Jet - Look What You've Done
Take my photo off the wall
If it just won't sing for you
'Cause all that's left has gone away
And there's nothing there for you to prove
Oh, look what you've done
You've made a fool of everyone
Oh well, it seems likes such fun
Until you lose what you had won
Give me back my point of view
'Cause I just can't think for you
I can hardly hear you say
What should I do, well you choose
Oh, look what you've done
You've made a fool of everyone
Oh well, it seems likes such fun
Until you lose what you had won
Oh, look what you've done
You've made a fool of everyone
A fool of everyone
A fool of everyone
Take my photo off the wall
If it just won't sing for you
'Cause all that's left has gone away
And there's nothing there for you to do
I luuurrrvveee this ballad by Jet - yes the same Jet that gives us "Are You Gonna Be My Gal" (which totally sux IMHO). This song is so beatles-inspired and it really makes my heart melt jus by listening to it over and over again.
Saturday, June 26, 2004
Keane
The next up-and-coming sensational Brit pop band after Coldplay. My latest craze. Download their music here. All of them worth listening!
The next up-and-coming sensational Brit pop band after Coldplay. My latest craze. Download their music here. All of them worth listening!
Euro 2004 Quarter Final 2 - France vs Greece
If the Portugal/England match were to be considered as the most exciting match in Euro, this France/Greece match would then be the most boring one. I had lost count of how many times I had nearly doze off. To be fair, I like both teams from the start. Hence I wasn't rooting for any particular team to win but was hoping for action and goals. This match had none of that. Did I mention that I love to watch attacking football? I tot France would give mi that but alas, they were dictated by the Greeks instead. There was no fast pace action, no dribblings to the penalty box area, jus aimless passes of the ball from the French which often ended up with the Greeks. I was suspecting the authencity of the French team. Did they find a dummy Zizou and Henry? Wat happened to the French players who played the magnificent comeback game against England? This had only proven a point - Les Bleus only do well against the supposedly strong teams and they are too arrogant to treat the underdogs seriously.
The Greeks, on the other hand, had a super strong defence. Unlike England - a so-called defensive team who like to have 11 players guarding their net, Greece defenders could really tackle opponents in the most legal and effective way, head dangerous balls far away and pressurize opponents to give up. Their teamwork was simply fantastic. The passes and crosses were all so accurate and complete that I suspect the players all had telepathy with one another. And unlike England, they could hold on to their lead. They did not defend without attack. They could have won 2-0 had Barthez be a split second slower in saving the ball in the 15th min. In fact, half the ball was over the line already.
In all, this was an utterly monotonous match with a surprise result. Though it wasn't that surprising cos within 5 min into the game, it could be clearly seen that the French could not dictate the game and play up to their standard. Can the Greeks cause an upset again in the semifinal? Very unlikely. Czech is too strong to be stopped. But the Greeks already prove themselves to be no pushover and luck-rider.
If the Portugal/England match were to be considered as the most exciting match in Euro, this France/Greece match would then be the most boring one. I had lost count of how many times I had nearly doze off. To be fair, I like both teams from the start. Hence I wasn't rooting for any particular team to win but was hoping for action and goals. This match had none of that. Did I mention that I love to watch attacking football? I tot France would give mi that but alas, they were dictated by the Greeks instead. There was no fast pace action, no dribblings to the penalty box area, jus aimless passes of the ball from the French which often ended up with the Greeks. I was suspecting the authencity of the French team. Did they find a dummy Zizou and Henry? Wat happened to the French players who played the magnificent comeback game against England? This had only proven a point - Les Bleus only do well against the supposedly strong teams and they are too arrogant to treat the underdogs seriously.
The Greeks, on the other hand, had a super strong defence. Unlike England - a so-called defensive team who like to have 11 players guarding their net, Greece defenders could really tackle opponents in the most legal and effective way, head dangerous balls far away and pressurize opponents to give up. Their teamwork was simply fantastic. The passes and crosses were all so accurate and complete that I suspect the players all had telepathy with one another. And unlike England, they could hold on to their lead. They did not defend without attack. They could have won 2-0 had Barthez be a split second slower in saving the ball in the 15th min. In fact, half the ball was over the line already.
In all, this was an utterly monotonous match with a surprise result. Though it wasn't that surprising cos within 5 min into the game, it could be clearly seen that the French could not dictate the game and play up to their standard. Can the Greeks cause an upset again in the semifinal? Very unlikely. Czech is too strong to be stopped. But the Greeks already prove themselves to be no pushover and luck-rider.
