Manchester United FC came from behind 2 win a pulsating UEFA Champions League semi-final 1st leg thanks 2 a last-minute goal from Wayne Rooney.
Entertaining encounter
Trailing 2-1 at the break, Rooney fired United level on 59 minutes then completed a late counterattack by flashing a low shot past Dida 2 give the English side real hope of a place in the final in Athens. It appeared that Carlo Ancelotti's visitors would return home holding the upper hand when Kaká overturned an early Cristiano Ronaldo header wif two goals before half-time. Though weakened defensively by injuries, United's vibrant attacking instincts were intact, however, and Rooney's double leaves Milan needing victory in next Wednesday's return @ the San Siro.
Ronaldo opener
United went in2 this match missing 3 of their first-choice defenders in Gary Neville, Rio Ferdinand and Nemanja Vidić. Yet 4 any team of Sir Alex Ferguson's, offence will always b the best form of defence and so it proved here as they seized an early lead. After Alessandro Nesta had diverted behind a Rooney effort, the ensuing corner brought the breakthrough. From Ryan Giggs's delivery, Ronaldo nodded goalwards and Dida was unable 2 keep the ball out despite two attempts @ a save.
Parity restored
Sir Alex had described his side's quarter-final rout of AS Roma as "once-in-a lifetime" stuff n United started here in similarly electrifying fashion. As the Stretford End chorused "Attack, attack", Ronaldo directed a header at Dida, then, on the quarter-hour, the Milan goalkeeper stretched out his left arm 2 turn behind a volley from Michael Carrick. The Rossoneri were struggling 2 find their range, illustrated by Kaká's fluffing of a free header. Yet the Brazilian quickly made amends. With 22 minutes on the clock, Clarence Seedorf collected a pass from Gennaro Gattuso n fed Kaká who, surging into the box ahead of Carrick, struck a low shot through the legs of Gabriel Heinze, beyond the dive of Edwin van der Sar and into the far corner.
Composed finish
United sought 2 reclaim the initiative, Giggs flicking a header over before rifling in a low cross which Rooney just failed 2 reach. Yet although Dida nearly fumbled a swerving drive from Ronaldo, United were undone @ the other end on 37 minutes as Kaká capitalised on some uncertain defending. From Dida's long kick, the Brazilian shouldered aside Darren Fletcher, then headed 4 goal. He carried the ball past Heinze n as the Argentinian and Patrice Evra collided, tucked it coolly past Van der Sar.
Rooney response
The second period opened with a glaring Carrick miss after Giggs's corner had fallen 2 him @ the far post. Yet Milan soon had United on the back foot again, Kaká threatening a hat-trick with a rising shot over the crossbar after a lovely combination with Seedorf. Reprieved, the home side restored parity through Rooney on 59 minutes. It was a wonderfully-worked goal, the ball moving from Fletcher 2 Carrick 2 Scholes who then lifted it over the Milan back line - by now shorn of the injured Gattuso and Paolo Maldini - and in2 the path of Rooney. Dida got a hand 2 the England striker's shot but could not stop its course 2 the far corner.
Late winner
Faith restored, United chased a third. Dida kept out Fletcher and Ronaldo, but just when it seemed Milan would hang on, Giggs drove 4ward from inside his own half n supplied Rooney, who did the rest. Sir Alex's team, who will b w/o Evra through suspension as they look 2 defend their advantage in Milan, famously came from behind 2 beat Ancelotti's Juventus 3-2 in the 1999 semi-final n this victory will have them believing they can go all the way once more.
Wednesday, April 25, 2007
Monday, April 23, 2007
Double Award 4 MU No.7 >>Cristiano Ronaldo
Manchester United winger Cristiano Ronaldo won two player of the year awards voted for by his fellow Premier League players on Sunday 22 April 2007.
Ronaldo won the Professional Footballers' Association player of the year and young player of the year at a dinner in London. He's the first man since Aston Villa striker Andy Gray in 1977 to win both awards in the same season.
Ronaldo beat Chelsea striker Didier Drogba for the honor, with United teammate Paul Scholes finishing third. The other contenders were United winger Ryan Giggs, Liverpool midfielder and last year's winner-Steven Gerrard, and Arsenal midfielder Cesc Fabregas.
"It is a special night,'' Ronaldo said. "It is amazing and a big honor for me to win trophies like this in the English Premier League. I am very proud.
"My colleagues have voted for me and that is fantastic because the players know the qualities of players.''
The 22-year-old Portugal international has been a key member of United's side this season as it bids to repeat its 1999 treble of English Premier League, European Champions League and English FA Cup trophies. He's scored 21 goals for United so far this season.
"I want to keep working hard and getting better because these trophies have now given me more motivation,'' Ronaldo said. "At this moment, I am consistent. I am more mature now and I am playing better.''
Ronaldo's future at United was uncertain at the beginning of the season after he clashed with United teammate Wayne Rooney in the World Cup quarterfinal match between Portugal and England in July. He publicly considered leaving but was persuaded to stay.
"Everything is right this season and I am really enjoying it,'' said Ronaldo, who signed a five-year contract April 13.
"I am still young and I am learning more every day. I have much time to learn more and improve myself. I try to improve all aspects of my football _ not only in training but also in games.''
Kuala Lumpur International Book Fair 2007
Plzz come together
bring along ur families,friends,etc
to this coming event...
Kuala Lumpur International Book Fair 2007
Putra World Trade Centre
27 April- 6 May
Mon-Thu 1oam- 7 pm
Fri - Sun(inc Public Holiday) 10am-10pm
bring along ur families,friends,etc
to this coming event...
Kuala Lumpur International Book Fair 2007
Putra World Trade Centre
27 April- 6 May
Mon-Thu 1oam- 7 pm
Fri - Sun(inc Public Holiday) 10am-10pm
Friday, April 20, 2007
Laporan Hari Penamaan Calon Dun N.11 Ijok..
Laporan yang tidak bertauliah ini telah dikupas secara bebas oleh salah seorang pegawai yg berkesempatan mengikutinya pagi td dari jam 8.00pagi hingga jam 12.00 tengah hari.. ____________________________________________________________________
pagi tadi,aku bergerak dr putrajaya jam 6.30pagi bersama dgn seorang PPT dan juga seorang driver...
kami smpai ke Dewan Besar Batang Berjuntai kira2 jam 7.40pagi aku hanya dikejutkan apabila sedar2 dr tido kereta kami dikelilingi oleh
segerombolan Polis Selangor yg bejumlah kira2 seribu orang (mnurut berita tv3 smlm)
dalam kawasan 50meter dari pusat penamaaan calon undang2 yg dilaksanakan sejak pilihan raya umum 2004 ini mmg sangat efektif
utk mngelakkan sebarang kejadian perang mulut yg melarat mnjadi rusuhan
ketika ini aku masih x mngetahui apa yg selanjutnya akan dipertontonkan kpd sume..
