a well writen article from eduardo alvarez, a soccernet.espn journalist, gave me a lashing. i should really stop producing crappy posts, no excuse! XP
Winning over one of the madridistas (click to read article), was the title of the article. madridistas is a collective noun for the real madrid football club supporters. both eduardo and i are part of the noun :P i love to read eduardo becoz his articles give an inside view of how spaniards celebrates their futbol like a religion; how battles in politics are transfigured into battles on the green fields in the country. this particular article is about barcelona's wonderful win over manchester united in the champions league final.
doing it the benitez style:
fact 1: madridistas love to hate barcelona. arch rivals, politics, it's red hot...
fact 2: for goodness sake, i AM a UNITED FAN!
fact 3: the article is all and all pro-barca...
fact 4: but... i enjoy the article so much i'm dedicating a post to it.
fact 5: like eduardo, i enjoyed barca's futbol so much i had to applaud Pep (their coach) even as my heart breaks seeing them beat united...
no kidding, i skipped thursday morning and lisa later asked if it was "a barcelona induced headache".
the catalunian Ruth in our department has the words "viva barca" on the message board on her office door, looking down proudly on the passerbys. she's got an annonymous united fan adding congrats in a small corner of her board.
:)
long live football!
Saturday, May 30, 2009
Wednesday, May 27, 2009
really final Anders version of report
thriving thriving~
mental stamina was a thing that i wanted to train when i first arrived in sweden two years ago. it's amazing how ppl can have the endurance to sleep 4hrs in total in two days and still have full concentration on their long tasks. arent those attributes of the famous morrocan assassins and taliban soldiers when they are drenched in hashish and other kinds of drugs? in my case, i suppose the drugs are "harmless" coffee and adrenaline? well, adrenaline doesnt sustain, so wot is de other hormon now? anyway...
task: re-write the whole thesis report according to comments and suggestions from both supervisors.
time: 48hrs.
outcome: the "really final Anders version of report".
Anders is the main opponent who we are going to defence our thesis work against :) a really brilliant guy doing his thesis building rockets XD he should be proud that he has his own version of our thesis ;P it so happens that our supervisors sent us their comments on monday while we need to submitt the thesis to anders on tuesday, how typical? anyway, that's out of the way now, presentation next! ^^
mental stamina was a thing that i wanted to train when i first arrived in sweden two years ago. it's amazing how ppl can have the endurance to sleep 4hrs in total in two days and still have full concentration on their long tasks. arent those attributes of the famous morrocan assassins and taliban soldiers when they are drenched in hashish and other kinds of drugs? in my case, i suppose the drugs are "harmless" coffee and adrenaline? well, adrenaline doesnt sustain, so wot is de other hormon now? anyway...
task: re-write the whole thesis report according to comments and suggestions from both supervisors.
time: 48hrs.
outcome: the "really final Anders version of report".
Anders is the main opponent who we are going to defence our thesis work against :) a really brilliant guy doing his thesis building rockets XD he should be proud that he has his own version of our thesis ;P it so happens that our supervisors sent us their comments on monday while we need to submitt the thesis to anders on tuesday, how typical? anyway, that's out of the way now, presentation next! ^^
Monday, May 25, 2009
Sunday, May 24, 2009
final week
supposed to be stressing by now...
thought de insomnia streak last week was me mentally paying tribute to honour the arrival of my final fortnight in chalmers. maybe it is... but i'm way too casual to my own liking ="= actually trying to re-watch nodame again to get some ben-kyo inspiration from chiaki-senpai XD
lisa and i have dedicated the weekend to fix our thesis presentation slides. i finished mine in less than the time alloted for a professional game of football.
off topic, that is the goal i use to train my shooting accuracy ^^ and now i get a day off tomorrow, here i come goalie ^^^ geeez, way, way too casual! really should go thru the slides again and try to make it more "breath taking"...
oh~ i know! i could post a breath taking photo instead~~
sexy legs~~~ (acknowledgement to yean the model XD)
i'm agreeing with u sis, sometimes it's really fun to curse the season while enjoying it ^^
好雨知时节，当春乃发生；随风潜入夜，润物细无声 indeed ^^
watching the clouds, till they are gone
like an actress, all alone
who never knew the story, she was in
who never knew, the story ends...
this one somehow reminds me of Don Quixote
english tea party? anyone?
japanese meiji romance, maybe?
ak, my camera batt was gone at this point. it was an impulse visit to the botanical garden, and the japanese garden is a gem ^^ should go back again before sayonara sweden.
thought de insomnia streak last week was me mentally paying tribute to honour the arrival of my final fortnight in chalmers. maybe it is... but i'm way too casual to my own liking ="= actually trying to re-watch nodame again to get some ben-kyo inspiration from chiaki-senpai XD
lisa and i have dedicated the weekend to fix our thesis presentation slides. i finished mine in less than the time alloted for a professional game of football.
off topic, that is the goal i use to train my shooting accuracy ^^ and now i get a day off tomorrow, here i come goalie ^^^ geeez, way, way too casual! really should go thru the slides again and try to make it more "breath taking"...
oh~ i know! i could post a breath taking photo instead~~
sexy legs~~~ (acknowledgement to yean the model XD)
i'm agreeing with u sis, sometimes it's really fun to curse the season while enjoying it ^^
好雨知时节，当春乃发生；随风潜入夜，润物细无声 indeed ^^
watching the clouds, till they are gone
like an actress, all alone
who never knew the story, she was in
who never knew, the story ends...
this one somehow reminds me of Don Quixote
english tea party? anyone?
japanese meiji romance, maybe?
ak, my camera batt was gone at this point. it was an impulse visit to the botanical garden, and the japanese garden is a gem ^^ should go back again before sayonara sweden.
