When only football matters.

Due to recent hiccups of English Premier League regarding top four places, it has raised me up to a point to voice out my opinion as a football fanatic. As a Manchester United die hard fan, I would like to offer a sympathy to our fully "beloved" arch rival Manchester City as they failed to impress the world regarding their performance for recent matches although they made some splendid high profile signing during last summer. Manchester City's bid for a marquee January signing is being subjected to refusal because the world's top superstars claim the club is "not serious", so they are turning their backs on £200,000-a-week wages. Some people are crazy enough to pay such amount of money just to enjoy the game. As for me, "crazy" is only for single minded people who doesnt know the real business of football games in England. Over here, football is money and money is football. They spend millions of money for only one thing and one thing only - PASSION.

The world's richest club urgently need an injection of top class talent to reignite a season that is in danger of falling away with a Premier League record of seven straight draws. What a shame. From a season that some felt would end with Champions League qualification, City are slipping behind. In response, the hierarchy have targeted some mouth-watering talent in the transfer window to help under pressure manager Mark Hughes. There are some eye catching names linked to City, such as Fernando Torres, and the Manchester club would be happy to sign a cheque for £50 million for the Spanish striker. Such a bid was made in the summer and was rejected.

After spending almost £200 million on transfers since Sheikh Mansour's takeover, the club's hierarchy believe the squad has been improved to such a degree that only a few, high-quality acquisitions are required. Club officials say they are highly unlikely to sign more than one player in January, and only then if the asking price is realistic. It's chicken and egg for City; they can lure future galacticos only when they make it into the Champions League, but they need them now to help them get there. An aging superstar might be more likely to take City's £10 million a year offer. The Citizens are keen on the signature of Real Madrid star Guti Hernandez in January. And even the Real's vice-captain has been taking English lessons ahead of a switch to the Premier League. The Spanish international has struggled to get in the first-team since Real's huge spending spree in the summer, and is open to a move away from the Bernabeu.

The alternative for Manchester City, if they cannot attract the right players, is to find a manager who can make it happen, and that is going to put huge pressure on Hughes to get it right. Jose Mourinho would be a big draw for top layers as it would send out the message, that if he turned up at Eastlands, then perhaps they should join him.

No matter what would happen to the top-four clubs, I am optimist enough to convince that Liverpool would never ever, I repeat, never ever reach the prestigous title race of becoming the English champion. Glory-glory Manchester United. United through and through.

P/s: Shame on you Thierry Henry. You brought a whole country of France to such an embarassment of securing a World Cup place in a such a DISGRACE fashion. I think there's a game called "Handball" where you can use your hand as much as you want to score a goal. What a bollocks. (Mind my language)

 Sekadar gambar hiasan.
[1st pic: Warwick Games; February 09]
[2nd pic: Birmingham Midland Games; February 09] 

Pun sa(ha)ja.

I don't wanna be the one to say, "Goodbye"
But I will, I will, I will
I don't wanna sit on the pavement while you fly
But I will, I will
Oh, yes, I will

'Cause maybe in the future, you're gonna come back
You're gonna come back around
Maybe in the future, you're gonna come back
You're gonna come back
Oh, the only way to really know is to really let it go
Maybe you're gonna come back
You're gonna come back
You're gonna come back to me

I don't wanna be the first to let it go
Oh, but I know, I know, I know
If you have the last hands that I want to hold
Then I know I've got to let them go

'Cause maybe in the future, you're gonna come back
You're gonna come back around
Maybe in the future, you're gonna come back
You're gonna come back
Oh, the only way to really know is to really let it go
Maybe you're gonna come back
You're gonna come back
You're gonna come back

I still feel you on the right side of the bed
And I still feel you in the blankets pulled over my head
And I'm gonna wash away (I'm gonna wash away)
Oh, I'm gonna wash away everthing 'til you come home to me 

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P/s: Dengan bersahaja aku tidur awal di kala malam minggu. Apekah? Tido la shahril, lu ni banyak bunyik laaaa! Rindu2 orang pun bukannye dapat pape punnn. Huhu

Manis itu sweet.