Selanjutnya, antara jam 8-9pagi berikutnya
aku cuma berkeliaran di sekitar kwsn dewan yg dh diseal ngan tape kuning SPR
dan juga mnyaksikan persiapan menyeluruh yg dilakukan
oleh pihak Majlis Daerah Kuala Selangor(yg mnjadi urusetia bersama) dgn Pjbt Pilihan Raya Negeri Selangor
utk makluman, District Officer bagi daerah (kt cni Kuala S'ngor) yg biasanya akan mnjadi Pegawai Pengurus(Receiving Officer)
bersama dgn 2org lagi pegawai beliau sbg Assistant RO..
antara jam 9-10 pagi
Pengumuman utk mngemukakan kertas penamaan calon hingga ke kui 10pagi dikhabarkan.. Jentera Pilihan Raya BN(biasalah ramai semacam) yakni kerajaan memerintah pun berarak tiba ke pusat penamaan calon
dlm kelompok itu,aku melihat datuk shahrizat,datuk najib,datuk hishamuddin,etc
yang paling aku x tahan nk gelak ader sorang yg tinggi bangat (coz mmakai topang kaki sarkas) pun diupah same memeriahkan majlis,
sungguh seksa die menyeret kaki nya yg berat itu..ahahaha
calon yg mahu bercalon bagi pihak BN ialah seorg India(aku x reti nk spelling namenye,hehe) yg mewakili parti MIC mereka (seorg penyokong,pencadang dan saksi) sumenye 4org masuk ke dlm dewan kira2 jam 9.20pagi
diikuti pulak dgn Barisan Alternatif
yg jentera utamanya Parti Keadilan Nasional kerana parti inilah yg mahu bertanding wat kali ini yg ni lagi sakan,mcm2 sepanduk/poster keluaq 'jet sukhoilah,kapal selam la,buaya makan bangkai, buaya ...... makan rasuah' lah gawat gak la dgn lautan biru keadilan itu..
cam biasalah ramai melayu dlm kelompok itu
last2 skali brlah kelihatan jentera kempen DAP malu2 kucing berarak same
calon yg dicadangkan oleh PKN ialah Tan Sri Khalid Ibrahim (sprti yg d canangkan media) seorg public figure dlm dunia korporat(x-CEO PNB & Guthrie Group)
yg ni aku reti sebut namenye pulak,aiseymen...
beliau masuk utk mengisi borang penamaan calon kire2 jam 9.35pagi
antara jam 10-11pagi pengumuman utk penayangan kertas penamaan calon bg tujuan bantahan.. ketika inilah hiruk pikuk bahang pilihan raya makin menggila dirasa
ditambah dgn hujan lebat yg spttnya menyejukkan suasana
lalu mnyebabkan pihak polis yg menonton insiden tuduh-menuduh PKN & BN turut basah,kesian xder bajek payung..
dr kejauhan,aku mnyaksikan botol2 air dcmpakkan antara satu kelompok BN kpd Keadilan & vice versa
mnurut cakap2 pihak media yg ader same dkt2 aku
ader gak kayu sesat terpelanting same,uh? secara tiba-tiba
6 trak FRU S'ngor beserta skuad jalan kakinye meredah hujan dgn penuh bersemangat kearah perkumpulan yg mcm me'rusuh' 50meter dr dewan..
waktu inilah juga MB perlis,bini TPM,dll pemimpin yg msk ke dwn utk bfast
dilemparkan laungan2 'altantuya,kapal selam,mongolia,jet sukhoi,kawtim, 10persent,rasuah..' oleh supporter Keadilan secara bersahut2an,mntang2lah depa dpt tmpat yg strategik betoi2 melepasi tape kuning d dpn dewan,lantaklah..
aku dan sume org spr,photographer hanya mampu tergelak mnghiburkan hati dgn tuduhan2 yg masih belum ader kepastian ini.. btw,itulah die demokrasi jgn dikekang rakyat mahu bersuare ketika inilah kwnku igtkan depa2 yg lantang itu kompem dh diamik gambar,hmm...
antara jam 11-12 t.hari pengumuman utk sebarang bantahan ditutup...
ketika inilah aku dgn selambernye wish 'selamat berjaya tan sri' kpd calon keadilan lalu mmbuatkan beliau tergelak,hehe..
aku juga smpat mnyapa datin seri wan azizah lalu beliau kate kt aku 'baguslah pegawai2 spr skrg muda2 remaja..'dkt pmimpin2 lainnyer..
lalu aku hanya tersenyum bangga dlm hatiku,hehe.. sume ini ku lakukan ketika mereka keluaq mengucapkan terima kasih kt luaq dewan selepas breakfast yg dsediakan..
aku juga kan mnyapa calon BN jika ader ksempatan namun xde la pulok..
lalu selesailah sudah sesi pnamaan calon dun N11 Ijok,Kuala S'gor..
yang penuh dgn elemen2 hujan lebat,rusuhan,tuduh menuduh, bantahan keadilan yg ditolak oleh SPR,sumenye lah..
blh jadi kajian kes yg menarik..
akhirnya....
aku pun bertolak ke Mjlis Daerah Kuala S'ngor utk lunch beserta ngan rombongan 10buah kenderaan dr SPR HQ & PPN S'ngor.. mkn free sape x nak kan?
selanjutnya smpai ke parcel c jam 3.00ptg ni lalu mmbuat laporan bebas ini seadanya waktu mengizinkan.. ________________________________________________________________________
Wednesday, April 18, 2007
5 games 2 seal the EPL 06/07 title!!
Latest result 4 MU's fans out there..
MU v SheffieldUnited 2-0 (gameweek 33)
In Old Trafford,in 4mins from the start of each half..
Michael Carrick & Wayne Rooney were on the scoresheet
to seal the crucial win @ the home turf.
If not for the heroic display of SU's keeper,Paddy Kenny..
the scoreline will show the greater margins,no doubt about that.
However,the red devils reigned in the summit
wif 6pts cushions will b cut-off
when the close rival 4 the title run-in,Chelsea
playing away game against West Ham this Thursday Morning(Malaysia's Time)
MU v SheffieldUnited 2-0 (gameweek 33)
In Old Trafford,in 4mins from the start of each half..
Michael Carrick & Wayne Rooney were on the scoresheet
to seal the crucial win @ the home turf.
If not for the heroic display of SU's keeper,Paddy Kenny..
the scoreline will show the greater margins,no doubt about that.
However,the red devils reigned in the summit
wif 6pts cushions will b cut-off
when the close rival 4 the title run-in,Chelsea
playing away game against West Ham this Thursday Morning(Malaysia's Time)
Friday, April 13, 2007
hmm...beringatlah!!
Pelaburan saham melalui Internet haram – Majlis Fatwa
Ketika wujud gelombang besar penyertaan orang ramai dalam skim-skim pelaburan Internet yang menjanjikan pulangan berlipat ganda, aktiviti itu hari ini difatwakan sebagai haram di sisi Islam.
Keputusan Mesyuarat Majlis Fatwa Kebangsaan Ke-77 di Kuala Terengganu itu sudah pasti memberi kesan kepada aktiviti pelaburan melibatkan tidak kurang 500,000 orang Islam termasuk golongan kenamaan dan profesional berpangkat Tan Sri dan Datuk.
Majlis berkenaan membuat keputusan itu terhadap semua bentuk pelaburan Internet termasuk skim cepat kaya SwissCash yang kononnya diuruskan Swiss Mutual Fund kerana skim-skim itu secara jelas mengandungi unsur riba.
