Nasib baik aku ada di situ..

Nasib baik aku di kalangan penonton bola sepak hujung minggu lepas.

nasib baik aku dapat rasa kehangatan dan kemeriahn pasukan Malaysia menang...

malam ni kita kalah..tetapi kita menang...

perjuangan belum selesai selagi kita tak layak Piala Dunia.

Teruskan usaha pasukan Malaysia..mungkin ini bukan pasukan yang layak, tetapi yang penting nama Malaysia tercatat sebagai pasukan bertanding.

Lepas ini, ranking akan meningkat dan kita boleh teruskan dengan perlawanan persahabatan dengan pasukan handalan lain.. Jangan hentikan usaha kebangkitan ini.

Kita mula susun semula strategi dan kerangka program pembangunan pasukan Bola Sepak Malaysia.

Mulakan dengan penyusunan liga dan cungkil pelapis serta pemain berbakat di segenap posisi supaya tidak tandus. Tarik minat para penyokong.

Sokongan kewangan juga mesti lebih baik. Jangan satu pihak sahaja seperti TM. Pasukan Kelantan telah beri petunjuk bagaimana untuk dapatkan financial supporter.

Pemain import tiada pun takpe. Tetapi teruskan pendedahan di peringkat antarabangsa.

Serapkan taktikal permainan yang maju dan bukan tau clearance tak tentu arah sahaja.

Apa pun ini adalah titik perubahan. Syabas pasukan Malaysia. Teruskan peningkatan.

Selamat Berjuang

... Semoga kita menang lagi malam ini..

Artikel ini hasil tulisan Caleb Khew disiarkan di The Star semalam. Aku sangat teruja masa bacanya.

One of the most outstanding shows for Malaysia to remember
By CALEB KHEW

A true-blue Malaysia fan on the night the national football team mauled Indonesia.

I HAD doubts about going to Bukit Jalil today. I didn’t have a ticket, plus I wasn’t sure whether I will be able to snag one if I made it there.

Caleb Khew (middle) at the Suzuki Cup final first leg between Malaysia and Indonesia in Bukit Jalil on Sunday.
Not to mention that we are facing the form team of the tournament. In the end I decided to go, praying that there will be tickets remaining. As it turned out, there were plenty of tickets remaining.

I gladly bought mine, and went into the stadium a good three hours before kickoff. Going in so early ensured that my friends and I got fantastic seats, with a great view of everything.

Indonesia had thrashed us 5-1 in the group stage, a result that had most of the nation up in arms over the state of our football. Of course, these are the general fans (calling them fans is a bit of a stretch) who know next to nothing about the team and only know how to criticise.

But lo and behold, we made it to the final and suddenly there is mass interest in our team again. I guess success is the only way to drum up interest from the casual fans but their fickleness gets to me at times. Criticism from people who know nothing is the worst kind of criticism.


The emergence of the players from the tunnel resulted in a 100,000 strong ovation, which television simply did not do justice to.

Being part of the crowd was electrifying; the atmosphere, unreal. The ultras brought along their kompangs, fireworks and flares as per usual, creating an atmosphere inside Bukit Jalil that few stadiums anywhere in the world could hope to match.

Singing Negaraku along with 100,000 people, you could feel the goosebumps developing. Have you ever been part of a 100,000 strong crowd, experiencing the exact same emotions? I have.

Ther was one thing I felt tarnished our victory ever so slightly – the constant use of the lasers to distract the opposition as well as the flinging of fireworks and shooting explosives onto the pitch.

As a football purist, I find it disgusting, and the very real danger of having the match called off was not something I wanted to happen at all. Not to mention that it would probably endanger our team and travelling fans in the return leg.

But as a fan, I will admit that it was pretty fun to watch and be a part of. I wanted to chant along to the song everyone seemed to know. Sadly, I didn’t know the lyrics. It doesn’t mean I am any less of a fan. I just haven’t been to as many games.

I will learn this song.

As for the game, Malaysia totally dominated, creating more clear-cut chances, as well as having many more shots on target. Official stats listed us as having eight shots on target against one from Indonesia. Not very hard to figure why we won then.

