the winning goal

my fav guys!

I keep watching the replay of kane’s cup winning goal. it’s anti-climactic but amusing. and I love how confused everyone looked. after rewatching it countless times, I think patrick sharp was the only other one other than kane who knew that it’d gone in. and that scene of kane celebrating and the line of confused hawks chasing him is just so, so hilarious.

what a goal. what a game.

and at last, since the hawks have won, I can admit that the flyers did good. they had an amazing season with amazing comebacks every time. as much as I disliked pronger when against the hawks, I do think he has great presence on ice. and kudos to danny briere for an amazing post-season score too.

what a ride. the hawks will win again next year. but a big part of my life will be missing for now.

time to tune in to the world cup. I miss africa.

GO GERMANY!!!!!!

BLACKHAWS, THE STANLEY CUP CHAMPS!!!!

I’m waiting to watch the replay of Game 6!! 20 more minutes!

so I succumbed to temptation and secretly kept myself updated with the game while at work today. had to keep refreshing the page every few minutes… imagine the anticipation with which I waited while the page and the latest game update loaded. and the horror when I saw that 3rd flyers goal, and the game having to roll into OT.

BUT!!! thanks to Patrick Kane!!!!! WOOOHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO. so now I know. and as I sat quietly at my desk, booking in articles, I secretly wanted to cry tears of joy. but I couldn’t. and neither could I stand up and scream madly. so tragic. so I simply sat there, and in my mind I celebrated with the rest of the hawks fans on the other side of the world. all of whom were probably screaming and shouting wildly, shooting champagne while the hawks themselves drank champagne outta the stanley cup.

nevertheless, it was an amazing day. for me. for the hawks. for all their fans. for chicago.

now I await the action to unfold on screen. I shall pretend that I’m watching it live.

YEAH HAWKS!!!!!!!!!!! LOVE YOU GUYS!

day ICHI!

first day of work was an infomation overload. but no sweat, I’m coollll. I love the whole work-life balance thing they’ve got going.

on to other very exciting news… I was completely disciplined and stayed off mobile web, and the internet until now! that’s because I waited ever so patiently for the replay of this morning’s game (which I missed live, cus I had to go to work). and my sweeeeeet patience paid off. HAWKS GOT THEIR REVENGE ON THE FLYERS HAAAAAAAAAAA 3 GOAL DEFICIT :)

it was as good as watching the game live. so I’m not gonna fret about not being able to watch the next, and possibly last game live. just gotta stay away from any potential news updates sources. only downside to it is that I know I am reacting and celebrating on my own and not with the hundreds of thousands of fans watching it live.. 12 hours earlier.

OH WELL. AHHHHHHHHHH I’m so excited and happy. and yet I know I’ve gotta keep my mind focussed on everything going on at work and training. or else I’ll be screwed.

imho toews is the best offensive player even if he hasn’t been scoring many assists nor any goals lately. I’m really hoping he can score big the next game so that danny briere doesn’t beat him to the prize! also, the more I watch, the more I love kane! his stick handling is UBER AMAZING. and he keeps his (quick) feet moving nonstop. and gosh help me, I like marian hossa too even though he played for the red wings (boo) last year. well he’s now crossed over from the dark side so I guess its okay. HAHA

HAIYARRRR I LVOE ALL OF THEMMMMM.NIEMI SEABROOKVERSTEEEEEG AND I SHAN’T LIST THE WHOLE ROSTER SO WOOOOHOOOOOOOOOO

GO HAWKS. WIN IT!

crazy post. I’m running a high fever. a high hockey fever.

edit: addressed to lil friend- about the hamster post! hahaa. and youk now what?? one of my young hammies DID get impregnated by mango and gave birth just 3 days after lolly did. but by the time I saw them the babies were dead. a real pathetic sight. as if they were just trampled over and left there (not even eaten by paddle). and yes, lolly ate up her babies too. so no hammy babies left. :(

today in point form .

- last night I had a terrifying dream that I was late for my first day of work. omg.

- the hawks lost game 3. needless to say, I was annoyed and not much less disgusted with that last OT goal.

- the hawks losing today’s game put me in a really BLAH mood for the day because… unless the hawks lose the next 2 games, I’ll miss the final winning game. can I start work just a week later please?

- went ice skating. the only ice rink in Singapore has really bad ice. my poor skates.

- dad coming home tonite. yippee! I can eat prata for breakfast with him soon.

- my poor little Lolly gave birth again yesterday. 2 tiny weeny babies… I fear they might not last long cus they look really weak. Lolly will probably eat them up soon. Mango is the horniest #$%@$ ever. I hope he doesn’t impregnate Push and Paddle too.

- just 3 more days of freedom.

- looking forward to game 4.