Dengan nilai pelaburan mencecah RM1 bilion termasuk kira-kira RM200 juta yang dilaburkan oleh 50,000 pelabur dalam skim SwissCash, tidak kurang 50 jenis pelaburan Internet kini giat melobi orang ramai melabur dengan janji pulangan sehingga 300 peratus.
Selepas SwissCash dan beberapa lain malap, skim terbaru yang mendapat sambutan hebat ketika ini ialah I Love You Forever menerusi laman web www.iluf.biz yang menjanjikan pulangan sehingga RM21,000 bagi pelaburan pokok RM800 untuk tempoh 12 bulan dan www.ugifund.com yang dilancarkan hari ini.
Pengerusi Majlis Fatwa Kebangsaan, Profesor Datuk Dr. Abdul Shukor Husin yang ditemui pemberita selepas mesyuarat itu memberitahu, sebarang pelaburan yang menjamin keuntungan secara tetap seperti ditawarkan SwissCash adalah haram.
Menurutnya, atas alasan itu, Islam tidak membenarkan umatnya melabur dalam segala bentuk pelaburan seumpama itu.
‘‘Ada banyak pelaburan alternatif disediakan kepada pelabur yang berlandaskan Islam dan boleh disertai oleh umat Islam,’’ katanya.
Berdasarkan siasatan Utusan Malaysia, pelaburan Internet pilihan rakyat Malaysia ialah skim yang mendakwa menjana wang dalam pasaran hadapan komoditi seperti minyak, gas, perladangan dan emas.
Terdapat pelaburan Internet seperti SwissCash yang mendakwa kononnya aktiviti mereka ialah pelaburan offshore yang tidak tertakluk dalam bidang kuasa perundangan termasuk Bank Negara Malaysia (BNM).
Jenis pelaburan lain yang didakwa sebagai asas aktiviti skim pelaburan Internet ialah perniagaan mata wang asing selain melabur dalam pasaran-pasaran saham luar negara.
Sebelum ini, media mendedahkan pelaburan skim cepat kaya SwissCash yang tampil dengan pelan pelaburan tanpa had dan jaminan keuntungan lebih meyakinkan yang setakat ini sudah menelan kira-kira RM190 juta wang daripada lebih 50,000 pelabur Malaysia.
Kutipan wang deposit awam secara haram itu beroperasi dengan modus operandi berasaskan transaksi Telegraphic Transfer (TT) di bank-bank tempatan dan urusan pelaburan menerusi Internet.
Ekoran itu, BNM membuat kenyataan bahawa skim SwissCash adalah menyalahi undang-undang negara kerana mengambil deposit secara haram. Selain SwissCash, terdapat lebih 50 skim cepat kaya menggunakan kemudahan teknologi maklumat dan komunikasi (ICT) didalangi beberapa sindiket yang menawarkan pelbagai bentuk pelan pelaburan menerusi alam maya Internet.
Antara skim berkenaan ialah www.ABFund.biz; www.WinliFund.com; www.empay.com; www.buyebarrel.us; www.eaindex.com; www.fical.us; www.GlobalForex.us; www.Arabic.com; www.eracapital.com; www.e-investpro.com; www.GG-trade.com dan www.smartindex.net.
Dengan membuka laman web www.jutawan.com, pelayar boleh mendapatkan senarai keseluruhan skim-skim pelaburan Internet atau istilah globalnya dikenali sebagai High Yield Investment Programme (HYIP).
Modal pelaburan dikira berasaskan nilai mata wang Amerika Syarikat (ASD) berdasarkan 3.80 bagi setiap Ringgit Malaysia. Dengan pelaburan serendah AS$20 (RM76), skim-skim itu menjanjikan pulangan lumayan minimum dua peratus sehari atau 60 peratus sebulan yang dibayar kepada para pelabur selama 100 hari.
Pulangan itu jauh lebih besar dan terlalu tinggi jika dibandingkan dengan kadar pulangan yang ditawarkan institusi perbankan iaitu tiga peratus sebulan bagi deposit tetap atau lapan peratus bagi pasaran modal.
Dengan pelan pelaburan yang menarik menggunakan laman web yang berpusat di Amerika Syarikat (AS), penganjur yang sebenarnya didalangi orang tempatan berjaya mengabui mata para pelabur.
Ketika wujud gelombang besar penyertaan orang ramai dalam skim-skim pelaburan Internet yang menjanjikan pulangan berlipat ganda, aktiviti itu hari ini difatwakan sebagai haram di sisi Islam.
Keputusan Mesyuarat Majlis Fatwa Kebangsaan Ke-77 di Kuala Terengganu itu sudah pasti memberi kesan kepada aktiviti pelaburan melibatkan tidak kurang 500,000 orang Islam termasuk golongan kenamaan dan profesional berpangkat Tan Sri dan Datuk.
Majlis berkenaan membuat keputusan itu terhadap semua bentuk pelaburan Internet termasuk skim cepat kaya SwissCash yang kononnya diuruskan Swiss Mutual Fund kerana skim-skim itu secara jelas mengandungi unsur riba.
Dengan nilai pelaburan mencecah RM1 bilion termasuk kira-kira RM200 juta yang dilaburkan oleh 50,000 pelabur dalam skim SwissCash, tidak kurang 50 jenis pelaburan Internet kini giat melobi orang ramai melabur dengan janji pulangan sehingga 300 peratus.
Selepas SwissCash dan beberapa lain malap, skim terbaru yang mendapat sambutan hebat ketika ini ialah I Love You Forever menerusi laman web www.iluf.biz yang menjanjikan pulangan sehingga RM21,000 bagi pelaburan pokok RM800 untuk tempoh 12 bulan dan www.ugifund.com yang dilancarkan hari ini.
Pengerusi Majlis Fatwa Kebangsaan, Profesor Datuk Dr. Abdul Shukor Husin yang ditemui pemberita selepas mesyuarat itu memberitahu, sebarang pelaburan yang menjamin keuntungan secara tetap seperti ditawarkan SwissCash adalah haram.
Menurutnya, atas alasan itu, Islam tidak membenarkan umatnya melabur dalam segala bentuk pelaburan seumpama itu.
‘‘Ada banyak pelaburan alternatif disediakan kepada pelabur yang berlandaskan Islam dan boleh disertai oleh umat Islam,’’ katanya.
Berdasarkan siasatan Utusan Malaysia, pelaburan Internet pilihan rakyat Malaysia ialah skim yang mendakwa menjana wang dalam pasaran hadapan komoditi seperti minyak, gas, perladangan dan emas.
Terdapat pelaburan Internet seperti SwissCash yang mendakwa kononnya aktiviti mereka ialah pelaburan offshore yang tidak tertakluk dalam bidang kuasa perundangan termasuk Bank Negara Malaysia (BNM).
Jenis pelaburan lain yang didakwa sebagai asas aktiviti skim pelaburan Internet ialah perniagaan mata wang asing selain melabur dalam pasaran-pasaran saham luar negara.
Sebelum ini, media mendedahkan pelaburan skim cepat kaya SwissCash yang tampil dengan pelan pelaburan tanpa had dan jaminan keuntungan lebih meyakinkan yang setakat ini sudah menelan kira-kira RM190 juta wang daripada lebih 50,000 pelabur Malaysia.
Kutipan wang deposit awam secara haram itu beroperasi dengan modus operandi berasaskan transaksi Telegraphic Transfer (TT) di bank-bank tempatan dan urusan pelaburan menerusi Internet.
