JO'BULANI OR JABULANI OR JABU

This is  Jabulani aka a goalkeeper's nightmare and striker's fear ...unpredictable monster in the air.

But finally after researching the Net (and Wikipedia too) I think I know why Jabu defies logic when kicked. I mean, we are talking about Jabu being kicked by world-class footballers, most of them professionals earning millions of dollars per year in salaries (not to mention the millions from endorsements, commercials, appearances etc.).

And Messi and Rooney and Ronaldo keeps ballooning their shots over the goal bar? You think these fellas don't know how to kick and control the flight of a football or what? Come on, must be Jabu's fault. Period.

Created by Adidas the sport giant in Germany, developed by mostly academicians and researchers in United Kingdom, made in China with latex from India, materials from Taiwan and other misc items from China.

What? Taiwan?! Notoriously known for imitations! And made in China?!! Lotsa stuff made in China nowadays are of lousy quality ... $#@*& !!! Whadaya expect ?

"Excuses" from great names:

Italian keeper Buffon "it is very sad that a competition so important as the world championship will be played with such an inadequate ball."
Brazilian striker Fabiano "supernatural" as it unpredictably changed direction when travelling through the air.
Brazilian striker Robinho "for sure the guy who designed this ball never played football. But there is nothing we can do, we have to play with it."
English Joe Hart, after training with the ball for a number of days "the balls have been doing anything but staying in my gloves."
English goalkeeper David James "the ball is dreadful. It's horrible, but it's horrible for everyone."
Denmark coach Morten Olsen "We played with an impossible ball ... "
World's best striker Messi "The ball is very complicated for the goalkeepers and for us [strikers]"
Ex-Malaysian keeper Chris "The ball is plasticky - very hard to catch ... cannot blame Green for the blunder)"

Praise from Adidas-sponsored players:

Arbeloa commented "it's round, like always." (Aiya - even Uncle Tai knows that!)
Brazilian midfielder Kaka "For me, contact with the ball is all-important ... " (But of course!)
Czech goalkeeper Cech "good visibility due to the colour pattern, that felt good to handle, and when kicked it had good control" (Whaseh man ... very chim)
English midfielder Lampard "A very strong ball, true to hit." (Strong? Why don't you try and score a strong goal la?)
German midfielder Ballack "Fantastic, the ball does exactly what I want it to." (So most of the time you want it to fly over the bar?)

Oh, by the way, Jabu won over the hearts of 11 hard core Portuguese fans last night with 6 of them whacking in 7 goals... highest ever in a world cup match :)))

2010 D'Arts Open Semi-Final

Emcee for the evening

Singaporean umpire checking the scoreboard

Sam Choong's cousin, Sam Ham, representing MalaysiaBoleh

Challenger from Iran, Amin aka Sharpshooter

Amin in full concentration

Some entertainment during commercial break

Trick pool shots by future champion

Enough talk about saving water and drinking beer; now we talk about food - good food

One and off for the past week, I have been tasting much of the food items at D'Arts. Yes, food is now an item in the menu (can't drink on an empty stomach, now can you?). The chef (Ah Siong) has not disappointed me so far. My fav? Has to be his signature dish, that is

Doggie Duck

(soli - no picture available)

But in fact, the rest is also delicious, I must say

Note: Photos not taken by me- I only volunteered to post them up here.

Uncle Tai's Birthday

B'Day cake sponsored by Sam

 B'Day boy cutting the cake

 

Those who were there

 
yup ... me too
 
Ahlee - ouch!

 

Well-endowed Leng Lui

Those piercing eyes

Surfing the net with style

So touched that he shed a tear

Worrying news about beer

This indeed is worrisome
 

Beer contains female hormones 

Last month, Wits University and RAU scientists released the results of a recent analysis that revealed the presence of female hormones in beer.
 

Men should take a concerned look at their beer consumption.
 

The theory is that beer contains female hormones (hops contain Phytoestrogens) and that by drinking enough beer, men turn into women .
 

To test the theory, 100 men drank 8 pints of beer each within a 1 hour period.

It was then observed that 100% of the test subjects : 

1) Argued over nothing.

2) Refused to apologize when obviously wrong.

3) Gained weight.

4) Talked excessively without making sense.

5) Became overly emotional

6) Couldn't drive.

7) Failed to think rationally.

8) Had to sit down while urinating.

 

No further testing was considered necessary. 

Got this as a forward mail.
Send this to the men you know to warn them about drinking too much beer !

 

Got this from a forward mail

How To Shower Like a Woman

Take off clothes and place them sectioned in laundry basket according to lights and darks
Walk to bathroom wearing long dressing gown
If you see husband along the way, cover up any exposed areas.
Look at your womanly physique in the mirror - make mental note to do more sit-ups/leg-lifts, etc. 
Get in the shower.  

Use face cloth, arm cloth, leg cloth, long loofah, wide loofah and pumice stone. 

Wash your hair once with cucumber and sage shampoo with 43 added vitamins.
Wash your hair again to make sure it's clean.
Condition your hair with grapefruit mint conditioner enhanced.
Wash your face with crushed apricot facial scrub for 10 minutes until red.
Wash entire rest of body with ginger nut and jaffa cake body wash.
Rinse conditioner off hair.
Shave armpits and legs.
Turn off shower.
Squeegee off all wet surfaces in shower.
Spray mould spots with tile cleaner.
Get out of shower.
Dry with towel the size of a small country.
Wrap hair in super absorbent towel.
Return to bedroom wearing long dressing gown and towel on head.
If you see husband along the way, cover up any exposed areas.

How To Shower Like a Man

Take off clothes while sitting on the edge of the bed and leave them in a pile.
Walk naked to the bathroom.
If you see wife along the way, shake willy at her making the 'woo-woo' sound.
Look at your manly physique in the mirror.
Admire the size of your willy and scratch your bum.
Get in the shower.
Wash your face.
Wash your armpits.
Blow your nose in your hands and let the water rinse them off.
Fart and laugh at how loud it sounds in the shower.
Spend majority of time washing privates and surrounding area.
Wash your bum, leaving those coarse bum hairs stuck on the soap.
Wash your hair.
Make a Shampoo Mohawk..
Wee.
Rinse off and get out of shower.
Partially dry off.
Fail to notice water on floor because curtain was hanging out of bath t he whole time.
Admire willy size in mirror again.
Leave shower curtain open, wet mat on floor, light and fan on..
Return to bedroom with towel around waist.
If you pass wife, pull off towel, shake willy at her and make the 'woo-woo' sound again.
Throw wet towel on bed.

I KNOW YOU'RE LAUGHING CAUSE MOST OF IT'S TRUE!!!!!!

My family and God of Prosperity in jaybee wishes you guys

Gong Xi Fa Cai!!!!!!!!!!

Eve of Christmas 2009

 

 

 

 

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