Player Ratings

WOOT! been a while since i last blogged here!!! didnt even upkeep the chat box. you people ah.... its been a couple of months since our first official kick off in field soccer. in pursue of our passion, we travelled to pitches far and near. Well, we finally ended up with our very own home ground!!!! cool. Been a while since we started playing on the greens, let pundit ng give you a low down of our regular players plus their ratings for today's game.

Daryl Babel Cap of 407 Utd, tireless and speedy winger who takes on any defence.

Today's rating: 6.5 not the best performance today with some off form crosses and shots altough showing improvement in tactical discipline still need to work on curbing his enthusiasm at runs. good link up play with wee though

Wil-Walcott Liaison Coach, right mid-fielder with unstoppable fighting spirit

Today's rating: 7.0 good link up play with the center and supplied several yummy in play crosses for the forwards. need to work on corners delivery.

Robin Fowler Versatile Forward, Goal keeper

Today's rating: 6.5 show composure in front of the goal today but still need to add new dimension into game, lower the predictability during dribbles.

Shan- ferdinand Composed center back

Today's rating: 8.0 showed great maturity as a rock in the heart of the defence. a couple more of such performance shd strengthen our teams foundation.

Cx-Maldini Steady defensive midfielder

Today's rating: 7.0 showed his worth by stringing the passes in the center while performing his defensive covering. need to work on his aerial powess though

Alon-yu Creative center mid

Today's rating: 7.0 once again the creative platform in the center of the park, showed an eye for goal with several go at long shots although the final move failing him. would be invaluable if he can maintain his tempo throughout the full match.

Desmond Crouch

Determined forward

Today's rating: 6.5 not the best of outing for the motivated forward. tireless runs off the ball showed his worth but his touches today were not the best he has to offer.

Carlos Alberto Wee Powerful forward

Today's rating: a handful for any defence. ability to hold the ball and first touch finishing makes him an even tougher opponent. Although he should have finished off a larger ratio of his shots today.

Bill Shankly

SATURDAY marks the 26th anniversary of the death of the man who turned Liverpool into "a bastion of invincibility". Bill Shankly died on September 29, 1981, after suffering a heart attack and in the following home game a banner was unfurled on the Kop which told the world "Shankly Lives For Ever". It was only a simple statement, one intended to show that Liverpool’s greatest ever manager would never be forgotten by those who worshiped him, but it has turned out to be something of a truism. Shankly gave Liverpool a soul through his empathy with the common man, he gave the club an identity that made it respected throughout the world and, most of all, he brought dignity, class and distinction to a club that was in danger of being cut adrift prior to his Anfield arrival in 1959. All of those qualities have survived long after his death and no matter how many trophies we win and whatever success we have we should never lose sight of the fact that Liverpool is a special club because of the sheer humanity that Shankly brought to it.

In his own words: "Football is a simple game based on the giving and taking of passes, of controlling the ball and of making yourself available to receive a pass. It is terribly simple." Pass and move – the philosophy on which modern day Liverpool was built. It may not have been invented by Shankly but he instilled it in this football club to such an extent that it could never be forgotten.

- Liverpoolfc.tv

Guys!!!!

I like the statement by Bill Shankly: Football is a simple game based on the giving and taking of passes, of controlling the ball and of making yourslef available to receive a pass. It is terribly simple.

SHALL WE IMPLEMENT THIS INTO OUR SOCCER CULTURE?

let's us not be biased by whom said it as long as it benefits us - so that we WILL be successful in our quest of victory K?

Love you guys....my buddies...

daryl (they call me captain)

Double Victory!! For 407 and Arsenal!!

First Training Match Won! 1-0, great pass by Rob to Desmond who did well to bring the ball to the back of the net.

Good debut play by Ben, the tireless and skillful midfielder seems to be everywhere on the field. Prove to be as fast as our best midfielder Daryl Teng also our captain. And yea..nice play throughout the team. Hope we manage to grab a win next sunday at our second formal match of the season. Til then..tis is Gooner Tan.

Cheers..

BIG MATCH!!

12th August 2007, our up and coming match against Shanthen's friends. We are still discussing on the place, time and whether it is 7 aside and so on. So players and bros..do keep urselves free tat day.



Cheeroz
Gooner Tan

Online Football Management Game

fantasy.premierleague.com <---------Guys create an account in this website and choose your favourite team to manage. Points are accumulative basis resulting from weekly performance of the players that you have selected to be in your first 11 from the English Premier League.

Well..i have created a league, 407 United League . To join this league, enter this code: 75514-18597
I guess it is going to be fun for all of us. And ya..my team is Arsenal FC, will be waiting for you people inside. Do hurry!!

Cheers,
Gooner Tan

Team blog is up

HEY PEOPLE, i have revamped the blog for our soccer team. check out the new features. click the pic for a bigger view.

This is the exclusive blog for 407 united (the name for now unless someone is really against it. haha) Players please check it time to time for updates of training timings and games. in due time i will create players biodata (provided we have a steady team of players haha).

Daryl, i will update the bulletin board for now, once i teach you and wilson, you 2 take over liao ah.

so far i only have these 2 links, haha please let me know what links you all want on the blog and kindly provide the address.

Use the tag board as our team's prep talk column.

signing off
Alex
407 Utd Webbie administrator

8th of July 2007, as usual we have our weekly field training with the veterens. We were wondering when are we going to put in the debut goal ever since we started playing on the field..And..today, our dearest captain, Daryl Teng manages to drive in a superb ball into the 1m by 0.5m small goal post. What an accuracy! We definitely show great performance ever since our first defeat, 0-2 by the uncles. Passes and vision have improved tremendously throughout the team, of course under the guidance of our mentors. It is really a God send.

But one thing disappoints me though..A lot of injuries in our team resulting in poor attendance in our weekly training. Hopefully we can have more people joining us for our weekly training. Not only we can improve from there, but it helps us to improve our fitness as well as our team work. Til then..im looking forward to every sundays.


