BoLASEPaKO.com - A Blog on Singapore Football

P.S: Which is why I learnt to appreciate the good thing about blogging, as it's a useful tool to interact with your guests. Below is one such example. Got a feedback from a visitor from Germany (see the cut-out graphic below). This gentleman (or Lady) must have read my earlier entry "Looking for that year-end gift..." and answered my plead by directed me to a link mentioned in his/her reply (Thank you, "tj"). And much to my surprise, I was lead to the page as illustrated below!! Wow!! a collection of the national team jerseys since the "Tiger" days to the current "Nike" Lionhead T-shirt!! (the one I been hunting high and low for it) But based on the current exchange rate (is SG$53.989033) plus the necessary miscellanous charges, I 'm not sure if it's worth the hassle?? As based on the past experience like the one I had, when I first bought THE FINAL SHOWDOWN T-shirt (pictured above), I paid $30 odd for it, only to see the price being

Got a SMS from a friend just now, close to 4pm FRIEND- "HappyNewYear, PoHui? Watching @Bishan later?" ME- "There's a game? At 5pm.. Vs who? " F- "Looks like Albirex, nt checked mail.." M- "I be expecting a fren.. But will try to catch if I can make it.. Kick-off 5pm?" (as it's still festive mood with visiting taking places all over) F- "Yeah, would do" M- "Not likely to join as my fren is still ard.. Any update ?" (as my friend was still at my place when I texted my source at Bishan in middle of the game) F- "3-0 to Home, Albirex gone " M- "Plan aborted.. I comin.. Is the game play over 2 halves of 45mins or 3 periods of 30mins?" (Decided to catch a bit what had to offer since the Home United's national players were back ) F- "45mins" (At least, not as weird as last time I saw HU played against Super Reds ) M- "ok, roger and out... " I guess another reason why the friendl

P.S: The long festive season gave me a rare opportunity to do some visual adjustments to this blog, as such you might have noticed some changes in the font "face" and colours , and some "out-of-the-box" postings like this. I was on my way to a house visit near the site of my old secondary school, Pei Dao Secondary School (now shifted to Punggol and renamed as Punggol Secondary School but still retained its Chinese name “培道中学”). Been told by my buddy about the astro-turf pitch inside the First Toa Payoh Secondary School's premises (the current occupier of the site that used to be Pei Dao's, having shifted from Toa Payoh Lorong One), I can't help but feel a bit “笃x” ( DL in Hokkien, need not for me to elaborate )... after I saw the splendid turf. I recalled the days in my secondary school that it's seems as if football was an "outlawed" sport with all efforts being given to volleyball (can't be help when the six-a-side net and ball game

I'm not a xenophobic (if not, I would have be the flag bearer of asking the "strictly-local-born" policy in the national team.) but the latest gimmick by the folks in London is way TOO MUCH!! At least, should we say their conscience are CLEARER now as they finally realized after so many years of "holiday" football in this part of the world, the aristocrats really realized they need to be a bit more serious this time round. But "Anglophiles", you would just have to "wait long long" as we will not have the mean to stage any of the matches unless the new Sports Hub is ready by 2010... While at the meantime, I shake my head and declared, "FOOTBALL HAD LOST ITS GRASSROOTS LINK - FINALLY!!"

It's not your typical business suit outfit When the Saudis scored the first goal of the game in the 38th minute, the first question that came to my mind was - Was Lionel too quick to come off his line, thus caused the confusion at the back and allowed the hosts to snatch the lead? While the second goal by Saudis was a well-taken "turn-around" shot (but too much luxury was given at the edge of the box then) Frankly, kudos to the Lions for holding up well against the Saudis but both Noh Rahman and Indra's yellow cards looked silly to pick them up. Skipper of the day - Lionel Lewis Jiayi on the ball... Nonetheless, it was a great relief to be able to catch the match (telecasted by the Saudi broadcaster) via the "TVANTS" software (thanks to the tip-off from fellow fans, who were clearly also pissed-off by the "no-RIGHT" MediaCorp). The importance of having two source to verify the scores (I learnt my lesson) I would say the "TVANTS" may not