Friday, June 25, 2004
Euro 2004 Quarter Final 1 - Portugal vs England
Definitely the most exciting match I've ever watched. The match was fast-paced with Portugal pressurising England most of time with their attacking waves (but often with harmless finishes) and the occasional but dangerous England counter-attacks. As early as the 3rd min, my heart sank when Owen scored a goal from a Portuguese defence deadly mistake. Tried reassuring myself that there was still much time for the Portugal to score an equalizer. One thing I like about Portugal is they, like Brazil, plays attacking football (Conversely the reason why I dun like England). And attacking football is always entertaining to watch. Especially with the likes of Ronaldo, Gomes, Figo, Deco and later Simao, Postiga and Costa. Ronaldo is soooo cute and cheeky with his dives and all his so marvellous skills to fake Cole. Erm did I mention he was everywhere on the field? Right flank, left flank, attacking at England's side of the field, defending on Portugal's side... I'll hate him if I'm an England supporter but I'm not. Though I still think he really did kelong in the Greece match.
Back to the topic, when Portugal din score the much-needed equalizer for as long as the 80th min I nearly gave up hope. But as always, the ball is round and God is fair. The better team should not be out. Hence after Figo was substituted by Postiga and the latter scored the long-awaited equalizer in the 83th min, I nearly screamed and risked waking the whole family out. Somehow I had the hunch that a goal was coming cos my face was nearly stuck to my TV for that particular minute. The same hunch came back to mi in the 89th min when Beckham took the all-dangerous freekick. I had no time to heave a sigh of relief when the ball hit the bar and then Campbell kicked the ball inside the net.
At the same time, I saw the foul on Ricardo (there was really a foul! go see the replay! see the pic above! the referee was fair!) and heard the whistle. It was the most nerve-wrecking 10 seconds (the 1st scary moment of the match - there were 3). When I tot England was going to win and the goal ended up being disallowed, it was a rollercoaster ride for mi. Except mine was low to high while most others were high to low.
Silver goal in play next. When Rui Costa (dinno he was Batistuta old partner, no wonder I found him so 'Bati' from the start) scored the beautiful 25 metre goal straight into the net I thought this was it. Then I started praying that Portugal would hang on to this lead for the remaining 10 min but they jus couldn't do it. Lampard (I hate this guy, he scored in France match too, always ruined my hopes) scored the equalizer 5 min later (2nd scary moment). I almost wished to teleport myself to Portugal now and kill all the Portugal defenders and Ricardo for not defending well. And at the same time kill the Euro 2004 officials for still using the old Silver Goal rule instead of the Golden. I seriously din wan the match to go into penalty shoot-outs cos I tot James was a better goalie than Ricardo and the commentators sort of tot Portugal would not handle penalties as well. Puss kept assuring me otherwise and Beckham would miss penalty. He was damned right. When I saw Beckham stepping forward to take the 1st penalty somehow I knew he was gonna miss it. And he did. Did it in France and again now. High up. And being the unsporty man, he blamed it on the grass. Why din he blame the miss on his nerves? As far as I noe, the rest of the penalty takers had no problem with the grass. When I tot Rui Costa the man who gave the beautiful long shot goal would have no problem with a nearer penalty, he proved mi wrong. My heart started to pump like it's gonna run out of my body cos any saves or misses from one side would cost that side to be out (3rd scary moment and the longest too). After the 5 shots, the sudden death penalty started to be in play. Oh wat a daring penalty by Postiga! Cheekily flipped the ball in the centre and let it bounced slowly in while sending James the wrong way. And the highlight was of cos the bare-handed save by Ricardo when he guessed Vassell's shot correctly. I was all ready to eat my words about shooting him earlier when he surprised mi next by taking the penalty shot himself! I was puzzled for 1 second when I couldn't spot any red shirts taking penalty. And wat a penalty that was. James guessed the right way but still couldn't save the beautiful goal that went high up in the corner of the net executed by the all-confident Ricardo.
Ricardo's the man. Scolari too. I am now sure that Scolari is England's jinx. (And all Ronaldos too). I was so overwhelmed with the excitement of the match that despite being extremely tired I jus couldn't sleep. This was certainly not for the faint-hearted.