Ekoran itu, BNM membuat kenyataan bahawa skim SwissCash adalah menyalahi undang-undang negara kerana mengambil deposit secara haram. Selain SwissCash, terdapat lebih 50 skim cepat kaya menggunakan kemudahan teknologi maklumat dan komunikasi (ICT) didalangi beberapa sindiket yang menawarkan pelbagai bentuk pelan pelaburan menerusi alam maya Internet.
Antara skim berkenaan ialah www.ABFund.biz; www.WinliFund.com; www.empay.com; www.buyebarrel.us; www.eaindex.com; www.fical.us; www.GlobalForex.us; www.Arabic.com; www.eracapital.com; www.e-investpro.com; www.GG-trade.com dan www.smartindex.net.
Dengan membuka laman web www.jutawan.com, pelayar boleh mendapatkan senarai keseluruhan skim-skim pelaburan Internet atau istilah globalnya dikenali sebagai High Yield Investment Programme (HYIP).
Modal pelaburan dikira berasaskan nilai mata wang Amerika Syarikat (ASD) berdasarkan 3.80 bagi setiap Ringgit Malaysia. Dengan pelaburan serendah AS$20 (RM76), skim-skim itu menjanjikan pulangan lumayan minimum dua peratus sehari atau 60 peratus sebulan yang dibayar kepada para pelabur selama 100 hari.
Pulangan itu jauh lebih besar dan terlalu tinggi jika dibandingkan dengan kadar pulangan yang ditawarkan institusi perbankan iaitu tiga peratus sebulan bagi deposit tetap atau lapan peratus bagi pasaran modal.
Dengan pelan pelaburan yang menarik menggunakan laman web yang berpusat di Amerika Syarikat (AS), penganjur yang sebenarnya didalangi orang tempatan berjaya mengabui mata para pelabur.
Cheer Up Part 2
BRAIN TUMOR
Doctor: I regret to tell you that you have a brain tumor.
Mr. Bean: Yesss!!! (jumps in joy)
Doctor: Did you understand what I just told you?
Mr. Bean: Yes of course, do you think I'm dumb?
Doctor: Then why are you so happy?
Mr. Bean: Because that proves that I have a brain!
MR. BEAN WHILE IN GRADE SCHOOL
Teacher: What is 5 plus 4?
Mr. Bean: 9
Teacher: What is 4 plus 5?
Mr. Bean: Are you trying to fool me, you've just twisted the figure, the answer is 6!!
WHILE IN A DRUG STORE
Mr. Bean: I'd like some vitamins for my grandson.
Clerk: Sir, vitamin A, B or C?
Mr. Bean: Any will do, my grandson doesn't know the alphabet yet!!
MOM'S DEAD
Mr. Bean: (crying) The doctor called, Mom's dead.
Friend: Condolence, my friend.
2 minutes later Mr. Bean cries even louder
Friend: Now what? Mr. Bean: My sister just called, her mom died too!
QUEUING BEHIND HIS FRIEND AT AN ATM MACHINE
Friend: What are you looking at?
Mr. Bean: I know your PIN number, hee, hee.
Friend: Alright, what is my PIN number if you saw it?
Mr. Bean: Four asterisks! (****)
HOW MANY MAN
Friend: How many women do you believe must a man marry?
Mr. Bean: 16
Friend: Why?
Mr. Bean: Because the priest says 4 richer, 4 poorer, 4 better and 4 worse.
CHATTING WITH HIS FRIEND
Friend: How was the tape you borrowed from me, is it OK?
Mr. Bean: What do you mean OK, I thought it's a horror film. I didn't see any picture.
Friend: What tape did you took anyway?
Mr. Bean: Head Cleaner.
MR. BEAN ATTENDING A MEETING
Colleague: Sorry I'm late. I got stuck in an elevator for 4 hrs because of a power failure.
Mr. Bean: Thats alright, me too...I got stuck on the escalator for 3hrs.
SPELLING LESSON Mr. Bean's Son: Dad, what is the spelling of successful .is it one C or two C? Mr. Bean: Make it three C to be sure!
Doctor: I regret to tell you that you have a brain tumor.
Mr. Bean: Yesss!!! (jumps in joy)
Doctor: Did you understand what I just told you?
Mr. Bean: Yes of course, do you think I'm dumb?
Doctor: Then why are you so happy?
Mr. Bean: Because that proves that I have a brain!
MR. BEAN WHILE IN GRADE SCHOOL
Teacher: What is 5 plus 4?
Mr. Bean: 9
Teacher: What is 4 plus 5?
Mr. Bean: Are you trying to fool me, you've just twisted the figure, the answer is 6!!
WHILE IN A DRUG STORE
Mr. Bean: I'd like some vitamins for my grandson.
Clerk: Sir, vitamin A, B or C?
Mr. Bean: Any will do, my grandson doesn't know the alphabet yet!!
MOM'S DEAD
Mr. Bean: (crying) The doctor called, Mom's dead.
Friend: Condolence, my friend.
2 minutes later Mr. Bean cries even louder
Friend: Now what? Mr. Bean: My sister just called, her mom died too!
QUEUING BEHIND HIS FRIEND AT AN ATM MACHINE
Friend: What are you looking at?
Mr. Bean: I know your PIN number, hee, hee.
Friend: Alright, what is my PIN number if you saw it?
Mr. Bean: Four asterisks! (****)
HOW MANY MAN
Friend: How many women do you believe must a man marry?
Mr. Bean: 16
Friend: Why?
Mr. Bean: Because the priest says 4 richer, 4 poorer, 4 better and 4 worse.
CHATTING WITH HIS FRIEND
Friend: How was the tape you borrowed from me, is it OK?
Mr. Bean: What do you mean OK, I thought it's a horror film. I didn't see any picture.
Friend: What tape did you took anyway?
Mr. Bean: Head Cleaner.
MR. BEAN ATTENDING A MEETING
Colleague: Sorry I'm late. I got stuck in an elevator for 4 hrs because of a power failure.
Mr. Bean: Thats alright, me too...I got stuck on the escalator for 3hrs.
SPELLING LESSON Mr. Bean's Son: Dad, what is the spelling of successful .is it one C or two C? Mr. Bean: Make it three C to be sure!
Cheer Up Part 1
A sardarji photographer is focusing a dead body's face in a funeral function, suddenly all dead persons relatives beat him. why? He said "SMILE PLEASE"
Sardarji gets ready, wears tie, coat, goes out, climbs tree, and sits on the branch regularly. A man asks why he does this. Sardarji: "I've been promoted as branch manager."
Why is a Sardarji standing below a tube light with a open mouth................. Because his doctor advised him "Today's dinner should be light"
One sardarji professor asked a plumber to come to his college. U know Why? Because he wanted to check where the question paper is leaking...
Sardar told his servant: Go and water the plants. Servant: It's already raining. Sardar: So what take an umbrella and go.
Sardar found the answer to the most difficult question ever - What will come first, Chicken or egg? O Yaar, what ever u order first will come first.
A teacher told all students in a class to write an essay on a cricket match. All were busy writing except one Sardarji. He wrote "DUE TO RAIN, NO MATCH!"
