七月三十日, 星期一, 晴天

Bad way to start the week. Mondays has never been in the mood, somehow, probably also feels the same for most people living on this small island.

Found a piece of fruit skin on my wiper area, orangish in colour and a dash of stain on the windscreen. Wah kaw ... which bastard or bitch either deliberately or accidentally *If somehow truly accidental, then probably can forgive but wat are the odds ?* dropped from their flats or threw it while walking past.

Drove off first and the trip to work somehow not that smooth .... Somehow. Cleaned off the crap when reached workplace. Later have to attend some pointless meeting/preso at some 狗不拉屎 鸟不生蛋 venue.

Pointless from the view that, basically we do not know what customer needs and wants, at least our team do not know. Not sure whether "people" fronting the tender knew or could be even the customer do not know themselves.

But then saw our big boss email that they do know what they want. Think of it, big boss tink customer knew what they want doesn't mean they really knew what they want. You know how big bosses think.

Funny thing is big boss view this meeting/preso as key to customer making their decision. Another competitor is edging us in terms of chances. Gotta get this over and done with !

七月二十九日, 星期天, 雨天

Another wet day and so appropriately after I washed my car. How nice ... $@##~$^%@$!@% !
Knew it would rain but just have to wash it ....

Finally finished off LOST season 3, still questions unanswered. It ended showing Jack and Kate back to civilization but with Jack telling Kate, they need to go back ....

It was a good nap after that :)

New show on Ch 8. 我爱星期天, looked like another mimic off taiwan variety. Even 黄子佼 was one of the hosts but ... as usual just too SingKaPor. No match for those taiwanese variety in terms of entertainment.

Going to start my 60 epi TVB 岁月风云 soon.

In Sundays Times, an article questioning starhub's collaboration with Goal TV which was practically unknown in HK. Must be another "max profit" "squeeze us dry" tactic, partnering with some cheapo company. Anyway, I just need to simult cast of the matches so there are more choices.

BUT WHAT WILL THURSDAY BECOME WHEN THERE IS NO MORE NOKIA FOOTBALL CRAZY ?!?!?!?!??! *Of course, not for the football*

导火线

A even more typical hk police movie than invisible target. Weak story and loopholed. Fighting scenes were the only highlights but think of it, that was why we watched it. Louis Koo as Wilson was a mole in Archer's gang and Donnie Yen as Jun was trying hard to nab him.

Jun "as usual" as a hot headed policeman who beats up bad people till stacks of complaints piled up against him.

Archers and his 2 brothers, Tony and Tiger were too arrogant, that made the other bosses became witnesses in the court.

But they were killed one by one tony and tiger with ease, the story just plain lazy to depict more details even when they are protected witnesses.


The main element was to watch donnie yen fighting capabilities, shown last in SPL. His quick moves, great choreography, containing his opponent and death-defying moves.

Wilson was discovered. Was knocked down by Tony, fell down a hill slope but somehow buay si. He survived and also is the last witness. So Tony captured his gf, 范冰冰 as Judy .... then they final showdown.

One funny thing was most of them are given english names but was called with the direct translation, not sure why the rationale. It sounds weird and awkard. 6/10.

Saturday Dinner@Tom Ton

Central Sq has its abundance of restaurants in a single mall, mainly japanese. Though still think its design of the mall is abit not user-friendly. Didn't really know there are pigs that are black other than wild boars.

Tom ton serves black pig tonkatsu. The set comes with quite standard items from other jap restaurants, salad, miso soup, rice and fruits. The cabbage salad is shredded ultra thin and the tomatoes that came with it are somehow very good.

The miso soup is better than norm ones which I do not really like. This one taste different, maybe with the other ingredients it had in it. The deep fried black pig spare rib was not bad, done in a way in which you won't taste it was deep fried and goes quite well with the sauce but there are some parts which are tough though.

Of course the main dish is the tonkatsu, it is breaded so every bite is very crispy. You can choose from the normal grade or the top grade premium ones for a difference of about $5.

