The World Cup 2006 has already come to the 10th day..

For your info, I've been watching the World Cup matches since last Sunday (11th of June) at Connaught's ABC Maideen..Except for Tuesday, Wednesday, and today (Sunday)..

Many predictable wins, upsets and boring games we have watched and more still to come in the coming 20 days..

Among the great hoo-hah wins were opening match, Germany - Costa Rica where the Germans won on 4-2, Spain thrashed Ukraine 4-0, and the Argentines whipped the Serbs 6-0..

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*Senna Marcos and Xabi Alonso carrying goalscorer David Villa, where Spain thrashed Ukraine 4-0*

David Villa (being carried away) : Put me down.!! I want my momma~!! These guys are insane~!! *sob sobs*

Xabi Alonso (right) : Hey my fellow Spaniards..We have supper tonight..Sluuuurp~ *drools* (can you see his tongue.?? Hahaha)..

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*L-R - Luis Gonzalez, Maxi Rodirguez, Juan Roman Riquelme, and Juan Pablo Sorin celebrate Maxi's goal against the Serbs*

*Teenage prodigy, Lionel Messi scores the sixth goal for Argentina against Serbia & Montenegro*

Not to mention Mexico won 3-1 against Iran, Ecuador thrashed Costa Rica 3-0, and the great performance by Czech where they won 3-0 against The States..

*L-R - Ecuadorian Edwin Tenorio, Agustin Delgado, and Ivan Kaviedes celebrate after winning against Costa Rica*

*Tomas Rosicky celebrates after scoring against USA*

Talk about upsets..My favourite team, Japan did really upset me, where they led the game by 1-0 til the 80th minute, eventually they lost 3-1 to the Socceroos..Goddamnit..

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*Shunsuke Nakamura (center) celebrates with Naohiro Takahara*

Nakamura : Can you see it.? Can you see that so-called god.?? I score it without your help..Baka yaro~!!

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*Vincenzo Iaquinta of Italy jubilates after scoring against Ghana*

*This pic is so GAAAY~!! That's Vincenzo Iaquinta (down) with Gennaro Gattuso*

Iaquinta (down) : Ugh~ Harder my man..Harder~!!

Gattuso : YOU GOT IT MAN~!!!

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Sweden too lacklustre in their first game where they drew 0-0 against lowly Trinidad & Tobago (T&T)..

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Brazil too, failed to shine in their first game as most of the football fanatics expect them to do, which they beat Croatia by 1 goal margin, 1-0 only..

*Brazilian Kaka cheers with Roberto Carlos and Ronaldinho after scoring the only goal against Croatia*

Roberto Carlos (right) : Hey Kaka..I wanna try out the Osim's iGallop..

Kaka : Sure..Hop on..

Ronaldinho : I wanna have a ride too~!!

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*Brazil, the country full of babes*

Perhaps the camaraderie among the Croats helped them through the game..

Other upsets include France drew 0-0 against the Swiss, Mexico drew 0-0 against newcomer Angola, and favourite Czech lost to Ghana by 2-0..

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*Franck Ribery (left) and Zinedine Zidane (right)*

Both Ribery and Zidane : Get outta my way..Nature calls~!!!

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*A Czech Replublic's fan joking around with a Ghana supporter*

Ghana Supporter : Hey..Your 'balls' look saggy..

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*Ghana players celebrate the goal scored by Sulley Ali Muntari against Czech where Ghana won 2-0*

So far, highly praised English striker (I doubt that), Peter Crouch was being crouched to the ground, with his lacklustre performance..

Thierry Henry too, unable to find the net as many hope to see his goal-scoring spree performance..Same to Ronaldinho as well..

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*Deco (No. 20) celebrates his goal against Iran*

Figo (center) : Hey..Let me have a look on your ass..And perhaps I can have a thrust too~!!

Deco (front) : These guys are crazy~!! *running for my life*

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Anyway, of all the matches, of course I'm disappointed with my favourite teams' games..

