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Thursday, December 30, 2010

Happy New Year from Batty's Bath!

Happy New Year from Batty's Bath!, originally uploaded by She's Batty.

Goalie basks in adulation.

PETALING JAYA: As a young boy growing up in Kota Baru, Khairul Fahmi Che Mat often marvelled at the way footballers were cheered on by their supporters.

He said he was inspired by the great World Cup players he saw on television when he was a schoolboy.

“The fans cheering all those famous players is what drew me to become a footballer. I wanted to be just like those players standing on the pitch surrounded by their fans,” said Khairul, the national team goalkeeper who shot to fame with Malaysia’s victory in the Asean Football Federation (AFF) Suzuki Cup on Wednesday.

Penalty hero: Khairul enjoys the adulation as he is mobbed by ecstatic Malaysian supporters after the national team’s arrival at the KLIA from Jakarta yesterday.

On that night, he gave a top-rate performance, including a penalty save, during the second leg of the final in Jakarta which saw Malaysia wrest the trophy for the first time.

Khairul’s name became a top five Twitter topic on Wednesday and fans were jamming his Facebook page.

The 21-year-old goalkeeper, whose favourite team is Bayern Munich, said he was unaffected by his sudden rise to fame.

Asked whether his girlfriend Elia was worried about the attention he was getting, Khairul said she was familiar with the life of a footballer.

“She’s used to the attention I get from fans. We have been together for about a year, so she understands the situation,” he said.

Khairul, whose nickname is Apex (or Ah Peks), said his friends gave him the moniker probably due to his face.

“My friends have been calling me Apex since I was a kid. They said I look like an old man,” he said.

Asked why he chose to be a goalkeeper, Khairul said he never thought about playing in any other position.

“I have been a goalkeeper since primary school. I guess I kind of fell into that position,” he said.

He credited the entire team’s indomitable spirit in bringing home the cup.

“I feel really lucky and proud but I don’t see myself as a hero.

“Every player in the team is a hero, Without them, we wouldn’t have won,” said Khairul.

There is one person, though, who remains dear to his heart.

“My father is my greatest inspiration,” he said.

“Although he only plays football in the kampung, he has been supporting me since I was little.”

http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2010/12/31/nation/7716490&sec=nation

Rapturous welcome for football team.

PETALING JAYA: The national football team returned from their triumphant AFF Suzuki Cup campaign to a rapturous welcome by thousands of ecstatic fans at the KL International Airport in Sepang.

The roar was deafening as the fans surged forward cheering and chanting the names of their favourite players.

Striker Safee Sali being swarmed by fans of the national football team upon their arrival at the KL International Airport in Sepang yesterday. — AZHAR MAHFOF / The Star

In other developments yesterday:

> Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak wants Malaysians to back national sports teams at all times and not only when they win;

> The Government has called on employers to pay their employees public holiday rates if they work today.
http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2010/12/31/nation/7715777&sec=nation

Suzuki Hayabusa Modification

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Reality Check

Looking Out from the Rabbit Hole

This time of year we all tend to get a bit introspective. We examine our achievements and judge whether or not we are reaching our goals, becoming successful or in need of an over-hall, at the gym, in our relationships, at work or on the mountain top. I found this article on choosing priorities a helpful reminder...and a good reality check into my own!

"Success in life depends upon persistent effort, upon the improvement of moments more than upon any other thing. A great amount of time is consumed in talking nothing, doing nothing, and indecision as to what one should do. If one would be successful in the future, let him make the most of the present." --Mary Baker Eddy

"Choose Your Priorities" by Ralph Marston

Your priorities are not determined by what you say they are. Your most genuine priorities are expressed by what you actually do with your life and your time.

Look around you, and you'll see very clearly what your priorities have been up to this point. Those priorities have brought you to where you are right now.

If something is truly a priority for you, you absolutely are able to find a way to reach it. If it's not a priority, it's probably not going to happen for you.

You can set your priorities and you can change them at any time to be whatever you choose. But merely wishing for something does not make it a priority.

The priorities that are really priorities are the ones that dictate where you focus your awareness. The priorities that truly matter are the ones in which you invest your interest, your attention and, most importantly, your action.

You can follow whatever priorities you choose, and in every moment you are constantly choosing. Remember, as you go through each day, to choose those priorities that will bring the special joy and fulfillment that is yours to live.

Copyright ©2008 Ralph S. Marston, Jr. All rights reserved for greatday.com

Wednesday, December 29, 2010

Miss Turkmenistan Is Going To Participate in Miss Universe 2011 in Brazil, But Where's Turkmenistan Located?.

now you know where Turkmenistan is...and the girl who is going to represent this country in Miss Universe 2011 is Mahela Yabrán.

Turkmenistan Turkmenistan or [2] (Turkmen Turkmenistan) is a country located in Central Asia, bordered to the north by Kazakhstan, east to the north and Uzbekistan to the south by Afghanistan and Iran, and west by the Caspian Sea, on the other side which extends the back of Azerbaijan. It was a Soviet republic until 1991 Turcmênia call. Its capital is the city of Ashgabat, the Turkmen world today is most famous football coach of the Russian club Rubin Kazan, Kurban Berdyev.