Cheers..
Wilson

SoccerRoom2

Hi guys,

Update from last week soccermeet/training at East Coast Park

We have witnessed a marked improvement in our coordination and integration in relation in particular in our passing. I was impressed.

The guys and i were giving the uncles not an easy time out there. On a number of occassions we can score and win the game straight away, but our finishing shows more improvement. Nevertheless our defence and midfield are improving, really improving.

Please note that this will be our DESIGNATED tactics and way of playing in future:

1. All goalkicks, throws in and or general play will have to be played through the centre midfield.
This means that any defenders or wingers or strikers who has the ball, generally, will PASS to the central midfielders for all general and creative play. The designated CMs are Jinyu and Chengxi respectively. The CMs thus will have to assume their roles during general play by seeking the ball from the other players to start our general play.

The reason why we are enjoying alot of the game during last east coast training is because we have tried this method and it seems to be working. THUS I WILL EMPHASISE STRONGLY ON THIS PLAY! thanks.

2. Defenders: When you guys tackle or clear the balls, either u clear for a throw in and corners OR clear TO the CMs or the wingers. I AM VERY PARTICULAR IN THIS CAUSE THE DEFENDERS ARE THE LAST LINE OF DEFENCE. thanks.

That's all. I wanna keep our play as simple as possible. NO much individual play and our team must be characterised by SIMPLE PASSING.

I don't expect fringe players (ie. those are not regulars) to receive our tactics and our manner of play but i do expect humbly that the core does. So that we know what to do, especially during moments of pressure.

Individual training:

Let's us brush up on our stamina, simple passing and live out our tactics and general play. Thanks.

End.

Daryl

SoccerRoom - 30 May 07

Hey buddies,

Great battle out there on sunday evening, although we lost in the end, still i think we are great out there. Cheers!

This sunday we will be having a light soccer training, hopefully at Fengshan primary school or something. Time is 9am to 11am. Dont be late!!! haha

What i hope we will be doing is:

1. Train our passing on field context. We will be playing the monkey game.

2. Passing and Crossing longer balls. Two lines and start practising.

3. Shooting. If possible the process will be someone will be standing towards the player with the ball from about 10metres away. The player will be passing to ball to him and the guy will choose any direction to feed the ball. Following which the player will run towards the ball and shoot on one touch.

End.


- We need balls. Preferably at least 5.
- We need cones.
- Im suggestion to make a plastic goalpost to practice shooting. Any comments?

Thanks and have a nice day.

Daryl

Big Match Sunday

HEY BROS, check this out!!!
hey daryl, make an entry with the full match details leh, reporting time and all
DUN BE LAZY, the player manager has done his job liao. haha i link this to my blog also as match details. so u better fill everyone in on the timing and schedule. tonite warm up run? hmmmmm

your Marauding defender,
ALEX

Remedies for better memory power?

Research has shown that eating bananas accompanied by a glass of plain water actually results in a chemical effect that allows your brain to have better and improved memory power.

I (Wilson) have yet to try this method out. But according to my lecturer, it sure works for him.. After i got back my mock papers; 20/100 for my marketing and 25/100 for my HRM, it really drives me harder that i should have eaten bananas mixing with plain water before my mock papers. Well...at least its not too late.. I am going to swallow the whole bunch of bananas and drinking a tall glass of plain water weekly with the faith that i would remember all the sociology theories and hrm theorists at the back of my hand..

"Student asked me: Teacher, i have been eating bananas and drinking water all days before my exams..but i still failed. U bluff mi. u say tat it helps...

"Teacher: If eating bananas and drinking water and zero revision makes you get a first class honours degree, then all professors will be monkeys.

Cheers,

Wilson

kitten

s Rob found an abandoned kitten at a carpark near his gf's place on sat nite....... of cos he wouldnt leave it just there, so we decided to pass it to wilson's mum. we were fussing over the little one the whole sunday, trying to keep it warm, got him evaporated milk and then a nursing bottle. initially it was eating but.................... came sunday and monday, its relentless whining and even reject the milk. Haiz

its not easy to raise babies.......... i mean kittens too. we and auntie eventually decided to give little rob to SPCA. We brought it there with heavy hearts....sob sob. first time to SPCA, and i can tell u the sight of homeless pets isnt nice at all. Rob and Wil in the pic...........little rob slpin in the centre (named after robin) Lets pray little rob will not learn the hard facts of life and hit the dirt.....haha got some pics of Fri-nite when i go pick my from form the Sahara at boat quay. first time there, and its not really that nice hahaha. anyway it was fun eventually and of cos introducting wilson, the drunk dude (its not his bday)

P.S most pics are not suitable for children so cant show wahaha

We all change..........................

Dont think i would need to elaborate more rite?

Hows everybody?

Thursday, tomorrow friday; start of the weekend? what will you be doing? Mugging? Working? booking-out? Shopping?

Another hard week over, relaxation is in order!!! Havent seen some of you peeps other than the Bedok leftovers of wilson and rob. one in reservist one mugging and gio-working, not much of a group eh?

CH and CX burning oils at nite, better remember to go along with LW while she top up petrol.

Hows Mel? choice making? interview? when u free for suppers or munchkin? u seem the busiest while been the one with no abstention at all

Almost forgot to special mention VAN NESS SAR, whos muggin too!!!

HaVe A nIcE wEeKeNd.........
Alex

CAGE

Yeah, the cage sure was a blast, though a bit on the pocket side too. Never underestimate this warehouse people, its pretty tiring even when we were rotating among 4 teams.

Nevertheless we had fun with our mini-league organised by Wil-res although i am still protesting why we only 4 persons!!! As expected 1 of the 5 men army won, with MVP going to mr kiwi seah for scoring 6 goals that night.

We had some pretty good soccer, although it narrows down to pretty much whether u got the stamina to last the games!

it was nice, having 2 ladies supporters, with one as a auntie bringing mark to play, wahaha :)

Special thanks to Mr Time keeper, CH who enjoys his stint on the bench.

kinda of forgotten many of the highlights, but then again, we will have another session rite? rob?

think i shall be the time keeper next time round, kinda too fragile to be receiving knocks anymore!!!

