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If I have this crazy thoughts for weeks now , I mean is not the craziest thing I ever ponder  but it is sort of come to UK by myself kind of crazy type of level. I am so tempted to do it but yet at times I can decide but I do believe I will do it in the few coming weeks.

Whats this craziness about ? to some people it might be a norm but to someone like me is totally insane. Should I do it should I not do it ? I think I will do it. So what am I doing ? Well it is for me to know and for you to find out.

Man I can’t wait to for it. It going to be totally awesome and unforgettable experience for me of course.

Just a short entry to express myself very quickly.

Oh Man this felt so good !!!

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There are parents out there who will praise their childrens if they manage to score 80% in their exams but in the order hand there are parents who will condemn their childrens even if they score 95% in their exams. I know this are due to different level of expectations that they have but I strongly believe that condemning your childs just because they doesnt achieve the expected expectations is not a good parenting.

Pressure are good but it is not the only the method to ensure that your child will succeed in life. Sometimes a little words of encouragement and a little bit of patient and a little bit more understanding can create miracles before your eyes. There are many types of parents out there namely good, great, bad & worst.

Great parents – They will let their childrens decide for themselves most of the time what they would like to do and let them learn how to be independent but at the same time they will always keep track on their childrens. At times they will give words of encouragement and useful advises when neccessary.

Good parents – They are the type that will decide everything for their childrens without asking for their opinions but their will provide the neccessary things needed. They will ask their childs to learn this and learn that but at the same time they will pay for the fees, transport them around and check on their development. They will also choose the kind of profession their childs will be and provide the best facilities they could afford.

Bad parents – They will tell their childrens what do they expect for them and expect their childrens to show the result without any guidance or support. They do care for their childrens but somehow their their action reflects otherwise. Is like they want their children to be a doctor and what they do is tell them ” I want you to be a doctor ” PERIOD ! They wont tell their children what to do, how to do or any kind of encouragement or support.

Worst parents – They are the type that responsible for the producing the goods while leaving the taking care and raising of the childrens to the Government. They expect government to pay , educate , provide , fed , and bath their childrens. They dont care if their childs die by road as they can always fuck to make another one.

So far as I know the only friend that close to me that are parents is my Tailou aka Elephant while the rest are still not married yet at the moment. I am not sure are they choosy or what but I do agree is a big responsibilities to be a husband or wife what more to be a parents. So I wont blame them for taking their time to decide on their future happiness as children with divorced parents will have some traumatic experience.

One day if any of you decided to be parents remember that your childrens are your resposibilities. You are the one that turn them into what they are. So before you start hitting them, scolding them, or blaming them look deep into yourself and ask yourself did you do anything wrong for it to turn out this way ?

So remember to be a great parents ya.

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Finally all the 32 places are fully occupied after a few controversial and dramatic qualifying matches by an exciting brunch of nations for the South Africa 2010.  The previous post I discussed about the teams that I will miss in the World Cup, you can read it HERE . In this post I will give my verdicts and opinions on those nations that will be in South Africa next summer.

Hosts

South Africa
Prediction : Round of 16
Their best record so far in WC is just in the group stage but being the host I do see them advance to the round of 16. Home ground advantage will definately help them but that should be as far as they could get even with player like Benni McCarthy, Aaron McKoena,Rowen Fernandes and Kagiso because this is the WC we are talking about.

EUFA Region

Denmark
Prediction : Round of 16
They performed extremely well during the qualifying but since the Golden Generation of Brian & Michael Laudrup, Peter Schemical and Jon Dahl Tomasson they dont have much depth in their current squad. This is only their fourth time making it into WC finals so I dont really put much hope on them even with their rising young striker Niklas Bendtner in the squad.

England
Prediction : Finalist
They last won their only WC back in 1966 man is really very very long time ago. If just if they could get a very reliable GK and a very reliable strike partner for Wayne Rooney then they could be a very serious contender for the trophy. I do see them reaching the final in this WC with the depth in the squad but lifting the trophy might prove a little difficult. The only downside with the squad is that almost all their players are England based so not much exposure to other countries playing style.

Germany
Prediction : Quarter-finalist
Germany are always a very solid team in competitions but their current squad might be a little too young to challenge for the trophy next year with the squad average age at 26. I do expect some suprises from them but challenging for the trophy ? Maybe next term.

Italy
Prediction : Semi-finalist
Being the 2006 edition champion I do see them reaching the semi-finals in South Africa but sometimes the previous champion might flop in the next campaign so do expect some suprises with Italy. They might even got eliminated in the group stage if things doesnt go well for them.

