worst t-shirt ever

my refrigerator..
30 December, 2008

it was 7.45 p.m, just after maghrib prayer. i was feeling a bit thirsty. so i went to the kitchen, straight to the the fridge to look for refreshments. there was a bottle of apple juice, and a jug of water. in the end, i settled for a cup of water. weird choice, yes i know.

as i was enjoying my drink, i left the fridge door open. i was still indulging my drink when i heard a weird noise from the fridge. it was not that loud, but still it was enough to attract my attention. at first, i thought it might be the sound of a mouse or a lizard trapped behind the fridge. but after a closer inspection, i find out that the noise came form the fridge itself. it sounded like this:

tit, tit, tit....a very machine like sound

i was curious, but at the same time i was feeling excited. i mean, fridges aren't suppose to make any noises, are they? i could feel like the fridge was trying to communicate to me, send me some message, or perhaps it just want to have a chat with it's master, who knows?

and so, my imagination became wilder. maybe that my fridge was transmitting a message from an alien being, declaring friendship or whatever. it could also be that my fridge somehow intercepted a message from an intergalactic warships to their fighter jets, telling the time to invade our earth. maybe that my fridge just happens to be a robot in disguise, like sam witwicky's chevy camaro? it could be, right?

somehow, my brain started to work properly again, and it completely shut off my imagination with a big "NO! there's no way stuff like that are going to happen, except in movies of course. so cut the crap, and get out of the kitchen. and close the fridge door". and so i did.

i was leaving, but somehow my curiosity got the better of me, so i opened the fridge again just to make sure. and there was nothing, just plain silence, much to my disappointment.

perhaps whatever the sound was, it could feel my lack of interest, and therefore leaves to find another person who are interested.

if that's the case, then i must say i had let a chance of once-in-lifetime adventure slip out of my hand. damn.

it's only later i realised that maybe the fridge was making noises because i let door open for too long.

so, if there was any message from the fridge to me, it could be

"please close the door, will you?"

so my hopes for an unrealistic adventure disappeared again.. cehh..



salam maal hijrah to all of you..

Posted bySyafiq Ridhwan at 2:42 AM 5 comments  

the season so far
27 December, 2008

so, the boxing day bonanza is here again. the special occasion where the englishmen decided that they are willing to sacrifice their festive season and play two games in the space of three days. all of this just to entertain us, or so i wish.

anyway, boxing day also mark that the season is already halfway through. so, i thought this might be the perfect time to give my review of the current season. it might be a bit late, but still not too late, i believe. so, here goes..

best player: nicholas anelka scoring spree might encourage many to pick him, but i believe the best performer so far this season come from the league leaders, liverpool in the shape of dirk kuyt. with torres injured and keane firing blanks most of the time, kuyt has rediscover his scoring touch and had been contributing some important goals for liverpool. add that with his superhuman work rate, and you got yourself a very excellent player.

best young player: call me biased, but i believe no one deserved this more than rafael da silva. to shunned two more established defenders in your first year of senior football is something not many players has been able to do, and he did just that. while his and his twin fabio rise to prominence is reminiscent of neville brothers, we surely hope that fabio doesn't suffer the same fate as phil had.

best transfer: while wigan's amr zaki will be automatic choice of many, i do feel that martin o'neill made a better deal bringing in steve sidwell and brad fridel to the midlands. sidwell rose from a dreadful season with chelsea, commanding the midfield and disposing reo-coker to the bench in the process, while friedel has been... well, brad friedel.

worst transfer: jo, dossena, robbie keane, berbatov, hadji diouf.. pick anyone you like from a very long list.. you can even pick mark hughes.

biggest surprise: hull city exceeded all expectations by being where they are right now, but the biggest surprise is that come january, liverpool are still contesting the league title.

not-so-surprise: robbie keane becoming another, apart from torres of course, woeful striker bought by benitez.

best debut: hull deserve another mention here, so did amr zaki, but no one could better joe 'f******' kinnear. in his first press conference as newcastle manager, he swears to the press and repeatedly mentioning the word 'c***' to a journalist. what a way to start your new job.