.......till the next time people......

bros407 soccer update signing off

Munchkins~

Hear Ye~ Hear Ye~


Fella munchki-nerz, haha considering the spare time i have n taking Rob's advice of taking a good break now before starting work. I had the time to run thru the munchkin web & forum. (Which i believe some others munch-natics amongst us had done so way earlier than me.)

I kinda realised we by-passed some rules, or has it become some of our own house rules which we implement on our own?




I had the items circled, but for those with poor eyesight, heres what its writtened.

1) Items to be traded must be those in play, and not on hands. Meaning only items that either equiped or in inventory can then be traded.


2) When a character dies, he has to open his on hands card. N starting with the player of the highest level, everyone draws a card of their choice from the dead player. However dead player retains his existing race, class & loyalty. All other cards are discarded to the stack. (This would be the time i would say, how i wished your dead! Heh~)

3) An extra point to note, the CHEAT card can be very powerful, depending on how it is being used. It can even be used on items to prevent it from being removed by cursed, or even being stolen. e.g, just like the boomerang sword (or wateva its called) which returns to the player on the next turn if its stolen.
However it cannot be used on siutations such as an item requiring 1 hand which grants +1, or +3 if elf. You can gain that +1 bonus by using Cheat to remove the hand status if all ur hands are occupied, however you cannot use cheat to declare yourself as elf and gain a +3 bonus.

Anyway looking forward to any new creation from Alex. Hmm... had this idea from superman... how about a Kryptonite dungeon card? Where any Super-munchkins would loose all class powers on that round of battle, that would render all class eqips useless for that fight? Haha just an idea... maybe we could call it Munchki-nite?

Haha, we will never run out of any debabtable arguments in this game~ Thats what makes it so intresting.

Looking forward to the next round of munchkinz with u fellas. (Maybe can arrange for a day of munchkin marathon after the exams period? Think must intro my girlfriend into the league oso!)

P.S GameMaster (Alex) please help point out if i had anything wrong.

CheeRios~ Mel

Chinese New Year Round Up

Hope everyone has enjoyed the start of this Piggy new year. Well, except for Melvin, who emptied his pockets on Tuesday (haha).
We learnt a new term, "doing a ....Robin" means 1 lose to all for e.g. Although Chun Hua tried imparting to us his strange exotic vocab, nothing really got through to our heads.
First time hear Cx reject drink, wahaha. haha even a first Munchkin session in Mac. (think of it, we past few days always in Mac, pretty scary)

Well, anyway best wishes to everyone,

1) workaholics like LW, Rob, Hong....Jia You woah!!!
2) nerds to be like those studying, wil, cx, ch, kw, xiang, sher etc....Stay DORK!
3) Melvin, update us on ur coming job & i remember someone say dun mind organising BBQ hor???
4) those go fishing one, Catch big big.....HUAT AH!!!

TML is the big day!!!! CAGE!!! Sorry no live telecast on channel 5 or Cable but we might bring to you the Post game highlights via the Google Youtube.......look out for it.

P.S: REMEMBER BUY THE 10 Million TOTO and side bets on 4Ds

signing off
Alex Keano

The cage so far.....................

Wonder how our captain, Wil-res has been doing getting the attendance for the cage match. Nevertheless as self proclaimed manager, with no consultation from my coach, Mel Adams, have decided to give you guys a sneak into one of the drafts of my drawing board.

Wee scholes hasn't confirm but has expressed interest since the transfer window is still not closed. I am still awaiting replies from call-ups like Shanten Crouch, Xiang Bradsley, John Marco (who also will double as our team physio).

Rest of you, especially under Ah Fatt club chairman, Cx Madini better refrain from 511 chicken wings till further notice. i am not expecting collapses out there in the cage.

I expect Wil-res to get back to ask regarding the game ASAP, before he gets demoted, UNDERSTAND?

Keano

the google takeover................

hi bros, you all shd know by now that google has taken over blogger..................no panic BUT like all takeovers, now we need log in to blogger with a google account.

if you guys remember, i have set up a gmail account? bros407@gmail.com? yeah the log in is the same.........

alex

"THE CAGE"! After much lamenting from Melvin that our outings are much oriented towards the unhealthy side of life; boozing, clubbing and supper. Rob and myself decided to call for a threesome birthday celebration to be held at our playground, the soccer court...kinda of special and HEALTHY of course. Melvin..like what rob says; "Its time for you to get that boots of that hanger!"..This time round for a special cause..for our three birthday babies, rob, cx and marco!

As for the program on that day..tentatively we keep it on the 23rd of Feb Midnight 0000-0200 at the cage, after the match we will be showering there and proceed to the porridge restaurant for our healthy supper. Please give me your feedback via the tags...All are invited!!

"Happy Birthday" and Hesitations.........

Rob and Mel, brought your gfs to watch the show liao? a mild tear jerker show i would say, given that sherlyn can still cry when watching with me, haha (seriously, i can dull the most emotional shows....thats me).

I got the show's eventual plot rather early (not that i smart but you guys should know that sherlyn's brain's left hemisphere isnt the best...heez)

I'm not condeming the show, but was rather surprised at Rene Liu's talent in writting this story, though theres rumours on whether shes really just potraying out herself in the movie.

Toying between fate, insecurities, distance and partnership issues in the movie, yet able to potray it without uneccessary tragedies or drag............a simple master piece. The impeccable combo of the 2 leads prevailed in many of the scenes. Even the backup cast fit nicely into their roles.

Couple of laughs to try subdue the sadness as the show draws to the end.......beautiful movie, neither the deepest thought provoking show nor outstanding in cinematics...........but just simple and 'sweet'

The show centered alot around Rene's hesitations in life, either in dreams or love. i happen to be reading an essay on "how we make life and death decision".......a scottish philosopher said, "Morality is more properly felt than judged of; though this feeling or sentiment is commonly so soft and gentle, that we are apt to confound it with an idea."