Postman: - I Have To Come 5 Miles to Deliver U This Packet Sardar: - Why did u come so far. Instead u could have posted it....
A Sardar & his wife filed an application for Divorce. Judge asked: How'll U divide, U"VE 3 children? Sardar replied: Ok! We'll apply NEXT YEAR
Sardar's wish: when i die, i wana die like my grandpa who died peacefully in his sleep not screaming like all d passengers in d bus he was driving..
A Teacher lecturing on population - In India after every 10 sec a woman gives birth to a kid. A Sardar stands up- We must find & stop her!.
A man asked sardarji, why Manmohan singh goes walking at evening not in the morning. Sardarji replied ''Arey bhai Manmohan is PM not AM''.
Sardarji gets ready, wears tie, coat, goes out, climbs tree, and sits on the branch regularly. A man asks why he does this. Sardarji: "I've been promoted as branch manager."
Why is a Sardarji standing below a tube light with a open mouth................. Because his doctor advised him "Today's dinner should be light"
One sardarji professor asked a plumber to come to his college. U know Why? Because he wanted to check where the question paper is leaking...
Sardar told his servant: Go and water the plants. Servant: It's already raining. Sardar: So what take an umbrella and go.
Sardar found the answer to the most difficult question ever - What will come first, Chicken or egg? O Yaar, what ever u order first will come first.
A teacher told all students in a class to write an essay on a cricket match. All were busy writing except one Sardarji. He wrote "DUE TO RAIN, NO MATCH!"
Postman: - I Have To Come 5 Miles to Deliver U This Packet Sardar: - Why did u come so far. Instead u could have posted it....
A Sardar & his wife filed an application for Divorce. Judge asked: How'll U divide, U"VE 3 children? Sardar replied: Ok! We'll apply NEXT YEAR
Sardar's wish: when i die, i wana die like my grandpa who died peacefully in his sleep not screaming like all d passengers in d bus he was driving..
A Teacher lecturing on population - In India after every 10 sec a woman gives birth to a kid. A Sardar stands up- We must find & stop her!.
A man asked sardarji, why Manmohan singh goes walking at evening not in the morning. Sardarji replied ''Arey bhai Manmohan is PM not AM''.
Thursday, April 12, 2007
'Tiga TA...'
Ta yang pertama : WANITA
Nabi Yusuf sendiri digoda oleh seorang wanita iaitu Zulaikha...Alhamdulilah,Nabi Yusof selamat dari godaan tersebut... hingga baginda berkata melalui mafhum firman ALLAH : "Sesungguhnya penjara lebih baikuntukku.. " dan memilih penjara. Itulah hakikat keimanan seorang nabi...
Tak kira siapapun kita pasti akan terkena dengan godaan wanita ini..lebih-lebih lagi mereka yang bergelar pemimpin / ahli perniagaan..
kekadang ia seperti permainan dalam dunia mereka... Betapa ramai pembesar-pembesar dunia tersungkur kerana wanita..skandal-skandal tersebut tentu tahukan ???
Kalaulah kitalah agaknya dalam keadaan seperti itu..
Apa tindakan kita???
Ta yang kedua : TAKHTA
Takhta adalah segalanya... kekadang manusia sanggup
untuk berbunuhan hanya kerana kuasa.. hanya utk mendapatkan pengaruh...
Lihat di sekeliling kita..utk mendapatkan takhta manusia sanggup berbuat apa saja...
Hatta nabi kita Baginda SAW sendiri ditawarkan kuasa oleh Kaum Kafir Quraisy seandainya Nabi SAW sanggup untuk meninggalkan dakwah addin ini...
Betapa besarnya sirna takhta itu!!
Ta yang ketiga : HARTA
Siapa tak mahu ??
Pastinya kalau diberikan segunung emas manusia x akan puas... manusia mahu dua gunung emas... Itulah kita manusia x pernah merasa puas,x pernah cukup... berapa pun gaji kita...pasti x akan cukup... Pelik!!!
Kadangkala mereka yg gajinya berpuluh ribu tapi masih melakukan rasuah...
gajinya mencecah ratus ribu masih pecah amanah... Arggh itulah penangannya..
Hanya hati yg tunduk kpd Allah dan bersifat Qanaah shj yg mampu mengawal perasaan ketamakan dan haloba harta dunia...
Betapapun kita di dunia ini,
Beringatlah sesungguhnya apa-apa yang kita terima,
apa-apa yg dianugerahkan oleh Allah hanyalah pinjaman belaka...
Sedarlah dan insaflah ia pasti di tarik balik pada bila-bila masa sahaja olehNya...
dan sedarlah pada setiap harta yg ada pada kita adanya hak orang lain...
hak mereka yg lebih memerlukan,hak mereka yg teraniaya,hak mereka yang lemah
dan yg penting hak Allah.
Nabi Yusuf sendiri digoda oleh seorang wanita iaitu Zulaikha...Alhamdulilah,Nabi Yusof selamat dari godaan tersebut... hingga baginda berkata melalui mafhum firman ALLAH : "Sesungguhnya penjara lebih baikuntukku.. " dan memilih penjara. Itulah hakikat keimanan seorang nabi...
Tak kira siapapun kita pasti akan terkena dengan godaan wanita ini..lebih-lebih lagi mereka yang bergelar pemimpin / ahli perniagaan..
kekadang ia seperti permainan dalam dunia mereka... Betapa ramai pembesar-pembesar dunia tersungkur kerana wanita..skandal-skandal tersebut tentu tahukan ???
Kalaulah kitalah agaknya dalam keadaan seperti itu..
Apa tindakan kita???
Ta yang kedua : TAKHTA
Takhta adalah segalanya... kekadang manusia sanggup
untuk berbunuhan hanya kerana kuasa.. hanya utk mendapatkan pengaruh...
Lihat di sekeliling kita..utk mendapatkan takhta manusia sanggup berbuat apa saja...
Hatta nabi kita Baginda SAW sendiri ditawarkan kuasa oleh Kaum Kafir Quraisy seandainya Nabi SAW sanggup untuk meninggalkan dakwah addin ini...
Betapa besarnya sirna takhta itu!!
Ta yang ketiga : HARTA
Siapa tak mahu ??
Pastinya kalau diberikan segunung emas manusia x akan puas... manusia mahu dua gunung emas... Itulah kita manusia x pernah merasa puas,x pernah cukup... berapa pun gaji kita...pasti x akan cukup... Pelik!!!
Kadangkala mereka yg gajinya berpuluh ribu tapi masih melakukan rasuah...
gajinya mencecah ratus ribu masih pecah amanah... Arggh itulah penangannya..
Hanya hati yg tunduk kpd Allah dan bersifat Qanaah shj yg mampu mengawal perasaan ketamakan dan haloba harta dunia...
Betapapun kita di dunia ini,
Beringatlah sesungguhnya apa-apa yang kita terima,
apa-apa yg dianugerahkan oleh Allah hanyalah pinjaman belaka...
Sedarlah dan insaflah ia pasti di tarik balik pada bila-bila masa sahaja olehNya...
dan sedarlah pada setiap harta yg ada pada kita adanya hak orang lain...
hak mereka yg lebih memerlukan,hak mereka yg teraniaya,hak mereka yang lemah
dan yg penting hak Allah.
Potong Gaji..??!!