wind of change: long before obama was elected as the first us black president, the premier league introduced their first black manager in the shape of paul ince. he did not fared well though, and was sacked after 17 games. hope obama will do better. a lot better.

rearguard action: after so many shocking results, many believed that the gulf of quality between the big four and the rest of the league are getting narrow, but i see it as more lesser teams elected to play defensively against the bigger team, preventing them from playing the ball and try to hit them on counter attack and set pieces. ala bolton in big sam's time.

old is gold: at the age of 35 and 34, ryan giggs and nick barmby are still strutting their stuffs at the highest level, proving that experience still counts in this era of fast and furious.

biggest letdown: an array of brazillian superstars, led by the 32-million-man, or kid i suppose, robinho at manchester city who are supposed to set the premiership alight with their football. they failed. miserably.

unsolved mystery: how arsenal managed to beat man u and chelsea, but lost to fulham and stoke still baffled everyone, including the scotland yard officers.

biggest confession: william gallas reveals all about arsenal's dressing room unrest and his feud with a certain player to the press, which resulted in him losing the captaincy of arsenal.

best modesty: cristiano ronaldo claiming he should be the no. one, two and three of the fifa best player award. quite humble guy, isn't he?

now, i could rant more and more, but i guess i save them for my end of season review. until then, enjoy football.

Posted bySyafiq Ridhwan at 2:57 AM 3 comments  

sembang2 kosong..
19 December, 2008

owh, dah lame tak menulis. takdela lame sgt, baru seminggu je pun. still, walaupun hasil penulisan aku tidak seprolifik nazir kimpit yg menulis post baru setiap 20 jam, hati ini sgt kepingin utk menceritakan sesuatu. maka, aku menulisla segale sampah yg bermain di fikiran aku. kalau takde mase nak bace bende yg mengarut, korg boleh berhenti bace sekarang. consider yourself warned. haha.

setakat ni, hidup aku sgt biase. kebanyakn mase dihabiskan di hadapan komputer, sekali sekala pergi bermain futsal, takpun dota (komputer gak) bersame rakan2. tu jela yg mmpu aku lakukan, smentara rakan2 yg dekat2 ni masih bercuti. nnt diorg dah blah, termanggu2 aku kesepian selama 2 bulan lbih tggu fly..

bercakap pasal fly, nampaknya macam aku seorang je yg masih tak buat ape2. dgrnye semua rakan yg ke melbourne dah ade rumah. even rakan2 kat rmit pun dah pakat rumah masing2. nampaknye, aku macam kene tidur tepi longkang jela sorang2. nak buat macam mane, dah kene tinggal.shopping lgla, nnt aku pgla menjarah segale bundle kt lembah klang ni cari kelengkapan aku. haha.

lg mengnai fly, walaupun aku malas nak bersiap, nampakye semua org bersungguh nak tolong aku. umelb bertubi2 menghantar email mengenai macam2 program untuk mereka yg nak fly ni. ade pre-departure briefing la, jumpe prof la, ntah ape2 lgla. semai mesra lak, tak cukup dgn email, hantar bukan satu, tapi DUA jemputan gi kem tu. mane diorg dapat alamat aku aku pun tak tau. semangat sgguh firsab. adik die ntah pg ke tidak.. hahaha. kalau adik kau pergi firsab suruh die bwak buah hati kesayangan die skali.. hahaha..

minggu lpas terlpas peluang untuk ke pc fair pasal balik kampung. bukan ade duit pun nak beli ape, cume nak sekdar tgk2 gadget2 terkini (cewahh.. bajet hi tech lak) ngan tgk2 laptop, mane tau berkenan. beberapa recomendation dari rakan2 mencadangkan beli asus, takpun lenovo, tapi aku tak sure, aku ni bute it sket. bapak aku syorkan hp, tp memikirkan camane laptop felix ranap dek dota 22 jam sehari dulu, rasenye aku tak berminat dgn hp.. tgkla nnt camane..

