Tagged Again

Ok, I've been tagged again, by who else but my Dear S. Sheesh S, why me again? but since i'm such a nice guy, i'll oblige u lol.

Layer One : On The Outside
Name : Jonathan/Jonnie/Jon/J/limpeh
Birth Date : 25/04/80
Current status : Single
Eye Colour : Black & White
Hair Colour : Black
Righty or Lefty : Right

Layer Two : On The Inside
Your Heritage : Chinese, but i suspect i have a bit of Brazilian blood in me as well haha
Your Fears : Screeching sounds, loneliness, maybe a bit of heights too
Your Weakness : Tending to go with my heart rather than my head, and being too easily attached to people
Your Perfect Pizza : Any pizza with meat, lots of spice, cheese, and a really crispy crust

Layer Three : Yesterday, Today, Tomorrow
Your Thoughts First thing when I wake up : Do I have to go to work today? Ah damn, I have to!
Your Bedtime : Usually abt midnite on working days. For any other day it varies.
Your Most Missed Memory : I miss my Mum. Lots.

Layer Four : Your Pick
Pepsi or Coke : Coke
McDonald or Burger King : Mac
Single or Group Dates : Single
Adidas or Nike : Nike Rulz!
Chocolate or Vanilla : Vanilla
Cappuccino or Coffee : Coffee

Layer Five : Do You..
Smoke : I was working towards quitting, but lately i've been puffing way too much
Curse: Nah i dun curse. tats so uncool. I just swear.
Take a shower : Yes, usually
Have a crush : Take this as yes for now
Think you've been in love: i hope tat was wat i felt
Go to school : Been there. Done that.
Want to get married : Sure, why not?
Believe in yourself : When it matters, yes
Think you are a health freak : If i said yes, u wld be swearing at me.

Layer Six : In The Past Month
Drank alcohol : Yes
Gone to the mall :Uh Huh
Been on stage : Nope, i prefer to be on TV
Eaten sushi : Yes! Loved the salmon!
Dyed your hair : I've tortured my hair enuff when i was younger, so no.

Layer Seven : Have You Ever..
Played A Stripping Game : Nope, although I was close to doing tat recently
Changed Who You Were To Fit In : I've only really discovered who i want to be recently, so maybe u could say i was adapting to learn more about myself.

Layer Eight : Age.
You are Hoping To Be Married : before 30

Layer Nine : In a Girl/Guy
Best Eye Colour : Brown
Best Hair Colour : Brown
Short Hair or Long Hair : Ah, depends. But i do like both. Really depends on how the gal carries it.

Layer Ten : What Were You Doing
1 Min Ago : Thinking of wat to write for this
Hour Ago : Waiting for a fren's text message
4.5 Hours Ago : I'm quite sure i was sound asleep. Dun have a witness though.
1 Month Ago : Attending a 1st Aid Course
1 Year Ago: Looking for a job

Layer Eleven : Finish The Sentence
Love : Family, Frens, Man Utd, Ronnie, Her
I Feel : Unmotivated and a bit confused rite now
I Hate : Petty and calculating people
I Hide : Wat i have to
I Need : Some answers

Layer Twelve : Skip.

Football's Flamboyant Maestro

Just finished reading one of my 2 Ronaldinho biographies. It gave me a greater insight into the life of one of the most talented footballers in the history of the game and i enjoyed it immensely. Basically his story is the typical rags to riches story, but it was also a heartwarming story of how a young boy made use of his god given talent to become the best footballer in the world, but always maintaining his humility and always keeping his family as his top priority.

My love affair wif Ronnie has been ongoing for a few years now. Basically i still remember it all started in 2004 when i happened to catch el clasico on tv with Barca winning 2-1 and Ronnie creating the winning goal for Xavi. It was great vision and a fantastic pass from him as well. Coupled with the then ongoing Nike commercial which showed him doing the flip flap, it fuelled my curiosity to know more abt this player.

I started searching his name on the Internet and started to watch Barca's matches with great interest. Then I happened to stumble onto this website dedicated to him, and which showcased lots of his videos as well. I was ecstatic. I still remember how it felt when i started watching those clips. They took my breath away.

