Friend's tackle

This photo was taken minutes after a clash between Ji Sung Park and Young Pyo Lee. Park tackled Lee which led to a pass in which Manchester scored. All in the name of Football.
Although they are good mates, Park didn't hesitate to tackle him.
I was slightly emotional looking at this photo because I'm guessing that it would have been difficult in going in for the tackle.

"In the end, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends."
- Martin Luther King Jr.

Unlock doors into future

Currently Listening Gladiator: Music from the Motion Picture By Original Soundtrack

Winter is just around the corner and no amount of coffee inside your body warms you up for the day. Its weird because when i'm inside my office, I take my jacket off and at times, I sweat because I get stressed and stuff. However as soon as I walk outside, its a different story and no amount of layers is suffice.
I was very encouraged over the week reading Isaiah and learning the ways in which God continually conversed with him. I know that God communicates to us in different ways but wouldn't it be easy if we could just audibly just talk to him?

Happy Birthday to Sarah Yun, Myung Ook Sunu and Marcus Premutico (ur on my blog now).

A big thank you to EUNO and EJ nuna who hooked us up with some mad wollamsam. Goodness it was tasty. It was good catching up with them because I used to spend soo much time with them when they were in the praise team. EJ nuna is a master GO STOP player and EUNO nuna would always continue the antics of Hermann during practice. Miss those times. So far yet precious.

I was up yesterday night because I couldn't sleep. It was only 2am so I thought I would just chuck an allnighter and go to morning prayer. After what Eddie said about morning prayer, I thought I would try it. However listening to movie soundtracks quickly put me to sleep with the one from Gladiator. Hans Zimmer has a way of arranging and creating music which is soothing. I remember I put the Lion King OST on repeat for like a week. I couldn't get enough of it.
Anyhows that put me to sleep and ending up waking up to it in the morning. I had put it on SHUFFLE. I was shocked because I wasn't sure which FM radio station i was listening to. I doubt 2DAY FM or NOVA would play anything of that genre on their stations.

This ended up being quite a long post. Over and out.

You must live with poeople to know their problems, and live with God in order to solve them.
P.T. Forsyth

2 losses in a row

I have to admit that i'm pretty crap at predicting team wins.


I went to the game with the Mighty Maroons Vs the blues but unfortunately we were unable to score 1 point in the final 20seconds.
It was a thrilling game and we had mad seats. Oh my goodness it was tense. I think that Australia's new warcry should be *insert opponent's name* is a W@*KER! eg Japan's a W@&KER!
The New South Wales guys hated QLD and would call them names everytime they got the ball. Although it was a promising comeback, the mighty forwards of NSW got them home. Willie Mason is a freigen animal. He is so dangerous everytime he has the ball and always has 2 0r 3 players leaching off him as he runs.

Eddie, Steve and i were surrounded by NSW fans as we were the only ones in our area wearing Maroons....call us stupid but we're TRUE supporters!

I bet on QLD and I also bet on Greece winning but loss by 1 point in each game.
Kinda frustrating but its good to see that the games were not all blowouts.


Skoko scored a crazee left footer which found the back of the net in the 17 minute. Australia ran the ball confidently and the one pass touches has been something Guus has definitely worked on. Congratulations again to the socceroos on an unentertaining game of soccer!

Anyways i'm over and out.

A battle between giants

Currently Listening
The Very Best Of Nat King Cole
By Nat King Cole, Nat King Cole
The way you look tonight.

Some day, when I'm awfully low, When the world is cold, I will feel a glow just thinking of you... And the way you look tonight. Yes you're lovely, with your smile so warm And your cheeks so soft, There is nothing for me but to love you, And the way you look tonight. With each word your tenderness grows, Tearing my fear apart... And that laugh that wrinkles your nose, It touches my foolish heart. Lovely ... Never, ever change. Keep that breathless charm. Won't you please arrange it ? 'Cause I love you ... Just the way you look tonight.