Is it better to save starving babies than to keep your dying partner on life support? To buy it now and 'eat grass' the rest of the month? questions we faced once a while though seldom as extreme as the 1st one.

i find myself getting more entrenched into my comfort zone and hesitating to move out of the shell even on morality terms; helping or doing something meaningful.........

well, just some of the thoughts i have while on 225 rushing home to my bed............

regards
Alex

This is for u ..Mel.


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Short cartoons

Hello all, its been awhile~ How have you peeps been??

Anyway nice poll topic, i would guess its Alex who had the idea...lol~ The BIG match results, well...2-1 not a surprise considering Arsenal's calibre and talent and it all comes down that extra wee bit of luck But i suppose that more than enuff for Wil to cheer about thru the week.

Below are some clips of short flash, some of them are pretty funny. You folks might find it familar, but i decided to dig it out and share the links.

So take so time and have a good luff~

http://www.boombastick.net/boomepi01.html
http://www.boombastick.net/boomepi02.html
http://www.boombastick.net/boomepi03.html
http://www.boombastick.net/boomepi04.html
http://www.boombastick.net/boomepi05.html
http://www.boombastick.net/boomepi06.html
http://www.boombastick.net/boomepi07.html
http://www.boombastick.net/boomepi08.html
http://www.boombastick.net/boomepi09.html

Mel~

Poll!!!

THE ULTIMATE LOSER

last saturday, mel was stuck at home so this entry is to update him a bit hahaha

after some ah fatt gathering at our usual 511 market, filled with chicken wings and bak cho mees. We decided to catch the FA cup tie btw LP and ARS.

You guys know the results so i'm not going to say much, hahaha too bad rob. we caught the game at George(watever) and finished a barrel(sixty bucks, not bad lah). According to Wil, he loves beer and sure wun drop one! (and of cos the cute ger!!!)

the game result got rob pretty much heated up so we decided to go for a rnd of MUNCHKIN!!!
with rob determined to rub off his UL title.


the game results were pretty much clear from the beginning as wil decided to sit in silent prayer with head banging the table. Before finally succumbing and fell to the wandering monsters lurking in Alex's room to Claim the "ULTIMATE LOSER" title. We had a great game with cx still on his good run (of cursed ducks) and i STILL REIGN AS THIEF!!!

okok, the final tribute to our UL..........

kudus to UL anyway to be able to wake up on his own the next day anyway.......wahaha PRICELESS!!!

......................alex signing off

FastFood Nation

FAST FOOD NATION



Hi people, its been awhile since ive blogged. Since i recently caught a movie, might as well share it with you peeps. As the topic suggests, the title of the picture is Fast Food Nation. Its certainly no block busters, and its a film my girl and i caught juz to kill time at the mall. I juz briefly read about it on some movie reviews, and to be honest after we bought the tixs, i asked shuxian "Hmm... you think this movie can watch anot?" haha... and we both had this look, expect nothing~ HA!

Without any expectations and thinking i put in my $$$ for some crappy movie, we sat dwn as the shw began. The movie does not boast superb computer graphics, or Hollywood style pyrotechnics, however its full of conversations, boring you say?

The movie draws out the exploitations of mexicians who tries to cross the U.S border to work there. Of course you might ask, how these mex-hi-cos are related to the title of the movie? In the movie it shows how the beef patties are manufactured in industrious proportions, ranches full of cows, and a slaughter house as bloody it can get. The end result = crappy patties. It seems some research has shown that the beef patties contains bull crap, due to improper gutting of the cows. The manager of the fast food chain is sent down to investigate only to find out how the beef patty house operates throught the exploitations of mexicans who were untrained.

My Faveourite Scene: The slaughtering of Cows...lol....seriously... its good, but honestly, during the last few moments of the cow slaughter i swear that i wouldnt eat any beef frm then... ok well at least for that few minutes. Trust me...although it is said these domestic animals are slaughtered in the most "humane" way possible... it will change ur mind on that~

The movie is rated M18, with some mild sexual content and a few minutes of cow slaughtering~

I would say 3 stars to this film~

Do catch this movie if you guys have the spare time, its reali food for thought, haha. Of cos at the end both me and shuxian agreed its a worth watching film~


Gracias my amigos~ Mel

Lovely Lemon Curdy Pud!!

This pudding is call Lovely Lemon Curdy Pud!!!!
Cool name isnt it!!! anyway this was my bake of the day (other than the flat cookies i baked with sherlyn)....a baking start to the new year!!! too bad mr Chua CX dun like lemon...... very simple and delicious recipe, let me know if you guys wan!!!

HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!

Hope all of you receive my new year msg, if not blame the singtel, starhub......etc
hope all of you will get the perfect start to the new year and get your resolutions right!!! many has come and gone or happened in 06'. Hope we Bros and Sis here will all stay close and happy! Lets open a wine to celebrate the new year next session!!! (preferbly over a Munchkin session).

CH, be careful of Thailand, got bomb, let us know when you back

While wishing everyone best wishes, lets share our new year resolutions!!!
lets start with me!!

1) after a disappointing semester, i need to buck up!!! (same for all the studyin bros, study hard)
2) illustrate 'neverwhere'......stay tuned for alex's illustration of this great book.
3) be a Munchkin grandmaster!!!
4) start saving for my DSLR!!!
5) read up on wine tasting and master more goodie recipes (of cos i will invite my bros as fellow food-tasters)
6) bully sherlyn more by the year
7) the room isnt completed by the new year, so lets hope i get it done soon and have a room warming session!!! (how bout it?)
8) get my operation done and start planning to go tibet!!!

9) MOST IMPT IS....MAKE ALL MY FRIENDS HAPPY!!!

Love.....alex

hey my fellow munchkin-ers, unveiling the limited edition item card by alex, illustrated by alex!
The Divine Mirror!

Fateful 25th Dec 06

SEASONS GREETING~ MERRY XMAS

Merry Xmaz to one & all you peeps. Thx to all that the chalet had been a fun one, making it a good xmas partyin~ THOUGH it had been rather unfateful for me!! Getting drunk was bad enough, but the hangover had to be brought over to the 2nd day. Lost count of the number of times i puke! And the GOOD food ive missed! DAMMIT LUGI BIG TIME!