Pertemuan dua insan kadangkala adalah suatu yang rambang dan tidak dijangka malah ada yang mengatakan ia adalah kebetulan dalam sebuah kehidupan. Perkenalan antara dua insan adalah  apa yang terjadi selepas pertemuan. Perkenalan tidak lebih dari mengenali hati budi masing-masing dan juga  berkongsi pengalaman sebuah kehidupan tidak kira kisah lama atau kisah masa hadapan. Apabila kata-kata diluahkan, muncul rasa suka sama suka. Dan kadangkala ia juga menjurus kepada perasaan cinta yang kita sendiri tidak jangka, dan seperti itu jugalah sebagaimana kita mendefinisi tentang erti sebuah pertemuan.

Kehadiran seseorang istimewa dalam hidup adalah suatu norma kehidupan insan biasa. Sedangkan Allah jadikan Hawa untuk menemani Adam sebagai penyeri hidup dan juga menemani hidupnya. Kita semua manusia biasa. Manusia biasa yang tidak lari dari perasaan cinta, perasaan sayang, perasaan kasih dan sebagainya. Namun begitu, adalah sesuatu norma kehidupan juga jika ada datang dan pergi dalam sebuah pertemuan. Sebagai manusia, apa yang kita tahu hanyalah ia semua lumrah kehidupan insan biasa.

Hati yang baik dan ikhlas adalah sesuatu yang kita harus hargai. Hati yang ikhlas membawa erti kepada kejujuran dalam segala perilaku dan tutur kata yang ditunjukkan dalam keikhlasan tersebut. Persahabatan yang ikhlas juga bermakna segala baik dan buruk dapat kita terima dengan hati terbuka. Percayalah semua bahawa persahabatan yang ikhlas kadangkala boleh membawa kepada perasaan sayang dan kasih-mengasihi.

Kita manusia biasa, bukan yang Maha Berkuasa. Segala qada' dan qadar telah ditentukan dan kita hanyalah menjalankan apa yang sudah ditentukan. Usaha, doa dan tawakal sajalah yang hanya mampu kita lakukan. Setiap yang terjadi pasti ada hikmahnya, dan setiap yang terjadi haruslah kita terima dengan hati yg terbuka. Manusia sering alpa bahawa semua ini hanyalah sementara. Ingatlah semua, kebahagiaan di dunia tidak kekal lama.

Kisah hidup kita haruslah kita tentukan sendiri, namun masih ada yang kita harus bergantung padaNya. Ingatlah sentiasa bahawa Dia tahu yang terbaik untuk kita. Usah lah bersedih, kerana esok masih ada dengan izinNya. Setiap yang baik datang daripada Tuhan, dan setiap yang buruk datang dari kelemahan diri ini. Setiap permulaan bermula dengan titik noktah sebuah permulaan yang lain.

Sahabat, aku tidak kemana, tetapi berdiri di sini mengenali dan mencari erti sebuah pertemuan yang ikhlas. Akhir kata, pertemuan kita bukan suatu kebetulan, malah suatu yang telah ditentukan olehNya...

Sekian.

Yang ikhlas,
Shahril Fauzi
28November2009.
 

It was hard.

Easy things are conditionally unfriendly with me. Had experienced more rough-tough times rather than easy and smooth sailing happy times in life. It was 2 hours of brain squashing and mind blowing. I think it's not my area of expertise to think critically and make key-decisions of analytical thinking. Oh Tuhan, why la it must be that freaking hard. And the time you provide was not enough..Dear Maxis Human Resource staff, please dont be such a cruelty and zionis to agonize our hopes to be part of you guys. Real life is not that hard and you need to be realistic to pull-out all the intelligence that we have nurtured since day-1 we became a student. Sometimes I would prefer a realistic and warm person rather than a big-egositic with extrovert ambitious people who have "great" character to become a member of your staff.

Note to self, the assessment has past and what I need to do is to be calmed and just pray for the best outcome. Since I was rejected by ExxonMobil for summer internship last year, I think it is easier for me this time to accept a refusal of offer or in rough words - kene reject lah. I always believe that God has planned for us much better plan and if its not my fate to be there, then it just seem to be in that way. C'est la vie...

I've been robbed.......by the university.

