think outside from the box...

i wondered how the FAM people are thinking and is it using their brain? that's the question that triggered from my mind when looked upon selangor embarassing journey in the recent AFC cup.. they only got one win, a draw and lose four from their six games in the group stage..

when we see other teams who are competing in the cup, they have import players.. that was the difference between selangor and the rest of the teams.. in 2006, where the red giants first competed in the cup via winning the Malaysia cup in 2005, and with the help with the foreign players, selangor set their feet in the quarter final before bow out to a Lebanon side..

that's tell us the huge factor when we are missing the import players.. there are many reasons to turn back the decision. firstly, the foreign players can drew many spectators to fill in the stadiums because the fans wanted to see a quality game and when the import arrived, the local players can learn from them, they will be motivated to play and the most important thing they can compete for their place in the starting line up..

now in this scenario, players are already know that they had a safe passage in the starting line up, but with the import players coming through they have to compete for the place and it make a healthy competition among them..

so when the General Secretary mentioned that import players is not the factor, it sounds so ridiculous and i wonder how he came up with such a statement.. it's embarrassing to send a representative for Malaysia and get slashed with a huge margin.. so please open up your mind and think again for the sake of our football team and think outside the box again to ensure that we have enough quality to compete with other teams around the south east Asia region..

not the right formula...

Football Association Malaysia (FAM) had agreed with the idea from Sports Minister Ahmad Shabery Cheek for a full time national team.. this was due to the achievement of the football team who gained the top podium in Laos and ended the 20 years gold medal drought..

from my opinion, i think it is an unnecessary approach to form a full time national team because there are lot of obstacles the FAM and Malaysian Sports Council to deal to ensure that success is underway in the future..

first, you can look at other national team in the world doesn't create such a format because they all think that the league itself can benefit and develop the player. Shabery said that African team are progress well because many of players plays other league most in France and England. It because that most of the African players have the physical to compete in the top league and got the skills and will to learn outside from their comfort zone. what about players in Malaysia? can they do the same thing?

second, it involves lot of money because when they travel abroad it means using lots of cost and they only can depends on the friendly itself. so can you imagine if there's no enough friendly match? what will happen? just training and training and training.. they will become unproductive.

third, we can look at the examples from our neighbor Indonesia, they had their training stint and matches for six months in Uruguay and yet they failed to even make it into the semi finals of the sea games. what a waste for that one. compared to us we just developed under the Malaysian league and yet we triumph in Vientiane.

fourth, if the team are away the bunch of players will take things for granted as they considered their place in the team are safe. and how about when there are injuries? do FAM have to call in another player who is playing in the M league? the Malaysian league is the platform to see and identify players who got the talent to be absorb in the squad. at least the players are guaranteed 40 matches in the season.

there are other ways in helping the national team but this is not the solution.. but this one is not the answer.. remember before the team gain gold they were playing in our own league.. so there must be some faith that our league also can generate the productivity and the continuity of the national squad. upon from that, this is a bold proposal from Shabery but for me there are always other alternatives such as conducting friendly match with the south east Asia team, there is also Merdeka Cup tournament, inviting the team like Manchester united also was a good move and they can also play away..

think deeply before it been done.. for the sake of our country...

greediness vs kind hearted...

who doesn't know james cameron, the director of the famous Titanic and also hit with Terminator.. cameron take another giant step towards the movie industries when he produced the movie called Avatar..

many hyped going around about this movie.. everyone talking about it and even my standard four student said to me "Teacher, have you watch avatar? The movie was really good and best".. i don't quite know what the movie is all about and i decided to watch the film with my friends on the eve of new year because my eyes and ears cannot stand with the newspaper reviews and also from my friends who watched it earlier..

it starred sam worthington and for those who didn't know him, he acted in Terminator Salvation beside Christian Bale.. Avatar is basically about humans who discovered this one planet called pandorra and identified precious stones. so they created several avatars (that is the same alike species called "Na'vi" who live in the planet) when the plan to dashed away "Na'vi" away from their territory failed, the humans attacked the place and many of them were killed..

this is when sam and other scientists joined forces with those "Na'vi" from the human leader that was so greedy and not thinks about other living species by unleashing war, robots, jets and fire arms.. the visual effects and special effects were spectacular and you will amazed watching it.. the storyline was a bit slow at the beginning but it eventually increased to more drama later on..

the newspaper reviews were true when they said that the movie was predictable but the movie delivered with style and amazement.. to watch it on the brink of new year in the cinema and with friends even make this a special occasion.. 9 out of 10 for avatar...

step aside chef wan, there's a new chef in town...

it's rare that men can cook better than the women and it's only few who stood well like the famous chef wan. however when we look at the hotel and restaurant there were the man who conquered the kitchen area. so men do succeed in cooking. this a man who i found out his talent and specialty lies in the heart of kitchen. i'm talking about my father, Mr. Ismail Bin Majid who amazed me and also the rest of my family with his ability in cooking.