tak sahla kalau aku, rayap tak sembang pasal bola. tgk mu main lawan gamba osaka ptg tadi agak kecewa hati nurani aku ni. defend sgt mudah dibolosi. kalau gamba dah boleh score tiga, camane nak lawan ldu nnt. sgt2 jelas yg neville dah tak boleh main lg. nampak sgt yg die tak fit, walaupun alasan letih travel jauh boleh dipakai. walaupun legend, seperti mane yg kawan aku cakap, still die sendiri patut dah tau yg die tak mungkin dapat main lg utk full 90 minutes cam zaman2 die muda dulu. masih ade sinar2 kecemerlangan dari giggs dan scholes, tpi, dgn barisan pemain mude yg lg fresh dan bertenaga, tak tau berape lame lg diorg akan bertahan. agaknye diorg retired dulu dari ferguson. heh.

cakap pasal isu semasa lak. perisitwa tanah runtuh kat bukit antarabngsa, walaupun dah lame berlaku, masih lagi hangat diperkatekan. di tabloid2 malaysia, yg rasmi mahupun yg alternatif, masih lg memainkan isu ni. salah menyalahkan makin rancak berlaku, lg2 bile kerajaan negeri dgn pusat len2 kepala. masing2 taknak ngaku salah, point kat org len gak. agak kecewa gkla, kerana patutnye pade mase2 getir ni, sepatutnye semua pihak bekerjasama, tp lain lak jadinye.. hishh..

sempat juga aku tgk video di mane penduduk yg terlibat marah2 depan azmin ali. ala, yg kuar berita tu.. terkebil2 azmin menjawabnye. lawak gak aku tgk, tp agak kecewa dgn sikap lelaki tu. yela, die mangsa, mmg patut dapat bantuan, tapi takyahla sampai nak memaki hamun, hanye sebab petugas2 tu taknak tolong die pindah barang dari rumah die. hukaloh, sampai gitu sekali. patutnye die faham, yg petugas dahla sukarela dtg tolong, banyak lg kerja yg die nak buat. takkan nak layan die sorg je. bukannye die sorg bayar cukai kat mpaj. yg kalut selamatkan brg buat ape. pindah dulu, nnt dah selamat bawak la brg sket2. haii, tk paham aku manusia, walaupun aku ni manusia.

panjang rasenye aku dah menulis, baik aku berhenti dulu. kalau korang berade di sini skarang, aku ucapkan syabas, dan terima kasih kerane sggup dgr aku membebel kat sini. korgla sahabat aku dunia akhirat. hahaha..

ciao..

Posted bySyafiq Ridhwan at 5:12 AM 7 comments  

ku ingat rosak.. rupenye..
11 December, 2008

petang tadi main futsal. 2 jam di ampang sportplanet. lame tu. pancit itu mesti, tapi memikirkan yg mmber2 aku ni cuti tak lame, maka aku gagahkan diri, main puas2. nnt tak dapat men lg, complain lak bosan duduk rumah.

selesai main, badan lesu, letih. malaysia lak perlukan sokongan aku, nak lawan thailand nih. so, kene cepat2 balik, nnt terlepas pulak. maka, bayar, salam2 dgn rakan tande perpisahan, lepas itu bergegas ke kereta untuk pulang.

setibanye aku di kereta, rakan aku a.k.a tuan punya kereta tgh termanggu2 bersama seorang lg rakan aku. kenape lak ni, bisik aku.

"apehal?"

"kereta takleh start.."

uik. pulak doh..

pengtahuan mengenai kereta aku mmg cetek, biarla hari2 tgk video topgear pun. same jugela dgn due2 rakan aku ni, harap reti je bawak kereta. maka, kami yg sgt buntu ni cube la meminta bantuan dari rakan2 yg masih ade.

skali belek, tgk macam air bateri dah kering, kate mmber aku la. maka kami mengambil keputusan untuk gune jumper, manelah tau, hidup keta ni. menambahkan lg keyakinan kami, kebtulan macha yg jadi jaga tu ade wayar jumper. maka kami pun mencuba nasib.

tapi, nasib tak menyebelahi kami. dahla kene tolak keta keluar dari parking, dah berkali2 start pun masih tak mahu lg. siap lebur wayar jumper sebab panas sgt, still takdek kesan lgsung. sia2 je.

last2, kereta tu ditinggalkan dulu, kami semua balik naik kereta kawan yg lain. kereta tu kemudiannye diselamatkan oleh jiran tuan punya kereta tu.

malam td, rase ingin tahu bersame ambil berat aku membuatkan aku bertanyekan keadaan kereta tersebut.

