Kenapa Saya Minat Arsenal FC?

Hari ini, saya akan menerangkan kepada pembaca mengapa saya meminati Arsenal FC. Saya telah menyokong pasukan ini sejak tahun 1995, semasa Dennis Bergkamp mula-mula menyertai pasukan ini. Dennis Bergkamp sentiasa menjadi pemain yang paling saya minati, sejak dari dulu lagi.

Semasa tahun 90an, pertahanan Arsenal merupakan yang terbaik di liga Inggeris, dengan pemain seperti David Seaman, Tony Adams, Martin Keown, Steve Bould, Lee Dixon dan Nigel Winterburn. Masih teringat juga ramai orang menyatakan Arsenal pada masa itu amat membosankan kerana terlalu banyak bertahan, terutama sekali selepas bolos, mereka akan berlegar-legar di kawasan sendiri sahaja untuk mengelak dari ditembusi pihak lawan.

Selepas kedatangan Arsene Wenger, corak permainan pertahanan menjadi seimbang dengan kemasukan pemain seperti Marc Overmars, Nicolas Anelka, Patrick Vieira, Emmanuel Petit, Luis Boa Morte dan ramai lagi. Terdapat pemain muda seperti Thierry Henry, Robin Van Persie, Theo Walcott, dan ramai lagi prospek yang berjaya dilatih dengan jayanya di bawah panji-panji Arsenal (Chewaahh..!)

Pemain-pemain Arsenal terdiri dari berbilang warganegara. Itu yang kita katakan globalisasi, dengan bilangan pemain dari seluruh pelusuk dunia berada di Arsenal, seperti Perancis, Jerman, Belanda, Sepanyol, dan negara Asia seperti Jepun dan Korea. Namun, beberapa pemain dari England sendiri juga berada di skuad Arsenal seperti Theo Walcott, Jack Wilshere, Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain, and Kieran Gibbs.

Arsenal juga mempamerkan permainan dengan hantaran kemas, dan corak serangan yang menarik, seperti Barcelona dan Real Madrid (Cuma kurang mempunyai pemain ternama saja..), dengan kehadiran nama-nama pemain berbakat seperti Bergkamp, Henry, Pires, Fabregas, Arshavin, Gervinho, dan pemain yang memiliki kepantasan seperti Walcott, Miyaichi, Oxlade-Chamberlain, Gibbs, dan Koscielny.

Walaupun ramai yang mengejek saya kerana menyokong pasukan Arsenal, terutama sekali dibenam 8-2 oleh Manchester United (Ingatkah anda bahawa Manchester United juga tewas 6-1 kepada Manchester City?), saya tetap setia kepada Arsenal!

Dulu Lain, Sekarang Lain

Banyak benda dah berubah. Dulu suka tengok anime, sekarang dah suka tengok TV series, especially White Collar, NCIS, CSI, Pretender, etc. Nak improve intelligence kononnya. Hehe. Banyak membantu sebenarnya.

Dulu tengok bola ja, tapi sekarang dah manage team bola company. Susah juga. Macam-macam karenah pemain ni. Dalam game Football Manager, senang ja suruh orang ikut taktik yang kita rancang.

Brooke Dockyard FC.. Kalau handal, carilah saya..

Semenjak kerja menguruskan manusia ni (Dalam kata lain, Human Resource Management), susah juga sebab biasa la, orang yang involve dalam kerja-kerja pembinaan ni ada gangster sikit. Dulu masa kat kolej, boleh la bawa kepala sendiri nak buat hal. Bila difikirkan, tak baik gaduh-gaduh. Buat sakit badan ja. Tapi kepala pun sakit kalau masalah tak habis-habis di tempat kerja. Namun, ditempuhi dengan tabah! (Ramai yang rasa gangster, tapi takpa. Malas dah nak tunjuk gangster..)

Dulu drive jip, sekarang dah ada Gen-2. Tapi pun dah banyak kali repair, kena repair besar-besaran dengan spray baru kereta tu, and rim kena pakai 17 woo! Baru stylish. Enjin nak masuk enjin Lambo, baru steady.. Hahaha..

