the worst day of my life.... (off the top of my head)

Bulldogs 12 - 22 Eels.... no need to say more....

i almost cried at work in front of my elementary school kids...

el masri retires.... =(

this is the worst day of my life that i can think of right now...

the "slump" continues.....


the U-20's FIFA world cup is on.... the short-track speed skating world cup is on..... the ICC cricket trophy on.....

please.... something go right for a change~~~

slump~

i took this photo while i was on vacation in july.... its the stairway of a lighthouse..... frmo the top obviously... and since im ridiculously afraid of heights, i looked like fool just reaching over the railings to take this photo....

anyways.... i thought this photo is appropriate for today coz these days i feel like im in a bit of a slump.... i dont know why... well... everyone has ups and downs.... i dont know why they come and go...

its like being "in the zone" in sports.... dont know how u get "in" and why u ever come "out"....

well.... i sometimes get the feeling korea is just dragging on.... like the feeling that ur just being dragged along.... theres really not much to do here, not much to be excited about.... and if anything is really exciting me these days, its the NRL finals back at home....

maybe i wont feel so down if the bulldogs win the premiership this year.... but if they lose... especially to the eels, i know i'll really feel like $#!T then.....

i think im in a bit of a dilemma too.... all my time in china, i felt really satisfied purely doing everything i want to do.... i was doing what i want to do, and socially, china was more exciting than korea too....

now in korea... yeah... i love teaching, and i love my job... but its the other 18 hours of the day that drags on and pulls me down.... the dilemma is.... korea is definitely not my type of "fun"... but im also thinking these days that in korea, if i look hard enough, i could make some serious money here....

so... do i want to grind the days out and try to make some $$$, or just get a reasonable pay and do the things i want to do..... u know people always say, "u cant always do everything that u want".... i've always thought to differ.... but maybe u cant....

meh~

riiiiiiiiiight....

ok... the guy in this picture is a korean celebrity.... a singer in a boy band.....

so... why the heck am i posting a photo of him on my blog?

well... he left korea today... i dont think it was legally FORCED out of the country... but he was kinda forced out of the country.....

the guy is the leader of a really popular group in korea....

but over 4 years ago, when he was still a high school kid just practicing everyday just so that he MIGHT be able to make it big time in korea.... he wrote on his 'myspace' that korea was gay, i hate korea, i wanna go home, etc etc....

now more than 4 years later.... the guy is being crucified for the stuff he wrote on his 'myspace'....... they claim that what he said 4 years ago... when he was still in high school was "spitting" on korea's face.... and as a result, he has left his group, and he has left the country.....

riiiiight.... ok.......

this is not the first time this kinda thing has happened.... about 10 years ago now, a famous korean singer who was raised in america was due to do his compulsory military service in korea... but once as he was returning to korea from the US, he had come back with an american passport and an american citizenship... so he was forced to do a u-turn at the airport, and he was actually forbidden to ever come back to korea...... woah~!

hmmm......... yes.........

and for the guy who left the country today, he is american-born, has american citizenship and was raised in seattle.... so in his public apology, he said that when he had made those comments 4 years ago, which really was just a wall-to-wall post with another friend, he just misintrepreted his emotions of being sick and tired of his circumstances at the time... he was in high school, still immature, away from his home, family and friends... and so he made those comments.....

sounds fair dinkum to me.....

and also.... if it is a sin that some things about korea just bamboozle u.... well.... then even millions of locals would probably be up for capital punishment.....

seriously... this is supposed to be a democratic country with the freedom of speech right.... but it has such a 'bandwagon' culture that freedom of speech refers to - u are allowed to repeat what everyone else is saying.....

-.-

KOREA 3:1 AUSTRALIA

Saturday night in korea.... goto the 2002 world cup stadium in seoul.... Australia vs Korea..... AWESOME~~

well, going straight to the end, Korea won 3-1....

about 10 years ago, when the socceroos were so good at losing... i used to love watching them lose with so many good players....

now i guess soccer in australia has become pretty popular.... there's enough soccer fans in australia now that some people are calling it football~ haha

well.... i supported australia for 86 minutes of the game.... i thought there were soooooooooo many people supporting korea, i wore a green shirt with the aussie flag, and supported the socceroos....

4 minutes into the game.... korea - GOAL..... 1-0..... about 15~20 mins later... another goal to korea.... 2-0..... i wanted to change into my red shirt and support korea.... but.... australia scored back... 2-1.....

in the 2nd half... i stuck with australia.... but with 4 minutes left in the game... korea scored a third.... 3-1

so..... red shirt korean flag ^^

i like supporting winners~~ haha

took my camera... got lucky with 2 videos... 1 was a good free kick saved by schwarzer... and 1 was a goal.... i'll post the goal here....

tennis tips....?

its us open time....

i dont know why.... i thought i might post some predictions on here first....

it is the year's final slam.... and i think in the mens, its hard to go past roger federer.... he's been incredible this year after his "slump" of becoming world no.2 for a while....

for the women, again... its everyone vs the williams sisters.... i think serena will win it....

now... i think anyone who wanted to take a safe bet on the tennis would have chosen federer and serena.... so im gonna throw up a couple of roughies....

in the men, i think roddick will give it a good go this year... so he's my outside chance dude...
and in the women, i "hope" ivanovic would find some top class form again.... if looks could win u a grand slam.... well.... there are alot of hot female players.... but the williams sisters would definitely not win anything.... -.-

so much for ivanovic.... lost in the 1st round...