more pictures from the euro 08 final where spain won 1-0 on torres' goal:



spain team's jubilation contrasting with the dejected germans (in this case, their captain, ballack)


fabregas lifting the trophy after having a go at kissing it


fernando torres, the match winner, lifting the trophy


the spanish team celebrating!!!!


yep, that should be it for today.
as for irritated americans who think soccer is a game for european fags:
football is played in every continent except yours. with such a lousy USA team, it's no wonder.

fina*!!!!!!!

yes, yes, YES!!!

spain won!!!
i am sooooo happpiiieeeee!!!!!!! (deliberate misspelling - of course)

fabregas made the starting XI
so that started the game well =)



torres and casillas (goalkeeper-captain) celebrating hard


things i noticed during the game:

#1. fernando torres' side parting looks nice!
yep, the dreadful headband was missing
and he parted his hair on the side
so he looked more like the fernando torres that i used to like

torres celebrating his goal

#2. the german chancellor's bad-mood when shaking the hand of spanish players
she totally didn't look happy
the least she could do was try to smile
but her face held no discernible goodwill
what a bad sport!

#3. fabregas did an oh-so-funny and embarrassing dance while celebrating
i just couldn't help but laugh!
he was waving his arms while jumping side to side
he earned it, though!

#4. sad faces of the german players
especially michael ballack!
poor guy bled a lot from a cut on his right eyebrow
and he (along with every other german there) looked so out-of-sorts and dejected and stunned when they lost
and yet, michael ballack was personable with the big shots who shook his hand
smiling all the while
(as you can tell, i have a soft spot for him too)

#5. ... can't really think of much more
i was drifting into sleep by the end of the first half, and woke up only in the 75th minute
so i missed fabregas' substitution, and who-knows what else
am so sleepy

good night!

the spain team (fabregas - bottom second from right)
(and i admit - david silva isn't so good looking;
would've preferred david villa playing)
(and torres looks so unglam in this shot!)


finananananananananannanananana-spainwon!!!!

hey all!!!

am i glad to say that BT2s are over or what!
(and that isn't a question, by the way)
of course, it's aftermath will bite me in the butt later on,
but in the meanwhile, i might as well just relax and take it easy

i've spent the weekend reading,
and have thus far completed three chick lit books
and i have enjoyed almost every minute of it
(i certainly did not enjoy reading about the heroine getting thrown into jail,
or being slandered in the national press, though)
just living the high life, you know

interestingly,
i visited my grandparents' house today
to find that their surrounding walls and gates have been painted two colours
that are not unlike my blog colours now
watered-down green and pale blue-green
okay, so that isn't really interesting, but that's what i've been doing this weekend
kinda boring

also, i realise that working in a bookshop isn't all fun and games
especially when they ask for books that you have no idea about,
because you don't really work there
i do like it fine being the cashier, though,
except when they ask such questions
but people who visit the bookshop generally are patient people,
so i've never had a hard time dealing with a customer

am hoping that the remaining three days of my holiday are more relaxing
maybe i'll go to the beach one of these days
alone? i've nobody to go with, that's for sure

EURO FINALS ARE STARTING IN 2 HOURS!!!!
viva la espana!!!

España será victoriosa!!!
(Spain will be victorious!)

Fabregas golpeará extremo con el pie!!
(Supposed to be "Fabregas will kick butt", but it came out
"Fabregas will strike end with the foot" - close enough, i suppose :p )

i'll try to find things to do till then
finanana dice adiós!

p.s. Spain is such a good-looking team!
fernando torres, cesc fabregas, xabi alonso, david villa, david silva, etc...
plus, wimbledon lawn championships are going on
more goodies to watch!

p.p.s.
i want to be one of the guys who stand behind the goalposts and take pictures!
especially when fabregas is playing!

oh no! i can't believe Russia beat Holland!

more woe! cos i generally feel goodwill towards the Dutch side
but, never fear, Spain are still in the game
all the way, spain!

decided not to go for the 3 o'clock tuition today
thought i'd go for the 6.30 one, but i realise my awesomely bad grasp of theory right now is a more pressing issue.
you can't answer questions if you don't have any knowledge, can you?
right.

here's a funny picture of that spain match against italy, where they won on penalties

see?
haha their individual expressions, and the collective effect of it, are so comical!

and here's another, of cesc celebrating his winning penalty goal against italy
haha i love that kid
but you can never poke too much fun at the people you like!

haha
ok
back to studying

see ya'll

fina*

I have been too lazy to post lately

i got bed bug-bites in Kuantan!
WOE! WOE! WOE!
i counted around 23 bites around my right wrist, and around 10 bites on my left upper arm
two bites on left leg, and four bites on right
sucks as hell
it was super, super, super itchy during that first week

and then i got home, and i got even worse bites from some unknown freaky thing
it left a few bright red spots around my legs
and two particularly stand-out purple swells on my right leg
it's gone down since
-thank God-

not to mention, i got sore eyes the morning that we left
around 3.00 am, i noticed my red-ish eyes
and my eyes are still red now
maybe i should go to the doctor...

my red eye- shiny because of my specs- disgusting!

the beach at Kuantan was fun
we picnicked there when my parents went shopping
just me, sister and cousin
and spent the rest of the day there playing with starfishes and sand

real live starfish- kept trying to crawl away!

this shot of my sister and cousin looks nice

but the beach at Mersing was... scary
although it looked nice, it was full of crabs larger than the hermit ones at Kuantan

empty Mersing beach on a weekday

my sister and cousin with the kite that failed to take off

on our last day, we went to Kota Tinggi waterfalls at my suggestion
and it was fun!
rocks were super slippery, water super cold, water fell painfully on our backs
but it was fun

my cousin and me (front)

and now, bowling National Age Group championships are going on
can't say i don't feel embarrassed being there
team singapore players present and all
i don't even have my own shoes and ball!
but it's something for the sgc, so...
wish me luck!

fina*

leaving for Malaysia in approx. 1.75 hours
hope i get to see beautiful, sunny, CLEAN beaches!
see yaz =)

fun fun fun!
the picnic, i mean.

and when we got there, something really cool happened.
two airplanes flew to form a heart-shaped cloud thingie!


lucky to catch it =)

i didn't bring a change of clothes though...
cos that garbage pick-up session at pasir ris beach scared me out of entering the sea ever
but the beach at east coast, especially the slightly secluded part we went to, was super clean!
boy, did i regret it

food was aplenty, thanks to syaz, as was chips, thanks to diana
couldn't stop eating...
:p

fina*

p.s. going to kuantan next week; leaving sunday
yay! more beach!!!!

p.p.s. diana and syaz: go to the private album on my friendster; other pictures are there =)

i am now officially addicted to deviantart.com
why? it's not like i contribute any art there
but the photographs there are to die for!
don't believe me? just go to the site, click photography in the categories browser
and feast your eyes!

just looking at the photographs makes me smile
especially the astrophotography
=)
even the non-photographs...
the manipulated pieces, the vectors - all the digital art!
they're all so talented!
haha
omgoodness, i'm turning green around the ears already from jealousy
a few more days, and my entire head will be green!
not a bad colour, though, i say...

tmr is picnic day!
yay!
fina*

p.s. see, it IS more than the last post!

yay! new skin!
and this one's much easier on the eyes, i think

've got bowling tmr
bleh

good night.
i think i will surely have more to say next time i post.

fina*