Author: Hafiz Noor Shams

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Sports

[367] Of Ibrahimovic and Sweden

“…it’s a flick … and it’s in!

And Ibrahimovic has scored!”

Seeing the probability of Italy not progressing beyond the group stage is electrifying. And seeing an Ajacied doing it in the Italian face is even better.

It seems Ibrahimovic’s value would definately go up after Euro 2004 is done and this is certainly good news for Ajax Amsterdam’s future coffer.

p/s – a friend made a joke on Totti’s three-match ban.

Question: Hey Totti where is Sweden?
Totti: Within spitting distance of Denmark.

Indeed it is. Indeed it is.

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Environment Politics & government

[366] Of an incinerator in Broga, Malaysia

I am appalled and disgusted by the Malaysian government’s decision to approve the Broga incinerator plant despite the presence of both international and local efforts to stop the project.

Ideally, I would prefer the government to setup recycling plants instead of an incinerator. I do know the incinerator will cost almost USD 400 million – I do not know the cost of setting up a recycling plant and thus I cannot compare the two. However, the pollution produced by any incinerator, is intolerable. Incinerator is after all, a furnace for garbage, whether it is high-tech or not.

But that itself is not my main objection to the project. Concession could be made if the tradeoff between the environment and development is too big. Still, the location of the “another Barisan Nasional government’s project” certainly is not subjected to any compromise; the government-claimed clean incinerator – imagine! The word clean is being used to describe an incinerator! Ridiculous! – is located in a catchment area.

It is a water cache area for God’s sake! The government is supposed to protect any catchment area from pollution but in Malaysia, the government is no doing its supposed job! In fact, it itself is violating its own rules!

Fresh water is important for life. It is important for us for daily usage. It is imperative for us to protect the source of fresh water. Failure to do that will be devastating. Failure to respect the very commodity that life depends on will lead to the extinction of life itself. What is money when the elixir of life itself is being threatened?

The government in Malaysia needs to do it job. The government is supposed to protect its citizens’ property and here, clearly the government fails miserably to protect and secure a valuable source of water for its citizens. If the government fails to do its job, then it will be of an uttermost importance to replace such incompetent bureaucrats with the ones that are capable protecting any crucial strategic resources – may it be fresh water or crude oil – for its citizens.

Here is the middle finger to the Japanese firms benefit from this project, the Japanese government for encouraging this project, the Malaysian Department of the Environment (and the Ministry of Science, Technology and the Environment) for not standing up for the environment and to the Malaysian government for failing its citizens on many uncounted occasions.

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And I wish, by the time the plant is completed, ELF is ready to give Malaysia a visit.

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Sports

[365] Of the first loser and the Swiss’ neutrality

Russia is the first to book a ticket home. Greece meanwhile shares the top of Group A after drawing with Spain.

Tomorrow, the English will be up against the Swiss. I bet the Swiss are going to be so neutral that they won’t even shoot or defend a shot. It will be up to the referee to make sure the Swiss’ neutrality won’t exceed his. If that does happen, oh boy! It should be a duller than any Italian game.

But then again, with Beckham on the other side, it seems that neutrality is almost an impossible concept. Go Swiss!

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Sports

[364] Of the Dutch and the German

For the first five minutes, the Dutch seems to control the game. van Nistelrooy had a minor chance earlier but Oliver Khan managed to get his hand on the ball easily.

1. Just now, the German just had a corner kick but the Dutch cleared it cleanly.

2. A German player, Kuranyi just received a yellow card for touching the ball with his hand in the Dutch penalty box.

3. Forget about updates. I’m just going to watch the game.

4. OMG! Streaming sucks. And the German seems to be taking over the game.

5. FUCK! They got the first goal!

6. It’s almost halftime and van der Vaart had a near miss.

7. It’s halftime. The Dutch has been relatively ineffective against the German. van Nistelrooy is useless. Zenden is pathetic. Advocaat! Replace Zenden and get Robben in, please!

8. Yeah! Zenden has been replaced with Overmarsl Davids with Sneijder. Yeah! More Ajax related players on the field.

9. The Dutch are losing prosession. =(

10. The Dutch’s confidence is building up.

11. No wonder Manchester United didn’t perform. I don’t see van Nistelrooy anywhere on the field.

12. Corner, thanks to Marc Overmars but it was cleared by Khan later.

13. Overmars is on fire, already proving he is better than Zenden.

14. Overmars made a thunderous shot but Kahn dived to save the day! I hope the rumor that Overmars is coming back to Ajax is true. He would be a great asset for the Champions’ League.

15. GOOOOOOOAAAAAAALLLLL!!! Thank God for Nisterooy! A pass from van der Meyde connected with the Manchester striker and then, with one touch, the ball went pass Kahn! GOOOAAAAAALLLLL!!! GOALLLLLLLLLLL!!! GOAAAAALLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL!

16. The Dutch are converting posession into chances! Currently, Overmars on the left yet again…

17. Corner! Thanks to former Ajacied van der Meyde.

18. A German, I don’t know his name, just released a scary shot. Thank God it was out off target.

19. A ah! Ballack – yellow card! Yeah baby! Yeah!

20. The game ends! One all! A good game! Better, Czech Republic defeated Latvia with just 2 – 1. Goal difference won’t come to play early. 1 – 1. The final score. In my opinion, the entrance of Overmars changed the game. Advocaat should have started with Overmars instead of Zenden. I need a depressant; too hyped for the evening.

21. Wait! Pistons – Lakers is tonight! I’ll skip the depressant.

p/s – I am impressed by the latest Mozilla Firebird browser version.
pp/s – for a limited time, a hilarious ads concerning the Netherlands – Germany rivalry.

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Sports

[363] Of Wilhelmus

Let’s fire up for the next big game : The Netherlands against Germany.

For de Oranje! In de Oranje’s honor!

Wilhemus van Nassouwe ben ik, van Duitschen bloed.
Den vaderland getrouwe, blijf ik tot in den doed.
Een prinse van Oranje ben ik, vrij, onverveerd.
De koning van Hispanje heb ik altijd ge erd.

I bet 2 to 1 in the Dutch’s favor. Nistelrooy and Sneijder are going to score. Till tomorrow!

p/s – why Spain?
pp/s – Ajacied Zlatan Ibrahimovic scored as Sweden drilled Bulgaria 5 – 0.