The sky is always darkest before Dawn - You'll Never Walk Alone(Wembley 2012 Carling Cup Final)

As I was sipping my bitter coffee today in office, I cannot help but to think of all the 'problems' that ol'Jon is facing. Work related - tonnes of it, Family related - relative less but somehow significant, Personal related - too much to mention, Health related - minor issues here and there, Appearance related - something bad brewing.

Well someone once told me that everyone has problems. The only ones that doesn't have problems are dead anyway. The theory is that, it is ok to have problems. In fact it is very normal to have problems. It is only bad when the problem affects you personally, and by that ol'Jon meant that you let it affect you personally and went on to a self-destruct mode. It is not that the happiest person in the world has no problems. The only difference with people who are happy and depressed is how they dealt with their problems. Sounds easy enough? It is actually.

Today it is not about me though, today is about the Mighty Reds, the Redmen from Merseyside. ol'Jon had always supported Liverpool. When ol'Jon is growing up, the Mighty Reds went from the Invincible to the Defeatables....if ever this terms exist! Man Utd was on the rise and every 10 kids who played football, 7 would be Man Utd fans. There will be a couple of Liverpool supporters and probably one who support Spurs. Anyway, my choice of love, my choice of allegiance gave me a lot of problems. From the You'll Never Win Anything to the current Debacle that Liverpudians are Racist....we stand strong.

And on February 26th 2012, the Mighty Reds rewarded their supporters with the Carling Cup Trophy. Never mind this is our 1st trophy for the past 6 years. Never mind this is the least desirable domestic trophy(ask that to Chelsea and Man City fans). Never mind if Liverpool won it the hard way. Never mind that 2 seasons ago, Liverpool were imploding and no where near any trophy. Never all those....the important thing is that, Liverpool does not let its problem affect it. Liverpool will not let problems or negativity to stand in its rich history. For one night, it doesn't matter what problems us Liverpudians had. We tasted the 8th Heaven....yup we won it the 8th time! YNWA

The serenity before the Clash of the Mighty Reds and Cardiff City

The prize at Stake...Carling Cup 2012

Liverpool Owner John Henry & Linda Pizzuti taking photo with fans~

Warrant Officer Class One Brian Keogan of the Royal Electrical & Mechanical Enginners

Let's get Rumbling boys~

Terminator Skterl Scores - More goals than Fernando b!tch Torres now in 2012

Liverpool win the Penalty Shoot-out after Anthony Gerrard misses his spot kicks

Time for pile on...lets do it! woo hoo~

Anthony Gerrard walking off dejected. YNWA bro, you're a scouser...better luck next time.

And the 2012 Carling Cup Champions are Liverpool~

Proud men taking pictures...Tom Werner, King Kenny, John Henry

Through and through Red - Mr. Gerrard

Dirk 'Hero' Kuyt holding aloft the Carling Cup Trophy! Well done lad...

Anfield South is Wembley! YNWA

Of Men, Veges & Carparks!

Recently ol'Jon had moved from the Penang Island to the Penang Mainland due to a lot of reasons. For those that is not so familiar with the Penang landscape, the Islanders had a fierce rivalry with their Mainlanders counterpart; although strangely both are from the State of Penang. Many Islanders would consider moving to the mainland as a downgrade, while the Mainlanders had long perceive the Islanders as morally corrupt person. Anyway, I was not about to open up a can of worms on these arguements. My decision to move to mainland is simple. A need to reach home earlier than the 830pm or 930pm norm and to have a landed property whereby I can spend some quality time with my now very active and handsome son. You see, my workplace is approx. 42km from my Island apartment. I takes me about 30~40 minutes to drive from home to work and 20~25 minutes from work to home(due to less traffic). It gets tiring and everytime I reach home, I would be very very tired with no time for myself, my family and my TV. Thus I decided to move to mainland for the ease of work, those who read my previous posting knows about my love affair with ixmation, therefore 'downgrading' to move to the mainland is the necessary sacrifice. Everyone needs a little sacrifice for love. Next reason, of owning a landed property is very much attributed to me moving to mainland. The price for a detached house with 5500 sqft of land and 3700 sqft of build up homes ranges from 2.5 million to 5 million depending on location, developers and of course the facilities. I bought mine in the mainland for 800k! Think about it, how would ol'Jon afford a 2 million home now, at the age of 28 pushing 29? Unless your father is listed at the Forbes 40 Richest Malaysian or your affliate to some 'hush-hush' party in Malaysia.

Nathan enjoying the garden

Wanted a Pony, gave him a toy pony instead....5500 sqft is not enough to fit a real pony!

Here is one boy who would melt my heart in a heart beat~

Cute eh? Little Nathan loves the new master bedroom!

Ok, sorry for deviating the subject. So here I am, being the migrant 'Mainlanders', I have to adapt to how people live here. For example, time punctuality actually had a meaning to the Mainlanders which is a good start. And Mainlanders are very good and friendly neighbors too, hooray! All is well until one day I need to go to the wet market to get some much needed supply of vege, fishes, fruits and meat. You see for us Islanders, you can go to wet market at 10am and still there is ample supply of products for you to choose from. So I went to this wet market near my house at approx 9am and to my surprise all the merchandize is gone. There is some left over cabbage that you would usually feed your rabbit or mother in law. There is some 'not so fresh' fishes and some sort of left-over meat to be sold to you. I was surprise with this and was quick to offer my 2 cents worth of opinion to the vege stall seller; "930 and everything is depleted? This is no way to do business" The old lady replied in perfect english, "Young one, men are like carparks; all the good one are taken! The left overs are handicapped." Puzzled by her good english and stunned by her seemingly true statement, ol'Jon replied; "Oh ok, then what it got to do with no veges and other supplies here?" The old lady smiled and said; "Same as carpark and men, good veges are sold off early! If you've a girlfriend or wife already, then consider yourself good men!"

So there you have it, Men are like CarParks, all the good one are taken. Some say Men are like Veges, all the good one is taken early on. So for single ladies out there, a big mention to Joan Soon, since you miss all the good veges, take comfort when some cavemen is courting you. Bench marking with good men will only make you all gloomy! Am so glad that I'm a good stuff, got to rub it in with Silly Bean~ Lucky lucky Silly Bean!

Some other quotes about us clueless MEN;

1. Men are like Mascara, they usually run at the first sign of emotion
2. Men are like Blenders, you need one but you're not quite sure why
3. Men are like Chocolates, you know it is bad for you but you cant stay away from them