But thx to the BROS who help me cleaned up the mess and not to throw me in the balcony to enjoy the moonlight...not to mention that they were the ones who caused me to be in the state im in. Haha man... din noe i had such a great sci-fi subconcious...but as for that jap fella....hmmm no comments. So for those EXCLUSIVE vids shots...we r even now eh! (NO VIDS BLOGGING)! Spare me the torment...haha.

Nonethless CREDITS TO ALL WHO MADE IT HAPPEN

Alex: SINGLE Handedly prepared the food for us all.

Cheng Xi: Cleaning IC ( Without him, the room wld be probably much messier)

Chun Hua: Sponsor the very IMPT TABLE~ NO Table NO Steamboat!

Lee Wei: Sponsoring the "Abalone" bee hoon

Robin: Steam boat Equipment~ Haha.... the right one*

Sherlyn: The super RICH choco-durian cake! WAH!!~

Wilson: Itinery manager (Thumbs Up~ Dude)

And all else who turned up~ Thk u all peeps!

It tickles

Girl : Do you love me ?
Boy : Yes Dear
Girl : Would you die for me ?
Boy : No, mine is undying love
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1st thief : Oh ! The police is here. Quick! Jump out of the window
2nd thief : But this is the 13th floor.
1st thief : Hurry! this is no time for superstitions.
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Man : How old is your father ?
Boy : As old as me
Man : How can that be ?
Boy : He became a father only when I was born

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Dad : "Son, how can you call your aunt stupid? Go and say sorry to her."
Son :(goes over to the aunt) "Aunt, I am sorry you are stupid.

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Doctor : I have some bad news and some very bad news.
Patient : Well, might as well give me the bad news first.
Doctor : The lab called with your test results. They said you have 24
hours to live.
Patient : 24 hours! That's terrible!! What could be worse? What's the
very bad news?
Doctor : I've been trying to reach you since yesterday.

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Teacher : "How come you do not comb your hair?"
Ah Kow : "No comb, Sir."
Teacher : "Use your dad's then."
Ah Kow : "No hair, Sir."

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Patient : How much to have this tooth pulled?
Dentist : -90.00.
Patient : -90.00 for just a few minutes work???
Dentist : I can extract it very slowly if you like.

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Cheers,
Wilson

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Useful Pick Up Lines this Season!!

Season's greeting my jolly mates!!

As the christmas season is around the corner, i decided to compile a list of the "BEST PICK UP LINES!" for those heart broken to get a chance at the hotties at all upcoming Christmas Parties and Celebrations!! They may not be 100% guaranteed, but it'll definitely leave a "MARK" in your life, or a milestone, or hundreds of gravels..

Here Goes..

1. Am I dead, Angel? Cause this must be heaven!
2. Bond. James Bond.(Reply: Lost. Get Lost.)
3. Do you have a map? I just keep on getting lost in your eyes.
4. Hello, I'm a thief, and I'm here to steal your heart.
5. Hey...somebody farted. Let's get out of here.
6. Was you father an alien? Because there's nothing else like you on Earth!
7. Your daddy must have been a baker, because you've got a nice set of buns.
8. I'm good at math. U+I=69
9. Hey baby. You got a jersey? (A jersey?...What for?) Because I need your name and number

My personal favourite:
I have only three months to live... Sob..

Hope it works out for all this Christmas Season..

Happy Holidays and a Merry Christmas!!!

*YAM SENG
Robin

P.S: YAM SENG = Cheers

My school's library

.........................machiam got gold inside library to snatch.
oh by the way, its my school's library-(alex)

theme song for robin's berlingo tour

cool right, pls switch off the blog song, before listening to this

GST Hike

GST HIKE!!!

In response to PM Lee announcement on the increase in GST by 2% from the current 5%, much need to be considered for the up an coming activites that this blogging parliament organises. However we will give our greatest understanding for such taxation needs, Merdeka Singapura!!

After much discussion with our Blogging Treasurer MP CCX, it seems that our Budget 2006 for BBQ needs to be revised. For example, it was budgeted that each person could enjoy 5 pcs of chicken wing, but with the new increase in GST we are please to limit each person with 3pcs of chicken wing! The long awaiting GREAT Char beehoon, will have nothing except beehoon fried "tau gay" and more "tau gay" fried with beehoon! Of course we know that you guys wouldnt mind~

Understanding the concern of our follow bloggers in this commuinity, i took the time to do a little reading, so as to let all of us have a better understanding of what are we paying GST for.

Goods and Services Tax or better known as GST, was first introduced to Singapore in 1994 at 3%. However when it was first announced, SG government indicated that GST could go up to 12% in future, this figure is considered low as compared to other developed countries. The taxation seems inevitable.

Not long after Singaporeans got used to the GST with plenty of unhappiness and commotion, GST rose to 5%. Yet again it seems inevitable as it was announced that it was to prevent the state budget from going into deficit in future.

Year 2006, GST up to 7% was announced in 13/11/06. To much displease of many, goverment indicated that Singapore is growing fast into a greying country, taxation is much needed to support these elderly and the lower income families. The increase in tax is to act as the safety net for the State Budget.


It seems that everything is increasing, GST, water and a barrel of oil, but never our wages. Signs of increasing taxes, is a sign of our country growing together with our economy, not to forget the standard of living. To cope with the increase in GST, the govenment mentioned about package for the countrymen, however is that one time payment will really help sustained us in the long term? It will take months until the package will finalise, by then the impact has already hit us all. So should we request an increase in wages as well? Say 2% increase? The answer is no, that would render the GST increase of 2% useless and in fact devalue local currency, eventually leading to inflation.

If Singapore were to compare its current GST charges as to Canada (Current GST 10%) or even UK, it has to be noted that despite the high living standards there, foreign currencies have a higher value as compare to Singapore.

