which is great, my arms are bit sore cuz train too hard the other day and i can't remember the last time i train b4 the other day. I got a late notice on a Karate tournament which is coming up this Sunday. After thinkin bout it so many days whether to join or not to join, all of a sudden i have a hole lot of reasons to conclude my final decision. First of all i have 2 midterms coming up next week and i think one of it is kinda tough, so i need to spend more time on it. As if that's not enuff, i got to attend lab during the same day of my midterm, kinda sux but no choice. One lab report due this week as well. So that sorta makes a hectic week. Besides that a whole year burden which is the FYP, guess i don't really need to mention cuz it will definately keep me busy throughout this year.

Besides that i haven't been doin much or any jogging lately. Having a recurring knee problem. I just got it during one of the days when i go joggin, since then at times when i come down from staircase, it really hurts and i will find it really difficult to walk, thank god this year i'm stayin ground floor. I can't imagine if i stayed 5th floor, and the prob wouldn't be goin up stairs but coming down. So i guess it's really too bad that i have to miss out this tournament, sigh....

L'Italia E' Campione Del Mondo

Ever since i was small i seem to have the feeling for Italia. Hey, don't ask me why cause' when you like something you don't have to have a reason. It's like liking someone, you don't need to have a reason to like a person right? So the same applies. My love for Italy is something that i can't really describe , the passion for it. I just like everything bout' Italy.

When i was small, up to the time when i was in secondary school, i used to have this thinking. I've always look forward to go over to Italy, change citizenship and become Italian. I love the food and always wanted to learn the language. The people are beautiful, they have the city of fashion, Milan. It's just so kewl. I even thought of marrying an Italian girl and have pretty kids. During my days in school, all my friends know how hardcore am i for Italy. It has always been that way.

From what i can recall during the previous world cup

World Cup 94' United States
Italy managed to get through to the finals but unfortunately they lost on Penalties 3-2, quite a hard breaking moment. At that time i started to support Italy, partly cause' of my sisters influence. One of my first favourite players is Roberto Baggio, he was a great player unfortunately he's miss during the world cup finals is bit of pity.

Euro 96' England
Italy was a bit of a dissapointment during this tournament. Failed to qualified to the second round. Germany actually won it, so there's nothing much to cheer bout'.

World Cup 98' France
During this year i thought Italy played horribly, total catenaccio football as usual. They only manage till quater-finals and lost to France 4-3 on penalties. Another dissapointing performance.

Euro 2000, Benelux
Well, this tournament has been really eventful. I can still recall cleary. Italy and France met again and this time is during the finals. This two countries has really become real nemesis is world football. Italy was leading 1-0 up to the last 30 secs of the game when France equalize, i felt something really wrong and during extra time france scored a goal to win 2-1. Sux big time. I remember goin to school that day without saying a word at all. Just go school and come back. When i came back my dog who was really ill died. She suffered from some liver disease. I didn't even get to see her for the last time. Mom paid someone to bury her. Kinda sums up my day really...

World Cup 2002, South Korea-Japan
During this world cup i was in MMU Melaka doing my foundation course. I still remember the day when Italy played their last match in the tournament. It was againts South Korea, second round. I was a bit pissed at that time even before the match started cause' i had to take a dumb English test. I really wanted to watch the match. As soon as i finished the test, i quickly checked my hp cause i felt the vibration during the test and i knew my sis had updated me bout' the match. When i saw the sms it was written somethin like 'Italy is out...' , i couldn't believe myself, i was hoping that my sis is with her usual attitude of teasing me. I went back to Emerald park and checked online, so screwed up... Italy really got eliminated, controversial exit and i still felt the match was fixed. Another dissapointing year for Italy, after all the hype and all the thrash talk.

Euro 2004, Portugal
This year, yet again high expectations for Italy, and as usual they were one of the favourites to win the tournament. Unfortunately, they fail miserably, failing to qualify past the group stages narrowly. It was sucha big dissapointment. I was speechless and had to endure the taunts as usual. Nothing can be said as the team played poorly and crashed out so early in the tournment which eventually Greece won it out of nothing. One of the last team u'll put your money on. Once again the theory of the ball is around is never wrong.

World Cup 2006, Germany
After a long time supporting Italy, i still haven't witness them winning anything. Although they came close, but then again, so close yet so far. I did not have any high expectations on them this year and i keep my mouth shut, no thrash talking for a change though my heart is always with the Azzuri's. I sort of miss out the opening match of them playing Ghana cause' i was busy with Orientation and it's a bit hard to catch the match cause it was a bit tiring at that time and i'm not too sure whether they did show it on TV. After watching Italy go past the 2nd round and although they faced smaller teams i thought they did go strength to strength and showed their character. The semi-final match againts Germany was one of the best ever , where the Italians played superbly and it really makes you proud to be supporting them. After that match i really felt that this time there's something special bout' the team and they can actually win the whole thing.
One of the things that annoyed me was that after the qualified to finals, it's like all of a sudden there were so many people supporting Italy. These band wagon people exist everywhere i guess, just like kiasu people. There're everywhere no matter where you are.

