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JD, or Jack Daniel in full. This one of the many things me and my wife have in common. Craze for liquor,  except I’m mad for Absolut Vodka.

She just bout this pair of limited edition JDs.

The one in the leather sleeve would be the JD monogram. More details about it? Refer this URL: JD Monogram at Shotglass

Another is the Silver Select JD, and again.. refer this URL: Silver Select at Shotglass

Looks like i’ll need to get another glass cabinet for her collection already… hahaha.

To cut things short.. I’m so lazy to write about him, perhaps if you’re interested.. please google his name. He is Ole Gunnar Solskjaer.. Manchester United’s Legend. We all know him for his skills, his goals, his baby-faced looks, his humble and down to earth attitude.

Its said that he had to retire due to a prolonged knee injury, at the age of 34. A right age for sportsman, but to be honest, he had be in and out of the treatment room since 4 years ago.

Which prompted me to fork out 240 for the latest manchester united jersey to have his name Solskjaer and Number 20 printed on the jersey. Well.. they ran out of the letter "S", so i just bout the jersey, and left my contacts for them to call me once the stock has arrived… that would cost me another RM100 for the name and number.

Well, i’m ok with the price, at least as a tribute to a living legend. Long Live Ole.

**sign** ….. its getting worst. Worst than I thought… Just when i tot it’s recovering, it started to ooze .. what do u call it? itz kinda worst than blister… yucks man… oozes the yellow thingy and blood. OUCH!

Finally bandaged it… hopefully it recovers by weekend, else.. gonna consult physician.

Goodness gracious… this is probably one of the worst place to get abrasion… the damn knee!!!

it has been 4 days already and the abrasion on my knee still refuses to heal. It would heal, crack.. bleed, blistered, and then heal again.. and keep going in circles.

Itz bad enuf that a simple walk is so painful.. damn la. Hopefully it recovers in time for the next futsal match.

All i need to do know is.. try to minimize movement of my left leg.. to avoid bending, which would result in breaking of the wound. Adoiiii….. my aching leg.

For those whom grew up in the 90’s are sure to grow up with the Oasis’s 2nd album, as stated in the title. I definitely grew up with this song, and still listening to it. Oasis has recorded many exciting albums, but I personally feel this is the best. Really fantastic that I reckon that it is worth labeled as a classic Rock music.

The tune’s really catchy that it will stay in your mind for years. Even a non English music listener or non rock music listener will develop a liking for their songs, especially Some Might Say, Wonderwall, Champagne Supernova, She’s Electric, Don’t Look back in Anger and Cast no Shadow.

For me, it is definitely 3 factors that triggered my liking for them, #1 Liam Gallagher’s unique voice, #2 Superb tune, #3 Unique music lyrics… not the regular I love you, you love me, I hate you, you hate me, world sucks.. i hate the world lyrics by alot of those rock wannabe bands.

They are really original.. if you get what I mean. I’m sure those whom heard of their songs will definitely agree with me. For those whom hasn’t …… please….. shed some light to yourself and get this album to get enlightened.

Who are Oasis? Brothers Liam and Noel Gallagher, Gem Archer, Andy Bell and Zak Starkey.

Formed in Manchester in 1991. Led by lead guitarist and primary songwriter Noel Gallagher and his younger brother, lead vocalist and songwriter Liam Gallagher, Oasis are one of the most successful groups to emerge during the Britpop movement of the mid-1990s. In 2005, The Guinness Book Of Hit Singles And Albums declared Oasis the "Most Successful Act of the Last Decade in the UK."Oasis have sold more than 60 million records worldwide, and have had eight UK number one singles. Liam and Noel Gallagher are
the only original band members, the present lineup is completed by
rhythm/lead guitarist Gem Archer, bass guitarist Andy Bell and drummer Zak Starkey.

Oasis - Wikipedia

A little intro of the album from wikipedia:

The success of Morning Glory catapulted Oasis from being a
successful Britpop band to being one of the biggest bands in Britain,
with substantial international fame, and considerable press coverage in
the mainstream and music press. The band played several massive open
air concerts in the UK during 1996, which included two nights at Knebworth in front of a combined audience of 250,000 people (125,000 each night), with over 2.5 million applying to buy tickets.

