ICT in a week

5th ICT coming up soon..

Inspiration

I guess inspiration is usually 无形 and it can hit anyone anytime. For me, I guess I don't really have much inspiration when writing lyrics. Maybe I'm 词穷, maybe I don't have much experience in certain aspects but sometimes I guess it's through observation or other aspects that people can write out lyrics.

Getting neglected..

As the heading suggest, I didn't blog much recently. Actually don't really know what to blog also.

Life after EPL for first time in 16 years

Newcastle began life in Championship for the first time in 16 years against WBA. Mangerless and still looking for a buyer, Newcastle managed a 1-1 draw after Duff equalized in the 55th min. Things could have gone worse if not for a offside decision correctly given against WBA in the dying seconds of the match.

Certainly, a new owner and a manager is definitely needed before the transfer deadline as Newcastle are seriously lacking depth in the squad with Kadar, Lua Lua and Ranger among the subs bench, significantly reducing the average age of the squad (with it the lack of experience)

I think that Newcastle should get a couple of proven Championship players and a proven goal scorer.

I saw at least 85

Snails!! haha I actually went to count the number of snails while walking to work

4 left fighting out for survival

2 out of the 4 from Sunderland, Hull, Newcastle and Middlesborough will be relegated.

Middlesborough are currently sitting in 19th spot with 32 points (GD of -28)
They have the toughest task of surviving since they need Newcastle and Hull to lose and Middlesborough to win by a huge scoreline against West Ham, since goal differential for Middlesborough is 4 behind Hull, else they have to hope Hull gets trashed by Man United. If Newcastle draws and Hull loses, Middlesborough will have to win by at least 11 goals which I think is quite impossible

Newcastle are 1th with 34 points and a GD of -18, the best among the 4 clubs.
Survivial would be out of reach if Hull and Sunderland both win or Newcastle loses. If Newcastle gets a win, they have to hope either Sunderland or Hull to either draw or lose. If Newcastle gets a draw, they have to hope for Hull to get beaten by Man United since they have a better goal difference than Hull.

Hull are 17th with 35 points and a GD of -24. A win would ensure another season of EPL. The other scenarios are mentioned earlier.

Sunderland are 16th with 36 points and GD 0f -19. A win ensures safety.

台上三分钟 台下二十四年功

Yesterday was Grasshopper's Right Now concert. A lot of classic songs were sung out with a new life injected to it for some of the songs. So it's kind of refreshing. 2 years ago at their Forever Grasshopper concert, their theme was more towards African tribal. This year their theme was circus. A lot of the songs that were sung yesterday they didn't cover it 2 years ago, though a lot of them were snippets. I think they do have a headache over song selections, either it's sing a full song at the expense of leaving out so many other classic songs or sing many of their classics but snippets of it.

A tribute was also made to their mentor Anita Mui and also to 张国荣. I only started to stand up and got high during the later part of the concert after 宝贝对不起 & 暗恋的代价 were sung and after that it was a series of fast songs that it's hard to make you sit. Another reason why I stood up so late is because the people around me were sitting down.

The only downside is probably certain songs are being left out, notably 怎么天生不是女人 and all along I was hoping they would cover more mandarin songs.

They say they'll be coming back again to celebrate their 25th year anniversary in the music scene, I do hope there'll be surprises installed.

Temperature Check

Temperature checks are probably done islandwide now. My brother's taking his temperature at work. I also got asked to stop and have my temperature scanned at Bedok Camp. NUS is also screening temperatures before exams. I guess it's a precautionary measure taken but swine flu is much more powerful than SARS in a way that it can spread anytime, unlike SARS which can only be spread when the symptoms start to show. Hope this wave of attack can be curbed soon.

Blogging from phone at the moment, think my laptop's hard disk spoilt. Sian.

Name:Junrong(Jr)

Age:25

Birthday:230183

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