Sunday, November 08, 2009

Chelsea Vs Man Utd

Oh, and i almost forgot.. The preview of Chelsea vs Man Utd in this space..

Both teams coming from draws in their previous game in the Champions League, thou it should be noted that both also qualified from their group already..

Statistics show that Chelsea are the favourites to win. Chelsea playing at home, have not lost yet this season. One important point to look is that they have only conceded one goal so far at home this season. This is a rather frightening record coming in to this game. Man Utd have an uphill task presented to them. It does not help that Man Utd have been goal shy this season. Scoring a total of 23 goals compared to Chelsea's 28 goals.

You might think the difference isnt alot, but when you consider a chelsea a more defensive team, boasting the best defensive record of letting in only 8 goals this season, 28 goals scored is rather impressive. You would place Man Utd with the ranks of Arsenal for their attacking football, but this season, it's no where close. Arsenal has scored 36 goals this season. See the difference. It's true that Man Utd lack the penetration that Ronaldo offers, but they are still at a changing phase. I truly believe the midfielders have to step up to the plate. Centre Mids like Anderson, Carrick and Fletcher have to start popping in the goals.

You look at the big teams, Chelsea has Lampard n Ballack who are capable of that, Liverpool used to have Alonso n Gerrard, Arsenal have Frabegas n Arshavin now. Last time Man Utd used to have Scholes and Giggs, but they are old now, and none of the midfielders are taking up the mantle.

To the next point, Man Utd defense has been woeful this season. Letting in 11 goals this season. 11 goals may not be alot, but it was more of the manner of how they allowed those goals to go in. Foster's many bloopers.. Ferdinand's giving away free passes to oppositions or him allowing Torres to go past him easily.. When a team lets in this kind of goals, it affects the whole team, cos players do not have confidence in the defence. If attackers are confident of their own defence, they could stay in offensive positions to counter w/o worrying, but if they arent, they may just track back more and waste a chance to score on a counter.

The one weakness that Chelsea really have, is their set piece marking.. It was exposed during the 2-1 defeat against Aston Villa. Unfortunately, i do not believe Man United have the ability to expose it. Vidic has been quiet in set pieces and since Ronaldo is gone, no one really bang the headers in anymore. Every1 knows that u must expose the zonal marking when playing against Liverpool, but Man Utd cldnt even pose a trouble during corners, which shows they arent really gonna score from there this season.

And the one weakness that Man Utd have, is their confidence. Drogba would be the one who exploits that today. He made Carragher look like a defender from Wolves, and now Ferdinand and Vidic are doubts for the match, he would even find himself having easier matchups wth Evans and Brown. Unless United starts claiming clean sheets, their season would be a wobbly one. Their previous match in the Champions League ended in a 3-3 draw. 3 goals let in, it shows how much confidence the defense have right now.

Logically, Chelsea would win this match, but my heart is still with Man Utd to win. That's all for my analyst, a simple one, there could have been more points to touch on, but i'll leave it here.. Man Utd all the way!!

Saturday, November 07, 2009

A bad week..

The episode in the prev post, about my day job, is officially over.. Amazingly, my supervisor to clear the misunderstanding.. But, i still dun get it how others cant see from my point of view.. Does it mean that right n wrong must always stay that way?? Doesn't understanding of human reaction or behavior have any value anymore?? Whatever happened to the prodigal son story or yellow ribbon project?? Shall we just condemn that as wrong and not be understanding anymore??

Maybe it's just me?? Stubborn?? Or are people just so ignorant of another person's point of view anymore?? I am surprised becos people whom i consider friends, maybe not close ones, but at least people i have had years of companionship with, cant even seem to share my point of view or even sympathise with me.. All they could do was just insist their way to show me i'm wrong.. Forget it..