My Proton Gen-2, White Stallion

Dulu seorang, sekarang dah berdua. Sang cinta, Nur Salfiah, si buah hati, permata jiwa (Indah.. Indah..!).


Dulu Nokia, sekarang Blackberry. Mana taknya, kena reply banyak e-mails dari possible service providers (especially dalam bidang latihan..). Nak update Facebook dan Twitter juga sambil baca berita terkini. Hebat hidup dalam zaman ni. Semua di hujung jari.

Blackberry Storm 9500 sebagai my Mobile Office

Dulu tak makan sayur, sekarang dah pandai la sikit-sikit. Itu pun sayur-sayuran yang selalu diletak dalam Western food. Tomyam pun dah tau nak makan dah. Sedap tomyam rupanya, especially time Steamboat. (Ahhh! Steamboat my favourite!!)

Steamboat, my favourite!!

So, apa cerita masa depan? Aku mahu kahwin! Peace!

Makanan and Health?

Burgers, hotdogs, nuggets, tea, coffee, etc are some of unhealthy foods banned dari dijual di kantin-kantin sekolah starting next month. No more instant noodle, chocolate, sweets, ice-creams, preserved food!



Over the last 50 years, hubungan between diet and heart disease adalah dalam pemerhatian rapi dan dah didocumended by thousands of scientific studies. Realitinya, heart disease is the leading cause of death in the modern world,which are created by diet kita and terlalu sukar untuk kita menidakkannya. Banyak lagi penyakit yang kita dapat trace back to an unhealthful diet


I think government's effort untuk menangani masalah obesity and diabetis which is seriously increasing in Malaysia. I am the most obvious example of this problem (Mengaku awal!). How I wish I can eat vegetable sebab my taste bud memang dah out! Tak dapat terima vegetable lagi!


Now I hate to see people can play sports, jogging, go to the gym, etc. I am planning to start my workout again! Nak jadi sihat and cergas!

Finally! My Galaxy Tab!

I have been wanting this Galaxy Tab since it first announced by the end of last year. Nak teramat sangat! Tapi tergoda dengan iPhone. So, testing beli iPhone version first tu dulu. Tapi tak syok la pulak. So, sold the iPhone and got myself a SAMSUNG GALAXY TAB!


At first, awkward la sebab besar gila jugak Galaxy Tab, but I know, it will become a useful gadget, suits my entertainment and internet need. Besides, a lot of applications are available online. At first I wanted to buy a Blackberry or HTC, but temptation tu! Kalah dengan temptation! Haha!

So happy with it. Now, I just need a bluetooth headset. What brand is the best? Jabra i supposed? or i-Tech?

Football Weekend

Hari ini hari Ahad.. Sunday Football for people in Kuching.. Liga Kuching! Tapi sebelum itu, tahniah to Manchester City, that beat Manchester United in FA Cup last night. Yaya Toure is simple awesome.

Liga Kuching, Brooke Dockyard vs SEG FC (If I'm not mistaken the team name), ended with kekalahan to our beloved team. Kena kad merah pulak tu, padahal tak sepatutnya bagi kad merah. That's the turning point! Tewas 2-1 memang tak puas hati. But, the goalkeeper, Kamal Ariffin could be the Man of the Match sebab focus all the time, banyak buat saves pula!

The Captain, Safri played with all his heart and soul, but things aren't go our way this time, especially the referee gave a lot bad judgments, sampai penyokong Brooke jadi orang gila sebab tak puas hati!

One more match, and insyaAllah, we can do it well Guys!

Now Arsenal is facing Liverpool, both are my favourite teams! Hehe. All the best to both teams!

Love itu Cinta

Cinta tak boleh dipaksa, but we can nurture love. It happens to me, because me and my girl bukan berjumpa secara conventional. Bukan secara face-to-face. Thanks to the internet, and dengan Qada' dan Qadar-Nya, kami ditemukan. The first time we met, it was funny. My girl kena 'salah urat' on the neck and she can't talk much sebab menahan kesakitan. I just couldn't forget that day.


And now, kami berdua sudah bertunang. We first declared our love on 18 April 2006 (5 years of love this Monday), and bertunang on 26 September 2010. Probably getting married next year, insyaAllah.

Love you so much, my dear Nur Salfiah Muthazrah Bujang.

