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wq: thanks (:
shien: yesyes!! so pretty (:
lostt: haha.yah ur bestfriend alr!
kaiqi!: lol.i will of cus,in ur dream (:
HUIYING: let's have lunchbox day!!! hahaha
wq: yeah ok (:
qiting: HAHA yup.our mini secret!

Daily dosage of my happy pills

It's finally friday (((: great! however it means block test's even nearer now, in 1week time.everyone's busy studying but i only touched chem ): not a gd thing at all! i must get started on math al and that'll be tmr!!!

some ppl are just so totally irresponsible! it's been months.wth man seriously! if u really cant manage it,why bother to start it?? am very very very pissed ttm right now!!!!! @#$%^&*()_+!!!!!

Trapped within

Studied in the lib from 10am-6.30pm,with many breaks though! (: saw rainbow with zn! pretty (((: we tot there's only like one rainbow.but...
zn: i saw 2 rainbows at the same time before!
ws: oh wow! *looks up* OMG! got 2 rainbow!!!
and we got so excited!

look carefully,the 2nd one is above the distinct one (:

dinner with B at cck (:

I was strong. I was.

Chem spa was alrite (: finished the expt fast and had quality time for the anomalous results stuff (: just pray hard that i didnt make any careless mistake.lol.

had so much fun chatting with zn abt ct during lects and breaks.all the gossips,people and stuff.haha.we knew so much things from each other.damn WOW i tell u.HAHA.ok i know we shld be listening in lects.but...i just dun understand a thing.lagging so much behind for every subj.soooooo.gona pon sch tmr to study with zn (((: hope it'll be productive!

oh yah sa's so cute ok? distributed choc to award us for turning up for chem remedial.hahahaha.are they really that desperate to see us for remedial? ok they really are,provided us with extra tuitions and free goodies (((: still,i'll work hard and get out of the remedial! no more ZERO,i hope (:

family history

For someone who counts film as a...hmm, second third love, I've never been drawn to watch the Academy Awards ceremony. The only televised film award ceremony I've sat through is Taiwan's Golden Horse, as a kind of teaser for what films to look out for during the Singapore film festival or on DVD. One of these films was Wu Nien Jen, 吳念真's film A Borrowed Life or Duo Sang (mangled shortform for "father" in Japanese).

I had bought a copy of its screenplay almost ten years ago, but it was only at our recent trip to Taiwan that I found an inexpensive copy of its DVD and finally watched the film.

But first, who is Wu Nien Jen? To most folks in Singapore, he is probably recognised as the older man in the Jolin Tsai Visit Taiwan TV commercial below.



Of course, he got to be the "Visit Taiwan" ambassador because he is also well-known as a prolific writer for the cinema, having crafted screenplays for countless films since the 70s (e.g. Hou Hsiao Hsien's A City of Sadness), and an actor for half as many films (e.g. the lead in Edward Yang's fantastic Yiyi). His 1994 directorial debut A Borrowed LIfe is a restrained yet moving film.

When Wu directed A Borrowed Life or Duo-sang, he perhaps had picked up from Hou the habit of keeping the camera a respectful distance from the characters, literally framing the individual histories against a larger social and historical backdrop. But A Borrowed Life is, if nothing else, about personal history.

The premise seems typical enough - the narrator is a Taiwanese boy growing up in a coal mining community, eventually goes to the university and forms a family in the city. But the film is, more accurately, about the narrator's observation and remembrance of his father's life - a coal miner who had grown up during Japan's largely benevolent rule over Taiwan, remains enamored with Japan (he is referred to in the film as "Sega", and his children call him "Duo-sang"), and dies of a lung disease without fulfilling his dream of visiting Mount Fuji and the Imperial Gardens.