I also saw a fan carrying an octopus with Malaysia inscribed below it. If an octopus says we are gonna win, who can argue with that?


The opening goal was a thing of beauty with Norsharul Idlan Talaha displaying terrific balance and did fantastically well to win possession as well as keep the ball in play on the byline before jinking past one challenge and squaring to Mohd Safee Sali, who had the simplest task of slotting the ball home.

Cue pandemonium. I can’t really remember what happened for the next two minutes, I just know that I reached a whole new level of euphoria during that time.

I was jumping up and down in my friend’s cup of sirap Bandung as well. My slippers were wet with pink drink. And I didn’t care at all, not a single iota.

However, what was extremely stupid was the launching of a firework onto the pitch during the celebrations, which exploded directly in front of one of our players. Good thing nothing terrible happened but it could have been worse.

I am all for the ultras but some common sense would be nice. The flares were a nice touch though. For a few moments, I felt like Bukit Jalil was an entirely different place; the atmosphere had reached a whole new level. It felt more like the San Siro. If you don’t know what that is, Google it.

The second goal was also brilliant with Norsharul again providing the assist. Taking out two defenders with a world-class turn (yes I said world class), he then slalomed past another defender before putting in a low cross, which took a deflection off an Indonesian defender before Mohd Ashaari slammed the ball into the top corner via the goalkeeper’s fingers. Stunning, absolutely stunning.

Mass pandemonium resumed, and I went back to my little happy place for another two minutes.

The third goal was scored by Safee again, with a neat little header from a beautiful early cross from Mahali bin Jasuli. You only see crosses like that in FIFA, such was its accuracy and execution.

Mass pandemonium again. In fact that whole 12-minute period was one constant high. I nearly lost my phone as well, but in this circumstance, I really couldn’t care less. I didn’t want the game to end, everything was perfect.

I’m a huge Manchester United fan and I celebrate every goal they score with enthusiasm and joy.

However, it is a totally different story when your country scores.

I am Malaysian and therefore I am connected to my national team in a way that no other team will ever be. Every goal the team scores is for us, all 26 million of us.

I will never forget the three goals they scored against Indonesia in the AFF tournament first-leg final and it only confirms why I love my national football team with a passion no other team will ever enjoy. Nothing United achieve will ever top this.

As the referee blew the whistle, every one of us stood up to salute our heroes. Eleven players who etched their name into Malaysian football folklore.

The atmosphere was still electric. I was still on my high.

So was everyone else around me. Malay, Chinese or Indian, it did not matter. Tonight, we were one. We were Malaysia. There is no other time can you high-five a complete stranger or celebrate wildly with the nearest person to you. They say football can unite people. They are not wrong.

The drive home was something I thoroughly enjoyed as well. You would have thought that with the jam, everything would be chaotic. It was, but in the good sense.

I rolled my windows down as my cousin hoisted the Jalur Gemilang. And we proceeded to high-five anyone that walked by as I honked all the way home.

It’s one of those things you see on television all the time, but being part of it is something else. Safe to say, the drive home was something else I will take away from this game.

Motorcycles and cars usually do not get along on the road. Tonight, even the vehicles came together as one as we shared Malaysia’s triumph.

This team have faced severe criticisms. This team were missing 10 key players. This team were given no chance in hell of going this far. This team did not have the support of the Malaysian public.

Until now. It irks me that the casual fans continue to criticise and criticise but on nights like these they magically become proud Malaysians.

Look around Facebook and Twitter and you will touch the tip of this very hypocritical iceberg. Maybe now they will l decide to follow the team a bit more closely and give them the support they need.

K. Rajagopal should be commended greatly for his work with our national squad. He knows where the weaknesses are and works on it. Our national team is now a cohesive unit; one who work for each member of the team.

The team used to be rubbish at marking and defending. Our defenders can now read the game like a book. Our midfield used to tire easily and used to have a poor work rate. The same can’t be said of them now.

And most notably, our strikers used to be selfish. They used to create only for themselves. Tonight, we saw our deadly front two combine with devastating effect.

