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Mum Nature took us for a ride prior this friendly match between Geylang United and Police SA at Bedok. Luckily, the "Mum" was aware that the sparsely few of us weren't want to make a waste trip, so she blessed the game to proceed on. As this was a group together for a simple kickabout so arrangement as such: the announcer (where are you, Bernard?), the scoreboard (being switched off), the A-signs and the ball-boys (their presence were sorely missed as the players had to double-up as the ball retriever as well.) were nowhere to be found or functioning. The Professionals - Geylang United warmed up despite the heavy drizzle. The amateurs - Police SA, trooped out after the rains stopped The customary hand-shaking prior the match. The reason why league fixtures are being staged at night time - see the empty and sunshine-exposed stand? 4-0 was the result of this friendly fixture, which I think it's hard to gauge if the Eagles are ready for their return to the big time. Af

Initially, I thought the whole idea (of the "gift" idea) was gonna called off until one fine day... Got this idea when I happened to surf across the net that I came to know the gimmick of getting "iron-on" printing on T-shirt. " Okay, that settled everything.. thanks" was what I told my supplier.. So this was what I got from my vendor just now... So this is what the whole thing is about. (in "reverse" before "iron-on") DONE - rejuvenated a plain white back (rather than have it in front and on an obscure position)... So there you have it - an "iron-on" logo on an old T-shirt of me. Save the earth?? or at least hope it does generate a fair bit of publicity from my back .. hehehehe The only concern is how long does this "iron-on" going to stay on the T-shirt?? To be updated...

The whole idea sprung out after I thought what should I do to further enhance the awareness of the eleven year-old site (spreading thoughts and views in blogging shall never be a passive business, eh..) ? Some of the already implemented ways like:- The conventional way of link exchanging with other similar blogs/ websites. Included the site banner in my profile signature on various forums. ...been doing quite okay and did more or less increased the traffic. So came the "gift" idea. For a start, I pondering a few options like:- The wristband The mobilephone tag (incorporated a screen wiper) Keychains Epoxy stickers (those u saw on some desktops) While the cost of making those above-mentioned aren't cheap, but also how much publicity can those stuff generate? Of course, I can't charge them at a "premium rate" to recover my costs. Also, sourcing for companies that going to make these stuff was a challenge as well. Still, I decided to try out two options here. W

A spur of moment had me decided to pen this entry, after reading the conviction of disgraced Marion Jones for drug usage and other criminal charges. While, here in Singapore and particular this region on whole, we seems to emphasis more effort to tackle "that thing". The question here is - Are we putting in as much effort on curbing illegal drug usage, if any? No, no, no... I'm not implying that there's such practice is rampant in local football but the point is we ought to be alert as well in this drug abuse issue. Thank Goodness, we never had such a major embarrassment (on drug abuse) since the inception of professional football except those due to carelessness and "timely discover of it." One such carelessness case involved a player's (as he's still an active player, I would not reveal who he is) over dosage of an herbal concoction without knowing its dreaded consequence. And the meantime, a European player was denied from playing here after the t

Recently, someone asked about what I mean by "that thing" . If you guys ( see below ) read today's copy of "联合早报"(Lianhe Zaobao), "TODAY", "my paper 我报" (not sure if "The Straits Times" or "TNP" carried that news), you all should know what is "that thing" I referring to (as I promised myself not to mention "that thing" on cyberspace anymore). While the public have the every right to know anything regarding "that thing", however with the opening of the new season less than two months away and the national team about to embark their World Cup qualifiers, it is indeed a smack on the face. All efforts to build on the recent success of national team to attract fans back to the grounds hit a snag, following the breaking of the news. No doubt, questions will be asked again if any part of "that thing" really happened during the past months. If proven guilty… it’s really KNN (for those of yo