The English title "A Borrowed Life" is apt in several ways. The film borrows from Wu's own life - he, too, was a son of a coal miner. The narrator, the eldest son, remains almost fiercely filial to Sega throughout the father despite Sega's shortcomings (his biggest vice was gambling), conscious of a son's debt to his father - a life borrowed from one spent in coal mines. Sega is representative of a generation lose to modern Taiwan - a generation for whom Mandarin is not a native language, a generation that had grown up under a Japanese schools and riding Japanese railways. Sega's life is one of borrowings from cultures foreign and distant - Japanese, Chinese, Taiwanese modernity.

I am reminded of Pa J and his strange defence of all things Chinese (as in People's-Republic-of-China Chinese), including his insistence that Taiwan is a renegade province that should be "reunited" with China. Strange because he left that country for Malaya at the age of 8 or 9. Yet any relative from China, however distant, is welcomed by Pa J with open arms today. He keeps track of developments of his extended family in China via frequent phone calls. In fact, he even disapproves when any vaguely disparaging comments, even in jest, are made relating to China. At the same time, it is not so strange. Despite having spent most of his 70-odd years on this island, besides the few family relations he maintains, there is very little on this island today - its culture (heh, did you say "what culture"), its people, its society - that Pa J can connect emotionally with.

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p/s. The 22nd Singapore Int'l Film Fest (better logo this year!) is coming soon! For preview of its website, click here. Tickets are supposed to go on sale 14 March only.

Del Piero, The Italian Legend Player

Profile :
Full name : Alessandro Del Piero
Date of birth : November 9, 1974
Place of birth : Conegliano Veneto (TV), Italy
Playing position :Second striker
Career Club :
Youth career
1981–1988 : San Vendemiano
1988–1991 : Padova
Senior career
Years Club
1991–1993 : Padova
1993– : Juventus

Biography :
Alessandro Del Piero, Cavaliere Ufficiale OMRI (born November 9, 1974 in Conegliano Veneto) is an Italian World Cup-winning footballer. He currently plays for Juventus in Italy.

Pelé named Del Piero in the FIFA 100, a list of the 125 greatest living footballers selected by Pelé as a part of FIFA's centenary celebrations while Brazilian star Ronaldinho proclaimed that Del Piero is his idol. Del Piero was also voted in the list of best European players for the past 50 years in the UEFA Golden Jubilee Poll. In the year 2000, Del Piero was the world's best-paid football player from salary, bonuses and advertising revenue. Currently, Del Piero is still the highest earning Italian Player.

Along with three awards in Italy for gentlemanly conduct he has also won the Golden Foot award, which pertains to personality and playing ability.

Del Piero usually plays as a supporting-striker and occasionally between the midfield and the strikers, known in Italy as the "Trequartista" position. Although he is not very tall, Del Piero's playing style is regarded by critics as creative in attacking, assisting many goals as well as scoring himself, as opposed to just "goal poaching." His free-kick and penalty taking is also highly regarded. Del Piero has become famous over the years for scoring from a special " Del Piero Zone", approaching from the left flank and curling a precise lob into the far top corner of the goal.

In terms of goalscoring, Del Piero holds the all-time record at Juventus. On April 6th, 2008, Alessandro Del Piero became the all-time highest-capped Juventus player, ahead of Juve legend Gaetano Scirea. He is in sixth place in the UEFA Champions League all-time goalscorer records.Within the Italian national team, he is currently joint fourth with Roberto Baggio in the all-time scoring records.Read more in wikipedia....

Fernando Torres, Best Striker on Liverpool

Profile :
Full Name : Fernando José Torres Sanz
Date of Birth : 20 March 1984
Place of Birth : Madrid, Spain
Playing position : Striker
Career Club :
Youth career
1995–2001 Atlético Madrid
Senior career
2001–2007 : Atlético Madrid
2007– : Liverpool
National team
2001 : Spain U18
2002S : Spain U19
2002–2003 : Spain U21
2003– : Spain

Fernando Torres Information :
The Kop has a new idol by the name of Fernando Torres - and no one makes the famous stand bounce like Liverpool's number nine.

