Being Malaysian, I’d be rooting for any Asian team at the World Cup. Any country, as long as it was in the Asian Confederation and that includes the Australians these days. Why?
Well, it’s certainly not because any of the Asian teams play amazing, eye-catching football. OK, South Korea came close to something half decent in their game against Greece but the Asian teams are still light years away from producing anything brilliant. So, let me explain...
Good match last night, eh? Those Koreans definitely ran the Greeks to the ground didn’t they?
Yeah, amazing bunch of guys they have there. It’s like a team of Ji-Sung Parks running the show...
Hang on. Where are you from again? Malaysia isn’t it? Why aren’t your boys at the World Cup?
Errr...because we’re crap. We used to be quite good you know. Back in the day when they only allowed one Asian team to the World Cup, South Korea was that team BUT we were number two. Right behind them. Really...
You see, the only reason I want Asian teams to do well is because I want the Asian allocation at the World Cup to increase to a number where Malaysia would stand a good chance of qualifying for the tournament. Of course, I understand that being ranked number 146 in the world doesn’t help. Even if Asia had the full allocation of 32 teams, we’d still have a mathematically impossible chance of qualifying.
Well, at least we’ve got Subkhiddin Mohd Salleh over in South Africa. Oh, what a great job he does putting up numbers every now and again (although the electronic board thing can seem too heavy for him sometimes - more weight training perhaps?). That’s as close as any Malaysian is going to get to some really world class players...
Right, I might get lynched for this but here goes...
Ireland should’ve gone to South Africa instead of France? Yeah, right. OK, from a strictly football perspective, Thierry Va Va Voom Henry (having visited Croke Park in the first leg), could’ve been confused between GAA and association football.
That game still had to go penalties and no matter how great Shay Given is, there was still no guarantee that Ireland would’ve won the shootout. Les Bleus were merely being good hosts by ensuring that the boys in green went home to bed as early as possible. God only knows how long a penalty shootout would’ve taken that night in Paris.
And, do the Irish squad think that they could ever, ever match Les Bleus’ performances in Le Meltdown? Yes, looking at the group France were in, Don Giovanni would’ve certainly fancied Ireland’s chances of making it past the first round but seriously, even Roy Keane’s tantrums in Saipan would’ve seemed mild compared to the antics of the Black, Blanc and errr...no Beurs?
Yes, strangely enough, Raymond Domenech (maybe not that strange since it came from Domenech) chose not to bring along any players of Arab/North African origin into the French squad. OK, he might not have thought that Raul’s pal on the sidelines, Karim Benzema would be sharp enough or that Hatem Ben Arfa was plainly a headcase but leaving out Samir Nasri?
The way I see it, if he’s got space in his squad for the likes of Djibril Cisse he’s got not excuse for not bringing along any of the above players. Maybe Sarkozy told him they weren’t French enough and that’s why Henry’s gone around to meet with him. Ooh la la!
In the end, Sepp Blatter got what he wanted, France in the World Cup, entertaining the world. They definitely did entertain us all. Yeah, try beating that Irlande!
Sticking with knocked-out footballing giants (coincidentally also in blue), the Italians must’ve boarded their plane of shame to Rome by now. With those two out of the way, the path is now clear for Inger-land to claim their rightful place at the top of the world (where they naturally belong of course) and bring football back to its rightful home.
Yes, after clearly beating the merde out of Slovakenia Slovekia some lesser-known Balkan country, England are once again set to strike fear into the hearts of all and sundry. How could they not? After all, they’re kitman had recently found a stash of their old Empire Red jersey that turns midgets like Jermaine Defoe into Emile Heskey. Eh?
Of course, they still have to beat this little-known nation called Germany while a host of smaller nations like say, Portugal, Argentina, Spain and the smallest of them all, Brazil lie in wait after. Easy. Why wait? Get 2010 England etched on to that trophy now!
Had a visit to the dentist recently. Fortunately, I wasn't the one seeing the dentist. My daughter has had a horrible toothache for the past few days so, it was about time she went to see the dentist. I never liked seeing the dentist. I just don't like the idea of someone poking metal bits into my mouth especially when you're helplessly lying on a chair with a spotlight directly in your eyes.
Anyway, even though I wasn't the patient this time around, I was still reluctant enough to bring my own daughter to the dentist. I didn't have much of a choice though. It was either that or sitting in a car with two screaming boys for about an hour.
My dear wife, understanding that I needed some encouragement to overcome my fear of dentists (don't know where she got that idea from?) gave me a call as she waited for me in front of the dentist's place.
You'd better come here quick! There's a very nice Vespa parked in front of the dentist's place.
Really? What is it...?
At this point, I realised I wasn't going to get an accurate answer. Of course, my wife is never one to disappoint...
Errr...I dunno but it's blue and very pretty!
Obviously, it's not a classic Vespa. In fact, it's a 2010 LML. Almost brand new by the looks of it. Still very nice looking though. Like the wife said, very pretty.
I've always been put off the white wall tyres on a relatively new vehicle like the PX or LML or for that matter, any vehicle that was made after the 60's but for some reason, the white walls on this LML looked just right. I might just change my mind about getting white walls on my own not-so-classic Vespa.
The white wall tyres' reputation as pieces of rubber turds don't help either with their infamy. So, now determined to find some decent white walls (and change the world's views on these pieces of rubber), off I went to scour the world wide web for some decent white walls and to my surprise, I found these ones at the Scooter Center (there's a pull-down menu for the 3.50-10 version on the page).
I've been using Heidenau K58s for almost two years now and to date, I think it's the best tyres I've used. Seemingly, the Schwalbe Weathermans are equally as good (it better be at that price) so, that would have it in my good books for a start. Added to that, the fact that the tyres are tubeless makes it even more attractive as I'd finally be able to get some proper tyres for my yet to be used tubeless rims.
Now, if only some Nigerian general would lodge a ridiculous amount of cash into my bank account...
Oh, and the dentist appointment didn't turn out to be too bad either.
