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And in other news, the NBA, fearful of the damage an H1N1 flu outbreak could wreak on the league, has passed down an anti-handshake directive. Players and coaches have been asked to greet each other via more sanitary means of contact, like fist pounding, or maybe chest bumps.

In case you're wondering what a chest bump is, it happens at 0:13 of this clip



Now, isn't this something that the Ministry of Health should consider issuing a directive or statement on ?

the Lightning Bolt speaks

"I'm not larger than life. But I'm working on it."

Things to Quote Sheed by

Now that Rasheed Wallace is with the Celtics, I'm expecting a season's worth of memorable quotes. His first contribution ?

"My mom said, 'Opinions are like asses : Everybody got one.' "

Another Top 1

Catriona's request for a video nowadays don't center around baby horses any more. Instead, the request is for another type of baby .... human, this time.

Her mother uploaded this a few months ago and she's only just found it.

Mirai e

While driving back to Penang last week, Catriona piped up with a "I want that song". Said song being Kiroro's "Mirai e". You can listen to the song here.


I didn't think much of it at that time but we ended up listening to that song repeatedly for the three days that we were in Penang i.e. whenever we were in the car. And by the time we were driving back to KL, this is what we got :

1 week later, that song is still in Catriona's Top 1.

Vblog of Catriona

One of the main mission for us in Penang during last trip is to bring Catriona to beach. The major disadvantage of staying in KL, besides having jam most of the time is the lack of beach. So she has no idea about what is sea and beach. The father felt the needs to introduce her one, top by the fact

that we ourselves just went to a good one, so he felt kind of sorry for her.

After some struggles; rain, not sure of the location, and lack of clean beach in Penang. We managed to find one which is acceptable. So here is the vblog. Well the main reason we got this video cam is to documented her anyway.

First stop, "beach" at Gurney drive. Not sure it should be called beach since it is all cover by rocks. Anyway, for kids they still enjoying themselves. Just little problem with ants and sand.

Second stop is a much better one, and here is the result.

The result of this trip, she can clearly identify sea, beach, sand and wave.

a Principle, a Philosophy ?

"Imagination is more important than knowledge" he said. "Knowledge is limited. Imagination encircles the world."

It's difficult to argue against someone whose Theory of Relativity was borne out of daydreaming about riding on a sunbeam through the universe. And anyway, who am I to argue against Einstein ?

I first heard this quote back in my teens and for some reason it stuck in my mind. Not at the forefront, mind, just at the back. But every once in a while, it emerges. Like when I read Ho Kwon Ping's "In Praise of Daydreaming".

Derby win

It was a roller coaster of emotions as United kept on taking the lead in their derby win against Manchester City..... and then kept on giving it away.

And SAF can say that his signing of Michael Owen has been justified with this winning goal against City.

And the thoughts running through my mind at the final whistle ?

* Shay Given made a case for being the best player in the game even though he let in four goals.

* How long can SAF keep his faith in Ben Foster when he's making a major blunder every 3 games ?

* Is Ferdinand back to making silly mistakes because of his arrogance ?

* Mark Hughes needs to make a decision about Micah Richards. He's a teriffic athele but he has a tendency to switch off in defence. Not a very good trait in a defender.

Notice a trend here ? As exciting as the game was, the defending left a lot to be desired.

And the final thought ?
Where in the world did the referee find 6 minutes from for injury time ?

One final statement. My Liverpool friends must be gutted. :-)

Doonsebury

You've got to understand Doonesbury to appreciate it. It's rarely laught out loud funny but it's my favourite comic. Still, there are the occasional exceptions.

The Shot

Sometimes, you just have to hold up your hands and acknowledge genius.



Roger Federer : "It was the greatest shot I ever hit in my life."

His opponent, Novak Djokovic : "You just say, 'Well done'. What can you do ?"

Cool fact 1 : Federer actually practices this shot.
Cool fact 2 : It's never worked before.
Cool fact 3 : It's such an incredible shot, all his future opponents will be watching out for it.

