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World Cup 2010 predictions

blogpastor — Sun, 13 Jun 2010 12:31:15 +0000

This World Cup will feature most games at unearthly hours. Sleep is the preferred choice everytime. However that does not deter me from using my analytical skills for fun. So one evening, with a New Straits Times centerfold, and with a leg over the armchair in Hilton Hotel Petaling Jaya, I figured out who will be the champions:
Champions: Brazil
Runners-up: Argentina
Third place: Spain
Fourth: England

Its actually more fun to predict than to watch. Who do you guys think will be champions?

My thoughts about Arsenal this season

blogpastor — Sun, 25 Apr 2010 11:51:32 +0000

(source: dailymail.co.uk)

“Dear, don’t bother to come home”

blogpastor — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 14:20:21 +0000

I have followed English football since I was in secondary school. I was even in Bolton, England. The closest I got to a football match was shopping at Tesco under the Reebok Stadium. My daughter Elaine does not follow football. She asks the odd question and get answers from me (Arsenal fan), Joshua (Chelsea fan), and Matthew(Liverpool fan). Yet she has entered the Old Trafford of the Manchester United Football Club and watched a football match where the host played West Ham Utd. You can call this grace! The person who worked got nothing; the one who was not even looking experienced the Old Trafford atmosphere. I sent her a terse message on her wall in her Facebook, “Dear, if you decide to become a Man Utd fan, don’t bother to come home. Love, Dad”

Off to Manchester for a semester

blogpastor — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 19:04:42 +0000

My daughter Elaine went to stay with my wife’s sister and husband, Amy and Mike in Bolton, England. This is the coldest in England in perhaps two decades. All of us are going to miss her but she is all wrapped up in warm comfort and care.

She will be an exchange student in the University of Manchester for a semester. How the Lord opened the way and provided the funds for her to go there is a testimony in itself. We are grateful to God for his undeserved blessings, and the generosity of friends and family.

We were with her on skype and she looked happy and spoilt! She showed us a smart jacket and some warm turtleneck from sales there- snazzy stuff. We were happy for her and appreciated the Blyths for the love and generosity in hosting her for the period.

As all football fans know, Manchester is the home of the world’s second most famous football club: Manchester City FC. In case you wonder which is the most famous, and greatest, it is Arsenal FC.

Arsenal’s search for new striker can end here!

blogpastor — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 09:45:12 +0000

Arsene Wenger says he is shopping for a striker in the January window. They have to buy because Van Persie is injured and will be out for several months. They need a central striker who is able to hold the ball with his back to the goal. I have found the striker that Arsenal needs in order to have any chance at all to challenge for honours. She is from China and she is available on a free transfer . Manchester United, and Chelsea watch out!