In the gutters

It's just one of those days that you feel extremely low...

Got pissed with my dad, feeling lost with life, wondering about the future, trying to piece where I would be, what I would be doing, how I would look, and who's going to be the lady next to me.

My dad should just grow up and stop behaving like a kid, and always try to argue his way through what he wants...

I guess I probably inherited this crap from him....

The End of World Cup

Yes it's finally the end of the World cup 2006... I've officially watched my 6th world cup, ( didn't really remember what happened in '86 though).

Golden Ball Award: Zidane

Is this a practical prank or what? he headbutts in the final and he gets the prize. Not that Beckham was that sparkling in '98 when he decided to stamp on Simeone, and he became the world's most villified player. And Zidane gets the best player of the tournament... so much for sportsmanship and fair play. Cannavaro certainly gets my vote for being the most consistent man for all 7 matches he played. Of course, Cannavaro did not even get a yellow card. Zidane seriously only played 3 good matches and got himself sent off in the final.

Most entertaining Team: Portugal

What? Are you serious? They scored 7 goals, conceded 5... Ronaldo was crap, Deco wasn't really at full form, Pauleta was a joke, the only thing entertaining was it's shootout with England, and Figo showing Ronaldo how to play like a true winger. In short, they were forgettable, not the team I would wake up at 3am to watch them play.

Top Referee: Shamsul

Believe it or not, this Singaporean has got the highest rating for refereeing the matches in world cup, and the people actually couldn't find his picture to be put on soccernet...

Economists had said that if Italy were to win the world cup, it would do the world economy the best compared with other teams. So let's hope all my friends looking for jobs are able to ride on this wave. Or they can shoot those economists if it does not come true.

My name is....

I went for the japanese scholarship test today, to my surprise, there's actually arouud 15-20 people going for the scholarships this time around. I wonder how many people are they recruiting for the scholarship. The rumours were that they have a quota every year, for each individual country, but the exact number is not known.

However, there was this girl that sorta pissed me off. I didn't talk to her at all, but I don't like her attitude, that's all. First, I saw her at the entrance of the gate of the embassy. I showed the guard my IC, to save his time and my time. I received a tick on his list, and I was able to go through the door.

The girl, so what did she do?

"Yes, the name in the middle.... NOOOO, down... down, nonono 2 more names down... yes that's it", and the way she was saying it, she seems to be blaming the guard to be stupid that he just can't get his pen to hit on her name on the list.

"What the FUCK... you don't have a name?"

Into the main office, the same thing happened again.

"What's your name?"

"No.8"

Surprisingly she's not the only one who did that. I heard a few, "This one, that one... nonono, upupup... nononono, down down down...."

What's wrong with these people? They don't like their names? They don't want to let people know their names? Or they are worried that people are not able to pronounce their names?
I think it's only polite to reply with your name, before starting to help pointing, or giving numbers to help the person find your name. These people actually bother to remember the position they are in on the list... Oh my...

Looks like the "register number" syndrome from primary school never died off from these people.

The test was cool, I managed to finish the whole Japanese section in 2 hours, and I left despite the test lasting 3 hours. I wasn't the first to go... in fact, I was somewhere in the middle. With the first guy leaving only about 15 minutes after the test started. My conclusion, this guy doesn't know japanese at all...