A disappointing game by the Japanese against the Kangaroos and also the Swedish against T&T and Paraguay..

*No time to joke around folks*

*The Swedish celebrating Freddie Ljungberg's goal against Paraguay where Sweden won 1-0*

*Freddie Ljungberg the goalscorer*

The most exciting group table now is Group E, where Italy on the 1st spot with 4 points, Czech and Ghana drew with 3 points each and USA with just 1 point..All with 1 game to go..

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*C'mon my Pussy..Arjen Robben (right) and Robin van Persie (Pussy)*

Robben (right) : Hey my van Pussy baby..It's been a while since the last time we met..Give me a BIG~~~ hug..

van Persie : Yes Robben my dear..How bout a kiss as well.??

Shit..This conversation gives me shivers..*Brrrr*

*Shit..Footballers are SOOOO GAY~!!!*

 van Persie : How's my thrust Robben dear.??

Robben : It hurt me so much *ugh* But heck with it..I just love it..Muahaha *sheepish smile*

*The Oranje Gangbang Celebration*

*Sea of Oranje*

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Ok..That's all for my World Cup 2006 filler entry..Chiaoz..Hope Japan could make it to the 2nd round after a goalless stalemate against Croatia (what a dream~)..

*Goalless draw*

Much effort were wasted throughout the disappointing game, although Japanese goalkeeper, Yoshikatsu Kawaguchi saved a penalty-kick from Darijo Srna..

*Kawaguchi saves the day ball*

*Yoshikatsu Kawaguchi..He's the man*

*Niko Kovac and Hidetoshi Nakata are vying for the ball*

*He's my man, Hidetoshi Nakata*

*Yuji Nakazawa (No. 22) tries to get the ball from Dado Prso (No. 9)*

All pics are courtesy of FIFA World Cup Germany 2006 Official Website..

Ok..I will talk about the chicken chop rice stall at Bandar Permaisuri, Cheras / Salak South..

Everytime I went there for my lunch, it'll definitely always be my first choice..Not more further thinking what to eat..

The stall is one of the many stalls in a Chinese restaurant..I forgot the name of the shop..There's another shop called Lucky 77, and it's DEFINITELY not this one..

There's a supermarket called Hero, and the shop is just few lots away to the left side (if you are standing in front of Hero, and facing towards the road)..

This stall operates together with a chicken rice stall..

This Chicken Chop Rice comes with 6 different dishes, the Potato Sauce, Thai Style, Black Pepper, Black Salad, Lemon, and Vegie..

I've already tried it all..The Black Salad is actually comes with only mayonaise on top of the chicken chops..

So I just ordered it once and that's it..Of course I went on to order for dishes with gravy..

*This is the Potato Sauce*

*The Black Pepper*

Yes..Those are potato wedges with mayonaise that you can see..

*Potato Sauce again*

*Look at the gravy..It's simply delicious*

*Thai Style, my style*

The quantity of the chicken is marvellous..Do make sure you add-on rice coz it's so nice..Hahaha..

*All come with potato wedges*

*Again, look at the Thai sauce gravy..Yummy*

For a plate it just costs RM 3.50..Add-on small rice RM 0.50 and big rice RM 0.70..It's cheap and fulfilled..

A must try if you are there for your lunch..

Well..Here's a greeting and present I brought from Langkawi..

*Hallelujah Langkawi*

See also Greetings From Kuantan, posted by Niviak at Bucket Full Of Shit..

Finally~!! I have come to my final installment of my Langkawi Trip Pentalogy..Hahaha..

I know you guys were having headaches with my long stories in the previous entries on this Langkawi Trip..

I too, had headaches with the stories, pics-uploading, and the webhost's server problem..At last, I'm done after this..Muahaha~!!

Day 3 - Homecoming

Woke up at 9.30am..Struggled to wake up after the fun night session..

Went to the resort cafeteria to have our breakfast buffet..