Though I can't really taste the difference as it probably come from different parts of the pig. I had the tempura and black pig set, the tempura is much better than the pig. Though breaded as well but the prawns in it is still very fresh, not oily.

The tonkatsu from tonkichi is better :) It came out to about $35 per pax, with a few bucks more, we could have hop over to Merchant court for its buffet :)

七月二十七日, 倾盆大雨

Another wet day ... like some armageddon rain striked. Quite bad during 10+ to 11 odd. Those on the road will have to use gut feel as I believe you won't be able to see a damn thing.

Had a nice lunch at Bali Thai, IMM. We were lucky to get a table as it was fully booked. Got one nearest to the entrance. Papaya salad, Olive rice, Black Pepper beef, Honey chicken, Sambal kangkong ..... Good stuff.

1.5 hours more to weekend but tomorrow my turn to come in 1/2 a day :(

Wednesday Dinner@Victoria St FC

Been a while since we were here, the bak chor mee stall was closed, not sure for what reason. So it must be the "Lang Lang Tua Heh Mee", ordered the pork ribs prawns noodles dry. The highlight was the soup, in a color which is not norm to prawn soups. Looks more like a lobster bisque.

The taste was real good, savouring and yet not overwhelming. The bak kut was brownish black in colour, so looks like it was marinated or braised. It was soft and yet you can taste the meat. Prawns are fresh and the whole bowl mixed up with the chilli powder .... Yummy !!!

The fried carrot cake was also a must mention. Comparable to the Bedok one. In addition, the stingray that came sizzling hot and the chilli was good, not that spicy but still gives you the punch.

Was crowded when we came around 8 pm but still have seats. Definitely will come back more often !

Miss your 9 pm show ?

A company is providing a free service for people to record free to air TV programs online. So basically, you go to www.recordtv.com, register and then select the programme you want to record. I can choose shows from hongkong TVB Pearl as well.

Let's see how is the quality ... selected these programmes to record.

Manchester United Asia Tour 2007 Guangzhou Pharma
Honour And Passion
Deal Or No Deal

Recorded shows are stored for 30 days.

LaoZhaBor

She was fann wong's mum in the movie "Just follow law".

"Aiyo, an jua ji eh dian si ki an leh gui. Pi Pi eh ... Mai ka kong kua liao yi eh lang eh ti dian si ki kia chu lai"

Meaning, why this TV ( Fann bought a plasma ) is so expensive. So flat, don't tell me when watching, the people from the show will walk out from the tv.

And later in the movie, she took some IT courses and even told the rest she got a blog !!!
Which is laozhabor.blogspot.com !!!

Only knew it was real when I visited mrbrown and read about xiaxue listing her 7 most hated blogger sites. The "Steven Lim" topped her list *think he would topped most people list*. That is when I saw laozhabor blog is real ! But who is upkeeping it ... beats me.

七月二十四日, 雨天

It has been wet, wet and wet since my thought of washing my car at the petrol station. That will be last friday afternoon, then late afternoon it started its days of raining which was good for zzZzzzZzzz.

Hope it continues, the wet days making everything feels cool. 1 more hour and I am off ... back home then probably hit the gym.

*Heng ... saved $5 for not washing the car

Dementia, Alzhemier, Parkinson ?!??!?!

Forgot my car key !

Found out when I am at the car !!! Press but no "Tu Tu" sound ... Hai

Forgot my laptop !

Found out when I almost reached office !!!

Forgot to lock my car door !
Found out when I went for lunch !!! Press but how come locked leh ... Because it wasn't locked in the first place !!!

Somehow ... Somehow ... Must be attack of the overwhelming monday bluess

Botak Jones !

The picture explained it !!! Singapore loves botak jones ! Especially the toa payoh people, I believe.

Not sure if the other outlets are also that crowded on Saturdays. Reach before 7 pm is a must. If not, prepare to wait at least 45 mins.