Inilah dia serba sedikit bahan dari sidang Dewan Rakyat yg ku hadiri semalam,11 April.
Ia nya berkaitan dengan penjagaan ibu bapa oleh si anak.Di minta sama2 mengambil iktibar..
Kerajaan disaran memotong gaji anak-anak yang menghantar ibu bapa mereka ke pusat jagaan warga emas dan pada masa sama, memberi insentif tertentu seperti potongan cukai kepada mereka yang sanggup menjaga orang tua sendiri.
Mohd. Yusof Majid (BN-Setiu) yang mencadangkan perkara itu berkata, langkah memotong gaji akan menyedarkan anak-anak supaya lebih menghargai dan bertanggungjawab terhadap ibu bapa mereka.
Cadangan beliau itu turut dipersetujui Datuk Mahadzir Mohd. Khir (BN-Sungai Petani) ketika membahaskan Rang Undang-undang Pusat Jagaan (Pindaan) 2006 di Dewan Rakyat hari ini.
‘‘Saya setuju dengan pandangan Yang Berhormat, ini supaya tugas menjaga orang tua bukan menjadi satu beban tetapi tanggungjawab kepada anak-anak,” katanya.
Datuk Rosli Mat Hassan (BN-Dungun) yang bangun mencelah kemudian mencadangkan supaya kerajaan menyediakan satu akta atau undang-undang baru bagi memastikan anak-anak lebih bertanggungjawab jika mahu menghantar ibu bapa mereka ke pusat jagaan warga emas.
Beliau turut mencadangkan supaya Rang Undang-undang Pusat Jagaan (Pindaan) 2006 dipinda bagi memastikan matlamat mewujudkan masyarakat penyayang tercapai.
Isu itu terus menarik perhatian ahli Parlimen lain termasuk Datuk Badruddin Amiruldin (BN-Jerai) yang memberi cadangan drastik iaitu menutup pusat-pusat jagaan warga emas supaya anak-anak tidak melepaskan tanggungjawab terhadap ibu bapa yang telah membesarkan mereka selama ini.
‘‘Kerajaan jangan mengambil tanggungjawab untuk menjaga orang tua ini. Biar kita keluarkan dalam akhbar siapa bapa yang tak terjaga dan minta anak dia ambil,” katanya.
Bagi beliau, anak-anak zaman ini ‘derhaka’ hingga sanggup menghantar ibu bapa ke pusat jagaan warga emas.
Datuk Mohamad Shahrum Osman (BN-Lipis) pula berkata, rang undang-undang yang sedang dibahaskan bukan untuk menggalakkan anak-anak menghantar ibu bapa ke pusat jagaan.
‘‘Peruntukan itu untuk memastikan orang tua terbela dan anak-anak pula bertanggungjawab menyediakan keperluan mereka,’’ ujarnya.
Pandangan itu turut disokong Datuk Idris Haron (BN-Tangga Batu) yang melahirkan kehairanan dengan penggunaan istilah warga emas yang tidak berpadanan dengan layanan ke atasnya.
‘‘Sebenarnya emas ni kena simpan, tetapi warga emas atau usia emas dihantar ke tempat lain. Dilabur ke rumah orang tua,” katanya.
Sehubungan itu, beliau mencadangkan supaya pusat jagaan orang tua diberi wajah baru, dilengkapkan dengan kemudahan yang selesa dan tidak beroperasi seperti pusat tahanan atau pusat serenti.
Ia nya berkaitan dengan penjagaan ibu bapa oleh si anak.Di minta sama2 mengambil iktibar..
Kerajaan disaran memotong gaji anak-anak yang menghantar ibu bapa mereka ke pusat jagaan warga emas dan pada masa sama, memberi insentif tertentu seperti potongan cukai kepada mereka yang sanggup menjaga orang tua sendiri.
Mohd. Yusof Majid (BN-Setiu) yang mencadangkan perkara itu berkata, langkah memotong gaji akan menyedarkan anak-anak supaya lebih menghargai dan bertanggungjawab terhadap ibu bapa mereka.
Cadangan beliau itu turut dipersetujui Datuk Mahadzir Mohd. Khir (BN-Sungai Petani) ketika membahaskan Rang Undang-undang Pusat Jagaan (Pindaan) 2006 di Dewan Rakyat hari ini.
‘‘Saya setuju dengan pandangan Yang Berhormat, ini supaya tugas menjaga orang tua bukan menjadi satu beban tetapi tanggungjawab kepada anak-anak,” katanya.
Datuk Rosli Mat Hassan (BN-Dungun) yang bangun mencelah kemudian mencadangkan supaya kerajaan menyediakan satu akta atau undang-undang baru bagi memastikan anak-anak lebih bertanggungjawab jika mahu menghantar ibu bapa mereka ke pusat jagaan warga emas.
Beliau turut mencadangkan supaya Rang Undang-undang Pusat Jagaan (Pindaan) 2006 dipinda bagi memastikan matlamat mewujudkan masyarakat penyayang tercapai.
Isu itu terus menarik perhatian ahli Parlimen lain termasuk Datuk Badruddin Amiruldin (BN-Jerai) yang memberi cadangan drastik iaitu menutup pusat-pusat jagaan warga emas supaya anak-anak tidak melepaskan tanggungjawab terhadap ibu bapa yang telah membesarkan mereka selama ini.
‘‘Kerajaan jangan mengambil tanggungjawab untuk menjaga orang tua ini. Biar kita keluarkan dalam akhbar siapa bapa yang tak terjaga dan minta anak dia ambil,” katanya.
Bagi beliau, anak-anak zaman ini ‘derhaka’ hingga sanggup menghantar ibu bapa ke pusat jagaan warga emas.
Datuk Mohamad Shahrum Osman (BN-Lipis) pula berkata, rang undang-undang yang sedang dibahaskan bukan untuk menggalakkan anak-anak menghantar ibu bapa ke pusat jagaan.
‘‘Peruntukan itu untuk memastikan orang tua terbela dan anak-anak pula bertanggungjawab menyediakan keperluan mereka,’’ ujarnya.
Pandangan itu turut disokong Datuk Idris Haron (BN-Tangga Batu) yang melahirkan kehairanan dengan penggunaan istilah warga emas yang tidak berpadanan dengan layanan ke atasnya.
‘‘Sebenarnya emas ni kena simpan, tetapi warga emas atau usia emas dihantar ke tempat lain. Dilabur ke rumah orang tua,” katanya.
Sehubungan itu, beliau mencadangkan supaya pusat jagaan orang tua diberi wajah baru, dilengkapkan dengan kemudahan yang selesa dan tidak beroperasi seperti pusat tahanan atau pusat serenti.
Hannibal Rising Film Review...released on 12 april!!
Oh, dear. The Hannibal Lecter series takes a turn for the ridiculous with this terrible adaptation of Thomas Harris’ latest venture.
Hannibal Rising tells the story of how everybody’s favourite serial killer came to acquire his taste for murder and human flesh, taking in his traumatic experiences during World War II as a child and his experiences while studying medicine in Europe as a young man.
German newcomer Gaspard Ulliel displays a neat line in menacing stares and creepy grins as the young Lecter but, sadly, his performance is not enough to rescue the movie from the utter pits of despair.