He did things with a football on the pitch that i had never imagined possible or seen anyone else doing. The more i watched, the more i was enthralled. I had always greatly admired skilful and talented playmakers (although i didnt fancy Zidane for some reason), and here was surely one of the best playmakers ever.

I had a number of favourite players over the years, as CHK would know, such as Vieri, McManaman, Kewell, Nedved etc but Ronnie was different. Here was a guy who played the game with a smile on his face and u could see tat he genuinely enjoyed playing football.

I will be foreve grateful to him for re-igniting my passion for football. I used to play regularly in sec sch, but then over the years i discovered other things, like clubbing, booze and other vices and football gradually became a distant memory. I still enjoyed watching it on tv, but i had lost my passion to play the game.

But because of Ronnie, I actually bought a new ball and started playing again. I had rediscovered my real love of the game. whatever i saw him do in the videos, i tried to do as well. That was almost 2 years ago. It took a long time and lots of practice and hard work, but at least i'm proud to say i can do some of those tricks now. most importantly, i'm playing football regularly again and enjoying it.

Behind that toothy grin lies a steely determination and true grit. He may have been overtaken by others as the best player in the world rite now, but he will surely bounce back again. Just watch.

"Yes, he is good, but it is the young one at home who is going to be the best in the world"

-Ronaldinho's father, in reply to comments from people praising Ronaldinho's elder brother, Roberto, who was a young emerging talent at the time. Ronnie was about 7 then. Those words would prove to be prophetic later on.

Women

10 things about women that I can never understand:

1. Why do women always expect men to know wat they are thinking about when they dun say anything? We are not X-Men born with the ability to mind read alrite. If u really want us to know, please make the effort to speak up.

2. And when we can't read yr mind and end up not doing wat u want us to do or doing it the wrong way, u get mad at us. Duh!

3. And when we ask u wats wrong, dun tell us "nothing". We are not tat dumb until we cant tell tat u are angry abt something. and if we continue probing, the reply usually becomes "u shd know". for gdness sake, we dun! it would help if u cld just tell us wats wrong.

4. ok, if u are not gg to tell us wats wrong at that point in time, then we men are just gg to assume tat u'll get over it after a few days. so dun give us the silent treatment and expect us to rack our brains to guess wat u're angry abt.

5. Pls understand tat for us guys, a lot things to us are very trivial matters. if we dun put something back in its original position or we forgot to do something u told us, we dun expect u to get angry for 1 whole week while refusing to speak to us. just tell us wat went wrong and we shd settle it there and then and move on.

6. So if we happen to have an argument with u, pls dun bring up something tat we did a long time ago and use it against us. most likely we have alrdy totally forgotten abt it and do not expect it to be brought up again. it will only make us feel tat u are petty, not pretty.

7. Do take note tat guys are naturally not as observant as u women. we're just made tat way. well, at least most of us are. so we tend to overlook things. pls dun get angry wif us if we forget something u say. we just need more reminders tats all. just tell us nicely k?

8. If one of our lady frens calls us and says she has just broken up wif her bf and is really depressed and having suicidal thoughts, pls understand tat we need to spend a bit of time to comfort her. we're just helping a fren in need and not trying to do anything funny. we cant really tell her, "hey i'm busy rite now. can u hold yr suicide thoughts for a couple of days and i'll get back to u?" however, if a guy is obviously trying to cheat on u, then pls dun hold back and do wat u deem fit.

9. we men are also not naturally gd at multi-tasking. so dun have high hopes of us being able to do something and concentrate on our conversation wif u at the same time. if u really have something important to tell us, then get us to stop watever we are doing and listen to u.

10. Most men are not tat gd at expressing their feelings. it's just inborn. But tat doesnt mean we dun care abt u. the saying "actions speak louder than words" still rings true to this day. thru our actions, u can judge for yrself whether we really care abt u or otherwise. so judge us more on our actions than our words yeah.

Rite, having said all tat, i must clarify tat i didnt write this after having a heated argument wif a woman or anything like tat. just tat i was having a casual chat wif the provision shop attendant outside my sch and we just happened to touch on this. So i just tot i would put down some of my comments. and the above points refer to men and women in general, but of cos there will be some exceptions. this is not directed at anyone in particular so dun get offended yeah. I still think women are a great complement to us men.

Women: "u cant live wif them, but u cant live without them either"