it's a mystical bond between man and machine

Wednesday, July 26, 2006 | 9:26 PM

I will not blog about science test. Instead, today after maths pop quiz today we had a rather fun game lol. anyway had to form shapes and letters given. then had to scramble the letters to form:

- - - -
- - -
- -
- - - -

Then at first we had a distinct advantage as we zoomed through the first two. And then we got stuck at the 3rd and 4th one. Eventually Eustance's group won even though we had the 5th and 6th shape under control. So it turned out that the answer was NEVER ODD OR EVEN. Then had to find what's so special. Turns out it's symmetrical. Seen this kind of stuff before, in fact this example. But never noticed it this time, instead ShouYu saw that the line of symmetry was between the D's in ODD. anyway that's about everything. and Malay was quite fun too.

For football manager, with Chelsea (2nd day of playing) I had 65m. So I signed Ballack, Park Ji-Sung, Simao Sabrosa. I was just about to get Ronaldo when he needed a work permit since he's from Brazil. And just on the day he got it, the transfers for English clubs was closed what the. so that's it. Arsenal is really getting on my nerves.

Monday, July 24, 2006 | 9:43 PM

lol incredible: chinese and science tests this week. sian i just realised. and OP tomorrow. today ros did on vulgarities sth. then like everyone look at me cos i scold vulgarities. but bh also what. ahh i don't want to present yet.

at least soccer is up for P.E next week. at least i heard la. feel like presenting on singlish heh. and oh yilin changed her blog. no wonder the old one so long never updated.

Wednesday, July 19, 2006 | 7:51 PM

feck tomorrow got science test on digestion, electricity and using electricity. damn plus chinese test and history test next week? rofl. eh english now got some new teacher mr yang he came on monday or tuesday. then i think he's quite good and he gave us a debate session lol. on a worst case scenario need to convince judges that you are worthy to survive or summat. and we were the judges lol heh(: then some people say we bias rofl. eh nothing much to blog about that's the end.

ah ya liulaoshi never come this week then got replacement lol. he's rather good i should think.

Monday, July 17, 2006 | 8:20 PM

great such a long time that i haven't blogged until today, the 17th of July 2006, Monday. first time i late wtf taking bus. i left my house at 6.20 expecting to reach sch at 7, and i reached at 7.30. all thanks to 60 and 30. i waited 20 minutes for 60 and another 20 mnutes for 30. like 10 ppl late so never mind cos 30 lagged. anyway when reach school they still talking about Racial Harmony Day and apparently i forgot. and forgot my tie as well wth. exactly 2 weeks since i last blogged on the 3rd. anyway PE sucked. volleyball. i thought soccer. ah wait another 2 weeks.

random crap post lol. and jianbao argh gone.

Monday, July 03, 2006 | 4:06 PM

England 0
Portugal 0 (Portugal win 3-1 on penalties after extra time)

for England: red card, penalties and defeat. the quarter-final match was full of incidents. first take: Rooney's red card. the striker never did anything wrong. if he was deemed to have pushed Cristiano Ronaldo, that only deserves a yellow card. he did not stamp on Carvalho deliberately. he was trying to hold off 2 players, and when Carvalho slipped, he accidentally stepped on him. the referee, seeing it differently, ruined the match. secondly, the behavior of Ronaldo. he had no business to tell the referee to send off Rooney. his immaturity shows in his playing. good dribbling, but crosses and shots poor. only thing is that he scored the winning penalty for Portugal in the penalty shoot-out. third, England's penalties. Carragher looked nervous, Lampard has shooting problems, while Gerrard hit it too straight. only Hargreaves found the net. the Portugese goalkeeper, Ricardo, was great. he saved 3 shots and even got a hand to Hargreaves' shot. also, Eriksson's tactics (obviously). playing Rooney as a lone striker in his 4-5-1 was a big mistake. he needed support, which didn't come. Lampard could've been disposed for Crouch, who hadn't let England down in the previous matches. Crouch showed excellent ball control. at least, Beckham's injury had Aaron Lennon in, who showed more purpose.

England's defenders were superb, but Eriksson never capitalised on that. the centre-backs, Ferdinand and Terry, shut out the Portugese time and time again. Ferdinand made a brilliant tackle on Valente in extra time. Terry kept Portugese strikers quiet throughout the game, and made spot-on tackles. England had chances, but more attacking options would have let to a favourable result.

despite the exit, England has found a new hero in Owen Hargreaves. to Portugal's players, it must have seemed like there were 3 or 4 of him, as he covered every area. the Man of the Match against Portugal was also the only English player to score in the penalty shoot-out.

Brazil 0
France 1

France's veterans showed grit and determination as they knocked out Brazil in the quarter finals. Zidane, Vieira, Makelele, Thuram and Sagnol played great. leading them was Zidane, who set up the lone goal, and provided exquisite touches, normally showed by Brazil. Parreira dismantled his Magic Quartet by taking out Adriano, only bringing him on later on. Parreira could not get anywhere near the best from Kaka or Ronaldinho. Ronaldo failed to deliver and dragged the team down along with him. in midfield, Gilberto Silva, Ze Roberto and Juninho were set too far back, allowing France's 5-man midfield to control the match. right-back Cafu, most probably played his last World Cup final match, kept on running, trying to find an equaliser, but his teammates never bothered. France's 4-man back of Gallas, Sagnol, Abidal and Thuram were so solid that goalkeeper Barthez was not even properly tested by the Brazilian forwards. once the French realised the Brazilian moves were uncoordinated, they began to impose themselves. and in the 57th minute, Zidane set up Henry for the winning goal. his free kick looped over the Brazilians, and an unmarked Henry fired home from close range. sadly, Brazil did not have enough quality to fight back from a goal down and beat the French.

Saturday, July 01, 2006 | 7:08 PM

fantastico match Germany v Argentina 1-1 at 120 minutes, Germany winning 4-2 on penalties.

first goal in the 49th minute, just a few minutes into the second half, as Argentina stole the lead with defender Roberto Ayala's header after a pinpoint corner from Riquelme. Lehmann and Lahm missed the chance to block it. after this goal, Argentina tried to protect their one goal lead, which is ridiculous. playmaker Riquelme and Crespo were taken off, and on came Cambiasso and Julio Cruz, which is rubbish. later in the 80th minute, Germany equalised through Klose. a cross from Ballack, then a neat header from Borowski, and Klose beat his marker to head in the equaliser, his 5th goal at this tournament, for Germany from close range. after 90 minutes, still 1-1, after 120, still 1-1.

obviously it went into a penalty shootout, and Lehmann was the hero. even Oliver Kahn gave words of encouragement for Lehmann, and finally, the duo have finally appeared to bury their hatchet. i'll bet that was great for Lehmann, as he saved Ayala's and Cambiasso's shots in the shootout. Cruz's and Maxi's goals were cos Lehmann couldn't reach. on the other hand, Germany was excellent, with Neuville, Ballack, Podolski and Borowski in that order scoring in the shootout.

overall, an excellent game for Germany, and Danke Schoen Herr Pekerman (thank you Mr Pekerman) for the German fans, as Germany face Italy next in the semi finals.