My dad was busy making the right combination and ingredients to be put in.. this was made during the eve of Hari Raya Qurban and i also lending help for my father..

My dad made some of his own initiative where he put toppings on top of the muffins and as you can see there are syrup toppings and butter toppings that are tasty and finger licking good..

This is some of the muffins that made and my father put raisins and almond flake..

My dad or i can call him Chef Ismail, who was satisfied with all his made muffins and the muffins were delicious and even many praised my father and surprised too.. my aunt also ask the muffins recipe from my father.. enough said, i'm proud of you Mr. Chef in the house..

a fascinating investigation...

at first me and my friends decided to watch avatar at pavillion.. and when we arrived, there a lot people queued up to buy the tickets and most of them buying for the night ones.

then we decided to window shopping and went to the nike and adidas stores and also searched for the delicious heaven made bread of roti boy.. but unfortunate the much gigantic and wonderful building does not have shop for the famous roti boy..

after finished there we went to the galaxie ampang and opted to watch the new movie called sherlock holmes starring robert downey junior (iron man) and jude law (A.I). based on the famous novel and the cast itself you can predict that this movie will be a hit one.. and it duly delivered in a fashionable style.. the director integrated recipes that moviegoers were looking for that are action, comedy, mystery, investigation and a bit of romance that binds well to be an excellent story indeed..

it started with sherlock holmes and his sidekick known as doctor watson who failed the ritual sacrifice of the evil, mysterious and magician lord blackwood.. after been captured and sentenced to death, he only said "death is only just a beginning".. after been declared dead by dr. watson, the chaotic erupted in the city of london where lord blackwood had rise back from the death...

and from that on sherlock holmes combined with watson to investigate the mystery of the death lord blackwood who tends to plot a threat to all england... then the adventure begins.. the story was a very good one from start to finish and this film really caught my eyes as i am not remember the last time that an investigation movie that fascinated me like this one..

a very strong recommendation for this and i will be expecting sherlock holmes to be in action again... 9 and a half out of ten for this movie...

in vientiane we conquered...

1989, kuala lumpur.. merdeka stadium.. where the last one that m'sia football team achieved the SEA games gold medal.. even our prime minister, didn't remember for how long we last triumph when he said it has been 30 years, when the actually fact number was 20 years.. see, how long m'sia football team last glory was beg?

since the semi pro status been lifted up to professional, only the name stands where the situation and standard were still in limbo.. what's wrong with the national team? there are many reasons that can be seen here, but sadly the same people still rules even though for a very long period but brings no glory for m'sia football.. politics involved to make the matter worsen..

however the story changed in Vientiane, where the young m'sia team got their first ever gold medal by beating vietnam 1-0.. there was hope this time when this team competed in the SEA games where there were many preparations built up like the memorable match between English premier league champions man united not once but twice in the space of three days.. then other games were held in and outside the country in order to prepared them rich in experience..

a lost to Vietnam in the group stage means m'sia path to the semi final as their main target was quickly dashed away when they have to beat the defending champions and mighty Thailand in the last group game.. but the young tigers defy against all odds when they beaten the thais 2-1 even though at one stage they were trailed by a goal down.. but the players fought hard and got the two goals inside the last ten minutes..

then the hopes were all over again and this time the target was achieved when they met Laos.. they eased past the home team 3-1.. the final showdown began against Vietnam again.. the boys beat them courtesy of their own goal but what counted it was m'sia was the champions and end the gold medal drought for 20 years.. there were many chances but the players lacked the killer instinct and the calmness.. sometimes they make silly and funny mistakes that should not be done by a national player.. but all that can be improved in the near future and hope this will bring a new dawn of era for the m'sia football.. congrats players.. in Vientiane at last we conquered and raised our national flag in style..

don't turn off the lights...

this lovely Thursday evening i filled up my activity with went to swimming pool, after that get hot in the sauna room and lastly entertained myself with the latest movie that hit into the cinema called 'Ninja Assassin'...

it was created by the producer of 'The Matrix' and you can expected some classy and slow motion effects and that's what you got when watch this film.. starring rain as the main actor, this movie started when rain was adopted at the ninja training place somewhere was well hidden.. after learned the art of ninja, rain discovered that the ninja approach were not suited and acceptable to taken no more.. so he decided to went against his mentor and many of his brothers..

with the help of mika, raizo aka rain, tried to discover and fought against all the assassins and rain also been hunted down by the ninja assassins.. with beautiful special effects and a well crafted fighting sequence, this movie can make you feel upside down.. it have a little bit like '300' where the blood of the fight spilled everywhere but the color of blood doesn't seem real to me unfortunately..

this movie entertained and was a cool one and it was a satisfaction guaranteed. i gave 8 out of 10 for Ninja Assassin.. don't turn off the lights because the ninja like dark places and maybe they are behind you right now.. if you still don't understand by what i meant, then you have to watch this movie..