I was looking forward to soccer today so much, but ended up pretty disappointed by the way we played.. It was a case of me expecting too much and my team mates playing lousier than expected.. The tempo of the game was slow.. All look so lethargic, all so off form.. No desire to win.. In de end we kept losing or drawing with teams we should be winning each game.. How to enjoy like this?? Then again, maybe it's my fault again lah ah as it always is..

The chelsea vs man utd prediction coming up soon nxt.. stay tuned..

Thursday, November 05, 2009

Pick on me please..

I'm not really sure why i dun do well with my bosses/supervisors or any1 who has authority over me.. I got a feeling, it's just my face.. I think i really have the please pick on me face.. Other people could do the same thing or worst than me, but in the end, i would be the one who kanna say.. I really dun understand..

Army was such.. Now my two jobs, also kanna.. My night job, main task is to pick up litter.. Now kanna say abit cos my other two workers sticking the poster did not do a good job.. Say i am suppose to correct their angle if it is wrong.. They screwed up the calculation part, den stick wrongly, can also make like i have some involvement in it.. By the time we realised it was screwed up, also too late liao.. Den the previous ones they do, minor angle problems also, becomes my prob.. My aunt say must look experienced if not kanna say.. Any1 in my position cant do anything also unless he is a pro, which i am not.. So, wth.. I stick to my main task also kanna.. Bwg..

My day job, kanna one assignment that really take a damn long time to do.. It is simple, just checking of data, but it's kan pua alot of data.. Like millions of entry that kind.. So me n lucas sort the worker's surnames by alphabetical order, den we just pick which alphabets we wan.. We picked all the alphabets with the least ppl, but yet, it still took damn long to do.. The worst case would be one guy having 200-300 entries, most ppl average about a 100.. Looking at entries everyday is no joke, so boring nvm, we come from nite job, kan pua shag.. Cannot stand..

We din really take our time, just that we take damn long to do cos we cant keep awake at times.. Lucas would sleep at the desk, at least for me, i go to toilet to sleep, not so obvious.. Even den, Lucas also nvr kanna say.. Today he din come work cos he too shag, take mc, and just nice my supervisor came to check on our work.. Just check what we've checked kind.. At first i tot she was okay.. She is our age one, can joke n such, disturb abit.. In de end, she saw me use msn rather "excessively", which i still dun really agree, den go complain to Hj say i use too much.. She thinks i use too much nvm, at least tell me to my face, i tot she was cool, but guess not, still go round one circle just to shoot back.. I hate it.. Now say want to switch our seats.. really not cool at all..

In de end Hj still email me to tell me not to use so much.. Wth.. Not like i din even do my work, i did alot today sumore, but she cant see that, what she see only is me using the bloody msn.. Use msn awhile kanna caught, Lucas sleep at the desk so long, also nvr kanna... I really just got the "pick on me" face..

Really give up liao.. Think nxt time i must open my own company.. Under people sure die one..

Sunday, November 01, 2009

Start of something new??

I barely experienced the full power of working 2 shifts yet.. The schedule last week became this, Tue nite work, wed day rest, wed nite work, thurs day work, thurs nite rest, fri day work, fri nite rest.. So i only experienced the full effect for just one day.. From wed nite, work all the way till thurs evening.. And it was pretty unbearable at times that day already.. Thankfully, the nite job on thurs n fri was abandoned.. I'm still unsure of the reason thou.. Now i really have doubts how to survive a whole week of it!! But i will survive!! Many ppl still doubt me, but i will prove them wrong!! It's all in the mind.. N tonite, it starts all over again.. Just bring it..

Last fri, joined my company's event.. Played soccer at cage.. Honestly, i have never felt so shag from playing soccer till that day.. I was posted to a diff team from Hj n Lucas.. We 3 are probably the more better ones out of the whole company.. Sure there are some good ones, but we are the better ones.. The sad part was, me n their teams were in the same grp.. There were 6 teams, 2 groups.. So 1 group had 3 teams.. N started off with a round robin.. Top 2 teams get to fight for first place..

