Night At The Museum

A couple more blog entries before I go in. Three at most.

Firstly, it me tell you guys what happened to my mouth just a few days ago.

A few nights back, when I was brushing my teeth before I went crashing into my bed, this happened.
I was happily brushing away like I normally do, ie. away from the sink. I usually brush away from the sink because I can't stand just .... standing there brushing. I prefer to sit or do something at the same time. I believe my desire to train myself to brush away from the sink began one night when I told my auntie that I disliked brushing in front of the sink because I don't like to stand for those few minutes, brushing. It was boring. So I began to develop this 'skill', so to speak, to keep all the foam in my mouth while brushing my teeth at the same time. And a very lovely skill it is too. So now, I can wander away from the sink to sit and watch some show or to go pack my bag or even chat online.

hehe, anyway, there I was one innocent night, brushing away. That very innocent night turned into something I wished hadn't happen because it was so much more costly than I thought. I was brushing away when my toothbrush accidentally slipped out of my mouth and as it did, it went back into my mouth with quite a bit of force. So much force in fact, I felt a bit of pain on the top part of my mouth; as in the part between the lip and the front teeth. I thought I had just smacked my gum and would become swollen in a few hours.

However, that was not the case.

I only realised just yesterday that it was more than that. The gum didn't swell up but something else happened. What I had actually 'smacked' that night was actually the little bit of the 'skin' (I dunno what's the technical name of this) in your mouth that holds the upper lip and the upper gums together. I smacked against it hard enough to rip it apart, so now, it's completely ripped. It's quite painful and annoying actually. I've forced myself to limit my upper lips' freedom. I don't want to rip it any further which is why I'm trying to keep it closed if not needed. Which means people! Don't make me laugh on MSN! Please don't! Save me the pain and be boring when you talk to me. Please! Be! Boring! hahahahaha

Well, that was interesting wasn't it? I would have posted a picture of it all ripped up and stuff, but it could get messy. Plus, I don't wanna freak out the little kids reading this. hehe

There's this mixed 'excitement' about going into the PA; both the good and the bad. Both of which cancels each other out. In all honesty, I really don't know what I'm doing. Seriously. I'm just gonna go in, all blur and self-conscious that I am gonna stand out from the Malay crowd (unless I tan myself a bit more to fit in), and listen to what I 'should' and 'should not' do. But at this stage in time, I am seriously feeling no excitement what so ever. Simply because I am overwhelmed by how there are both good and bad points about going in. Here are some of the main reasons.

Good -

• Time is simply moving too slowly now. Going in will definitely speed things up because that's what I came here for.




• I need to get out of this mundane routine. Not very pleasurable or purposeful, so this will give me some sort of direction to persevere for something.




• I will get paid! Whoo!

Bad -

• They will torture me - both physically and mentally. After being out of school for 4-5 months, this is gonna hurt.




• No more freedom. I will most certainly be restricted to an allocated time where I will be 'set free'; this is the time where I can go back and 'recover'. After which, it is back to the same old torture.




• It's a long journey so it will seem like this journey is taking forever at first.

My relatives are telling me that I "can't get far" in this police thing. That during my two years here, they won't give me a good designation on the force. They're saying that I won't be as well decorated as those army personnel. Maybe it's because they watch too many shows. LoL

No one in my family, on both sides, has been in the police force before so how would they know? That's what I think. No one in our family has an insight into the police force so I don't see how they can be so sure of this.

But what I'm sure of is that I'm going in and I'm going to try to get as far as I can with whatever abilities God has given to me as I try my best. Then, wherever they post me, I can know that this was as far as I could go with the abilities I have and there's nothing I can do about it. At least this was as far as I could go and I won't have to wonder about what I 'could have' gotten if I had tried harder. Afterall, I know that God is in control and wherever they post me is where God wants me to be. What do I have to be afraid of? So let's see where this roller coaster ride takes me.

Also, for those who have been asking, you can 'reach me' in the academy via SMS at any time. Just email me and I will give you my contact if you want. It'll be nice to hear from you guys during this time. And of course, if you don't wanna waste your phone credit on me, just drop me an email and I'll try to get to it. I don't know how long I'll be sane inside there so every message will be much appreciated! Thanks guys!

Alrighty! For all those non-soccer readers out there, I suggest you just leave or scroll down to the comment section now. Everything I say from here till the end of the blog is all about soccer. WhoO!! Go me! In for the ratings I am! LoL

Let's talk the UEFA Champions League.

Even though I'm gonna be in the academy during the 2nd leg of the quarter finals, I'm pretty sure Liverpool will go through. A 3-0 thumping for PSV; no way can they come back. Not at Anfield at least. Many journalist have described the return leg as 'practically impossible' for PSV because scoring at least 3 goals in Anfield doesn't come once in a blue moon. The last time they took a beating like that was when Arsenal knocked us out of the Carling Cup Quarter Finals back in January with a 6-3 victory. 6 goals against Liverpool at Anfield is a complete shocker. I can't remember the last time that happened (if it's happened before). Definitely very rare for something like that to happen. But that was the last time Liverpool lost to a 3 goal difference.

But Arsenal is a very good team. Arsene Wenger is an awesome coach so it's not really all that embarrassing to lose like that, even though losing 6-3 at home is pretty embarrassing as is. Now, if we lost to another smaller team like Sunderland, 6-3. Oh dear, now that is extremely embarrassing. But let's not talk about that cause it won't happen. lol

The point is, PSV is pretty much out of this competition because at Anfield for the return leg, there is pretty much no hope of them coming back from this. They still have to play 90 more minutes but I'm sure Liverpool can pull it off.

As for the other teams, I think Bayern Munch will by pass AC Milan into the next round.

Man Utd will beat Roma with a comfortable victory.

Chelsea might lose the next round because Valencia play at home for the return leg and with the away goal advantage to Val, I think Chelsea will be out of this. I do hope so anyway.

And of course, Liverpool will sweep PSV away without much irritation.

So my predictions for the Semi-Finals:

Bayern Munch V Man Utd

Liverpool V Valencia

I really wanna see Liverpool go all the way. If they get through the Semi-finals, I think Rafael Benitez will go nuts and place all his best players with the most perfect tactic on field just to capture the trophy for the 2nd time in three years. I hope they can do it.

Also, a very mouthwatering final with Man Utd and Liverpool would probably be one of the greatest match in soccer history because both teams are peaking really well now. Well, Man Utd peaked back during sometime mid-season, but they're still pretty dominant now. And to imagine two great teams with a full squad fit to play at one of the biggest competitions in sport entertainment. That would be awesome! WhooO! I don't wanna go into the academy that night! XP

haha, I'll probably be punished severely for 7 years or something if I did that. haha, see you guys in 2014 if that match happens!