More fairytale stories soon?

With Manchester City clinching the English Premier League in insane fashion and Chelsea winning the Champions League in a dramatic penalty shootout, will there be more fairy tales soon? There could be, with the European Championship coming in just two weeks time. Having purchased the starhub package after much deliberation, I can only hope that it will be another exhilarating summer football tournament. With no exams and no major bugbear like the Block Tests during the 2010 World Cup, I can finally watch this whole showpiece in peace (no pun intended). I think France, Italy and Germany have a good chance of winning it. As usual, England is overrated and will probably crash out at the quarterfinals if they are not already knocked out of the group stages.

My England Starting Eleven (with all due respect to Roy Hodgson who is a really great manager and great guy):

Goalkeeper: Joe Hart

Defenders: Kyle Walker (But sadly he’s out with an injury so Glen Johnson is the next choice), Phil Jones, John Terry, Ashley Cole

Midfielders: Steven Gerrard, Scott Parker, Frank Lampard, Theo Walcott

Forwards: Jermain Defoe, Wayne Rooney

Adam Johnson, Aaron Lennon, and Grant Holt should be given a chance seriously.

The Stirring Champions League theme song

And here’s the one which is shown on tv:

These are truly the best and the champions. The Champions League is really the mother of all cups (no indecent inferences) for european football clubs.

Goodbye Gregory House

And so, after eight seasons of engaging television, House has ended for good. Despite the lacklustre later seasons, Hugh Laurie still managed to maintain the standard of the whole series by his award-winning portrayal of Gregory House. The last ever episode was kind of sentimental, and provided a fitting closure over the life of Gregory House and James Wilson. Well, if you have never watched it, go find season one episode one and give it a shot.

And recently, the HBO series Game of Thrones has hooked me these few days. It’s kind of like Romance of the Three Kingdoms in a Lord of the Rings setting. With a heck of a long list of characters, and a cliffhanger at the end of every episode, you will want to keep on watching the next to find out what happens next. Unfortunately, I don’t think Mediacorp is going to air this series on local television anytime soon due to the uncomfortable level of violence, nudity, and homosexual nudity (aka mature content to film censors). But come on guys, these help to portray the intensity and emotions of the characters and the development of the overall plot. After I’m done with the current two seasons, I’m definitely going to read the original book by George Martin. Give it a go.

Opening Credits for Game of Thrones. Quite “medieval” will you say?

So many twists in the final day

This sums it all up. Such is the beauty of football. What a season.

tinker tailor soldier spy

watched tinker tailor soldier spy. What a cast! This is the kind of movie you would pay $30 for the dvd. Time to explore more john le carré.

And while tinkering on youtube, i found this.

a chance discovery of an indie musician

Girls Generation made me feel the heat on 9th December 2011

Watching Girls Generation live for the first time was a goal set two years ago and it was one of the most awesome experiences ever! You got to admire the effort they put in to rehearse all the dance moves, songs, and their own logistics on stage. Bought the tshirt and lightstick outside the stadium but I didn’t buy their third album which came with a free poster, what was I thinking?!

Anyway, it was kinda sad that Yoona, Yuri and Jessica didn’t really came to my side a lot of times but thankfully there’s Tiffany, Taeyeon and Seohyun who were super enthu. It was really awesome to see them up close. Taeyeon’s hairstyle makes her look very beautiful. And Tiffany and Jessica speak really good english! Yuri and Seohyun speak really good Chinese! No harm done when spoken with their sweet voices.

 

Supposed to be Seohyun and Taeyeon. Lousy phone camera. They were much closer than it seemed.

Should have brought a proper camera.

mid autumn

I look forward to next year's maf, it is when i will truly be able to sense my liberation and say ord soon lo...

Going back to hc made me wonder how will the school celebrate its 100th anniversary which is not that far away. When everyone is 27 years old already, I wonder who will go back and truly say thank you hwachong, I'm successful now. I will come back an accomplished man, at least that is my goal. See you when you are hundred, hwachong.

jack is back

Keira Knightley is no longer a pirate :(