My Man Utd Jersey Collection

"He dribbles passed the defender and now he is one-on-one with the keeper.....and he chips the ball...l..l..., GOAL!!!!! What a goal!!!"



This is what u hear when a player scored a wonderful goal..u might think that im gonna talk about football but nope, today i wanna "showoff" some of my jerseys which i have been collecting since the year Man Utd won the ever marvellous treble (EPL, FA Cup, CL) in the year 1999.



Man Utd home 1996/1998

My first jersey is the home jersey used in the season 1996 until 1998. This jersey is actually i won from a bet with my uncle where we bet whether MU will win treble anot and they didnt disappoint me and won the treble and i got my first jersey.



Man Utd home 1998/2000

The second jersey added to my collection is the 1998/2000 home jersey which is a gift from my uncle when he came back from overseas. This jersey is nice to wear as it is not that hot wearing it unlike the first jersey i had.

Man Utd home 2000/2001

The next jersey would be the the home jersey worn by the Man Utd players in 2000/2001. This 1 is bought during a sale from Studio R and got a 10% discount. Seldom wear it as i think its not that comfortable or mayb i found it a bit weird, dunno how to discribe it, haha.

Man Utd home 2002/2004

Next in line is the 2002/2004 Man Utd home jersey which is also the first Man Utd jersey under Nike compared to the previous which is Umbro. This 1 i got it from the Man Utd shop in KLCC just before they closed down and got it quite cheap at around RM80 if im not mistaken. Quite like it as its nice to wear and its NIKE though i think its over-rated.

Man Utd away 2002/2003

Up next is the away jersey of 2002/2003 Man Utd. First time, i have an away jersey coz i felt that this is quite nice and its WHITE which i like it alot. Got a 30% discount when purchased this and til now still like it alot.

Man Utd home 2004/2006

After so many jerseys and im getting more and more addicted to it though its quite pricey but supporting the team i like its worth it. The next in my MU jersey collection is the 2004/2006 home jersey. My fren helped me to bought it from UK and got it quite early compared to getting it from Malaysia.

Man Utd away 2006/2007

Then after that i went and get the so called limited edition 2006/2007 away kit and being a tribute to the success of the Busby Babes and their enduring influence. The material is very nice to wear though it is made in indonesia but its so cooling when its covering ur body.

Current man utd away jersey

The latest addition to my collection is the current away jersey which is black in colour. Its really nice and of course nice to wear but i still think that last season's is much better. Gonna put name and number for this and surely it will be RONALDO!!

Clash of the Times

Since its quite sometime since i last updated my blog, today i decided to continue back with "Clash of the Times". Most of you will surely wonder what is that? is is a war?? or is it some big match in sports?? think no further, its a exhibition match between Roger Federer, the current world no.1 in tennis versus the previous world no.1 and with the record of 14 grand slam titles, Pete Sampras.


Why is it called the Clash of the Times?? This is bcoz both are the greats during their time where Federer aka FedEx is the best player in his time and Pete is the greatest player in his time too and having such a match is really a wonderful thing that can't be missed by all tennis fan.


The match will be held in Malawati Stadium in Shah Alam on 22nd November 2007 which is about 1 month plus from the time I write this post and the tickets is claimed to be sold for about 95% and only those cheap one left for grab. The tickets are priced at RM 83, RM 253, RM 353, RM 388 and RM 443. Coz its quite pricey and I cant really afford the second cheapest so got to contain with RM 83 ticket.

The above is the ticket for the match which i scanned and put it here and it is printed on the spot when u purchase the ticket at the outlets such as Rock Corner where this ticket is purchased.

Besides this match, there is also another interesting match between the current world no. 2, Rafael Nadal against Richard Gasquet of France. The pricing is also similar so cant really attend both matches eventhough it would be great and a hard get opportunity for them to be playing in Malaysia.

For those who wanna get more information can logon to http://www.ticketpro.com.my/ to check out the details of the seatings and also other events under them. Tickets can also be purchased at their website. Let's hope that the game will be a great one and worth the price of the ticket!! Stay tuned for more updates!!

Experience

August 3-5 2007, this is when i first enter a PC Fair as a worker rather than a visitor. For the past PC Fair, i was unable to work there due to hectic schedule but being in the final year of my studies, we have more time for ourselves especially for our FYP thus i can take some time out to work in the PC Fair. Another thing is that it happens to fall on the weekend before our mid-trimester break, what a coincidence.