Signed for a club record fee of approximately £20 million in July 2007, El Nino was handed the shirt vacated by Anfield legend Robbie Fowler.

Undaunted, he soon became the first Red since Fowler in 1996-97 to break the 30-goal barrier and is already on his way to achieving Godlike status.

Before joining the Premier League aged 23, Torres spent 12 years with hometown club Atletico Madrid.

Such was his prodigious talent he was named the best under-14 player in Europe following his performances in the 1998 Nike Cup.

Torres became the youngest player in Atletico history upon making his debut in May 2001. He went on to bag 21 goals in 2003-04 after being named Vicente Calderon's youngest ever skipper at the age of 19.

Having already top-scored in European Under-16 and Under-19 Championships, El Nino earned a first senior cap in September 2003 against Portugal. Seven months later he chalked up a first international goal against Italy. The forward would go on to net three times in the 2006 World Cup in Germany.

Clubs around Europe, including Manchester United and Arsenal, were understandably circling. However, in May 2007 it became clear Torres had his heart set on Merseyside when he revealed the phrase 'We'll Never Walk Alone' on the inside of his captain's armband during a match between Atletico and Real Sociedad.

Two months of speculation and paper talk ensued before the striker was finally unveiled at Melwood.

Torres made his competitive debut for Liverpool at Villa Park on August 11, 2007. A week later he smashed in his first official goal (he'd already scored in a pre-season friendly versus Shanghai Shenhua) when a trademark burst of pace against Chelsea sent Anfield wild.


Successive home hat-tricks to see off Middlesbrough and West Ham helped the hitman total 33 in 2007-08, including 24 in the league to overtake Ruud van Nistelrooy and become the most prolific foreigner ever in a debut season in England.

His crucial strike in the Stade Velodrome against Marseille won Goal of the Season on Liverpoolfc.tv, and it came as no surprise when fans also voted him their Player of the Year.

As if all this wasn't enough, Torres then topped off an incredible season by helping Spain to Euro 2008 glory in Austria and Switzerland. It was he who scored the winner in the final against Germany - one of two throughout the tournament. Remarkably, it was Spain's first major honour since 1964 - and our number nine was the hero.

http://www.liverpoolfc.tv/team/squad/torres/

Steven Gerrard : The Legend Player in Liverpool

Profile :
Full name : Steven George Gerrard
Date of birth : 30 May 1980
Place of birth : Whiston, England
Playing position : Midfielder
Career Club :
Youth career
1987–1997 : Liverpool
Senior career
1997– Liverpool
National team
1999 : England U21
2000– England

Gerrard Information :

Once in a generation a player comes along to whom nothing seems impossible. Luckily, that man wears the number eight shirt at Anfield.

Liverpool's inspirational captain is arguably the most complete footballer in the world. Power, pace, touch and a never-say-die attitude; Stevie G has it all, and rarely have these attributes been more apparent than when he skippered the Reds to 2005 Champions League glory in Istanbul.

The Scouse sensation has collected just about every medal during more than 10 years in the first team - except the Premier League. He's also captained his country and in 2006 was awarded an MBE by the Queen.

Gerrard's LFC love affair began when he was spotted playing for Whiston Juniors aged nine. Eight years later, after a period as a trainee, he signed his first professional contract.

Within 12 months the starlet had made his first-team debut, coming on as a second-half sub for Vegard Heggem against Blackburn Rovers on November 29, 1998. Gerrard played 13 games in his debut season, in part due to the injury woes of fellow midfielder Jamie Redknapp.

Persistent back and groin problems punctuated his blossoming career, though he'd managed to establish himself as a first-team regular by the start of the 1999-00 season.

It proved to be a momentous campaign for the Whiston-born youngster, not least because of a spectacular first professional goal at Anfield against Sheffield Wednesday. England coach Kevin Keegan was starting to take note.

