Dwight Yorke was quite simply inspirational with his tireless display in Trinidad and Tobago’s 0-0 draw against Sweden in their opening match of the 2006 FIFA World Cup Germany™, earning him recognition as the Budweiser Man of the Match.
Known for his goalscoring prowess during his years in the English Premiership with Aston Villa and Manchester United, Yorke seemed to be everywhere on the pitch as he helped T&T, who played almost the entire second half with ten men, nullify Sweden’s attacking trio of Henrik Larsson, Freddie Ljungberg, and Zlatan Ibrahimovic.
“He was every bit the leader of the team on the pitch today,” said FIFA Technical Study Group member Roy Hodgson. “His vision and leadership in attack and defence was absolutely first-class and his fighting spirit all match long truly personified his team's performance.”
Sunday, June 11, 2006
Saturday, June 10, 2006
England 1 Paraguay 0
England lucky to come away with a victory in their opening game, other than the first 20 minutes they were pretty much outplayed by Paraguay.
England started off strongly when they scored after Beckham's free kick scraped Gamarras's hair and went into the net, and then threatened Paraguay numerous times afterwards. The poor Paraguayuan goalie got himself injured after coming out to clear a ball and apparently he wont be playing anymore in the tournament. His substitute goalie did pretty well though looking assured in goal and pulling off several good saves against Lampard.
Both teams were just scrapping it out in midfield, with strikers losing out to tight defences. Owen and Crouch especially just didnt click, with Owen looking rusty and Crouch losing lots of balls and underperforming. Even his knockdowns and flickons which are his main strengths failed to do anything cos the referee din like him and kept blowing against him.
Paraguay also din look dangerous, with Santa Cruz whos supposed to be their danger man not getting much service. Nelson Valdez tho looked super lively on the right flank, with Ashley Cole and Terry to thank for keeping him covered well.
If England keeps this form up it seems unlikely that they'll do too well, especially with their only goal coming from quite a fluke. While they had a few bright sparks especially with Joe Cole and Lampard doing well they couldnt get the killer pass, with quite a few crosses just flying over Crouch harmlessly. England will have to rely on their setpieces to score, with Beckham's deliveries looking very dangerous.
England started off strongly when they scored after Beckham's free kick scraped Gamarras's hair and went into the net, and then threatened Paraguay numerous times afterwards. The poor Paraguayuan goalie got himself injured after coming out to clear a ball and apparently he wont be playing anymore in the tournament. His substitute goalie did pretty well though looking assured in goal and pulling off several good saves against Lampard.
Both teams were just scrapping it out in midfield, with strikers losing out to tight defences. Owen and Crouch especially just didnt click, with Owen looking rusty and Crouch losing lots of balls and underperforming. Even his knockdowns and flickons which are his main strengths failed to do anything cos the referee din like him and kept blowing against him.
Paraguay also din look dangerous, with Santa Cruz whos supposed to be their danger man not getting much service. Nelson Valdez tho looked super lively on the right flank, with Ashley Cole and Terry to thank for keeping him covered well.
If England keeps this form up it seems unlikely that they'll do too well, especially with their only goal coming from quite a fluke. While they had a few bright sparks especially with Joe Cole and Lampard doing well they couldnt get the killer pass, with quite a few crosses just flying over Crouch harmlessly. England will have to rely on their setpieces to score, with Beckham's deliveries looking very dangerous.
Sunday, February 26, 2006
Monday, February 06, 2006
Friday, January 20, 2006
Thursday, January 19, 2006
PART 8
The next dungeon is one tough one. Long straights and a few gates at the end, you don't know whether you will be able to handle it.
No time to think about it though. You don't want to disappoint your fellow Ngiaps in Paignland.
No time to think about it though. You don't want to disappoint your fellow Ngiaps in Paignland.
Wednesday, January 18, 2006
PART 7: Lonely, im so lonely
Homesickness is starting to dominate your feelings. Ever since you left your home, you've only seen angry Eartakers and vicious traps. Not a single Ngiap to talk to.
You're bored. But that's not an excuse to stop your quest. You proceed on to the next dungeon. Its relatively easy, you've heard.
You're bored. But that's not an excuse to stop your quest. You proceed on to the next dungeon. Its relatively easy, you've heard.
Tuesday, January 17, 2006
PART 6: Last boring part!