Friday as usual, not many visitor as many needs to go to work therefore, things seems to be slow. During lunch time, traffic started to increase as many take this opportunity to check out the latest offerings for this fair. As expected, not much sales compared to weekend but for ours, we were glad that many came to purchase from us. Then things started to slow back til dinner time where those office workers started to storm the KL Convention Center. Many came with their colleagues and some came alone just to survey the price for weekend's rush. At 9pm, the closing time for the fair, we closed the booth and left the area for dinner. This is a brand new experience for me as for the first time i get to feel how busy it can be where we do not even have time for other things beside selling products to the customers.

For the second day, which is 1st day of the weekend, Saturday, as usual reached there around 10.15am and entered the hall to arrange new stock. Warning given by my buddy that today will be a freaking busy day so have to accept that there will be no time to relax and have a nice meal throughout the day. Sure enough, once the clock strikes 11am, all the visitor rushed in and from there on, there is no stopping for all of us. The whole day just keep talking and talking to push the products and get sales done. Just like y'day, when 9pm we just left there for dinner. I was so busy that day that i only had a bun the throughout the day.

The final day and this will be the worst day among the 3 as many Malaysians like to rush during last minute and they thought that things will be cheaper on the last day as all vendors tends to sell off their products and bring less products back to their shop. Therefore, the traffic was so heavy in the hall and we didn't even have time to breathe. Just like the day before, i only had a bun for my meal. At around 8pm, we all started to pack our products unlike others which still hard selling their product. When everything is done, its around 10+ when we left the hall back to the shop and then unload all the stock before going for dinner.

For me this is a great experience and i felt that it is not that hard after all and i believe that organising an event is even tougher than this esp. during the workshop prior to the actual date of event, as i felt more tired than working in PC Fair.

Movie Carnival 2007

Movie Carnival its back and this time its bigger and better as claimed by the organiser. I didn't noe bout it until i received an email from GSC that there are free gifts for redemption by printing a cutout and present it to the counter. Since I've yet to watch Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End so decided to make it today and also to claim the free gift at 1 Utama (new wing).

Reached there around 9.45am and when reached the oval area, many people has been queuing and immediately, without any delay me and my gf quickly jumped to the end of the queue and wait for the person in charge to arrive. We waited for around 15 minutes and people are coming in as well as the organisers. There will only be 30 gifts to be given out each day and today they are giving out t-shirt of the movie Man in White (鬼啊，鬼啊）. We were quite lucky still able to get the gift. Besides that queue, there was another queue where people trying to get the goodies for the movie Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer which was sponsored by Anglia Shandy. So many people queued and unfortunately, i do not have any cut out for that so unable to join the queue.

Because i've yet to book or purchase the tickets for later show, so we quickly went to the cinema counter and get our tickets before its too late. It is quite expensive since this movie is one of the blockbuster movie in this summer and it cost us each RM11. After done with the ticket, we went back to the Movie Carnival area and have a look and also took some pictures. It showcased some of the up coming movies such as The Simpsons, Transformer, Fantastic Four and many more big show. Besides that, the organiser also take this opportunity to promote local films and also films across this region.


People queue to get the free gifts given out


The 'Silver Surfer' and Homer!!


Me and the Simpsons family

Digital Audio Format for Handphone

Now a days when you have a phone which can works like a MP3 player, the thing that you want to have in it is songs and mostly people will put in the songs under MP3 file (eg: .mp3). I used to put that type of audio files into my 256MB card but only able to fit in around 30+ songs depends on the quality of the encoded song.
So, while I was having a break from my exam revision, I found something which i think useful for those who wants to fit in more audio files with less space. Introducing AAC HEv2 codec encoding or known as eAAC+. With this encoding, you convert your other audio file to something.m4a which now a days most handphones and portable audio devices support it. I found out that the size of a song from the initial 6MB(mp3 file encoded using MP3 LAME-one of the best quality) to around 2MB only!!
Many sure things that the quality will be very poor as the file size is so small but surprisingly the quality is almost as good as CD quality which hardly able to differentiated between the file before encoded. Maybe my earphones(HPM-70) is not the best in the market but seriously to those who wants to fit lots of songs into your audio device, this is quite a good choice.