The less said about Gong Li’s performance, the better. Horribly miscast as Lecter’s mysterious Japanese aunt (why Lecter even has a Japanese aunt is beyond me), the Asian beauty smoulders seductively throughout the movie but contributes little else.
On the plus side, after this terrible effort, they may just finally stop making Hannibal films. Well, u will enjoy this film if u really need to know this ruthless character!!
Hannibal Rising tells the story of how everybody’s favourite serial killer came to acquire his taste for murder and human flesh, taking in his traumatic experiences during World War II as a child and his experiences while studying medicine in Europe as a young man.
German newcomer Gaspard Ulliel displays a neat line in menacing stares and creepy grins as the young Lecter but, sadly, his performance is not enough to rescue the movie from the utter pits of despair.
The less said about Gong Li’s performance, the better. Horribly miscast as Lecter’s mysterious Japanese aunt (why Lecter even has a Japanese aunt is beyond me), the Asian beauty smoulders seductively throughout the movie but contributes little else.
On the plus side, after this terrible effort, they may just finally stop making Hannibal films. Well, u will enjoy this film if u really need to know this ruthless character!!
Wednesday, April 11, 2007
MU thru 2 Semi Final Champions League!!
United blasted their way through to the Champions League semi-finals with a remarkable seven goals that left Roma in ruins and the rest of Europe in awe.Michael Carrick (2), Cristiano Ronaldo (2), Alan Smith, Wayne Rooney and Patrice Evra were the men on the scoresheet but all fourteen players who took part deserve a share of the abundant praise after a performance that will be remembered long after they've hung up their talented boots - regardless of whether this leads to glory in Athens or not.
The suspension of Paul Scholes and injuries to Louis Saha and Ji-sung Park had forced Sir Alex Ferguson into a shock selection ahead of this must-win match at Old Trafford.
Smith was given only his fourth start of the campaign, as partner to Rooney, United's away-goal scorer in Rome. The Yorkshireman's previous three starts had all come in the domestic cups, at Crewe, Southend and at home to Middlesbrough.
There was an omen, however, in Smith’s Champions League statistics for 2006/07 – all three games in which he’d come on as a substitute had resulted in wins to nil for United.
The supposedly key responsibility for conceding nil rested with the same back five that endured a less than brilliant afternoon at Portsmouth; in front of them, Darren Fletcher was drafted in alongside Michael Carrick.
Roma coach Luciano Spalletti initially had only one change forced on him from the first leg, by the suspension to Greater Manchester-born Simone Perrotta. He was replaced in one of two holding roles by David Pizarro, back after a ban himself. Then, as the teams kicked off, a second change was apparent - with Vucinic, one of Roma's first leg scorers, promoted to the starting eleven in place of the other, Taddei, who was injured in the warm-up.
The biggest team news as far as Roma were concernedhowever, was the green light for their talisman Francesco Totti to start after he missed Saturday’s Serie A win at Catania. The Italian legend had been suffering with a back problem - he'd been a pain in the neck for United in the first leg, despite not adding to Taddei and Vucinic's goals.Totti picked up from where he left off in Rome, letting fly with the first real effort of the match after six minutes. But just as his shots did in the first leg, his drive fizzed wide as Edwin van der Sar looked on.
The United goalkeeper, under-fire in some quarters after conceding goals in Rome and Portsmouth, had previously plucked two Panucci goals out of the air with safe hands.Roma had taken the game to United in its early stages but it was the Reds who took the lead with a stunning, spontaneous stike from Michael Carrick in the 12th minute - bettering his previous goal against Reading in the FA Cup.
Struck from a similar position outside the box, it took a less direct route, rising and bending as if deflected to Doni's left. Old Trafford erupted with a deafening roar as the early tension, exarcebated by pre-match skirmishes on the forecourts between Roma fans and police, was blown away.The scores were level on aggregate but this equilibrium lasted just six minutes, until Smith justified his selection gloriously with a fine first-time strike after Chivu - singled out by Sir Alex for unsporting behaviour in the first leg - missed Giggs' flick-on.
United went 3-0 up in the 19th minute when Smith turned provider, feeding Giggs on the right. The ecstatic home fans sensed what was to come and might have sucked the ball into the Scoreboard End goal had Rooney not been capable of the job himself. Wayne did not disappoint, of course, tucking home at the far post from Giggs' low cross.
Resistance from the Romans was futile.Roma tried desperately to hit back but Philippe Mexes, who ought to have been regretting his United rejections by now, headed tamely wide from Pizarro's free-kick. The French defender went closer moments later, with an ambitious drive from 35 yards that flew past van der Sar's left-hand post.
The creator of United's first goal for Carrick, Cristiano Ronaldo, was keen to get in on the act himself with Roma on the ropes. But though he cut inside menacingly on the half-hour, his left-foot firecracker failed to nestle inside the far post despite beating another dive from Doni. The overworked Roma keeper did get his hands to Ronaldo's next attempt, a free-kick blasted down the middle from long distance.
The hard-working Smith was in the wars as half-time approached, booked for a foul on Chivu and then fouled in the build-up to a United corner. Ferdinand was booked as players jostled for position in the box but undeterred, Giggs curled it in from the right and Carrick almost scored his second - and United's fourth goal - with a header saved by Doni and then a shot bundled wide on the rebound.
Goal number four would not be delayed beyond the break - in United's next attack, Ronaldo netted for the first time in the Champions League this season, and in superb style. Running at Chivu, feet in a flurry, he teased and tormented the number 13 before despatching his shot past the Roma keeper. There was still time for van der Sar to perform some heroics, diving to his right to parry Totti's venomous free-kick. This time the ball spun away to safety - everything, bar the needless bookings for Smith and Ferdinand, was going United's way.
The second half started as the first half ended, with a goal for Ronaldo. It was a different kind of strike, a tap-in from close range from Giggs' low centre, but it was celebrated in the same delirious way by the scorer, his team-mates and more than 70,000 fans. Barely five minutes into the second half and United were remarkably, incredibly 5-0 up on the night, 6-2 ahead on aggregate.
The Ronaldos, the Rooneys and the Ryans were rampant but every man in a red shirt was doing his job with professionalism and pride. Take Gabriel Heinze, for example, and his fine blocking challenge as Totti tried to dribble his way to a consolation goal early in the second half or Darren Fletcher for manning his post and clearing Mancini's goalbound header following a corner.
Carrick has been a relatively unsung hero all season long but he elevated himself to headline status with a wonderful second goal - number six for the Reds after 60 minutes of scintillating football. The midfielder's unstoppable, rising shot from 25 yards rippled the Stretford End net as Reds fans all around the ground pinched themselves purple in disbelief.
The roof of the net was later bowed by floated efforts from Smith and Solskjaer, on for Giggs, as United chased a seventh strike.Like the team, the home supporters kept going, despite being hoarse from six goal celebrations. "Are you City in disguise?" and "We want seven" was followed by ironic cheers, applause, even a standing ovation for De Rosi's consolation goal after he turned to volley home Totti's cross.
The home fans eventually saw seven next to United's name on the scoreboards, thanks to substitute Evra hammering a shot in off the post from Solskjaer's pass. The Reds were in seventh heaven and into the last four of the Champions League for the first time since 2002. Bring on the Germans, or the Italians, or anyone on this form.