Having already featured at under-18 and under-21 level, Gerrard was handed his first senior international cap against Ukraine in May 2000. From there he was selected for Euro 2000 in Holland and Belgium, but had to settle for just a single substitute appearance.

By now regarded as the complete box-to-box midfielder, he was instrumental in the Reds winning a unique treble in 2001. With the Worthington and FA Cups already in the bag, Gerrard was one of the scorers in an unforgettable 5-4 UEFA Cup final victory over Alaves. It came as no surprise when the man nicknamed the Huyton Hammer was voted PFA Young Player of the Year.

The milestones were starting to stack up for Gerrard, who kicked off the following season by netting his first international goal in the famous 5-1 trouncing of Germany in their own backyard. The win helped Sven's men secure a World Cup place, but heartbreak followed when a groin injury ruled the midfield maestro out of Japan and South Korea.

A disappointing domestic season followed, the highlight of which was a Worthington Cup final at Cardiff's Millennium Stadium. Gerrard opened the scoring in a satisfying 2-0 win over Manchester United.

By the start of 2003-04 the midfielder had firmly established himself as Liverpool's on-field leader, and it was no surprise when Houllier handed him the captain's armband in place of Sami Hyypia.

The decision proved such a success that within six months Gerrard was captaining England against Sweden in the absence of David Beckham.

Just when it seemed things couldn't get any better for the Scouser, they did. On May 25, 2005, under new boss Rafa Benitez, Gerrard lifted the club's fifth European Cup.

Having already brought Liverpool back from the brink earlier in the campaign with a last-gasp strike against Olympiacos, the skipper helped inspire the greatest comeback of all time in Istanbul.

No one believed the Reds could overturn AC Milan's 3-0 half-time lead - until Stevie G's 54th minute header, that is.

His heroics earned him the title of UEFA's Most Valuable Player, as well as a nomination for the prestigious Ballon D'Or award. He would come third in the latter, behind Ronaldinho and countryman Frank Lampard.

In the months that followed the final, captain fantastic signed a new four-year contract at Anfield to put an end to speculation about a possible move to Chelsea.

With his future sorted, Gerrard went on to enjoy his most impressive season to date, scoring 23 goals in 53 games and being crowned PFA Player of the Year. He was the first Liverpool man to win the award since John Barnes in 1988.

The 2005-06 campaign culminated with another FA Cup win in Cardiff, with West Ham providing the opposition. If 1953 will always be remembered as the Stanley Matthews final, then 2006 will surely go down as Gerrard's day.

The skipper twice breached Shaka Hislop's net, including a dramatic equaliser in the dying moments to send the game into extra-time and, ultimately, penalties. This 35-yard volley was voted Match of the Day's goal of the season.

Gerrard - who's played in just about every position for Liverpool - had now scored in four major finals, something no English-based player had ever done.

Next, in the summer of 2006 and aged 26, the midfielder featured in his first World Cup. After scoring twice in the group stages, he was one of three players to miss a penalty in the quarter-final shoot-out loss to Portugal.

In the wake of defeat and Beckham standing down, Gerrard was widely tipped to be the next England skipper. New boss Steve McClaren eventually plumped for Chelsea centre-back John Terry, with the Liverpool man having to settle for the vice-captaincy.

The Kop idol returned from Germany for another eventful domestic season during which he broke Ian Rush's European Cup goalscoring record. His header against PSV was his 15th in the competition, one more than the legendary striker.

In December 2006 Gerrard was awarded an MBE, which he later collected from the Queen at Buckingham Palace.

As if all this wasn't enough, the season ended with another European Cup final, and again it was AC Milan. The Reds might have lost 2-1 in Athens, but Gerrard was more than happy to pen a new four-year contract to keep him at Anfield until 2011.