Weekend Getaway

Pangkor Laut Resort has this cheap, off-season package for Malaysians which we took advantage of last weekend. And really, it's a pretty decent deal if you're into sun, surf & sand. And since there was nothing else available which didn't cost an arm and a leg (speaking as a middle class Malaysian), one had better be into sun, surf & sand to enjoy the place.

Being a 5-star resort that lived up to it's name, service and facilities were stellar. And since 3 meals a day were covered in the package, there really were no hidden costs involved.

Lovely place which I would recommend for a short stay since staying longer could mean that one is sunburnt to a crisp. We left Catriona with her nanny for this trip so that we could both get away.

View of the main resort area / reception

& at night

The villa we stayed in. We got the bottom floor.

@ the lap pool, overlooking the sea

On a hammock @ Emerald Bay, the beach on the other side of the island used for swimming.

There was this family there that I kept snapping since they were such a good photo op

Lunch at the beach. Dinner ON the beach goes for RM500 per pax.

@ the villa balcony

there was a resident peacock at one of the souvenier shops

the jetty

what happens when people have too much time on their hands

eye candy everywhere

Wojciech Grzedzinski wins Visa d'Or News Award

Why??

So Catriona likes listening to story, any kind of story. Sometimes it can be from books, sometimes it is just story that we make up and it can be anything. As she progresses, now not only she will listening to the story, sometimes she will join in add some lines in between and even make up her own story.

I guess her father is happy with her imagination and curiosity nature which is a good sign for creativity. But last night she asked some really...... well, how should I put it, practical, clinical and innocent questions.

" Why Adam and Eve shame?" translate "Why Adam and Eve are naked?" =_=

"Why the snake tricks Eve and not Adam?" =_= ....

Ermm.......

"Because that time they had not made any clotch yet... later only they made clotches because they were cold."

"Because woman is the one who wanted to have the knowledge, woman started it.... "

No prize to guess who answer that.

Missing 14

Can somebody tell me why this guy is not even in the Champion League squad for United? Is he that bad? Even that injured Obertan is in....

OK, go back to rule no.1, never argue with The Gaffer.

For now.

The Chipmunks have a hit

Have you ever wondered how The Chipmunks would sound like singing a Bobby Vinton song ?

I stumbled on this song today and really, it sounds pretty good.



Catriona has already taken a shine to this song and I can hear a Catriona voice going "Yo! .... this one here."

NUM3ER

英超联赛开始才第四轮就出现大报冷门的情况。 红军居然已经二连败, 打平上季的纪录。 兵工厂本来还可以, 前两场一共进了11球。 却对红魔时十分钟内出现头昏脑涨兼脚软再加白痴的现象, 被打得极其平庸的红魔反超输的可怜。 蓝狮到目前为止霸气十足,看来会有一番作为。红魔本身当然也是起起落落，少了天才多今年是个考验。对升级马输球老爵爷一定是在喷火，好再整体不会太差。可是还需要改善。曼市热热闹闹的花钱不眨眼，目前也全胜。

我却觉的玄机其实已经显露在数字里。 本来得最多分数的球队获胜就是个数字游戏。让我们来揭露天机。这个球季是09/10季。 红魔第2次尝试第1只完成4连冠霸业的球队。 老爵爷第24年掌舵红魔。 红魔这次赢就第19次拿到竞标而Giggs 和老爵爷会是第12次夺冠。

总结以上, 神奇数字是

9,

10,

1,

4,

24,

12,

如果以上这些球员都没受伤而发挥到最好的状态, 连冠绝对指日可待。锋利的前锋，创意控制的中锋在加上稳健密不透风的后防，基本上就是赢球的本钱，还有那个铁手腕的爵爷，总是有法子让这些年轻有钱自命不凡的小子们乖乖听话。

哦,对了别忘了这个神奇的19岁小子。在必要的时候可是秘密武器。

收到了吗? 又是4 和19. 所以, 要知道结局看数字知道了。