Hj's team was like a cheat team.. Cos the whole company played, so there were girls in the teams.. But Hj's team had no girls, and plenty of subs sumore.. Whereas other teams had like girls each, and some dun even have subs.. On paper, his team was the strongest.. And rightly so, his team top our group.. My team played against his, drew 0-0.. And den they breezed thru the other 3rd team.. So it was left to my team n the 3rd team to fight out the last spot.. They needed a win, we just needed a draw..

But 2 mins in to the game, one of my players exert too much pressure on the knee, lost the ball, and let in a goal.. And in de end a girl sub into our team, cos we only had 5 ppl.. The odds were against us suddenly.. One half of 5mins left, one man down, one woman in, my team were very shag cos we were playing as if 4v5... The girl cldnt do much.. But just like the adiddas advertisements, every team needs a spark.. I took control of the game, ran my heart out, and it took a moment of brilliance from me, to keep our team in the competition.. Had the ball on the left side, cut in right side, curl the ball like how Bellamy did against Man Utd, but it went bottom corner instead of top.. And that was it, it was enuf to send us thru to the nxt round..

And from then on we struggled all the way, cos my "gas" tank was really low, i was too damn shag after that game.. We scrape thru the semi finals with a last minute goal to meet Hj's team again in the finals.. By then i really running on reserve fuel liao.. In de end, it took another moment of brilliance from his team to score the only goal to decide the tie.. I had no complaints, i felt my team did excellent to reach even the finals.. The end result?? Thigh muscle pulled and calf muscle strain.. Nice!! Made me miss Sat's soccer..

Lastly, i did something on sat that i haven did for a long long time.. Eating with Cg.. HAHA!! The special occasion was Timothy's bday.. Honestly, i feel i needed to go for this cos he is a leader i really respect.. And i felt this wld be my way of showing him appreciation.. It wasnt that bad in the end, cos at least there were familiar faces sitting around me.. Stella, Xin yi, Ade.. Then we decided to saboh Timothy, okay, maybe not we, maybe it was just me who came up with the idea, but it's like common what, bday boy to do forfeit.. haha.. We took almost every soup base, mixed it with chilli sauce, ice lemon tea and a raw egg and pour it into a bowl.. Okay what, din really go too far with it.. haha..

And Liverpool, you truly deserve to lose.. TRULY!!

Okay bye!!

Tuesday, October 27, 2009

Give me ur best shot..

The hectic life is gonna start tonight.. Not really "officially".. Cos the night job does start tml, but my day job will only start on Thurs..

Yes, i took on 2 jobs at the same time.. One day and one night job.. The day job starts at 8am-5pm, and the night job starts at 1am-5am.. Both jobs are from Mon-Fri only, thankfully.. If u read it carefully, you can notice that my sleeping hrs are basically aft day job to start of night job.. The best case scenario for me is 6pm reach home STRAIGHT AWAY sleep till 12am probably.. But we all know no one's world is ever perfect, so i probably have like 5 hrs of sleep everyday..

Some may question the stability of my mind right now, maybe staying home too long short circuit my brain somewhere.. But no, it was more of a case of bad timing and me wanting to experiment on the limits of my body..

You see, while waiting for the interview for the day job, i had another job offer from my aunt to do a night job for her company.. The day job company was taking their time to offer me a place.. So i took up the night job.. Nvr did i know, the night job wld actually start one month later.. And by then, the day job company, interview me, and offered me a contract..

So why not just reject my aunt?? Cos she said very hard to find ppl to replace, cos airport pass have to go thru time wasting procedure, which is true.. Then why not reject the day job?? Cos the job wif my aunt only last for 6 weeks, while the day job offered me 3 months..

At that time i was thinking, why not take both, anyway, it wld probably give me a preview of how my life will be when i start studying part time and working full time.. So yea, this is the situation now..

Will i regret?? Hope not.. Confirm will shag, but i guess i wanna try to work my mind endurance.. Hope i dun die of exhaustion thou.. LOL!