Cheesy beef burgers, fish and chips, rosemary lamb chop, cajun chicken, jumbo sausages, spicy cheesy fries, soup, salads, etc ...

This outlet has a bar counter that serves alcohol and it has LCDs showing ESPN and StarSports. IT has free WIFI too !!!

Friday Supper@Boon Tat

This tse char stall at lau pa sat served very good chicken wings and 新洲米粉. The chicken wings are not breaded but deep fried to a cripsy brown colour and the best part is the taste of alcohol in it, not sure what alcohol they used though. The chilli is a must mention also, just the right spicy punch in it.

男儿本色

A gang of 7 who were military trained terrorized hk when they robbed a 押款车 of 一亿美金. But they were doubled crossed by the man who hired them and this lead them to seek him out.

These start to involve the lives of 3 different policemen ....

吴京 reprised his roles of baddies yet again, the one in 杀破浪 was quite memorable. An almost invincible assassin using just a blade to kill. This time round, he is much more invincible. Looked undefeatable in fist fights and physical combat.

谢霆锋 as 陈晋, his fiance was killed when they robbed the money truck which exploded. 余文乐 as 方奕威, he and his team of 便衣 stopped 吴京's vehicle when they were back in hk. The whole team was overwhelmed, and this training inspector 方奕威 was dealt a big blow. He literally kena 吃子弹 !!!

房祖名 as 卫景灏, was a patrol policeman. He got involved because his brother who was a policeman as well, got suspected he was with the baddie gang. But in fact, he was the undercover but got killed when his police boss betrayed him. Funny thing was his brother was never shown in person, but picture shown was Aaron Kwok's. Surprised, he died in the end, though fulfilling his objective of arresting 吴京, he cuffed his leg while he hold them so tightly even after repeated thumping by 吴京 could not made him release them.

It was action packed throughout this 2 hours+ movie, rare for hk movies. Though some details are left unexplained and some loopholes here and there. A typical polices and thieves movie, no main plot of undercovers but of course the man who hired them had to be high ranked policeman. 7/10.

Friday Dinner@Seah Im Hawker

Just opposite Vivo. Was renovated quite a while back. This place have some good duck noodles, prawn noodles and Or Lua.

The soup is good. Always like duck soup but this one is just nice, not overwhelming with herb taste. We got the last 2 bowls of the day as they struggled to get enough duck meats. The dry one is better with the dark sauce and chilli !

This Or Lua is damn oily but damn nice !!! Cripsy yet with satisfactory content with every bite, got fight with Bedok Blk 85's ones

Thursday Lunch@e.Blackboard

Back to this place again, after second try. This definitely lose out to botak jones, the fries are soggy, coleslaw so so, the cajun chicken was nicely grilled though. The melted mozarella cheese on top does not have much impact to the overall taste. The cajun did not surprise either. At $6.50, which are fast food prices but considered it as western food prices, slightly above average but similar to botak jones pricing.

Desserts@Raffles Creamery

Lots of flavours and home made. At $4.90 a scoop, you don't get to see your ice cream done up on that slab of marble. But at $5.90 you do, you can add condiments to it, so they will somehow "do" your ice cream up. Pina Colada is an intersting flavour.

Wednesday Dinner@Seah St Deli

This place is quite popular donkey years ago with its western style range of food. But since countless food outlets sprinkled islandwide, not sure if it was still as popular. But since it is still around, some significant reasons must be there for it to stay opened.

Weekends, I believe is packed but maybe not till queues forming outside. Appetizers, salads, finger food prices are higher. Surprisingly, the main course prices still okay lah .... But the most "Not sure how come like that" thing is ... the beverage ... pepsi at $7+++ and shakes at $10+++.

About 1600% hike if you buy a can of pepsi from NTUC ....

Back to the food, the mozzarella cheese stick was a nice start. Purely cheese wrap around some breaded coating and probably deep fried, came along with a tomato dip. 8 pieces at $12 is expensive. It was nice but not for that price.