Tuesday, May 19, 2009
dandelion's promise
送上我大学篱笆旁的蒲公英，是记忆里有味道的风景
它们天生就是飞翔的精灵
但也要等待着成长
等待着风来扬帆。。。
一起长大的约定
那样清晰
打过勾的我相信。。。
dance
kelefe passing by :P
dandy's neighbours, bull's eye daisies :)
它们天生就是飞翔的精灵
但也要等待着成长
等待着风来扬帆。。。
一起长大的约定
那样清晰
打过勾的我相信。。。
dance
kelefe passing by :P
dandy's neighbours, bull's eye daisies :)
Thursday, May 14, 2009
doooot... time for another post
2 and a half weeks!! geez, i'm really counting down.
lisa is off for the week, driving forklift for volvo. no, i'm serious. so i'm basically working flexi hours also ^^ we're meeting tomorrow 5pm tho. oh, that reminds me a dinnerbox is needed then... back in a few minutes.
back~ (why do i even bother? u cant tell the difference anyway...)
hönökaka, a swedish bakery variation, on the menu :D
with
1. caviar (dunno why, it's really cheap in sweden, come live here if u like caviar.)
2. shrimp salad (oso cheap... like caviar, they costs about de same as canned tuna.)
3. nut spread
4. honey and margerin
two for lunch two for dinner :) de weather and a certain limhooiching are really making me eat...
the first batch of dandelion mass migration is underway. their airy fluffy seeds suspend in the atmosphere like floating bubbles, riding the light wind, invading trams and cars and human respiration systems (?! eew...), and holding on to any kind of carrier that might disperse them far and away from home X)
from that carrier to the carrier of my TIM. TIM, Thermal Interface Material, the real name of the strange rubber i'm almost done with :P told lisa i'll name sate's little brother timmy if we nail this project XD nOnO reckons i should get a husband with surname Tam. then timmy's full name will be TimTam, your friendly neighbourhood afternoon break chocolate treat~ oh, and since sate's little sis is going to be sara (after the great spanish composer sarasate who wrote 'Carmen'), i might as well get her a dad with surname Lee oso. then we'll have SaraLee, your friendly neighbourhood desert for dinner instead~ mom reckon that's too many grand kids... pening...
endless rain, fall on my heart kokoro no kitsu ni
let me forget all of the hate, all of the sadness...
ah, distracted mood. started off with the intention to write something about the project and havnt even touch it til now ="= nvm, it's not important and it's futbol time. this might end up to be the crucial game for the PL title :) til the next post, hang loose~
++ no wait, thought a tribute shall at least be paid to the victims of the 513 incident 40 yrs ago.
lisa is off for the week, driving forklift for volvo. no, i'm serious. so i'm basically working flexi hours also ^^ we're meeting tomorrow 5pm tho. oh, that reminds me a dinnerbox is needed then... back in a few minutes.
back~ (why do i even bother? u cant tell the difference anyway...)
hönökaka, a swedish bakery variation, on the menu :D
with
1. caviar (dunno why, it's really cheap in sweden, come live here if u like caviar.)
2. shrimp salad (oso cheap... like caviar, they costs about de same as canned tuna.)
3. nut spread
4. honey and margerin
two for lunch two for dinner :) de weather and a certain limhooiching are really making me eat...
the first batch of dandelion mass migration is underway. their airy fluffy seeds suspend in the atmosphere like floating bubbles, riding the light wind, invading trams and cars and human respiration systems (?! eew...), and holding on to any kind of carrier that might disperse them far and away from home X)
from that carrier to the carrier of my TIM. TIM, Thermal Interface Material, the real name of the strange rubber i'm almost done with :P told lisa i'll name sate's little brother timmy if we nail this project XD nOnO reckons i should get a husband with surname Tam. then timmy's full name will be TimTam, your friendly neighbourhood afternoon break chocolate treat~ oh, and since sate's little sis is going to be sara (after the great spanish composer sarasate who wrote 'Carmen'), i might as well get her a dad with surname Lee oso. then we'll have SaraLee, your friendly neighbourhood desert for dinner instead~ mom reckon that's too many grand kids... pening...
endless rain, fall on my heart kokoro no kitsu ni
let me forget all of the hate, all of the sadness...
ah, distracted mood. started off with the intention to write something about the project and havnt even touch it til now ="= nvm, it's not important and it's futbol time. this might end up to be the crucial game for the PL title :) til the next post, hang loose~
++ no wait, thought a tribute shall at least be paid to the victims of the 513 incident 40 yrs ago.
