Snap.

It happened on Saturday during football training. I was doing some goalkeeping drills and one of the drills being the coach had the shoot the balls at a distance and I had to catch and hold on to it. 

It was my turn and things were going well till the last two balls, I was feeling a little tired from the drills and I wasn't really paying attention to the movement of the ball. Before I could re-adjust my hand position, the ball came into my grasp and I felt a little sting on my finger.

My turn was over and I went to make a fist to keep the blood circulating. And I noticed that all of my fingers went down except my right ring finger. Decided to take off my gloves and saw that my right ring finger was slanted at an angle. 

Before I knew it, I was in an A/E having a operation. The Doc managed to pop the bones back into place and decided to put a metal cast. Plus I needed to see him at a given date and need to get a MRI scan to check whether the bone is still place. So, I thought maybe that was it right? 

No. It wasn't.

I came back to see the Doc on the given date and I needed to get the MRI scan first before seeing him. I did all of that and the Doc said that my ring finger was still swollen and the bone actually got shifted even more with the bloody cast on. To make things worst, the doc also said that there was a small crack on the joint area. And I needed to go for another operation. A even bigger one. 

True Blue!

Honestly speaking, there are lots of Manchester United supporters, Liverpool supporters and Arsenal supporters in Singapore but there aren't too many Chelsea supporters around.

I've been a Chelsea fan for almost 6 years now.

And yes, I know it sounds a little short but I've been through the motions of being a Chelsea fan.

 Been through the managers that came and go. Avram Grant, Guss Hiddink, Carlo Ancelotti, Di Matteo, Andre Villa Boas, even Jose Mourinho himself was sacked because they couldn't deliver the goods for Roman Abramovich.. Players under performing because they couldn't adapt to the tactics.

We have had moments that made me wanna jump and scream out loud and moments that made me wanna tear my hair out. 

From the penalty shootout in Moscow against Manchester United in 2008.Winning the Europa League. The 5-3 loss to Arsenal in the dying minutes. Racking a 100 over goals in the 09-10 season. Being knocked out in the early stages of the champions league a few seasons back. Even the Torres miss against United. Sigh. Glad you made up for it Torres. Good for you. 

 And against all odds to beat the top teams in Europe, making us lift the Champions League Trophy for the very first time. 

Mornings.

Mornings.

I hate mornings. I'd prefer to stay in bed and just laze around in bed. Or I could just sleep till the afternoon sun is up. Now wouldn't that be great? I wouldn't mind waking up at that time everyday. Especially if there's lots of assignments, projects or if you're really tired.
As you can tell, I'm not a morning person. I'm just not.
But still, I need to drag my sorry butt out of bed because there's work to go to or to be done and it ain't gonna do itself.

NICHIJOU

Nichijou is one of my few favorite animes that I love because it never fails to make me laugh in every episode. It has nice, simple story that you can follow along but more or less, it's all about the characters. They made it happen. You have really funny dialogue between the characters. Their interactions between one another is funny as hell where it would end with a random turn of events.

Plus, there are many iconic characters in the show itself. From a talking cat. A robot who goes to school(she's the third girl in the top pic) To a girl who carries random guns around in school and shoots it at her crush whenever he makes her blush. There's even an 8-year old professor in the show.(she's the orange haired girl down below)

Nichijou has been a great 24 episodes. With many moments where I needed to catch my breath before the next scene came on and also heart-felt moments where it teaches it's moral values.

To anyone who watches anime, I'd recommend this. You'll have a good time. 

Random Fact: Nichijou in Japanese means "My Ordinary Life"

The Puma Addiction.

Personally, I really love Puma Football boots.

 There's just something about them that makes me wanna keep buying a new pair every time one breaks! 

I wonder is it because of the colors they used, or the type of leather they chose or the way Puma design their boots.

I've been wearing them for over 2 years now and I gotta say that it's gotta be one of the most comfortable boots that I've ever worn. It's also one of the fastest boots to season into. The way Puma have constructed their boots is so comfortable, that it has padding on the areas where your foot and heel would have lots of friction. And it also helps during football training as I would train for long hours and at the end of the session it wouldn't hurt my fore foot so much. 

Plus, the stud pattern on the boots are really reliable on the fields that I play on, where it be a natural or artificial pitch.

Usagi Drop

Zen Pencils

The Last Samurai

Nagano, JAPAN! 4!

Nagano, JAPAN! 3!

Nagano, JAPAN! 2!

Nagano, JAPAN!

The Human Anatomy

Ginga Kikoutai Majestic Prince

The Picture of Dorian Grey

It's a door sized-oil painting which was used in the film adaptation of the book "The Picture Of Dorian Grey" directed by Albert Lewin in the 1940s. As the painting was a important prop in the movie, the painting itself had to be painted along as the movie was being filmed. It had to show that the picture was changing along with the protagonist as he faces misery, hatred, anger and the death of his loved ones as the days go by, and the painting would change along with him. Turning it into a hideous monster over the years. Making the painting a mirror image of his sins.

Personally, I chose this artpiece because I felt that the composition was really well done. Even though the painting was cramped with many things, you could tell that the main focus was the man in the middle. And although there were many colours used on the painting, it was still a problem back then. As there were only black and white back in the 40s, colours couldn't be shown on the big screen. So they had to play around with the composition and colours to make the painting an iconic thing.

BEANO

Ok. I'm serious. This is gonna be the last one. For real.

Beano is another one from the childhood but I didn't read as much as the Tintin and the Asterix comics because during the primary school days, there were only two books in the entire library. And most of the time it would be borrowed and it would be a real treat if I would find it shelved. The comic was made in Britain and has it's own style of humour and drawing style. In the book itself, it would contain many stories from different Beano characters, ranging to different scenarios. There will be little games and little texts in between pages to give a variety to the comic book.