Manchester United – The 2008 Champions League Champions!!!

YES YES YES!!! Man Utd emerged champion again!!! I think the last champions league finals I’ve watched was almost 10yrs ago when I was still in my uni days…

It all started like this…

14 May, 2008
Shanker : hmmm....any of em interested in watching the Champions League final?
There's still some leftovers from the final day of EPL...
Me : i am interested... hehehehe.... wat is the exact date & time ah? i have to start planning my "leave" d... hehehehe... Allen, Kenny, Elaine.. u guys into it???
AKH : sure come one.....this time I think my dad knock out ...too early in the morning for him....we camp in shaker's house...dinner and breakfast provided...ha ha!!!
Shanker : Date : 21st May 2008
Time : At about Graveyard shift hours (most prob 2 or 3 am)
MC : Chits will be supplied on a first come first serve basis via tender to the highest bidder...
Me : need to change the subject title of this email d...
so.. game is on 21may.. means malaysian time 22 may(thursday) early morning rite??? dinner & bfast provided? hahaha.. AKH is gonna sponsor izzit????
Shanker : Time : Think so. Will verify the date - so when you guys apply for MC/EL/AL/AWOL - whatever, it will be the right date...
Food: Will leave that to the organising Chairman (AKH - hereby voluntarily elected) to decide...
AKH : yes!! akh sponsor...actually paid by shanker by use my name only....agreed??...decided...everyone thank shaker plse.....domo arigato!!
Elaine : aiyo ... how early in the morning ah ??
Me : wahahaha... crazy football fan!! hahaha...
Elaine.. juz now i checked Astro... match is 2am.. (early morning of Thursday, 22 May) so.. by time whole thing finish.. shd be around 4-5am la.. hope the match dun go into extra time/penalty shoot out la.. den it will be even longer.. hahaha...
Shanker : Cushion pillows will be provided for those who enter wearing an MU jersey....
Kenny : wah u guys so happening ah... macam besok already final... hahaha....pls count me in yah... wah must wear MU jersey one ah? then hv to go petaling street buy one... anyone can help me to buy? hahahha... =Peh btw Marianne... it should be UEFA not EUFA.... =P
Elaine : wah ... its fun ... however i cant afford to stay up late dy hehehehe ... u guys have fun la !!!
Shanker : MU Jersey - Summit got sell one....RM29/---
AKH : ok....no need jersey lah....except for marianne yah...phew...guys can come with MU painted on the face....war paint mah.....anyway...2am ah??? wow...habis...for me...maybe the TV will be watching me by 130am...ha ha!!!
AKH : looks like no reply from allen...sudah tidur ke??? eh....belum time sudah tidur...
Kenny : mayb allen went to KLIA to buy a flight to Moscow... hahaha... want to watch LIVE!! hahahaha...
Shanker : maybe he's starting to sleep now to prepare for the game....you know la orang tua must need more hours for beauty sleep...
Kenny : hahahaha.... then we wont be seeing allen until nex thursday morning.... hahahaha..... =P
Marianne : aiyoyo!!!!! u guys ah!!!! i juz went to gym.. come back my inbox flooded!!!!!!!
MU jersey!! NO PROBLEM!!! I have!!! but outdated one la.. still with SHARP as sponsor.. and Vodafone one oso i have.. hahaha.. MU cap oso i have... hahaha.. but dunno put where d...
yalah yalah.. Kenny... UEFA i kno la.. typo saja la...
Allen ah? yalor.. go buy ticket to watch LIVE in Moscow oso din inform us... *sob sob* i oso wan watch LIVE mah!! wahahaha....
paint face ah!!! wow!! tat's fun!!! hehehehehe... but i scared wen i go home.. my parents dun recognise me la.. nanti ingat HANTU la... hahahahahhaha
Shanker : I think mayb Allen mistook MAS free flight program....it's only for local flights....that's why no reply from him so far....still arguing with Idris Jala

21 May, 2008
Kenny : So… u gonna go watch the match at Shanker’s house?
Me : Yes of course! If I have kaki lah!
Kenny : Me lor!
Me : Ok cool! Let’s crash his place den… Hope I can wake up…
Kenny : Put on ur alarm lah…

Finally… only myself and Kenny crashed at Shanker’s hse to watch the finals. True footy fans.. the rest???

