Wow, it was all over the soccer websites like Guardian Football and SoccerNet yesterday, and the subject of lunch time talk for English soccer fans all over Malaysia. Yes, England lost to Northern Ireland. Yes, Northen Ireland, probably the weakest Home International team in the British Isles. Sure, some may argue Scotland is worse, but it doesn’t really matter. England lost. England, with their galaxy of millionaire stars. Like Rooney. Beckham. Ferdinand. Lampard. Cole. Cole. Gerrard. This is tantamount to Man United losing to Exeter City. No really, it is. Northern Ireland won by 1-0, with a goal scored by David Healy. He plays for Leeds, a Championship side. Look,…

I was watching ‘Goals’ on ESPN just now and they were highlighting the goals from last week’s matches, when they showed the goals from Emile Heskey and Premiership journeyman Andy Cole. It then struck me that the two players at one time played for England, perhaps in a different climate of England soccer. There is usually only a maximum of 2 slots for the place of England strikers at time (plus 2 more reserves). Unless Eriksson gets anal retentive and plays 4-5-1. At the moment, there are a handful of players that are vying for the 2+2 places in the England squad – Michael Owen, Wayne Rooney, Jermaine Defoe, Alan…

This has been one crummy day. Thank God its coming to an end soon. Had to spend the whole day doing something that was doing its best to test my patience. Then coming home, a nice chap on a motorbike pointed out to me that my rear wheel was flat. Fine, changing tires was not a problem. Only it started to rain halfway through. When i finished and drove off, I realised I stepped on a huge lump of doggie doo. Usually, I’m not perturbed by inconveniences like these. Unfortunately, today I woke up with a bad headache, and recurred throughout the whole day. I think the day was irreversibly…

Top Ten Things That Crossed My Mind When I Watch Desperate Housewives “Gee, Americans seem to spend a lot of time burying murdered dead corpses in their backyard.” “There’s definitely one too many advertisement breaks in just a one hour show…” “I can’t believe Teri Hatcher used to be Lois on ‘Lois and Clark’…” “Oh, look! There is at one black actor in the show! He came on for 7.5 seconds!” Wow, these make-up artists can make ANYBODY look good…” “Watching TV makes me hungry. I wonder if there is any more super-salty-cheesey-potato-chips in the cupboard…?” “Hmm…only one out of 10 American adults are fat and / or ugly.” “Okay,…

Top Ten Good Reasons To Go Shopping And Splurge On Designer Clothes I just passed by these designer shops at the mall packed with ladies shopping during a SALE. So who says economy is slowing down? Walk into any Vincci or MNG during a payday weekend and you’ll be squeezing for shoulder space. There and then i was reminded of Pesenasia Fashionasia‘s post about shopping (you have to read the 2nd part of the article, the first part is about something else…). No need to feel guilty about splurging and spending on overpriced designer chic togs, girls. Here’s 10 reasons to make you feel good about it. Top Ten Good…

I’m bored, so I’m going to flog a dead horse. If you don’t already know, Xiaxue is a fehmes (‘famous’) Singaporean blogger. Very de fehmes. Shaolin Tiger is neither a Chinese bloke nor a striped feline. He’s a funny, cool British expat working in a monastery the IT industry in Malaysia. I first read from 5xmom’s site about the whole thing. Xiaxue apparently came to KL. She didn’t like some things about it. She bitched complained about it on her fehmes blog. Shaolin took offence to some of her things she said about Malaysia. You can read it here. Then a minor hell broke loose (not as big a hell…

Just read the cover story in the Independent UK on the evacuation of Jewish settlers from Gaza and other occupied territories in Israel. I dunno, I have been reading and hearing about the Palestinian situation ever since I could read and understand the news as a small kid. Every week since I was small there were stories in the papers, 8pm news and ‘Dunia Jam 10’ (World News at 10). Everytime I turned on the news there would interviews with Yasser Arafat or Yitzhak Shamir or Ronald Reagan or Moshe Arens or on-the-location footage. And I’m tired of it. And so are a lot of people. That’s not to say…

For those of you more familiar to English footie, the La Liga starts a few weeks later than EPL, and ends later, naturally. Its basically still 22 men running around on the field (plus an overweight ref), but there are some subtle differences in the spanish games. So simontalks is proud to present a guide to Spanish football. Spanish football is usually played at night. They usually also play at a much slower pace than English football. Maybe it’s because the players don’t get siesta time on match days. If you watch the matches on ESPN, you will notice that there is only one guy who is always commenting in…

Sorry folks, Simon is nursing a massive post-holiday hangover, as a result of a late night and unhealthy diet. So in the meantime, while Simon is waiting for the medication to kick in, why don’t you guys check out the Malaysian AlloExpat Forum. Its part of a larger website with lots of info for expatriates working in Malaysian (and local expat wannabes…) but the forum is the most vibrant section there. Plus there are links to a worldwide network of similar sites. So if your an expat (including construction workers from Indonesia and Bangladesh) or if you’re bored, swing on by there and make some new friends. Make sure you…

Yes, it’s here, it’s finally here! Aiz promised us a PPS surprise for our National Day and its all there to see! Sneaky guy, timing it to take effect at the stroke of midnight! And the secret project that he has been working all along (although he showed it to some of us earlier) is actually the PPS Directory… It looks fabulous, Aiz. And nice colour 😉 And now in BM: Sula mali lor! PPS punye muka angkat (face lift)! Sempena dengan hali kebangsaan, dan siap untuk dilihat! Manyak pandai ini Aiz punye olang, ngam ngam duabelas malam dia timing… Lagi itu projek rahsia nampaknya adalah senarai belog… Betol-betol chun,…