United: Van der Sar, O’Shea (Evra, 52), Brown, Ferdinand, Heinze, Ronaldo, Fletcher, Carrick (Richardson, 73), Giggs (Solskjaer, 60), Rooney, Smith. Subs: Kuszczak, Evra, Cathcart, Richardson, Eagles, Dong.
Roma: Doni, Panucci, Mexes, Chivu, Cassetti, Wilhelmsson (Rosi, 88), De Rossi (Faty, 86), Vucinic, Pizarro, Mancini (Okaka Chuka, 90), Totti.Subs Not Used: Curci, Defendi, Ferrari. Attendance: 74,476
The suspension of Paul Scholes and injuries to Louis Saha and Ji-sung Park had forced Sir Alex Ferguson into a shock selection ahead of this must-win match at Old Trafford.
Smith was given only his fourth start of the campaign, as partner to Rooney, United's away-goal scorer in Rome. The Yorkshireman's previous three starts had all come in the domestic cups, at Crewe, Southend and at home to Middlesbrough.
There was an omen, however, in Smith’s Champions League statistics for 2006/07 – all three games in which he’d come on as a substitute had resulted in wins to nil for United.
The supposedly key responsibility for conceding nil rested with the same back five that endured a less than brilliant afternoon at Portsmouth; in front of them, Darren Fletcher was drafted in alongside Michael Carrick.
Roma coach Luciano Spalletti initially had only one change forced on him from the first leg, by the suspension to Greater Manchester-born Simone Perrotta. He was replaced in one of two holding roles by David Pizarro, back after a ban himself. Then, as the teams kicked off, a second change was apparent - with Vucinic, one of Roma's first leg scorers, promoted to the starting eleven in place of the other, Taddei, who was injured in the warm-up.
The biggest team news as far as Roma were concernedhowever, was the green light for their talisman Francesco Totti to start after he missed Saturday’s Serie A win at Catania. The Italian legend had been suffering with a back problem - he'd been a pain in the neck for United in the first leg, despite not adding to Taddei and Vucinic's goals.Totti picked up from where he left off in Rome, letting fly with the first real effort of the match after six minutes. But just as his shots did in the first leg, his drive fizzed wide as Edwin van der Sar looked on.
The United goalkeeper, under-fire in some quarters after conceding goals in Rome and Portsmouth, had previously plucked two Panucci goals out of the air with safe hands.Roma had taken the game to United in its early stages but it was the Reds who took the lead with a stunning, spontaneous stike from Michael Carrick in the 12th minute - bettering his previous goal against Reading in the FA Cup.
Struck from a similar position outside the box, it took a less direct route, rising and bending as if deflected to Doni's left. Old Trafford erupted with a deafening roar as the early tension, exarcebated by pre-match skirmishes on the forecourts between Roma fans and police, was blown away.The scores were level on aggregate but this equilibrium lasted just six minutes, until Smith justified his selection gloriously with a fine first-time strike after Chivu - singled out by Sir Alex for unsporting behaviour in the first leg - missed Giggs' flick-on.
United went 3-0 up in the 19th minute when Smith turned provider, feeding Giggs on the right. The ecstatic home fans sensed what was to come and might have sucked the ball into the Scoreboard End goal had Rooney not been capable of the job himself. Wayne did not disappoint, of course, tucking home at the far post from Giggs' low cross.
Resistance from the Romans was futile.Roma tried desperately to hit back but Philippe Mexes, who ought to have been regretting his United rejections by now, headed tamely wide from Pizarro's free-kick. The French defender went closer moments later, with an ambitious drive from 35 yards that flew past van der Sar's left-hand post.
The creator of United's first goal for Carrick, Cristiano Ronaldo, was keen to get in on the act himself with Roma on the ropes. But though he cut inside menacingly on the half-hour, his left-foot firecracker failed to nestle inside the far post despite beating another dive from Doni. The overworked Roma keeper did get his hands to Ronaldo's next attempt, a free-kick blasted down the middle from long distance.
The hard-working Smith was in the wars as half-time approached, booked for a foul on Chivu and then fouled in the build-up to a United corner. Ferdinand was booked as players jostled for position in the box but undeterred, Giggs curled it in from the right and Carrick almost scored his second - and United's fourth goal - with a header saved by Doni and then a shot bundled wide on the rebound.
Goal number four would not be delayed beyond the break - in United's next attack, Ronaldo netted for the first time in the Champions League this season, and in superb style. Running at Chivu, feet in a flurry, he teased and tormented the number 13 before despatching his shot past the Roma keeper. There was still time for van der Sar to perform some heroics, diving to his right to parry Totti's venomous free-kick. This time the ball spun away to safety - everything, bar the needless bookings for Smith and Ferdinand, was going United's way.
The second half started as the first half ended, with a goal for Ronaldo. It was a different kind of strike, a tap-in from close range from Giggs' low centre, but it was celebrated in the same delirious way by the scorer, his team-mates and more than 70,000 fans. Barely five minutes into the second half and United were remarkably, incredibly 5-0 up on the night, 6-2 ahead on aggregate.
The Ronaldos, the Rooneys and the Ryans were rampant but every man in a red shirt was doing his job with professionalism and pride. Take Gabriel Heinze, for example, and his fine blocking challenge as Totti tried to dribble his way to a consolation goal early in the second half or Darren Fletcher for manning his post and clearing Mancini's goalbound header following a corner.
Carrick has been a relatively unsung hero all season long but he elevated himself to headline status with a wonderful second goal - number six for the Reds after 60 minutes of scintillating football. The midfielder's unstoppable, rising shot from 25 yards rippled the Stretford End net as Reds fans all around the ground pinched themselves purple in disbelief.
The roof of the net was later bowed by floated efforts from Smith and Solskjaer, on for Giggs, as United chased a seventh strike.Like the team, the home supporters kept going, despite being hoarse from six goal celebrations. "Are you City in disguise?" and "We want seven" was followed by ironic cheers, applause, even a standing ovation for De Rosi's consolation goal after he turned to volley home Totti's cross.
The home fans eventually saw seven next to United's name on the scoreboards, thanks to substitute Evra hammering a shot in off the post from Solskjaer's pass. The Reds were in seventh heaven and into the last four of the Champions League for the first time since 2002. Bring on the Germans, or the Italians, or anyone on this form.
United: Van der Sar, O’Shea (Evra, 52), Brown, Ferdinand, Heinze, Ronaldo, Fletcher, Carrick (Richardson, 73), Giggs (Solskjaer, 60), Rooney, Smith. Subs: Kuszczak, Evra, Cathcart, Richardson, Eagles, Dong.
Roma: Doni, Panucci, Mexes, Chivu, Cassetti, Wilhelmsson (Rosi, 88), De Rossi (Faty, 86), Vucinic, Pizarro, Mancini (Okaka Chuka, 90), Totti.Subs Not Used: Curci, Defendi, Ferrari. Attendance: 74,476
Tuesday, April 03, 2007
PC Fair on 13-15 April 2007
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to all of u with ethusiasm 4 state-of -the -art gadgets,
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PC Fair
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13-15 April 2007
11am - 9pm
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to all of u with ethusiasm 4 state-of -the -art gadgets,
here is a gud news..
PC Fair
Kuala Lumpur Convention Centre
13-15 April 2007
11am - 9pm
c u there!!
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