Tonight, the entire team gave us a five-star performance. No doubt, this is due to years of hard work. And we are finally seeing the benefits of it.

Granted, this is only a regional tournament and we should have bigger fish to fry. But we are taking it slow, one step at a time, which is the right way to go.

We can’t expect to be competing with the best in Asia, let alone the world just yet. But we are heading in the right direction. And most importantly (we haven’t even won the Suzuki Cup yet), we are just celebrating a tremendous result.

My previous notes all lament the state of our football (the China game was just my initial reaction, it actually was all the referee’s fault). So one great tournament will not drastically alter my view but I do feel we are headed in the right direction.

It’s just up to the team to maintain and even improve on their current standard.

There is no doubt that they can, it’s just a matter of whether they want to or not. And when we finally get rid of all the politics and other nonsense in the FAM set-up, there is no telling how far we can go.

Tonight was a defining moment in Malaysian football history. It will be a date that stands out in time.

A date we will remember fondly. Like the time we qualified for the Olympics. Like thetime we won SEA Games gold.

Dec 26, 2010 – the day Malaysia upstaged Indonesia with one of our greatest performances of all time. I will look back at this game for many years to come, along with millions of other Malaysians. I will be proud to say that I was there.

Merantau Lagi

Beberapa hari tiada di Kuala Lumpur.. pergi ke kuala lipis pula..cheewah..

sekadar update...

kedai makan pak abu diberi tahu oleh makcik hotel..cari punye cari tak jumpa juga..

last-last makan kat kedai lebih kurang macam kopitiam, macam kedai cina pun ada..tanda halal buatkan kami masuk ke kedai.. rupanya kedai Pak Boh...


petang = roti bakar + black coffee + fried mushroom + black coffee with tongkat ali = RM13.00

malam = nasi goreng cina + nasi goreng biasa + sate 15 cucuk + air teh + air suam = RM9.00 sahaja..

hehehehe...

AFF Suzuki

Beberapa hari ini, ramai rakyat Malaysia sibuk perkatakan tentang perlawanan akhir Malaysia menentang Indonesia dalam Piala AFF Suzuki, termasuklah aku sendiri.

Tiket perlawanan akhir dah ada. Tunggu masa je nak serbu stadium.

Secara realistik, pasukan Malaysia sejak 90an selalu memberi harapan palsu, tetapi aku tak mahu menyentuh sejarah silam dan rekod lalu sebab sejarah tetap sejarah, yang penting kejadian sekarang.

Aku datang ke stadium bagi beri sokongan berbanding kutuk di TV. hehehe..baik kutuk di padang, sekurang2nya ada jugak manfaat.

Apa pun aku berfikir positif bahawa pasukan Malaysia boleh menang dengan syarat jangan perform macam lawan Vietnam di Mydin minggu lepas. Boleh kena bolos macam tu.

Selamat menyokong dan menonton perlawanan tersebut. Pasti menarik..hehehe..

Rabu

Kejap basuh keta

kejap ke Subang

Kejap ke Damansara

Kejap ke Selayang

Kejap ke Wangsa Maju

Kejap ke Bukit Jalil..

Cuti ke ni..tak rehat pn..

AFF Suzuki Final

Akhirnya berita sampai juga. Harga tiket RM30.00 dan RM50.00 sahaja. RTM pasti siarkan siaran langsung walaupun melangkaui norma pemberitaan mereka..

Penangan final Piala AFF. Ada pihak sudah merencanakan majlis sambutan kepulangan pasukan yang berjaya ini dari KLIA nanti apabila pulang dari GBK dengan kemenangan.

14 tahun lepas iaitu tahun 1996, aku masih sekolah rendah lagi, ketika Malaysia layak ke final kejohanan bola sepak serantau ini. Masa tu EPL tak masuk sangat lagi, TV3 yang selalu siarkan, La Liga pun tak kenal, Bundesliga apatah lagi. Maka Liga M masa tu memang dinanti-nantikan, malah kalau pasukan kebangsaan perform baik, maka bersemangatlah untuk ke sekolah paginya..