You've heard about the next dungeon. The first part it is easy, yet the final stretch holds a passageway so narrow that it is termed the Death Gate. You have to pass through it no matter what, so hope that you will be lucky.
PART 5: Another boring part
The dungeon ahead is supposedly rather fustrating. You're confident of your abilities. You'll pull through.
PART 4: Boring part
Yet another dungeon passed. You seem to be getting better at manoeuvering past these traps, but the thrill still hasn't diminished. The dungeons are getting tougher though.
Sunday, January 15, 2006
PART 3: This is easy
So far, so good. You slump down exhausted at the side of the road. You've heard about the long passageways in the next dungeon that hold traps that a small careless touch will activate. They should be no problem for you though.
Friday, January 13, 2006
PART 2: Excitement!
As you stare at the crumbling dungeon and the diamond in your hand a sense of unfelt before excitement overcomes you. You had never thought that the thrill of avoiding dangerous traps and being so close to potential danger could be so immense. No time to think about it though. You proceed to the next dungeon.
Thursday, January 12, 2006
PART 1: Setting off
You bid your family farewall as you start off on your no doubt long and ardous quest. Swirling thoughts cloud your mind. Trying to flush the mental images of the vicious Eartakers and snapping traps out of your head, you plod on on your somehow already weary feet. You hope that you will be alright.
Wednesday, January 11, 2006
PROLOGUE: The quest starts..
Ever since the terrible Eartakers invaded your homeland, they have snatched away all the gold and jewels that your kingdom possess, leaving Paignland and its inhabitants, the Ngiaps in destruction and despair. These evil Eartakers have hidden these jewels in their specially constructed dungeons coupled with treacherous traps for example mines and trapdoors, designed to ward off any potential infiltrators.
Many from your homeland have tried to regain these precious jewels, and many people have returned, although not in one piece. Now, as you bade your family farewell, you focus your thoughts on the daunting task in front of you, and proceed......
Many from your homeland have tried to regain these precious jewels, and many people have returned, although not in one piece. Now, as you bade your family farewell, you focus your thoughts on the daunting task in front of you, and proceed......
Its time to keep this blog alive!
After hours of hard work I finally managed to dig up my backup cd containing my palm stuff from my archives, and inside that cd is a full version of Silent Ngiap! For those uninformed, its this game I made during the sec 2 EOY exams for the palm, involving a story and lots of levels and stuff like that. Anyway, there are 45 parts to the story, and I'll post them up one per day!
The way that this works is that there are 45 levels, and in between each level(which is supposedly a dungeon) u get another part of the story. So you can type alittleflick.blogspot.com into your browser for 45 days in a row and be entertained! Btw this was written back when i was sec 2 so dun laugh at the language or anything ok?
P.S: To Khee Ngiap, im very sorry for using your name in this but it was back in sec 2 when I was young and immature. I promise you a cut of whatever I get from selling this game ok?
The way that this works is that there are 45 levels, and in between each level(which is supposedly a dungeon) u get another part of the story. So you can type alittleflick.blogspot.com into your browser for 45 days in a row and be entertained! Btw this was written back when i was sec 2 so dun laugh at the language or anything ok?
P.S: To Khee Ngiap, im very sorry for using your name in this but it was back in sec 2 when I was young and immature. I promise you a cut of whatever I get from selling this game ok?
Sunday, December 25, 2005
Riddle
What do u get when u mix the first half of the name of a 3 hr blockbuster directed by Peter Jackson with the second half of the name of a sport which Li Jia Wei plays?
Answer: A ruler of a country of very very lazy bloggers.
Answer: A ruler of a country of very very lazy bloggers.
Thursday, December 15, 2005
CIP at metro
today chinks, berge and me went for the metro-syif cip thing that we signed up for damn long ago. it was held at woodlands metro so we decided to meet at woodlands mrt first.
as usual berge was late by 15 minutes, but it was for my sake cos he had to find the nes controller thing that he wanted to give me, so his lateness was perfectly justified.
chinks was late by like 50++ minutes cos he forgot to collect his punch in card and he received much punishment from the manager of the metro store later on(more on that later)
so berge and me collected the vouchers and brought them down to our booth on the first floor in the metro store. for some reason they only provided one chair for 3 ppl and so for the next 4 1/2 hrs we took turns to sit on the chair. or rather me and berge took turns to sit on the chair lol. while chinks was still busy getting here i spent my time chiding berge for staring at the scantily clad women in the vouchers.