The title of the album is said to have been inspired by a friend of Noel Gallagher, who used the phrase during a telephone conversation. The phrase "Morning Glory" is British slang, referring to an erection experienced after waking up. The title is further possibly explained by the pair’s use of the hallucinogenic ‘Morning glory‘ seeds 

1. "Hello" (Gallagher/Glitter/Leander) – 3:21
2. "Roll with It" – 3:59
3. "Wonderwall" – 4:18
4. "Don’t Look Back in Anger" – 4:48
5. "Hey Now!" – 5:41
6. Untitled (aka "The Swamp Song - Excerpt 1") – 0:44
7. "Some Might Say" – 5:29
8. "Cast No Shadow" – 4:51
9. "She’s Electric" – 3:40
10. "Morning Glory" – 5:03
11. Untitled (aka "The Swamp Song - Excerpt 2") – 0:39
12. "Champagne Supernova" – 7:27

Notes:

• Tracks 6 and 11 are officially untitled. In fact, the track listing bears no title whatsoever for these songs, merely a blank space.
• The excerpts from "The Swamp Song" are parts of the instrumental B-side to the "Wonderwall" single.
• The vinyl LP edition of the album features a bonus track, "Bonehead’s Bank Holiday". This song appears as the 7th track on the album, immediately after the 44-second untitled track.
• "Step Out"
  had to be removed from the album at the last minute. The song, sung by
  Noel, was intended to have been the original track 8 (after "Some Might Say" and before "Cast No Shadow"), but was removed as the chorus was similar to the chorus of Stevie Wonder’s 1965 track "Uptight (Everything’s Alright)".
  Wonder’s publishing company were alleged to have demanded a substantial
  amount of royalties from the album which Oasis weren’t prepared to pay,
  so the track was removed, although not before the first promotional
  copies of the album had been released with "Step Out" included. The
  track was eventually released as a B-side on Oasis’ 1996 single "Don’t Look Back in Anger", with an amended song writing credit of ‘Gallagher/Wonder/Cosby/May’, and was included on the live album Familiar to Millions.

Once you get this album…… listen to it… love it…. and move on to their other albums, like the Definitely Maybe, Be Here Now, The Masterplan, Standing on Shoulder of Giants, Familiar To Millions, Heathen Chemistry, Don’t Believe in Truths.

So… Happy listening, and please… listen to the original rock band. Not, the wannabes out there, whom are trying very hard to be like Oasis, Greenday or any other great rock bands.

Finally had my run in paintball. It isn’t as easy as I though it might have been. To sum up my thoughts in points

#1 Its tiring, coz theres alot of stop & go sprints.. gotta be an Olympic sprinter..
#2 Its painful!!!  no joke.. u’ll get blisters for those close range shots on open skin,  and even thin clothes.
#3 Its really fun.. lol.. wouldn’t mind going for more games, but must put on proper gear.

Check out this picture of my partner’s "wound"… thats just 5 minutes after we were shot "dead" by the opposing team. We adopted a wrong strategy to charge, coz we got ambushed badly. He was in the front line, while i was the back, supposedly to cover him… he got 4 shots, 2 on his arm, one on his chest, another on his back.

See how bad is this. Blister pop immediately… which is why i said it isn’t for the faint of hearts. I got shot straight on my face mask… as you can see fr the first picture. So imagine if this is real life war, I would have had my head blown into pieces. LOL.

A little brief on the type of game we played. The type of scenario paintball we played is called the Urban Field. The field is made up of old houses, some huts,
trees in the compound and bunkers. This is layout is
good for Close Quarter Combat (CQB) and scenarios like
search and rescue, protect the president etc. etc.

So our mission was to shoot down as many "enemy" as possible, while trying to retrieve the flag at their base and return to our base, in one piece of course.