My macroroni cheese with pork sausage was below par. Some pieces are not cooked and so was hard. The cheese taste like it was treated or seasoned with other stuff, abit salty. The pork sausage is a non-mention.

The fries that came with the Seah St Deli burger was quite good. Crispy enough, but we had better ones. Most probably won't be back unless for some god damn good reasons.

Harry Potter and the Order of the Pheonix

Not a fan of the potter series of movies and after watching the latest, it didn't change a bit. Maybe just not my kind of movie, but still watchable.

Numerous part of the movie are slow, depicting how potter is having nightmares and premonitions which was caused by Baddie Voldemort.

Using his powers, he wants to mentally and physically control potter. Amid all his troubles, he did manage to steal a kiss from katie after several 眉来眼去 ....

And also how the minister trying ways to get dumbledore and hogwarts out of his way, as he is paranoid that dumbledore is getting the order of pheonix ready but using return of the baddie Voldemort as a excuse.

And also, on and off, we were ready ... like got a cue ... that a battle is going to begin. But then only till the end, we get to see a CGI feast when baddie Voldemort battled Dumbledore.

With the books series ending and the hint from the crystal ball that, only either one will lives, potter or voldemort, it will be more CGI feast coming up in the next instalment. 6/10

明教

Didn't know 明教 ( Yes 倚天屠龙记 .. 张无忌 ) already invaded Singapore. 紫衫龙王 was spotted in Geylang !!! Everything is purple !! His hair was purple too but blocked by the fruits when I took it. Yucks !!!

Saturday@Ole Bubble Cafe

This is not some hip and trendy cafe at some hop spot. Found at the north side of Singapore, Yishun, not exactly accessible. Located at Blk 731, St 72. It is a little bubble tea stall that also sells damn good burgers, Ramly burgers. Stopped by here, on route to the QF of the Guinness 9 ball on Saturday evening.

This oreo strawberry is a damn good concoction. You get oreo, chocolate and strawberry taste all in a cup. One after another, the different taste ooze with every sip.

At $1.50, this cheese fries is really good. Not those chunky fries you get at botak jones or other restaurants. Slim ones and done with a crisp outside and soft inside. Lots of cheese and mayo on top.

The main course. Burger with choice of patty, either beef, chicken, fish, lamb or prawn. Prawn is the unique one, I tried the beef one with added egg and cheese. At $3, definitely better than mcdonalds or BK. Patty was done just nice, not too hard though fully cooked. The egg and melted cheese on top goes well. The "sauce" in the burger perfects it. You can double your patty if you are hungry.

Guinness 9 ball@Orchid Country Club

The Singapore leg was held in orchid cc at yishun. Went to the qualifying rounds on friday. The tickets are free and can be requested via email then collected on-site. But the KT thing is ... no tickets checks are done there. Anybody can just walked in and out.

The funny thing on top of the KT thing is they are even issuing out tickets on-site to people who requested them. Hmmm ... the only reason I can think of issuing tickets without checking them is to have a gauge how many people attended the 3 days event.

There is the reception hall where the guinness vixens are playing pool with anyone who is interested. Beverage and snack counter is there and of course the Guinness draft counter. And a big screen to show "LIVE" pool game on stars sports.

Is inside the main hall where the games are played. Guiness Black Foxes warming up the crowds before the Au Chi Wai and Bernard Tey game, Tey won 9-4 but could not make it to the QF. He still have a chance to make it to the finals in Bali though.

Friday Lunch@Old Airport Road Hawker

Renovated. New. Clean. But good food remains.
The 旺旺 curry puff shown on Ch 8 recently. Finally tasted it !! The skin is crispy but yet pastry like for you to munch in your mouth. The 料 in it is wet, with potatoes, chicken and the curry sauce of course. Eat it while it is still hot. It was good.

Then of course die die must try the rojak which has its own ticketing system. It has a LED numbering display below its name.

