Battle at Kruger

With a thought on one of my recent post, while watching Ellen, this was by far the best 'Nat-Geo' I have ever seen! So unbelievable! An eyewitness account on a very unorthodox circle of life...

new Devilz?

Manchester United need a new striker as Saha is possibly moving to PSV or maybe make a return to Fulhum. Either way, we need another top striker to fill in the void he will be leaving behind. These are some possible candidates.

Dimitar Berbatov, 27

Berbatov never goes to nightclubs and says he prefer to stay at home and feed squirrels from his balcony =P

Already waitin for his arrival!

Fee:- £38million
Transfer status:- Blue
Other interests:- Barcelona
Reasons Yes:- To partner Rooney. Berba wants to move himself. Very technically gifted player. good fitness record.
Reasons Not:- The Red Devils put in an initial bid of £20million which was rejected by Spurs chairman Daniel Levy, who also accused Ferguson of being "arrogant" and reported United to the Premier League for their conduct in pursuit of Berbatov.


Thierry Henry, 30



Fee:- £15million
Transfer status:- Red-if Berbatov moves to Barca or if Eto'o stays
Reasons Yes:- Less than eye-catching debut season last time around in Catalonia and Ferguson believes Henry could prove to be the perfect foil in attack for Rooney, allowing the England international to return to his former, more successful, front-running days.
Reasons Not:- New Barca head coach Josep Guardiola has not given any clear indication as such that he would be willing to part company with the France international


Karim Benzema, 19



Fee:- £25-35million
Transfer status:- Red
Bids:- £21million or £6million+Louis Saha+Mikael Silvestre
Reasons Yes:- Top scorer in Ligue 1, already an international and highly regarded by most of Europe's top coaches, with some hailing him the successor to Thierry Henry.

Roque Santa Cruz, 26



Fee:- £15million
Transfer Status:- Red-His father willing to chat
Other interests:- Manchester City
Reasons Yes:- United will surely be looking to take advantage of the unsettled environment at Blackburn as a result of Mark Hughes' swift departure.


Klass Jan Huntelaar, 24



Fee:- £20million
Transfer Status:- Red-He rejected new deal with Ajax. He will speak to all clubs interested in him
Other interests:- Liverpool, Arsenal
Reasons Yes:- Scored 70 goals in just 82 games for Ajax.


David Villa, 26



Fee:- £30million
Transfer Status:- Cold-wants to remain with Valencia
Other interests:- Almost every club-Arsenal, Spurs (To replace Keane)
Reasons Yes:- Top scorer in Euro 08


Michael Owen, 27

Injury prone Owen.

Fee:- £12million
Transfer Status:- Frozen Cold-too long


Daniel Sturridge, 19


Fee:- undisclosed
Reasons Yes:- He will move over to the better half ;)

prawn noodles

Last Sunday...my mom made her very own Penang style har meen (prawn noodles) or Hokkien Mee. It beats any hawker stalls' anyday. Period.

*Cantonese - har meen
Hokkien - heh mee

This is one of Penang's signature dish.

It was the best I have ever tasted! My mom was also quite proud as this was her first time making it.

It's a mixture of bee hoon (thinner noodles) and mee (thicker noodles) and added with crunchy taugeh (bean sprouts), kangkung, eggs (my mom left that out), and sliced prawns (both dried- very important, and fresh) with meat laid on top. My mom also expertly added fish cakes.

Together with the good aromatic stock made of prawns, onion, belacan (chili paste) and served with sprinkling of some fried onions and shredded spring onions.

According to my mom, it isn't difficult to prepare.

So far, I'm looking for a challenger to my mom's prawn noodles. Before this, I like the ones served in TTDI. Usually prawn noodles can be found at any hawker stalls around Malaysia at around the price of RM4.00, but for Penangites or Hokkien Mee lovers, Penang style prawn noodles is special and has its own distinctive taste. It's not easy to find the same taste anywhere else.

latest on showdown

With reference to my recent post - Tennis Legends to Face of in Malaysia...

According to The Star, Nadal might not be coming - it will depend on Spain’s Davis Cup fortunes. Spain are scheduled to meet the United States in the Davis Cup semi-final in Madrid on Sept 21. The other semi-final pits Russia against Argentina. The Davis Cup final will be held from Nov 21-23. And that’s where the problem starts.

But the organisers have a ready-made replacement should Nadal help Spain to the final. In that case, American James Blake will compete in the “Showdown of Champions” against Federer.

But Federer has been in miserable form, having been knocked out of the Roger's Cup (ironically) recently while Nadal is on course to earn his World Number 1 tag real soon.

bizarre names

I'm sure we all read about the poor 9-year old girl whose name was Talula Does The Hula. I mean OMG! Does her parents want to ruin her future.. at a young age already?? They could do it much much later in her future. Sure it may be cute... sort of... in a way... some how...(I fail to see it)... when she was a baby. Hey even Talula Dexter Paula would be better (if the sound of the name wants to be retained). But goodness gracious, for the love of humanity and her childhood life, what happened to just plain old Maggie, Mary, Linda etc?? Imagine poor Talula going around her school; can you imagine how cruel kids can be?? The name is embarrassing! I also fail to see how she didn't sue her parents!! She would be the laughing stock of the whole playground!! Ok and what about when she is working for some corporate company in the future! She won't be taken seriously for one bit! And imagine if she does get pulled over (prob for speeding or something), the cops might even arrest her for assuming she's holding a fake id! Well thankfully the judge had her parents renamed her. There are also plenty of other weird names... like Benson & Hedges, Number 16 Bus Shelter... wtf. No offense to the poor children. Sorry.