*Fried mee, porridge, omelette, sausages, pancakes, orange juice*

After that, had a breeze walk on the seaside along Awana Porto Malai..

*The Awana Porto Malai Resort's seaside*

*The 3 of us - Yatz, Hiew, Hikaru*

*The nice sea view*

*The Awana Resort view from the sea*

*Rocks*

*Awana Porto Malai (pic courtesy of Hikaru)*

*Pic courtesy of Hikaru*

*Water splash to the rocks*

Unfortunately, my 2-years old flip-flops was broken..Yay~! My luggage was lighten for a few grams..WTF~

*Flip-flops broken*

*The end of the flip-flops adventure*

Bare feet headed back to the room and get things packed and ready to leave the nice place..

*Lipau getting the camera ready for our cam-whore*

*Ready, ACTION~!!*

*We are Yatz, Hiew, Hikaru, Deral, Lipau*

*Nice liquor ad from me..Hehehe*

*Deral, cheers for the day*

*Guys~!! Let's drink til die~!!*

*Isn't the MPV nice~*

*Standing on it.? No problem*

*4 people standing on 1 side..No problem at all*

After checked out, headed straight to Kuah to have another meal..Hahaha..

After the breakfast, yet again, went to duty free store for shopping spree..Shopped for chocolates and liquors..

Shop til we drop..I mean..Til I drop..Over-budget..Godammit..

Then rushed to the Jetty, returned the Space Wagon, safely passed through the custom, and went on to the ferry at 1pm..

*Bon jour Langkawi*

*Pic courtesy of Lipau*

*Nice beach eh..Nice islands, too*

*I see skies of blue, clouds of white..And also the horizon*

I guess I'll stop my Langkawi journey here..

I had enough of it..I guess you guys felt the same way too..

Overall rating for this Langkawi trip, 7/10..Raining on the 2nd day ruined it..Fortunately the 2nd night saves the day..

The food was a bad experience..A FINAL CAUTION.!!! NO EATINGS AT THE TOWN AREA.!! IT SUCKS.!!

That's all for the Langkawi Trip Pentalogy..Refer to Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, and Part 4 if you haven't read it yet..

Adios..

As everyone knows, the World Cup Fever has arrived, and will take place in every football fanatics heart from June 9th - July 10th 2006..

The Game is being held in Germany, Europe, so the time difference is about 6 hours, I guess..

Meaning football fanatics have to stay up for the late night matches..

What will keep me up if I'm watching the games at home and has been helping me struggle with my late night hunger.??

Ramly Burger seller nearby my house, of course..I have been some what a regular customer for quite a while..

I always walk on feet to go to the stall..It's just about 3 minutes walk from my house..

There's one thing not quite good about this stall..It closes quite early, which is around 12 midnight..

It is situated right at the border cross junction of Taman Pertama - Taman Kobena..You know, the place where a mamak stall used to be very very famous, even before Steven's Corner exists, I think..

*The stall*

*Ordering my favourite Double Special*

Double burger slice in one burger, be it any choices from chicken, beef, or prawn..

*Sizzling hot*

*Nice chilli sauce, mayonnaise, and black pepper sauce while the burger slice still on the hot frying pan*

*My burger is done*

*Not quite good-looking*

This Double Special costs RM 3.50, be it with chicken or beef..

A normal Prawn Special would be RM 3.00 compared to Chicken / Beef Special - RM 2.50..

*It's definitely one of my all-time favourite food and supper*

*Add on a slice of cheese of my own..Haha*

A slice of Cheesedale cheese will make you feel like you are eating a Double Cheese Burger from McD..

But of course, my Double Special has an additional egg with it..

It's totally finger-licking good..

Day 2 - 6pm

After wandering around in Langkawi Parade, we went out to the shoplots at the town area..Trying to survey the prices for the goodies we are going to buy - chocolates and liquors..

Then, we came across this shop..