New customers will be puzzle on how to go about getting your share of the rojak.

As I tested, myself and 3 other customers waited in queue, in vain of course ... till a man told us ....

"You must take a number first then wait for the LED to display your number" ....


In my mind ... "Huh".
Who will know that except god, allah and kt ?!?!?!?

So we start taking the sqaure pieces of numbers in a small plastic container and start waiting. And you die die must hang around there to wait for your number to be call.

"12" flashes on the LED ... then i stood forward and ordered "三块 这里吃 要辣". Then wait again, the old man was busy making the rojak. While the young man was taking orders, making rojak, pressing the LED, as the cashier ....

One more thing is you have to tell them how many people eating as they will give the exact number sticks.

Back to the rojak, the difference is the paste. It is different from the ones I had at other places, this really stood out. With the unique paste, all the ingredients blend it well too. But then might not be really worth it to wait at least 30 mins during peak hours :)

Thursday Lunch@e.BlackBoard

This outlet is in a coffeeshop at Blk 18 Bedok South. First time seen it as most of the time even if we do lunch at the hawker centre, we came from the other direction, therefore never always didn't walked past this kopi tiam.

Today, came from the other direction, saw this stall. its blackboard signage stands out from the rest. It sells similar range of western food like botak jones and aston. I got the baby pork ribs which was $10.90.

It comes with coleslaw and spiced fries. The ribs is nicely bbq and came in a generous portion. The sauce is in a tiny cup, not soaked and drenched all over like the one in cafe cartel.

The fries and coleslaw lacks the extra "oohm" from the botak jones ones, but it is definitely worth eating again. The ribs could be a little bit more tender, just abit. The taste was good though, with or without the bbq sauce.

A check on the internet, seems like it has been around since last year. Fish and chips, steaks and burgers ... etc are on its menu too.

For a kopi tiam stall in a HDB area in the east, definitely worth coming if you want some cheap and good western food.

执着

我不再欺骗自己
你说的是甜言蜜语
每次分手的挽留歉意
都是应为好胜的你

你总说我不爱你
这句话刺痛我的心
每次分手的软弱无力
让我决定不再继续

你对我的冷漠
我默默承受
我好想问回你
你是否爱过我

我何必这样执着
早已该不再迁就
你是否不再懂 到底什么叫做玩火

我静静看着你走
这次我不再挽留
我的心虽然痛 不再执着

Die Die Wun Die a.k.a Die Hard 4.0

Save the world .....

Who needs Autobots ? Spidey ? Magical Harry ? How about a team of fantastic heroes ?

Nah .... You just need John McClane, the NYPD is back. Bruce willis reprise the role, should be the last .... Hmmmmm or maybe not ?

Some tech wiz told the US gov they need to overhaul their system because the security is crap. He proves it by hacking it using just a laptop, this method didn't worked and backfired. So this thomas gabriel guy is back with a bang, hacked into the system, the objective is download financial data which he can use to steal the money or just crippled the world.

Thomas used one of the program which was created by this farrell guy, by Justin Long, seen in tonnes of B-grade movies, this time round he braved it through in a role which is I believe new to him.

McClane which was off-duty but somehow ordered to bring farrell in as he was still in this "Hacker" list, and his trip to bring him in .... sparked off a blazing trail of good old action-packed of gun fights, fist fighting, action-sequence, heli, fighter planes, giant trailer-trucks and explosions.

Maggie Q got more screen time than in MI3 but died a horrible death. Her death just sparked off thomas anger against McClane and he kidnapped her daughter. This pissed him off and off he went with his simple plan of "Save his daughter and killed the rest" which he reiterated to Farrell.

A good old "Die Hard" movie. 8/10.

House Came Barrack@Dempsey - Part 2

Strawberry shortcake - Very nice, goes well with the tea
Another recommended cake. The chai chocolate cake, chocolate is my weak spot and this dessert is really palatable !!
The tea menu. Quite a selection, black, white or green based tea.
This was the "Cocoa with a bite" tea I had, slight chocolate fragrance if you fills the air. Mild chocolate taste with every sip and a surprise spicy taste at the end as it got chili threads in it !