Allen – got to attend a meeting with boss the next morning at 830am.. can’t afford to stay up “early”
Elaine – can’t afford to stay up “early” oso.. well… this one… not really a DIE HARD footy/Man Utd fan
AKH – initially joining us at Shanker’s. But finally watched at home pulak..

11pm, 21 May 2008
Hmmm… knowing myself… I sure over slept if I go to sleep now and set the alarm to wake up at 2am… so.. I took out my DVD folder and selected 2 movies to watch…

By time I finished the 2nd movie… it’s about time!!!

2.24am Kenny : Eh wake up dy?
2.25am Me : Haha! I din zzz..on way dere now

2.45am, 22 May 2008
The game starts!!

The 1st half was so entertaining… “MU’s passing is so sleek…”, claimed Shanker…
Yes!!! Their passing is juz amazing!!! Ronaldo scored MU’s 1st goal with a great header after some very nice passes from his MU teammates. HURRAY!!!!!!!!!!!!! Everyone in the room jumped with joy!!!!

Few more mins to ½ time… MU’s defence started to break… being complacent eh?

Outcome? Chelsea's Frank Lampard took advantage of this and equalized before the ½ time whistle was blown.

Arghhhhhhhhh……… the whole room was in silence after Chelsea equalized… Typical reaction from MU fan…

2nd half… score still 1-1. But there are a few heart pumping moments from both sides… nice shots on goal.. but didn’t result in another goal.

90 mins up! Extra time!!! Oh… it’s 430am and the match has no winner yet!!!

I almost fell asleep during extra time… I doze off on several occasions… only towards the last few mins I was FULLY awake!!!

It’s MU’s kick but somehow.. chelsea players went up to MU players… outcome? Chelsea’s Drogba got sent off! RED Card from the referee!!!

Chelsea down to 10 man…

Times up!!! It’s penalty shootout time… This is the most nerve wrecking part…

Ronaldo stepped up to take the 3rd shot for MU… Cech saved the shot!!! Arghhhhhhhhhh….

The next few penalty was really nerve wrecking…

John Terry then stepped up to take the shot which could hand Chelsea the trophy if he successfully kicked the ball to the back of the net… The ball hit the underside of the goal post!!! MU’s chance of winning the trophy is still ALIVE!!!

Anelka stepped up… his shot denied by Van Der Sar!!!! Great goalkeeping!!!

MU is the CHAMPION!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Light bulb......

Hmmm… whenever people mentioned light bulb.. it always link to the person which seems like a “hindrance”/“why u’re here” character/person to a couple who are romantically involved.

Initially… I planned to titled this blog – “Expectation (of a friendship)”, but suddenly this word "light bulb" comes into my mind.. so.. decided to re-titled this blog.

2 person makes a good pair for good friends… can we have 3 good friends? 4 good friends? 5 good friends? The answer is IT’S ALL UP TO YOU!!! Will it ever be overcrowded? Well... again.. the answer is IT DEPENDS ON YOU!!!

Some people enjoy big crowd... they enjoy having lots of friends around them. Some people would rather have a few good friends gather together and spend quality time with each other.

To many people... I'm a person who likes the "happening" environment, with lots of actions/activities going on... Well... to a certain extent, it's true. I enjoy people's company. But the "ant" inside me long for a quiet/still environment. All the happenings/actions/activities i got myself into... all these are juz a COVER UP!!!

"BE STILL!!!" a person very dear to me always tells me... "Why can't you juz sit still and not engage yourself in so many activities???"