Budgeting is no easy task, be it in a corporate company to an individual reaching into his pocket to buy a cup of kopi only to find out that he has insufficient coins for tommorow's daily dose of caffine. Of course budgeting for a country is far more complex and requires greater forsight and leaves no room for errors.. However it has been noted many a times that increase in taxes is to help cope with the insufficient budget, does that mean that the MP sitting in the parliament is incapable? Should their mistakes be burdened and cushioned by the workforce behind the growing economy?

Small and medium entreprises are expected to suffer the impact of the GST hike the most, likewise of lower income families. It is ironic to say that package payout and the GST can be use as a safety net to help these families, when the GST without doubt will burden them in the long term. Poor families will become poorer, while medium class families becomes poor. Small firms might go burst in a long run if its unprepared while a bigger firm could easily fit into its place and take over that share of the pie in a industry. It a vicious cycle of big fish eating small fish... and the rich gets richer...and the poor...

Perharps this is where a commuinist society is better off than the democrats??

Haha, so thoughts on these pple?? Heh hope this blog would be shut down after i publish this post. Hope i din bore you guys with this long posts~


All Hail MEL~ Cheers

Top 10 internet games you never hear of..

As if its further testimony to my slackness, i have been playing this 2 games.
both creathed by a chinese game guy while he was a student i think (for cloud), downloadable for offline fun, its nice...............

fl0w: http://intihuatani.usc.edu/cloud/flowing/

Cloud: http://www.jenovachen.com/flowingames/cloud.htm

Toyota Rav 4

RAV4~ Own It... Drive it.
Wherever You Are, Whenever You Want.

MEL here, pple! Saw this vid n just wanna share~

Since it mid-week all of us are probably running low on energy and awaiting eagerly for the weekends. (Well at least for me) SO i suppose a little humour will pump up morale and laugh the S*** in life off.

Heh, for those preparing for papers, Good Luck~

Those slogging for that meager 2 cents in life, keep up the good work~ (Keep on the slog!)

May the CHIVAS be with YOU~! (Thank God For Fridays~!!)

Mel~ CheeRs!

Best show i watched since this Blog Started

Best Show I Watched Since this Blog Started...

Hey Guys,
Just wanna share my thoughts on this show, The Guardian. Really got hooked to this show when i watched it. You know some shows make you feel the s0res on your butt, but i guess i dint feel that way.

Made me feel a whole new meaning of life saving. I dint expect that there is such a job out there that really pushes the human body to the limit. If i had that chance i think i will give it a shot because the satisfaction that you get is beyond anything in this world. Really respect the man and women who are doing this all around the world.

I would personally give a 4/5 stars for this show. I dunno about others who watched it but i felt this is a show i will watch again and again.

Cheers Guys,
Robin

Monotone love

hi pple,

its me, bo liao alex again from the far west, heres what Mel aka Reverend Ted Haggard and Cx mike jones requested...since i only took photos for them, it appears....ehem!..... some pics from rob's most expensive fishing trip.......... quite happy with BW photo-taking, although if only can self develop haha, darn ex sia..... maybe will try to post some up on my photoblog.............

Bored Alex

Guides to editing blog script

THE WMP IS BELOW THE CREDITS, initial tests after the change on mozilla firefox works fine! those using IE, hope its alright, first time might take a bit longer for the music to come back on.

Hi people,

its almost 6am, and i am still sleepless in hall 15. Anyway Kudus to Mel and Wil for their immerse efforts to bring music to our ears while we enjoy our little haven in webspace. i had to come in and change a bit in the scripts as the media player's script is embeded in the flickr's one, thus causing another image forming over the flickr. (quite un-noticable until we uploaded new pics as the error would cover the box and not show updated pics)

This is rather new to us and none of us have really in depth knowledge of script language or such stuff, so its kinda of impt to title new changes to the script and at least recognize some of the common script grammar and punctuations e.g.
means "next line"

This will prevent main scripts to be accidently deleted and i dont think you guys wanna log in and see a sudden error right? one good practise is to always preview it a few times and if its a big change do save the original script on notepad first

Lastly, i moved the WMP script to below the chatbox (pls poll the ideal location of the WMP and change if you want) and also edited the skin and size to suit our current skin a bit more. it is under the heading, in the script. you can still change songs by pasting the url into the script. if you guys prefer the previous one posted by melvin, do let me know too, i can bring it back anytime.

Rgds
Alex

P.S Due to the 'heavy' traffic for our blog, i've made some changes to it, hope you guys like it and feel free to edit it if you want.

Warning: due to changes, your first few log ins maybe longer than usual by just a while more

Media update

DJ in da HOUSE!!~Bling*

Heh, following wil's idea...i did an add-on for the blog's audio effect by adding an win media player. Allows to stop or replay the music in case the music gets too irritatin!
CooL~ if i muz say so myself...haha
Kicking off the beat- Linkin Park- Numb

Njoy Peepz!

PS: Wil & other who wishes to change the music... the script command for the player is under section "div." Chk wif me if you got probs searchin for it eh.. thx~

RE: CANT HEAR MUSIC
To those who cant hear the music...i believe you guys r using the "Favourites" tool bar to access the blog, erm try retypin in the browser the full blog address: the-wine-of-life.blogspot.com, tat shld solve the prob. Or click HERE~ Hpe it helps~!


Trying to make the blog our OWN ~ Mel

Xmas Chalet

XMAS CHALET 06'

Hi ppl,
After much thought and chatting with CX, both of us feel that it'll be better to do a BBQ. It's not that potluck is no good but then it'll be quite troublesome to ask ppl to go home and prepare food in the middle of the chalet. I was thinking why no prepare the BBQ together in the chalet. People who want to bring their own food, like OSTRICH who say that her father cooks great BEEHOON are most welcomed.

Leave a tag to let me know how you feel. Pls clearly state Yes / No and if No, other suggestions pls..

Really looking forward to the party!!

b00ty dAncer!!

SONG!!

Yeah! At last...we got music in our blog liao. If you all wan to change the song, please kindly paste the url to me. (Please note that the dl speed must be fast) Wonder if i chose the right song? Not bad la ar..quite sentimental also mah.