Brotherhood

Selepas menonton the film Bonded by Blood, there are a lot of things I belajar about brotherhood. And I'm lucky, my best friends never turn their back on me. Semuanya setia belaka. Harap tak jadi one of the character yang gave information to the police that lead to the arrest of the other two friends.


And we have faced many ups and downs together for many years, and kita masih best friends until now. Probably, there are things that we should keep as secret, I rasa? Hehe.

Jamil and Faleeq

Zilan and Zuwairi

I wish to post a picture of kenderaan rasmi kita, tapi I don't have it. Cuma picture masa nya dah condemned! Hehe.

Well, Zilan dah kahwin and dah ada anak. Hehe.

Zilan time kahwin

Zilan dengan anaknya

Jamil kerja with Jabatan Pengangkutan Jalan, probably tak lama lagi nak kahwin, while Faleeq masih study. And I tak sabar tunggu we all can do some gathering nanti.

Haha. Mengimbas kembali kenangan bersama di pagi Jumaat ini really made me thankful and blessed with presence of people like all of you.

So, Thank you all!

Handsome? Good-looking? Cute?

Handsome should refer to vintage-look, well-dressed, sophisticated.

Good-looking? Well, probably someone who is pleasant to look at?

Cute? Mostly adorable?

Well? What category should I put myself in? Hmm.. Not sure..

Because ramai pula yang kata, handsome men make bad husband.. Haha..

Then, Good-looking lead to metro-ish, then homo-ish? Haha..

Cute? I'm not that young, Man! I bukan remaja lagi la..

And, do men need to be handsome and good looking to attract women?

Nak tahu my answer? No, you do not need to be a handsome good looking to attract beautiful girls. However, if you tahu how to groom yourself untuk jadi more attractive, then you will certainly have advantages over guys yang less well-groomed.

My definition of handsome

That's what I'm trying to do now. Need to spend money more on clothes and cosmetics than to put money on cars..

Artificial Intelligence in Football

What do we all know about artificial intelligence? Have you ever watched movies like A.I., I,Robot, Eagle Eye, and many other movies with the same theme? Or real life robot such as ASIMO, TOPIO, etc.? How about the computer Deep Blue that defeated world chess champion Gary Kasparov in a chess match? We would be amazed on technology influenced our life, including decision-making process, risk analysis, etc.?

As the World Cup reaching the end, we have pointed out there are a lot of ‘intelligence problems’ caused by the referee in making decision in a match. The most obvious wrong decision made by the referee was during the England-Germany match where the ball was clearly crossed the goal line, but Frank Lampard’s goal was disallowed? In the mind of the fans right now would be questioning, why did the most played game in the world, broadcasted through high definition display, but did not implement the usage of latest technology?

We all saw that the referees have a device at their ears, to communicate? That’s a good start for technological advancement in football. What about other solutions to promote fair play and minimize referee mistakes? I guess goal-line technology should be introduced, same goes to video reference. Let we compare rugby and football. Same principles, but rugby used video reference to help a referee make a decision. However, the referee would have the final decision. The recent decision by FIFA to ban big screen replays inside the stadiums sounds too much.

Since football can be considered as one of the most expensive sports in the world, what if we implement Artificial intelligence in it? Motion cameras around the field, the field surface will be equipped with sensors to analyze player’s motion, including existing analysis such as distance covered, passes completed, and other analysis that related to the game.

What if we include sensors on the player that would analyze their fatigue condition, muscle activities, just in order to monitor their health during the game? This will be useful to avoid career-ending injuries. I’m not saying that injuries will not happen, but at least we can get prepared for it.

Maybe this artificial intelligence will make football less attractive, as most players claim. But why promote Fair Play anyway? Using the technologies will definitely improve Fair Play and gives everyone a satisfactory decisions.

That’s only my thoughts. Please feel free to comment.

Selamat Hari Gawai

To all My Iban, Bidayuh, and 1Malaysia!

Selamat Hari Gawai. Gayu Guru Gerai Nyamai! Betul ka ya? Hahaha.

This goes out to my friends in Openg, Kolej Abdillah, Swinburne and Brooke Dockyard!

Thank you all!