Great song. I've heard Frank Sinatra sing this but I think Nat does it better.

Today is it...

The 3rd greatest spectacle in sport this year.
1st is the World Cup
2nd is the FA Cup-Liverpool were victors.

Anyways I will be making my way to Telstra Stadium to see the MIGHTY MAROONS take on the blues.
I'm sure it will be a one sided battle with QLD the superior of the two. This is my very first State of Origin game and I'm quite excited to say the least. I have been a little ineffective at work. Not my true self today because I'm thinking about other things other than work.


Anyways this is a picture of Darren who is the son of one of my coworkers. He is soo adorable. The thing is he doesn't cry but just smiles. Once she brought him into work and everyone was walking around doing stupid faces in order get a smile out of him. It was funny when some people would not get a smile and feel very rejected indeed. HA!

My verse today comes from Job 22:26-27
²⁶ Surely then you will find delight in the Almighty
and will lift up your face to God.
²⁷ You will pray to him, and he will hear you,
and you will fulfill your vows.

AMEN.

An obstacle to momentum

Currently Listening
Second First Impression
By Daniel Bedingfield
If you're not the one


I had a hectic morning with meetings in the City. I have trouble waking up in the mornings not being able to have proper showers. So frustrating and annoying. God is really teaching me patience. I didn't think about it but after talking to a friend and telling her how frustrating not having proper showers was she asked me, "How was it in Thailand?"

That really got me thinking about the conditions in Thailand and how I didn't mind that it was cold and slightly unhygienic. I felt embarassed and slightly ashamed at how I was complaining so much about something so insignificant.

Anyways I hate it when you feel like something is going so well and there are no hindrances but something just pops up and really slaps you in the face. Something which you forgot to consider, issues that you thought have passed over.. those are the things that hinder such progress.

I really like what Thomas a Kempis said when he said that
Adversities do not make a man frail, they show what sort of man he is.

I want to thank all the G2 leaders for all their dedication and hard work on Saturday! You guys rock!

Heard em say

All this sport coverage and staying up late is really playing with my physical state. I'm not a coffee drinker but I can't get through the morning without it.
It could be a mental thing but I can't resist when someone says,"Would you like a coffee?"
The cafe next to our office which is run by attractive Japanese ladies gives us mates rates at $1.50 a coffee. Can't beat it. Someone was saying that they couldn't taste the difference between soy and normal FAT milk. Soy tastes like absolute crap. The aftertaste is unbearable.

Another thing is that i realise that Asians particularly females don't drink enough milk. Its not like they eat enough anchovies( myul chi) or cheese so it is a worry for the future. DRINK your MILK.
I enjoyed Thai last night after not having it for a long time. West Ryde Thai is absolutely amazing. I'll always give that place a wrap!

What you know about someone and hear about someone is totally different once you get to know them yourself. Some people put on masks and find it difficult to put if off. Thats why you're all invited to G2 for a masquerade. Held at PTC at 6pm. Please bring your physical mask and get ready to take it all off....i mean the mask!

Barcelona

Reported by David Kwag


It was a great win against a surprising respectable team.

Barcelona are now the Champions of Europe. Unfortunately they were unable to replicate the great game of last year when Liverpool won nonetheless it was an exciting game.
Lehmann the idiot got sent off early in the game which meant that some lamo goal keeper came online and was unable to handle the pressure of Champion's League.

Congratulations to a talented team who deserve to be crowned the Champions. Ronaldinho is a nutcase who had no trouble beating the likes of fellow Brazilian Gilberto.



Onto another sport, Green was unable to replicate the wins which took him to the top of World Boxing. Against a pumped up Anthony 'The Man' Mundine, Green took some devastating blows and looked weary with punches unable to connect. I was secretly hoping that Green would hit Mundine below the belt but that did not prevail. The E-Unit gathered around Eastwood Hotel to witness a landmark fight with friendly bets not going the way of David Kwag.