Definitely the most exciting match I've ever watched. The match was fast-paced with Portugal pressurising England most of time with their attacking waves (but often with harmless finishes) and the occasional but dangerous England counter-attacks. As early as the 3rd min, my heart sank when Owen scored a goal from a Portuguese defence deadly mistake. Tried reassuring myself that there was still much time for the Portugal to score an equalizer. One thing I like about Portugal is they, like Brazil, plays attacking football (Conversely the reason why I dun like England). And attacking football is always entertaining to watch. Especially with the likes of Ronaldo, Gomes, Figo, Deco and later Simao, Postiga and Costa. Ronaldo is soooo cute and cheeky with his dives and all his so marvellous skills to fake Cole. Erm did I mention he was everywhere on the field? Right flank, left flank, attacking at England's side of the field, defending on Portugal's side... I'll hate him if I'm an England supporter but I'm not. Though I still think he really did kelong in the Greece match.
Back to the topic, when Portugal din score the much-needed equalizer for as long as the 80th min I nearly gave up hope. But as always, the ball is round and God is fair. The better team should not be out. Hence after Figo was substituted by Postiga and the latter scored the long-awaited equalizer in the 83th min, I nearly screamed and risked waking the whole family out. Somehow I had the hunch that a goal was coming cos my face was nearly stuck to my TV for that particular minute. The same hunch came back to mi in the 89th min when Beckham took the all-dangerous freekick. I had no time to heave a sigh of relief when the ball hit the bar and then Campbell kicked the ball inside the net.
At the same time, I saw the foul on Ricardo (there was really a foul! go see the replay! see the pic above! the referee was fair!) and heard the whistle. It was the most nerve-wrecking 10 seconds (the 1st scary moment of the match - there were 3). When I tot England was going to win and the goal ended up being disallowed, it was a rollercoaster ride for mi. Except mine was low to high while most others were high to low.
Silver goal in play next. When Rui Costa (dinno he was Batistuta old partner, no wonder I found him so 'Bati' from the start) scored the beautiful 25 metre goal straight into the net I thought this was it. Then I started praying that Portugal would hang on to this lead for the remaining 10 min but they jus couldn't do it. Lampard (I hate this guy, he scored in France match too, always ruined my hopes) scored the equalizer 5 min later (2nd scary moment). I almost wished to teleport myself to Portugal now and kill all the Portugal defenders and Ricardo for not defending well. And at the same time kill the Euro 2004 officials for still using the old Silver Goal rule instead of the Golden. I seriously din wan the match to go into penalty shoot-outs cos I tot James was a better goalie than Ricardo and the commentators sort of tot Portugal would not handle penalties as well. Puss kept assuring me otherwise and Beckham would miss penalty. He was damned right. When I saw Beckham stepping forward to take the 1st penalty somehow I knew he was gonna miss it. And he did. Did it in France and again now. High up. And being the unsporty man, he blamed it on the grass. Why din he blame the miss on his nerves? As far as I noe, the rest of the penalty takers had no problem with the grass. When I tot Rui Costa the man who gave the beautiful long shot goal would have no problem with a nearer penalty, he proved mi wrong. My heart started to pump like it's gonna run out of my body cos any saves or misses from one side would cost that side to be out (3rd scary moment and the longest too). After the 5 shots, the sudden death penalty started to be in play. Oh wat a daring penalty by Postiga! Cheekily flipped the ball in the centre and let it bounced slowly in while sending James the wrong way. And the highlight was of cos the bare-handed save by Ricardo when he guessed Vassell's shot correctly. I was all ready to eat my words about shooting him earlier when he surprised mi next by taking the penalty shot himself! I was puzzled for 1 second when I couldn't spot any red shirts taking penalty. And wat a penalty that was. James guessed the right way but still couldn't save the beautiful goal that went high up in the corner of the net executed by the all-confident Ricardo.
Ricardo's the man. Scolari too. I am now sure that Scolari is England's jinx. (And all Ronaldos too). I was so overwhelmed with the excitement of the match that despite being extremely tired I jus couldn't sleep. This was certainly not for the faint-hearted.