Back on the international front, there was major disappointment in November 2007 when he skippered his countrymen to a 3-2 defeat against Croatia at the new Wembley - ending both England's hopes of qualifying for Euro 2008 and Steve McClaren's reign at manager.

The domestic season also ended without silverware despite a 21-goal haul for Gerrard including an ice-cool penalty versus Arsenal to take Liverpool to yet another Champions League semi-final.

Now a bona fide legend of the British game, the midfielder made it a century of club goals with a powerful free-kick against PSV in October 2008. He is one of just 16 players to achieve the feat for the Reds.
Source Arrticle : http://www.liverpoolfc.tv/

Dimitar Berbatov, Striker on Manchester United

Profile :
Full name : Dimitar Ivanov Berbatov
Date of birth : January 30, 1981
Place of birth : Blagoevgrad, Bulgaria
Nickname : Berbo, Berba
Playing position : Striker
Career Club :
Youth clubs
PFC Pirin Blagoevgrad
Senior clubs
Years Club

1999-2001 : CSKA Sofia

2001-2006 : Bayer Leverkusen
2006-2008 : Tottenham Hotspur
2008- : Manchester United

Brief Biography :
He was born in Blagoevgrad near the border with Yugoslavia where his father was a professional footballer with local outfit Pirin Blagoevgrad. His career began at the same club but he was spotted by legendary scout and coach Dimitar Penev and, only 17, moved to the most successful Bulgarian club CSKA Sofia following in the footsteps of his father, Ivan, who also played for the club as a left winger and later as a defender. He played for CSKA in the Bulgarian A PFG between 1998 and January 2001 making his debut as an 18-year-old in the 1998/99 season. He started to make his name the following year when he scored 14 goals in 27 league games and won the Bulgarian National Cup in 1999. He didn't get on well with the fans of the club though, because he rued chances in crucial games, like the one in may 2000 when CSKA lost to arch rivals Levski and also gave up the title, despite dominating the whole match.

Ryan Giggs on Manchester United

Profile :
Full Name : Ryan Joseph Giggs OBE
Date of Birth : 29 November 1973
Place of Birth : Canton, Cardiff, Wales
Playing Position : Winger, Second striker, Attacking midfielder
Career Club :
Youth career
1987–1990 : Manchester United
Senior career
1990– Manchester United
National team
1991- : Wales
1991–2007 : Wales

Ryan Joseph Giggs OBE[1] (born Ryan Joseph Wilson on 29 November 1973 in Canton, Cardiff) is a Welsh footballer who has played for Manchester United for the entirety of his club career to-date. He established himself as a left-winger during the 1990s and continued in this position well into the 2000s, but more recently playing in a deeper central role.

Giggs holds a host of football records, including that of being the most decorated player in English football history. On 11 May 2008, he became the first footballer to collect 10 top division English league title medals. Giggs was the first player in history to win two consecutive PFA Young Player of the Year awards (1992 and 1993) and is the only player to have played and scored in every single season of the Premier League since its inception, also holding the league's record for most all time goal assists.

Giggs has had a stellar domestic and continental career and is the first player in UEFA Champions League history to have scored in 12 successive seasons, on top of being elected into the PFA Team of the Century in 2007, the English Premier League Team of the Decade, in 2003, as well as the FA Cup Team of the Century. Giggs is also the only United player to have played in all 10 Premier League winning teams and the only Manchester United player to have played in both League Cup winning teams. At the 2008 UEFA Champions League Final, held on 21 May 2008, Giggs surpassed Sir Bobby Charlton's record of 758 appearances for Manchester United to become the club's all-time leader in appearances.

At International level, Giggs played for the Welsh national team prior to his retirement from international football on 2 June 2007, and was once the youngest player to ever represent his country. As well as the many honours Giggs has received within football such as being named in the Football League 100 Legends, he was awarded an OBE in the Queen's 2007 Birthday Honours List, and was inducted into the exclusive English Football Hall of Fame in 2005, for his services to English Football. Read more in wikiepedia....

