Monday, September 15, 2008
It's been 3 days since I last blogged. As how prone man-kind are to temptations, I was distracted from what I used to perceived as my top interest/habit/liking/routine (whatever way you would call it)- blogging. It used to be a daily event, then there was this period where I could only blog every other day, but it was still a daily matter since I would usually make up for the lost entries. But this time, I've dallied for 3 days, and guilt is creeping up on me. There's this constant discomfort which gnaw my conscience awake or asleep. It's definitely not a chore, since it's like my favourite past-time to write about myself and to see other people comment about it.
Tracing back to last friday, lessons were normal. 3 periods of break in during mid-day allowed me to replenish up a little though how exactly I had spent that time was already very much forgotten. The last period was Physics and it was the first time I had a one-to-one consultation with Mrs Toh, ragarding some doubts I had during that day's lecture. Initially I was pretty fearful because I only went up to her after lesson so there were only me and her in the room. The fear was not without a cause since I've always associated her with a bit of mental instability. Alright, her being crazy is definitely not a point that I'm driving at, but very much rather, her change of emotions during lessons. In any case, the consultation went well, and was a very enriching one. That shows how a person's experience in her profession can benefit her students so well. Thank you Mrs Toh!
Saturday was a sleep in day since for some reason I've been having really late nights for the past one week. Thus, I only woke up after late morning, had my lunch, played some game, before setting off to Joel's house. This time round I decided to bring a set of clothes and leave it with them so that I would not have to bring two sets of clothes, which is like very much a hassle since I go there practically every week. At his house, both of us studied a little before watching Man Utd against Liverpool match live at 730. Man Utd didn't play well, especially the flanks. I used to say that Man Utd has the best flanks in all soccer clubs apart from Valencia, but this time round, they were owned on the left by Liverpool's new boy, Reira. Brown's lack of pace made him a suceptible target to Reira's breath bursting runs down the left. On the other half of the field, Evra was making little significance there as he was always seen on the centre of the pitch. So Man Utd flanks were really exploited. The first goal by Tevez was a result from Berba's classy pass, a reasonalbe debut performance. Man Utd dominated much until the second half, where Van Der Sar's mistake to punch the ball made Brown the unfortunate to score an own goal. Thereafter, Man Utd begun to lose confidence, and Liverpool began to dominate. The injury to Michael Carrick only meant that Giggs had to be sub on on the second half. His presence created a few opportunity on the opponent's side, but none was as significant as his mistake which allowed Mascherano to draw back the ball to aid fresh face, Ryan Babel with Liverpool's first genuine goal against Man Utd in 7 or 8 games. 2-1 margin was a reasonable result for both side as Man Utd's shaky defence could have resulted in a bigger scoreline. Personally, I feel that Wayne Rooney, Reira, Mascherano, Skrtal were the better performers on the pitch. Flop of the match has to be shared between Brown and Benayounn. If it hadn't been on Anfield, Benayounn could have very well received a yellow or even an early bath. I thought if only Man Utd had played wing play and short passes they could have played better. As was seen in the second half when Ryan Giggs and Evra succeeded in penetrating to the Reds' half down the left flank. Suggested formation:
Dimitar Berbatov
Nani Carlos Tevez Wayne Rooney
Michael Carrick Anderson
Patrice Evra Namanja Vidic Rio Ferdinand Wes Brown
Edwin Van Der Sar
Sub: Kuscheak, Fletcher, Oshea, Giggs, Haegreaves
Possible considerations: Rafael
After that, we continued to study for a while before I started doing masterlife at 11, and turned in at 1140.
Sunday was fine. After having skipped last week's service, I was determined to turn up this week. That explained why I stayed over at Joel's place. It was also the first time I officially helped out with church duties as this week was my group's turn. I kind of forgot my cell name again. So all of us left early, and we helped to set up the chairs and the banners. The trolley that the uncles usually used to ferry the chairs around wasn't as easy to use as it seems to be. I was having so much trouble manoeuvring it and the weight supported on my shoulder was heavy. I thought I could handle but now I'm having an ache there. Guess I must have strained a muscle or two there. Service was about Evangelism and Apologetics which were two words I was not familiar with. But from that session I guess it means to spread God's word and influence the people around us into believing in the one and only true Him through our actions and words. One such way was asking probing questions which I thought has to be complemented with factors like situation and the audience.
Poiema was fruitful. Finally the discussion was in itself bearing fruit! Everyone is becoming more active in the discussion and the feeling was great=) Praise the Lord!
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Posted by Judah at 9/15/2008 02:51:00 AM