world cup fever has struck this blog, but in a really small way so it's more like a head cold and a sinus. aaanyway .. socceroos are coming home but it's ok !! it's one step up from their previous attempt.

what i'd really like to know, is what's become of singapore's "world cup 2010" dream. does anybody even remember besides me? and then again i'm not even that sure anymore because nobody talks about it.

i haven't read this on any other blog before, so i guess i'll just open this little can of worms right here.

how is it that africa, arguably the poorest continent on earth has managed to send four countries to the world cup? yet the only way that singapore is going to qualify (at this rate) is if they host the world cup. and then again, will people be too embarrassed to support the home team?

you can't even say singaporeans don't like soccer because they do! judging by what's on cable, people watch the spanish la liga and the english premier league religiously. but ask if singapore has a league (i'm pretty sure they do), but i think people will be really flippant about it. last i read we have foreign imports for that too.

i'm no sports-girlie. the only thing that interests me is the result, because i can't really be bothered watching a game/match/tournament the whole way through. but that doesn't mean i live in a hole.

australia is not a soccer-crazy country. aussies watch footy, cricket and rugby, and sometimes only soccer but that's because they really like sport. in fact, they've never even won a world cup match 'til this year. their last attempt at the world cup ended in the group stages and that was 32 years ago! guus hiddink has been saying in every interview and press conference that if australia wants to do better in the future, they have to focus on training up young players. i think singapore should too! young local players please, not young-ish cannot-make-it-in-brazil-brazilian-players. thanks.

of course, i'm saying all this assuming that singapore actually does harbour world cup dreams. i'm sure big brother would be thinking about it especially at this time. they've already sent a man to mount everest (twice) and sent the same guy to swim the english channel (failed, but at least he tried).*

so anyway, i'm not all hot air. i actually have a suggestion. first of all, find promising young soccer babies through some kind of screening process. then send them overseas for exposure, but don't forget to make them sign a bond so they come back and play for singapore. at the same time, hothouse more players in that little sports school, and make them play in local leagues for their ECA. sorry i mean CCA. then when the time comes for everyone to train for world cup qualifiers, call back your soccer scholars and train them with the non-scholar ones, and train PROPERLY. like maybe even pay them a salary or something so they don't think that it's not a complete waste of time.

it's not even like singapore lacks the money to do so. in fact, i'm pretty sure it's more worthwhile than investing CPF money *koff* in fall-on-your-face schemes in india and china *koff*. furthermore, i'm pretty sure singaporeans will be generous if there was a fund-raiser to help these guys. hell, i'd donate! and if you made it to qualifiers, i'd support team singapore. and if they made it to the group stages, i'd support them too !! even if they lost every single match and had to go home without hitting the round of 16. and if they did make it, i'd support them 'til they got kicked out by some fancy pants african team.

don't you think it would be nice to actually have something to be proud of about singapore?

* incidentally, he isn't even singaporean, he's malaysian. but as long as people are willing to do it for singapore, then it's ok.

here's why you should never trust a port-a-potty or pretty much anything in japan

dear all,
next monday we're going on a road trip to monkey mia !! thereafter, there will be a week when we're back in perth to celebrate my parents' 25th anniversary with a shindig down by the ole bayou. that's a quarter of a century yo !! i've only been alive 21 years and sometimes i'm sick of myself already. can't imagine being MARRIED to the same person for 25 and still liking them. it's enough to melt any old cynic's heart!

then i'm jetting off to melbourne for a week before uni starts. O HOLIDAYS !! you fly by so fast. if only you would linger a little longer .. so anyhoo posting will be sporadic (as if the updates weren't few and far between already), but tales and pictures of youthful shenanigans will be posted, so do visit once in awhile. thank you for your continued readership =) me larf yew long time long times !!

hearts n shit,
lynnie loo

p.s. once again, let me distract you from the lack of posts with substance with a silly picture !!

this is da & me with the marie biscuit at her birthday partay
i look like a doofus, but i thought it was appropriate because she thinks i look like a rabbit (samuraibunny - rabbit, geddit? harhar)

ohhhhh poor sweden =(( it is okaaay .. you have those meatballs to cheer you up !! meatballs in lingoberry sauce. mm ... i wish i could hug a hive right now !!

w00t !! second round, baby .. YEAH ! !

also, strokes cometh to town and we buyeth the tickets. mmm .. good times are had by ALL !! but the croations. sorry guys

australia vs croatia
at 3am australian western standard time

australia better not lose. carn the aussies! all you need is a draw to advance, SO YOU BETTER NOT LOSE..

i nap now in preparation.

