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Friday, August 29, 2008

Susuk or 4bia?

salaam all

i am a movie man. i love watching movie and talk about the movie. i love giving movie reviews for those movies that i had watched. during my uni years, i watched movie every week, at 1 time up to 5 movies a week. aahhh...the good old days when i don't have to think how to answer to every business user 'important' question.

but that was the good old times. now, i hardly have time to watch movies even once a week. there's always things to do. always plan to watch a movie during weekend, but always couldn't do it. am going to change that. i will watch movie at least twice in a month, if possible once every week. will start this tomorrow. the question for now however is, which movie i'll be watching tomorrow?

being a horror movie fans that i am, i had narrowed down my choice to 'Susuk' and '4bia'. so which 1 i should watch tomorrow (or should i say today, now already 3.44 am..heh)?

Susuk is a Malay movie about the usage of susuk in the entertainment world, generally to be successful in the said area. in another word, these actresses use susuk to make themselves look irresistible to fans and producer. main cast in this movie that i can recall is Diana Rafar, Ida Nerina (she seems to be in a lot Malay horror movies), Adlin Aman Ramli and surprisingly (in a good way that is) Sofea Jane. i watched the making of Susuk 1 night last month when i was alone at my home and it did give me the creep after that.

4bia is a Thai horror movie which i come to know only last Tuesday as i was browsing through the GSC website, originally to book a ticket for Susuk show last Wednesday which i end up did not go. 4bia consist of 4 horror stories, which bring the pun '4bia' in the movie title obviously. reading through the sinopsis in the GSC website and it seems to be really interesting. interesting enough to make me research a little bit about this movie on the net. and i even refrain myself from reading the detailed review i found on the net about 4bia. i don't know what it is about Thai movie in general, most of them generally did not failed me and my expectation

so which movie i'll choose? i don't know. will only decide tomorrow morning when i want to book the ticket for the movie. whichever 1 it is, i don't think i'm going to be disappointed :-)

Arsenal 4 - 0 FC Twente - match rating and a little review

salaam all

we had Champions League qualifying match last night at The Emirates against FC Twente. leading 2-0 from the 1st leg, the match should be a good way of excorsing the effect of horrible performance that we showed against Fulham last week.

the match was at 3.00 am Malaysia time. with Liverpool match being shown almost all the time by Astro, i can only settle for the delayed telecast at 5.00 am. woke up at 5.56 am thinking sh!t, i must've missed the whole of first half. quickly turn on my Astro to found out the match just started up until 15th minutes. huhhh...glad about that.

just a short 1 about key points from last night match. i like how Nik and Theo in particular never gave up on trying. failed? just keep on trying. the result? both of them got a goal each. and it's amazing to think how much impact 1 player can have to a team. Cesc is world class, there's no 2 way about it. he maintain his fitness throughout the season, we surely have a shot at the title.

so we won 4-0, goals by Samir, Billy Gallas, Theo and Nik to take the tie with aggregate 6-0. the draw for the group stage is at 12.00 am tonight. surely we all Gooners will wait the draw with high interest as there are some very strong clubs in the 2nd, 3rd and 4th pots. anyway, match rating followed. disclaimer - this match rating is only based on the match starting at the 15th minutes.

Al - less than convincing performance by our #1. there's a couple of incident where his decision making can surely at the least were questionable, most particularly when he came out too far to the front for the cross ball where our defends had it cover. lucky for us the Twente player was offside. not good Al, not good at all. (4)

Bac - solid performance. going forward well, combined with solid defense. remember him and Gael were having the hard time containing Twente forwards during the 1st leg but nothing get past them last night. (6.5)

Johan - solid and reliable display from the young Swiss defender. based on merit, he should play the Newcastle match. heck, he should played the Fulham match. but we all know le Boss will bring back King Kolo back to the 1st eleven for the next match. (6)

Billy - showed glimpse of the old Billy Gallas in this match. even scored a goal. but everything seems easy when we are winning. the question remained how he will lead our young team when the chips are down. and based on the Fulham match, it doesn't looks good. (6.5)

Gael - solid performance. see Bac comment as both having similar efficient display. (6.5)

Theo - good hardworking performance by young Theo. he should keep doing this and surely we have a very good player in our hand. he kept it simple when he has to, and most importantly used his pace in the correct situation. and how we all can see he need that goal. nice finishing touch also. Ade should learn from him. (6.5)

Denilson - decent performance. seems like Cesc presence in the field gave that extra assurance to him. a really glad he got the assist for the Nik's goal. he need that backpass and assist to help him get over that performance against Fulham. (6)

Cesc - not at his best yet, most probably due to match fitness but we all can see the impact of having him on the pitch. as for our current squad, if he can stay fit for the whole season, we have a shot at the title. (6.5)

Samir - good game by our new boy. 2 goals at the Emirates in as many matches, i don't think we can ask for more from him. give him time to fully adapt to our playing style (which i predict to be January barring any major injury), and people will see what the hoo-haa about him. (6.5)

