Friday, September 22, 2006

Queen of Squash



18 Sep 06. Nicol, current world #1, won the British Open for the 2nd time consecutively by defeating Rachael Grinham in a straight-set Final that lasted no more than 30 min.

We are all so happy for her. She's doing Msians proud.

Full match report and photos at the British Open website.

Finally a win...... and a special goal from Alonso

We've been languishing in the lower half of the League for the past couple of weeks, no thanks to our awful results. Why awful? Well, we did play well enough to win or at least get a draw but nope, we have to lose...


Momo pushing Andy Johnson, scorer of 2 goals in this match

First was the bad 0-3 reversal at Stanley Park due to bad mistakes by our usually reliable defence. Even Carragher made a blooper of clearance to gift Andy Johnson the 3rd goal (but he still has work to do to put the ball into the net).


Oops careful Zenden.. that's studs up! :(

This was followed by blanks at Philips Stadium (vs PSV Eindhoven in the CL Group Match). While PSV usually did well at home, they were there for the taking. We created enough chances but were simply not clinical enough.

An away match to Chelsea followed... never an easy match with Chelsea, more so when it's in Stamford Bridge. But we actually played much better than them in that match.... the stats said it all.

Chelsea had 1 shot on target, Liverpool 6. The final score? Chelsea 1 Liverpool 0.

Not to take anything away from Drogba's wonderful spin-n-shot goal but had we taken 1/3 of the chances that fell our way, we could have left with all 3 points.

Yeah, Kuyt's early effort hit the upper bar. Can't blame him, Liverpool has been hitting the bars so often in the last few matches!


Harper (Newcastle keeper) lunging desperately for the ball

But we finally got a win back under our belt against the Toons last evening. A first goal for Kuyt and an excellent 60-yarder from Alonso capped a good evening for the boys.

Let's keep this up!

You Never Walk Alone

Left and Right

Finally learnt "exactly" what left- and right- meant in politics.

Left: Rejecting the inequality that results from the free market is left;
Right: Accepting it is right.

Left: The extent to which the government should (interventionism)
Right: The government should not (laissez-faire) intervene in the economy in order to benefit the poor.

Left: Preference for a "larger" government;
Right: Preference for a "smaller" government.

Left: Relativism;
Right: Universality.

Left: Liberty;
Right: Security.

Left: Prefers trading protection for freedom;
Right: Favors trading freedom for security.

Left: Equality of outcome;
Right: Equality of opportunity.

Left: A secular government;
Right: A religious government.

Left: Collectivism;
Right: Individualism.

Left: Innovation;
Right: Conservatism.

Left: The idea that law dictates culture;
Right: The idea that culture dictates law.

Left: Support for national independence, autonomy and sovereignty, especially for smaller groups;
Right: Support only for established states and governments is right.

Left: Internationalism and cosmopolitan attitudes;
Right: National interests.

Left: Diplomacy;
Right: Military force.

Left: The idea that human nature and society are malleable;
Right: The idea that human nature and society are fixed.

Left: The idea that human beings are naturally good;
Right: The idea that human beings are naturally flawed.

Left: The left holds that evil and suffering are the products of an unfair society which should be fixed,
Right: The right holds that they are inescapable elements of the human condition.

A chess set for one cool million USD?


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Entirely handmade by 30 craftsmen over 4,500 hours, using 14k white gold and set with no less than 9,900 natural black & whire diamonds weighing 186.98 carats, this beauty is a real diamond and chess lovers dream!

How much? Eh... it's retailing for USD 1.2m.

You want one? Okie.. drop by their webstore then.

Wednesday, September 06, 2006