The treatment menu where the second page erects a standing house !
Not sure why the sexual innuendo name of "Cockadoodle" which is the guys toilet. No marks for guessing the ladies toilet is labelled as "Pussy Cat"

A shot at the house from the green house room
The view at the al-fresco are from the green house room
Where the teas and products are displayed
The house's main area
The building is on a hill or slope so greeneries views are expected

House Camp Barrack@Dempsey - Part 1

A new kid on the block at dempsey, just opened yesterday. Just from the name, quite hard to guess what the heck it is, at 25,000 feet of space, definitely biggest guy in dempsey. In simple terms, it is a treatment, restaurant, chillout, day-retreat, relaxation all-in-one.

Touring the place gives you some idea why the name is house camp barracks. But house is the main name, probably wants its customer to feel at home. You have to walk down a flight of stairs and you will reach the al-fresco area. The restaurant is on the right, on the left is the house.

Entering the house gives a homely feel, then there is a green house where you can drink n eat in there. Then an area where the teas are place in big jars and shelves of external use products for body, skin and face, etc. They carry brands from NY and Hungary which sounds foreign to me.

Private rooms follow suit where booking is required for whatever purpose. Following that is a little bar where the alcoholic stuff is concocted, then at the back is quite a big area where you can book it for functions, parties and whatever. Lastly, it is the jacuzzi where customer dipped in before they go for treatment on the second floor.

The 2nd floor is the treatment area where you have to barefoot in. Uniquely done up individual or couples rooms are available. Massages, body treatments, wraps, facial and yoga are there for one to select. But some are not available yet.

At the end is the yoga area and where the ancient stairs like shelves stocked up some books which looked ancient as well which gives a very complimentary feel and look.

Pictures, Teas and desserts to follow ....

Ben & Jerry@Dempsey

Ben & Jerry's outlets has been growing islandwide but this one at Dempsey is unique. The decor gives a cottage and country like feel. It is quite a big outlet comparing with its others.

You can never miss the its logo and with a retro van outside the entrance. Alfresco seatings with swinging seats

多三鞭

The guy who was mistakenly given 3 more strokes of the cane. Hai ... they do not believe him that he was only punished by 5 strokes as the prision doc wrote "8". And so as not to incur the prison officer's wrath, he went through with 8 !!

Irony 1
The mum was offered an amont of money as so called "medical compensation". Not sure by the prison or by certain officers, considered as 息事宁人 ?

Like "Hey, pai seh ... pai seh ... we made a KT mistake and this mistake apparently incur physical damage to your son *Though your son is a baddie, so what if he gets 3 more ?!?!?*. So why don't you take this money and shut up ?"

The mother is seeking 3 million compensation following the lawyer's advice. Waste of money to engage the lawyer. If she can get 3 million, SG can win the World Cup !

Irony 2
They are going to introduce more processes and checklist to ensure this will not happen again !!
Huh ? Won't having more layers of either paperwork or process increase probability of more cockups ?

Like, now to fill in form A1, you need to get from B2 signed. And before form B2, you need to get court to issue form E6 with it stamped, then proceed to fill in form C7 and finally with form A1, B2, E6 and C7, then you can issue form Z9 and get it approved to cane the inmate.

Maybe too much "Just follow Law" ... Hee

Good FC Jap Food

Food court stuff usually is not expected to be good but now with Food republic taking its stake in the food court biz, its 3 outlets in wisma, vivo and suntec. Its kind of food court stalls + individual eateries type in the same food court setup.

Anyway, this good jap food is in IMM, the kopitiam food court. The selection of food is huge consider it being a FC stall. Price range is reasonable and portion given is ample. Taste wise is even better !!

