What a Crappy Nite..
December 26th, 2006 by whatdayisittoday

Hi all..

Since I work at night nowadays, I normally miss my EPL matches.. I
know, I know.. Waste of time, 22 men chasing 1 ball, (and my dad’s fav)
It’s all a scam!, etc.. But the point is, that’s all that I’d really like
to watch on the telly nowadays..

Well, the Reds lost away (Again!!) tonite, but on a positive note they
actually created a lot of chances.. I have Soccernet’s GameCast on all
night as the folks down at the Beer Garden were watching the MU game,
speaking of which, Ronaldo scored a brace, and there goes my Yahoo
Fantasy league rankings, as I thought he was way overpriced and
overhyped.. * looking at the floor*

Credit to Fergie, the boy can really play, ok..

The thing is that the Beer Garden is manned by a Siamese/Kelantanese
guy who really looks like a ‘gedebe’ (not to be confused gedebab, which
is what I call my little boy..) or a gangster. This guy drinks too many
Buds and is a Dunhill chain smoker, and appears to be your
run-of-the-mill sports junkie..

So the first time I went to the place a couple of weeks back, it was
sharp at 11.00 pm, I was hyped up with anticipation of high-octane EPL
action on the bigscreen with the volume cranked up to ear-bleeding
levels.. Guess what?

There he was, the Bud sipping specimen of the male specie, watching - A BOLLYWOOD TEAR-JERKER!!

Oh My God..

I nearly bled kicking the bar stool..

Well no offense to all you Hindustani movie lover out there, but on a Saturday Nite, in a bar? Not funny.

Essien’s own goal? FUNNNEEEE.. (I just HAD to say that out..)

You know what’s funny? It’s the fact that you expect to find all your
mates by googling them.. And by thinking that you’re gonna send that
e-mail once you’ve find them (if ever..), or ask them out for a drink..

DId a Friendster search on my primary school mates, and it struck me
that I don’t remember any of them.. I actually did bump into a couple
of my secondary school mates once in a while, and it was so, so
convenient to just forget them and to re’lose contact’, to borrow a
favourite phrase.. It hits me that the feeling was mutual as I go to
the same open houses every year, and I hang out with the same crowd all
the time..

My theory is that those who are not within your daily domain, will not
get into it, as how those e-mails in your Outlook archives that you
treasure so much are really bytes of crap in the Exchange Server
waiting to be purged out, and since you don’t remember what they are
about anyway, it’s better for you to save your company’s disk space by
clearing your inbox and get that nagging Admin ‘You have exceeded disk
space’ message out of the way..

To know whether something is useful or not, try this personal tip:

1. Close your eyes
2. Ask yourself whether would your life be affected in any way if you lose that thing or not
- Don’t be complicated, be reasonable and you’ll definitely have a better, clutter free life..

(Now this works while shopping as well, but do it BEFORE you purchase something.. and NO, your virginity is not included..)

More of the same tomorrow as I have work to do..

A Good Start, Mr. President!

I am in the view that the Palestine-Israel conflict has nothing to do with religion. Sure, it serves as a motivation for certain quarters, but in principle, it is about rightful ownership of the land.

I wouldn’t be happy if someone chased me out of my own home and turn it into their own. No one would.

If peace is to prevail, Obama has to go where no other person has ever gone before, and that is into the deep abyss of confusion, hatred and mistrust between both parties.

As much as the Arabs/Iranians want, they can’t just wipe out Israel from the face of the planet. Pro Zionists also needs to accommodate the fundamental right to human survival of the Palestinians. Obama is right to assert that we have differences, but we also have our common denominators, like enjoying a peaceful lifetime.

The more we dwell on our differences, the less time we have to move forward due to the friction that hatred and frustration breeds.

I am a Muslim with a really good friend who is Jewish. I’ve been to a synagogue, and in awe of the similarities that we have. I also have Hindu, Christian and Buddhist friends. Our differences allow us to deepen our faith by knowing that the Creator has created us to know and learn from one another.

From the Bible:

“God does not show favoritism, but accepts men from every nation who fear [reverence] Him and do what is right”1 (Acts 10:34-35 NIV

From the Holy Qur’an:

“O Humankind! We have created you from male and female and have made you into peoples (shu‘ub) and tribes (qaba’il) that you may know one another; truly, the noblest (akram) among you before God are the most pious (atqa) among yourselves; indeed, is God the All-knowing, the All-seeing.” (49:13)

Hopefully the future is bright for the brotherhood of mankind.