Thats style

Once again Liverpool have come from behind to take the FA Cup.

I should be sleeping at the moment but i'm too excited so i felt like I needed to blog. For some eerie reason, I thought we would win but being 2-0 down messes with your intuitions.

Anyways congratulations to all the boys. Particularly Captain Gerrard who was instrumental in our epic win.Look at Crouch(guy on far right). He looks drunk already. Haha

Now to sleep.
Its 3:12am

Unrest my soul..

In Christ alone.

Currently reading
I Isaac take thee Rebekah.
by Ravi Zacharias


Bought this book when Koorong had a sale and didn't really get around to it until a couple of days ago. It has been my toilet book. As in its been what i've been reading in my toilet but I had to shift it to my room because there are a lot of insights in this book that are somewhat difficult to appreciate in the dunny.

Anyways I've just read over some of the notes from books that i read and it has been a pretty cool experience. One quote I wrote down which stuck to me was

I don't know what the key to success is but the key to failure
is trying to please everybody.
-Bill Cosby.

It somewhat stopped me in my tracks as I was reading it. Not to be a people pleaser but to do all things for ONE person. To do everything as worship was reinforced.

Anyways the Australian Soccer team was announced with a lot of surprises which really put some of our managed players in bitter resentment towards coach Guus Hiddink.

Goalkeepers: Ante Covic (Hammarby, Sweden), Zeljko Kalac (AC Milan, Italy), Mark Schwarzer (Middlesbrough, England)

Defenders: Michael Beauchamp (Central Coast Mariners), Stan Lazaridis (uncontracted), Mark Milligan (Sydney FC), Craig Moore (Newcastle United, England), Lucas Neill (Blackburn Rovers, England), Tony Popovic (Crystal Palace, England)

Midfielders: Marco Bresciano (Parma, Italy), Tim Cahill (Everton, England), Scott Chipperfield (FC Basel, Switzerland), Jason Culina (PSV Eindhoven, Netherlands), Brett Emerton (Blackburn Rovers, England), Vince Grella (Parma, Italy), Harry Kewell (Liverpool, England), Josip Skoko (Stoke City, England), Mile Sterjovski (FC Basel, Switzerland), Luke Wilkshire (Bristol, England)

Forwards: John Aloisi (Alaves, Spain), Josh Kennedy (Dynamo Dresden, Germany), Archie Thompson (Melbourne Victory), Mark Viduka (Middlesbrough, England).

The Korean team was also announced early today with a lot of changes to our 'successful' 2002 squad. DR Cha did not make the squad which is dissappointing. But not to worry.

2006 Korean World Cup Team
GK

Lee Woon-jae (Suwon Samsung Bluewings)
Kim Yong-dae (Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma)
Kim Young-kwang (Chunnam Dragons)

DF

Choi Jin-cheul (Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors)
Cho Won-hee (Suwon Samsung Bluewings)
Lee Young-pyo (Tottenham Hotspur, England)
Kim Dong-jin (FC Seoul)
Kim Sang-shik (Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma)
Kim Yong-chul (Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma)
Kim Jin-kyu (Jubilo Iwata, Japan)
Song Chong-guk (Suwon Samsung Bluewings)

MF

Baek Ji-hoon (FC Seoul)
Kim Nam-il ( Suwon Samsung Bluewings)
Park Ji-sung (Manchester United, England)
Kim Doo-heon (Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma)
Lee Eul-yong (Trabszonspor, Turkey)
Lee Ho (Ulsan Hyundai Horang-i)

FW

Park Chu-young (FC Seoul)
Ahn Jung-hwan (MSV Duisberg, Germany)
Lee Chun-soo (Ulsan Hyundai Horang-i)
Seol Ki-hyeon (Wolverhampton Wanderers, England)
Chung Kyung-ho (Gwangju Sangmu)
Cho Jae-jin (Shimizu S-Pulse, Japan)

Thats enough from me. I need to do some work now.