Robin - not a very good game by Robin. too many chances misses in this early season, last night was no difference. at least his free kicks were getting better. need to step up fast; both for Arsenal and his sake. Nik is ready to pounce any time now. to be fair, IMHO he just need 1 goal to get going. (5)

Nik - like Theo, good hardworking game by the young striker. ball control can be better, but i like his confidence. that confidences were what causing our 2nd and last goal. never afraid to do what he wanted to do. c'mon Nik, prove me wrong. i always think he will be a big player, just not for us. i'd be glad to be proved wrong in this. (6)

subs

Eboue - less than decent display only from him. looks lazy at times. not a good way to prove to le Boss that you are Arsenal 1st eleven material. (4)

Ade - good display when he came in. looks hungry for goals during the time Cesc was on the pitch but then looks rather disinterested when Cesc was brought out. we don't need this kind of behaviour, more so from our number 1 striker. (5)

Song - assured display by him. am really curious to see what exactly is le Boss plan with him. surely will be exciting to see his progress with our team. (5)

Tuesday, August 26, 2008

Double Treble!!!

salaam all

Hari Sabtu, 23 Ogos 2008 sejarah tercipta dalam kancah bolasepak Malaysia. pasukan Kedah memahat nama Kedah dalam sejarah bolasepak Malaysia sebagai bukan sahaja pasukan pertama melakukan 'Treble', Kedah juga melakukan 'Double Treble'.

terima kasih coach Azraai

terima kasih barisan kejurulatihan dan pegawai2

terima kasih pemain2 Kedah

terima kasih Outlaw, Nelson dan Marlon

terima kasih arwah Datuk Ahmad Basri Akil

kita tawan Stadium Nasional Bukit Jalil semalam. penyokong tawan stadium dengan memenuhi 90% tempat duduk di bahagian kita. team kita tawan stadium dengan memperbudak2kan team lawan, takdak lawan langsung la. nasib baik 2nd half dah slow down sikit, kalau tak mau kena 8 bijik depa. this is not me being arrogant, this is me being brutally honest.

apa2 pon Alhamdulillah sebab dapat buat Double Treble. lambat la nk ada team lain nk boleh challenge achievement ni

Sunday, August 24, 2008

Fulham vs Arsenal - match rating

salaam all

we lost to Fulham last night, deservedly. to prevent myself from doing a lot of cursing, i will only do match rating in this entry

Manny - do what need to be done. cannot be blamed for the goal as the cross was too low for him to go for it. would like him to be more vocal ala Lehman though. (5)

Bacary - not 1 of his better performance but still way better than most of the rest. he might want to be a bit more discipline with his overlapping, but with the clueless human being in front of him in the mould of Theo, who can blame him. (5)

King Kolo - played ok. however, it's really obvious that he and Billy Gallas are not the proper central defender pairing. i can only assume that le Boss was being cautious with his injury when he was brought out. (5)

Billy Gallas - how did we end up with this William Gallas? he was a superb defender during his time at Chelsea. heck, he was good enough for us last season. the goal last night was all his fault for not marking Hangeland well enough. and he also failed to lead the team last night. (2)

Gael - same with Bac, not 1 of his better game but way better than most of the rest. it'll be hard for him and Bac to better the high standard both of them set last season but i have no doubt that both are able to do it. (5)

Theo - the true meaning of trying too hard to impress and do not know his limitation. always wanted to do something fancy with the ball but most of the time causing us our possession only. you should just keep it simple most of the time dude, you are not that good enough..just yet. clueless!! (1)

Eboue - in the scapegoat category with Ade and Senderos. kept it simple, kept the ball moving well. the 2 runs he produced were nothing short of class. he looks very mobile, a good player when he can concentrate on his game rather than his antics. but will always get the blamed for everything though in this board. (4)

Denilson - why oh why you can't keep it simple when you have to. we are the Arsenal, it's all about passing and movement. not like the clueless Theo, he looks like he know what he's doing . but the executions all the time were horrendous. (1)

Samir - good game by him last night. you will see a different Samir when Cesc play. (5)

Ade - i was expecting a better game by him last night. he should have scored with that header chance. you can blame the striker when the service from the midfield was almost non existent last night. (4)

Robin - actually played ok last night. 2 things that irritates me were 1, his freekick. getting worst by the day. 2, all the unnecessary touch he make when he received the ball. he is so predictable now. but still, looks like he adapting well to the 2nd striker role. (3)

subs

Nik - don't have much impact when coming on. maybe we should start playing 4-3-3 now that we do not have any capable midfielder to deputies for Cesc. (3)

Song - am really glad to see him played well last night. still remember he was booed by our own fans during the match against Fulham at the Cottage last 2 seasons. my suggestion is let's put him and Eboue in the middle for the match against Twente this midweek. surely can't be worse than tonight midfield's performance. (5)

maybe i'll do the ranting in later entry when i feel like it