Well, we lost in our first attempt.. coz our offense team was gunned down real fast, and our defense team was out numbered. They ran out of bullets trying to protect our base.

2nd and 3rd game ended up in a tie as we adapted a more defensive approach. I survived the 2nd game, but somehow, 1st and 3rd game, i seems to get head shots. Funny.. my head must be too big. LOL. But i did get a shot ricocheted off my hips… which resulted a bruise.. darn. No joke.. the shooter was easily more than 20 feet away from when i got shot. Imagine if its close range… i would succumbed to the same injury as my partner. 

But hooray to Team 4.. we got 3rd place. At least something in return for getting 2 head shots.. hahaha.

Oh yea, we played at Mudtrekker, which is located at Kuang, Selangor.. more details at Mudtrekker Paintball

Caught a game of volleyball, for the first time. It was the round-robin
match between Ernst & Young and Deloitte. Goodness gracious, why
didn’t anyone tell me that it is an exciting game? It was a game of
speed.. really, IMHO, i believe it is 80% speed, and 20% positioning. A
player can’t afford a single second of concentration lapses or else the
opponent would smash the daylight out of you.

Anyway, EY won hands down, although Deloitte did fought back at the 2nd
set. It was a close comeback, but EY held on to win 2-0. Good game.

Some screen captures.

But Deloitte has a battalion of supporters, especially one lady, whom
really stood out. She wore the large Minnie Mouse ears and a held an
air horn. She was screaming the whole evening. Kept cheering the
Deloitte team…

"Come on! Deloitte!"
"You can do it! Deloitte!"
"Its ok Deloitte!"

Man.. her voice really drown every other sound in the hall. Kudos to
their supporting team. This why pundits always say that the supporters
are the next team player. They are the ones that pushes the team to
play harder.

For more pictures, pls visit:

EY volleyball match - photobucket

Ever wonder why do you always hear conversations bout ppl complaining about their job? Like how their job sucks, or how terrible their colleagues are?

Many compares themselves with others, whom so called, having a better life than them. Some would out in the blue said to me "whoa.. you so hou meng la… "

I mean.. what? Everybody has bad moments. It’s just that, not everybody washes their dirty laundry in the public. I don’t know. I may not be the type of person whom trash about how my life sucks, or how pathetic I am, or how my work sucks, or how little my pay, or I work like bull, but paid with peanuts, or i’m not lenglui, no guys want me, or my bf sucks, or I’m just plain ugly.

I do have my bad moments, its just that i choose to just put it aside and enjoy the good ones, while i tackle the bad ones silently. Perhaps it is just my style, or my principle. Why complain how a shit stinks, when all you could do, is to just walk away from it? Wouldn’t it be easier? less stress?

Well, my wife did said, its just about letting it out.. letting the stress out for self relief. Hmm… well.. point taken about that. Perhaps this explains why I do get high blood pressure at times. Maybe because I can’t let it out.

Anyway, cheers everybody. Life is a winding road. Hang on there.

This coverage is long overdue. Just happened to be browsing thru my photos, which this set of photos caught my attention.

This is one delicacy, my family recipe, which i’ve managed to master it. It is called tumi belacan (although i skip the belacan ingredient). Ok, let me recall what is needed. Serai, lots of onion, kunyit, red chili. So you "tumbuk" them til "lembik". lol.. pardon me for the BM.

Then u need coconut milk… squeeze em. And of course, prawn.. loads of em.. kasi cincang til itz really… erm. how sould i describe it? See below:

Now heat the wok, put oil, then the onion+kunyit+serai+chili …… stir fry it, then whack in the prawns. Stir it, then pour the coconut milk. Stir fry it til itz sticky.

Here it is.. all done. Eat it with cucumber and steam rice. .Yummy…

Visited Marian to…. finally see baby Rae after 11 months. LOL

So cute! like mother like daughter… Still, I’ve still not masted the art of handling kids. Nvm.. i’ll just leave that to Su.

Here’s a pic of the little piglet .. oink oink. (as mentioned by her mom) hahahaha.

So pretty even when asleep.