Liverpool FC is one of the other football clubs which have big followings here in Brunei. Last year, an official Liverpool supporters’ club was formed.
Someone asked me if Manchester United fans in Brunei have their own club here. I actually made an inquiry to Manchester United FC some time last year in regards to opening an official Manchester United supporters’ club. I got a reply, but they needed some information, such the lcoation of the club, the business plan for the club and the club secretary. Only when these are available, then they would consider if the club can be formed. I thought I would not have the time and energy to provide those info, so I left it as it was.
Anyway, I’m wondering if there are anybody out there who would be interested to do this. Let me know.
You would have to be able to speak Malay in order to understand what is said on the poster. I saw this poster at the hospital and could not help but to chuckle.
If you read it without a pause for the parentheses, say Selesema Burung Manusia, you would be forgiven for thinking something other than the actual flying bird!
The current outbreak of swine flu, that has now swept through the Americas and making its way through Europe and Australia, is very worrying indeed. After the scare with Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) and Avian Flu a while back, it is a great cause of concern. So far more than 100 people has been reported to have died from swine flu. Reading from the paper today, transmission of flu can happen between humans and pigs, and in rare cases, between humans themselves. One of my friends put on his Facebook that it has already reached Pandemic Phase 4 (read from Yahoo here), which means that sustained human to human transmission in one country. So human to human transmission actually happened, though only Mexico has reported deaths from swine flu.
I really hope that the flu virus is contained quickly. With the current economic downturn and recession, swine flu is one other thing that you would not want to be worried about.
You may want to keep updated from the WHO website here.
Who would have thought? At the age of 35, when many other professional players are already in the twilight of their careers, Ryan Giggs has been named as the Professional Footballers Association (PFA) Player of the Year. He beat his four other Manchester United teammates (Cristiano Ronaldo, Rio Ferdinand, Nemanja Vidic and Edwin van der Sar) and the only non-Manchester United player, Steven Gerrard to win this pretigious award for the first, and perhaps only, time in his career. He had previously twice won the PFA Young Player of the Year. He also stops Cristiano Ronaldo from winning the PFA Player of the Year award for the third year running.
It is incredible for a player at this age to play at the highest level of football and being recognised by fellow professional players for the hardwork, dedication and commitment that Ryan Giggs has endlessly put in for the only football club he plays for. It is even made more incredible that he has only started in 12 Premier League games and scored one goal, that wonderful goal against West Ham. He featured in a further 8 Premier League games and 8 Champions League games. I believe it is not the number of games that he played in that mattered; it is more about his work ethics, the influence he imposed on the team and the level of workmanship that he contributed in those games.
I could still remember that wonderful solo goal against Arsenal in the FA Cup Semi-final game in 1999, which kept Manchester United Treble Dream of 1999 intact. Who could forget the delightful stepovers that he did, before Ronaldo made it his trademark? Who could forget the flying runs that he made in the 20 seasons that he has had with Manchester United?
If he plays against Arsenal in Wednesday’s Champions League Semi-final game, he will be making his 800th appearance for Manchester United.
Conceding two goals at half-time and facing a certain hair-dryer treatment from Sir Alex Ferguson, many people thought that Manchester United had blown it again. The title seemed for a while slipped from Manchester United’s grasp and going down the motorway towards Liverpool.
As the match resumed after the half-time break, many people wondered if Manchester United could turn the tide and rescue the season. Of course, they could and they did. What started with a ‘doubtful’ (I still think it was legit though) penalty decision by the referee and the eventual penalty conversion by Ronaldo, there was no doubt that Manchester United was making a comeback. The introduction of Tevez changed the pace of the game. Paul Scholes was then put onto the pitch to make his 601th appearance for Manchester United and his impact was almost instantaneous. Apart from the odd bad tackles and a yellow card, he continued to control the midfield and produced defences-splitting passes. Then came a period of a four-minute blitz, during which three further goals were scored. Wayne Rooney, undoubtedly the Man of the Match, scored two goals and Ronaldo the other, to completely turn the match on its head. Ronaldo could not care less that he was yellow-carded as he took off his shirt to celebrate his second goal. Dimitar Berbatov scored the final fifth goal to complete Manchester United’s comeback. Credit to him to curtail his celebration of scoring a goal against his former club.
It was one victory which may prove crucial in determining the final destination of the Barclays Premier League at the end of this season. This is the stuff that Champions are made of. Never to concede defeat until the fat lady sings. It was a great reply to Liverpool’s and Chelsea’s wins over Hull City and West Ham respectively.
The victory returned Manchester United to the top of the Barclays Premier League which was briefly kept warm by Liverpool for a mere two hours.
This is a welcome preparation for the first leg of the Champions League Semi-final match against Arsenal at Old Trafford on Wednesday (or Thursday early morning Brunei time). Manchester United’s next Barclays Premier League match will be against relegation-threatened Middlesbrough at the Riverside Stadium on Sunday 3 May.
I want to watch this. This is the eagerly-anticipated movie of the year. Star Trek tells the story of a young Captain Kirk and a certain half-human, half-Vulcan named Spock, fighting the Romulans who tried to change history by destroying the Federation.
Opening worldwide on Startdate (of approximaely) -313654.79 (or in Gregorian calendar 7 May 2009).
Apparently a health warning has been issued by the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) of the United Kingdom on the use of Bonjela on children below the age of 16.
A round of mid-week matches were played in the Barclays Premier League which, in some ways, had an impact on the league position at the top and, perhaps, the destination of the Barclays Premier League trophy at the end of the season.
Second-placed Liverpool drew 4-4 against forth-placed Arsenal and third-placed Chelsea drew 0-0 against sixth placed Everton. Manchester United won 2-0 against Portsmouth, to stay at the top of the Barclays Premier League, having 2 points more than Liverpool, but have one game in hand. The title bid is now over for the season for Chelsea and Arsenal. Everton is now one point away from Aston Villa for that last Champions League spot.
Last evening’s match also marked the 600th appearance of Paul Scholes for Manchester United. He is one of the rare breed of one-club players, which included Ryan Giggs and Gary Neville, and started his Manchester United career on 21 September 1994.
This weekend’s matches will see Liverpool visiting Hull City, Chelsea visiting West Ham and Manchester United hosting Tottenham Hotspurs.
Here’s a birthday wish for a nephew who turned two yesterday.
Happy Birthday, Hadee!
We’re going to celebrate his birthday on Saturday and we’re supposed to dress up as if it was the 60’s or the 70’s! I haven’t got any idea what to wear!
After the unearthing of the Scottish jewel in the form of Susan Boyle in the first episode of Britain’s Got Talents, the second episode went to Wales to uncover more. And guess what, they found another talent, something that I think even surpasses Susan’s. Shaheen Jafargholi just turned twelve when he sang in front of the judges. Just watch the video and see for yourself. Yes, his first choice of song was amiss, but no body expected what he was going to deliver. This time, even Simon Cowell stood up at the end of the song and gave the boy a much deserved applause.
So Susan or Shaheen? Well, Shaheen might be more talented, but the public might think that he would have much greater chance to make it out if he did not win, so the sympathy votes might go for Susan.
(It is frustrating that video embedding has been disabled. You would have to go to youtube to watch it.)
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