Tahun ini, aku dah suku abad, Malaysia melangkah lagi ke final Bola Sepak serantau. Caranya sama sahaja, semasa di Sukan SEA 2009, Malaysia kalah 1st game dan terus bounce back sehingga final dan menang. Skrip nya hampir sama juga, berlaku di bulan Disember juga, Malaysia kalah teruk game pertama dan terus bounce, harap-harap final kali ini skrip juga sama, ditamatkan dengan kemenangan.

Hanya ada 2 perkara yang lain iaitu, pasukan Malaysia ramai yang injured, bukan 1st team dan perlawanan akhir ada timbal balik, maka kemenangan di Bukit Jalil bukan kemenangan mutlak lagi kerana ada 1 round perjuangan di GBK.

Apa pun muslihat FAM atau pengurusan KSN menaikkan harga tiket samada ingin mengaut keuntungan atau mengelakkan ramai Mat Indon yang beli tiket, sama-sama kita pastikan kehadiran di Stad Nasional milik Malaysia.

Layak Ke Final AFF Suzuki

Ahad ni insyaAllah ke Bukit Jalil la lagi nampak gayanya.

Tahniah kepada pemain bola sepak Pasukan Malaysia kerana layak sekali lagi ke pertembungan peringkat Asia Tenggara. Satu pencapaian yang baik, menunjukkan keputusan konsisten sejak menang emas Sukan SEA, walaupun tidak dibarisi pemain utama.

Bagi para penyokong, kita perlu menjadi realistik kerana dalam jangka masa pendek, kita tidak boleh terus meraih keputusan yang positif sahaja.

Mengikut ranking terbaru yang diedarkan pada 15 Dec di laman web FIFA menunjukkan Malaysia berada di kedudukan 144 dan dijangka akan meningkat lagi dengan keputusan memberangsangkan ini.

Yang penting, teruskan perkembangan dan asas yang kukuh. Jadi positif dan main game yang lawa.

Nasib baik forward Vietnam tidak berapa menjadi kredit juga pada penjaga gol, Khairul Fahmi kerana persembahan yang sangat cemerlang dan berani.

Semoga kita berjaya menjadi juara baru Pertandingan bola sepak peringkat SEA ini.

Perlawanan Malaysia Menentang Vietnam

Semalam pergi ke Stadium Nasional dengan 2 orang lagi – adik dan officemate. Game start jam 8 malam. Ramai juga datang lebih kurang 40,000 orang. Ok la, ramai orang datang untuk sokong bagi pasukan yang baru meningkat.
Keputusan 2-0 Malaysia menang, alhamdulilah 2 jaringan Safee Sali – gantian .
Keseluruhan :

1. Padang di Stadium perlu diperbaiki kerana banyak rumput tercabut dan pemain – pemain terjatuh serta larian atau sepakan bola tidak menjadi.
2. Midfield pasukan Malaysia perlu kerja lebih lagi kerana pasukan Vietnam sangat hidup di bahagian tengah dan perkara ini boleh jadi masalah semasa timbal balik di Hanoi nanti.
3. Penyokong Malaysia perlu lebih bermoral kerana aksi baling botol atau mercun sangat berbahaya malah jika tidak dikawal, boleh mencetuskan kacau bilau.
4. Waktu perlawanan agak tidak sesuai, jam .8.00 malam – awal kerana ambil kira akan ditonton seluruh Asia Tenggara. Selalu game Malaysia 8.45 malam.
5.Malaysia bermain baik walaupun ada gangguan dari permainan kasar atau keputusan2 pengadil yang pelik. Tetapi pasukan ini dan pelapis perlu diteruskan dengan perlawanan persahabatan dengan pasukan yang ranking lebih tinggi serta sertai kejohanan yang kompetitif. Liga Malaysia pun perlu dikemaskini.
6. Hantaran pasukan Malaysia agak kurang – rating 6 dari 10. Bola selalu dihantar tidak tepat, pemain tak buka / cari ruang, hantaran tiada idea atau tidak one-touch game. Kadang-kadang bola dihantar melantun-lantun seolah2 disepak dengan keting bukannya dengan foot-area yang sepatutnya.
Dengan keputusan dan peningkatan pasukan, serta kurangnya campur tangan / komen dari pengurusan FAM, aku semakin bersemangat untuk menyokong pasukan Negara. Dengan syarat, tiada campur tangan berlebihan dan pasukan sentiasa ada kompetitif game / pelapis di ‘groom secara berperingkat.
Selamat berjuang Harimau Muda.