Prince of Persia

first movie in months. I don’t care what the critics say… I enjoyed Prince of Persia. all the guys were very pleasant to look at too. the only weak side to the script was the added romance… the writers tried too hard. and the humour too. although that did add to the overall entertainment value. or maybe it’s just cus I’m really deprived. whatever.

will be starting work on Monday. there goes another chapter out the door, byebye. hello to a new one.

blackhawks. game 1, win. game 2, win. 2 down, 2 to go.. let’s pack it up and let the flyers stay home. go hawks!!

one more thing. my poor, poor brother. 3 nights, 3 cars: scratched and vandalised. only in this ridiculous state do people actually carve out chunks of your cars’ metals owing to the viciousness of the mentally unstable culprit. in other places I’ve lived people do it either because they’re drunk or plain lowlife punks. but here, just looking at the damage alone inflicts a terrible pain on my heart knowing that it was done with malicious intent. no more further damage please God. I hope my inconspicuous baby peugeot stays safe and won’t be the next one in line.

game 4

I don’t wanna turn this blog into a hockey blog but yeah. I’m up in the middle of the night watching game 4 live. for a moment hawks were down 2-nothing and the toews line lost a rating but now… we’re back in the game tied 2-2! :) still waiting for t-o-e-w-s to score his 26th point though!

I love it that nbc shows snippets of downtown chicago. like of the bean millenium park water tower and everything. it lets me relive times when I actually walked those places. very awesome. anyway.. really wish I could be at the united center like, right now. lol but being up alone at home and probably the only zombie in the neighbourhood screaming (haha) at 5 in the morning is quite satisfyingtoo.

oh by the way, I’m taking some notes from niemi tonite. I played goalie for the first time ever on sat for nova. it was mad difficult to move. so kudos to all the goalies everrr… anyway they need a goalies and I might just step up to the challenge cus anyway I play forward for the pyros already. hehe

hungryyyyyyyy. and midnite hunger reminds me of college days. what fond memories!

today was one of those days

tonite I got really annoyed and OCD with cleaniness, and I had a sudden bout of inspiration to clean up the entire place. so I did. I just got so sick of living in a pig sty, so I pulled out the vacuum cleaner and then the mop. now I’m so shagged but at least my house is sparkly and clean!!. ah, the cons of living alone.

somehow in all thos ecountries that I’ve lived in, there was never the problem of lizards (OMG YUCKK) or ants. the most we had were the occassional roach or so. I just don’t know why singapore or perhaps, singapore’s climate attracts all the yucky creatures. and over here, its IMPOSSIBLE to have your whole house carpeted thanks to the perpetual heat. so it makes the floor ten times more disgusting (or at least the dirt is visible, unlike when the floor is carpeted. lol)

anyway. such OCD days are usually sparked off by one small thing. and that, today, happened when I was doing my daily thing of feeding my hammies. apparently I forgot to seal off the hammy food properly, and there were weavels spilling out from the packet. and to my utmost horror, I noted that my hammies were sorta itching and scratching. so I knew that the current pathetic state of their cages (sawdust unchanged for almost 2 weeks) would not do. and I embarked on the arduous task of cleaning their little homes.

following which I decided that I too, deserved a clean home. and so the cleaning adventure began.

I have a second interview this Friday. Ireally hope that I won’t bomb that. but at any rate, if it’s God’s will, I’ll get it. if not I know that I am bound for other things, perhaps *greater* things. hehe

the hawks finally put an end to the series today. the canucks are staying home and the hawks will play the sharks in the conference finals. woohoo! tomorrow morning, we shall know if the penguins ooooh ahhh crosby will advance to the eastern finals and I really hope they do cus I love crosby. but I love the hawks. so if they end up playing each other in the cup finals I’d be torn. well I’d only be rooting for marc andre fleury and crosby on one side, and the rest will be reserved for toews and his line and the whole hawks team. wonder how that would work out.haha

I love crosby cus I think he’s the ultimate role model, but deep down inside I think I’m secretly hoping that toews will win the most valuable player award. he’s the current leader anyway. I’ve been counting every game. I’ve become quite obsessed.

alritey, time to hit the sack.

hockey, baseball, everything I love

believe it or not I’m currently watching big ten baseball on tv. Illinois vs northwestern at.. ILLINOIS home ground! sigh. just 1 year ago I was sitting in those very bleachers that are now on tv and thousands of miles away. it seems so surreal now

I see the ugly south quad bell tower lol.

OH MAN I MISS ILLINOIS! THE ARC! SHERMAN HALL! THE ICE ARENA! GREEN ST! SUMMER UBC SOFTBALL!

well college days are long ever. I should just face it. but ooh man, seeing illinois on tv at illinois just ya know, connects me with the place despite the physical distance.

by the way, I am able to watch this on tv because I did, eventually, sign up for the hockey channel (ASN here). so I get bigten ball games, mlb, nhl, nba (the only thing I don’t really watch). and yes, it was specially done so that I could watch the stanley cup playoffs hee hee

anyway. GO ILLINI!!!!!!!!!! :)