My World Cup Moments

Hi Everyone,

South Africa has hosted the World Cup 2010 successfully. We saw upsets and suprising moments and also victory for Spain! These are some of my World Cup 2010 @ South Africa moments:

1. Spain won the World Cup 2010 @ South Africa for the first time by beating Netherlands 1-0
2. Germany won 3rd place by beating Uruguay, 3-2. Uruguay has did well in this World Cup although they were placed 4th. They were the best South American nation to reach the 3rd place / 4th place finish stage. 4 South American teams qualified for the Quarter Finals stage. The 4 countries were Brazil, Argentina, Uruguay and Paraguay.
3. Spain beat Germany 1-0 at the Semi Finals.
4. Netherlands beat Uruguay 3-2 at the Semi Finals.
5. Argentina was eliminated at the Round of 16 stage by Germany. They received a 4-0 thrashing
6. Brazil was also knocked out 1-2 by the Netherlands at the Round of 16 stage. A goal from Netherlands saw the Brazillian goalkeeper slightly touching the ball together with another Brazillian player. The ball then deflected to the net. It was an own goal. This goal allowed Netherlands to equalise 1-1 after Brazil scored the 1st goal after 10 minutes.
7. Germany thrashed England 4-1 at the Round of 16 stage. England did not quality for the finals of the World Cup again. England was denied a goal in this match. The ball went inside the goal and bounced up and down. It did not touched the net at the back. According to the rules, it was supposed to be a goal but it was not given.
8. Italy, the 2006 World Cup winner was knocked out of the World Cup @ South Africa at the last match of the group stage by Slovakia. They beat Italy 3-2. Italy only managed to score at he 81st and 92 minutes. Slovakia was leading Italy 3-1 after 90 minutes of play.
9. Robert Green, England's goalkeeper made a blunder which made U.S.A to score one goal against them at their opening game. The game ended 1-1
10. France also was knocked out at the group stage. At the last game between France and South Africa, the host nation beat France 2-1.
11. Portugal thrashed North Korea 7-0 at the 2nd group game. North Korea was beaten 2-1 by Brazil at their 1st game. It was a nice moment to know that North Korea scored a goal against Brazil
12. It is also good to see that Asian countries especially Korea and Japan made it to the Round of 16. Japan beat Denmark 3-1 in the group stage. Korea also scored 2 goals against Greece.
13. Spain lost to Switzerland at the opening group game 1-0. Spain then went on to win the World Cup and created history.
14. There were a few disputed calls made by the umpire. One of those was the Germany vs England game as explained above. Harry Kewell was sent off in one of Australia's matches. Argentina seemed to score a goal at an offside position. Some umpires or linesman were suspended temporarily as a result of this.

Cheers,

Rogerkoo

Greetings from Rogerkoo

Hi Everyone, Going overseas again today. Might not be able to update this blog often but I can update through e-mail if I can. My Top Songs (doesn't include Christian songs in this section)

• Avril Lavigne: When You're Gone, Complicated
• Bee Gees: IOIO
• Beyonce: Halo
• Boyzone: Better, No Matter What
• Colbie Caillat: Fallin for You
• Daughty: No Surprise
• Enrique Iglesias feat. Ciara: Taking Back My Love
• Full Metal Alchemist Theme Songs
• Il Divo: Una Noche, La Luna, Music in My Heart, Caruso, Unchained Melody, Adagio
• Kris Allen: No Boundaries
• Michael Jackson: Man in the Mirror
• Miley Cyrus: The Climb
• Taylor Swift: You Belong With Me, Love Story
• Slam Dunk Theme Songs
• Tears to Tiara Theme Songs

Here's the latest music video by Taylor Swift. You Belong With Me is her latest single released. It is the 6th song in her Fearless album. My Top Christian Songs

• Before The Throne of God
• Chris Tomlin: God of This City, How Great Is Our God, Sing Sing Sing, Made to Worship
• Friend of God
• Give Thanks
• Hillsong: Hosanna, At the Cross, Mighty to Save, With All I Am, For All You've Done
• Hymns: Be Thou My Vision, The Old Rugged Cross
• In Christ Alone, In Christ Alone My Hope Is Found
• Lincoln Brewster: Everlasting God
• Matt Redman: You Never Let Go
• Ruben Stoddard: Shout to the Lord
• Sufjan Stevens: Come Thou Fount Of
• The Solid Rock
• To God Be The Glory