Netherlands
Prediction : Quarter-finalist
I really dont understand why they never win the WC with the quality of players they had over the years. Is it because they doesnt have the luck to excel ? Sometimes I wonder how they loses the games that they could easily won.The prospect of seeing Arjen Robben teaming with Robin Van Persia and Wesley Sneijder really mouth watering. They are always one of my favourite with their exciting playing style and I do hope that miracles might happen.

Serbia
Prediction : Group stage
Yes they might perform superbly in the qualifying stage but group stage is as far as they could go. I dont see them creating any upset or suprises during the WC. Just another team to make up the numbers of teams.

Spain
Prediction : Quarter-finalist
Spain is a team full of quality players but yet to win the WC. The partnership of David Villa and Fernando Torres will send shivers down spine of any defensive line up in the world and with Iniesta,Alonso and Fabregas in the midfield they can create wonders but can they win the WC ? Is a question very difficult to answer but we shall see next summer.

Slovakia
Prediction : Group stage
This is the first time they enter an international competition but I dont see another Croatia in the making in them. So we shall only see them for 3 matches and thats about it.

Switzerland
Prediction : Group stage
Struggling to top  the easiest group in the Eufa qualifying grouping tells it all even though they are ranked at 13th place in Fifa world ranking at the month. I guess they will be relying on Hakan Yakin and Alex Frei to push them through. Oh yea they were the only team didnt conceded any goal in normal regulations time in WC 2006.

Greece
Prediction : Group stage
Not every year is the year 2004 and I seriously do not expect any suprises form Greece this time. I am writing them off at this moment either you like it or not. Although I do admire Karung Guni, I mean Karougunis but thats about it. I dont see Otto Rehhagel creating another miracle in WC10.

Slovenia
Prediction : Group stage
I dont understand how they overcome Russia in the qualifying match. I have nothing against them but a WC without the hot russian chicks and Andrei Ashavin, Pavlyvucenko,Zhirkov and Akinfeev is not really complete. So curse you Slovenia , ahha…Please dont be offended all the Slovenian people out there, I am just ranting. I do like you guys.

Portugal
Prediction : Round of 16
Football isnt an individual game , they wont be able to challenge for the trophy if only depending on Ronaldo although they manage to make it through the both legs against Bosnia. All their recent matches they only manage to win narrowly even against lesser known team so in order to make an impact in WC10 they will need to work as a team and by playing at their top form then maybe they might exceed my prediction.

France
Prediction : Group stage
Just look at how they played against Ireland, it was a disaster. There are no teamwork, there are no communication, there are no tactics and there are no sportsmanship. 2010 will just be a repeat of 2002, they will fare miserably even Anelka wont be able to do anything. So Bon Voyage while in South Africa.

Conmebol

Brazil
Prediction : Finalist
Although they do struggle a little bit during away matches during qualifying but Brazil will always be Brazil and somehow they always manage to pull through during the real competition. With so many quality players in their squad that they can even spare other countries that lack of football talents with some players. It will be exciting to see them in final.

Paraguay
Prediction : Group stage
Easing through the qualifying group consist of Brazil and Argentina are really very impressive but I guess it stops there. Another team that will just make up the number in WC10 although I do see Santa Cruz scoring a few goals during the campaign.

Chile
Prediction : Group stage
Honestly I dont know much about Chile other than Marcelo Salas and Ivan Zamorano partnership in the late 90s and early 21st century. Say I am ignorant but group stage is where their journey will end.

Argentina
Prediction : Group of 16
Not all great players are great managers, honestly I still havent see any management quality from Maradona yet and I dont foresee it in the near future. With squad of so many quality players they should be able to manage to squeeze through the group stage but after that is finito.

Uruguay
Prediction : Group stage
After winning 2 WC trophy in the first 4 campaign they have nothing much to show soon after that. Mostly their journey ends at group stage or the most group of 16. So for WC10 their journey should end at group stage as well.

Concacaf

Mexico
Prediction : Group of 16
I do expect Carlos Vela to shine for Mexico in WC10 and they do have some depth in the squad so progressing to group of 16 shouldn’t be a problem provided they can play some world class football.

United States
Prediction : Group stage
If traditional football is one of the high profile sports like basketball, american football and baseball in the US I strongly believe that US will be the team to beat in order to be WC champion but unfortunately football isnt that popular in US but I am looking forward to Freddy Adu and Brian Ching performance during the WC.

Honduras
Prediction : Group stage
What can Palacios do during WC ? I am not very sure but I do expect some suprises from this inexperience Honduras side. This is only their second appearance in the WC so do not expect too much from them.

Caf

Ghana
Prediction : Group of 16
The Black Stars are only making their second consecutive appearance in the WC although they been quite dominant in the Olympics. With players like Michael Essien, Muntari, Appiah and Paintsil they can be the dark horse of the tournament, so be prepared all those top rated team.