*The Chapalang Shop*

Chapalang, in Cantonese slightly means varieties..As 'Chap' = mixtures / campur-aduk, and 'Hampalang' = all sort of things / kesemua barang..

So, the combination result of 'Chap' + 'Hampalang' = Chapalang..

At about 6.30pm, we left the shops and headed to the jetty, the Dataran Lang, where the Mighty Lang is staying..

What else to do but cam-whore~~!! A pic says a thousand words..Enough said..

*Parked our car and walked to the square*

*The mighty Lang is just in the middle of the Dataran*

*Flying up high*

*Dataran Lang, launched by our former PM, Tun Dr Mahathir*

*Handsome looking Lang.?*

*I believe I can fly~*

*I'm gigantic*

*I'm holding the belittled Golden Lang~!*

*I think I caught the Lang as well~!!*

*When Yatz and Lang become 1..The Yatzlang~!! (pic courtesy of Lipau)*

*Hiew the conqueror, with the Mighty Lang as his "back-up"*

*The Lang likes my finger-massage*

*Whoa..Hikaru caught the Lang's wing*

*At last, before we left..I befriended with the Lang and now I have a Golden Lang as my pet ^^ (pic courtesy of Hikaru)*

At about 8pm, we left Dataran Lang and went to Langkawi Fair Shopping Mall..

I guess the place is something like Jaya Jusco at Taman Maluri, Cheras..

But it's getting late..Most of the stores were closing..

*The empty-looking Langkawi Fair Shopping Mall*

A car fair was being held there..

*Mitsubishi Lancer*

Guess how much this baby costs in duty-free zone Langkawi.?? Just about RM 56k~!!

Imagine if you were to buy a Proton in Langkawi..Dumbfucked, right.??

*Other colors on display*

*Very spacious, but very empty*

Our main reason to be there is to pay a visit to the F.O.S (Factory Outlet Store)..We bought some clothes, and got to spin the Wheel Of Fortune with the single receipt..

*Filling in the Wheel Of Fortune entry form*

*The Wheel Of Fortune~!*

*Spin spin spin..Pening lah wey*

We got a RM 10 cash voucher and I used it to buy a Adidas soccer socks..Hahaha..

At about 9pm, our stomach already started to play the drums and gongs..

In search of nice food, we came across this shop selling Bak Kut Teh..

*The Shark Fing Restoran.?? Shouldn't it be Restoran Shark Fing or Shark Fing Restaurant.??*

Shark Fing sells shark fins.?? I don't think so..

Bak Kut Teh or seafood.? BAK KUT TEH~!! Majority wins..

This Bak Kut Teh, costs RM 6 per pax only..When we got to know the price before deciding how many pax are we ordering, we were like, WTF~!! So cheap.??

I couldn't remember how many pax we ordered, I think we ordered a claypot for 4..

And the result.??

*Looks alot.?? NOT~!!*

And they put-in beefballs in it.?? Beef is not compatible with Bak Kut Teh at all..

Bak Kut Teh is about pork and nothing but pork..

No more Bak Kut Teh in Langkawi..Lesson learned..

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REMINDER :-

As a matter of fact, if you ever visit Langkawi..Never ever eat your lunch or dinner in the town area..Unless if you are eating fast food like KLG, KFC, or McD..

Have your meal in the countryside such as Jalan Pantai Cenang..It's much tastier and reasonable, I suppose..

Check out this related entry that I wrote 3 months ago, again..Requested : Langkawi Trip Spoiler..

The restaurant that I talked about in the related entry is just situated opposite this Shark Fing Restoran (duh~)..

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After the meal, everyone in a tired state, headed back to our resort to have a nice bath and fun of the night..

It was a long journey..About 20-30 minutes drive, in the dark without much street lights..

With my concentration on the driving, we reached the resort at about 10.30pm..

Rest, and took turns to have a bath..

It was about 12.30am when we were ready to play our lose-and-you-will-drink card games..