During the finals, i was so hyped out for the matc. I was at Ikano/The curve there catching the match, there weren't as much people as i thought but it was OK generally. But i felt it could have been better cause' the bunch of people i was watching with weren't that fun, there were gurls and guys but none are actually pure Italian fans like me. I thought of goin to simply join any bunch of Italian fans but then again it doesnt feel right to leave my group of frens. So it was like a bit of syiok sendiri. It was bit of nail-biting match especially during the 2nd half cause' from there onwards it was all France. When it actually came to the penalties i wasn't that confident cause' the Italians had never won on penalties. But deep in my heart i felt that such jinx are just mend to be broken. In the end they really won~!!! WHEEEEE i actually felt like crying but i was close to tears actually, just that like i say i just lacked the feeling cause i wasn't watching with a bunch of Italian supporters.

One of the kewl part is having my face painted. It was a free service provided at the place. The funny thing is i actually left the painting throughout the day. Was walking around it in campus and almost everyone stared but who cares anyway. Not usually an attention seeker kinda person but i'm just doin it for the love of the country. FOrza Italliaaa , Sempree Italiaaaa~!!!!

Forza Azzurri

The other day i was searching for the Italian world cup jersey. The
reason why i left till so late to get the jersey was because i've been
always a die hard fan of Italy, seriously hardcore. Unfortunately since
previous years, they have failed to live up to expectations. Not to say
that i expect them to win every cup there is but more to like play good
football. Although they have been playing catenaccio system previously.
This year i felt the team was different. Especially the match againts
Germany where i felt that i've never seen the Italian team being so
dominant exchanging short passes, playing effecient football and
committing players forward while defending superbly. That was the moment
when i feel really proud to be a supporter.

This year i felt like there is a reason to give my full support of Italia.
The team looks like a different team, playing beautifully .
I was eager to wear the jersey for the finals to show my support. The
jersey looks awesome too. Frankly speaking i think Italy's jersey is the
best looking jersey among all nations. I think most ppl will agree with
that as well. Anyway i was a bit shocked to find out that the jersey is
sold out, all around KL, there aren't any left. The jersey's price was
RM 229 and it sold out, to my dissapoinment.

While i was searching for the jersey i saw a really nice jacket which
is basically a track top. It's a Adidas classic actually. But it looks
really good especially the embedded metal world cup thing. At that time
i find it too pricey cuz it was RM 299. Damn freakin expensive. So i
went bak and thought bout it.
I felt the jacket is something that can last cuz jerseys changes every
world cup. But the track top is more practical i think. Only downside is it's
not possible to wear the track top all the time. It would be damn bloody
hot.

In the end i made up my damn mind and got the track top. Got it cheaper
also, RM 289. That means i have to eat bread for the rest of the dayz
cuz that really burn the whole pocket itself not just a hole. Anyway here's
some lovely pics of my new track top...

Liking somebody is the least-productive thing in the world

It was kinda funny when i had this quote on my YM! status the other day. Didn't realize that from others point of view it might had sounded like a sore loser. Anyway quoted it from a Korean movie which i watched during the weekend. Don't usually watch Korean movies but hit upon this movie which is sumwhere inside my hard disk. I've downloaded quite a number of movies but i sort of rarely watch the movies dat i've downloaded so it snow-balled.

Anyway it does make sense, the quote from the movie, the full quote goes like this.... liking somebody is the least productive thing in the world. First of all, u don't get anything from it. You dun earn any money from it. It doens't feed u and stuffz. Yet, ppl still have crushes. So, why does this happens? It happens when it's more about giving rather than receiving. When a person would give so much just to make another person's day. Whether the person who received it appreciates it or not is another thing. This is the thing called L O V E

-forza italia-

EJ

tension..

Today had karate training. Shihan highligted that most of us are lackin composure, calmness and passion. At sum point i am a bit 'terasa' but i don't deny it. Then after training i did asked him how can i be more calm. He explained that my techniques were ok , just that i just lack the confidence and composure. He's advice to me was to trust myself , believe in myself . I think he was right there, i don't know why recently i'm lacking bit of paassion and concentration during my Karate sessions. This sort of thing neva really happen previously. Partly is because i've become a bit jaded recently. Haven't been doing much training lately , not as much as i used to. Last time i was like damn bloody 'semangat' , wearing ankle weights to class, lift up my leg and hold the same position for seconds just to improve muscle control and lots of crazy stuffz.

I have to admit that i kinda miss all my previous seniors, those who graduated, the class seems to be different without them. It's not as competetive as it used to be. I used to look up to one guy, and he was sort of the martial artist that i want to emulate. It was sort of like having a source of inspiration and a close buddy to train with. It's a bit sad that he graduated , whatever left are just memories. Now, i can only do my best and try to be a good role model for the juniors.

Need to look for a new source of inspiration and always try to stay calm, focused and think of solutions rather than problems. Advice of the day from Shihan...

ciaoz

p/s Really hope Italy wiill make it through to the final, if they really do make it.. i think i'm gonna go get their jersey, but that will surely burn my pocket straight :P

Forza italia...