Mobile Phone / Smartphone Wishlist

• IPhone 3G(S)
• Samsung Jet
• Samsung Star 3G
• LG Crystal
• LG Cookie

This is my 107th blog post. See you next time. Cheers, Rogerkoo

Jakarta Fair PRJ Kemayoran 2009

Hi Everyone, I have visited to Jakarta Fair 2009 at PRJ Kemayoran. It is held at the Jakarta International Exhibition Centre (JI Expo) every year showcasing Indonesian various industries and products. There were great promotions ranging from sportswear, furniture, clothing, batik clothing, electrical appliances and products, IT and computer products, mobile phones, car tyres and food and beverage items. Singing and dancing performances were held at the event too. The fair is opened to all from morning to night. The MRT in Jakarta also its presence known at the fair. Jakarta will have its own MRT system soon implemented in a few stages. The MRT will be completed in 2016. I also went to the Skyway booth with my friends where we can make our own slippers free. Skyway is a company which makes slippers. There were more than 56,000 pairs of slippers made that day when we were at the booth. Might be more than 60,000 pairs after we left at 7pm. If you are not sure how to make your own pair of slippers, the company models will help you with it. There were a lot of people queuing up there in 6 or 8 lines to wait for their turn. Each line will have a model in front where they will monitor the process of making the slippers. Here is the picture below: I also bought a few cartons of Indomie Mi Goreng at the fair. It was cheaper there. Only Rp. 43000 which means it is only RM 14.33. There were also performances in the E-Joss (Extra Joss) energy drink booth where the musicians created nice drumming beats with kitchen utensils (pans) and empty containers. Several children were invited to join in as well. Loud but good music there. You can visit the Extra Joss website for more details on the energy drink. Only RM 0.36 for one pack. There are 40 packs in one carton. We can see the brands we have in Malaysia also have a presence in Jakarta together with several Indonesian home brands. The Indonesian home brands include Indofood, Extra Joss, Skyway, Bengawan Solo Coffees, Indomilk, Sampoerna and Nixxy. Nixxy is the manufacturer of keropoks there. Familiar brands include Samsung, Sharp, Elba, Fujiflim, Acer, BenQ, HP, Zebra Thailand, Dunkin Donuts, LG and KDK. I have taken quite a number of photos while I was there. You can see it at my Picasa Web Album, Picasa Web Albums - Jakarta Fair PRJ Kemayoran.

Gadgets / Things That I Would Like To Have As A Techie

Hi, I currently own a Motorola L72, Ipod Nano 8GB and a Olympus Camedia C-350 camera. This post talks about some of the gadgets that I would like to have but not necessarily have it. I am content with what I have at the moment. If giving the chance though or if I can afford it, I may consider buying one of these or try using it. :) :P Also, I will tell you other interesting things about me after the gadgets / things section. Click the link below to go immediately to the section.

Other Interesting Things About Me

Mobile Phones / PDAs

Apple IPhone 3G (I may consider buying this after my current phone has spoiled and if better Maxis IPhone plans are available)

Blackberry

LG Cookie

Motorola RAZR V9

Motorola Q9h

Palm Treo Pro

Samsung Omnia

Sony Ericsson Xperia X1

Camera

Canon IXUS Cameras

Olympus U-Tough

Olympus DSLR E-Series

Sony Alpha

Music Players

Apple Ipod Touch (would rather get IPhone 3G though)

Sony MP3 Players

Creative Zen Stone

Zune

Console Gaming Systems

Microsoft XBox 360

Nintendo Wii (This one I think)

Sony Playstation 3

Software Development & Database Suites

Adobe Creative Elements CS4

Microsoft Expression

Microsoft Visual Studio 2008

Microsoft SQL Server 2008

MySQL 6.0

Oracle 11

Television

Panasonic Plasma TV

Sony Bravia LCD TV

Samsung LCD TV Series

Toshiba Regza LCD TV

Watches

Casio G-Shock (wearing one now)

Seiko Kinetic

Swatch

All these things are what I think of as I grow o until now. It does not mean that I need to have these things. That would be very materialistic. Now that I am earning, I can use my discretion to buy but only those which are necessary. Maybe in the future only I will have some of these things. It does not mean that if people have these things, I also want to have. What's the point if we keep spending and spending? Sooner or later, you would end up don't really have much.

Other Interesting Things About Me

1. My favourite colour was pink at one stage when I was very small. :D. Now my favourite colours are green & blue
2. I use facial / skin care products  _ _ _ _ _ _    _ _ _     _ _ _ _ _ _ 
3. I use sunblock products
4. I started to have the idea of having pink clothes last year. Think it's cool and I want to be unconventional
5. I picked up reading books again during college. This was about 6 years ago at Taylor's College when I started borrowing Agatha Christie & John Grisham books from the library
6. Changed schools when I was in Standard 2 from S.R.K. Jalan Pasar to S.R.K St.John (2). It was due to some misunderstanding between the teacher and me
7. Wasted a big watermelon at home when I was small. Tried to carry it but too heavy and dropped onto the kitchen floor!! :D
8. I learnt to play the piano from primary school up to PMR. I took Grade 5 Practical & Grade 5 Theory. Now seldom play.
9. I like to watch Animax
10. I am not good at drawing. :) As in art.

More interesting things about me may be coming soon. I will write again soon. Will decide the topics of the next few entries. Stay tuned.

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