Thursday, August 20, 2009
Finally. A performance Liverpool can be proud of. On the back of rumours Rafa was going to quit (yes, because of those American owners again), Liverpool FINALLY produced a 4-0 drubbing of Stoke. The team they couldn't get even a goal past last season, that's why they ended up with only two points from two fixtures against them. Now Liverpool got 4. Ughh... Glen Johnson was definitely man of the match, with a superb bicycle kick goal, assist for David N'Gog's 1st goal of the season and Liverpool's 4th this morning, and most of all his attacking intent and surging runs forward. That's what those big bucks got Rafa. Another option in attack, and Johnson in fairness looked defensively sound as well.
Stevie G still looks to be finding his form, but had done well after his role in the third goal for Dirk Kuyt. Fernando Torres finally got his first. Pepe Reina was outstanding, especially after the save he made from Rory Delap's thunderous strike on the edge of the area (yes, Delap have other qualities other than his long throws). And Liverpool dealt pretty well with Delap's long throw-ins and Stoke's corners. Daniel Ayala had a good game alongside the stitched-up Jamie Carragher, and Lucas looks improved from the last game with some fine tackling and decent midfield play. Overall, a good result, especially after United's shock defeat to Burnley, and Rafa better get it right against Villa this weekend.
Rafa sold a bunch of youngsters, like Jack Hobbs, Adam Hammill and company, Xabi Alonso, and Alvaro Arbeloa, for almost £40 million; and only bought the likes of Glen Johnson and Alberto Aquilani for around £38 million, so yah, Rafa made money! On top of a promised minimum £20 million pound transfer budget, he should have at least that amount remaining, at the minimum! Zz... Now reports say he only have £1.5 million left. And now he has no choice but to sign this Greek defender as back-up. Just give Ayala and Martin Kelly a chance! =(
Hehh tomorrow's the long-dued Learning Fest and College Day. Luckily I was not picked to represent hockey for the evening College "Day" event, but I still have to go for Learning Fest to go for the workshops I apparently paid for and help facilitate with my class' own workshop. Ughh...
Studied with Celeste yesterday... Was actually with Mai, Charmaine and Jessica before I went off for the hockey meeting, then when I came back to resume studying it was only her left. So yah, I don't know why, but I managed to do a bit of Math. Differentiation is hard now, not like 'O's... Then we played with some tennis ball for awhile, before we left...
Hmm. I am really happy I received
this particular advice from a friend of mine. Let's just say she's one of my nicer friends. Haha. Because I have a tendency to be very observant and paranoid, the advice she gave was I shouldn't define my friendships, and that I shouldn't force things to happen. At that time I was still confused, but after she told me about this word 'defining' or 'definition' of friendships, I finally realised what I had been doing wrong. Well... I guess it's kinda true that friendships are not based on how many times you talk during the day, how many times you see each other.. but probably it's based on how much one cares for the other, and how much one would willing to sacrifice for the other when the latter needs help or needs his/her friend. I know of some of my friends, some current classmates, that I do not talk to as much as I would like at times, but I know I have some great degree of trust towards them. Then there are one or two I seem to talk to more most of the time, but of whom I have some suspicions of. Saying all this, I am just glad I got this advice. It really helped me to get through a tough time, and I'm glad I'm over it already... Thanks.
Bye! (:
my thoughts at 4:52 pm