guess the ball really is round...

i seriously wonder why i stayed up for a game that i knew united would lose or at most draw. not that i'm eating sour grapes after united's loss. but the signs were just too strong to ignore. here's the evidence:

of the things that only went as predicted in the premiership this weekend were: fulham being strong at home and spurs continuing their crappy and inconsistent away form. wigan getting whacked by everton as well as watford and sheffield united losing.

on the other hand, upsets and unusual happenings were rife throughout the premiership.

1) the first game of the weekend and the game that gave me the most joy. chelsea losing to liverpool for the first time in the jose-rafa era in the premiership with the hammer blow coming from the much maligned of late jermaine pennant with one cracker of a goal. unusual? read on.

2) charlton beat high flying portsmouth at fratton park. i am pretty damn sure charlton will get relegated this season, but they really pulled off an upset claming european football chasing pompey's scalp at their fortress home.

3) bolton getting their asses whopped by another relegation contender in the form of middlesbrough by five goals to one. bolton are usually tough nuts to crack, but being torn apart by dour boro just seems extremely out of character. also, boro skipper kevin nolan finally scored his first goal in a long long while after previously prolific seasons.

4) west ham scored twice away from home. relegation contenders with a true record away from home that screams of the drop, alan curbishley might feel hard done by newcastle's incredible luck with a very dubious goal being awarded. considering newcastle's luck with injuries, they were definitely very lucky.

5) man city lost at home to blackburn. sure, man city aren't exactly title contenders, but their home form this season has been excellent. little did they expect blackburn to pop up and put them to the sword in front of their fans with 3 goals.

6)even in the spurs game, an unlikely scorer showed up with pascal chimbonda nabbing the equaliser for spurs.

7) and lastly, the united game. rooney scored with his first header for man united. when van persie came on and swept in the equaliser, i wasn't surprised. when henry headed in (which is a rarity in itself like rooney's header), my eyebrows were raised, but hardly phased. disappointed at the shock and late capitulation but i guess rooney's goal was nothing more than false hope.

and as one of the silliest and most obvious sayings go, the ball is round. anything can happen.

an interesting little site

know what acronyms or synonyms are? how about metronyms, tautonyms, hypernyms, exonyms, antonyms or autoantonyms are? check out this site i found on google while responding to an enquiry i got from liz.

sigh. it's tuesday already and there's so many things to do by friday. assignment, study, rcia on wednesday, think about friday's agenda and get more members for the foc comm as well as liase with the other foc comms from the other universities. busy, busy, busy...

looking for that light at the end of the tunnel...

it's hard to be optimistic sometimes. with so many things hanging over my head like dad's court case, school, money, assignments, exams, the recent email debacle in class and questions that just keep surfacing in my head, it's hard to actually look on the brighter side of life and see the good that's come out of it. guess it's just one of those days where i just can't find a way to perk myself up, especially with this endless, craptastic rainy patch going on. everything just looks so glum, a situation definitely not assisted by the dark, brooding grey clouds that populate the sky these days that only serves to accentuate this darkness creeping over and into me like a poison spreading through a body. i am hurting on the inside. i am doubtful. i am frustrated and furious.

only God and time have the answers i seek. answers that i so desperately need, so longingly want. i suppose i am due this test of my resolve, for before this episode, life had been going on so nicely and smoothly. only through stepping out can one expand his comfort zone and grow. but it is a treacherous and most difficult step indeed... i only pray that i am strong enough to weather the storm.

hello 2007...

first post of the year. wow.

2006 has come and gone like quicksilver. it's amazing how so much has happened, yet it barely feels like a year. much has transpired over the year. just going through the year's blog entries yields the elections (gahmen say 66% is good enough. not i say one. uncle lee say ok...), the world cup and the usual football stuff(england was overhyped and underperformed. 3 yellow cards from graham poll. zidane turning back the clock and leading france to the final only to end his career in notoriety with his now world infamous headbutt [coup de boule!]. chelsea winning the title again, with united throwing it away towards the end. united now bouncing back and leading the pack. you get the idea...), the passing of steve irwin (crikey mate, we really miss ya. or maybe not so much, with animal planet still showing croc hunter diaries everyday... but we wish you were here with new eps...), escalation of the middle east conflict and the trial an subsequent execution of saddam hussein, dubya and the republicans losing majority in the senate, imf world bank meetings (welcome to the land of 4 million smiles. really. i think we have 4 million people in singapore. and i think we smile all the time. uhm. really. just like how sunflowers and other flowers really do grow along orchard road all year long...)... the list goes on.

and as you have read before (assuming you've been following my past ramblings...), on a personal note, so much has happened. fortunately, God's been pretty gracious and given me the strength and blessings thus far to cope with them. i don't know if i have, but i just hope i've changed accordingly to the times and for the better as well.

with a new year comes new opportunities. opportunities to change. opportunities to improve. opportunities to grow. it's all about grasping them with an open hand and embracing them with wholeness of heart.