Reminisce..........

hai...........lousy week in hall as usual, apart from my fri nite's wala wala venture....................my official "xun yo" tempted to mac-sified my desktop.........(cx i miss your presence hahaha)

anyway, kudos to rooney.........carrick's passing is top notched sia, hope he scores one soon, sorry wil, arsenal no luck although they quite domineering in the game.

clearing up my comp i found these.................enjoy

"remember the polariod picture......"

since ch is deprived again, i had to do the dirty job......

oops, think wil has just wet the floor???

Xmas Event

23rd-25th XMAS Chalet!!!~

Dudes~ The chalet booking has been confirmed.

Venue: Downtown East

Date : 23rd-25th Dec

In the Dec the bookings can only be in package booking. (Thx to CX who confirmed this)

I have not arrange for a BBQ pit, however that can be done later on, but should be done quick, bookings are starting to fill up.

Well so dudes, looking forward to our very own & very 1st Xmas party together. So do help, give suggestions and get this on the way eh~
As planned, gifts exchange, partners invited....n the rest, waiting for Wil to get an itinerary drafted n posted to keep you peeps updated.

So guys, do keep the rest informed~ (You Know who~)Looking forward to Xmas!

MEL~ CheerS

Something To Share

How to tell you are GAY?

1. You are not straight when u watch soccer not for the thrill but to see you favourite soccer star.

2. You are not straight when others give a light tap on the butt during soccer for wonder goal scored, but you give a little squeeze at the end of it.

3. You are not straight when you can't concentrate on peeing while others jiggle their cxxk dry.

4. You are not straight when you discuss the looks of a person in SUPERSTAR, and that he looks more "shuang" in Impressario.

Haha.. just a joke.. Don't put to heart ya!! Cheers..

Robin

Hey dudes, i dont watch much of TV nor listen much to chinese songs, but if this guy is not bad in Channel U's SuperStar, do vote for him....................00s05 jeremy kwan!!!.....

Alex

CHUNHUA!! BUCK UP!!
It is really not worth it to be sad over such a girl. You should have know what type of girl she is by now. Since she told you that its not possible for you to be together and the next moment she is with a guy. Yeap, i am mentioning it to u again! To wake u up, she is with a guy! NO USE BROODING OVER HER! You got better stuff to do..Your examinations..and of course your bday party and our first very own christmas party! So gotto buck up and get it going..Be strong always.

"Tell me who you associate with, and I will tell you who you are. / A man is known by the friends he keeps." We are all strong..so do you, My Friend?

Fishing Trip

Just wanna say a Big Thanks to Alex for the Fishing trip.

Made me realise that fishing really takes a lot of patience and skill and feeling..
You got to be ONE with the rod to know when the fish is tinkling on ur hooks.

"Virgin Fisher" Melvin had great fun as well.. Nearly caught some but let the fish get the better of him.

CCH couldn't fish any mermaids yesterday although there were some "EYE CANDIES".

Most unforgettable thing is that i realise that East Coast need to put parking coupon on Sundays. Pls remember to do so. i paid 30 bucks to learn this. **Damn!!

One last point..
PLS RELEASE THE FISH AFTER IT'S CAUGHT..
**CCH IS A DAMN SADDIST...

UPCOMING ACTIVITY

Event: CHRISTMAS GAY ORGY
Location: Still sourcing..
Venue suggestions greatly welcomed.
Pls submit via Tag!!

Robin

Admin Instructions for a Relationship

As promised to Mr. D, i will now present to you .....
AI (Admin Instruction) for Relationship (ver.1.1)
* Unable to name key person due to his status as a newbie to relationship..

OBJECTIVE: How to make a girl take note of you.

AIM: To get the girl to notice you and start talking to you without thinking that you are that BIG pervert that sits at a podium, looking at her while digging ur nose away and drooling. (I am not saying it's MR. D. Readers think what they like..)

INVENTORY AND MAIN PURPOSE:
1. You need a MOUTH. - A mouth is located at the bottom half of your face, comes in all colours, shapes and sizes. Different taste as well.

2. You need HANDS. - They're important. NO! They are not for you to use as "stimulants" to know what it should feel like to have her in bed. The correct usage is for you to shake her hand and use your mouth to say Hi!

3. You need LEGS. - Properly standing straight. Looks cooler if you rest your whole self to one leg. Tends to get weak after hands are misused. (Pls Read Point 2 for Misuse of Hands)

4. You need LOOKS. - I'm not saying you got to be the EDISON of your school or workplace. I'm saying as in how you portray yourself. If you think you keep thinking you are EDISON, you will be the one who invented the light bulb.

In the next series, i will talk about using a combination of the above to bring about different effects.

Thank you.

By: Robinho!!

Check this out..

Yo Guys, go check this site out.. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yqpteR0hJpI
If u stress, tired, my advice is to watch this..

Robin

FISHING THIS SUNDAY??? and some say take photo on sat???

HEY PPLE, since Melvin wants to try fishing, i suppose
we can go fishing at the jetty this sunday morning???!!

Taking as we shall have no transport, we shall meet at bedok int at 0730h!!!
Hope all of you will be interested, those without equipment, kindly sms me or tag on the blog your attendance and pls spread the word around!!!

by the way, this sat i am planning to go round take photos, any one interested to tag along??
can use my digital cam while i use the analog.......................

Fond Memories>Mel

Yooz... i got this from an email, and it kinda strike a chord in my memories~
Spend some time to read it eh dudes~ Mel

Fond memories For those who born in the 70s and 80s.