Maybe... I'm in search of something... an emptiness inside me... I'll trying to fulfill something which i know can't be filled with all these activities...
"I KNOW!!!!!", the small voice inside me shouted. I tried to be still... but after a while... I would start looking for things to do... either to pass time or to get myself occupied...

What am i searching for??? I dunno.... or rather... i juz dun wan to know???
Well... as u may have known by now... I'm a person who looked strong on the outside... but actually very weak inside. I longed for care... attention... I'm not entirely that independant as many may have thought I am. =P

That's why friends are so important to me. "Then what about your family?", some may ask me. Hmm... family... yeah... they are important to me, but... I never treated my family members like my friends. In fact, i treat my friends even better than my family.

"You always think of your friends, your friends are always more important than your family!", that's wat mum always say to me...


That's why... I hold on very tightly to friendships. I get disappointed with my close friends more easily than my family members... Hmmm... a "heartless" person eh? Some may say... without your family... where wud u have been???
Lately... my mind started to go down memory lanes... to the times when i was still in university. The time i spent with the buddies i have back then(some which I still keep in touch till now), those were the really happy days. Of course there are ups & downs in our friendship back then... the quarrels... the mis-understanding... the embarrassments... But all these make the friendship even stronger.

I miss those days... I miss those feelings on friendship back then.

Now? I have many close friends of course. Are we close? Yes!!! We spent lots of time together... we eat, laugh, play, talk etc etc

But why do i still feel the emptiness i never felt during my university days?
Maybe I EXPECT more from a friendship as i grow older. I expect a friend to ALWAYS BE THERE whenever i need someone to talk to.. someone to console me.. someone to tell me "it's ok"

But when these friends are not available due to various reasons(work...studying abroad...family...friends... etc etc), or they didn't ask "how are you?" when i was down, then i get disappointed... I "blame" these friends for not being sensitive... I "blame" these friends for "negligence" cuz sometimes they might have found new friends to spend time with... and i wasn't the "only" good friend these people have... and I became the "3rd party" so to speak... i became the "light bulb"... I felt left out...

That's how i HONESTLY felt... I know i'm juz being very "kiddy" to feel this way... i know everyone have their personal space to get to know new friends... to spend time with their own friends... even married couples have their own non-mutual friends whom they hang out with!!! What more friends!!!
I remember telling this friend of mine on several occasions after i got over the "blaming" period... I told this friend... "I was "disappointed" that you never noticed i wasn't ok." Well... it wasn't entirely my friend's fault. Cuz i never tell this fren i wasn't ok!!! How do u expect people to know when i didn't voice out?

I know, I know.... it's my fault. I'm juz being OVER POSSESSIVE towards my friends!!!

runway OR runAway??? hmmm...

this is EXACTLY how i felt today... in fact... it's recently...

runway.. maybe u'd thought of the fashion mag Runway... well... it came across my mind as this.. but more appropriately.. to me.. it's a runway of my life... a road where i'm supposed to walk/run along throughout my whole life...


but... recently... i would like to runAway from this path... i would like to find a shortcut... a path for me to divert to... an ESCAPE route to be EXACT...

there are a few things which bothers me... well... 2 things, or rather 2 areas to be EXACT. Normally.. I would juz pour it out to my sis or fren(s) and i wud feel much better after pouring out.

but this time... i didn't do it. well.. there are fren(s) who noticed and asked me.. "is everything ok?" "are u ok?" "what's on your mind?"

my answer? "............."

i didn't answer their question(s) DIRECTLY...

I didn't want to share... i CHOOSE NOT to share... even my sis and a very good fren of mine(who are faithful listeners of mine) didn't kno wat's on my mind... I'm afraid to share... I fear the outcome... I fear wat would happen after i share... these 2 areas... are 2 important aspects of my life... i hold on to them dearly.

I know i should not hold on to these in my own hands... but... I juz can't do it!!! This time... i only cried out to God to help me... i'm heart broken... i can feel the pain...

It's something i have to overcome... i can't do it by myself.. i need God's help.

Do i actually have the little faith that God will work things out? honestly... i'm not sure...