OHHHHH AUSTRALALALALIA =(((

so japan is officially cute but useless, and you are my next favourite team. SOOOO top effort against brazil!! nice job on picking up the slack after your first game and all, but it is really too bad .. HOWEVER, if you beat croatia you will still move to the round of 16, and that will be history-maker number two!! you can do eeeeet ..

sing it now: come on aussie come on, come on! come on aussie come on!

on a serious-er note, j*** sent me this article and it's pretty appalling. and it reminded me of this post on beth's blog. i haven't watched the video or anything but and i don't think i could bear to, and needless the article pretty much speaks for itself.

for some reason i find it really upsetting to find out that such amoral people exist in singapore. well .. i don't know if amoral is the correct word to use, but i don't know when it happened that people felt that beating someone up for no reason was a justifiable thing to do.

i'll probably add and edit this post later because i'm sleepy and probably incoherent. but i just wanted to put this up before i went to bed.

the umbilical brothers were pretty good yo! although grace friend is right. this performance of theirs isn't as good as speedmouse, which is super funny, and and we have it on (autographed) dvd !!

please, let me distract you from the lack of substance in my post WITH PICTURES !!


minus shane


plus random

we obviously don't know who she is, and we really don't mind her there. but the poor luvvy obviously isn't looking her best there, even though everyone else looks absolutely gawwww-juss!

this beevnicks strip always cracks me up.

well not that i read it over and over, but the t-shirt slogan is pretty catchy. nothing much is going on .. much time has been spent on doing an invite for my parents' anniversary party but that will only see the light of the internet in a months' time.

i'd distract you all with pictures from mister marie's party but i keep forgetting to get them off her compooter. however, da and i are going to see the umbilical brothers tomorrow! they might sound like a circus freakshow act, but they are not even brothers !! amazing stuff. excitement abounds.

dear ,

i'm sorry you lost. but honestly, zoot and i feel that you didn't play so well and your goal was pretty lame-o. so many opportunities to score and none were followed through!! and then the one goal you did score, really should have been disallowed. but still, if any of you needs a consoling hug (mmm hug..), they are in abundance here (from me and zoot) !!
especially for

turn those frowns upside down boys !! you look best when happy like in those photos !!

* 1. i am aware that the image of miyamoto is from last world cup, but he looked better when his face was covered. stoo thinks he looks like kato.
2. missing from this image is no. 15 !! fukunishi needs more images of himself on the internet.

dear richard branson,

i hope you can see the angry look i am giving virginblue right now ..

why is your budget airline ticket to melbourne more expensive than a qantas one ?!

and the happy hour promise for low low prices on certain fares between 12pm to 1pm everyday (aussie eastern standard time) is nothing but a cruel joke! because from the MINUTE it starts .. nay, the very SECOND it starts it's like all the melbourne tickets are sold out. if you don't have the ticket to offer, at least put a "sold out" sticker or something on it. or maybe don't advertise it anymore so i can go back to bed. yes yes .. i went back to bed at 10.30. but looK! i am up again at 11.30.

i don't want to pay 600 for a ticket when everyone says "it's sooo cheeeeeap" *grumbles* 600 for a domestic flight isn't that cheap, anything under 400 is! it is possible because it has happened before obviously, otherwise people wouldn't be waxing lyrical about it right now. i will give this unhappy hour one more shot and then i'm going to qantas. and they'd better have the tickets. GRR !!

yours sincerely,
lynnie loo
who is without a ticket to melbourne at the time of writing

so frustrating .. does anybody have lobang with a nice airline company? girlie needs a ticket to melbourne. travel dates 15th july - 22nd july .. prefer to arrive at melb in the late afternoon/early evening, and leave in the arvo. don't say jetstar ok? jetstar's airport is super far away (i've heard). unless you know a super good jetstar deal that meets all those criteria.

lest we forget why we cheer for the japanese soccer team


props to zoot girlie-tron for finding the pic

O what a day for eye-candy !!

ok actually pelle's birthday was on 29 may and johnny's birthday was yesterday, which makes me a little way off, which makes me a terrible person. but let's just gloss over that shall we?

so anyway, howlin' pelle almqvist is 27 and johnny is 43. y-y-yowza!

50% off everything at jacksons applecross !!

fantasmo! i wanted to buy all the a1 folios. but there were none =_= boo. however, i did get a nice 16 x 20inch silkscreen !! and a thinger to paint on it with (well ok stoo paid for that) .. i'll just call it a cudgel because that's the word that pops into my head when i think about it. also bought other miscellaneous stuff that may or may not be useful but who cares? it's 50% off =P

that's about it really .. girlies on holiday are kindof slack. shinobi mission maybe whenever or i dunno.

diet coke + mentos = fun for all

the music really gets stuck in your head, and this just proves that diet coke is evil

dear girl-whose name-means-something-racy-in-korean-and-has-knitted-me-a-scarf-and-
promised-to-teach-me-the-art-of-domestication-and-keeps-me-company-during-all-nighters,

happy birthday and all the best for those troublesome exams!!


much love
xoxoxoxoxoxo

*also, with regards to the previous post .. this girlie will probably end up cheering for the better-looking team. hehe. incorrigible.

on thursday, 15 june 2006, australia will play japan in the world cup.

adopted pariotism vs. mostly cute (and um .. talented) asian champions ?! quan-da-reeeeeeeeee

marie found this on ebay, and i thought i'd share the joy with you.

the same seller also sells this !! it's kind of like a necktie don't you think? classy for all occasions.

i don't know how she finds such things.

drawings are two days late but still done one day before folio!!

oh joy
oh rapture

i'll fill this spot with a pretty picture depicting my joyousness soon.

although i actually still have a "sketch" model to make. harhar

random thought at 11.41pm: aerosmith has this song called eat the rich, because there's only one thing that they're good for (eating). but each band member must be worth about a bajillion dollars. so why are they angsty at rich people? they are "the rich". ridiculous.