*The Alize - French vodka and cognac, with natural exotic fruits*

*The drink is blue in color*

*Slightly smaller than the 1.5L Sprite, of course*

*Card on your forehead*

We were playing "Guess Whose Card Smaller.?!?!*

If you haven't play it before..Here's the explanation..

First, every player get a trump card, and place it facing outward on your forehead..

In this way, you wouldn't know what your card is..And you could only see the cards on other players forehead..

Diamond Ace being the smallest card and Spade King being the biggest card..

Based on the cards that you see, you can choose to add the soft drink, or the liquor, or not adding anything into the glass, which eventually the loser will drink it all..

Let say if my card is number 2 and yours is number 3..As I can see, my opponent holds the card number 3..

Who would have guessed in that 54 cards, I'm holding a card which is smaller than number 3..

For sure, I'll add-in the liquor, thinking that I wouldn't lose to number 3..

And the opponent, sees my card number 2, for sure, too he/she will add-in liquor into the glass..

When finished adding, open the cards..Mine is smaller..Therefore the punishment, finish up the drink..

*Deral knows he's wrong for adding too much liquor, but in the end, he's the one finishing it..Hahaha*

Deral was the first one who surrendered..Hiew and Hikaru, too in half-sober state..

I'm still alive after just a few glasses, with uncountable red-marks on my body (perhaps they are rashes, but it's not itchy at all)..Lipau, the winner among us..

*Whole bottle neat, at about 3am*

*Lipau still stand, because she uses Brylcreem*

*Hiew the photographer, snapped his own pic in half-sober state..Hahaha*

After that, everyone got to sleep..

And that's the end of Part 4 and the end of Day 2..

Hopefully, I can finish the final installment of my Langkawi Trip Pentalogy as soon as possible..

The FIFA World Cup 2006 is just around the corner..

The official opening match will due to start on this coming Friday, 9th of June 2006, in Germany..

Everyone is talking aloud which are their favourite teams and all..

Most Malaysians will support the few great teams of all-times..Namely Brazil, Germany, Argentina, Italy, England, Holland, and Spain..

But the most.?? I have to say England, coz Malaysians are brought up with English Premier League thrills..Not much on other leagues in Europe..

So indirectly, they'll support England as if England is their home country..

As for me, I'm rather a rational football fanatic, as in having a realistic perspective in everything in football..

Well, you see, I supported the Charlton Athletics since 1999 and still am one of the very few supporters in Malaysia, or perhaps the only one, I guess.?

I too used to support the great teams like Manchester United, Liverpool, Chelsea, and Newcastle when I was in primary school..

Back then in the year of 1995/96, Arsenal was nothing but an Everton, if compared to the rankings now and then..

Anyway, now, I too support Arsenal because they played different style of football from any other teams in the EPL..

But of course, as I said, I'm rational and realistic..I do support Charlton but I know they won't be able to compete the champion's trophy..

Still, I support them because they are a great team..And I support Arsenal to vie for the champion's trophy..

Everyone who knows me well enough where football matters, you sure know I'm the kind of person who support the underdogs, rather than powerful teams..

Why am I talking bout leagues here.? Shit..Out of topic once again..

Let's get back to the World Cup..

Ok..The same thing applies..Rational and realistic..I'm a supporter of Sweden since World Cup 1994, and still am til now, with the greats of Henrik Larsson, Zlatan Ibrahimovic, and Fredi Ljungberg..

And not to forget our Asian roots..I'm an all-time Hidetoshi Nakata's fan since his appearance in the World Cup 1998..

Therefore, I'm also a fan of Japan, the country of the rising sun..

Again, I know Japan is up to the standard to vie for the World Champion title, but I wish them best of luck to go as far as they can, just like what South Korea did 4 years ago..

Probably Sweden could match the so-called prodigies in everywhere of the great teams in Europe and South America..

Wayne Rooney and Theo Walcott could make a great impact in this coming World Cup..Unfortunately Wayne Rooney has a metatarsal injury or something, whatever..