28th April 2007 - It's a Saturday!!

As above, its a Saturday so isn't it good to be in a weekend? I think most of u do think so rite?? The night before slept late as I was completing the last lab report for this trimester, YAHOO!! and thank god, ck finished it and i was able to get some 'ideas' from his and completed mine. Academic stuffs just don't stop there after you finish you lab report coz there is an assignment waiting for me and my assignment partner ck to do!! this is a life of a student: beginning of that trimester, very free then midterm after that rushing for assignments then final exams then holiday. So now we are in the last part of the trimester, complete assignment, prepare for finals!

So this assignment was tougher than I thought even ck also can't 'master' it! So no choice but to do some findings on the title that we need to complete and found something which i hope its useful. Basically nothing much to do in a weekend except rest and rest and enjoy, YEAH!!

So almost the whole day 'wasted' on TVB drama series, computer games, surfing and of course EPL on Saturday where the team i supported playing in an early kick-off match. Luckily they were able to win that match even being 2 goals down which it really incredible and this is the spirit what Man Utd fans wanted to see in them.

In order to watch the match, so had an early dinner at 6PM at the new restaurant nearby called Restoran Apple Burger. It's quite expensive to eat there but somehow manage to fill the stomach which has been calling since an hour before.




The pic on the top is the restaurant while the pic on the bottom is a dish called Apple Chicken Salad which cost RM5, btw, its alredi half eaten when i took the pic. Sadly, i forgot to take a pic on the dish i ate which is the Wire Burger Ayam Special which is also 5 bucks!! Personally i think its abit expensive and this would be the last resort for me to have meal.

BMW Sauber F1 Demo Run

Temperature as high as 40 celcius but hundreds of viewers standing along the road behind those barriers. Sound of a V8 BMW engine roaring blasting through the air. This is what happened in MiTC at 2.30PM on 1st April 2007 (april fool’s day).

I was there with my girlfriend and other friends as well to witness the Formula 1 (F1) demo run on the streets by BMW Sauber F1 team which is organised by Petronas. Though I’ve been to F1 event few times but able to witness it about 1 meter from me is something so special. It’s different from being at the track which is quite a distance from me and definitely different from watching it at home on the screen.

We reached there around 1.15PM and many roads around the area was blocked for the demo run. It took us quite a while to get a place to park and it is quite far away too. Many cars were already there at the moment as I think this is the first time a F1 demo run was held in Melaka.

At first I thought that there will be just a short run by the reserve driver of BMW Sauber team, then when I was waiting for the event to start at 2PM, I saw BMW Sauber’s Drivers opposite of me. I was standing opposite of their ‘garage’ and from my place, I saw the media was interviewing the drivers, wow! By 1.45PM, many visitors has arrived to witness this event and the weather is so hot as the sun is sitting high up in the sky.

After waited for more than half an hour for the Chief Minister to arrive, it started with a introduction run where those drivers and riders were introduced to the public, then the Chief Minister flaged off as to start of the event.

1st is a demo run by Robert Kubica, the team’s second driver. It was an amazing experience where the sound is so loud and the speed of car is so fast that it is so hard to get it captured on a camera. He ran several laps then made a pitstop then continue and after total of 6 rounds he pitted back into the garage. All the visitors were entertained as they witnessed the a demo run of a F1 car, which is the pinnacle of motorsport. After the F1 run was the Petronas Sprinta Yamaha Racing Team demostarting the Yamaha R6 which is a superbike. After that it was the Petronas Sprinta Raceline Racing Team where they demonstrated the Yamaha Cubs which those ‘Mat Rempit’ used to race.

After those motorcycle, the day continued with a demo run by the Petronas Syntium Team with a BMW M3 car which was driven by the 2006 ATCC Championship Runner-up, Fariqe Hairuman. Then the Petronas Formula Xperience Racing School show what they are made of as they will be the next generation of F1 drivers. The next most impressive show was by Chris Pfeiffer, the Indoor Streetbike World Champion on a stunt bike. He showed his skills on balancing a bike and many more stunts that all visitors looked with awe. Then after that, the F1 team made another run with their first driver, Nick Heidfeld on the wheels.

Though all have to stay under the hot sun for hours but it is worth it and it was a once in a lifetime experience for those who can’t afford to attend the race in Sepang next week. Below are some pictures that I able to take during the few hours there.