rest in peace
and may peace rest among the different races in our beloved country
Sunday, May 10, 2009
post 300th
we juz had the coldest winter in sweden in 20yrs. having said that, sub-zero windchill in the middle of May is still too much! next week's weather forecast is as bad as this week's. the swedish "bad" that is. it's "bad" as long as it's not hot and sunny... at least we have double figures top temperatures now. the difference in daily temperature really makes choosing clothings difficult :P
another thing that makes april and may fly is the change of scenery that follows with the change of season. after taking last week off running, i went stretching my legs again after seeing united still 2-0 up at the 65th minute and playing... hm... using SAF's words... horribly. in de middle of a few huffs and puffs, i thought i took de wrong turn off my routine track, that's how much the young greens had changed the scenes! how can i not recognize the track that i've passed so many times? ^^
elsewhere in a london derby, tht russian pixie (a certain a.arshavin23) is still out with a flu (see? change of season ah, 只身在外要照顾好自己...) along with his space creating magic powder... gooners being unlucky again, it was a balanced game, much more entertaining than our own, but they still lose 1-4 to clinical chelsea...
random pics around gothenburg. starting with a chalce hating one juz outside central station after the barca game XD i pre-apologize for the language, pls look at it in a harmless way... i would have taken it even if United's name is up there instead :P
the night when chalmers transformed into a huge disco
the boy
the cortege crowd
st. pauli church
random structure
a glorious afternoon at delsjön, biggest lake in gothenburg
and ofcoz there has to be a few from härlanda tjärn, my woods my track my lake ^^
looking forward to the summer fruits :)
and yeah! 3 more weeks to go ^^
another thing that makes april and may fly is the change of scenery that follows with the change of season. after taking last week off running, i went stretching my legs again after seeing united still 2-0 up at the 65th minute and playing... hm... using SAF's words... horribly. in de middle of a few huffs and puffs, i thought i took de wrong turn off my routine track, that's how much the young greens had changed the scenes! how can i not recognize the track that i've passed so many times? ^^
elsewhere in a london derby, tht russian pixie (a certain a.arshavin23) is still out with a flu (see? change of season ah, 只身在外要照顾好自己...) along with his space creating magic powder... gooners being unlucky again, it was a balanced game, much more entertaining than our own, but they still lose 1-4 to clinical chelsea...
random pics around gothenburg. starting with a chalce hating one juz outside central station after the barca game XD i pre-apologize for the language, pls look at it in a harmless way... i would have taken it even if United's name is up there instead :P
the night when chalmers transformed into a huge disco
the boy
the cortege crowd
st. pauli church
random structure
a glorious afternoon at delsjön, biggest lake in gothenburg
and ofcoz there has to be a few from härlanda tjärn, my woods my track my lake ^^
looking forward to the summer fruits :)
and yeah! 3 more weeks to go ^^
Tuesday, May 05, 2009
the may flower - all children's flower
ofcoz, it's de season of cherry blossoms. where faintly pink petals rain down with every movement of air, and the golden green falls of maple joining the ground graffiti of nature. dandelions, their 2nd generation preparing for the annual migration with the wind. it's MAY :)
while the sun is scorching in malaysia, gothenburg is back to its raining nature for the week. the rain has probably tamed that galloping spirit o'mine a little ^^
an update about that sweet little pine o'mine again. (should have posted sweet child o'mine there >>) when it first materializes on the cabinet in my room out of thin air, i spent 3 days ignoring its existance... then i thought if i kept ignoring it, it might really die. so i started to give it water once in a while. and it's now sprouting new needles... great, sigh...
thesis defence on 1st of june :)
and that's it.
:)
Saturday, May 02, 2009
my pics :P
today is valborg... cant believe i missed another valborg bonfire!! ak!!!
happily slept til 2.30pm~ tmr kena wakey watch MU~ ran 2k for kiko today~ he better play tmr~ lazy to post pics from cortege~ and feeling zilian~ post pics sendiri~~
a few from yean in scotland that i enjoy~ ^^
we crazy siao, go and climb ppl's structure... neh, that morning on whisky le...
happily slept til 2.30pm~ tmr kena wakey watch MU~ ran 2k for kiko today~ he better play tmr~ lazy to post pics from cortege~ and feeling zilian~ post pics sendiri~~
a few from yean in scotland that i enjoy~ ^^
we crazy siao, go and climb ppl's structure... neh, that morning on whisky le...
回眸一笑 XD
from hooiching at delsjön, de biggest lake in gothenburg city~ lama tak jadi model orang lain XD let me quote hooiching jie's
"来来来，站那边，给我拍拍下你就高兴了的"
wot de... XD
this one very elfish wei~~
this one really can use for 相亲 lo... ="=
she even helped me take a "passport size" photo for my jobstreet resume... i upload show u... geng...
ooh~ this one came in just on time~
malaysian kaki in gothenburg~~~ :D by chui yee
from left: yean, hooi ching, jason, ong, aku, wee chong and chui yee :)
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