"ape cite keta ko?"

"ok dah.."

"ape yg rosaknye?"

"ala, wayar bateri tu loose, die tak connect.. huhu.."

serius, time ni aku terase bodoh umpama cipan. letih2 tolak kereta ape sume, rupenye2 cume wayar yg loose je?!!??!!

kene berguru pasal kereta ngan jeremy clarkson ni..

Posted bySyafiq Ridhwan at 4:05 AM 6 comments  

team of the year 2008
10 December, 2008

i was just surfing through uefa website to check out last night champions league results when i stumble upon this: team of the year 2008

so, apparently uefa is selecting their team of the year for this year, and they would like you to help them! all you need to do is just vote for the best player of each postition from the given candidates, pick a coach and a captain, and then just submit your vote. well, its very simple, isn't it?

in case you're wondering, this is my team of the year:

goalkeeper: iker casillas

defenders: sergio ramos, carles puyol, rio ferdinand, yuri zhirkov

midfielders: cristiano ronaldo, xavi hernandes (c), andrei arshavin, wesley sneijder

forwards: lionel messi, david villa

so, if you're interested, go ahead and pick you own team!

Posted bySyafiq Ridhwan at 5:11 PM 2 comments  

raya ni..
07 December, 2008

walaupun suasana tak semeriah aidilfitri,

walaupun orang tak berpusu2 balik kampung,

walaupun orang tak sibuk shopping sakan,

walaupun orang tak buat open house dan bg duit raya,

still,

raya tetap raya...

maka,

aku mengucapkan,

selamat menyambut hari raya aidiladha pada semua..

Posted bySyafiq Ridhwan at 6:37 AM 10 comments  

beautiful game
01 December, 2008

no, im not going to talk about the derby, because i believe you all watched it. the so call duel between robinho and ronaldo did not worked out, with the latter got sent off for a silly foul. silly boy. thank god we got rooney. he did the talking during midweek, and got his job done on the weekend. i think there ought to be some action for his reaction towards the city fans, but then, as long as we win, i dont care.

ok, the game i want to talk about is actually the men doubles final at the hong kong event. the game took place at the evening, and involved our owns fairuzizuan-zakry taking own some korean pairs, which i completely forgot their name.

the game clearly was something to enjoy. both sets of players used all their techniques and different strokes, which results in a pulsating game. really, you just love it when that zakri guy does his deceiving drop shots. get in, son!!

they malaysian pair lost the first set, but they lost after giving a very good account of themselves, pushing the game to a few deuces before losing. at that time, i just can feel that it will be the same result like always, so i decided not to watch the second game.

however, my instinct deceives me for once, because as i got back on the game, they already managed to won the next set, and now they are playing in the decisive set. clearly that got my spirit boiling again and this time around i stay back throughout the game.

early in the third set, they were down by five points. however, they managed to clawed back to 5 all. from there, the game became a very tight game, with both sets of players using every bit of skills they have to outclass their opponents. it was like watching zidane and figo trying to outdo each other in a skills duel. ok, that was overrated, i know.

in the end, the tendency to play fancy games in the malaysian pair cause them to commit a few fatal errors, which resulted in a defeat for them. really, after such a wonderful performance from them, it is a shame to ended up on the losing side.

however, from what i saw, i clearly belive that in them, we already found a good doubles pair, to continue the legacy of malaysian shuttlers. there still a long way to go for them, and they must make sure that they must get their mind setting right, or ended up like koo-tan pairs, or even worst, hafiz hashim. it will be a huge task to take on,but i believe they could do it.

so guys, be sure to watch when our shuttlers competing in kk this december when they took part in the final events of the bwf super series. who knows, any one of our boys and girls will be able to win something to cheer up the local fans.

malaysia boleh!! hahaha.. i feel very patriotic right now.

Posted bySyafiq Ridhwan at 2:52 AM 1 comments