Ivory Coast
Prediction : Semi-finalist
Ivory Coast as semi-finalist ? Are you joking or what. Yes I am dead serious they are my favourite to occupied one of those semi-finalist spot in WC10 even though WC10 are only their second appearance after 2006 WC. Have a look at their squad and you will know that I am not joking. They have so many quality player plying their trade in so many top league in the world and it will be a note worth taken.

Nigeria
Prediction : Group of 16
The trio of Yakubu, Martins and Kanu is a strike force to acknowledge but maybe they will just make it to group of 16. They might go even further if their backline can provide the cover needed in a WC campaign.

Cameroon
Prediction : Group stage
A good brunch of players and a world class striker in Eto can the Indomitable Lions pose a threat to the usual favourites ? I dont think so. Can Paul Le Guen perform his magic with Cameroon during WC10 ? I dont think so.

Algeria
Prediction : Group stage
Algeria is a country that produces player like Zizou and Samir Nasri but unfortunately both players decided to represent France instead. If you cant keep your talents you cant win, simple as that.

Asia

Australia
Prediction : Quater-finalist
Australia joined the Asia Federation in 2007 in order to increase their standard of football as football is getting more serious business and no longer just friendly matches to them. So I do reckon that they will reach the quarter-final after all the upgrading. Haven’t see Harry Kewell playing for quite some time , I wonder how is he doing right now.

Japan
Prediction : Group of 16
Although Japan hardly make in through the group stage in their WC campaign except in 2002 when they are the co-host but after so many exposures they should be able to shine a little in WC10.

Korea
Prediction : Group stage
Trust me fourth place finish in 2002 is simply a flop. Although they have an unbeaten run of 27 matches until last week when they lost to Serbia in a friendly match in Craven Cottage , I dont see them proceed far in WC10 even with players like Park Ji Sung and Seol Ki-Hyeon.

North Korea
Prediction : Group stage
The first and last time North Korea qualified for the WC is during 1966 when England won the WC so I guess this must be another good omen for England that North Korea qualified for WC10. Hmmm what else to say about them ? I dont know.

Ocenia

New Zealand
Prediction : Group stage
Is been a while since the last time New Zealand manage to make it this far, I guess they must be smiling when Australia decided to join Asia Federation. Well after a hard fought match with Bahrain they finally manage to secure a place in WC10 but seriously group stage is as far as they could get.

All those are solely my personal opinions and predictions, you shouldnt take it too seriously or as guideline when making your WC betting although betting on Brazil and England to lift the cup seems like a good bet. All those predictions are just a guideline on what I think how those team will perform during the WC10 of course there are other factors involved like grouping , forms,match fixing and luck. Thats what make football so interesting and WC one of the greatest event on Earth.

Cheers and remember put your money on Brazil and England. Paddy Power is giving the odds 5-1 for Brazil to win and 6-1 for England to win.

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Malaysia is a great country, seriously it is no matter how you look at it. I mean we might not have the latest technology, we might not be the brightest nation, we might not be the biggest country and even though we might not be in the World Cup finals yet we still are a great country. Is a country where we call Bolehland, where everything also Boleh, Boleh means can so in other words it is a place where everything also can as long as you know your way around it.

Malaysia have the vision to be a developed country in 2020 which I think is a very realistic and ambitious target at the same time but I do think there are few things need to be change in order to achieve that initial target. Well basically is just my personal opinions which I doubt anyone will take it seriously. I mean who am I right ? I am not Chedet, I am not RPK and I am not even Kenny Sia but bear in mind I am Saw, Saw and the only Saw.

One Saw in the world,
there is only one Saw in the world,
One Saw in the world,
there is only one Saw in the world.

Things To Do, Urgent !

1. First thing first , allow the school children to have the hairstyle of their choice or the style their parents wanted to. Seriously our future generation doesnt get more stupid if they have long hair,afro ,skin head, dreadlock, and etc , and they definately doesnt get any smarter for having crappy hairstlye like crew cut or botak. Seriously I wonder why some blardy idiotic principal can have this blardy idea. It kinda make me freaking laugh when the first thing some the students does after finish schooling life was to have the hairstyle they want , it goes to both male and female students. While in developed countries the first thing they do is to learn how to take care of themselves.

2. Next, mobile phones is a necessity in this century, it wasnt in the previous century but it is in this century. I believe if mobile phone are use accordingly it could be a very useful equipment for teaching in school. I dont see any purpose of banning mobile phone in school, yes some kids might have some porn materials inside their phone and there might be a rise in theft cases but hey is a good way to cultivate responsibilities into kids. If you cant take care of it you cant have it, simple as that.

