Convocation Photos
Here's the link for the photos:
http://community.webshots.com/user/chilliz

Convocation
Erm or rather Commencement like what the NUS call it. I was quite scared that things might go wrong today... cos I had been having very bad days - refer to previous post below (think about 4 consecutive days in fact). Started the day off by watching the 2nd half of Argentina vs Ecuador match (6-1! Thrash!). Caught the 6 goals (5 by Argentina and 1 by Ecuador), simply fantastic (commentator sux though). Regretted not betting on my fav soccer team... Anyway, reached school at ard 5 but took nearly an hour to robe (adjusting and fastening the hood). Think gb and zh too lan diao at mi, said that I couldn't even use safety pins like a ger.. ouch! Then started going around and taking photos... ran out of poses and expressions and props (til the roses and the gigantic sunflower arrived - thank u gers!). Quite happy that a number of people came - sj gals (min, shacko, tukie n babe), ttfr (boon, zh, sz, bq, qy, jm, bean) and my offical photographer gb. Thank you people for coming! Now could understand how min felt last year with so many pple ard hee. Pity zm couldn't make it cos he was down with dengue. And jt was stuck outfield but his video cam was here though. Quite excited also to see some peers whom I hadn't seen for a long time too and taking photos with them. Overall it's a tiring day. Will post up the link for the photos once I have them consolidated.

Bad days
Yesterday
- not enuff sleep, woke up late, late in my appointment;
- quarrelled with my sis over stupid matters;
- forgot to bring my EZ-link card and i had no coins too;
- met up with the YPPs and the first thing they saw mi was to ask about my scars...sigh;
- IE got invalid page fault, cannot open new IE windows, cannot ctrl-F, took mi quite a while to solve it..
Today
- laptop caused short-circuit and this short-circuit made mi miss the Greek goal live on TV (felt like there's some Amelie out there playing a prank on mi);
- Portugal lost and I lost my bet;
- job put on hold further cos CFO on leave til end of month... sian.. dunno shd i wait or shd i job-search again;
- kena mosquito bites;
- toto lost $ too;
- laptop got new problem, startup super long. haven't find the cause and the solution for it;

saw this malay guy who was screaming in tampines mall. apparently he was quarrelling with his gf and he was venting his frustrations. feel like screaming myself too. but dun have the guts to do so in public. mabbe should go to the beach.

Euro Cup 2004 Final - Portugal vs. Greece
Greece won. I can eat back my words now. Portugal was definitely the better team but somehow they jus couldn't get the ball into the back of the net. Kinda frustrating for the players themselves and for us the onlookers. Sigh. Pauletta din perform when I tot it was time for him to prove himself. A bad move to include him from the start. Ronaldo was shown crying real bad after the final whistle, guessed he was upset for giving away the corner that resulted in Greek's goal as well as the several missed attempts on goal. Poor thing. And a stupid fan who ran in and disturbed the match for 5 min. Bet he was Greece's supporter who wanted to waste as much time as possible. And the referee din add back much injury time, kinda unfair. Felt that he was a bit pro-Greece (well, he was Otto's family dentist).
Greece, on the other hand, was really a surprise all the way. From the moment it defeated Portugal in the opening match, qualified for the quarter-finals, beat France the previous Cup holder, overcame Czech the hot favourite and winning Portugal the 2nd time to claim the Cup. Really have to give Otto and his players credit to overcome all odds and kick all the way through.
But still, rather disappointed that Portugal din win especially after the fine display of team spirit and skills they had shown in the match against Holland. Well Euro's over. Looking forward to see Argentina and Brazil in Copa America.

Went Insomnia at Chijmes earlier and tot the live band there was great and entertaining. But kinda irritated by 2 SPGs who were dancing salsa next to me and kept banging into mi and one of them actually stepped on my toes with her super high n sharp stilettos. The best part was she continued on like nobody's business. Grr. Should have fling my hair at her face for revenge.

Euro Semi Final 2 - Greece vs. Czech Republic
Greece got into the finals. Full-stop. The surprise package has made another surprise again. The Czechs, whom I thought highly possible to win the Euro Cup this year, was knocked out. The much awaited Portugal vs. Czech showdown isn't gonna happen. Did I mention I hate watching defensive play? Watching England play was bad enuff, now Greece is getting on my nerves too. I triple confirmed this by dozing off on at least 2 occasions just now. Woke up only to see the replay of the decisive Greek goal that drove the Czechs out. I'm still irritated by the fact Koller could actually miss an open goal that any Tom, Dick and Harry could hit in. He ought to be substituted but the Czech coach could not do what Scolari could. And the poor Nedved had to be injured during this important match. Luck was really not on their side (and mine too).
Prior to this match, I had decided not to bet on the final match if it were Portugal vs. Czech and sit back and enjoy the two attacking teams play attacking football. But alas, there might be the torture of going through another boring match (with Greece in the final). I'm gonna put my bet on Portugal for the final. (The irony was, I took Greece for the opening match because I tot Portugal was too stuck up at that time). Attacking football over defensive this time and I believe Portugal wun lose to Greece twice in the same tournament.

Euro 2004 Semi Final 1 - Portugal vs. Holland
As what I hope, Portugal moves on to the Final by winning Holland 2-1. At least I can watch Ronaldo for another match :P. He scored the 1st goal for Portugal in the 26th min through a corner taken by Deco (I had a hunch at that time that Portugal would score! I think I'm getting psychic :P). Nice header from Ronaldo and I couldn't believe the Dutch actually left him unmarked. The ball went into the net between the Dutch goalie and Edgar Davids (who, according to the New Paper, was posing like a teapot against the post). Poor Ronaldo was booked later by the weird swedish referee for taking his shirt off to celebrate. Oh come on, couldn't the referee take it easy a bit? He made all the terrible decisions during the match. He booked Robben for simulation when the poor Dutch just sort of lost his balance and fell. And yet he closed an eye when the real illegal tackles were executed. Though I'm a Portugal supporter, but in a word of fairness, I feel that Deco should be booked for diving so many times and Ricardo too for wasting so much time faking pain.
The 2nd goal was scored by Maniche which I believed was one of the most beautiful goals in the tournament. It was unstoppable and impossible to save. Then an own goal by Jorge Andrade 5 min later. Actually he should not worry about the cross and tried to clear it away. Becos IMHO, even if van Nisterooy were to reach the ball, he would be in a bad angle to shoot and with his off-form situation, the probability of him scoring was quite low.
Figo was awarded the Man of the Match and I think he deserved it. Whenever he touched the ball, he created chances for Portugal. He broke thru Holland's defence a lot of times in the left and right flanks (Figo and Ronaldo switched flanks to and fro throughout the game!). The first goal was an indirect result of him earning the corner. I suspect it was Scolari's psychological warfare in making Figo heated up for the semi-final match (by substituting him in the quarter-final) and playing his very best.
Can't wait for the final showdown! Hope it will be against Czech..