such a sh*tty day :(

bayern lost and madrid drew. enough said.

i think i need a life.

cheated.

that's how i feel now. robbed. betrayed. sigh.

i knew i hate french people. >.<

finding a hole to hide...

Don't think I can bear to watch the match tonight. Can you believe that Madrid has not beaten lyon EVER (they've met each other SIX times)? Sigh. :(

Not only that, tomorrow might be quite bad as well. Giggs is out for the Marseilles away leg, and I am REALLY not sure what LvG is planning on his defence considering he substituted his CB for a CAM last week.

As much as I'm looking forward to the matches, I think I might end up in utter misery by the end of tomorrow...

*Listening to Black Hole Sun by Soundgarden*

hitting the panic button?

So that's what has been happening in the Barca camp - EVERYONE is saying how tired out they are, that they are losing it, bla, bla, bla. ARE YOU KIDDING ME? This is THE greatest and best team in history (ok, barre Milan of the early 90s...) - they will come roaring back in Camp Nou, mark my words. Anyway, it's quite nice to ruffle those haughty feathers. But why am I writing about my mortal enemy? Well, it's because I don't understand how people can flip opinions of this team in the matter of minutes. I still think they're the only team I would NOT want to face and even if I'd be ecstatic if they get eliminated from UCL (not a chance though), I would still rather face them and prove to the world that the manita was a one-off, that those 11 players on the pitch in Camp Nou on 30th Nov wasn't us. That we can beat them. Hard, and perhaps even impossible this season. But hopefully eventually.

On to important stuff. It seems like I'll be having an overload of matches to watch tomorrow - MU, BM and RM are ALL playing tomorrow evening. I'm already in a dilemma on whether to watch the Crawley Town match or Mainz instead - because both of the matches will be on TV!!!! Sigh, I think I will be switching to and fro between channels from 5pm onwards. And after that is the Levante match. Talk about busy.

*Listening to Whirring by The Joy Formidable*

kudos to arsenal!

Awesome match last night. Not sure why Barca didn't kill off the game in the first half and literally invited Arsenal back into the game. Nevertheless, I'm not gonna take away the plaudits due to Arsenal, they were working their hearts out and deserved the victory. Now, we're all set for a crackling match @ Camp Nou in two weeks -> I just can't wait! In the mean time, I see an uphill struggle for all 3 of my clubs next week. Oh well.

lesser of 2 evils?

After yesterday's snooze-feast of a match (OK, admittedly Spurs were the better and more deserving team as Milan were downright pathetic!!), I hope tonight offers a bit more excitement. The only upside of the match is that the result would be good either way from my point of view. If Arsenal knocks out Barca, I think it'd make the journey to the finals a bit easier for all of my teams. On the other hand, I have absolutely no problems (and I'm sure Barca won't as well) with Barca smashing Arsenal to pieces because I HATE that club. So yeah, either way is fine by me - I just hope for a crackling encounter!

Now I'm actually hoping for Spurs to reach the finals so that I can get my ticket sponsored by my brother! Yeah, I manage to wiggle it out of him just now since he's in a bright and optimistic mode about Spurs' chances (he did say unless it's a Spurs v MU finals, in which case he won't -> BOO KOP!!!). They sure are a big surprise factor in this competition....

*Listening to Time to Wander by Gypsy & the Cat*

random..

Not much to say - except that I've developed a strange fascination for David Luiz, who was by far the most offensive, defensive, creative, whatchamacalit player in the 0-0 draw last night (In case you were wondering, he is JT's new partner in crime now - yes, a CB!). I think it's the hair.

Oh yes, UCL KO rounds start today. I just can't wait!!!

*Listening to The Kids From Yesterday by My Chemical Romance*

happy v-day!

Am so happy after all my 3 teams won over the weekend! Esp Madrid, who did it by fighting tooth and nail since we were down to 10 men after San Iker got sent off in the 2nd minute! Roo had a wonderful winning goal and Bayern were back to their best with ROBBERY!!! Love them all to bits!!