Wayang

Dah lama tak dating..banyak keluar stesen je...

jadi semalam rancang pekena satay dan tengok hantu kak limah..

sejak awal minggu sibuk je..sabtu ke Johor Bahru ada kenduri, ahad pun ada kenduri, takde masa untuk diri sendiri..

siang tadi dalam tengah hari tempah la seat di GSC Alam Anda...dapatla seat kurang-dongak sedikit je..

satay kajang kat MEX takde ..tutup atau cuti tak tau la...

wayang jam 8.30 malam..

yang time lain memang penuh..dengar kata 2 hari je dah kutip rm1.2 juta..tahniah la en Mamat Khalid..atas buah tangan yang menarik nie..

cerita ni simple dan ringan sahaja..tentang kehidupan di kampung yang diganggu oleh makhlus halus..

menampilkan awie, johan, zami ismail, umi nazeera, dan pelakon lain yang bese dengan mamat khalid..

sebab utama aku nak tengok cerita sebab tajuk yang kelakar..

walaupun orang kata dont judge a book by its cover..tetapi film yang ni lain sedikit..

kebetulan aku nak tengok wayang dan beberapa ciri film membosan kan iaitu cerita orang putih, cerita razak mohaideen dan cerita david teo - cerita stereotaip je..

cerita sangat menarik cuma ada beberapa perkataan rasanya perlu diperhalusi penggunaannya seperti Bushit, Kopek...hehehe..

tapi untuk hiburan..layan je la..

datang la ramai2 sokong filem menarik inie..

Tiket akan jual

Perlawanan Malaysia menentang Vietnam di Stadium Nasional Bukit Jalil, jam 8.30 Rabu ini.

Tiket akan mula dijual pada Isnin di Kelana Jaya dan Selasa Rabu di Stadium bermula jam 10 pagi.

Pastikan anda tidak ketinggalan terutama bagi orang Bukit Jalil, Puncak Jalil, Kinrara, Puchong, Desa Petaling dan kawasan sewaktunya.

Bagi yang bujang, dari anda merendek atau takde kerja berfaedah mari kita ramai-ramai gegarkan stadium kita.

Tunjukkan semangat nasional, jangan kutuk semasa pasukan kalah dan puji melangit semasa menang.

Hehehehe..Beli jersi yang ada logo bendera Malaysia bukan logo FAM ye..harap maklum.

Dorm

20 orang dalam satu bilik. Masing- masing ada locker sendiri. Mana yang kedekut atau berkira makanan atau rasa lapar - sebenarnya mereka ini tidak mahu makanan yang sedikit itu tak dapat dirasai oleh 19 orang lain maka mereka ini pun makan dalam locker . Jangan bayangkan..

Pagi ahad, kalau mereka semua hilang dari asrama, bukan tandanya mereka tidak mahu sertai gotong royong tetapi mereka sangat rajin belajar hinggakan jam 7.30 pagi mereka telah ke kelas Prep.

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Bersukan hanya sejam sehari. Maka, jam 5.00 hingga 6.00 petang berbondong2 la warga asrama untuk bersukan. Tetapi, ruang yang kecil tidak mampu menampung seramai 700 pelajar untuk beriadah. Alasan ini sesuai digunakan dulu..

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10 tahun lepas. Kalau lewat turun Solat Subuh berjemaah di Surau akan disapu tapak tangan dengan buluh sedikit sahaja, tak sakit. Alhamdulillah sekarang ni rajin sembahyang subuh.