chinks then called asking for help cos he couldnt find his way there, and berge went to the security counter to rescue him. soon he came back in fits of laughter as he jovially described how chinks turned up in civvies instead of sch uniform and had to go into the office to get disciplined by the manager.
i then went up to the 2nd floor to the office to ask the manager where in the world the animal magnets we were supposed to give out togetehr wif the vouchers were, but on the way i met chinks who had a sheepish expression on his face closely followed by the grinning manager who was grinning in great satisfaction. she proceeded to tell me "help me scold this boy later ok? he needs to be punished." all the while flashing him that look that you only see on the face of a bonks when he sees a small cute boy.
we then started our work which was basically to sit there and wait for people to come and put money into the donation box and pass them the voucher. unfortunately it seemed like the main attraction of the donation thing was actually the free animal magnets. since the stock for the week had been given out no one gave a shit about our booth. me and berge started counting the number of times people glanced at our booth for longer than 1 second, and i think we din get into single digits. 3 people came up and asked about the magnet but when told that we din have any they said oh and left.
in the end berge felt bad and decided to donate 5 bucks to it. and guess wad? that was the grand total we collected for the day. so in 4 1/2 hrs of donation collecting we collected 5 bucks for charity which equates to 0.37 cents per man hour of work. we felt quite bad that we din do anything but then there wasnt much we could do since we're not supposed to approach people to ask for donations.
so basically we spent the 4 1/2 talking and speculating about how teo could stand going for 7 sessions of this boring thing then we remembered that he had fantastic company and wouldnt feel bored anyway and felt sincere happiness for him.
and when we went back to sign out the manager called chinks "naughty" for signing out early and coming late. lol and i lost count on the number of times she batted her eyelids at him.
as usual berge was late by 15 minutes, but it was for my sake cos he had to find the nes controller thing that he wanted to give me, so his lateness was perfectly justified.
chinks was late by like 50++ minutes cos he forgot to collect his punch in card and he received much punishment from the manager of the metro store later on(more on that later)
so berge and me collected the vouchers and brought them down to our booth on the first floor in the metro store. for some reason they only provided one chair for 3 ppl and so for the next 4 1/2 hrs we took turns to sit on the chair. or rather me and berge took turns to sit on the chair lol. while chinks was still busy getting here i spent my time chiding berge for staring at the scantily clad women in the vouchers.
chinks then called asking for help cos he couldnt find his way there, and berge went to the security counter to rescue him. soon he came back in fits of laughter as he jovially described how chinks turned up in civvies instead of sch uniform and had to go into the office to get disciplined by the manager.
i then went up to the 2nd floor to the office to ask the manager where in the world the animal magnets we were supposed to give out togetehr wif the vouchers were, but on the way i met chinks who had a sheepish expression on his face closely followed by the grinning manager who was grinning in great satisfaction. she proceeded to tell me "help me scold this boy later ok? he needs to be punished." all the while flashing him that look that you only see on the face of a bonks when he sees a small cute boy.
we then started our work which was basically to sit there and wait for people to come and put money into the donation box and pass them the voucher. unfortunately it seemed like the main attraction of the donation thing was actually the free animal magnets. since the stock for the week had been given out no one gave a shit about our booth. me and berge started counting the number of times people glanced at our booth for longer than 1 second, and i think we din get into single digits. 3 people came up and asked about the magnet but when told that we din have any they said oh and left.
in the end berge felt bad and decided to donate 5 bucks to it. and guess wad? that was the grand total we collected for the day. so in 4 1/2 hrs of donation collecting we collected 5 bucks for charity which equates to 0.37 cents per man hour of work. we felt quite bad that we din do anything but then there wasnt much we could do since we're not supposed to approach people to ask for donations.
so basically we spent the 4 1/2 talking and speculating about how teo could stand going for 7 sessions of this boring thing then we remembered that he had fantastic company and wouldnt feel bored anyway and felt sincere happiness for him.
and when we went back to sign out the manager called chinks "naughty" for signing out early and coming late. lol and i lost count on the number of times she batted her eyelids at him.
Tuesday, December 13, 2005
my neat study table
Heres a look at my study table that hasnt been touched ever since end of o levels. (cos after that i gave up trying to tidy it up and studied on my bed instead)
Despite the overwhelming mess(actually this is quite good already it used to be like 3 times as bad) i really like it cos everything i need is easily accessible. well almost everything other than studying space but who cares about studying at the moment? (other than angsie but since when does his opinion count ha)
Labelled in red are the more important and significant items on my table:
1. My wallet which contains a tiger cup ticket for the myanmar vs singapore match, the singapore cup final ticket, lots of movie stubs, nutritional information of every single item on the mcdonalds menu, and a starbucks voucher for a free coffee that u get for free if you donate to the salvation army.
