Sunday, February 13, 2011
This blog is going down...
Please proceed to www.challengeddays.blogspot.com
xander'07
7:20 AM
Thursday, April 16, 2009
Stanford Bridge NOT Istanbul?!
Oh well.
The title speaks for itself. I think you know what I mean.
Yes. I am talking abt the 4-4 tie between Liverpool and Chelsea at Stanford Bridge.
It's not because Liverpool played badly, since the likes of Dirk Kuyt, an off-form Torres and Yossi Benayoun form an attacking trinity upfront to score 4 goals.
It's because Chelsea have strong fightback mentality. They could have just lost their hopes after being behind 4-3.
But Lampard showed the character that makes Chelsea a strong team.
Yes, the fightback mentality. This doesn't apply to football only, but rather to our lives as well.
Learn to fight back and become stronger after meeting obstacles.
Isn't that how things are?
Meanwhile, at the Emirates, Arsenal managed to rout Villareal 3-0.
You have to admit Arsenal were the better team, even though there were many dangerous moments for the Gunners throughout the 90minutes.
Given their patched-up defence consisting of Toure, Eboue and Lukask Fabianski at goal, they could have been sunken down by the Yellow Submarines.
Walcott revelled in his role as right winger, van Persie and Adebayor piled pressure with their runs, and the whole team was brilliant in their counter-attack.
If they played like this all the way, they can possibly be strong contenders for the footballing Holy Grail.
Looking over to the Estadio do Dragao, Man U got themselves their new no. 1.
Yes, they became the first team to defeat Porto at home.
Ronaldo's sixth minute strike put them through. I must admit I do not like Ronaldo, but that shot was brilliant. Porto goalkeeper Helton couldn't have caught it. Otherwise, they are still good, launching loads of attack on Porto's strong defense. Which could mean their form is back anything soon. Watch out for that.
Any comments? Do write in the tagboard on the right.
Labels: soccer
xander'07
3:23 AM
Saturday, April 11, 2009
What a freaking brilliant week this is.
The matches are oh so brilliant.
But first, I am not going to talk about the barcelona-bayern munich match because the result is more or less expected. (although i was expecting a 3-2 win, not a 4-0 thrashing)
1. Manchester United v Porto
Man u fans must be crying in their hearts. But I think 2-2 score was already lucky enough for Man U. Their defence was rather patchy without rio ferdinand, and johnny evans looked like he had three feet.
On the other hand, Porto kept attacking and attacking. They showed no fear like what other lesser teams would.
Or maybe they scared of the Hulk...
By the way, the Hulk has little resemblance to the green one...
2. Liverpool v Chelsea
Meanwhile another Premier League Club finds itself in crisis.
3-1 at Anfield. Geez.
You can say Liverpool killed itself.
With that 1 goal lead, Liverpool could have killed off Chelsea before half time.But they didn't make use of their chances.
And then again, their zonal marking system is brought into question. It's pretty obvious Chelsea trained their set pieces. Look at Chelsea, only Branislav Ivanovic running to head the ball, while others remain still. Obvious they knew what to do.
It's gonna be a tough going for Liverpool at Stanford Bridge.
3. Villareal v Arsenal
Lucky Arsenal.
Kudos to that aerobic kick by Adebayor.
I have nothing to say. Good luck to Arsenal at the Emirates.
If you have any comments, do write in tagboard.
xander'07
12:43 AM
Monday, April 7, 2008
Sry for the long awaited post.
This is so uncool.
A few months gone and we fast-forward to year 2008.
New school, new frenx.
Yay.
That's right--I will be back once in a while to give some updates. So yah.
Tata for now.
:)
xander'07
7:22 AM
Saturday, June 23, 2007
本周cD大比拼 June Week 4
Haha!
I am back.
This is a revamped version of the older version of...nvr mind. In short, it is a revamped version of本周aLbUm推荐 V.2.0
Need to test waters first...
See got response first then i try out.
KK?
xander'07
8:22 AM
Sunday, June 3, 2007
本周aLbUm推荐 31st May
Man.
Eason is back with his new Mandarin album 『认了吧 Admit It 』.Due to massive time constraints, eight out of 10 songs were from his previous album "What's Going On?" The only two new songs inside were 淘汰 and 快乐的男生. Nevertheless, it is still a great album.
I almost missed out on this album, and I am glad I didn't forget--or it would've been a pity.
What I like abt this album:
I find that 爱情转移is a nice song. In fact, I was touched by its lyrics. One of the lyrics that gave me quite an impression, was"把一个人的温暖，转移到另一个人的胸膛". Moving one's warmth to another person's chest (as it is translated literally)...how poetic but sad, isn't it?
Another song I like is 淘汰. Typical. Typical of Jay's Chou style in this song. This song, if you have not noticed, if written by Jay Chou. In fact, the lyrics are so touching that it moved Eason to tears upon hearing the demo. But my only worry is that the "Jay Factor" is lingering very strongly in this song. Thus even when it comes to Eason singing the following lyric: "我是K歌之王", it just doesn't bring out Eason's feel. But otherwise, there's nothing to complain.
Fact File:
Ever wondered why Eason's previous album was named "What's Going On?"? Well, during then, Eason had difficulty keeping up with the deadline, making him more and more vexed up. The fact that he can't even come up with a great inspiration, make him shout out in frustration: "WHAT'S GOING ON!"
But what has this got to do with this new album? Well, same logic. He was trying to redo all the lyrics and stuff from the songs that he brought from the previous album, but due to time constraint, plus the fact that he can't get the lyric and the feel of the song together, make him say" Admit it."
So admit it, this is indeed one album you wouldn't wanna miss.
Labels: music
xander'07
5:20 AM
Sunday, May 27, 2007
本周aLbUm推荐 25th May
Ever heard of Peggy Hsu, or rather許哲珮 in Chinese?
Man, she was famous for that song...汽球 in 2001.
Now do you remember? No? Oh. [If u know then skip this...]
Today I am going to introduce to you guys her second album<<許 願盒>>.
What I like about this album:
Her third hit song is good! "Finding Neverland" brings us back to the time when we were kids, still watching Disney cartoons. The gentle music has a very soothing effect on listeners. This songs reflects greatly that there is always a kid in every one of us, and everyone is still looking for their Neverland. Are you?
The next song that I like most...is 瘋子. The gloomy symphony of the piano, mixed with the LO-FI mechanical beat, creates an ambiance that makes you wanna scream your heart out...like a madman.
Besides, the musics and lyrics in this album is done by her alone. It is indeed rare to find such a talented singer in the market nowadays.
xander'07
6:05 AM