1. You grew up watching He-man, MASK, Transformers, Silver Hawk and Mickey Mouse. Not to forget, Ninja turtles, My Little Pony and Smurfs too.
2. You grew up brushing your teeth with a mug in Primary school during recess time. You will squat by a drain with all your classmates beside you, and brush your teeth with a coloured mug.The teachers said you must brush each side 10 times too.
3. You know what SBC stands for.
4. You pay 40 cents for Chocolate or Strawberry MILK every week in class.
5. You watch a very popular Malay dubbed Japanese drama on RTM1 about schoolgirls who possess powerful skills in volleyball called MeoroAttack.
6. You find your friends with pagers and handphone cool in Secondary school.
7. SBS buses used to be non-airconditioned. The bus seats are made of wood and the cushion is red. The big red bell gives a loud BEEP! when pressed. There are colourful tickets forTIBS buses.The conductor will check for tickets by using a machine which punches a hole in the ticket.
8. Envelopes given to us to donate to Sharity Elephant every Children's Day.
9. You've probably read Young Generation magazine.You know who's Vinny the little vampire and Acai the constable.
10. You were there when they first introduced MRT here. You went for the first ride with your parents and you would kneel on the seat to see the scenery.
11. Movie tickets used to cost only $3.50. &@%#$*@#$^*!@#&^$
12. Gals are fascinated by Strawberry ShortCake and Barbie Dolls.
13. You learn to laugh like The Count in Sesame Street.
14. You longed to buy tibits called Kaka (20 cents per pack), and Ding Dang (50 cents per box), that had a toy in it and it changes every week not forgetting the 15 cents animal crackers and the ring pop, where the lollipop is the diamond on the ring.
15. You watched TV2 (also known as Channel 10) cartoons because Channel 5 never had enough cartoons for you.
16. Hardy Boys, Nancy Drew, The Three Investigators, Famous Five and Secret Seven are probably the thickest story books you ever thought you have read. Even Sweet Valley High and Malory Towers.
17. KFC used to be a high class restaurant thatserve food in plates and let you use metal forks and knives.
18. The most vulgar thing you said was asshole and idiot and THE MOST EXTREME WAS 'super white'...you just couldn't bring yourself to say the hokkien relative.
19. Catching was the IN thing and twist as the magic word.
20. Your English workbooks was made of some damn poor quality paper that was smooth and yellow.
21. CDIS were your bestfriend
22. The only computer lessons in school involved funny pixellised characters in 16 colours walking about trying to teach you maths.
23. Waterbottles were slinged around your neck and a must everywhere you go.
24. Boys loved to play soccer with small plastic balls in the basketball court.
25. Teng-teng, five stones, chapteh, hentam bola and zero point were all the rage with the girls and boys too...
26. Science was fun with the balsam and the angsana being the most important plants of our lives, guppies and swordtail being the most important fish.
27. Who can forget Ahmad, Bala, Sumei and John, eternalized in our minds from the textbooks. Even Mr Wally & Mr. Yakki. What abt Miss Lala??? And Zaki and Tini in Malay Textbooks.
28. We carry out experiments of our own to get yourself badges for being a Young Zoologist/Botanist etc.
29. Every Children's day and National day you either get pins or pens with 'Happy Children's Day 1993' or dumb files with 'Happy National Day 1994'.
30. In Primary six you had to play buddy for the younger kids like big sister and brother.
31. We wear BM2000, BATA, or Pallas shoes.
32. Your form teacher taught you Maths, Science and English.
33. The worksheets were made of brown rough paper of poor quality.
34. You went to school in slippers and a raincoat when it rained, and you find a dry spot in the school to sit down, dry your feet, and wear your dry and warm socks and shoes.
35. School dismissal time was normally around 1 pm.
36. There would be spelling tests and mental sums to do almost everyday.
37. Your friends considered you lucky and rich if your parents gave you $3 or more for pocket money everyday.
38. You see Wee Kim Wee's face in the school hall.
39. You freak out when the teacher tells you to line up according to height and hold hands with the corresponding boy or girl
40. Boys like to catch fighting spiders.
41. Collecting and battling erasers was a pastime for boys.
42. Autograph books were loaded with "Best Wishes", "Forget Me Not", and small poems like "Bird fly high, hard to catch.Friend like you, hard to forget".
43. Class monitors and prefects loved to say "You talk somemore, I write your name ah
44. There were at least 40 people in one class.
45. Large, colourful schoolbags were carried.
46. You brought every single book to school, even though there was one thing called the timetable.

Never frown when you're down, you never know who's falling in love with your smile... For those who are born in those days... remember the good old days? For those who arent.... know what u missed out..? Does/can the present be exchangable for the past? U decide.

Invention of the year!!!

GUYS BEWARE!!!
KLEINMOND, South Africa - A South African inventor unveiled a new anti-rape female condom on Wednesday that hooks onto an attacker’s penis and aims to cut one of the highest rates of sexual assault in the world.
“Nothing has ever been done to help a woman so that she does not get raped and I thought it was high time,” Sonette Ehlers, 57, said of the "rapex," a device worn like a tampon that has sparked controversy in a country used to daily reports of violent crime.
Police statistics show more than 50,000 rapes are reported every year, while experts say the real figure could be four times that as they say most rapes of acquaintances or children are never reported.
Ehlers said the “rapex” hooks onto the rapist’s skin, allowing the victim time to escape and helping to identify perpetrators.
“He will obviously be too pre-occupied at this stage,” Ehlers told reporters in Kleinmond, a small village about 60 miles east of Cape Town. “I promise you he is going to be too sore. He will go straight to hospital.”
The device, made of latex and held firm by shafts of sharp barbs, can only be removed from the man through surgery which will alert hospital staff, and ultimately, the police, she said.
It also reduces the chances of a woman falling pregnant or contracting AIDS and other sexually transmitted diseases from the attacker by acting in the same way as a female condom.
South Africa has more people with HIV/AIDS than any other country, with one in nine of its 45 million population infected.
Ehlers, who showed off a prototype on Wednesday, said women had tried it for comfort and it had been tested on a plastic male model but not yet on a live man. Production was planned to start next year.
But the “rapex” has raised fears amongst anti-rape activists that it could escalate violence against women.
“If a victim is wearing such a device it may enrage the attacker further and possibly result in more harm being caused,” said Sam Waterhouse, advocacy coordinator for Rape Crisis.
Other critics say the condom is medieval and barbaric — an accusation Ehlers says should be directed rather at the act of rape.
“This is not about vengeance ... but the deed, that is what I hate,” she said.

Now this is an innovative idea but which girl will put it on????