3. For God Sake please at least teach Science and Maths subject in ENGLISH, I am not being unpratiotic and stuff it just COMMON SENSE. Trust me it definately make things easier for the students later in life. Is not that easy to just change from BM to English when it is required, it takes times and times are very expensive for developed countries. I know some of you might find it more comfortable to learn it in BM but hey all you guys are doing just delaying the problem, you should face it and get rid of it as soon as you can. Avoiding a problem doesnt mean the problem will be gone when you wake the next morning.

4. Make every Malaysia citizens equal, there are no superior or inferior races. You can treat visitors or immigrants differently but you SHOULD NOT and CAN NOT treat your own citizen differently. If there is a war that broke of or any terrorist attack every Malaysia citizens should protect the country equally so I dont see why not every citizens got the same benefit. I am not questioning certain people special right but all I think a developed country should give everyone and I mean EVERY CITIZENS the special right, it doesnt matter where they come from as long as they are Malaysia citizens legitimately of course.

5. Create an environment for equality in every opportunities available especially in working place, make it an environment where requesting details such as GENDER, RACE,ORIGIN and AGE are not compulsary and it is against the law to insist on those information. I know I know you can sort of guess all those above informations from their name and other informations provided but hey it is only guessing, doesnt mean it is the real thing.

6. Tax the rakyat reasonably even though I know you people would like to control the prices on certain item but please do it considerately and not excessively. You are not helping the rakyat by putting alot of taxes on those so called sinful items like cigrattes and alcohol. You are just making the rakyat turn to those dangerously made cheap imitations. Man if we want to be a developed country we wouldnt like the scene where all our people die at early age of 40s cause of those cheap imitations. We need manpower and not horsepower to be a developed country. Till today I still dont understand how a national car that made locally in Malaysia can cost RM65k in Malaysia while it cost £12k in other countries which is slightly cheaper after got taxed by the importer country. I wonder who did the maths, I would really love to learn the formula.

7. Politicians MUST NOT involved with sports activity and association in Malaysia. It just not right, running of sports association should be left to the professionals and people know about it inside out. People who talk more than what they did will not be able to make it a success. Sports are not like politics, you cant get the results you want by talking cock, it just doesnt go that way, well at least it doesnt happen that way in sports. It hurts me when Malaysia national football team was ranked 170th in the world rankings few months ago. Please bear in mind that we have professional football league before the country Japan does.

Those few points are the main points although I believe there are other constructive suggestions out there to help Malaysia to achive the status of developed country. Please do not be offended on what I wrote , it is just my personal opinion and I do think it is relevant in achiving the 2020 dream. I really hope that Malaysia will be a developed country by 2020 and I truly hope that Malaysia football team will make it to World Cup Finals in my lifetime.

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As it is stated in the title, me, Saw is looking for someone special. Well I am not looking for girlfriend, a lover , or fuck buddies or etc, nothing to do with relationship between mankind. I am actually looking for someone that can lift me up when I am down and I shall lift him or her up when that person is down.

We are leaving in a very competitive and complicated world. There are lots of barrier or challenges in order to succeed in the things that we wanted to. Well life isnt a bed of roses if life is a bed of roses then is a blardy thorny roses. At times we cant help it to feel down and depressed, I believe no matter how cheerful or how strong you are there are simply times that crush you down, BAMMM !!! Times when everything doesnt seem to be going your way even the birds shit on you.

Most people will turn to God for the extra strenght to move on while others simply was left behind when things goes wrong. I would love to ask God for some extra strenght to carry on but somehow I dont know how, when I look around all those religions around me there are something wrong somewhere with their believes and teachings. So for now I have to look for alternative to lift myself up when I am down and that alternative is to look for someone with the same goal or perhaps same purpose in life.

Let me share a little bit about myself, after teaching tuition for nearly 2 years I have decided to seek new adventure and to move towards my dream instead. I am currently sort of working in the UK and at the same time getting the modal needed to kickoff my dream. So whats my dream ? My dream is to have an international restaurant chain all over world. My initial target is to have at least 100 branches across the globe before I RIP.

So what kind of special person I am looking for ? If you someone just want to wait for your paycheck at the end of the month, wait for your promotion, wait for your retirement, wait for you EPF contribution then you are not the person I am looking for. If you are someone that have big dream and want to make it reality or even perhaps someone who would like to be the best in whatever you are doing then you the person I am looking for.

So if you are someone I have described and looking for someone to lift you up and push you to achieve your dream as well, and if you think I could be that person then feel free to drop me a msg at saw@sirsimplysaw.com

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