Rain, rain go away

On the way back today, I heard on the radio that there had been flash floods in Shah Alam causing a backlog of traffic to build up on all major expressways leading into Shah Alam! It's not been posted onto The Star Online as yet. Let's wait for tomorrow's news. For now all I want is to direct a question to Selangor MB Khir Toyo, "Is this what you call a developed state?"

Developed my @ss!

In the treatment room

lots of pretty sombre news over the weekend:

• Lawyer in Saddam trial kidnapped and subsequently found murdered
• Syria implicated in assasination of former Lebanon Prime Minister
• Passenger jets crashes in Nigeria

Mightly depressing reading. Here something a little lighter from Soccernet.com
Some truly bizarre and funny football injury stories here.

http://soccernet.espn.go.com/news/story?id=346509&cc=4716

Here we look at some other bizarre injuries sustained by players over the years.

RIO FERDINAND: During his spell at Leeds the England defender managed to pick up a tendon strain in his knee watching television. Ferdinand had his foot up on a coffee table for a number of hours and ended up injuring a tendon behind his knee.

RICHARD WRIGHT: The Everton goalkeeper faced most of the summer on the sidelines after damaging his shoulder falling through a loft as he was trying to pack away his suitcases.

SEAN FLYNN: The then Kidderminster captain suffered a broken nose, busted lip and bruised toes after tripping over his son's toy cars.

DAVE BEASANT: The veteran goalkeeper managed to rule himself out for eight weeks in 1993 when he dropped a bottle of salad cream on his foot, severing the tendon in his big toe.

SANTIAGO CANIZARES: The Spain goalkeeper missed the 2002 World Cup after accidentally shattering a bottle of aftershave in his hotel sink. A piece of glass fell on his foot, severing a tendon in his big toe.

KASEY KELLER: The American international knocked out his front teeth while pulling his golf clubs out of the boot of his car.

ALAN WRIGHT: The diminutive former Aston Villa full-back strained his knee by stretching to reach the accelerator in his new Ferrari. He subsequently swapped the sports car for a Rover 416.

DAVID JAMES: The England goalkeeper once pulled a muscle in his back when reaching for the television remote control and the keen angler also tweaked his shoulder when trying to land a monster carp.

STEVE MORROW: The former Northern Ireland defender broke his collarbone after falling off the shoulders of Tony Adams while celebrating the 1993 League Cup final win against Sheffield Wednesday.

ALEX STEPNEY: In 1975 the Manchester United goalkeeper Alex Stepney dislocated his jaw while shouting at his defenders during a match against Birmingham.

CHIC BRODIE: The Brentford goalkeeper's career came to an abrupt end in October 1970 when he collided with a sheepdog which had run onto the pitch. Brodie shattered his kneecap while the dog got the ball. ``The dog might have been a small one, but it just happened to be a solid one,'' he reflected.

SVEIN GRONDALEN: The Norway defender had to withdraw from an international during the 1970s after colliding with a moose while out jogging.

ALAN MULLERY: The England star missed the 1964 tour of South America after injuring his back while brushing his teeth.

DAVID BATTY: The former Leeds and Blackburn midfielder managed to re-injure his Achilles tendon when he was run over by his toddler on a tricycle.

DARREN BARNARD: The former Barnsley midfielder was sidelined for five months with a torn knee ligament after he slipped in a puddle of his puppy's urine on the kitchen floor.

LEE HODGES: The then Barnet player slipped on a bar of soap in the shower and wrenched his groin.

CHARLIE GEORGE: Arsenal's 1971 FA Cup hero managed to cut off his toe with a lawnmower.

MISTAR: The Indonesian footballer was killed aged just 25 by a stampede of pigs which overran his team's training pitch in 1995.

Condolence

Deepest condolences to the PM and his family on the passing of his wife.

over the weekend

hello people, nothing much to write about today. But just some snippets of info, the website for X-Men 3 is online and reachable here. Director Brett Ratner takes over the helm from Bryan Singer and I really hope he doesn't drop the ball here.

Also, Wayne Rooney starred in Manchester United's 3-1 win over Sunderland last Saturday. The kid scored a one and created one for Ruud with Rossi netting the third to claim all three points for United.

Also, saw the movie Goal! last Friday. Predictable fare really, but pretty fun nonetheless. When I've got time, I'll blog about it.

Till then, cheers.

30gigabyte email account?!

Check this out 30gigs.com. Its still in beta testing, I'll try to sign up for one and report back.

Jose and his Amazing Technicolour Overcoat

For all you EPL fans out there...this one's a lark!

Jose Mourinho: "..that performance was not special. You made me laugh and champions should not make me laugh. If I want to laugh, maybe I listen to Damien do a car insurance ad..."

Listen to the clip here.

http://www.radioireland.ie/audio/giftjose.wma

This weekend's match

This Saturday (15 OCtober, 2005) Manchester United travel to the Stadium of Light to go head to head with Sunderland.

Sunderland are currently 4th from bottom, while United are 10 (!!) points behind league leaders Chelsea with a game in hand.

United have been playing pretty decent the past few games, Park Ji-Sung seems to be settling in now. Let's hope the boys don't foul up this one!

While we're on the subject of football, kind of looking forward to this movie, Goal. Though, for the life of me, I can't imagine why they chose Newcastle United...

Which brings me to Jonathan Woodgate, ex-Newcastle United defender now playing for Real Madrid, has scored his 2nd own goal in 3 matches! LOL

Costumed Mario

Remember Mario? The Italian plumber that's always on some quest or other to save a princess while munching on mushrooms? Yeah, that Mario.

Funny enough, someone at Geek on Stun created 64 Marios in different costumes; there's an eskimo Mario, Mickey Mouse Mario, and (if I am not mistaken) a Beatle Mario (in Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club get up).

First spotted on Boing Boing

technobabble

tech·no·bab·ble ( P ) Pronunciation Key
n.

• Technical jargon: “The playwright can send up the garbled technobabble of modern bureaucracy as expertly as anyone” (Peter Marks).
  
• technical jargon from computing and other high-tech subjects.

source: http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=technobabble

Well, thinking of a name for my spanking new blog, and I really want something that will stick in my head and tells a bit about myself. So I thought to myself, 'I do tend to babble...a lot; and I am kinda technical occasionally especially when it comes to Java, why not just use this name then.'

So, another blog is born on the Wonderful Wacky Web.

And the next question will be, why blog? Emm...everybody's doing it, so why don't I? Besides, Joel did say the best way to learn to write is by doing it. Also, I reckon it'll be pretty fun to pen some thoughts online. Basically, what I hope to put up here will be some of my own thoughts on software development, technology, Java, well, pretty much anything that catches my fancy.

Have fun, and thanks for reading.