Lionel Messi, regarded as the new Diego Maradona..Robinho, as the new Pele..Francesc Fabregas as the new whoever it is..

Duh..Whoever they are..What about Ronaldinho.?? Personally, I strongly agree that Ronaldinho is the best player of all-time being..

Yeah..You heard me..I do think he's better than the so-called legends of Pele, Johan Cruyff, Franz Beckenbauer, Michel Platini, and whoever the legends were, you name it..

Ronaldinho is the only player that plays beautiful football with his feet just for the sake of entertainment for the supporters..Enough said..

Ok..Perhaps i haven't watched the 'Legends' play before..But just by the skills, you'll know who is better now..

I didn't forget about Thierry Henry, Rafael van der Vaart, David Beckham (satisfied when I add him in the list.??), Michael Ballack, Jose Antonio Reyes, Francesco Totti, yada yada yada..

I know they are great players with excellent ability to read the games well..I know Brazillians are not the best..Perhaps they are one of the best..

Ruud van Nistelrooy is the best striker (duh~).?? What about Andriy Shevchenko.??

To be realistic, Ukraine will be hardly to compete for the trophy even if Shevchenko is a god or whatever organisme he is, he can't play alone..

But I'm pretty sure Shevchenko will be one of the great contenders for the Golden Boots..

Alright, perhaps Didier Drogba, Ronaldo, Adriano, Miroslav Klose, Thierry Henry, and umm, who else, Cristiano Ronaldo (again, satisfied.??), and few more stars will be vying for the Golden Boots as well..

Has anyone forgotten Serie A's topscorer, Luca Toni.?? Perhaps not much Malaysians know about it when they only indulged themselves with EPL..

But I don't think I want to see Peter Crouch dances on the pitch everytime he scores a goal..Meaning.? I don't want to see him score goals..Nono to 'The Crouch Dance'..

Favourites.?? I mean the favourite to win the title..It has to be Brazil, no doubt, although it's a bit of boring to see them lifting the trophy for the 6th time..

Dark horse.?? I would have to say Sweden..And perhaps and African country, Ivory Coast.?

Senegal and South Korea did it 4 years ago..Why not Sweden and Ivory Coast this time, right.?

Let's have a little prediction here..Who'll advance to the 2nd round of 16..

A - Germany, Poland..B - England, Sweden..C - Argentina, Ivory Coast..D - Mexico, Portugal..

E - Czech Republic, Italy..F - Brazil, Japan..G - France, Togo..H - Spain, Ukraine..

What's your say.??

I'm not bias..I'm not un-realistic..I'm not irrational..It's just my pick that I feel..Like Kennysia says "No say, just feel"..

Before I stopped my topic, there's something funny to look at..

On The Star's newspaper, Monday, 5th of June 2006 issue, StarBiz pullout section, page-12, talks about some CEOs passion for the World Cup..

I found one funny thing about some of the CEOs involved in the interviews, particularly Michael Lai, TM Net CEO..

He thinks Holland is the dark horse..WTF~?! Holland would absolutely be one of the unicorns to challenge for the trophy, although I didn't choose them to be in the 2nd round of 16..

And the CEO's fondest memory about watching a World Cup match.?? You wouldn't remembered any or believe it..

His fondest memory is watching the 1998 World Cup Final between France and Brazil..

The extraordinary thing is, he watched another 'version' of the game..Ya, you heard me..Another 'VERSION'.!!

He said, "France won based on penalty shoot-outs, after they had played extra time and still were at a draw..That was really heart-wrenching to see Brazil lose the Cup due to that"..

No wonder that was his fondest memory..He was watching his own game, I guess..A very different thing from my 'version'..

I 'thought' France won the game fair and square on 90-minutes full-time with the score 3-0..Hmm, I guess I need to revise my football knowledge and facts..

That's something for us to laugh about eh.. *grins*