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My F1 tickets

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on Thursday, 26 June 2008
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I finally got my hands on the tickets for Singapore’s first Formula 1 race. Yes, I realise the irony of a post about Formula 1 just after one about Envirofest, but I don’t claim to be an environmental saint.

Unfortunately, the tickets came in a big box, meant for 10 sets - the maximum any individual can buy.

Hmmm... what is this?

Inside, mostly empty space, since I bought two sets of tickets.

A mostly empty box... with F1 tickets

The actual ticket holder: still lots of paper being used.

Ticket holder

Inside, a pass for each day of the race: Friday (practice), Saturday (qualifying) and Sunday (race day).

Individual passes for each day

Now, I feel I need to do some penance for my participation in this environmental monstrosity…

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Singapore 3 Uzbekistan 7

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on Tuesday, 3 June 2008
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Not the kind of scoreline you see every day.

I made my way down to the National Stadium for what will probably be the second-last time. (The last time should be Singapore v Saudi Arabia two Saturdays from now, by which time the game might be inconsequential to our qualifying hopes.)

A colleague, my boss’ kid (I kid you not) and I missed the bulk of the action in the first half. By the time we got in, it was already 2-3 to the Uzbeks. Judging from the cheering we heard just as we were walking towards the stadium, Singapore were the most recent scorers.

(We got in free. Primary school kids and below get free entry. And some random guy passed complimentary tickets to my colleague and I as we were walking up the stairs.)

Anyway, in the next few minutes, everything fell apart.

Here’s the odd thing. I felt we could still fight back. Even after we eventually went 2-6 down.

The Lions performed admirably but were let down by some seriously naive defending, especially at set-pieces. Daniel Bennett, normally solid, had a topsy-turvy night. Precious (I won’t even try spelling his surname) was given a torrid time. His lack of pace was totally exposed by the short-passing Uzbeks. Our defensive organisation was horrid.

Besides the defending, we were creating chances. Not as many as the Uzbeks, who could easily have won this game by double-digits if not for some unbelievable misses from close and the fingertips of Lionel Lewis. But we still created chances. We still fought.

Which is why there were no boos, no jeers for the Lions, even though we conceded more than I can remember in any recent game. Even though we were beaten by four goals.

I remember the last major embarrassing scoreline we had. That infamous trashing by Malaysia in the Tiger Cup a few years back. That night, the crowd turned on the Lions, and almost justifiably so. We just let them trample all over us.

Tonight, we took a severe beating, still got up and tried to give as good as we got.

For that, I applaud our Lions.

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Hull - A Premier City

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on Wednesday, 28 May 2008
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Hull City

I took a rather unremarkable shot of Chun See’s shoes during the Inter-school Dragon Boat Competition in April. (View the original photo here.)

Looking at his shoes, I thought to myself, “Wah, not bad, Chun See supports a non-Premier League club.”

Another thought occurred almost immediately, “I didn’t know Chun See watches football! Perhaps he studied at the University of Hull?”

Hmmmm…

Well, Chun See, looks like your team is going to be facing the likes of Manchester United next season. Can we have our loan player back? =)

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Paul Scholes, he scores goals!

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on Wednesday, 30 April 2008
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Scholes, he scores goals

Well, just one last night - his first in almost a year, but an important one for Manchester United.

Another game which United did not control, although the players did not give away the little possession they had as easily as they did in the first leg.

On one hand, I felt it was an underwhelming performance. United fans have been pampered with attacking football throughout the season. Lately, there have been lots of draws, a couple of narrow wins and that unfortunate debacle at Stamford Bridge.

On the other hand, United are back in the European Cup final! Restricting Barcelona to no goals over two games takes some doing. So what if the match stats look damning?

Moscow, here we come! Bring on Chelsea or Liverpool.

Unrelated note: If Thaksin sacks Eriksson, he’s nuts. Owners and fans don’t give managers any time to build a team. Good luck to the blue half of Manchester.

Photo from The Times.

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World Cup 2010 Qualifier - Singapore v Lebanon

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on Thursday, 27 March 2008
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Singapore vs Lebanon

Singapore 2 Lebanon 0.

That scoreline might come back to haunt us. Qualifying for the 2010 World Cup is still a very distant dream.

But to make it happen, we need to punish teams when we can.

I’m not being boastful when I say that we could have easily won this game 6-0.

We were in control. The Lebanese, on the other hand, were content to fall and writhe at the slightest touch.

The ref, bizzarely, recognised that most of this was playacting. And yet he failed to card any of the Lebanese players for simulation.

Instead, our keeper got an undeserved yellow for time-wasting toward the end of the first half.

Dodgy refereeing notwithstanding, we had ample opportunity to cause a different sort of deluge.

Neither came on a cool evening at Kallang.

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