Kenduri Kahwin

Bulan 12 musim orang berkenduri..

selamat pengantin baru kepada rakan-rakan dan kaum keluarga yang dah serah kad jemputan pada keluarga kami.

Yang sempat dihadiri, terima kasih daun keladi manakala yang tak dapat disertai, kami doakan majlis anda berjalan lancar.

Selamat ke arah rakyat Malaysia 70 juta orang.

Hehehehe.

Bandar Yang Tidak Pernah Siap

Jalan berlopak sana sini membahayakan penunggang motor malah kereta pun boleh lari haluan.

Bumbung atap zink yang dah berkarat menghiasi bangunan pencakar langit...

Jangan risau..sesetengah kawasan sahaja ada panorama ini.

Datuk bandar boleh jalan selalu dikawasan kami kot..

Program Penjagaan Kesihatan

2 perkara yang sangat perlu dihargai oleh kita dan dimanfaatkan sebaiknya adalah waktu sihat dan waktu senggang. .

Aku tak pasti samada ini hadis atau perumpaan oleh bijakpandai kita, tetapi apa yang disebut memang sangat bernilai dimana jika kita terlalu sibuk pasti kita akan memikirkan tentang waktu lapang untuk berehat atau bersantai, selain kita tidak mampu memutar waktu. Ni bukan cerita Doraemon atau Back To The Future dimana tiada seorang pun di dunia ini mampu pulang waima sejam yang lepas.

Begitu juga dengan kesihatan diri. Bagi orang sakit, pasti mereka berdoa untuk sihat segera dan menjalani kehidupan seperti sedia kala. Badan kita ini merangkumi rohani dan jasmani dimana selain dalaman / akal kita, fizikal juga perlu dijaga rapi kerana ia adalah pinjaman sahaja dan perlu dipulangkan semula - sebaiknya dalam keadaan yang tiada perubahan ketara.

Kesihatan juga merupakan faktor dalam menentukan kecemerlangan sesebuah negara. Bagaimana proses perkembangan ekonomi negara boleh berjalan lancar sekiranya kadar kematian sangat tinggi disebabkan oleh penyakit utama?

Kumpulan Perladangan tempat aku mencari rezeki sejak beberapa bulan lepas telah mengambil inisiatif bagi menangani isu tuntutan perubatan / kadar rawatan dan cuti MC yang semakin tinggi dengan menjalankan saringan kesihatan seterusnya menganjurkan kursus kesihatan. Bak kata pepatah MENCEGAH LEBIH BAIK DARI MENGUBATI.

Ex tunang akun pun dah pergi kursus tu beberapa bulan lepas, jadi kali ni giliran aku pula. Kursus selama 2 hari ini berkisar tentang diet seimbang, pengiraan tahap kecergasan dan kesihatan seseorang, senaman ringan dan nasihat dari pakar penjagaan kesihatan.

Semoga aku dapat menjalani program ini dengan jayanya.....

Padang Besar

Apabila membuat lawatan atau perjalanan ke utara iaitu Alor Setar ke atas seperti Kuala Perlis, atau Arau, Jitra, pasti anda tidak ketinggalan untuk berkunjung ke Padang Besar.

Padang Besar sinonim dengan jualan murah sama seperti di Ayer Hitam Johor atau Rantau Panjang Kelantan. Kini lambakan barangan samada dari luar negara seperti Thailand atau Indonesia menyebabkan konsep perniagaan terbuka semakin popular.

Cuaca panas betul arini.. takde idea nak tulis ape..

semalam dah la letih jaga booth MAHA, memang ramai betul orang datang, sampai aku pun lewat sampai tapak.

dengar kata tambah masa lagi untuk MAHA...untung la bagi peniaga.

Pasukan Bola Sepak Berdaftar Britain

http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/2010/nov/30/worst-football-team-in-britain

Diceritakan satu pasukan bola sepak di Britain iaitu Madron FC telah melepaskan lebih 227 gol sepanjang perlawanan Liga Cornish Mining.

Gunakan link di atas untuk maklumat lebih lanjut berkenaan pasukan ini.