Well celebs also have the habit of naming their kids with bizarre names. Prob they think it's unique. Different is good. I like a little change. Not absolute weirdness of epic proportion. But hey... dun let me judge...



This dude; Rob Morrow; from numb3rs, is just pure evil! I have seriously nothing to say. Even our pets have better names. Just because his family name is Morrow, he didn't have to be a moron (no pun intended) to call his child Tu (a number for that matter! wtf). This is bloody ridiculous, an all low for child's names. It's not funny anymore. Tu Morrow?? Like wtf man... What's his problem...???? I'm seriously going to boycott watching numb3rs. So terrible. Luckily there is a law for anyone to change their name once they are 21 years old. Salvation! Poor little Tu, can't wish for 21st Birthday to come any sooner.

Of course there are other weird ones. But too painful to be revealed. Aih...

boom de ah dah!

Haha! I can't get enough of this new ad by Discovery. I first watched this as one of the commercials before the start of The Dark Knight last week. Adam was so funny!! How could he burn Jamie without him even flinching?! haha!

Talking about TDK, there was one point when the Joker had a 'Jerry Mcguire' moment with Batman!

Batman: - Why do you want to kill me?
Joker:- Kill you? I don't want to kill you. You... complete me....

I kinda laughed at that part. It was like they were a couple. Batman and the Joker - a couple!

Ok fine... this was the old flick...

No resemblance?

The new 'couple' is much hotter!

But imagine kissing the Joker? Urrgh...

And then they said...

The Joker:- You just couldn't let me go could you? This is what happens when an unstoppable force meets an immovable object. You truly are incorruptible aren't you? You won't kill me out of some misplaced sense of self-righteousness, and I won't kill you, because you're just too much fun. I think you and I are destined to do this forever.
Batman:- You'll be in a padded cell forever.
The Joker:- Maybe we can share one. Then we'll be doubling up the rate this city's inhabitants are losing their minds.

And we all know that's mightily less than possible =(

Pretty too! I mean seriously... this is a good shot!
And people should give Maggie Gyllenhaal some credit ok? She acted her role perfectly!

So, anyway...other tagline or quotes from this show are... as noticed... Joker has the majority share of the good quotes!
- Why So Serious?
- Welcome to a world without rules.
- Can you avenge evil and not become it?
- I believe whatever doesn't kill you simply makes you... stranger.
- And here we go
- Wanna know how I got these scars?
- Sometimes, truth isn't good enough, sometimes people deserve more. Sometimes people deserve to have their faith rewarded.

brings back the memories

Since missing out on the Beauty and the Beast play not too long ago, I decided to head to Youtube to reminisce other Disney's classic of the last decade...These are a couple of Lion King's best!

We are one...

Can you feel the love tonight...

Disney don't make cartoons with good songs like they used too...Bring back the 'golden age'!

They just came up with Wall-E. From the looks of the trailer, it looks funny! Haha! But not the musical kind...heh..but hope u enjoy...

bus 142

Krakauer's book, Into the Wild, a true story, was brilliantly written. Whilst reading it, I could actually imagine myself not only watching a documentary, but being in it as well. Recently his book was also adapted into a movie directed by Sean Penn. I haven't seen it though.



The story is about a guy, Chris McCandless, freshed out from college who decides to leave everything behind to go on to an adventure across the states and finally to Alaska. Why? Prob to escape from civilisation, his family he abhors (save his sis), etc. With just a bag on his back, he wanted to see if he could (or prove to others) that he could live off the lands. He managed to do just that for 2 years (incredibly)...even making lots of friends along the way. Basically this story written in a documentary form is about adventure through the exuberant eyes and idealism of youth(s). A journey of self-discovery and what nots. But it also contains plenty of life's lessons. The story celebrates the dreamer in all of us, and the dangers of dreaming alone.

When McCandless was about to forgive his parents and to go back to his near-perfect life he wants had, the most tragic of ends occurred. Even his cries for help were actually heard by his mom back at home. Call it mothers' intuition I supposed. One line which caught my attention, and evokes lots of emotions and I bet it was also McCandless's unwanted realisation (he highlighted in a book) was that Happiness only real when shared...

Tennis legends to face off in Malaysia

Tennis fans will flock to Malaysia in November, where ...

Roger Federer will face off against Rafael Nadal and...

Bjorn Borg, 52, will clash with John McEnroe, 49!

Event:- Countdown of Champions
Date:- November 18
Venue:- Bukit Jalil, Kuala Lumpur

Stakes:-
1. World No.1 Federer will get another chance to avenge his losses in this year's French Open and Wimbledon finals to world No.2 Nadal.

2. Borg and McEnroe will give fans a chance to walk down memory lane, remembering the highs and lows of their bitter rivalry, typified by the 1980 Wimbledon final won by Borg in five gruelling sets.

Fantasy Football is back!

A new season of Yahoo Fantasy Football 08-09 is back and better!

• New blackboard experience: Try out different formations and line-ups on an online blackboard to help you choose your team more easily.
• Unlimited team updates: React to injuries and suspensions quickly with unrestricted team changes. Pick as many players as you want from any one team; but be careful who you sell - players are sold at purchase price.
• In-depth stats: Delve deeper into individual player performances with new, detailed player information pages
• Create your own league: Take on your friends, colleagues and family members to find out who really knows the most.
• Free to play: Are you ready for the challenge?
  This year could be your year!

Would you do better this year? ;)

Or rather be a manager? Then you will enjoy playing xperteleven
Build a team, join a league and have a chance to compete with other managers around the world. It's kinda like FC Manager. Personally I prefer this one ;) Because the games are more frequent - twice a week. And it's not based on chance.