This time round, I had the teriyaki chicken + cro something combo, forgot the name ... shucks ... memory loss. Basically is a round piece of cake like thingie deep fried with fillings inside. Though abit oily, was nice, crispy on the outside and soft on the inside. And the dressing on the salad was also good, sour and savoury kind. The black sesames on top of the rice gives it a better taste.

Saturday Dinner@Old HongKong

Back to katong after the quite crap fields of dreams, because our cars was left there. We thought Aston will still be open ... already half closed when we reached around 11+. Maybe it was destined we will tried out old hongkong, yet another 香港茶餐厅 of its many kind which sprouted islandwide.

Big wordings of 茶餐厅, 烧味店, 大排档 will on its front. It occupied one of the old type housing at katong, just beside katong village. It was spacious with both indoor and al fresco sittings. Ceiling was really high thus giving a very volumnious feeling.

The menu has 5,624,157,188,153,899 items as per usual 茶餐厅's large selection of food. 茶餐厅 was in today's Sunday Time, this outlet was opened by a Hong Kong business woman.

1/2 roast duck, stewed beef brisket in spicy sauce, pepper salt calamari and mapo tofu. It was good for 茶餐厅's standard. The duck was abit tough though, drenched on top was some sweet sour sauce. The calamari was very crispy and taste good. The mapo tofu sauce goes well with the white rice, so do the beef's.

Time for desserts ... still got room. Coconut with durian, pomelo and black sesame !! Durian cream with sago !!! Came in a small bowl, it was really good. It was in between of diluted and concentrated ... the durian taste just ooze with every spoonful you take. The coconut strips goes well and the pomelo adds abit of bitter and sour to it !!!

Another good thing is ... it is 24 hours !!!

Fields of Dreams - Videos

The last Mari Kita at the stadium ?

Kit's Performance

Crap Fireworks

Fields of Dreams

An event to mark the final major activities at the national stadium which was supposed to be teared down at end of the year. About time they do that, expectation was it somehow was suppose to be done much much earlier.

Game 1 - SG Oldies vs Msia Oldies

A game of 20 mins halves. Miss the Sundram's goal as we arrive about 10 mins into the first half. The good seats are alreay filled in the east wing but still manage to get ourselves some at the edge of the centre area.

It was still hot ... damn hot ... total opposite to the radio's recommendation to bring umbrella because of stormy rain expected. Game was slow, dry, hot, damn hot, still slow. Finally ended. Ended 1-1, after Msia equalize through a penalty and obviously they forgot how to dive. Fandi didn't even bother to come back.

Opening Ceremony

Selected former and current sportspersons walked the stadium one round before this guy, can't remember this name, went all the way up to to top at the cauldron area and light it up !!! Then it was death wait till the SG vs Australia game starts. TK school band came out to occupy some time but it was still hot, not really in the mood to enjoy band.

Game 2 - SG vs Australia

Finally, the sun after it's OT went home. Australia was a tempo down in the first half, SG has all the chances to put the game away. Open goal miss from corner, header against the cross bar, one-on-one saved, curling low shot against the pole, one penalty claim and several half chances.

Failing to put away chances clinically has been the problem for SG all years. The 3-0 scoreline flattered the australian. After viduka head in a weak goal when Lionel failed to handle a incoming cross, it seems destined the gap will widen. Kewell came on with good effect and shows some good footwork/touches. Scored an angled low shot and created the 3rd for Viduka.

With such showing, the australians will have to step up if they will want to win the Asian Cup.

Closing Ceremony

All the lights went out. Mark and Brian came out and do their stuff. Interview someone who won gold in the first ever event at the national stadium. Then some other moments was mentioned, Sundram's goal against Brunei, Indra's goal against Indon and Lionel's save against Msia.

All the sportspersons of the past and current paraded round the stadium, then Kit Chan perform with a song and soon it followed by 90s of expired and weak fireworks.

After that, it was Zouk's event Lightsout. Not sure how this went though, $15 for you to dance in the middle of the stadium, there are some people who trickled in just for this though.