Anderson Oliveira, Brazilian Player

Profile :
Full name : Anderson Luís de Abreu Oliveira
Date of birth : 13 April 1988
Place of birth : Porto Alegre, Brazil
Playing position : Midfielder
Career Club :
Youth career
1993–2004 :Grêmio
Senior Career
2004–2005 : Grêmio
2005–2007 : Porto
2007– : Manchester United
National team
2007 : Brazil U-23
2008– : Brazil

Anderson Information :
Brazilian Anderson (known to his mum as Anderson Luís de Abreu Oliveira) has been granted a work permit by the Home Office to allow him to play for champions Manchester United. The initial application for his work permit was rejected because he had not played in 75% of Brazil's internationals over the last two years.

However, United being the clever sods that they are, agreed a deal with Porto for the 19-year-old midfielder in early June, won their appeal to let him play. United told a six-man panel that only Anderson's youth had prevented him from meeting the set criteria whilst arguing that the player will bring exceptional talent to the Premier League.

Anderson made his debut for Brazil in their 2-0 Copa America defeat to Mexico on Wednesday.

Anderson said earlier this week: "To join Manchester United at 19 is incredible. Everything will be different in England - I know that - but I am certain I will adjust quickly to life in England. I am proud - and my family is also. For me, everything is new, it's a dream come true."

His move to United was announced at the same time as Sporting Lisbon youngster Nani, who as a Portuguese citizen has no work permit problems. [Mof Gimmers]

The Best Goal Keeper from Netherlands, Edwin Van Der Sar

Profile :
Full name : Edwin van der Sar
Date of birth : 29 October 1970
Place of birth : Voorhout, Netherlands
Playing position : Goalkeeper
Career Club :
Youth career
1980–1985 : Foreholte
1985–1990 : vv Noordwijk
Senior career
Years Club
1990–1999Ajax
1999–2001Juventus
2001–2005Fulham
2005– Manchester United
National team2
1995–2008 : Netherlands

Whether you like them or not, congratulations go to Manchester United and specifically their Dutch international goalkeeper who broke a longstanding English record on Saturday.

It has now been an astonishing 1,104 minutes since Edwin van der Sar picked the ball out of his net eclipsing the record set by the fantastically named Steve Death during the 1978-9 season.

It is a particular testament to the veteran keeper that he has done this behind a regularly changing defence, with the back four having variously included Nemanja Vidic, Gary Neville, Rafael da Silva, John O'Shea, Patrice Evra, Wes Brown and Jonny Evans during this run.

If van der Sar keeps West Ham at bay for 75 minutes at Upton Park on Sunday he will beat the current British record (held by Rangers' Chris Woods). A clean sheet against the Hammers will then mean that if the Dutchmen gets to the 65th minute against Fulham next Wednesday night without conceding he will beat the world record (currently held by Atletic Madrid's Abel Renso).

van der Sar has had a terrific career. He is Holland's most capped player and was the first non-Italian to keep goal for Juventus. He is also one of the few players to win the Champions League with two clubs, picking up winners medals with Ajax in 1995 and Manchester United in 2008. He has also won a UEFA Cup winners medal and six league titles with United and Ajax.

Many records have fallen during the Ferguson era, and for a team who have receive regular plaudits over the years for their fine attacking football it must be of great satisfaction to Ferguson that his side are also record-breakers for their defensive achievements. A model professional, I hope van der Sar makes it through the next couple of games with his luck intact as it would be a tremendous crowning achievement to a fantastic career.

Gary Neville : England Player

Profile :
Full Name : Gary Alexander Neville
Date of Birth : 18 February 1975 (1975-02-18) (age 34)
Place of Birth : Bury, Greater Manchester, England
Playing Position : Right back
Career Club :
Youth career :
1991–1992 Manchester United
Senior career :
1992– Manchester United
National Team
1995– England