2. Beloved 2nd-hand palm m505 which lasted me for like 2 years and cost me 200 bucks. still great for reading ebooks other than the useless battery life.
3. my metro syif cip card thingy! as if boonlay youth club doesnt already provide enough cip hours, heres another 7 hrs of cip to be done selling stuff for charity or sthg like that. And yes its the same cip activity of which teo signed up for 5 sessions, 4 of which was wif a certain vball teammate of the opposite gender.
4. 1S06B(my previous previous class) class list. i found it in the bottom of some file and nostalgia overwhelmed me. unable to stem the emotions flowing through my heart i duly proceeded to place it on my table.
5. trusty old gameboy colour which still works despite years of mistreatment. and no i do not play pokemon on it. i go for more intellectual games such as super mario.
6. the fake slightly less original xbox controller i bought for berge from shanghai for just 14 bucks! and it actually looks quite real compared to the pirated license lacking ones in singapore which cost like 30 bucks.
7. my cd wallet containing the various games and applications that i have burnt to cd after due consideration of their legality.
8. Copy of gp bull(i think? Im too lazy to pull it out to check). Most likely only touched on the morning of the day of the gp paper and then cast into oblivion.
9. Ballpump. Er ya its a ballpump.
10. See that yellow/orangey thing there? Thats the fun water toy i won at the boonlay kindergarten fun fair after challenging fd and bonks to a hard fought contest of picking up marbles with chopsticks. (fd won in the end, but i think he cheated)
11. my dearest PW journal! I mean everytime i look at it i feel an overwhelming urge to actually open it up and write something relating to pw in it! “Dear PW journal, the last session of project work has been undeniably immensely beneficial..”
12. mickey mouse piggy bank. Due to an unfortunate combination of the lock falling off and my lack of willpower it is currently quite empty.
13. My cd cake of 50 cdrs. As can be seen ive been engaging in the burning of quite a number of legal materials that has resulted in the small amount of cds left inside.
14. Half eaten tube of hichews strawberry.(i think coke and grape are the best flavours) im going back to eat it up later.
15. My pen holder containing various kinds of styli.(which are the pen thingies that you poke the screen of a pda with for the uninformed) Unfortunately they are greatly decreasing because berge is constantly losing his and asking me for more.
16. My even larger cd wallet that contains an even large collection of even more legal computer material.
Friday, December 09, 2005
09 Dec 00:14:46 - (Group) Yorke: 'Quest completed in: 48 seconds. Quests completed: 1205 QP earned: 23'
09 Dec 00:46:20 - (Group) Yorke: 'Quest completed in: 37 seconds. Quests completed: 1207 QP earned: 20'
09 Dec 00:56:09 - (Group) Yorke: 'Last hour: 96XP 24$$'
09 Dec 01:24:27 - (Group) Yorke: 'Quest completed in: 98 seconds. Quests completed: 1208 QP earned: 23'
09 Dec 01:56:09 - (Group) Yorke: 'Last hour: 94XP 39$$'
09 Dec 01:58:39 - (Group) Yorke: 'Quest completed in: 34 seconds. Quests completed: 1209 QP earned: 23'
09 Dec 03:33:07 - (Group) Yorke: 'Quest completed in: 24 seconds. Quests completed: 1210 QP earned: 24'
09 Dec 00:46:20 - (Group) Yorke: 'Quest completed in: 37 seconds. Quests completed: 1207 QP earned: 20'
09 Dec 00:56:09 - (Group) Yorke: 'Last hour: 96XP 24$$'
09 Dec 01:24:27 - (Group) Yorke: 'Quest completed in: 98 seconds. Quests completed: 1208 QP earned: 23'
09 Dec 01:56:09 - (Group) Yorke: 'Last hour: 94XP 39$$'
09 Dec 01:58:39 - (Group) Yorke: 'Quest completed in: 34 seconds. Quests completed: 1209 QP earned: 23'
09 Dec 03:33:07 - (Group) Yorke: 'Quest completed in: 24 seconds. Quests completed: 1210 QP earned: 24'
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