Saturday, June 19, 2004
Wednesday, June 16, 2004
Monday, June 14, 2004
Euro Cup - France vs. England
Simply exciting. The first 15 minutes the ball din even cross into France's penalty area. France was simply attacking England waves after waves but they just din have the magic finish. It was nightmare in the 38th min when Beckham took a free kick and Lampard headed it in. For mi at least. All my England supporter frens were all screaming in ecstasy and hi5-ing each other. The nightmare nearly took a worse turn when Rooney was brought down and was awarded a penalty. But luckily for Les Bleus, Beckham missed the penalty! Yippee! But why did he step up and take it in the first place? Din he remember Barthez was his old Man U 'colleague'? It was a costly mistake. Cos at the 90th minute when I tot all hope was lost and I gonna lose my 10 bucks to sz, miracle happened. A free kick was awarded to France and Zidane the free kick specialist calmly put the ball at the back of the net. Actually I was already contented with the draw result to lose only 5 bucks and couldn't stop celebrating when the next moment France was awarded a penalty! What a turn of events! Why did Gerrard back-pass to James was still a mystery unsolved. Perhaps Henry was at his blindspot. When Zidane proceeded to do wat Beckham could not, that was it. France won England with 2 goals after the 90th min! It was a twist even better than the Sixth Sense.
Simply exciting. The first 15 minutes the ball din even cross into France's penalty area. France was simply attacking England waves after waves but they just din have the magic finish. It was nightmare in the 38th min when Beckham took a free kick and Lampard headed it in. For mi at least. All my England supporter frens were all screaming in ecstasy and hi5-ing each other. The nightmare nearly took a worse turn when Rooney was brought down and was awarded a penalty. But luckily for Les Bleus, Beckham missed the penalty! Yippee! But why did he step up and take it in the first place? Din he remember Barthez was his old Man U 'colleague'? It was a costly mistake. Cos at the 90th minute when I tot all hope was lost and I gonna lose my 10 bucks to sz, miracle happened. A free kick was awarded to France and Zidane the free kick specialist calmly put the ball at the back of the net. Actually I was already contented with the draw result to lose only 5 bucks and couldn't stop celebrating when the next moment France was awarded a penalty! What a turn of events! Why did Gerrard back-pass to James was still a mystery unsolved. Perhaps Henry was at his blindspot. When Zidane proceeded to do wat Beckham could not, that was it. France won England with 2 goals after the 90th min! It was a twist even better than the Sixth Sense.
Tuesday, June 08, 2004
List of old Movies I wanna watch (in no particular order)
1. Schindler's List
2. The Godfather II
3. The Godfather III
4. Saving Private Ryan (yes, i din catch this one)
5. Braveheart (this one too)
6. Battle Royale
7. The Seven Samurai (Shichinin no samurai)
8. Memento
9. Lawrence of Arabia
10. Joan of Arc
11. Requiem for a Dream
12. Run Lola Run (Lola Rennt)
13. Gone with the Wind (classic romantic movie)
14. Almost Famous
15. Being John Malkovich
16. Trainspotting
17. Adaptation
18.Untold Scandal scandalous but sad
19. Pulp Fiction
20. Seabiscuit
21. 8 Mile
22. The English Patient
23. Frida
24. The Whole Nine Yards (wanna watch this b4 whole 10 yards come out)
25. American Beauty
26.Shawshank Redemption Reminds me of Green Mile but better. One of my favs.
27. (last 10 minutes of) The Bridge on River Kwai (stuck at 99%)
The list is not exhaustive...
Movies that I've watched but wanna watch again
1. Primal Fear
2. The Score
3. Whale Rider
4. The Others
1. Schindler's List
2. The Godfather II
3. The Godfather III
4. Saving Private Ryan (yes, i din catch this one)
5. Braveheart (this one too)
6. Battle Royale
7. The Seven Samurai (Shichinin no samurai)
8. Memento
9. Lawrence of Arabia
10. Joan of Arc
11. Requiem for a Dream
12. Run Lola Run (Lola Rennt)
13. Gone with the Wind (classic romantic movie)
14. Almost Famous
15. Being John Malkovich
16. Trainspotting
17. Adaptation
18.
19. Pulp Fiction
20. Seabiscuit
21. 8 Mile
22. The English Patient
23. Frida
24. The Whole Nine Yards (wanna watch this b4 whole 10 yards come out)
25. American Beauty
26.
27. (last 10 minutes of) The Bridge on River Kwai (stuck at 99%)
The list is not exhaustive...
Movies that I've watched but wanna watch again
1. Primal Fear
2. The Score
3. Whale Rider
4. The Others
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