I am really not happy for being fined by the university library. It's just a feeling of doing something nice but at the end of the day, you need to pay a price. My precious ELEVEN POUND STERLING has just gone away in a glimpse of eye. Tak dapat la nak belanja kawan2 makan kat luar. (chewah) haha. Anyway, why the library need to be so strict about books due date? Dont you guys realise that our government pay you THIRTEEN THOUSAND POUND STERLING every year in order for us to proceed our masters degree here. In fact, we pay you that amount of money for four consecutive years. Bear in mind that it's just for an individual amount of money. We have almost 150 Malaysian students registered for your university. And still your service still suck and lack of competence in terms of university facilities. What a shame. I am really not happy. Sheffield Uni, you've robbed me.

Pictures of Khayra's birthday!

I stole all these pictures from Kak Ina's blog. As expected, Kak Ina was the masterplanner of the birthday party. Siap ada tema baju warna pink! Ahaha. I wonder what was Khayra thinking during the party.."Eh kenape semua orang pakai baju pink?", kata Khayra dalam hati hehe.

Sigh~ as usual, uncle pojie was not there.

"hi everyone, welcome to my little party..i'm turning 1 today!"

 

"i'm mum no 1 heroin"

 

"yeayyy party timeee"

 

"khayra with atoks"

 

"auntie ina uber excited"

 

"what is this thingy??"

 

"nyum nyum"

"yeay..i am 1 year old already"

1st Birthday

 Khayra and Babah.

My dearest little niece Khayra Bte Shah Faezal turns 1 today. I bet there's a big celebration going on at home right now. I just hope I'm there right now..=( Anyhow, uncle pojie wish you happy 1st birthday and hopefully Khayra dah pandai jalan without the help of the walker hehe. Uncle will buy Khayra a big big present once uncle finish study here ye Khayra? (Macam la dia boleh baca blog uncle dia ni)

Happy Birthday baby!!

P/s: I'm waiting for pictures from Kak Ina. Mesti dia orang yang paling seronok kat rumah tu hahaha.

The Coolest Romantic Comedy of the year.

Since my weekends were full of shites, I think I could use some leisure time to watch a casual romantic comedy movie..you know, something that could cheer me up a little bit? Heh. I randomly downloaded this movie and.......it was AWESOME....not because the movie is awesome, but I think the plot of the story is the carbon-copy of my real life story..two thumbs up for Joseph Gordon-Levitt for "playing" my part of the story. Hahahah. My favourite part is on the last 20 minutes. It's pure cool! Go go go watch this movie!

500 Days of Summer

In dire need of a peaceful state of mind

Life has been hectic. It has been 9 weeks since I left my lovely home back in Subang Jaya. Though I enjoyed this frantic and busy-ness of a student life, I think this is the time where I need to keep things run in slower pace - at least for a while. Last week was my worst week ever. Well what I can say is most shits in my life happened on that particular week where I will definitely would like to delete and erase permanently from my mind. Being a student, to be specific final year engineering student is quite busy. Engaged with so many things from lectures, project tasks, group meetings, and.....huh football. I have tried to put some focus towards my studies and projects but all what I thought was only football. Totally football. It's healthy in some perspective but it's unhealthy when you had too much football, which is when you neglect your main responsibility of being a university student. I feel sorry to myself for being such a blockhead.

A friend of mine came to me right after monday morning lectures and what she said was " Hey Shah! U look so tired today..Have you been studying for the whole weekend?" Yeah you're right my friend. I have been "studying" too much football and as the consequences I look very tired and worn out for the lectures. This is what I said when football makes you unhealthy..and this is totally true.

For now, I need to run things more efficiently which is by getting things done. It will be less than 5 weeks before the winter holiday starts and I really need to plan ahead for my exams preparation. (Now I realised why some of my friends call me skema) Well, I think I am not. I just prefer to think in one step ahead so that I will be prepared in anything I do. Hahaha.

The only thing that I wish to keep running in high pace is the time. You'll never realised how time flies. Counting down life after graduate are just only 35 weeks and 1 day. So now I hereby pledge to myself to be back on track. Godspeed.

Mari bergambar dan bersuka ria

Bukan selalu nak vain, jadi apa salahnya? I am now presenting you.....jeng jeng jeng...brand new Kelab Bola Sepak Sheffield (KBSS) football jersey! Woohooo!

P/s: Since we have no muscular and tough looks model, we ourselves decided to become the model. Haha.