No UCL action for my teams - but really looking forward to Spurs v Milan and Barcenal (or Arselona if you prefer) on Weds! :D

*Listening to Anna Sun by Walk the Moon*

this is too cute...

"Q: Does he resemble you?"

"A: Pfff. My mother and my sisters say no. Others who are close to me say yes but some also say no. But it’s alright, he’s 'guapo'."

Translation courtesy of Unamadridista (http://unamadridista.wordpress.com/)

This was what CR7 said in an interview when asked about his son - his reply was toooooooo cute! :D

Not going to write much today - I have a bad feeling about Real's away match this Sunday so I'll refrain from saying anything. Added to that is the Manc. derby tomorrow....sigh. Good thing is that I'm going to catch MCR in concert tomorrow night! It's my first concert of '11 - my last concert really does feel like a lifetime ago.....

Here's a pic to cheer ME up! :D

*Listening to Summertime by My Chemical Romance*

inconsolable.

such a crappy day.

enough said.

weekend is nearly here again!

Another weekend spent at home (obviously taking my usual seat in front of my fav TV). Bayern and MU play tomorrow (vs Koln and Wolves, respectively) and RM face Sociedad at home on Sunday. As always looking forward to all these matches - AND an extra Chelsea vs LFC showdown on Sunday! I've lost quite a lot of my energy describing matches nowadays - and am pretty much quietly enjoying watching them instead - esp O.Ozil (who was superb in our mid-week Sevilla clanger). Maybe I'll properly cheer up one day.

Next week is also international friendly week! Woohoo! Looking forward to seeing Germany playing Italy on Weds night (other relevant matches are Portugal vs Argentina, France vs Brazil and Spain vs Colombia) - it should be fairly interesting. It's been too long since Ozil wore his #8 jersey =)

To sign off this very short post, I couldn't stop laughing seeing this pic...

What's with the eyebrow, Carlo?!? (and Torres is adorable as usual :P)

*Listening to We've Got A Situation Here by The Damned Things*

The "little less" special one?

Lol! I couldn't stop laughing when I read a writer of a blog calling Mou that! Ok, so we might have been not been playing very well lately - but it's really not completely his fault though. Well, I always think that at the end of the day, it's the combination of tactics + players that makes a team win or lose. It's still funny though! As much as one can fault Mou, you can't fault him for backing his players at all times and for diverting the attention to him rather than to his players. I guess that's why his players are absolutely in love with him!

Roo scored a brace last night while Vidic became our backup CF when we routed the Villans 3-1. I missed the match unfortunately, but managed to catch the highlights. But it's not quite enough to judge whether we actually played well throughout the match or we were just producing patches of brilliant football? In any case, we're still 5 points ahead of everyone, and for that I'm glad! :D

Finally, Happy Chinese New Year! May the year of the wabbit bring lots of happiness to all of y'all! And with that, I'm hoping we'll get through to the finals of the Copa Del Rey tonight...and for Kaka to be less fat and shlow from now on!! =)

*Listening to The Ballad of Mona Lisa by Panic! At the Disco*

rude awakening...

Sometimes I really can't understand how the outcome of one match could affect my mood that much for a few days. 2 out of 3 good results over the weekend isn't that bad. But the one that mattered the most caused me another bout of numbness ala el clasico (but to a lesser extent). Now that I've written off La Decima, I think I can start to relax again and watch RM like how I watch Bayern play. Zero expectations. Zero hope. Sigh.

Unfortunately, I'm gonna be missing the MU match tonight as it's a friend's birthday dinner - just as well since it's not on TV although I'll probably download the match to watch later.

On a wee happier note, I passed my Life in the UK test! But this also means I'll probably have to start on CFA...ARGHGHGH!!

*Listening to Changing by The Airbourne Toxic Event*